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Away with the Prairies - 2

In order to not believe that LM only has Pannier's here is another group of rather nice looking locos Ken Dobetter (local LM photographer) has been engaged to take a series of photographs in and around the station. Here is a limited series from him titled Away with the Prairies - 1

NEW BR MK1 COACHES BREAK COVER Bachmann today announced three brand new BR Mark 1 Coaches for its Bachmann Branchline OO Scale range. The three models depict the Brake Second Open (BSO), First Open (FO) and Restaurant Buffet (RB) vehicles which have not previously been produced as part of the flagship Branchline Mark 1 Coach range. The Diagram 183 Brake Second Opens were built from 1955, and by 1960 a total of 163 vehicles had been completed. A further 18 BSOs were built in 1963 which had an internal door splitting the seating bays in two to create a non-smoking area. Seats were provided at tables for 31 passengers, along with a toilet, guard’s compartment and an area for luggage. Between 1980 and 1981, BR converted 18 BSOs into BSOT Micro-Buffets – the T standing for Trolley. The conversion saw the toilet turned into a store and the first bay of seating removed to make room for a counter into which a trolley could be slotted, allowing the option for customers to be served at the counter, or at their seats throughout the train from the trolley. This variant is also modelled as part of the new tooling. Diagram 73 First Open coaches were built by Doncaster, York, Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon, Wolverton and Swindon, with no fewer than 128 FOs built between 1953 and 1963. Delivered to all regions except the Southern, the first vehicles were painted in BR’s Crimson & Cream colour scheme but later builds went straight into BR Maroon and to a lesser extent, Chocolate & Cream. Each coach provided 42 first class seats with a toilet at both ends of the vehicle. The Diagram 24 Restaurant Buffet was the most numerous of BR’s many catering vehicles, with the RB providing both a kitchen and pantry along with a service bar and seats for 23 passengers. Construction was shared between Pressed Steel and Birmingham RC&W and again, 128 vehicles were built, these being outshopped between 1960 and 1962. Entering traffic in BR Maroon, some RBs were delivered to the Western Region in Chocolate & Cream and others to the Southern in BR (SR) Green. In later years some vehicles would be refurbished, and liveries such as BR Blue & Grey and InterCity were carried. These brand new models feature all the hallmarks of the Branchline Mk1, which capture the distinct shape and profile of the BR Mk1 coach with flush glazing, extensive detail and separately fitted parts including various handrails and pipework, and a full complement of underframe equipment. Era-appropriate details, such as the presence of end steps and, on the BSO, the inclusion of roof periscopes, are all catered for. The new tooling extends to the bogies fitted beneath each vehicle, with new BR1, Commonwealth, B4 and B5 bogies being developed. In addition, the BR2 bogie has been added to the pool of options and all bogies feature integrated metal wheel bearings and electrical pickups to aid those wishing to add features to their models which may require power. Profiled metal wheelsets are fitted, as are standard tension lock couplings, fitted into NEM coupling pockets which are attached to chassis-mounted close-coupling mechanisms. Details of the first batch of models to be made from this new tooling, including livery variants, prices and availability will be included in the Summer 2024 British Railway Announcements on Wednesday 1st May.

Good moaning from the Charente where it is damp and cool. I expect to be summoned to Angouleme at some point today to retrieve the boss from what I now know as the house of pain. Apparently a male general nurse knows better than her diabetologue and GP, as to how much insulin she needs. He also knows more than her pain management specialist and GP about analgesics. On a brighter note I wilbe talking to young Emily and her mums in a short while. Jamie

We were taking our motorhome south in the early winter. In Georgia the weather was warm enough for us to de-winterize. When I turned on the water feed, there was a gush across the floor (linoleum). Luckily, there was a repairman in the campground. Turned out, the company we asked to winterize the unit had not drained the water heater and it had split in the Ontario winter. He managed to get and install a new tank over the weekend.

We went to Stratford to see a preview of Twelfth Night. We nearly came to grief on the expressway. Around a curve there were two trucks with flashing arrows, stopped on the shoulder. Then a truck stopped in my lane, following a road sweeper. I managed to stop as did the cars behind. But now I'm in a curve to the passenger side with traffic coming up the next lane, all doing at least the 90 kph speed limit. Luckily, one of the cars behind had enough view to pull out and the car behind and I both made it. 12th Night was good, although modern. SWMBO had a little problem hearing all the lines.

