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Holy thread resurrection, Batman... ... can anyone assist me in finding photographs of the Thompson B1s in LNER colours? I've just surfed the whole of the Rail-Online archive and I'm fairly certain all of them were BR liveries - some in Apple Green from 1948, admittedly. Can anyone assist with some pre-Nat images? As a quid pro quo starter, I found this wonderful image and will be recreating this very engine from the 61026 model I have:

My choices would be the Midland 1000, and the D49. I think the D49 is both pretty and purposeful. The square firebox on the 1000 spoils the overall aesthetic just a little. The Schools V has a few too many distractions on it, the extension to the footplate, the smoke deflectors, etc. Powerful loco though... and I just purchased a battered Hornby superdetail one to recover to former glory - my first Southern loco for the fleet! All that said, I do have a soft spot for the GWR City class. The outside frames and monster Belpaire make them look 'tough', then you have the elegant tapering boiler to comparatively small diameter smokebox, with all the copper & brass and this dinky little tender in tow.

Looks like you need a very small Spire nut / J-Nut / U-nut. I've seen them M3, but a #4 self-tap type might be a crude solution too. Alternately, epoxy a short 8ba screw in place from the top, and put the nut on from underneath? Tricky access, but probably possible - bit of loctite or dab of cyano will stop the nut falling.

Interesting. The question is, I've waited this long, can I wait another month? Also, it seems demand might be high and supply patchy, if the US reviews are anythng to believe.

And Hattons do a fair trade in secondhand ones too...

What's happened to the High Level website? Any news?

That's a 1kOhm resistor (1,0,2 = 10 x 100) ±5% tolerance for the gold band. However, the lit signal looks superb! Another timesuck for a big layout... I really don't know what I've let myself in for...

I used epoxy to bond the caps onto the wheels, replacing the deformed Bachmann originals. There was some rivet detail, but I didn't make it butch enough. This early Replica/Bachmann B1 had split axletube syndrome, so it was repaired with new axles, similarly using epoxy to bond them in at 14.5mm back-to-back. A very quick splat of black acrylic over the wheels, and the result isn't half bad. These prototypes are good, but the next generation will have a very slightly smaller diameter, less ambition on the form of the spokes with a bit more thickness and depth to make a sturdier and easier to fit piece. I am very pleased.

For the A1 photograph, I'm just not sure what it's a photograph of. Someone said they liked the 9F shot - I did too, but here's a recomposition.

Mmmmm, gusset assemblies. Nice work.

Someone buy the rest of the Pullmans from Clarks before I do. I've just battered my wallet something fierce from all the tips in here...

Aha - yes, the Golden Arrow one. Excellent lead, thank you. I searched and searched and that one didn't come up until you gave me that tip. That's also of interest... I've just ordered the preview issue after finding an index of the entire 7-issue run and finding it there. Extraordinarily kind, thank you. If my search for a Golden Arrow or DMR comes to naught, I'll start to model it up in CAD. Soon I'll have to purchase a 3D resin printer! I already found this: ...and a bit of photoshop tweaking has made a rudimentary first stab at a GA.

Cheers - I just found the DMR kit, supplied by Phoenix Precision. As they're still listing it, I'll give them a call. There is a thread here that praises it highly.

Does anyone have a kit of the Maunsell Z-Class 0-8-0 Tank loco - maybe a Millholme KB256 or Falcon LK14 - stashed away? Alternatively, a drawing set of the same? I've seen the NRM archive list and they might be some drawings of 'B189'/Z-class in there, but I thought I'd ask here first. Mark.

I miss Jencaster updates. What's been going on, Ian?

Purchased.

Yes, I'd like two of the R4660, please: Thank you! Mark.

Or other TBP?... Thank you. Mark.

Wanted, Third Parlour car R4661/R4694 Thank you.

Ta. According to the website, I got the last one. Now I have to find another four Pullman coaches to make the set...

I wasn't quite sure about this at first... but that's a very handsome little locomotive!

Agreed. Shame we're on lockdown, visiting the store took me back thirty years.

40142 with oval buffers made me blink!

Heh. Well, Cadburys' locos are the other industrials on my list to partner my Longbridge Hunslet 15"s! I think I'll have to wait before I order these though...

My Stanier and Hunslet package arrived... beautifully packed. I have a minor problem now though. I'm working on one of the Government Emergency Ventilator projects, so instead of some rather relaxed working from home and some good modelling time, I've basically pulled ten 14-to-17 hours shifts in the last eleven days. Oh well. When all this is over, I'll have a month off on the house and some modelling in the evenings. Stay safe everybody - the longer you can hold off before you might need a ventilator... well, we'd appreciate it!