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Not a Saturn V... - rich2005 - 09-06-2018
...but another Rocket - On exhibition.
Terrible lighting, uninspiring surroundings, but I do like the rivets.
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RE: Not a Saturn V... - Blighty - 09-06-2018
Stephensons Rocket ?
RE: Not a Saturn V... - rich2005 - 09-06-2018
That's the one
Manufactured in 1829 at the Robert Stephenson & Co. locomotive works
RE: Not a Saturn V... - Ofnuts - 09-06-2018
There is a steam engine museum in Newcastle?
There is a whole floor in the London Science Museum that can be described as "steam engine porn". Fascinating thing. Of course this is pure "the British invented the steam engine" propaganda while in reality it was the French
RE: Not a Saturn V... - rich2005 - 09-07-2018
(09-06-2018, 09:31 PM)Ofnuts Wrote: There is a steam engine museum in Newcastle?
There is a science museum of sorts, was great when I was a youngster, unfortunately moved to a new building and became 'politically correct'. The Rocket is on loan. They put it next to a bright yellow wall which casts a yellow sheen over, wonderful.
RE: Not a Saturn V... - Ofnuts - 09-07-2018
(09-07-2018, 08:58 AM)rich2005 Wrote:(09-06-2018, 09:31 PM)Ofnuts Wrote: There is a steam engine museum in Newcastle?
There is a science museum of sorts, was great when I was a youngster, unfortunately moved to a new building and became 'politically correct'. The Rocket is on loan. They put it next to a bright yellow wall which casts a yellow sheen over, wonderful.
Same problem at home, I'm planning to use one of the rooms as a den but the walls are painted in some terra cotta red. My wife wonders why I like light grey so much
I will pick up the paint after taking pictures of samples with a color chart.PS: What is a "politically incorrect" science museum?
RE: Not a Saturn V... - Ofnuts - 09-07-2018
(09-06-2018, 03:51 PM)rich2005 Wrote: ...but another Rocket - On exhibition.
Terrible lighting, uninspiring surroundings, but I do like the rivets.
What I find surprisingly avant-garde is the wheels. They could have been the hardest part to do at the time.
RE: Not a Saturn V... - rich2005 - 09-23-2018
(09-07-2018, 09:20 AM)Ofnuts Wrote: PS: What is a "politically incorrect" science museum?
Reply had to wait a bit until I got an up-to-date photo
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This is the science museum I used to lurk around as a youngster. Now a brewery, which is second best.
It dates to 1929 and was full of old bits of canon (not the printer maker) models of old ships and trains, many of those working models. It was wonderful, made you wonder about the basics. Sadly the new one, definitely no military, and dumbed down to a 'presentation' mode, if that makes sense.
Still, that is today, about half-past September by this:
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