Germany this morning. Most of the photos are at Assmannshausen on the Rhine taken in 1990 and 1991. Assmannshausen is on the right (east) bank of the Rhine. There is also one photo in the Harz of the Harzquerbahn near Allerbach in July 1991. Assmannshausen 140 005 northbound freight 2nd Aug 90 C14668 Assmannshausen140 582 northbound freight 2nd Aug 90 C14676 Assmannshausen 140 130 Wiesbaden to Koblenz 2nd Aug 90 C14672 Assmannshausen view north 19th Aug 91 C16518 Assmannshausen Class 140 20th Aug 91 C16529 Assmannshausen 141 145 Koblenz to Wiesbaden 20th Aug 91 C16531 Allerbach 99 7222 Wernigerode to Nordhausen 27th July 91 C15993 (1) David

Supermarkets. Harumph. I never stopped shopping in person during the pandemic. Back then I wore a mask. I still shop at the same place. It had changed hands to a large corporate chain before the pandemic. It was never the same. In the old days this location had a pretty 'decent' bakery - at least for cakes. (It's actually equipped as a very large bakery.) When it changed hands it was no where near as good, but if you weren't picky you could still make a 'simple' custom order. I went in today to order a cake for my youngest son's birthday. I wanted to order precisely what I ordered last year - small 5" rounds with two layers - and a particular topping (chocolate butter cream and a chocolate ganache). The young lady with purple hair and nose ring looked at me like I was from Mars. Just about every cake I pointed at in the display case was not available as a custom 5" round order - they all came in frozen from the corporate bakery. So "German chocolate cake" it is. My son won't mind. The supermarket chain is in negotiations to be acquired by an even larger chain (who has a store less than a mile away) - there are anti-trust / monopoly concerns about this merger. It makes me wonder if this is already impacting service. When the old supermarket was acquired by the larger chain they closed their existing supermarket across the street from the chain they now want to merge into. Those premises remain unoccupied 8 years later - except at Halloween when a pop-up Halloween store materializes annually, in Brigadoon fashion.

Good evening everyone Shopping has been shopped and the fridge/cupboards are now full. The weather was very kind to me during my walk to the butchers, sunny, but cold, I certainly needed my jacket on. After dinner, I sat and made a start on the micro shunting layout that I’ve planned. I’ve already fixed the track down, so today was mainly fixing the printed sheets to various thicknesses of cardboard, prior to cutting and gluing the parts together. ION. We know for sure that we have blue tits nesting in one of the 2 boxes I put up a few weeks ago, as I saw one enter a box this evening. We already have dunnocks nesting in the hedge, so that now makes a second pair of birds that have decided to call our back garden home. It would seem that all my efforts to make the garden wildlife friendly have worked. To add to this excitement, Sheila spotted a robin in the garden this morning too.

Electric roller blinds are wonderful - available as blackouts if needed. You can still hide them with conventional drapes if you don't like the look from the inside. Most of them are 'decorative' however. They are completely* cordless and remote controlled, with little batteries inside the mechanism. * Except when the batteries need recharging. I know people complained about floor-ceiling glass walls as a 'style' (it's not new - its "Barhaus school" from the days of the Weimar Republic, echoed in mid-century modern like the Eames House in the 1950s) but with reflective (on the outside) roller blinds the glass-house interior heating effect would be greatly minimized - though on a sunny wintry day it would be very energy efficient.

Back to the other side, and to one of the most familiar views of an arriving Up train. One of the reliably good places to take a photo though, I find.

Morning, from a sunny and not quite as cold rock, 10c and still for once. I was absolutely cream crackered after 80 miles on bumpy roads on the bike yesterday, so not a lot else got done. Like Brian we have a lot of birds in the garden currently, nesting time obviously due to the amount of cargo they're carrying. New is a Goldfinch, very colourful little bird, and the woody woodpecker is going bonkers over the back somewhere in the old farm, must be making a new nest in a tree. Debs has just gone for one of her bird books as she has spotted something by the not-a-Koi-pond-anymore she is unfamiliar with - doesn't happen often as she's a keen ornithologist. Edit - a Linnet, not seen one here before.

