Moxy

Yes, it's been showing 'Error 500' since this morning.

According to their website, that has been the case since at least 22 March 2023 https://www.hattons.co.uk/list/eventdetails?eventid=113 It would appear that they offer the facility for 'Delivered Duties Paid over €150 in value' to France. Are you asking them to do something else which attracts the charges you have listed?

The notes on Flickr say "I don't have the exact date of this this image but I wonder whether it is discernible: the billboard for the Evening Chronicle says '40 Killed in Train Crash'. On 4th August 1971 there was a crash near Belgrade in then the Yugoslavia that killed 35... perhaps this was taken or around that date?"

Never used them myself, but Magnet Insurance have a special scheme for model railway insurance. https://www.modelrailwayinsurance.co.uk/default.aspx Might be worth having a chat with them.

They also did a caboose in the same insipid 'BR' blue. https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/unusual-lifelike-caboose-factory-244956900 Didn't have an F7, but I did have one of these cabooses in my American modelling days. I may still have it somewhere.

I think it's older than that, the body moulding dates from at least 1974, before they took over Lima or Jouef. http://www.hornbyguide.com/item_details.asp?itemid=419

I have always understood that to mean that if it looks OK from 3 foot away, it'll do.

That looks like somebody has tried to repair that loco using an unsuitable glue that has reacted with the paint. They have then made it worse by trying to scrape off the glue, and scratched the plastic underneath. If it runs, it's probably salvageable, but if that were me doing the repair, I would be looking at a full repaint of the boiler.

Definitely second way round, IMO.

Thank you for that list. I am modelling a Scottish branchline featuring one of these ex-Southern Bulleids & and I had only found 1466 & 1482. Good to know the rest of the numbers involved.

I think they are 17'6" chassis with 10' wheelbase. Elsewhere in this forum, someone was doing a resin printed 16T mineral, that had to be stretched to fit the Hornby chassis.

Don't know the answer to your first question, but membership is up for renewal. I had to renew my membership this morning (my debit card had changed since last year), and I have just had an email to activate my premium status. Maybe it's to do with renewal rather than whether you use a phone or computer?

It depends. RCH specifications did include both open wagons and vans that were 17'6". Early wagons of this length had 9' wheelbase, later ones 10' wheelbase. (This is a very general overview, there were different lengths/wheelbases for specialist traffic.) The 16T mineral you have designed should be 16'6" long with a 9' wheelbase. I think making it fit an existing chassis is a reasonable compromise, in the circumstances. As others have said earlier in this thread, 00 manufacturers have made similar compromises in the past, and most people were happy to accept those models.

There is a book on Hibberd locos by the IRS, it might be in there. https://irsshop.co.uk/epages/c06e4627-fbe4-483c-833b-6f5529d3cffe.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/c06e4627-fbe4-483c-833b-6f5529d3cffe/Products/1623S

Companies House confirm they closed down in October 2022 https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11845747

Railtec do some NCB transfers https://www.railtec-models.com/catalog.php?search_str=NCB

The 08 is correctly outside framed, with extended cranks, the J94 is inside framed, so reusing the 08 wheels for the J94 will look ridiculous. There may be some common ground in motors/gears perhaps, but I would hope we have moved on from 'one chassis fits all' and that each will have appropriate wheels & chassis detail for the relevant class. Edit: Having checked, they're not the same. J94 4'3" wheels 11'0" w/base; 08 4'6" wheels 11'6" w/base.

I'm not a 100% sure, but they might be PAA/PAB hoppers for Lime or Alumina https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/prpaa

There isn't a published index as such AFAIK, however, if you have a subscription to the digital version of RM, the entire archive is available online. While it is searchable, it's not infallible. I found reference to one of Mr Townsley's drawings in the letters page, when the article itself didn't come up in the search. This is what I have found so far (given the limitations of the search function, it may not be a complete list.) Industrial Railways - Manning Wardle's magnum opus - 0-6-0 ST Littleton No.4 May 1970 Industrial Steam - The Welshman - Manning Wardle - 0-6-0 ST October 1970 Industrial Steam - We're only here for the beer! - Bass 0-4-0 ST April 1972 Industrial Railways - Back to Littleton - Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0 ST September 1972 Industrial Steam - Avonside B3 0-6-0 ST - October 1975 Yorkshire Engine Co 0-4-0ST February 1979

Look for loose pin hinges, such as these https://www.wickes.co.uk/Loose-Pin-Butt-Hinge-Brass-76mm---Pack-of-2/p/159717

RT Models do a range of industrial buffers. https://www.rtmodels.co.uk/rt_models_023.htm

Would something like this do? https://www.diydirect.com/assembled-knock-down-fittings-beige-10-pack

Yes, it is still an 0-6-0 with jackshaft drive. Not common in the UK now, but it was in earlier times. That Jouef model is a DB V60 (or 260/261 class), the model dates from 1978. Link here to some of the variants they issued http://www.joueftrains.com/diesel locomotives.htm Although not quite the same drive arrangment, some early Armstrong Whitworth shunters for the LMS had jackshaft drive. Photo here from the derbysulzers site As you say Steve, hours of fun. I look forward to seeing your Jouef/Drewry bash.

No catalogue, but there is some info here at Grace's Guide https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Avonside_Engine_Co There may also be a list in the national archives https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14057787

Like everything else nowadays, these locos are produced in batches, and we would appear to be between batches at the moment. However, they have also appeared under the Jouef Junior label, so it may be worth looking out for those as well as looking under Electrotren.