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You could try Ambis Engineering. They have a 3 axle Guard Set for Coaches listed on page 4 of their current product list; Product Code LWBol. They are not listed as a regular stock item though. I do not know what they are like, although I have used some of their wagon axleguards. Regards Roger

The GER used round base parallel buffer stocks. Initially these appear to be without ribs, but later with 4 equal ribs. You would have to check what is correct for your particular wagons. Another possible source would be Lanarkshire Models and Supplies. They have a round based wagon buffer B033 which might be suitable for the non-ribbed type. The equivalent ribbed buffer does not have equal ribs. I have not used this particular type but others from their range are very crisp castings.

Hi Daz, The information I have is that all three coaches served as parts of ambulance trains during the first world war. They were then converted to open type passenger coaches of various diagrams and returned to operation in 1923/24. E62461 is listed as a 54' long coach, the other two being the earlier 50' length. As to the final part of your question, I am not aware of any kits being produced for these open type coaches. There used to be kits available from D&S for 50' compartment coaches in 4mm and 7mm, but these have not been available for some time. Similarly there were kits available from Bill Bedford, but these are also no longer listed on his Mousa Models website. Worsley Works produces some etched sides/ends for 3 types of 50' compartment coaches.

I picked up one in the art section of the Range which was more than adequate.

A photo dated 1953 on page 22 of the Great Eastern Journal no. 88 taken from under the road bridge at the Bury St Edmunds end of the station shows the balance lever on the front of the post, with the balance weight on the right hand side of the post. I did not find a clear photo of the starter signal at the Sudbury end of the station.

Most interested to see your note and your commentary on the reasons for the Bo-Bo-Bo selection. I was aware of the primary reasons, since I was the Contracts Engineer for the procurement, again with TML and followed the procurement and development of the locomotives through to completion of the testing and commissioning.

Wizard models do etched elliptical heads which you fix to standard sprung buffers.

So far as I am aware Pendleton-Mitchell sprung bogies are available through Dave Bradwell.

I can't claim to have great knowledge of this. However two photos of these railcars I have seen in the book LNER Reflections by Silverlink appear to show that there was very little underneath between the bogies other than what you have included. No sign of battery boxes or dynamo. I hope that helps.

There is a lot of information on the Sir Nigel Gresley locomotive website under 'education' and then 'chime/archive' section. It is under the title 'A Tangle of Tenders'. There are four sections tracking the different tenders attached to locomotives through their lives.

Unfortunately I am away from home for the next 8 weeks, so I cannot check the titles. The particular photo I was thinking of appeared in a thin Ian Allen photo collection book and they have done several (e.g. on great eastern lines), including colour photos of GER carriages in the 50's. The photos appear with some half decent captions as well.

I have seen photos of some GER carriages without the lower beading. As I recall, they appear to be the later products, possibly post war pre-grouping.

They are under decals and waterslide transfers. Work your way down through the menu and you will find sheets of replacement smokebox door numbers.

There is an article in the Great Eastern Journal No. 166 by Nigel Bowdidge. This has a photograph of a John Page wagon at Ware. It notes the record of a W page being at Ware and suggests that John Page and William Page were recorded as corn & coal merchants with offices in Ware High Street.

A regular port of call for me too. I had a selection if the chairway track, but I think its all gone now.

That would be right before March 1948, so with the model appearing to be in original condition with skirting, the non-corridor streamline tender would be correct. When first out-shopped it was 5642 until March 1939, and then 5639. From March 1948 she was fitted with a 1928 style corridor tender (first fitted to flying scotsman) and then 3 other through to withdrawal in 1963.

On the question of date format, at some stage when I was fiddling about with settings, I was prompted to download a UK add-on. I don't remember the exact details since that was some time back. Once the add-on was installed, all programmes ran with the correct date format.

Anyone wanting information on liveries and tenders for A4's should look in the Chime Archive on the Sir Nigel Gresley website (www.sirnigelgresley.org.uk - see "Names and Numbers" and "A Tangle of Tenders"). These sources state Mallard was outshopped in black without valences on 13 June 42 and was the last to be repainted Garter Blue after the war (outshopped 5 Mar 48) at the same time losing her non-corridor tender for a 1928 corridor tender (modified for exchange trials).

Some bits for GER wagons are available from Ambis Engineering (Just a satisfied customer). Unfortunately this does not the elusive Monarch Door Dampers, but does include open ratchet brake guards, brake levers etc. (see www.ambisengineering.co.uk). You can download a list and instructions from the website.