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Well pleased with my 2, one chocolate/cream and one crimson. Ordered Sunday afternoon and arrived Tuesday morning. Both run extremely well without any running in needed. Noted the missing brown paint on the central doors, not a problem to add with some decal film and a bit of colour matching. Simon

I’ve been following your thread and enjoying your journey. A long time ago the club I was a member of built a layout with the Tewksbury shed area modelled reasonable accurately, one of the thing I did was to put together some wagons, and seeing your reference to S Healing & Son it’s one of those i did. The photo shows it and some of the others, a bit of modellers license used but do look convincing. Simon

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I think we are all becoming feed up with these multiple adds all the time, it's definitely not enjoyable anymore. As this is more about the money now, do I want to stay, probably not. Simon

I've been doing a service on the Schaublin lathe which was long over due, also took the opportunity to make some imperial collets as sourcing these F12 ones is quite expensive. Simon v

It's been a while but I've been thinking about how to manufacture the clack valves. Other than the hand wheels which took the longest to make everything else was straight forward. Next on the list is the injectors. Simon

This is the link to our build which should give the a better understanding of the reason we went for this design, we've not done much for a while but hopefully will see some some done in the future. Simon

This is our take on the fiddle yard, this is for 16mm scale. Simon gw

Bit of a plug for our open day and Model Railway Exhibition on 1st August at the Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway in Kent, see link for details and booking for tickets. Bredgar WEB site Simon

Sunday 1st August at the Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway will be our next open day which will also feature a Model Railway Exhibition. Please see WEB site for details and tickets. Bredgar WEB site Simon

That's correct which is useful when painting the more complex kits, also if any problems crop up with motors, pickups or anything else inside the frames. My photo shows the Nelson build which was complex with inside valve gear also fitted. Simon

My removable brake gear from a recent build, small hex bolts hold all in place using the holes in the top of the shoes. Simon

Yes I volunteer at the railway, keep an eye on the WEB site. We have the classic car event tomorrow but with limited rides because of restrictions, but hopeful that our model railway show in August will have less restrictions. Simon

Yes have visited the S&KLR it certainly an interesting area. I spend a lot of time at the Bredgar railway just up the road, have you visited us. Thanks for the comments its starting to come to life. Simon

Things are progressing well with the gantry crane, RC gear fitted, primmer applied and the control cabin constructed. Also built another two cranes, these being 2 axis versions. With these I built all the beams as nothing available in the sizes I needed. With these I'm using a different control system which is wired, one of the group suggested using an Arduino and Joy stick, which has provided excellent control, it is also fitted to it is a servo output which will control a plate to remove alignment issues. Simon Youtube Videos Gantry Crane 2 Axis Crane

My setup to control two motors on a Gantry Crane with a servo to move a small plate. Simon

Our loco Lady Joan at Bredgar is basically original,I could photograph anything you need. Simon

Mark The first column, PB73 is prepare from birth, RW73 is relieve and work, both ED's . FS is freight shunt. RA is relieved at, in this case Lewisham. Second column, NX New Cross, Plum Plumstead, BA Bricklayers Arms. Last two columns, // shows light loco, and F after shows freight. Hope this is enlightening. Simon

Mark, this is the turn which dates from 1980. We used platform 4 to make up the departing train if the platform wasn't used to birth a juicer. As the headhunt was on a curve we used whistles to control movements, as you can see we didn't have long to shunt so it was very straightforward. Simon

I'll dig out my old books that contain our turns, hopefully it's got the Beck Jun job. Simon

The date would have been the early 80's, it was the signalman's error as he had thrown the point when we was halfway over it, it wasn't tracked so he didn't know we was on it, although he could of just look out of the box. Simon

We had a spot of trouble while shunting the coal yard with the train from the brick. Other than us off the road every thing else carried on with lots of laughs from the other drivers. My photo. Simon

Your obviously more knowledgeable in these matters, and better placed to advise Acfield with these locos. So I'll withdraw the offer of the Derby drawings. Simon