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  1. richard i
    Peeing out of as my mother will testify I had to do when very little traveling on a non corridor train in Germany in the seventies. I was held up to perform at the drop light .........not whilst passing through a station.Richard
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    To be honest I did the roof as it would annoy me once I knew it was wrong, bill nearly pointed it out. Richard
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    To make bill happy I have rectified the roof, and have worked out what the small holes on the ends are four, a hand rail for the roof access. I have got half way through its accompanying third. I have decided I prefer first class, not for comfort or because I am a snob, but because it has less doors and so less hinges and windows etc. I must get round to placing the order for the composite and brake third Richard
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    Has anyone else noticed how this thread keeps gaining ground in terms of number of views and posts on other longer established ones. I would put it down to seeing people's skills is far more interesting than seeing what a factory can make. Long may it continue. Richard
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    I will ignore this post then!Richard
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    Interesting, but what is its wheelbase? And can it be made into a bogie? Richard
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    You have copy and pasted, that is cheating- two demerits
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    So livery change was 1908 and they went in 1910, so can it be assumed that some got back into teak? ( unlikely) If not French gray looks by far the easier to produce. Richard
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    Clive we have covered this before, it is the hazards of a USA I pad predictive text. Kindly pay attention at the back boy otherwise you will have to write lines. Richard
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    I might hold off on painting to search for the French gray in the UK when I come over in the summer. What is a good colour match?
  11. richard i
    No longer having the houses on an embankment?
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    Hello filler my old friend, must use you once again Cover up the mistakes I make To improve the look of the rake.... That's as far as I got. Richard
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    Progress on the first class carriage. Externally all done, I feel it needs need an interior as it had compartments and so the light should not flow freely through it. Then on to painting. Still leaning towards teak but brown and cream has a certain appeal. Richard
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    It is a GCR 4 wheeler of mslr origin. It is a Mousa model kit and they come with no instructions, but bill is helpful when I ask what pieces are and there are generic instructions on line, I just didn't see order of fit. I will play around with the tumbler idea. It has two bakes per shoe so is clasp braked. Richard
  15. richard i
    Question time How do I set up the brake rigging on a 4 wheeled coach? I have two rods and a third diamond with three holes in it. Does the picture help Progress so far on the first Any help gratefully received Richard
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    Armchair you were lucky! When I were a lad we had only wooden stool modeling . Richard Apologies to mp
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    Any advice happily received, The arms are the same length as that was what I had but I will look into getting the correct sort. I will get on to the bracket repaint too. To be honest this will most likely be a temporary signal as I am not 100% happy with it and it will either go back into the works or I will try again from scratch. I will be able to pick up more bits in the summer when I am back in the UK for a month, and I will have another go in the autumn. Richard
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    And the builds go on. The first of a pair of four wheelers. Will need to get the rest of the train at a later date.......soon . Build photos to follow as work progresses. Sould be simple, it is Bedford kit I find them a pleasure to build.....once I have worked out what every piece on the etch is. Richard
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    Signal in situ The lean will go once screwed down. Richard Why did it turn the image upside down? The layout is not in Australia ?
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    What is it about forty year old men and this train. I model pregrouping but it was the future when I was a kid and it inspired me so have one ordered. It will fit right in passing my set of 4 wheeled GCR stock. Richard
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    The APT fits my modeling perfectly I model the one off, failures and never built of this world. Some how i feel the rejected, missed opportunites and ugly ducklings deserve their time in the limelight so give me APT, give me fury, give me The Duke, W! and Great Bear. The Fowler pacific etc. I therefore have ordered one. If you don't like it, great, less compertition for me when i bid on e bay for the ones that will never be a comercial proposition. I wish you well in the modelling that you do like. Richard
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    maybe it is just envy i hear the ladies like long silver bananas maybe sour grapes that you missed the boat and will not be able to impress the ladies with yours?
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    Signal done, it was a double swear and I now see why layout signals slowly appear, as no one can want to build a batch of them. But yes it works, now it needs fitting and getting to work on the layout. That's electics so that will be waiting a while. It has GCR support, finials and lamps, can we tell, maybe only the support. More once fitted Richard
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    Sorry to open this up again, but fighting with the arms and cranks, question. If the back shade glues to the pin coming from the arm, what then is the white pin coming straight out the back of the post in almost the same place for? It hinders the movement of the signal, am I missing something? Many thanks Richard
  25. richard i
    I normally model pre grouping so 1998 is modern to me. Besides in artistic terms modern was a specific time period which we have moved beyond and so are now post modern or even beyond that.
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