Ey up! Back from a visit to Beamish (excellent apart from the weather.. sun, rain, snow and hail on occasion!) Then I decided to head to the Heugh Battery in Hartlepool ( which was attacked by German battlecruisers in 1914). Nice time was had (as was a bacon and egg banjo)... Main gripe.. lorry drivers on main roads. They should ban lorries from the major road system between 8am until 8pm. Why? Well they are governed to 56mph (the big 40 tonnesr have problems stopping if they go any faster) but insist on trying to overtake other lorries..pah! Beamish has been developing a new 1950s area. The work done so far is superb. Minors welfare (oap) cottages, council houses, police Houses (two semis with a police station tucked in the middle) etc. A trip on a bus and a trip on a tram.. excellent day.. but it meant an early bed time! Today.. no cricket umpiring any more but, due to most grounds being quagmire, few games to watch. Have a good day! Baz

I would ask if I can join too following a fall at Easter! Baz

Mrs SM42 has just gone to put the milk bottles out and found that tomorrow's delivery has already been delivered. I suspect our milkman has plans for tomorrow. Maybe he's off to the NEC Andy

Good morning all, Dull and damp start earlier with more dullness and dampness forecast throughout the day. 6°C rising to a maximum of 14°C. Much aching all over this morning, particularly in the back, don't know why, I haven't been exerting myself apart from the daily hobble. @Barry O We're heading to Beamish in a couple of months Baz as we enjoyed our visit so much back in 2019. I think they were just starting the 1950s section then. The Boss also wants to see The Angel of the North as we didn't last time we were up there. Durham Cathedral is also a possibility. Rugby watched last night, didn't enjoy it much as there was too much kicking in the first half. Today Quins are playing Northampton at Twickenham, that could be a great match. The way the latter have been playing Quins will have to be at the top of their game and then some. The mobile phone Sim saga continues as mine still hasn't arrived. During a lengthy phone call in which "Dean" couldn't really explain what had (or hadn't) happened I was put through to "Amelia" who started off by saying "I understand you've lost your Sim card." Cue GDB almost exploding but I managed to keep my cool and asked how the hell I could lose something that I had never received! Another one is now being sent....and breathe. According to The Boss it's now timetogattamoveon, not quite sure why as nothing is planned....so far. Have a good one, Bob.

As I'm sure you know, this is a problem for summer cabin owners on the tundra. A Swedish colleague had a similar problem with his summer cabin on 'the archipelago'. (Visitors to Stockholm will know this area - lovely.) His was a water line to a dishwasher if I'm not mistaken and being Sweden his cabin had beautiful wooden floors - because that seems to be the 'law' in Nordic countries. Did you at least replace the broken bit with PEX?

Bear here..... Extremelysillyo'clock........😒 BG

Scoff very quickly, Ben loves marmite and toast, as we found out while I was working on the neighbours printer. Of that the new cartridge has arrived. Today being museum day i was busy muddling, we had a coach load of visitors plus a few others.. how many reached my room?... 8... First muddle, Sand down filled cracks in broken wall poster, give background a coat of white paint... Done ok. Just finished that when the man with the broken springs in switches arrive clutching bits.. turns out not to be broken springs but broken plastic. You remove the square cap which reveals a round light fitting, behind that a round plastic insert that on inside had two plastic wedges moulded on in the shape of a pyramid with the top cut off. In the broken switches the wedges had gone. The biggest dimension was about 3mm and they were about 1mm thick. 1mm plastic card i had on the table already🙂 cut two wedges, stuck them in using plastic magic, and as if by magic the reassembled switch worked!!! The bearer of switches was most impressed, more switches will be delivered for repair next Friday . Then worked on the mini ultrasonic radar case, only it was more than the case, because it didn't have a case someone had broken a wire, go to land rover get gas powered soldering iron, and some heat shrink, a quick repair and all was good again, another customer impressed, then back to cutting up left over perspex to make a case. All bits roughly cut out, next week start assembling and rounding corners. Then the 1/1000 model of RAF Neatishead 1983, only had time to fit a chimney to the power station. On the 1/87 model of an Austin K6 and radar fitted tube to underside of radar . Made a close clearance hole for tube through the K6, dry fitted tube onto motor , all looks ok.. Then to the chippy for tea before off to the MRC, decided to fit stands for fuel oil pipes, about twenty all done ok, then did the verticals that supports the overhead heating pipes the involved sticking 1mm diameter rod onto a 2 mm by 4mm cross bar. Amazingly that went well so I planted them on the accommodation site. They and the fuel oil stands will need painting black next time. Need to order 1mm wire for the fuel oil pipes, and .5mm wire for the heating pipes. Muggachoccy gone, good night Awl.

