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Post by welshy on Oct 18, 2009 19:57:04 GMT
Hi all whilst at the Midlands show yesterday i looked at the 1st and 2nd place winning models in the class 6 category which was traction engines. The first prize went to a 1/1/2" Allchin and second place went to a wonderfull 3" Burrell compound showmans engine, I'm not saying the Allchin wasn't a nice model but wondered why it was judged to be better than the Burrell which is a much more complicated and difficult engine to build and had been finished to a very high standard the Allchin did not seem to be any thing out of the ordinary in fact i noticed that the rivet heads hadn't even been filed down on the wheel strakes which is very unlike any prototype engine.
Can anyone enlighten me on the judges decision.
Mike
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jasonb
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Post by jasonb on Oct 18, 2009 20:44:07 GMT
Cant help with the decision but the rivits on the starkes were never filled down on full size, they were just left to wear with use, so its more prototypical
Jason
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Post by welshy on Oct 19, 2009 20:20:17 GMT
I would tend to disagree about the full size rivets, yes they may not have been filed right down flush but i have not seen photos of even out of the factory engines with huge rivet heads sticking out, and certainly on a model they are always smoothed off (showcase models any way.
Mike
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Post by jasonb on Oct 20, 2009 15:38:33 GMT
Since I posted I have now seen a picture of the model in question and the amount of excess rivit is quite a lot. In full size they were left to wear down but as this would take ages on a model it is indeed usual to file them flush. Still at least he won't need to fit any frost spikes to it  Jason |
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Post by welshy on Oct 20, 2009 17:02:41 GMT
Yes your right Jason he should be able to drive it through anything with those
grips. Idid not see all the detail of the Allchin as I said but I thought the Burrell should have taken first place but who am I to say.
Mike
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