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Nothing to do with railways, but odd things one sees. I was at Mum's today and happened to look out of her kitchen window and saw a sailing ship passing by (under power) moving up the harbour. It made a nice change from small bulk carriers, container ships and offshore support ships. Actually it does have to do with railways, I can see a railway from the same window as well as the route of an early waggonway to the harbour. Newcastle Central today. Just a random selection of photos over the years. Newcastle 142021 Sunderland to Newcastle 7th March 89 C11780 Just arrived, passengers waiting to get on to to Sunderland. Newcastle 47444 Liverpool to Newcastle June 89 J09923 Newcastle 43093 down 17th Aug 90 C15269 Newcastle 08578 May 91 J11928 Another photo of this loco. Newcastle 43096 down 10th May 95 C20137 David

Hello Tony you asked how people were getting on with the kits you sold. These are my efforts , to date. The Caprotti has had quite a few mods, including a centralised, sprung front bogie but the black 5 is, more or less, built as intended by DJH. Both need to be weathered and require details such as lamps, crew, glazing and coal.

Now this looks a busy afternoon. Picture sent in taken from the adjoining offices by one of our train spotter friends yesterday

Well the drizzly mizzle has departed, but I have to stay in as local MHK (MP) is due around as I have raised an issue with our general election about to take place, not a political issue but a democratic one. I smell something very fishy going on, and its with the electoral commission! I may be about to make the news.....

A head on view of Silver Link now, which confirms that I still can't get lamps on straight, and that the bl***dy platform signal has moved again somehow. I'm not going to fix it down when I know that it will be replaced in due course.

Thanks to all for your comments and support, the collective support here is second to none Quick post as we're off out the door. A couple of days away exploring Wisconsin and we have a private tour of a Cranberry farm to look forward to tomorrow. Overcast and 14 first thing high of 22 maybe. Tally ho.

Greetings all from a Sidcup where it was raining steadily earlier but where it appears to have stopped now. Condolences to Ian A = and I hope that Rick feels better rapidly too. Younger Lurker is on an inset day - his school acts as a base for out-of-borough children to sit the 11+ (the boring Borough has 4 grammar schools, and I believe that none of the surrounding boroughs have any with the exception of Bromley which has 2, one of which Emma Radacanu has just finished at. Kent, which is also a neighbour, also has lots of grammar schools). Despite the rain, Mrs Lurker decided to walk to school - she could have had the car today. I think she was putting off arriving today as she is having to look after someone else's child, a child who has ASD, speaks no English, is porbably fairly low academically, can be violent, and is a runner. His TA has not arrived at school this year having been signed off by the doc for a month so they are all taking turns! Anyway there is a lot of work for me to get on with so I had better crack on.

Work continues on 6697 as it slowly moves through the workshop. It is a DC split chassis loco by Mainline and I had planned to convert it to DCC but I've run into a problem. The split chassis has actual split, or fractured, on one side around one of the fixing screws and wire terminals so it can't be easily fixed so this will become another one of my growing fleet of static photo props.....! The motor and all gears have been removed, sides fixed and isolated with super glue and it runs very well - when pushed!! This is where we are as of an hour ago Self explanatory really, pictures taken to see what I need to work on next, like buffer faces and the mould line.

Now I get it. I haven't built any bridges yet so I can't put any buses on them. Thanks for your help (as always).

All very interesting. Us direct current users place our buses on the bridge and they never cause problems. Yours Ned Ludd.

Last lot of slate out of Ward Fell for the day. No. 2 will stop briefly for water at Glennock, before the wagons will be shunted into the exchange sidings at Crovan's Gate. Where the slate will then be loaded into standard gauge wagons on the NWR.

Morning all. It has rained overnight and is raining now. I am not planning to do anything today. Tony

