>Dear "Squire" Steve, Yes I believe the S2 does have wheels beneath about 5 pounds of detail, mostly piping and what a pain that was with my aging figures. The case will protect the detail ( I hope!) and I like your suggestion of transport from the hotel to the Grand Ball room. I should put wheels on it and use it as a skate board - you can test that transport first as your broken bones won't hurt me as much as my own bones.
I am looking forward to the GWR book. OK- I have first peek as I was born on the GWR line and my mother always told me she found me under a rose bush. She failed to mention that the bush was alongside the railway track just beside a KGV- or was in a Castle? My wife was born in Southend so I have first peek at that too! There is a Dow that \contributes to " Steam World" but I don't recall a George Dow. Can't wait for your coal fired Thanks much, Cantankerous Geoff >Sir Geoff, > >Look forward to the entertainment! I know the S2 has wheels, but can't wait >to see the carrier that David made for you. Is it like a sedan chair? If >so, it would be just what's needed to convey one properly from the hotel to >the Grand Ballroom. And Mr. Schindler's got himself a coal-fired loco? Wow. > >For the GWR crowd I'll bring to the NSS a book I found yesterday at a used >book store: "The Great Western Railway - 150 Glorious Years", by Patrick >Whitehouse and David St-John Thomas. In it are photos of Castles and Kings, >which is about as close as I can get to having an Aster one. Also found a >copy of George Dow's "London, Tilbury, and Southend Album", with many >excellent photos of the 4-4-2 Tilbury Tanks. I'll even let the GWR guys peek >at it. > >Steve > > > > >On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Geoff Spenceley <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >Firstly Sir Rob, >> >> Don't worry about me elbowing Steve away from the track, watch for >> Kevin Schindler with his new coal fired loco- he has gone absolutely >> ape! >> >> You are right about the weight of the S2. Fortunately David Leech >> made a carrier for me and the engine can be wheeled off on to the >> track, at the same time knocking off any GWR locos ( Castles for >> example) that are in the way. >> >> I am really looking forward to seeing your "show and tell" GWR- since >> we seem to steam our locos together we can do it with the KGV. I >> hope Tony has his Castle built too, we can have a competitive run on >> power and duration with the KGV! Dave Stick's review was not fair >> to the KGV in my humble and very biased opinion. I have assembled >> (fiddled together) many Asters since 1979 and I believe the ones >> offered in the 80s & 90s were of the highest quality. Of course, I >> was just a young stud then and my eyesight and fingers had youth. >> >> See you at the NSS- Steam on! >> >> Lord Geoff - Hey, note that three of those letters spell "OLD" >> That's me, so in the future it is now "OLD GEOFF" - Don't you forget >> it! >> >> >Geoff, >> > A little birdie told me that in order to be able to lift >> >the S2, you have taken out a subscription to the Gym! Do bring the >> >KGV, Tony is building an Aster Castle and I too will have a Gwr loco >> >for show and tell. Ah the suspence-ly! >> > >> >Rob >> > >> >--- On Fri, 5/15/09, Geoff Spenceley <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >From: Geoff Spenceley <[email protected]> >> >Subject: Re: [SSLiveSteam] Just now registered for NSS 2009 >> >To: "Small-scale live steam discussions" <[email protected]> >> >Date: Friday, May 15, 2009, 8:44 AM >> > >> >>Congrats Steve! >> > >> >Hope it all continues to go well and we see it steaming and polluting >> >at the NSS. I registered so long ago that they put my room is in moth >> >balls waiting for me and my table at trackside is reserved. I could >> >rent a portion to you we get too crowded! >> > >> >I expect to bring my GN S2- you know, just allky fired, Perhaps my >> >KGV too to make Mister Dixon drool. > > > >> >Geoff >> > >> > >> >>Good evening List, >> >> >> >>Just finished registering on-line for the NSS. And I made my hotel >> >>reservations yesterday. To top that off I've actually made progress on >> >the >> >>coal-fired Billy. In the past two days the grate and lower portion of the >> >>firebox got fabricated. The lower portion is a stainless steel box that >> >>attaches to the copper part of the firebox and attaches to the loco frame >> >to >> >>support the aft end of the boiler assembly. Now I can install the boiler >> >>onto the frame properly and start working on the piping for the axle pump >> >>and on the steam plumbing. 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