J D Lowe
Galen asked me in the last Havelock yard post if I could tell if any of the data markings on the HEAPZ hopper appeared to have been freshly painted over the graffiti. I took a few other photos of that hopper from some other angles so I thought I'd re-examine them for clues. I couldn't see any, and...
J D Lowe
Every time I drop by the Havelock yard I keep an eye out for the Space Hopper. Given how long ago I first saw it, it's unlikely to reappear.....but, one never knows :-)
J D Lowe
It's a small detail of course, but in my memory of the Pillsbury hoppers, if the truck side frames weren't blue as on the real ones I saw back in the '70s, then, well, it just wasn't right. After a little bit of colour matching, Vallejo Model Color Royal Blue 70.809 seemed to be the best match....
J D Lowe
One of 4 (!) Pillsbury Hoppers bought at Van Horne Hobbies.You may recall that almost exactly 6 years ago I posted a few photos of brand new Pillsbury hoppers I saw in the Havelock Yard sometime in the mid-1970s. Then in the late fall of 2023 I posted about a micro-layout I built based on a...
J D Lowe
An image from the famous take-off scene in The Dam Busters.Three of the nine Lancaster bombers on their way to Germany's Ruhr Dams on 16 May 1943.I jokingly referred to the 1955 movie, The Dam Busters, in a post about busting beaver dams near the Havelock yard. I hadn't watched it in decades, so I...