RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted April 17, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 17, 2017 Years ago I bought some excellent 4mm scale MR wagon sheets at an exhibition. The maker, Thomas Petith of Cardiff, still has a website www.wagonsheets.co.uk/ but I've had no response to email - does anyone know if he's still trading? I confess I've not yet tried good-fashioned post. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire2865 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Itd be a shame if he wasnt. I ordered from him about a year and a half ago and I was very happy with the sheets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted April 18, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 18, 2017 Itd be a shame if he wasnt. I ordered from him about a year and a half ago and I was very happy with the sheets. By mail to the address on the website? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigw Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 By mail to the address on the website? I had success in contacting him about 3 years ago when I tried to order some tarps. I also got a reply about 18 months later (!). I tried contacting him again last year whereupon my ISP blacklisted my IP address as I tried to send to his hotmail account. Not game to try again after that. a great shame as the tarps look very interesting. Regards, Craig W Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
3D Print Tom Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Years ago I bought some excellent 4mm scale MR wagon sheets at an exhibition. The maker, Thomas Petith of Cardiff, still has a website www.wagonsheets.co.uk/ but I've had no response to email - does anyone know if he's still trading? I confess I've not yet tried good-fashioned post. I'm still alive and the wagon sheets are still available. Contact me at wagonsheets@hotmail.com or 02920844135. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted April 26, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 26, 2017 I'm still alive and the wagon sheets are still available. Contact me at wagonsheets@hotmail.com or 02920844135. Tom, the email address quoted on your site is incorrect, it shows @hotmail.co.uk, not .com. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted April 26, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 26, 2017 I'm still alive and the wagon sheets are still available. Contact me at wagonsheets@hotmail.com or 02920844135. Thanks, that's great to know! I'll be in touch presently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
3D Print Tom Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 Tom, the email address quoted on your site is incorrect, it shows @hotmail.co.uk, not .com. Thanks I will try and get it changed to hotmail.com. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted May 13, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 13, 2017 Arrived in the post a few days ago: Thanks to Tom for the prompt service (and the bonus LSWR sheet - I now have a plan for that) and to RMwebbers for helping find the cause of the contact problem - to confirm, the address is: wagonsheets@hotmail.com. I'll be getting to grips with the LNWR ones first but have plans for the rest. The SER ones are because I can't get this picture out of my head - lovely line-up of antique SER wagons, such a shame SERKits are 7 mm scale only. Note also the SER sheet 'borrowed' for factory purposes in this view - behind the horse-drawn wagon and the telegraph post - presumably demurrage charges were mounting up! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted May 13, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 13, 2017 (edited) Thanks very much Compound for illustrating the sheets. I wish you hadn't linked to that H&P photo though, those photos are so disruptive :-) Edited May 13, 2017 by Mikkel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseHead Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Hmm, I think I know what Mikkel means - that inset tandem turnout in the final photo has set some track-building hankerings going that I thought I'd put to bed with a simple cobbled dockside diorama a year or so ago ... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcD Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Not seen them before but they look good I have a number of 7mm wagons that could have tarps fitted. Any chance of some S&DJR ones? Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidbr Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 I bought some of these recently, once I had got round the wrong email address. They are very good. I was also supplied, on request, with a sheet of plain black tarps for use with road vehicles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Bought some of these recently in n gauge, good product and good service. A happy customer. Here they are in N gauge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26power Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 I think that the sheet would go over the load and the wagon sides, rather than be "tucked in" inside the wagon sides? Some info here: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/gansg/9-loads/9-tarps.htm but a quick Google didn't find examples images of real wagons. Perhaps your "modeller's licence" to allow the load to be removable? Bought some of these recently in n gauge, good product and good service. A happy customer.Here they are in N gauge20171206_221344.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted December 7, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 7, 2017 I think that the sheet would go over the load and the wagon sides, rather than be "tucked in" inside the wagon sides? Some info here: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/gansg/9-loads/9-tarps.htm but a quick Google didn't find examples images of real wagons. Perhaps your "modeller's licence" to allow the load to be removable? One does see both arrangements in photos, although over the sides is much more common. It depends on the load - if it needs protection from rain etc., then over the sides - and ideally not with a dip in the middle, though there are plenty of examples! Some loads were double-sheeted, once with the sheet tucked inside the wagon, then a second sheet over the outside. This can be viewed two ways - either frustration at covering up one's handiwork, or, with more planning, an opportunity to be lazy... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 (edited) Thanks guys for the feedback, it was done this way as I did use a plasticard base to put the load on so the loads could be removed if needed. I'm going to see some prototype pictures but if not now that I know how to best stick these tarpaulins down and that they wont harm the underlying wagon then it'd be easy enough to put another tarpaulin over but draped down the sides of the wagon. Edited December 7, 2017 by millerhillboy 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted December 8, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 8, 2019 Does anyone know the current status of Tom Petith's wagonsheets? Last time I looked, the website had gone and I note that as @3D Print Tom he hasn't been on here since January, so I'm fearing the worst. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcD Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 That's a shame got some last year and they were very good. We will have to wait and see if the site comes back online. Marc 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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