Southwold

I was looking for help...I have all but one issue of Railway Bylines, but finding it is stymied by the quirk of starting each volume in December coupled with the publishers occasionally mixing up the date on the cover, even with the latest publisher. For example Volume 26 No2 says Volume 25 on the magazine. I was looking for Volume 10 no1 which should have the publication date as 1 December 2004. However the issue I have with that date on says Volume 9! I also have Volume 9 no1 which correctly says December 2003. I found that all the pages as well as the cover of another claiming to be Volume 9 no1 has December 2004 on the cover and 2004 at the bottom of each page. The answer was resolved when I read the "Greetings from the Shed" on the contents page. The first line says "Welcome to Railway Bylines 10:1" I don't understand how or why this happens but it isn't the first time I've come across it in this magazine. Now you know where to look if you've been shunted into a siding trying to resolve a similar issue. Ken Crawley

Has anyone got a copy of this Book that they no longer want please? Please contact me if you have.

For my layout I'm modifying several model buses. For one, I need a replacement radiator to convert a Bristol into a Leyland TD5. Does anyone know of a supplier of these, either white metal, resin or any other medium? Any suggestions would be gratefully received. Ken

Sorted

It was my intro into O16.5. I've built three of their loco kits and have several more in line. I've also put together one of their wagon kits. Best constructed with a decent superglue, they make a very reasonable model, easily modified and embellished with extra detailing. I find it best to buy direct from Smallbrook, partly because they get ALL the profit which is fed back into the business. Don't buy on eBay because sellers there seem to inflate their prices as usual. I made one exception, when I bought a job lot including three wagons, a loco, all unmade and two Hornby chassis which most of the loco kits need, for £55. These images show my first three models nearing completion. Ken

I gave up OO9 because of the lack of British RTR. Perhaps I should have waited instead of going O16.5! Ken

I remember the 'Dermic' oiler. I'm sure it would be very popular with numerous applications today!

Whoever this is for is one of the luckiest model railway owners in this scale! Seeing this makes me feel like packing up...the standard is far beyond my abilities. Well done you! Ken

I used N scale track in the hidden areas of a small OO9 layout I used to have. I never had any problems in operation. Ken

Quite right...I'm also interested in model buses and for years the big boys said there wasn't a market for anything other than London buses which were often inaccurate, so we had to put up with white metal kits if we had the skill. Then along came EFE with a decent London RT and when that sold well they did some regional buses and coaches and now everyone is making them. It might take a few years but if there is a market for RTR 009, it will develop.