Johns LNWR gallery

[LarryG]

Larry, that's a lovely looking coach and a foretaste of your skills, in an era when there were far fewer accurate models and kits about. Indeed, every class of LMS or BR standard loco could be built by hacking a Triang Princess about and adding plasticard or laminated manilla envelope material to make replacement parts. Thank goodness we've moved on from that.
Dave.

The smokebox in the kit is pretty well thought out. Except that the rivets come further down than they should. Larry got it right.

Just to clarify for history, my late friend Geoff Holt built the loco. I only painted it.

Re boiler bands, I had a arrangement with some clients that they do not fit boiler bands, as I would add them at the painting stage, including the blank ones on fireboxes etc.

 

[Mike W]

I didn't realise you painted Goff Holt's Gauge 1 models Larry. They are very well done. Pity they are now dispersed all over the country, but I guess it had to happen.

Mike

 

[Ressaldar]

my late friend Geoff Holt built the loco.

the man himself at one of the North Wales & West Cheshire meetings at Llanbedr



admiring one of his then (May 2010) recent builds, one of a batch of three iirc.

and one his other builds





regards

Mike

 

[LarryG]

Thanks for that picture Mike. Its lovely and I'm guessing it was taken towards the end of his life? We lost touch when I stopped painting, then when I planned to call in on him, I got a phonecall saying he had just passed away. We met in the 1970's when he was teaching in Boston.

 

[LarryG]

I didn't realise you painted Goff Holt's Gauge 1 models Larry. They are very well done. Pity they are now dispersed all over the country, but I guess it had to happen.

Mike

Brian Badger painted the gauge 1 models usually.

 

[john lewsey]

 

[Kevin MH]

Just to clarify for history, my late friend Geoff Holt built the loco. I only painted it.

Well, it is beautifully painted. I might have guessed it was a Holt loco.

 

[john lewsey]

 

[Joe's Garage]

Very nice models John, sorry I clicked "liked" for the 2013 posts!
Hope all is well and you are not overheating in the Spanish heat?
Lovely coaches.
All the best
Julian

 

[john lewsey]

Very nice models John, sorry I clicked "liked" for the 2013 posts!
Hope all is well and you are not overheating in the Spanish heat?
Lovely coaches.
All the best
Julian

Hi, cycling in the morning, modelling in the afternoons. I dont mind the heat

 

[Joe's Garage]

Very nice John, we'll be there in two weeks time for the next 90 day quota. Carrobs end of September and Oliver's late October..!
All the best
Julian

 

[john lewsey]

 

[Roger Pound]

John,

Just 'found ' your thread - started putting 'Like' on the 2013 pictures but then seeing that there were several pages felt that I would be better putting a note in to express my pleasure at seeing your work. Many thanks indeed for providing such interesting postings for an old LNWR fan, even though my local line was ex-MR. We got many G2a and Webb 2-4-2T's working through from the WCML however .

Roger

 

[john lewsey]

John,

Just 'found ' your thread - started putting 'Like' on the 2013 pictures but then seeing that there were several pages felt that I would be better putting a note in to express my pleasure at seeing your work. Many thanks indeed for providing such interesting postings for an old LNWR fan, even though my local line was ex-MR. We got many G2a and Webb 2-4-2T's working through from the WCML however .

Roger

Thank you for that Roger