Mooring Awl, Inner Temple Hare. A reasonable nights sleep for a change, 5:15 ish in bed and another 2 on the sofa . Ben the I don't like the dark Collie, had to be encouraged out by putting the outside lights on, another light has decided not to work properly.. So that's two to replace soon, they are baby 10W LED floodlights. I awoke with my paws indicating a change in the weather, there are only a couple of damp patches on the roads at the moment. A quick look at boat festivals site indicates the next one is in Brownhills just north of Birmingham 18-21 Sept.. So four days, yes they could make it, but I would have thought it unlikely to have caused increased traffic in London, unless they decided to "travel in company". Successfully filled in the medical pills review form online for our surgery.. It's online.. So why can you only fill it in during office hours? it's not as if they review it immediately , you don't get a reply for several days.. Jobs it looks like the Graduate has been accepted and has accepted the role of deputy head of lab, the boss is now talking of a couple of years of working 2 days a week past his planned retirement in order to escort the Graduate through his training.. They are now advertising for apprentices here , 4 places available, £750 to any one who finds one and they stay through their probation.. Yep they can't even find apprentices now , they used to be buried under applications. Overheard personnel discussing getting recruits, they used to get degree holders for technicians places and MSCs for engineering posts.. Now they are only getting not very good degree applications for the higher places.. I'm at least 10 to 20 years too old, I remember when I finished training they said there would be a shortage of electronics personnel.. Well now it's happening... 40 + years late.. Something electrically noisy must be on in / near the factory, it's taking a very long time for this reading to settle.. Time to sit and ... wait..

Good moaning from the Charente where it's only just getting light. First of all condolences to IA and his family. It is good however that Mrs IA and Jemma were able to be there at the end. Here Beth celebrated another trip round the sun yesterday. A good day was had despite a rather frustrating visit to the diabetic consultant. We went out for a meal at a restaurant that's new to us and had a good time, then watched Vigil and enjoyed it. I had cut a lot of the grass/weeds in the morning and even managed a bit of time in the shed. Not a bad day. Today will be shopping day and who knows what else. Orders have not been posted yet. Some good news over here. Some anti vaxxers that we know are now getting jabbed as they were refused entry to some where they wanted to go. The policy is working well. Jamie

Hi All, A big thank you to all of you that have "liked" the pictures of my South Lancashire Railway layout, you've given me the confidence to post again. Here we see former Manchester Ship Canal Peckett No11 with a wagon of coal for the coaling stage at Highfield loco shed, together with an overall view of the end of Highfield Station, with an exhibition of preserved buses in the car park. Each bus has played a part in my life. I hope you enjoy these photos.

These are some of ours. Charlie. Jamie. Fudge. Luna & Suki aka Murder & Mayhem

Practically rush hour this morning at Tunstead Sidings. 1365 finds its on duty to return a cattle and a van back to Tunstead.

Greetings Another half-hour or so was spent in the jungle yesterday morning. While I was wielding the fork and filling the garden waste bin my neighbour Katerina was sitting in a deckchair on her immaculate lawn reading a book. Oh, the envy from this side of the wall, and not just because I do not possess a deckchair. After my exertions my legs still ache, which speaks volumes for my fitness levels, or more accurately their absence. The new Spiers and Boden CD arrived yesterday. Tomorrow night's expedition via the M1 will provide a good opportunity to enjoy it. I would have played it on the way to Hitchin tonight for the RCTS meeting, but I will not be going, simply because the subject of the talk does not interest me. This may sound ungrateful of me but I do rejoice that life as I used to know it is returning to what passes for normal. Condolences to Ian A and best wishes to all Chris

Typical anti-vaxxer.

If it was only up to me ..... ..... Dr. SWMBO is not yet comfortable about having anyone other than a tiny handful of close friends / family indoors. Certainly not anyone who might not have taken a Covid test and who might have been enjoying the social side of life with large numbers of others. The LDC will have to wait. Speaking of which today has been a non-event. I woke with the alarm at 5am and was very clearly unfit for work. The House of Fun was called and my apologies for absence tendered. That will now remain the case for at least most of this week. I have to await the result of a PCR test just in case nad am therefore advised to self-isolate until proven negative. Just as a precaution, you understand. I have slept most of the day and only emerged for small bites to eat at random (not conventional meal) times. I finally get a reply from NHS111 earlier which resulted in much stronger antibiotics being prescribed os we shall see what they do, The doctor who called me ventured his opinion that my cough does not sound like a Covid cough and the slightly raised temperature is not of undue concern but we have to be aware of the virus in the room. So it's at least three days rest and medication to see what happens and no visit to the dentist tomorrow nor the GP on Wednesday as I am possibly displaying one symptom of the germ. A negative PCR test will release me. That should arrive tomorrow and will be mailed straight back for an overnight result - we hope. Dr. SWMBO has to take one as well. Bother, said Pooh. I don't do being unwell very well. But there was no question this morning - I wan't fit and that was that.

