Darjeeling B class

ROSS said:
I have never ever understood why they use cheeseheaded screws on models the price they charge.........must have bought a hell of a job lot from someone!! ;D
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You can do them up without scratching the paint - a hex head would dig in and leave a circle.
 
stockers said:
You can do them up without scratching the paint - a hex head would dig in and leave a circle.
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The driver can slip out of a slot head a lot easier than a pozi. Hex drivers can have a 'limited' entry that prevents the marking.
 
bobg said:
The driver can slip out of a slot head a lot easier than a pozi. Hex drivers can have a 'limited' entry that prevents the marking.
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I think he means the head itself will damage the paintwork as it is tightened?? - though a 'shim' washer would solve this, if there is enough clearance to include it.
 
PhilP said:
I think he means the head itself will damage the paintwork as it is tightened?? - though a 'shim' washer would solve this, if there is enough clearance to include it.
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Or the bolts themselves can have the clearance added to the back of the head. (Just relieve the corners.)
 
bobg said:
Or the bolts themselves can have the clearance added to the back of the head. (Just relieve the corners.)
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Ah!
My fix - bodge.
Your fix - engineering solution.
;) ;) ;) ;) :D ;D
 
Indeed it is, Max, but all three are supposed to be the same colour - but as can be seen they are anything but! :(

The colour rendition is poor in that shot too, they aren't quite so bright in reality! ;)
 
Pretty much, it's only the same colour, if all came out of one tin . . . . . . . and only then if you stirred it sufficiently each time. ;) ;) Other than that the nearest you can get is a B.S. number or RAL code. ??? ;D
 
They're all as they were painted by Roundhouse, Bob. So much for RAL colours..... :( The Darj has a Lightlines job, but the base colour is Roundhouse 'tan', aka improved engine green. All three should be the same 'technically' !!! :-X
 
And it's still a funny colour ???



but it happens to be Neil's favourite ;) ;) ;)
 
Copied from LB&SCR.org website.

"In the Stroudley and R.J. Billinton period we have the famous Stroudley "Improved Engine Green", actually a golden yellow ochre. This colour has given rise to numerous disputes. There are theories that he was colour-blind or that to get the board's approval he described it as: "an Improvement on (the existing) Engine Green" - hence "Improved Engine Green". Stroudley had used the yellow ochre livery on the Highland Railway previously, so the answer probably lies in their minute books. In H.J. Campbell Cornwall's book, he suggests that the "Improved Engine Green" also known as "Scotch Green", referred to the goods colour which was a shade darker than that used by Craven."

So that clears that one up then ;) Max.
 
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