Some trains at Hathern on the Midland north of Loughborough. Hathern rear view of down ex pass Aug 72 C1042 Hathern Class 120 Nottingham to Birmingham Aug 72 J3013 HathernClass 20s 8013 & 8196 up limestone Aug 72 J3014 Hathern Class 45 84 up Sheffield to St Pancras Aug 72 J3015 Hathern Class 47 1810 down mgr Aug 72 J3016 Hathern Class 45 81 up Aug 72 J3017 David

The most regular visitors to our garden are pigeons, blue tits, robins, blackbirds and various LBJs.* We used to have a family of greater spotted woodpeckers visiting daily by then a couple of years ago they suddenly disappeared and haven’t returned. We also sometimes see long tailed tits and starlings a bit more infrequently. * Little Brown Jobs - sparrows or dunnocks or whatever. My bird identification skills aren’t up to differentiating between them all. Dave

Regrettably the only birds we see regularly are pigeons, starlings, magpies, a crow or two and nottalot else apart from flypasts by a squadron of parakeets. Once in a while a robin pops in to say hello but that's about it. We did buy a large bird feeding station a couple of years ago to try to attract more birds and got a few blue tits but it encouraged even more pigeons and starlings and the "deposits" they were leaving had to be seen to be believed so we gave up.

We live in a rural area and although we see plenty of birds in the garden only house sparrows nest here, in the eaves. They are not really a problem apart from scratching and chicks chirping in the eaves above the bedroom.We are used to it though. A note of caution regarding starlings. Last year a pair nested in the eaves above the back porch and evidently had never heard the old adage about not doing it on your own doorstep. What a mess they made! I had left it too late to block the eaves opening where they nested, in fairness one cannot block the entrance when there may be chicks inside. As soon as they had flown the nest I blocked it off though; no chance of a second brood there and they have not returned this year. On one day we saw Great Tits, Blue Tits, Long Tailed Tits, and Coal Tits in the garden, never at the same time though. I thought a pair of Wrens were starting to nest but they abandoned it after a visit from a neighbour's cat. Stay safe all.

I had a much better sleep so I feel more with it today. The photos I sent to one of my cousins, Karen, were well received, she has forwarded them to the rest of her siblings and there have been a lot of comments. Karen and her sisters are going to visit some of their Irish relatives next week so they are taking copies with them, they are a huge family so they hope to identify everyone. Some of the photos I sent were taken at their parents wedding in Dublin with all the relatives attending. I have been asked to send more photos as I scan them. I have also been sent a copy of part of a family tree one of them, Tim, has been working on. I think his is the same as my handwritten one. I shall have a look on Ancestry in a few days, I will have to find some more hours in a day I think. This morning so far has been spent sending them some more photos and answering questions from them about the friend who died and his sister who they also knew a long time ago - who I think I only met once. In a few minutes I am going to have a good look at the photos I scanned mainly to see if I can work out where they were taken. I'm not sure after that, I may just have a walk and then relax. David

Does my double garage and 35ft x 20ft shed get me on the list then Bear? Dave Oh, and the fact that I’ve got cake in stock?

Ahhhhhh.......NOW we know why you take so many overseas Business Trips...... 😉 Don't worry, we won't let on..... p.s. Bear is running very low** on Cake....just thought I'd mention that..... (**As in zero, zilch, diddlysquat in fact.)