Hello everyone, after what can only be described as an interesting few weeks... ("Challenging" has been banned in this house as a bull**** buzzword...) I'm back with a little bit of progress to report. The river board has always been a bit of a bête noir because I haven't even attempted to model water since a rather disappointing experiment with resin when I was about twelve. For this scene to work, I had to get things right. I have deliberately made the river about 20% narrower towards the backscene in order to create an illusion of space and distance. I also made the river banks separately using a stiff mixture of plaster and PVA to give a crumbling soil effect to the bank's as per the real river Clun. I spent a fair bit of time mixing a sandy pink acrylic paint base layer for the soil. That received a brown wash, followed by highlighting with progressively lighter shades of the base colour. I then put in a short of tide mark for the natural water table. Next I got to do the more fun part, I built up the areas of deposited stones below the banks and the scattered larger stones in the watercourse itself. The stone is the real thing, gravel recovered from the banks of the river Clun during the only vintage motorcycle event that we have been able to attend this year, held just a few yards up the road from Broome station, the facility that actually served Aston on Clun. The bed of the river was painted with a mix of brown, tan and green that as a base coat looked like fresh cow muck. Lighter and darker shades were brushed in to the wet paint. Then came my non favourite part. Coffer dams were constructed of masking tape and a thin layer of Rustin's gloss polyurethane varnish Wes dropped in with a large brush and worked amongst the stones with a small brush, so that the tops of exposed rocks remained dry. A bin liner was stretched over the area to keep out dust and the river ignored for a week, before repeating the process. In high summer, the movement of the water is barely noticeable from fifty feet, so I wasn't too worried about trying to model ripples. Normal viewing distance is over 200 scale feet remember. (That's my excuse, dissenters will be sent for re-education / special treatment.) I think it's kind of worked! We are likely to be moving house in the near future, but neither of us think that is a valid reason to stop building Aston.

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Ocado have been hit and miss for a while although think some of that was the transition to M&S from Waitrose. M&S had to secure new lines to meet what Ocado had previously offered from Waitrose and I don't think that they had successfully managed it by the time they linked up. Having said that, apart from some strange yoghurt substitutions, they have been OK for the last few weeks.

Ears lowered. Tick More pink pills collected. Tick Co-op raided. Tick (It was particularly noticeable just how empty some of the shelves are getting) Bear's Result of the Day: Post Office visited as they sell large (500ml) tubs of Paw Cream that seem to be far better than all the poncy stuff at preventing Bear's paws from splitting - especially the tips of thumbs, when it hurts like hell. For £1-50 a time And then I sniffed.....Fry's Turkish Delight - triple multipacks for a quid a throw. To say that Bears are rather partial to TD...... And finally..... How to depress an Engineer: Suggest they took a look at what salaries are being offered to HGV Drivers.....

Here is Teddy, put a towel or old jumper down and he will curl up on it so is it an Item in the bagging area or obstruction on the line?

Tiler's just cancelled until tomorrow. Untick Bear's gonna get soggy. Untick Hang on - Tiler cancelled so Bear can now make the cafe with the other two guys Only now one of them has baled out cos' it's raining - and the other is doing other things as a result....

Leaving the hangar locked up today - it's persisting down! I was looking for the "Oh what a complete and utter load of w...." button. Unfortunately I had to make do with a Laugh as if you don't you'd cry. Would fall nicely into line with Puppers' recommended "Totally Withdraw All Treatments " policy. I was all for rounding all those that signed up, putting them on small island (no boat, helipad or provisions ...) and leaving them to it. Seems fair to me; their "Rights" (whatever they are) to not be vaccinated are maintained and our "Rights" not to be unnecessarily put at risk by a deadly virus which they are actively encouraging would be maintained. As the shiny suits used to say when I was employed "Win-Win"! Alan

yes to quote the great Bob symes " Oh no not another one" yes i am adding yet another oo gauge stabling point to the world . although i hope its far from the norm as i cant seem to find lots off dcc sound class 66s or drs 37s to put on all at once ! i have a large range on interests in the railway world but my main one seems to be a love of green diesels and that period that seldom seems to be modelled of post steam -pre tops diesels and even though it was about 30 years before i was born i adore it. so what to do with no space for a large layout atm and an old sms Christmas tree box layout , and a few spare bits and bobs . the answer appears when reading any of mr mortimore's excellent threads i am yet to think of a name for it yet as its somewhat of a floating location to allow all sorts of locos to be run tho the eastern around London seems to be a favorite . so the layout is 110cm x 22cm and DC (none of that dcc , good old hm duette) its all still a work in progress so please keep that in mind .

