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  1. Caley Jim
    Thanks, @JonathonAG. Believe it or not, it is an old tin of Humbrol labelled 'MC12 Prussian Dragoon Blue'! So presumably proper Prussian Blue! 😁 Jim
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    Thanks, Ian. I have to say I agree with you on preference, but this seemed more appropriate for hauling the G & E set Jim
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    Many years ago I was recommended to only use one screw to fix loco bodies to chassis. That way there's no chance of causing torsion. As long as the fixing point is a little way in from the end it will sit OK. If need be, at the other end have some 'guides' either side of the chassis to centralise the body. Where you are employing split frame collection, these need to be styrene, or other non-conducting material. Jim
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    I can't recall off the top of my head, @St Enodoc and I'm away from home (in Anstruther) for the weekend, but I'll look it up when I get home. Jim
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    Diseasals for one! 😁 Jim
  6. Caley Jim
    You also had places like the Cathcart Circle where trains left Glasgow Central as up trains and became down trains as they ran round the circle and returned to Central. Jim
  7. Caley Jim
    I finish locos and coaches with Ronseal clear acrylic satin varnish. For wagons I use matt paints. Jim
  8. Caley Jim
    I always like to get a loco in working order before I start adding any details. Jim
  9. Caley Jim
    Fully agree there. In any case, the arms on your etch are too long to be GWR. There's were much shorter and stumpier. Jim
  10. Caley Jim
    What's the driver's name? Ernie? 😁 Jim
  11. Caley Jim
    Ah! That explains the intriguing email I received earlier this morning! Very kind of you Jerry. Jim
  12. Caley Jim
    Well, the Caley was a very handsome line! 😁 Jim
  13. Caley Jim
    After building a set of 65ft non-corridor coaches for the Glasgow and Edinburgh Direct service I had to build a suitable loco for them. This is a CR 900class (Dunalastair III) 4-4-0 No.902. Full build details at https://www.rmweb.co.uk/forums/topic/182910-cr-900-class-4-4-0-dunalastair-iii/?do=getNewComment Jim
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    Your wish is my command, Sir. Jim
  15. Caley Jim
    Well! Painting and finishing off has taken some considerable time, between being a slow business in itself and other things getting in the way. I decided to finish it in the later light blue livery (at least my rendition of it) and the result can only be described as being on the 'very nearly' side of acceptable, but from 3 ft away with your eyes screwed up it's just about OK. Jim
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    Also the tall signal post is between the two fast lines, not between the fast and slow, and there's no sign of the bracketed signal. Jim
  17. Caley Jim
    Ah! In that case you're a day after me. Mine was Monday. It's late Tuesday here at the moment (23:17h) Thanks for the good wishes all the same. Let's hope we both hae mony o' them!! Jim
  18. Caley Jim
    Happy Birthday, Annie. If we're talking Monday past (not quite sure how the time differences work) then we share that in common. Mine, however, was not one with a big '0'. As my son-in-law put it, the bingo call would be 'Sunset Strip'!* Jim *the youngsters on here won't have a clue about that - Google it!
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    I'm almost finished the build of a second test etch for a NBR 'Jubilee' mineral wagon if anyone is interested. Designed to take 2FS wheels, so no guarantee it will suit N. Jim
  20. Caley Jim
    Age before beauty! 😁 Jim
  21. Caley Jim
    I'll have a 5 year start on you both come Monday (you can work that date out for yourselves!) and have my own seat with my name on it on that step! Jim
  22. Caley Jim
    Cracking job, Tim! I'm afraid my renditions of 'Waashin'-hoose' ( as the CR drivers called the Westinghouse brake) pumps owe more to the 'crude impressionist' school of modelling rather than the 'accurist' one/ Turned as one piece with the area between the cylinders filed across then drilled and opened out with a No. 20 file. The pipes will need to be cut back slightly when I fit it on top of No 902's RH coupling rod splasher. Jim
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    I would have reacted with a 'Craftmanship/clever', but 'friendly supportive' seemed more appropriate, given your wife's situation. I'm sure she will be well looked after. Take care, Jim
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    I can almost hear the 'ping' of the block bells from here! takes me back to working the block bells in Greenfoot box in my teens. Jim
  25. Caley Jim
    Yes, some occasions it goes well. other times it's just not working, so you have to put it off until another time. Jim
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