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Hello John You're welcome, I'm happy to help out. There is a preserved example (as mentioned in the MRC review), reg no BU 7876 which is owned by a logistics company. There are details about it on their website; https://www.csellis.co.uk/about-us/heritage-fleet/her-majesty-1934-foden-r-type A Google or Flickr search of the reg no should also provide plenty of photos. With regard to the missing glazing, this should be fairly easy to replicate as it will all be flat glass on a lorry of that age. As for the missing side bars they look like two vertical metal supports with three horizontal wooden bars, so could be replicated with metal strip. However I personally don't believe they were commonplace in those days and were probably either a choice of the original owner (CWS) or specific to the lorry's task of transporting sacks of flour. The preserved lorry doesn't have them now so if it were me I wouldn't bother with them unless I was modelling the CWS Flour mill lorry. Graham

Hello John Further to my last post I've just checked the Dec 1977 issue of the MRC Model Road Vehicles supplement and it has a review of the Highway Models Foden R type kit, including a picture of the lorry the kit was based on (see attached). Graham

Hello John I suspect your kit may be one of these. (Advert in the Sept 1977 Model Railway Constructor) Graham

That's really good news. Best of luck for the future with the business.

That's a relief!

That's strange, as the website was available as normal this past weekend, as I was on it looking at the spares and also at the list of exhibitions they will be attending in 2019 (which doesn't include ModelRail Scotland this year, it seems)

Thanks, lets hope so.

If you go the DC Kits website and select DCKITS DMU & EMU Kits then select DC Kits Plastic & Etched Detailing & Spares, or click on: https://www.dckits-devideos.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=131_167 then a large number of spares are listed including the ones you require, and they appear to be available for sale. No connection with DC Kits, other than the fact I ordered some of the same spares (and other items) earlier this month. Haven't received them yet though, although we are still within the 28 days (just!) to be fair. Fingers crossed, as I also have my eye on the class 303 body kit which I have since noticed seems to be available too.

That's great news, thanks very much for that information. Its good that they are available again, me thinks its time to dig out the LNWR station photo's and the copy of LNWR Portrayed and start counting panels.................... Thanks again Nile for the heads up.

Was there ever any firm news on what happened to the Grand Junction LNWR building panels range that used to be sold by Parkside Dundas? Did they go with the Parkside range to Peco, or did they stay with the Dundas range, or neither? I am aware that there is a Parkside Models thread under the Peco section on here, however I felt this was probably the best place to ask the question. My apologies if I have got it wrong.