I'm back in Singapore, the journey was uneventful and enjoyable apart from the taxi to Brussels airport, which was awful. The driver was accelerating hard and braking hard, veering between lanes, pushing into lanes and got quite stroppy when I asked him not to use his mobile phone. I'd have happily used the train but the young lady from our office travelling with me felt a bit uncomfortable around stations. Though in all honesty the risk of being robbed or assaulted at the station was probably lower than an RTA given the driver we ended up with. Turkish Airlines was excellent, their new A350's are superb and the food offering was equally superb. Excellent in-flight entertainment too. The transfer in Istanbul was scheduled for 70 minutes which is quite tight but arrival was on time and they have short transfer security routes so the time actually felt more than ample and my bags arrived in Singapore with me. Outbound the transfer was longer, something which made me laugh is there is a Salt Bae restaurant in Istanbul airport with a huge picture of Salt Bae (a very expensive celebrity cook/restaurant), after seeing Uncle Roger extract the urine out of him I just couldn't help laughing. Back to the warmth and humidity, been a typical mercurial day here, it was rather lovely when I arrived at Changi this morning and my taxi home took the scenic route across the island along East Coast Park and through Marine Bay which was nice, then rain, now looking quite pleasant.

As a famous German fighter pilot put it, "The three most useless things are fuel you've used, runway behind you and height you've lost." Dave

There was a famous incident in Vietnam when a USAF F4 was hit by flak and lost all his fuel in short order. The crew were then faced with ejecting over hostile territory but the formation leader got the stricken aircraft to drop the arrestor hook then came up behind and lodged the end of the hook into the rain clearing slot just in front of his windscreen. He then pushed the other aircraft back to the south and when near base backed off so the crew could eject over friendly territory. I believe he got some sort of medal. Dave

Bear occasionally ponders with the idea of moving - there certainly are attractions to the idea. However, the few people I do know well are either in Bear Ave. or in the nearby general area, so if I did move very far then I'd lose that aspect of my life (or it'd make contact/seeing them/giving & receiving support more difficult) which, as a solo Bear gets more & more important with age. Now if I had a Polina in tow then things might be different.....

Good afternoon everyone Late on parade today due to having to collect a click and collect package from the Trafford Centre. There's no Ava today, as she's been away with school this week and is very tired. So I was decided to take advantage of the nice weather and do some gardening. I'm hoping to dig up a few plants from the front garden and replace them with some new ones. Back later Brian

Now that you have got the house tidy and the shed clear of motor bike , you could sell up,and move to Essex. I am sure you would be happy here. Lots of properties with garages and sheds. When we moved in the chap who planted the leylandii hedging looked over and his first words were “you haven’t got a shed”. A few years later I helped him set up his dial up modem, and suggested he searched for something online. He actually entered “sheds”. He and his wife divorced, she let the hedge grow into huge trees, he went to France and had many sheds. I did think my access to our sheds was so,I could apply the preservative stain but Aditi has done that herself the last few times. I nearly forgot, I have to,deal with naughty rodents.

Mornng All Yesterday was my most adventurous day so far since my illness. Bus at 09.43 to Ludlow, off at the market place, visited loo, walked back through the High St to the stop for the bus to Shrewsbury which we took out to the Ludlow Farm Shop - where we managed to spend £25 plus on marmalade, chutney, tartare sauce, coffee, and a half price Victoria Sponge CAKE - moist, and well filled with buttercream and their home made jam - delicious, but quite expensive at over seven quid full price. Then walked back to the bus stop - bus into Ludlow, and into Aldi (bus stops outside) for a few bits that we forgot, then bus back from Aldi to the park and ride. It was great to actually meet people and have a chat - though after I got back, I had an hour's kip. Today, 30747 went into town to post a parcel and drop off my prescription request, Managed the latter, but the Post Office was shut. However, she picked up a replacement fireside rug from a charity shop, and brought it back on the bus!! The drivers are getting used to her antics with pieces of furniture (smalllish), rugs, and the like all being fair game for fetching home on public transport. Regards to All Stewart

Command wants you to ID these two locomotives based on their differences. D-Day is imminent. Stand by for further instructions.

Shi En (who travelled with me) almost makes Il Dottore look low rent when it comes to food standards, I keep meaning to rewrite the words of the old Spitting Image song never met a South African to words about never been to a restaurant Shi En likes. She really is impossible to please, I find it quite funny. Actually I am being unfair, she arranged two dinners in Singapore which were incredible, a dim sum place and a high end fine dining place, I'm glad the company was paying but I will say in all honesty that the title of 'best Chinese meal I've ever had' was one of the two. However she has that Singapore naivety when overseas.

