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Hello Thanks for your reply,I did think that might be the case, but wasn't sure as the only photos I have seen of them towards the end of their lives are in black and white and I wondered if the odd one had lasted to be painted blue. Kind Regards John

Hello Can anyone help with the following please:- Were any ex-LNER Thomson suburban carriages (including Lav composites) repainted into BR blue livery at the end of their careers and if so are there any photos of them. Thanks in advance John

Thanks for your kind offer but I think I am sorted now with a photo Kind Regards John

Hello Can someone please share a roof shot of the original Test Coach Iris 975010 please (ex M79900). I am building a 4mm model of it and am trying to get the correct arrangement for the pipes on the roof. Thanks in advance John

Hi Jeff Love your Dreadnought on your thread, nice work! The Harrow Dreadnought kits I have consist of white metal sides, but the rest of the bodies are resin so weight not too much of an issue. I have a Heljan met Bobo to pull them. Know what you mean about the Harrow LT unit kits they are darn heavy and take a bit of shifting. Regards John

Thank you all for taking the time to help me out. Great info about the livery. The kits are the original Harrow white metal body variety with sparse underframe detail (although I plan to do something about that!) Will give Radley's a call re the K2 bogies; Best Regards John

Hello I have recently picked up a rake of Harrow models Dreadnought kits. Can anyone help me with the following please:- What livery did the LT Dreadnoughts carry in the late 1950's. Were they still in teak or repainted into maroon, also were the roofs painted red and the carriage ends painted red as well (or were just the brake ends ).? Is there anyone who manufactures K2 bogies which these carriages were fitted with at this time? Thanks in advance John

Very well deserved John

Can I ask a question please There is an excellent wealth of knowledge on things LNER/ Eastern Region here. Were Quad Art sets ever mixed ie- the composite set from one set running with the all third set from another or were they always in fixed formations? Thanks John

Hello Can I please ask one more question please do any of you know if the Quad Arts ever ran in mixed sets i.e.- The composite part of one set coupled with the all third set from another or were they always permanently coupled? Thanks John

Hi Steve Lots of different details amongst the sets. I suppose the lack of info/ photos in certain aspects is the old problem of people not recording what is perceived as the mundane until it is gone. With the lack of space I have available I will have to run them as single sets, will put some photos on RM when thy have progressed a bit more

Hello Thanks all for taking the time to reply I have found the set number is 61 (same photo is on Steve Banks site didn't know about this site before) I have a 1929 set on my workbench at the moment a mix of Kirk/Cooper craft sides and Mjt bits and the earlier set would make an interesting contrast Regards John

Thanks Steve Looks like the top lights are plated over. The data on set numbers and how they relate to carriage numbers does seem a little scarce for these earlier sets. Regards John

Hello Thanks for getting back to me. I don't think it is a Quint Art I reckon if it is not an LNER built set it is probably one of the sets that were produced when the Great Northern suburban twins were rebuilt into quads. The odd thing about the photo is that is captioned as being taken in Hull, although I guess towards the end of their lives these sets strayed from their original home. Regards John

Hello I recently found a photo of a 1925 build LNER Quad art set running in BR days with Fox bogies and gas lighting, the set has the carriages 48601 and 48602 in it. Can anyone help me out with the set number of these carriages please? The Harris book is very good but does not have set number information Many thanks in advance. Regards John