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  1. Can I make a small plea with regards to this thread? The photos are superb, and the added information that people post just increases the value & richness, so would it be possible when adding that information to include the date the picture was posted too? For example... where the hell is C6877? Okay, so in this case I know I'm looking for Mallaig so the southern EMUs can be skipped over, but I've got to check each and every photo over the past few days to try and find the one being referred to - in this case it's two pages back. The above post is far from the only example so it's nothing personal '45059'. So, when adding extra info could we say something like '24 Nov - C6877 at Mallaig junction is crying out to be modelled'. Navigating the thread by date is so much easier than checking the C number under each photo. Thanks!
  2. Has a whole year passed since I built this?! It's not my intention to keep adding to this thread, but at the time there were several valid questions around the longevity of a baseboard made out of cardboard (and not exactly top quality cardboard at that). For the past 12 months the layout has been kept in the roof of my garage: As you can see, it's been kept out of the rain, but the gap across the top of the garage doors shows that the wind, humidity and temperature can all get at it. Actual damage to the layout consists of some of the backscene needing a bit of re-gluing, and the road developing a bit of ridge half way down. Structural integrity of the layout? Well, here we go: Bit of a sag in the middle, but I suspect it would have done that even when it had just been built! No doubt the track is helping to keep the thing ridged, but overall it's lasted well.
  3. What's that little loading bank for do we think? Seems to be for emptying stuff into the minerals, but what might that be on such a small scale? Or just coincidence that they are parked next to it?
  4. Is that an arched plate girder bridge in the background? Don't think I've ever seen one of those before.
  5. Just going from the cab door height, I assume it wasn't possible to actually walk through this and you had to stoop or crawl instead?
  6. Mindblowing. Absolute top drawer modelling.
  7. Great, many thanks for the info. I shall purchase/repaint accordingly.
  8. Great, thanks. Actually, now I look again at my own link I've got Karriers not Scarabs. Can I use those?
  9. I'm exploring info for a mid-70s parcel depot layout in London and was wondering about the likely road vehicles used. I've already purchased a couple of Scarabs in yellow... http://www.anticsonline.co.uk/1751_1_106287841.html ...but I'm now thinking that these are too early (thanks to info contained within this thread). Would vehicles in the 'rail express parcels' livery be a better bet? (eg, http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2312569) Or maybe the National Carriers livery would be more or equally suitable? I don't mind doing my own research on the specific vehicles, it's the livery I could do with some assistance with. Thanks for any help you can give me chaps.
  10. I trust there's also a pop-up bullet shield and ejector seat?
  11. Strangely that one marked SUB doesn't actually appear to be in that bad condition (from what we can see). There's certainly worse examples in this thread!
  12. Another hoary old modelling cliché there - figure looking out from rear veranda of Airfix brakevan.
  13. BR blue and rusty minerals - perfect photos for me If they had urban housebacks as well they'd be 10/10. Interesting 'strata' effect with the rust in that second photo, and a very clean brakevan too. And in contrast, look at the state of that leading 31!
  14. The telegraph poles on the side of that warehouse are an interesting feature.
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