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5 hours ago, CUTLER2579 said:

It might be quicker than using the A46 on some days  :(

I have just taken my visitor back to Newark station. His train leaves at 1746. Being cautious, and expecting the usual chaos, we left early. There was no traffic, and we got there in twenty minutes, so he had nearly an hour to wait.

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1 hour ago, great northern said:

Our man strolled once again along the Midland sidings and saw an A3 at Platform 6. Nothing unusual about that.

 

 

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Then he looked more closely.:o

 

 

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Perhaps he's been on the magic mushrooms again.

 

No wonder he was urged to look again - that driver can't possibly see through the front cab window!!

 

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Julian

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4 hours ago, great northern said:

I have just taken my visitor back to Newark station. His train leaves at 1746. Being cautious, and expecting the usual chaos, we left early. There was no traffic, and we got there in twenty minutes, so he had nearly an hour to wait.

My dear old Dad used to say that the only time a train is late is when you're already on the platform waiting for it.

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On 17/09/2019 at 15:23, great northern said:

Earlier I spoke of goodies, and at lunchtime the postie delivered. I've waited quite a while for these, but it was well worth it. Here we go, more of the beautiful work of Ian Willets and Dave Studley to be admired.

 

We start with some proper Gresley all door seconds.

 

 

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There are two of these.38364150_3SK2.JPG.4877dcb14748253ded4840d6181abe88.JPG681454345_4SK2otherside.JPG.23c9362b427a02ab85810c77e374585b.JPG

I only need six more of these, at least, now.

 

Then we have something I've wanted for a long time. Having got rid of all the 'orrible 'ornby buffet cars, I needed one more to be able to ring the changes a bit more. The newcomer is a Dia 168 Tourist car.

 

 

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Lovely stuff.:sungum:

Those are quite beautiful cars, Gilbert.

 

My compliments to Mr. Willets and Mr. Studley. I assume they're built from kits? If so, do you know the origin of the Tourist Buffet, please?

 

Some little time ago I was given some brass etches for the sides and ends of a Tourist Buffet. They were going to be part of the whole range to make up complete Tourist rakes, including the twins and the brakes, but nothing came from it in the end. 

 

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I put the bits together, using MJT parts to complete. Geoff Haynes painted it for me.

 

Even with Geoff's painting, it's not in the same class as the Willets/Studley one, but just one point, if I may, please? 

 

In all my research into building Gresley cars (and Thompson ones), the kitchen and lavatory windows are invariably 'opaque' white glass, not frosted. I wonder which source your builders used. It would be most-interesting to know.

 

Regards,

 

Tony. 

 

P.S. I'm sure Eric enjoyed himself yesterday. He certainly seemed to the day before.

 

 

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It is a long time since I sourced these Tony, and I seem to have deleted all relevant e-mails. I'm almost certain though that the only source I could find for a Dia 168 Buffet was Mousa Models, so the sides will have come from Bill Bedford. Ian Willets has always asked that I then leave all the rest to him, as he prefers to use the sources he likes best. His preference where available though is for Mike Trice's range. The sides for the SKs are MJT.

 

I know that Ian is always very careful with his research, partly because he knows these things will always come under your scrutiny! I'll ask him what his source is regarding the windows.

 

The sad thing is that both Ian and Dave are now semi retired, and Ian is not taking in any new clients. I fear that sooner rather than later their craftsmanship will be lost to the hobby, as has already happened with other very talented people.

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On 17/09/2019 at 15:23, great northern said:

Earlier I spoke of goodies, and at lunchtime the postie delivered. I've waited quite a while for these, but it was well worth it. Here we go, more of the beautiful work of Ian Willets and Dave Studley to be admired.

 

We start with some proper Gresley all door seconds.

 

 

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There are two of these.38364150_3SK2.JPG.4877dcb14748253ded4840d6181abe88.JPG681454345_4SK2otherside.JPG.23c9362b427a02ab85810c77e374585b.JPG

I only need six more of these, at least, now.

 

Then we have something I've wanted for a long time. Having got rid of all the 'orrible 'ornby buffet cars, I needed one more to be able to ring the changes a bit more. The newcomer is a Dia 168 Tourist car.

 

 

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Lovely stuff.:sungum:

Hi, these coaches are superb. I take it there’s only one buffet, photographed from each side? If so there may have been a mix up on the number application. Something I have done myself on a number of occasions.

Iain

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1 hour ago, Iain.d said:

Hi, these coaches are superb. I take it there’s only one buffet, photographed from each side? If so there may have been a mix up on the number application. Something I have done myself on a number of occasions.

Iain

Hi Gilbert and Iain

 

It looks like the 1 and the 9 have been transposed on the kitchen side, they were all in the 91xx series.

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4 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Hi Gilbert and Iain

 

It looks like the 1 and the 9 have been transposed on the kitchen side, they were all in the 91xx series.

Quite right, Clive,

 

It shows how lacking in observation I am. 

 

It shouldn't be too difficult to put a new '9' and a new '1' in the right place.

 

Footboards on the bogies as well? They were quite prominent on the real thing. 

 

Next time I'm round, Gilbert? 

 

Regards,

 

Tony. 

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50 minutes ago, Tony Wright said:

Quite right, Clive,

 

It shows how lacking in observation I am. 

 

It shouldn't be too difficult to put a new '9' and a new '1' in the right place.

 

Footboards on the bogies as well? They were quite prominent on the real thing. 

 

Next time I'm round, Gilbert? 

 

Regards,

 

Tony. 

I'd be very grateful Tony. I don't want to risk it being kicked around in the post if I send it back.

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On 19/09/2019 at 22:13, great northern said:

I'd be very grateful Tony. I don't want to risk it being kicked around in the post if I send it back.

We'll fix it up Gilbert,

 

An interesting picture showing a Tourist Buffet (or at least part of it) in a Colchester-bound express, at Doncaster in September 1961...............

 

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Not being 1st Class, the curtains are probably orange/yellow, though I don't have a colour picture to confirm this. In my experience, blue curtains were a feature of 1st Class cars only. 

 

I think the bogie footboard is worth including. The ones underneath the kitchen section were full-length. I find it rather strange that these highly-visible features have been omitted from your new models. Rather like supplying a new steam-outline loco with no brakes? 

 

Please (everyone) observe copyright restrictions.

 

Regards,

 

Tony. 

 

 

 

 

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14 hours ago, great northern said:

Another view of our phantom scottish A3. I really like these views of Pacifics going south from Platform 6, but I suspect that in reality it happened very rarely.

 

 

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In my time I don't recall ever seeing anything head south from platform 6 on a main line train. Certainly trains towards/from March used to use platform 6 in both directions. Anything on the main line used to use the up avoiding line (the centre road), not infrequently. In contrast, I can only remember seeing anything other than goods traffic use the down avoider (nearest the camera) on one occasion.

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