Thanks Tony. We have two nearby boxes both labelled as priority and including weekend collections. The only thing was the test kits didn't arrive until lunchtime today though were used and sent back within the hour. We shall see what happens. In the meantime I continue to self-isolate as a precaution with all appointments cancelled. My condolences to @Ian Abel at this sad time. You will always find support offered here. I'll head off now; I still feel like very little beyond sleeping though the horse-pill antibiotics I now have seem to be taking things slightly in the right direction. Let's cross a few extremities for some good results in the next few days.

Troon 1966 from Robert Sinclair's flickr site, photograph by his late father...seeing is believing, luckily someone had the presence of mind to photograph the event! ...and this how it was done... https://www.flickr.com/photos/scottishmaritimemuseum/5977724348/in/photolist-a7epbU-HdkAWY-TUbooG-GZB7QN-2eu6QzK-2jhu8rK-2g2mchh-MhRtqe-RRrMND-qBwHmV-22DSZcA-XZQt1s-X2wKcD-2gtvngF-GV9V1v-22Mtmn1-d5eKsj-LHKETL-hAyb1Q-jXpxTJ-7tBK4R-2gtvkWg-jKRePt-bABkFU-e7Z3hq-9LwVJN-rN4pic-a7ep69-9JnqqG-ypwLbh-25NbRc6-SbrYgo-gSK5K1-nZRmQd-EigxRM-2iLEAH8-RNVvzJ-RjqCjE-oQ3jpv-bsDvyV-Knpdtm-8FgKtF-Pdon3b-nGp2sn-26fShsW-4Nx7bJ-mjuwZW-XXCSqj-9XFZAG-XZQsaj

' morning all from red dragon land. Condolences and thoughts go out to Ian. So good you were able to be there for support and comfort. The blackberries are Wow. I just put a few in my stewed apple and the smell, taste, texture, etc. so outclassed the bought frozen ones I have had during the summer. Toot on the flute becoming more engaging as the tunes become more fluent, meaning I can get more engrossed in them and work out better ways of getting more out of them. Still early days, though. I am no prodigy. Time to go to the Log Swing for some drawing. Sun shining brightly, but it will be behind the tree and not to the side so, hopefully, the shadows will not be too harsh. There is still plenty of leaf cover so that should help as well. Fitt and Elfie trundling along. Take care all and play safe. _________ Best wishes Polly

Morning, from a drizzly (rain, not lemon) rock, looking very 'soft' out. 16c, but feels less, port propeller and shaft distinctly arthritic as a result this morning, rough night was had, stayed in bed until 8, very late for me. John CB, that performance of Nimrod was simply soul moving. Shivers down the spine job for me, a friend's wife sings Soprano at that level (Salisbury Cathedral Choir until recently, now Peel Cathedral) and can move me to tears with that piece. Washing machine duties now, it's all go around here.

Cretinous morons. If I had my way they would be fired on the spot! I mean, FFS, they only have to wear a very light mask over mouth AND nose, it’s not like they are being asked to wear “Noddy” (NBC) suits 24/7. I wish our governments (and I include Switzerland in this) would provide clear and definitive instructions about how to wear a mask properly - and devolve enforcement to the local level with individual councils setting their own fine structures (could be a winner - which council would turn down an easy way to make pots of money?). Sounds like a great name for a horror comic (or a Frank Zappa album) spiders escaping from my brain! Are you sure that this bloke isn’t “extracting the urine”? If he is (as the Americans say) “for real”, then I reckon it’s time to dust off the principles and practices of eugenics (currently out of fashion) I’m sorry to hear about @Ian Abel loss. Condolences. There’s something about the death of a young person that really impacts heavily on many people - I suppose it’s because a young person’s death rams home the inevitability of our own mortality. Better get going and take the doggies out for their morning spin. A busy day awaits, so I’d better get cracking if I want skive off early this afternoon. iD

