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I have two: D5710 Hattons D5700 Heljan Both up for grabs and when I have taken photos, I will put them on the classifieds here, only test run on the rolling road,prices will be well south of the bay prices. Downside, I am in Australia so postage could be an issue. Rgds.......Mike

pm me, unused except for testing on the rolling road, not looking to make my fortune but I am in Australia so postage may be an issue. Rgds Mike

By jingo!! That brings back a memory, I travelled behind one of these back in 1965 or 6, can't exactly remember which year...........getting old!! from Paris to Calais. Aways thought that Continental locos looked too "busy" with all that external pipework but we had travelled up from Northern Italy so had seen a number of different types on our journey and in the "flesh" they were mightily impressive!. Lovely model by the way and thanks for awakening my addled brain .... never forget that trip!!. Mike

I served in the CFS (South Aus) for while, can't do it now though........arthritis and osteoporosis so can't hold a hose now (apologies to Scomo!!!). You may be surprised now Rick, that when I did my training a good number of the trainees were female and when we were called to incidents the girls made up quite a good balace of the crew in the Fire Truck. Also quite a number of females now hold senior positions in the Southern Fleurieu Group. So hopefully the ladies are getting the recognition AND the facilities they require. Rgds......Mike

My God, 21 bucks every 8 week is going to go a long way to funding a $3 mill gap!!.......... bl00dy clown decision🙄. Mike

We bought our place in South Australia in June 2001 whilst living in Victoria and weren't able through employment obligations to move there until Jan 2002 which meant a considerable number of journeys between the two places in the meantime. The highway for quite a lot of the way runs parallel withe railway sometimes close sometimes not. In approximately 730 km there are many side roads off the highway most of them dirt leading to to small communities, in the main the countryside is such that that the line is visible for a long way before the crossing, if commonsense was applied (by the road users), these issues could be avoided.

Sounds like a fair proportion of South Aussie drivers😒😒!!. Mike

Simon Kohler?? So your next steamer could be "Flying Scotsman"😁😁!!..........No disrespect to Mr Kohler a great contributor to the model railway industry, but all of those LNER Pacifics........... Mike

pm me, I have one of the originals brand new.............almost I did run it on the rolling road!! Mike

Over the last few months , I have been doing a complete inventory of my model railway stuff and I found three controllers over 40 odd years old...........all going the the recycle bin inclluding a H & M Duette whch got quite hot after a couple minutes after being plugged in........not a sparkie so don't know the cause and not game to find out!! Mike

Hi Roy, I have one, just taken a long time to find it in all my piles of stuff, if you're comfortable to do it, pm me your address and it will be on its way to you on Thursday, I'm in Australia and a fair way from a Post Office. Rgds........Mike

Hi Brian, Found it!!, didn't realise it has been close on 40 years since I last sighted this!, It is a weii engineered item, simple but does the job well, single hole and retracts after punching the sleeper, t is rather heavy though. I have no idea how to send pictures from my phone to here, but if you wish to pm me your email address, I can send them direct. Rgds.....Mike

I think I may have one, an ex P4 tool ex Studiolith, not sure of the mechanics though. Not really interested in charging for it but would like reimbursement for the postage(from Australia!). Let me know if you're interested. Rgds Mike

That is exactly how I remember a what we spotters would call a "clean" loco of this and other locos of similar classes, don't recall too much polished brass or copper except perhaps on the Western. Rgds...Mike

I can't read the article as " I am not a subsciber" but I would suspect he he would have been standing on the part of the yacht that hit the ocean floor😀. Still he was going to build a replica of the Titanic, so I guess this just may have been "practice"😊. Lovely fellow our Clive.....not!!😇😇. Mike

Living in Derby in my yoof!, I agree. I saw many ex-works locos and I don't recall seeing many(if any) with all that highly polished copper and brass. Mike

Could have done with one as a mate one day, I was cutting Proteas at the time and I felt something on the back of my neck. Instinctively I put my hand where I felt the movement and grabbed the bl00dy thing.........it was a huge huntsman spider and like a lot you see in these parts it was a very dark orange..........scared the living cr@p out of me, no bite though.🫢 Mike

Nah.........the snakes et em all😧!!

My God! Am I glad, I live where I glad I live where I do. Mike

Sorry CC full post coming up I stuffed up Mike

Yes I can see what you are saying and tend to agree but I became a "collector" almost 50 years ago, I guess by default as I did intend a layout all those years ago based on the WCML circa 1956-61 which in all reality ain't gonna happen now!. Just got too old, have no room..........all the usual suspects!, so I am cataloguing all of those Scots, Jubilees, Stanier Pacifics etc.etc. to sell. Any more like me out there?? GOOD news is Swmbo has agreed on a small shunting layout in a corner of the house so I am actually going to do something😁😁!. Mike

Says it all!!!

Bloody stupid action, if something is pushed into the eye with no warning, (no time to close it ) damage can occur, not from the cream necessarily but from the batter edges which can be quite crispy and scrape the membrane. I KNOW!!, I still have scar tissue on the right eye, which resulted from something similar(not pancakes) which has impacted my vision for over 70 years. Mike

Sheep syndrome!! Mike

Just a question............. Sorry I asked!!