butlerhenderson 0 Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Wondered if anyone could advise on the authentic origins or not of this model which can be found in Modelzone in Broad Marsh http://www.ehattons.com/images/products/76me004_1.jpg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Welcome Click on this Profile link and send a message to Member Nottscops At a Guess it was the car used by Colonel A Popkess, Chief Constable of Nottingham. Please update this thread with any answers? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 When was he a Colonel ,Mick? I thought he was a humble Captain(although very brave by all accounts). His life history was very inspiring(worth a read) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 I remember seeing a picture in some book, or maybe picture the past of a chief constable in an open top car somewhere near the top of Mansfield road/Forest road, the car did look bigger than the morris though, I will try to find the picture, also was the Nottingham police force the first to use radio in their cars? Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 don't know about police car radios,but Nottingham Police were said to be first to use "walkie talkies " at football games, have a picture of such at meadow lane said to be 1932 but forgot how to get to photobucket (or it's not working for me) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 859 Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 Walkie talkies in 1932? Did they put the valves inside their helmets then or did they use pre-Dan Dare Space Phones, you know, those plastic thingy's connected with taught string, or proper tin cans to make them work even better. I'm trying to imagine an uninterrupted line stretching from Shakespeare Street to Meadow Lane, wouldn't Midland Station have got in the way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 hence the " " actual radio was in haversack type pack on officers back with headphones and large mic, it said 1932 in the book so all I can go on Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 Yes, I saw that picture myself Ashley, probably the same book as the open top car, I think the haversack type radio was something like the military used in WW2 not sure but I think it was called an A10 set Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 by the way butlerhenderson, what's origin of your name here Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 All that... and an impressive range of 3 feet too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 The original car was a Morris Eight 'Series E' with a 'waterfall grille'. The headlamps were also aerodynamic (but pretty useless) They were in production from 1938 through to 1948 - replaced in 1948 by the iconic Morris Minor. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 by the way butlerhenderson, what's origin of your name here I think he must be related to Vicky Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 Or a steam engine - 62660 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 Link to video- sorry, it does not embed Butler Henderson Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 Vicki is related to the GCR Director who the locomotive was named after, wondered if author of this post is too? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 nice video, loved the sound too, running with bit of of rich mixture though! maybe the amal monobloc needs tinckering with? lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank 13 Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 I remember the steam trains from my 'younger days' but, looking at the videos just posted, I'm confused. Sorry if it's not a relevant question to the thread starter, but - I thought that the funnel (chimney) on the top of the engine vented smoke from the fire box. This was always apparent as we used to choke on smoke when the train entered a tunnel, but, when you watch the latest vids, the output from the funnel seems to be steam, 'puffing' in time with the turn of the wheels? How is the smoke from the fire and also steam vented? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 steam is also fed into the exhaust creating a vacum to aid combustion (I think) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 859 Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Why not go here this weekend and you'll see it:- I'm sure that they will be some keen type around willing to explain how a steam loco works as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Steam is exhausted in the smokebox from the cylinders pointing towards the chimney creating a vacuum which in turn pulls more fire from the firebox via the fire tubes to create a more efficient burn and water heating capabilities, it's the exhausted steam that gives the steam engine that distinctive "chuff chuff" sound Rog (sorry for being boring!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 don't know about police car radios,but Nottingham Police were said to be first to use "walkie talkies " at football games, have a picture of such at meadow lane said to be 1932 but forgot how to get to photobucket (or it's not working for me) We take for granted the stupidity of drinking and driving. Speaking his (Popkess) mind he often ruffled feathers. He caused a storm 50 years ago when the Captain demanded new laws be brought in to stop drinking and driving. There were no limits in the 1950s. Just to show there is nothing new under the sun with our Labour controlled council,Captain Popkess hit the front pages of the national news in 1959 when he called in detectives from the Met to investigate the bribery of Labour councillors on a visit to East Germany. Claims which were never proved. The news of the investigation was leaked to the newspapers the day before council elections. The Chief Constable was suspended and it became a national scandal. The captain was an innovator, bringing new ideas to the force, using the media to forward his cause, upsetting authorities but winning public support Ahead of his time Captain Popkess was an innovator in Nottingham for 30 years. The city had the first forensic labs in the country, the first police dogs and the first patrol cars with radios. Captain Popkess retired within months of his reinstatement. After that he never set foot in Nottingham again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 didn't blow in the bag come in mid 1960's? before that it was walk the white line? agree drink driving is stupid, well anything over 8 pints or so, esp on say a R1, you're likely to over rev it, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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