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Thanks for the tip. I now have a pair of Wellingtons. The previous R3105 cost 30 quid more and was best price I could get at the time. The tender is the important part because I want to run It behind a Hall in circa 1953 GW weathered condition with BR smokebox plate. Next decision is which Hall loco to use, a Bachmann which has good body detail but is said to be a bit feeble towing a train or Hornby Railroad with reasonable chassis and motor but not so good body. Or an amalgam of the two.

Two showing. Bought one. Only one left at 1010 today. Thank you for the hint.

Search on Comet web pages. Taken over by Wizard company or some name. I have the Comet pdf and will post it when use my pc. Soon. this Is from ipad

Amazon uk has Hornby Collett coach R4876A for less than 20 quid. There were 13 available but now down to 11. Prices fluctuate. I paid slightly more for mine. The R4876 I bought for £24 is now about £43.

Sometimes the best way to hide anything is for it to be too obvious. Think of magicians, illusionists, on stage. A securely fastened key box could be normally on view but be hidden behind a hinged or lift off house number plate or house name plate. There is also the two stage option whereby a push button key box has a key to another box which has the door key. All push button devices are vulnerable unless code is changed frequently the open sesame buttons become shiny. Also applies to touch screens of tablets and phones.

Just asked my wife about Bristol connection and she says that Nottingham was Imperial Tobacco but does remember what or why.

Question for original poster. How did you progress this modification? The reason I ask is that I recently bought a Bachmann 39-240 expecting it to have fixed seat interior but it has the simulated loose table and chair interior. Basically an RFO without the Restaurant Car branding. It has a smooth roof without oversize weld seams. i shall keep it and source a fixed seat moulding from somewhere to cut and shut to suit its running number M3001. The diagram 72 version with centre door and narrow windows is interesting so I may get another 39-240 to make one of the M3003-M3019 series using parts from a non-gangway coach. There is a Bachmann sale on so some 39-240 FO may be cheaper than usual. I paid £30.95 including P&P. Has anyone seen any going cheaper?

Full size data. https://spicerparts.com/calculators/driveline-operating-angle-calculator

Sale items still in stock are listed under Bargains tab and manufacturers list as always. I find the word Bargain is a little wide in meaning. There are some coaches described as Bargain for £22 that were a £12 bargain a few years ago. In the book selling trade it is usual that the lowest advertised price is used to calculate the remainder price for sales of new books. Usually ten percent of last published price. Once a book is marked down it cannot go back up. The remainder price is also used to calculate royalties. Maybe a similar scheme should apply to model railways. Would upset ebay sellers asking above RRP.

I bought one of these to see if the chassis is a good runner. Out of the box it pulled sixteen 12T goods vans plus four GWR goods brake vans on second radius oval. Very smooth at all speeds. Suitably impressed, two more just arrived. Three loco's for the price of one from main range is hard to beat. One will stay original but other two are for projects and spares. I also bought some more brown and cream MK1 coaches with 1959 roundel to make a standard-5 set but cannot find a photograph or carriage notes as such. Composites rare on WR also.

Reply. We went to Powis Castle last Wednesday as a family group. Seventeen of us. Two families were members so got in free. I paid 84 quid for non members. We were all put off by lady who was intent on selling memberships and was very aggressive. Other lady was very helpful. Well worth a day out. Cafe is basic but did the job. Bouncy ball jousting was a hit with young ones and not so yoiung.

I bought two convector heaters that had three warranty. One was duff as bought and was replaced immediately. The scond one went wrong after about 63 days. I took it back and was told the return to store limit was 60 days. I managed by arithmetic logic to convince staff member that 63 days from whenever was 60 working days and got another heater. One of them packed up after more than 60 days so had to go along three year warranty route. Easy except that I had to return it at my expense to Australia. So I bought a switch for a fiver and repaired it myself.

G-cramp is used for woodwork G-clamp is used in engineering source Uncle Tom Godfrey, CEGB training school, East yelland, 1960.

Another torpedo ventilator drawing in NRM archives (external link)... http://www.nrm.org.uk/ResearchAndArchive/drawing?group=Derby%20Carriage%20%26%20Wagon&objid=7955

Link to drawing of torpedo ventilator at NRM (proably other variations)... http://www.nrm.org.uk/ResearchAndArchive/drawing?group=Derby%20Carriage%20%26%20Wagon&objid=4088

More details at this external link... http://svrtrust.org.uk/our-vehicles/lms/12992-2.html

Some more information here... http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=660

Kitchen First Pullman on Bluebell for info. http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/pics/fingall.html

A Pullman shown here... http://www.maltoni.co.uk/formations.html

I am on my third voucher code. Each time I tried to use the first two they did not work and by the time I got another code the items I had planned to buy were sold out. To get free postage I would need to spend at least £130 because the amount on the voucher does not qualify for free postage. With Hornby's very high selling prices it is better to buy elsewhere so I have abandoned any thought of using the £100 voucher. My actual loss is £63. Finding enough items to buy on Hornby site is a problem. If the total order value is less than the amount on the voucher code, any unspent value is lost. The only Hornby loco I have bought this year is a 72xx (not from Hornby site and cost £100 new). All other new loco's are Bachmann or Heljan. Coaches like the new type Hornby MK1s turn up on sale for about £10. A set of four Hornby ex-LMS subrban coaches cost me £150 (from a shop, not from Hornby). Another thought was some set track from Hornby site but Peco Streamline is cheaper and will allow larger radius curves.

I was searching for a full size picture that may have been the inspiration for the Triang GRAIN wagon and came across this post. Very similar and assume the model is slightly freelance. The bottom part without the dome was sold as an open hopper. I just found a box of one dozen of the R214 and would like to use them somehow. Thanks for posting these photo's.

A picture from same source showing another TK coach to D2119 but this time of 12992 built by BRC&W with shell vents (but may have been altered by BR).

Picture of Derby-built TK number 2300 to diagram D2119 showing torpedo roof vents and later type window ventilators. Some more excellent views on web page link on watermark. Looks very similar to Bachmann model 39-450 if circular lavatory windows filled on corridor side and reshaped to rectangular on compartment side. The round window is slightly larger in diameter than the width of a rectangular lavatory window. There is a box cover on doors of 2300 that is not on the model.

A 'Beclawat' magazine advert from 1961. Has anyone got a picture of similar 'Beclawat' windows in 1940s or 1950s?