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Who does the 3D printed Daleks ? Could do with a K9 and some Cybermen as well. Thanks Ray

Another month goes by and still no sign or mention of these buses. Still shown as Summer 2023 release on their website. When does their Summer run out ?

Hi Chatham MRC. Sent you a PM from Southwark and Dist. MRC for our possible exhibit. All the best Ray

Hi Tim. Sent you a PM with information you might be interested in. All the best Ray

Hi Coline. Very interesting. More photos would be useful. Keep up the good work. All the best Ray

I remember seeing an article about the visit of this locomotive from the South London Press (I think), in the Southwark Local Archives. All the best Ray

Southwark and Dist. MRC will be there. Ray

Pleased to hear that he is keeping well. Ray

It also lost its chimney cap.

Many thanks for the information. At least the Chatham club seem to be on the up and bringing back their show at the Dockyard next year. All the best Ray

Does anyone know if the former Epsom and Ewell and/or Woking (REC) exhibitions will return next year ? Many thanks Ray

The window into roof shape looks reasonable now and I think that the cab windows are about right as well. The lighting is not good, but I do not think that the shade of green is too far off. Some more pictures would be helpful. Hope that they can get this out for the end of the year. It will make a very nice Christmas present. Keep up the good work KR.

Thanks for the pictures. They confirm that the colour of the new one is different to the original WD one and more khaki than green. Whether I can afford another one is another matter. Ray

Perhaps at this juncture in changes of management at Hornby, assuming that someone new is in post and that they look at these posts on RMWeb, they will now stick their hand up and say: 'We have seen and noted these comments and will take action to correct the problem.' Not over hopeful, but you never know. Ray

Or Urie livery ?

Might be worth seeing what is available in the Hornby shop at Westwood adjoining the visitor centre. Sometimes they have boxes of one item for clearance in there. I can recall seeing a load of the Oxford Janus diesels in there a couple of years ago, unboxed, just in the 'ice cube' packaging. All the best Ray

Studying the details, looks like some overlap between the K and L classes. So if Rapido are contemplating one of those they could possibly get two different bodies to go on one standard chassis.

I recall that the Hornby 4 wheeled Sentinel shunter was available in two versions: one with coupling rods and one without. (Mechanical and Hydraulic ?) What's available now and price wise I would not have a clue. All the best Ray

The two preserved ones, Sharpthorne on the Bluebell Railway and Charwelton on the Kent and East Sussex Railway would make lovely examples. The former I think is a K and has dumb buffers and was first used as a contractors loco on the Great Central, then used on building the Bluebell line itself. The second may be an L. There is of course the one the SE & CR had for use in Folkestone another K ? This was bought by the SER, operated under the SE & CR in full Wainwright livery, then battleship grey, but unfortunately lost its chimney cap and looked a bit drab and dire. It was seconded to Hawkhurst during WW1 as station shunter, presumably during the hop-picking season, but was not successful. Then the two on the Isle of Wight. Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway K. Bembridge branch BEMBRIDGE. possibly L. From memory, this was called up for military service during WW1 and got sent to Mesopotamia. I think that the K type had at least four cab options to choose from, ranging from just a basic front spectacle plate to fully enclosed. That's a little bit to think about. I wonder which type it will be ?

A K class would be very nice, especially in full SE & CR Wainwright livery. Or maybe one of these L Class !

How about four for a full selection ?

Got my Bachmann Collectors magazine yesterday. no mention of the Craven RT. Still shown as due Summer 2023 on their website.

I hope that the Southwark Club will be able to offer a layout or two. Always one of our favourite shows. All the best Ray

The Grove Street Tramway from the Deptford Wharf Branch to the Foreign Cattle Market was operated by the Corporation of London (City of London), not the LCC. You can see their logos on the side of the loco. I did have a builders picture of the loco when new, unfortunately lost when my computer crashed earlier in the year. Hopefully, I have a print somewhere that I can scan in again. The vans were also owned by them, I think that there were only four, as seen in the picture. The trackwork from the Dockyard was altered twice to ease the curves for the vehicles. The motive power started off as horse, then petrol and finally steam, although an 08 was tried briefly towards the end, but not found satisfactory. All the best Ray

Hi Matt. That's certainly starting to look good. Looks like you went for the 00 ballast on there. We tend to use the N gauge ballast on 00, it looks better and you can make it sit tidier. But don't worry, it is done now. With regard to cranes, there are the old Airfix kits for the dockside crane and the railway mounted type. both still available from Dapol. If you want something smaller, there is a road crane in the Hornby Trackside range. I think that there is one of those available at the moment, but possibly only available as an exclusive to the Hornby Collectors Club. If you wanted one I could get it for you. I think that the 08 has more flexibility in the wheels, so they can follow the contour of the track better than the Peckett. I am working on the Crystal Palace boards at the moment, bringing them up to presentable scenic standards which requires the en-masse treatment of the ground areas. The second stage will be to develop the in depth scenics which can be done in smaller areas and I am intending to use static grass as part of the process. I have got the applicators and a varied selection of grasses from 2mm to 10mm in length. I have seen demonstrations on how to to do this, but will be experimenting before going in on a bigger scale. Keep up the good work. Might we see you up the club one night during the school holidays ? Open every Tuesday. All the best Ray