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You didn’t miss much. I watched it to the end, without my background knowledge it would have been hard to piece together the context of the scenes as it jumped between decades. Others in the family certainly struggled. A case of hype over substance in my opinion. others may disagree. richard

Speaking from experience I assume? thanks one and all for the advice. richard

A big step. Major components fitted together. Now whispering it quietly I think it has all been designed for p4. It has needed fettling to get this far and it looks like it needs some space made around the bogie wheels on the frame. decision time, cylinders or the small items on the body next? it certainly now feels like this loco will get finished. Something I have not always thought. richard no need to discuss the light reading behind. An occupational hazard/ necessity.

That’s because they are steam engines.

We now just need the power bogie as a spare too. Nudge nudge richard

Holiday project. have to travel light as need to get 5 peoples luggage and a dog plus it’s luggage in a car. able to fit tools glue and paint to make this. Tree branch free of charge off the ground. placed on the layout. It needs a driver, at some point I will need to admit there is no more space for cars or carts. They will have to become wagon loads. work on the Atlantic can slowly resume. Richard

I brought a ticket last year for the late Easter holiday. I rode three times. As Easter was early this year have ridden another three times on the same ticket. I would have paid for at least 4 of those trips if the annual pass was not available. Therefore lost income. As for buying ancillaries, nothing at Whitby, Pickering has little in the shop for an enthusiast. Most places have a second hand book store full of interesting books. Goathland a cafe but there are others in town people will hit first. Tiny shop. Should hogwarts the heck out of it. Little reason to get off at Levison except walk so people walk away without stopping. IMHO. Richard

Seems strange they would go to the effort of a white roof and yet leave the cab front black. richard

For realism you would need to make sure sidings going straight on to the main lines have a catch point or a headshunt. i have to admit I have never understood layouts that are double most of the way but then single for a little bit. For me one or the other. However, it is your plan not mine. richard

No fear of fractions, just noting that imperial measures break down into 12th 32nd or 64th so guessed that is where it came from. richard

Or not far enough at the left hand end. Consistency of weather is key I have found. Prichard

Looks interesting. I am guessing the 3/8th comes from when all the measurements were done in imperial. that has got the cogs whirling. thanks richard

This was feeding into my thinking. It looks looks like it might get tight in there. I would like to avoid the dodge of smaller bogie wheels which I know some have used on 04s to make the front ends work. if I have to nibble the cylinders a little, it will be better than the Atlantic I did not build. thanks richard

Thanks Jim, we can discuss on Monday with the model in front of us. Richard

The D7 does work. I just wondered if there was a difference. 4-4-0 like to nod and that arrangement discourages it. There must be a reason many modelers copy hornbach and have swinging bogies. Many builders do not have train set curves so I was wondering aloud if there was another good reason to do it other than habit. I have got this far now. Much fettling to get it to the next stage. Mostly cleaning up solder I have messily applied. Richard

Thanks. I struggle to imagine things from words, however an image can make it simple to understand. just the way my brain works. richard

Opinions please option A. A spacer is put directly over the bogie centre and have the bolt go straight through that. or option B. Have a spacer further back with a swinging arm for the bogie. it is an Atlantic if that makes any difference. many thanks richard

Any racing green. (brunswick green ) There are accounts from the time of drivers wandering down the lines of locos on shed looking for their allocated loco and noticing all the locos were a slightly different shade of green. I think there is a rover green. though originally it was a. Mid green . JQ mixes up a malachite green with a couple of drops of yellow added. there is the kinross paint list thread on here somewhere. hope this gives a start richard

This is as much as I have managed. just one side slides back and forth. How can any professional kit builder make a profit. This has taken a fortnight to get this far. Now the other side to do. I am just hoping this is one of those stages where not much looks to happening and then it suddenly jumps forward quickly. I am willing to take the time as it is a false economy to rush as the poor running would irritate me more than the extra time taken. Apologies it is not any more exciting than this. Richard

Mea culpa.

Your just saying that to gauge our responses. if we number the arguments then we could really speed up the debate arguments 1, 3, 4 and 7 for oo arguments 2, 5, 6 and 8 for p4. there we go debate over and back to modeling. richard number 2 was for em.

I only noticed because it was a trap I was going to fall into before a friend pointed it out to me. The layout does look nicely modeled though. richard

Please post here a link to the new thread. I have enjoyed following this one. good luck. richard

Only issue I can see is it has a grounded body of a coach which would have been considered a top flight coach when the scene is set. richard

What vice does the work mate have? Asking for a friend. richard