Good evening everyone Well the weather has been kind to me, staying dry all day, although there were a few spots of rain throughout the day, it never actually turned into proper rain, so I carried on and never got wet. Upon my return from dropping Sheila off at her Zumba class, I turned off the water, dismantled the garden tap and removed the spindle washer. Unfortunately, after checking my stock of tap washers, I didn’t have anything remotely like it. So, I set off to the plumbers shop around the corner, they didn’t have anything either, although they had new outside taps, at only £5.47 each, they didn’t break the bank, so I bought one and set off back home. Once back home, I removed the body of the old tap, fitted the new tap, turned the water back on and had it all up and working by 10:15, with no leaks! Tools were then packed away and I then made myself a muggertea to take outside, before heading out to continue building the fireplace wall. I got another 4 courses of brickwork done, but had to cut back some of the hedge, as it was getting in the way. I think I’ve enough bricks left for another 5 courses, so hopefully if the weather is fine tomorrow (the forecast is mixed) I should get it finished. I also managed a bit of gardening, as there was quite a bit of dead heading that needed doing. No Sainsbury’s Grand Prix this evening, as the grammar school behind us is holding entrance exams today. The prospective parents travel from far and wide and have no manners whatsoever, they will quite happily park across your drive, just so they can be near the school, lazy bar stewards! Ian A, my deepest condolences to you and all the family.

Breaking news, Boris Johnson's mother has just died. Irrespective of what I think of him as a politician sympathies to him and his family.

Passed my HGV test today with just one minor. Incident won't happen again as the bridge will be demolished overnight.

Got a nice picture of Hank earlier, he never normally poses or sits still for a picture, he’s filling out nicely and will certainly be an alpha male when he finishes growing!

I looked up 'Lawyers for liberty' and it turns out its based in Malaysia. It has links in the UK with a political pressure group called the English Democrats which turns out to be an extreme right wing group.

Will it have visiting moose? I am sure I read somewhere they like cranberries.

Want to make your rolling stock fleet appear twice as large? Do what the NRM at Shildon has done and apply a different livery on each side:

I should have asked them for commission Afternoon all. It's just started raining here again but i can see brighter skies approaching so that may scupper my excuse for not going for a brisk walk today. Decided to do the now slightly more than weekly shop in Tesco this morning rather than tomorrow as that's at least some exercise. I noticed quite a few items missing from the shelves but a fairly random selection. Nothing I can't substitute but my usual Shield soap, favourite Italian decaff. coffee weren't there as well as the tinned anchovies I use to make healthy salads (though I haven't seen those for some weeks) I also got one of the last two litres of organic semi-skilled milk that wasn't use by tomorrow. Given that Tesco have a particularly efficient supply chain I wonder how the other supermarkets are coping. I do wish politicians would think things through beyond their latest meaningless slogans!

Do I need reminding... Ps we've been under the really soggy stuff for a couple of hours now.. Could be an interesting paddle home in 45 minutes..

Alright, another small update, been slaving away doing some wiring and small bits and pieces. First up we have the new signal box, referred to as “South Box”. I’ve started on some point motor switches but I’m pleased to announce that this section is now all wired in. Obviously apart from said switches. Now we look at “North Box” nothing has happened in this section yet, all the wiring is still there as this section has not been altered. All I have to do is re run the wiring and switches to the new signal box. The curve onto the scenic section at the North is in with the first tracks glued in the scenic section. Happy to say that the connection of code 100 to bullhead worked a treat. I also had time to weather a few more wagons, it was good to look at something other then wires, just need to weather the wheels on the wagon on the left. Now for something cheeky…. Dylan Sanderson kindly sent me the link to this rare beauty of a website I was unfamiliar with, but for a 100 pounds it was worth the risk, Very happy indeed! I’ll probably finish it fairly quickly as it’s the only kit on my workbench, Everything’s been packed away.

Sounds like a plan..... Kitchen ready for the Tiler. Tick And it's pi**ing down - if it doesn't lay off soon then Bear is gonna get very soggy walking to the ear lowering appointment...

Morning all According to the seaweed twirlers we should have had rain starting at 8 and continuing through the day. So far just the odd spot I need the rain for the grass seed but i still have outside jobs to do

Graduate to Deputy Head of Dept. in one step. Dunno whether to larf or cry. Bear predicts he'll do a couple of years cos' it'll look good on his CV and then bang out. I'll even bet a LDC. When Bear applied for a BA Engineering Apprenticeship at Heathrow (1981) it was 2700 applicants for 60 jobs. In totally other news: Bear has just had an email from the bunch running the voucher scheme for the ONS Covid 19 testing Survey, confirming that Amazon have been dropped from the scheme And who's running the scheme? Sodexo....... Damn Piggin' Turdycurses.

