Messages received from new member applications.

[Martin Wynne]

New member Lawrence Back writes:

"Historic G3 Steam - spirit or coal fired.
Carette steam locos
Historic G3 / 2.5 gauge riding behind engines
RHDR and Henry Greenly and the Model engineer 'L.B.S.C'
Restoration, painting and lining out."

Welcome to G3 Clubroom Lawrence.

[Lawrence Back]

Hi All
I just last year finished restoring and repainting a G3 4-4-0 loco - which has been in the family since the 1920s. Restoring the loco was a voyage of discovery in terms of the loco's history and how to repair and repaint the engine. I still don't have a complete history of this model so any suggestion would be interesting. I the model looks like a 1905 Carette but I could find no markings on any of the parts except for the cab pressure gauge. It has been suggested that it was built from parts supplied by Bassett-Lowke. I have two further locos to restore which I hope to get onto this year.
Lawrence Back

[John Branch]

It's a good looking  job, sturdy and purposeful, what are your other two projects?
John

[Lawrence Back]

Hi John, The other two projects are freelance design loco built by my father and uncles. One is a Mikado 2-8-2 tender  heavy goods engine based on a Helen Long design finished around 1933. It has the cab of southern school class and needs a repaint and lining out. The other is an Atlantic probably base on Ayesha. This need stripping and cleaning before repainting It looks a bit like LSWR deign cab and smoke deflectors. both are coal fired.
They both very old so never going to run them.

[Nick]

It's great to see eight (by my count) new members of this forum since Martin started welcoming them just over six months ago. The world of G3 is small but there is a lot of enthusiasm here. The Gauge 3 Society caters for all approaches, from cutting-edge new technologies for scratch building to restoring and running old live steam engines. The society organises two G3-specific shows a year with traders, demonstrations, layouts and a test track and participates in other mixed-gauge and ME shows. The G3S Newletter is published four times a year. The next issue is due in March. Check out the table of contents.

G3S Newsletter 136 Spring 2024 TOC.pdf

Nick

[cabbage]

When I started out on G3 it was a case of "someone knew someone who might have seen a G3 loco". That is only twelve years ago...

Regards

Ralph