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A post, via F/b. from a family friend living near Brisbane.

The five wash out plugs. per fire-box topsides are the clues. The MNs had six.

Carl Sagan's "Cosmos"......If available.

I remember having to, continually, borrow this book from my school's library, many moons ago. https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30444612392&searchurl=an%3Dcarter%26sortby%3D20%26tn%3Dmodel%2Brailway%2Bencyclopaedia&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-image4 Another by Ernest F. Carter. One of the originators of the Model Railway Constructor magazine.

Er, would that be a Tesco 'Home Delivery' Van / Mop that he's using ? Then, remember 'Every little thing that helps'.

Lest We Forget.

A couple of pics. of Southampton MRS's scratchbuilt 7mm./1ft. Coaling crane based on Dorchester's electrically powered 61.S

Bloody marvellous modelling workmanship, hendie. A joy to watch. Many thanks.

Many Maunsell Kitchen Restaurants lasted until the early '60s. One in particular, No. 7969, now a Kitchen Buffet, remained in service until the end of 1967. Bulleid catering vehicles were still very much in evidence. The rebuilt 'Tavern Cars' Kitchen Buffets lasted until the end of steam (1967-8), with most of their accompanying Restaurant Composites having been withdrawn a few months previously. Prior to these, the Restaurant Kitchens of the Bournemouth 6 - car sets had been replaced by Mk.1 Restaurant Buffets in 1962, with their Restaurant Semi - Open Firsts following in 1963 - 67.

Seven Drivers, from one Depot alone, are off work due to PTSD. The number of suicides on the SWML has risen considerably.

'Fraid not, Ark Royal. The drawings were a continuation of existing work, drawn in connection with the development of etched brass kits. Some of these were converted to 2D digital (SketchUp) to assist Colin Parks' 4-CIG scratch-build topic. Prior to this, I did some art-work (in the 1980s) with the idea of building a Cl. 205/3-H 'Hampshire' Demu. That's where the window depth dimensions came from. Then, of course, along came DC Kits and, latterly, Kernow / Bachmann.

Both doors and windows are the same widths, but the window depths are only the same as Mk.1. Suburban stock, i.e. 2' - 9 5/8" deep.

The BR(S) 1963 (Summer) Formation and Allocation of Corridor Sets show three car Set Nos. 963 to 972 (incl) allocated to the 'S&D'. The remainder had mainly Maunsell vehicles added, sourced from the large pool of 'Loose' coaches available at that time. Strengthened 4 - Set as follows :- Set 977 Allocated: Eastbourne / Hastings -- Birmingham 2869 BSK (B)(59') ---- SK* (M) 5723 CK (B)(59') 2870 BSK (B)(59') Strengthened 6 - Sets as follows :- Set 974 Allocated: Margate -- Wolverhampton 2863 BSK (B)(59') 1211 SK* (M) 5720 CK (B)(59') 1865 SK* (M) 1887 SK* (M) 2864 BSK (B)(59') Set 975 Allocated: Margate -- Wolverhampton 2865 BSK (B)(59') 1212 SK* (M) 5721 CK (B)(59') 1268 SK* (M) 1813 SK* (M) 2866 BSK (B)(59') Set 976 Allocated: Eastbourne / Hastings -- Birmingham 2867 BSK (B)(59') 1225 SK* (M) 5722 CK (B)(59') ---- SO* (M) ---- SO* (M) 2868 BSK (B)(59') Strengthened 8 - Sets as follows :- Set 973 Allocated: Waterloo -- Salisbury / Waterloo -- Bournemouth -- Weymouth / Through services to other Regions. 2861 BSK (B)(59') 1206 SK* (M) 1863 SK* (M) 5900 CK* (B)(64'-6")(10 1/4" Vents) 5719 CK (B)(59') 1898 SK* (M) 1915 SK* (M) 2862 BSK (B)(59') Set 978 Allocated: Waterloo -- Salisbury / Waterloo -- Bournemouth -- Weymouth / Through services to other Regions. 2871 BSK (B)(59') ---- SK* (M) ---- SK* (M) 5806 CK * (B)(64'-6")(10 1/4" Vents)) 5724 CK (B)(59') ---- SK* (M) ---- SK* (M) 2872 BSK (B)(59') Set 979 Allocated: Waterloo --Salisbury / Waterloo -- Bournemouth -- Weymouth / Through services to other Regions. 2873 BSK (B)(59') ---- SK* (M) ---- SK* (M) 5876 CK* (B)(64'-6")(10 1/4" Vents) 5725 CK (B)(59') ---- SK* (M) ---- SK* (M) 2874 BSK (B)(59') Set 980 Allocated: Waterloo -- Salisbury / Waterloo -- Bournemouth -- Weymouth / Through services to other Regions. 2875 BSK (B)(59') 1803 SK* (M) 1804 SK* (M) 5874 CK* (B)(64-6")(10 1/4" Vents) 5726 CK (B)(59') 1805 SK* (M) 1808 SK* (M) 2876 BSK (B)(59') Key :- (B) = Bulleid. (M) = Maunsell. * = Loose. ---- = Unspecified.

Even the shed, itself, appears to have undergone a spruce up. Many thanks Peter, for the update. Can't get out so often these days, due to legs and eyes not co-operating with command/control. All the best, Frank.

Strewth !. What avast behind !

Ah,...I notice Elizabeth's (Keira's) not aboard, then !

I'm in the same boat. My local shop's expected delivery got misdirected to someplace oop nurth....Hmmmm.

Whatever you do, don't put candles in the dishwasher. Sorry, no pictures.

I bought my ex a water bed. After that, we seemed to, just, drift apart.

In the past, when I've had problems with Hornby Bulleid pacifics' wheels failing to rotate, it's always turned out to be caused by the final drive's gear wheel cracking / splitting from around the central / axle hole. IIRC, there's a RMweb thread on the subject, somewhere.

As an afterthought, I should have remembered to add that these retained the single, larger, 5' long x 1' - 9" diameter vacuum reservoir tank.

When photographed, again at Swanage, back the 80's, BTK/BSK No. S 4365 S still retained the shaped ( to miss the central cylinder) steam heating pipe.