Bear was about to post the same news: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-58548437 All of us know it happens - but to other people's mums, never to ours...... So big Beary thoughts are with Bozo today. (And if that breaks the "No Politics Rule" then I'll take the awl gladly.) Carpet Gripper Rod. Home-made. Get rid of those 6" nails you've no use for..... And the UK has just ditched the perfect opportunity to do the same. T0ssers In other news: Bear's plan for the day (so far): 1. Sort the kitchen, ready for the arrival of the Tiler this afternoon - cover/protect the granite worktops (I saved large sheets of corrugated cardboard from the kitchen unit delivery specially for this task, mask off some areas, protect the granite up-stand from possible splashes of wall sealer etc. 2. Off for an appointment to have Bear's ears lowered. 3. Collect prescription 4. Tiler arrives..... 5. Back-up the laptop to external hard drive That'll do for starters.....

Posted this previously on Chuffnell Regis. One of my ex colleagues, Bobby, was a model maker extraordinaire. (See portrait I painted earlier). The guy was an absolute genius at modelling pretty much anything from scratch. His main 'thing' was boats. Mostly sail boats/ships. He would build them as presents for senior staff, friends etc. Often working through the night to meet deadlines. I had the good fortune of working with him for 40 years starting back in 1973, whilst at Ogilvy & Mather advertising. It was amazing when I was presented with this model back in 2005, for my 50th birthday. I mean what can you say when someone has spent the best part of a year building a ship for you? The Trading Ketch is built from scale drawings. He even built the display case to place it in. Bobby also loved to build ships in bottles and then explain all his magic tricks to anyone interested. When I planned Bovey Tor, I constantly thought how would Bobby do this or that? It's no coincidence that my first ever scratch build was a narrow boat. I so wished that I had 1% of his talent. Bobby Norris RIP. You are my inspiration. You gave me the courage to try my hand at scratch building.

Bear's Lathe Safety Tip of the Day (in addition to all the "never leave the chuck key in the chuck etc. etc. comments): Just Google "Lathe Accidents" (presumably "Milling Machine Accidents" will have a similar effect) and very soon you'll have various images. Just don't do it at Tea Time...... Bear's Model Engineering Group restarts next week, though we've currently lost four members (C-19, two moved, one decided he doesn't like driving in the dark anymore). So we're hoping to suggest new members very quietly (the college deliberately doesn't advertise the "course" - it's more of a group really, and not on the college website either) and preferably those known to existing members. One of us used to go to a live steam group where the atmosphere was a nightmare ("that's MY chair you're sitting in...", "Get off the Milling Machine - I want to use it" etc. etc.) so the last thing we want to do is ruin the calming atmosphere we luckily have....

And now for something a little different (not least because Grantham is currently centre stage in the chapel). At least that gives some opportunity for stock work, always a favourite past time. But I aint really done anything quite like this before ... Take a sheet of 40thou plasticard and score some horizontal planking lines. Separate into 4 pieces. Score vertically and add some top and bottom rails. Add vertical door surround strengthening pieces. Cut out door apertures and make up doors from 20 thou pieces suitably scored plus surrounds. Affix doors and add intermediate vertical strengtheners and top runners. Utilise spare n/s rivet strips to make diagonal braces and corner brackets. Superglue into position. Fashion top bearing brackets from 10thou, suitable punched. It was at this stage that I realised that the top runners should have been L-girders. Ah well ... Leaping on perhaps just too much, having made the ends using pretty similar techniques, plus some further body details, we now have - in essence - two wagon body kits. Which can be assembled like so. I give you two ex-LMS Dia.1871/1872 6-wheel CCTs (see first pic). Well, bodies only for now and with endposts and other remaining detail to add. Two slightly different underframe styles - I'll make them one of each. That's the next part. Interesting vehicles which are turning up too often in photos to ignore. Very distinctive body style which - I think - lends itself to such an approach. I believe that there has been a kit of sorts in the past but not easy to get hold of. And anyway, I end up with two unique vehicles which I can say 'all my own work'. Not really made a proper wagon from scratch before and I've rather enjoyed this little mini-project so far. 6-wheel wagons are a bit irresistible, aren't they? But quite a few show up in pictures, in both parcels and fitted goods workings so not unreasonable to have a few knocking about. More on these whenever I'm able to devote some more time to them.