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  1. 2750Papyrus
    I can now confirm receipt of the book and will read it later when I have completed my chores!
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    Strathwood have confirmed despatch last week. I guess the Bank Holiday weekend has delayed delivery. Looking forward to it!
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    Still awaiting delivery from Strathwood. Has anyone else experienced delay?
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    Mechanical stokers were fitted to some 9Fs but had a tendency to jam, per Terry Essery's Saltley Firing Days.
  5. 2750Papyrus
    Paint them brown and cream!
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    Just ordered from Strathwood with 25% discount.
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    Cranfield?
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    The layout is set in 2, but I am occasionally tempted by something pre-grouping (1) or my youth (5).
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    I didn't vote in the last poll as I don't know enough about GW wagons, though I did make a start by downloading codenames, and am perhaps unlikely to buy any for an ECML layout. However, I have just finished reading Michael Harris's book on GW coaches so will at least be able to recognise the nominations in the next poll! The polls and discussion do provide a source of entertainment and help us improve our knowledge, if not our jokes, so please continue them.
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    And the future direction would be determined by the Polling Station Box!
  11. 2750Papyrus
    How about "Termite", apparently a third class coach?
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    Thanks very much to Brian and Gilbert for these polls. I'm scratching my head to try and think of another! Infrastructure came to mind but I can't get much further than somersault signals, water columns and fencing (already available from Isinglass).
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    Beautiful weathering, and good to see an A5. Thanks.
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    "Under the age of 64 it is 0.75% or less, from 65 to 75 it rises to 2.5%, from 75 to 85 it is 8.5% and over 85 it is 28.3%! (data from the European Journal of Epidemiology. 35 (12): 1123–1138)." That's a bit worrying! Plse was any distinction made between those who have been vaccinated and the remainder?
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    1,2,3 and 5 for me, please, all would have been around at the time of my ECML layout (1938ish). The P2 is from the same era but I would suggest that, at that time, some of the ex GC 4-6-0s would have been more likely visitors to PN. I'm assuming the B2 listed is the B17 rebuild, hence for me, Valour, Sam Fay or Immingham would do nicely!
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    I have a backlog of kits of LNER and constituent prototypes to build before attempting those of other companies but have bought/ordered good non-LNE RTR models to improve the authenticity of my goods stock.
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    Not being a GW modeller but interested in improving the authenticity of my goods stock, please could someone advise whether iron minks were common user or not? I can't remember seeing photos of them on, say, the ECML - but then I wasn't looking for them!
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    I currently have models of all of these, though the A5 is in tiny pieces and is perhaps unlikely to run again, hence that would be my first choice. I could be tempted to an upgrade of any of the models listed if produced RTR to modern standards. I wonder if the imminent 100th anniversary of the preserved N2 could persuade Hornby into a new model? Maybe they could use their expertise at reproducing a teak finish by teaming the N2 with a model of the quad-art set preserved on the NNR.
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    Did the concept of little green men originate in the US/Internationally, or did Dan Dare's battling with the Treens in the much lamented Eagle give Fleet Street a convenient label?
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    From the items listed, 9,10, 2 and 1. For a departmental item - and assuming the Oxford Rail crane comes to fruition - a match truck such as the code 136 vehicle reproduced as a drawing in Tatlow's LNER Wagons vol 4A (maybe a 3D printed project for someone?).
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    Little yappy things, surely not a real man's dog......
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    The bogie brick wagon was one of Triang's best models in my opinion, and i am surprised at the long absence of a RTR version. Like others, I have several awaiting upgrade and a couple of Parkside ones on the layout. Wagons like Weltrols have a certain fascination and probably sell more than their prototype numbers would warrant. For the poll, my choices are 2,5,6, 8 and 10.
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    We are still operating a 3 day quarantine system for mail and deliveries eg we have just opened Monday's post. Do others still operate such a system or have they discontinued it in view of apparent limited contact transmission?
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    My wife's Skoda Yeti has a vast assortment of electrical tricks to play, which of course all all disappear when the garage runs diagnostics. The current favourite is a jamming tailgate, usually with the dog crate and piles of luggage in position to obstruct the emergency release access. But the one I liked best was on one stop/start journey round the M25; every time I changed into 2nd gear, the door locks all "clonked".
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    A generation thing - I thought of "Songs for Swingin' Sellers"!
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