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Easiest is to load it to Youtube then link it to here. Lovely stock

I'm sure one of those had trials on the Oxford to Cambridge line. Just checked and it was a similar vehicle https://www.warwickshirerailways.com/lms/lnwrcov3764.htm

I've used the Halfords etch primer without any problems. I have noted that a couple who have had problems tended to want it to dry really quickly so put it in the airing cupboard/on top of radiator. But the longer it takes to dry the more it etches into the metal so I keep it cool.

Beware photocopying, Make sure the copier is set to 100% as lots copy at 97%.

If for whatever reason they don't have enough, whose order should they cut to fulfil yours ?

I remember the derailment in the early 80's as they shunted a train into the depot. I was on the Up platform and saw a tank slowing leaning over, but what worried me more was the 20+ stone shunter running towards me.... ....so much on the move, and a lot of it uncoordinated.

Yeh...and I bet it was manna...

Or cleaning them....

Yep! The highest I have seen a D&S 8W brake go for is £110. There are silly prices for D&S on Ebay, but when you delve into it there are just a few bidders with very big pockets who seem to thrive on outbidding to win.

Ages ago when I visited Dan I forgot to ask how he did the 8W brake so I sketched out various ideas of sliding axles and settled on 2 small bogies as they seemed the most reliable. A few months later I had the chance to buy an 8W brake for about the same cost as when new (I've seen them hit £70+ on ebay) and found that Dans idea had been....2 small bogies! I think I've got a sketch somewhere, but finding it is another matter...

By 1967-69 the colour is just going to be 'Soot' no matter what it started out as. I did have a link to the LNER colours (can't find it) but I doubt that would say what it might have been as it tended to concentrate on the station colours.

Speaking to Rupert about how we both draw stuff and he draws at something like 10mm to the foot then rescales the drawing for 4mm/7mm etc. I wonder if some innaccuracies can creep in there ? I only do 4mm so draw to the size I want. on the one occasion where I wanted a loco I'd done in 4mm rescaled to 7mm I ended up doing a complete redraw as it just didn't work scaling it up.

You can get corrugated Styrene which could be warmed in hot water and bent around a suitable former. I also think there is a corrugated metal (like foil) but can't remember where I've seen it.

re insulation, it looks to be 25-30mm but they haven't taped it, with the original tar based felt on the outside there is a likelihood of moisture running round the board and staining the plasterboard. It could be they vented the roof on the outside (Eaves and ridge) but that isn't shown on the clip. Mesh- AFAIU should the plasterboard below start to fail the mesh holds the blanket in place for a bit longer, this in turn restricts the free flow of oxygen to fuel any fire below, I don't know how long before it should fail but all of these things are in place to buy as long a time as

You're looking at it in the thread......money well spent.. My dad brought me a soldering iron for my 13th birthday, then gave me several things to fix the following day!...