Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

[peter scott]

Convincing!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Custom-Weathering-Your-Steam-Locomotive-O-Scale-Brass-MTH-lionel-2-3-Rail-Sunset-/323272673579?_trksid=p2385738.m4383.l4275.c10
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1939 SS Jaguar 2 1/2 litre saloon

[alastairq]

Are trains motoring related?

I would say, most definitely. [My two hobbies being motoring and [model] trains]....many has been the challenge between car & train.

The weathering is not bad [do we weather our classics?]....but for quality & realism, I do not think our home-grown Martyn Welch can be beaten....

https://www.martynwelch.com/



Do bear in mind, the Lionel locomotive is relatively large scale..achieving that effect, to stand up to close-up photography, in a much smaller scale is difficult, but not unachievable.

Of course, to obtain that rusted, derelict look for our cars, what could be better than the modern technique of vinyl wrapping?

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[peter scott]

That does look good. What scale is it?

Peter
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1939 SS Jaguar 2 1/2 litre saloon

[alastairq]

Probably 7 mm scale.

Although Martyn Welch does do smaller scales, such as 4 mm.

I particularly like the way Martyn Welch has dealt with the coupling and connecting rods....something that was not dealt with on the Lionel engine? [Which s the same scale....just the US version of it....1:48. as distinct from the UK 1:43.5, or 7 mm scale]

Edjit...Martyn Welch authored a book on 'The art of weathering'...been out some years [see his website?].....whilst practice, and skill, accounts for so much [as with dealing with old cars?]....he does explain things, and get folk on the 'right tracks'....

I would add, messing with these things takes one's time away from the important stuff, like cars?

[Bitumen Boy]

Strictly speaking I would say not really motoring related, but definitely of interest. Driving a classic to visit a preserved railway or model railway exhibition is, to my mind, about as good a day out as it's possible to have.

Really, most things transport related will interest me whether they be motor vehicles - of most types, just not too modern - or railways, canals, even the old turnpike roads and stagecoaches. A couple of years back there was a charity event involving running a preserved stagecoach from, IIRC, Carmarthen to Cardiff along the old route, selling tickets to raise funds, and it was a great disappointment to me that I wasn't free to take the opportunity due to family illness.

[badhuis]

I would go a step further in adding that old machinery is fascinating. Even if it not motoring related. I can recommend the Bradley Industrial Museum. Textile machines, drilling machines, lathes all driven by a big old steam machine. Fantastic to see and hear them work. Oil containers on the bearings everywhere. What a noise it must have been in a textile mill beginning of the 20th century. Lots of mechanics needed to keep all that running.
A visit much recommended.


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[Penman]

Hi
If you're in the Dales sometime have a look at http://www.caudwellsmill.co.uk/
A flour mill using a line-shaft system driven by water-power.

And, there's a steam railway less than a mile and a half away http://www.peakrail.co.uk/
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[Keith D]

Anybody who is a model railway freak (as I am) should visit the old warehouse on the Hamburg dockside to see the largest model railway set-up in the world. I'd seen it on YouTube and it's fantastic, but I enjoyed it far better when I visited a couple of years ago. It was absolutely fantastic! And not so far for you UK based folk!

Keith
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1926 Chrysler 60 tourer (100 years old! - a genuine antique!)
1950 Austin A40 tourer
1999 BMW Z3
Its weird being the same age as old people.
You are either part of the problem or part of the solution

[Kleftiwallah]

That's not a model chuff chuff, it's a real one!

Cheers, Tony.
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[Peter_L]

[oldboy]

I would suggest that all motoring enthusiasts would appreciate the engineering and beauty of a Steam Tractor or a Tiger Moth biplane or an old Wooden Sailing Boat. To me it's the same DNA that runs through them all.