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Thanks gents, much appreciated. John

Bit of a long shot but I'm trying to find a possible identity for the Clayton closest to the camera in the photo below (posted with permission) as I want to model the train in question. For some context, the photo was taken in 1966 at South Pelaw Junction on the Tyne Dock to Consett line in 1966. The local shed, Gateshead, had a number of Claytons allocated to it at that time so I'm assuming (possibly incorrectly) that it is highly likely that the loco is one of Gateshead's allocation. Problem is that, as is clear from the photo, the loco has snowploughs fitted and whilst a Google search returns photos of pretty much all of the Gateshead locos around the North East at the time, none of them show the ploughs fitted. The locos assigned to Gateshead at the time were D8588 - D8605 inclusive. John

and we were very happy to be invited with South Pelaw, we had a great weekend.

I believe C&L Finescale do flexi track with a matching sleeper thickness.

Thanks, it could have been me! You may already know this but, when I spoke to Phil at York, he is thinking of doing a twin set of Tyne Dock 24s with all the pipes, tanks etc. already fitted.

Thank you, appreciate it.

A couple of short videos of the layout from a very enjoyable weekend at York: John

Oh yes, I did.

That's the actual signal arm from one of the signals that we have on the layout, kindly lent to us for display.

My favourite layout of the show (other than the one I was there with 😁 ) was one that is not in a scale I'm interested in, not a time period I have any interest in and not a location I have any interest in but I think it, Sherton Abbas, is absolutely stunning.

I am but it might take longer than that 😁

Cheers Porcy, no need for me to use them then...

One thing to bear in mind that the Smith 3 links aren't to scale, they are larger than they should be...

I've been adding parts from the detailing pack to one of my 37s today but I have no idea where the four small parts at the bottom of the photo below are supposed to go?

She's starting to look like a Mach 1 Attack Helicopter...

Currently progressing on the workbench, the Aoshima 1/48 Airwolf. It comes with a fully detailed rear cockpit section for Dominic that becomes completely invisible once the fuselage halves go together! John

Just an FYI as much as anything, I run Malwarebytes and it has just popped up with the following on the Forums Home page although I have been on a few times today with no such issue... John

Not my work, I wish it was, but I'd defy most people not to think that the exterior photos were of the real plane rather than the model - certainly fooled me and a lot others in the comments. One of THE most naturally realistic models, in any genre, I've ever seen... https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235134707-tbd-1-devastator-vt-3-midway/

Nice work, we've both built two of the same planes this year (I've got a Horten in the stash as well), mine in 1/48... John

I'd agree with Mike, according to what I know, they went to Glasgow works to get the doors plated over at around the same time they got their TOPS numbers. Photo from late 73/early 74 here:

Thanks, we had a very good weekend although I've come back with a rather bad dose of 'man flu' that I still can't get rid of.

I'll admit to not having given it any thought. This was more an exercise in the use of Templot rather than the production of a workable layout.

My thanks to @Redkiterail for his permission to post his photos of South Pelaw at Warley...

Thanks you very much, I may put some in the layout thread and will, of course, acknowledge that they are your photos.

Stella Gill is at one end of the South Pelaw layout. Some nice photos of South Pelaw in there @Redkiterail although we could have done without my belly showing while I was operating the signals 😁