Tubal Caine Wenceslas

[Tony Wright 1Participant @tonywright1]

[Tony Wright 1Participant @tonywright1]

[Tony Wright 1Participant @tonywright1]

Hello lads ,my latest build .Tubal Caine Wenceslas . The designe is in book 2 simple model steam engines. No castings where used (far to expensive !) hope you approve ?

best regards Tony Wright.

[Roderick JenkinsParticipant @roderickjenkins93242]

Posted by Tony Wright 1 on 15/01/2021 11:29:26:

Hello lads ,my latest build .Tubal Caine Wenceslas . The designe is in book 2 simple model steam engines. No castings where used (far to expensive !) hope you approve ?

best regards Tony Wright.

I do . Nice work.

Rod

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Lovely with all the brass work on show. Nice work indeed.

[Jim NicParticipant @jimnic]

Nicely done Tony.

Jim

[Nigel BennettParticipant @nigelbennett69913]

Yes, well done, Tony and thanks for sharing.

I was intrigued by your spelling of Tubal Caine (with an extra "e" ). Tom Walshaw apparently had a letter published in ME in his early days, perhaps even pre-war; it was signed "Tubal Caine", it being then a very common practice to use a pen name. Whether or not it was an Editorial typo I don't know, but LBSC picked up on it in one of his weekly outbursts, bestowing on him the soubriquet "Bro. Tail-Lamp" for the extra "e"… All Tom's later articles and books are by "Tubal Cain".

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[Tony Wright 1Participant @tonywright1]

Hello Nigel , Re Tubal Cain name,just a typo ! I’m not that subtle . Best regards Tony.

[Tony Wright 1Participant @tonywright1]

Hello Br a few photos of my steam outboard ! As seen on flea bay

[Former MemberParticipant @formermember12892]

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[Bo’sunParticipant @bosun58570]

More than one Tubal Cain then?

[OldironParticipant @oldiron]

Tom Walshaw aka Tubal Cain & mrpete aka Tubalcain. One with a space and one without. Wiki shows spelling as :- "Tubal-cain or Tubalcain is a person mentioned in the Bible, in Genesis 4:22,"

I suppose we will never know the original spelling.

BTW some great models you have there Tony.

regards

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[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Posted by Nigel Bennett on 15/01/2021 20:20:12:

Yes, well done, Tony and thanks for sharing.

I was intrigued by your spelling of Tubal Caine (with an extra "e" ). Tom Walshaw apparently had a letter published in ME in his early days, perhaps even pre-war; it was signed "Tubal Caine", it being then a very common practice to use a pen name. Whether or not it was an Editorial typo I don't know, but LBSC picked up on it in one of his weekly outbursts, bestowing on him the soubriquet "Bro. Tail-Lamp" for the extra "e"… All Tom's later articles and books are by "Tubal Cain".

Edited By Nigel Bennett on 15/01/2021 20:20:40

Bro. Tail Lamp? What is the connection with the extra e ? Or is it just he is not bright enough to be Bro. Head Lamp? Sounds like model engineering was such a friendly place full of cheerful old gits long before t'internet.

[OldironParticipant @oldiron]

Posted by br on 16/01/2021 11:03:01:

Posted by Bo'sun on 16/01/2021 10:30:49:

More than one Tubal Cain then?

There is also an American model engineer chap on you tube using same name though he does point out he is not the original Tubal Cain.

br

The merican would be Lyle Peterson AKA mrpete222 aka Tubalcain.(no space)

regards

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[Nigel BennettParticipant @nigelbennett69913]

“Bro. Tail Lamp” was just LBSC whimsy for the extra e on the end, like a tail lamp on the end of a train… He could be pretty cruel sometimes, especially making snide remarks about Henry Greenly or KN Harris, but he was very generous to those who agreed with everything he said! Despite his faults he did more than anyone to promote small locomotive building. We all need oddballs like him to make life interesting… who else do you know who would extract their own teeth because his dentist had retired?

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