Leader arrives - what colour is yours??!!
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New Haven Neil
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sir haydn said:
That'll look really nice - would you be so good as to post a photo when you finish it?
I take it you're Matt.....
Interesting that you should mention the 'chunky' aspect John .... I saw both Leader and Caradoc side-by-side at the Sussex G scale bash at Herstmonceux and Leader looked rather diminutive when seen next to Caradoc.beancounter said:
Not that I'm complaining! I'd really love to have one!
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Evening,
I changed the balloon stack for the normal one,couldn't bear the balloon one even though it's prototypical,it was a pig to do as well.
I changed the balloon stack for the normal one,couldn't bear the balloon one even though it's prototypical,it was a pig to do as well.
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Not yet John,I'll hang on till the snow goes I think,could be a long wait though.
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If they hadn't brought Leader out I would probably have bought an Excelsior,if I could have got a good one of course.bobg said:Now, apart from no rear bunker and the additional tool box and sander on the running board it looks exactly like my Excelsior!
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It's funny you saying that,it was a toss up between green and maroon,green won,difficult choice without seeing them though.Sea Lion said:
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Keep the balloon stacks - gives it a bit of je ne sais quoi 
.....someone has done a Bulleid "Leader".....but, no, it's something smaller.......
New Haven Neil
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bobg said:Now, apart from no rear bunker and the additional tool box and sander on the running board it looks exactly like my Excelsior!
The real important bit is the cylinders, Bob - it now has the standard big accu ones. Excelsiors are terribly under cylindered, makes them have two speeds - stopped and Lewis Hamilton.....
Excelsior is of course another prototypical S&K/Bowaters loco..... so you can have both.....
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New Haven Neil said:bobg said:Now, apart from no rear bunker and the additional tool box and sander on the running board it looks exactly like my Excelsior!
The real important bit is the cylinders, Bob - it now has the standard big accu ones. Excelsiors are terribly under cylindered, makes them have two speeds - stopped and Lewis Hamilton.....
Excelsior is of course another prototypical S&K/Bowaters loco..... so you can have both.....
The important bit Neil was I said LOOKS.
The 'cylinders' bit........I'm working on! (but don't hold your breath)
New Haven Neil
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Mmm, a nice warm workshop job for the winter then!
Ran the Leader at a friend's today (myline is in bits still) it runs very well indeed, most impressed, burner seems quieter too. Forgot my camera....d'oh!
Ran the Leader at a friend's today (myline is in bits still) it runs very well indeed, most impressed, burner seems quieter too. Forgot my camera....d'oh!
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New Haven Neil said:
I always forget me camera,can't run me Leader till the snow goes,it's up to me armpits and Helen won't let me run it on the rollers in the house since I nearly set the house on fire a few years back.