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There's no allegedly, the Hornby 4 wheel carriages are based on LBSC Stroudley couaches, and 6 wheelers are based on LBSC Billingtons, odd choices for generic coaches, but that's only if you think they were always planned to be generic Gary

You have a DM Gary

I have a few things, including the cattle van to test print, a rather large custom order slowed down my ability to do test prints, but that is done, and I now have an extra printer just for test prints, so as long as it goes well I am hoping to have them out in less than a week. So might be worth holing off on the order. Absolutely loving the look of your horsebox so far though! Thanks for sharing! Gary

Looks fantastic! I always love seeing the the kits built up and painted out in the wild, unfortunately I don't think I have a photo of that particular one at all, never mind the other side. Gary

Good to see you back Bob, I've been suffering from the mojo loss recently, have tried to get back into modelling a couple of times, but it hasn't stuck. It's nice to see some pictures from Cambrian Street again! Gary

Glad they have arrived. Hopefully nothing got damaged in the post. Let me know if it did so I can sort out replacements. Gary

Your layout would look great full of IEG and 4 wheelers, never mind any scarcity of umber locos

Some were originally IEG as they were put onto passenger services during the loco shortage, all had been painted into goods green by the early 1890s (I'll have to dig out a book to find the actual date) correct, black from 1905, and umber from 1921 Gary

Both the Train Times ones were to have a base under the whistle that none of the other models had, if a bit of tooling is being dropped I expect it is this. The base under the whistle can be seen here If someone else did pick them up, they'd have an order from me for sure. Gary

I have gone and dug out Bradley to double check, he is apparently referring to both coal and water, and on a round trip, so a total of 264 miles, the I3 managed Brighton - Rugby - Brighton without taking on coal or water, although this was apparently a worry for the LBSC originally and they carried milk churns loaded with water and sacks of coal to refill the loco if needed on the first few runs, and clearly it was close as he states the I3 as using 3 tons 6 cwt of coal in total on the round trip. He also gives stats for fuel used per mile, with the I3 using 27.4lb of coal per mile, and 22.4 gallons of water, and the Precursor using 41.2lb of coal per mile and 36.6 gallons of water. These figures were apparently noted by Marsh in his report to the directors of both companies at the end of the trials. There is some other anecdotal stuff about how hard the engines were worked during the trips, but nothing to back that up. He states that crews worked the locos as hard as they could with Titan "arriving at Brighton with it's smokebox glowing red" meanwhile the LBSC drivers were told off for speeding and not slowing down for junctions. Another point to note is that the LBSC took number 23 out of service before the trials and had engineers from Schmidt (manufacturers of the superheater) visit Brighton to fine tune the engine to get the best possible performance out of the superheater. Another I3 did one run to Rugby and back and performed slightly worse that 23, but not by much, 28.1lb of coal per mile and 22.7 gallons of water. Gary

Assuming it was the same photo I have, a Precursor 4-4-0 number 7 Titan originally published in The Locomotive Magazine in Jan 1910. From what I have read elsewhere, though I cannot recall the source right now (May also be Bradley as per the next paragraph that I know is), the LNWR were so impressed with the I3 that ran the alternate service during this time that they borrowed it for a few days to study why it was so efficient compared to their engine and the findings they made from this were incorporated into the George the Fifth class engines. One of the things that impressed the LNWR the most was that the I3 could do the full run from Brighton to Rugby without needed to refuel, while the Precursor had to refuel twice on the journey. (Source: The Locomotives of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway by D L Bradley) Gary

It has been added to the to-do list, there are a few test prints to do this week, hopefully some new releases next weekend, we shall see how much time I get! Gary

No idea about the Hornby ones, but my Bachmann Sheffield Park building is to the correct scale Although reading this thread over the last couple of days has me looking at my Skaledale houses and thinking they are too small, and quite obviously so, but I'm not going to measure them to find out how much, I'm not 3D printing scale replacements! Gary

Hi Chris, I always give them a spray with Halford's Plastic primer before painting. Although I have done it without before, but I do think you get better results with primer. Gary

Thank you for you purchase, I'm glad you are pleased with the service Theoretically no, it has a wash in some isopropyl alcohol before leaving me, but a quick wash with some soapy water if there is any left over residue wouldn't hurt. Gary

Correct!

I can always send on some replacements if you do. and it went in the post today, hopefully it doesn't take to long to make it to Denmark Gary

See, putting the kits into individual bags was my idea to try and prevent this, hopefully it at least minimises it. Gary

Linny and I have come to an agreement for selling the buffers as a separate item, they'll be up on the website soon, in a bulk pack so you'll have some spares to replace that one (and I'll try and remember when I see your name in the orders to stick an extra one in as well) Gary

Glad you are happy with them, nice to see them in a rake. I'm sure we can arrange something, I'll have a word with Linny and sort something out. Gary

No order book yet, I had the second samples, there was an issue to sort out, so I never sent them to be decorated, am currently awaiting 3rd samples, it's only a small change to be made, so I am confident that these will be the final version of the van and I will be able to get these decorated, and open the order book, a move I don't want to make until I know I am happy with the end product. Gary

If/When they turn up I'll post about it on the Oak Hill Works thread, so following that should save you spending too much time having to check. I'd best be off now, got a horse box and a carriage truck to print! Gary

Glad to hear it! I do love a Baltic! Gary

I've got some new kits just appeared on the website, and I've written a blog post with a quick overview of them all! https://www.oakhillworks.co.uk/january-new-kit-releases/ Don't forget my January sale is still on, so there's 10% off everything, including these new kits! Gary Ruston 44DS Ruston 44DS Heinz version Platform Details LSWR Carriage Truck LCDR Open Wagon LSWR Horse Box LBSCR Horse Box

Slowly working my way though them, they will be different class members where possible, the biggest question at the moment is do I continue my repaint into IWC crimson, or do I just buy the Hornby one now that it will be crimson anyway. Sounds like a fascinating chap, I do find a charm in the deliberately old fashioned 0 gauge models, not that I'd have room for any! I do have a modern 0 gauge terrier on top of that collection (literally, it wont fit in the display case so it's on top of it!) and a few wagons, one day I might put some track down somewhere and give it a run. I fear however any actual meeting of Terrier addicts would just result in the purchase of more terriers. Gary