Not that frequently, though you do mention your shed, which seems to annoy some people... (I've a Garage and a Shed...)

Bear here..... Up at a very silly time known as 0345am 😱 for a special mission..... Bear had been asked** to go on a Van delivery run with the Hospice to the Coal Drops at Kings Cross of all places; there's a big "do" up there this weekend (a Vintage Car Boot event plus numerous Charities selling donated Vintage items). We were there by 0630 - and unloaded and gone by around 0730, so that's a Tick. I did take a photo of one of the (two?) Gasometers there - apparently it's been converted to Apartments: (That's not our Van, incidentally - ours is MUCH bigger - and it's got a tail lift to play with.....😁) Wonder if they smell of Gas? Bear is now back at Bear Castle; a cheeky slice of T & M has been scoffed (it could quite easily have been rather more if it wasn't for the bluddy D word 😒). First mission is make the Bear Pit, followed by MIUABGA - the weather is less than sunny so the chances of getting the exhaust system fitted to Harry isn't looking good (Bear hasn't got a Garage - have I mentioned that?) BG **It seems that the Warehouse Manageress considers Bear to be "reliable". Just don't go spreadin' it about ferchrissakes - Bear has a reputation to protect....

At least it wasn't green (or Flying Scotsman 😝) Dave

The situation wasn't of my making - honestly. I actually got praise for coping with what could have been loss of an aircraft. It's too involved to go into in detail but it resulted from rapidly deteriorating weather that hadn't been forecast and multiple screwups by air traffic and operating authorities. The thing that saved me was that I got so p!ssed off with what was going on that I declared UDI and ignored what the above mentioned nerks wanted me to do, which would have resulted in us running out of fuel and jumping out. Dave

Evening all from Estuary-Land. I don't know where today's gone, I went shopping this afternoon and that took longer than expected, I guess that I'm getting slower as I get older. I withdrew some more modelling tokens this afternoon as I'm visiting the Ilford and West Essex exhibition in Romford tomorrow. The venue is Marshals Park academy in Petits Lane, Romford. There used to be an exhibition there a few years ago run by the now defunct Romford model railway club.

Well, that all went pearshaped... The above referring to yesterday, and only checking in now! Yesterday was "supposed" to be a regular day, whatever that means. However, Jemma was due to drop Whitney off here, take the water pump for the lake cabin, and head north to rendezvous with the Mrs. niece as they are now co-owners of the cabin, and install the pump, get the water running and spring clean for the season ahead. Issue #1 - the Mrs niece was down with some severe flu, so was not going to be able to go up there. Issue #2 - the Mrs, having NOT expected to be called for duty, had scheduled a fang removal and was therefore not at option! Issue #3 - Well not an issue but a bullet-point, it fell to be to VOLUNTEER to be a secondary party to the spring opening event. all went well getting the pump in place and hooked up, and THEN the fun started; Soon as we turned on the pump, started flooding the cabin with water - apparently over the winter, even though the system was drained the same was as we do every year, the main feed pipe for the cabin system managed to have a 1 inch SPLIT half way up the wall where the line feeds the various facilities. We quelled the flood, determined the issue and then had the enjoyable task of the 25 minute ride EACH WAY to the nearest hardware store for the necessary supplies. After returning and sorting the problem, which involved many choice words, a SECOND issue with one of the elbow joints was discovered... Second round trip to the hardware store. Solved THAT problem, and finally the water system worked and was certified by the chief inspector - ME - as ready for use. Problem NOW was it was almost 4-m, so no cleaning was managed with the exception of some quick vacuuming of the floors. Another trip by other parties will be required to do the spring cleaning portion of the tasks. There we are. spent THIS morning with taxi service and sorting access/payment for the flooring company who were scheduled to install a faux granite floating floor in the entryway of the rental house. Finished the day with some work, and am ready for the weekend! Weekend sees us having dinner tomorrow with our friends who've now returned from the Arizona winter getaway and Sunday attending the last of our church Concert series season performance. This one by a very good local tribute band presenting an Eagles tribute - "Takin' it To The Limit" Weather was delightful yesterday, but of course now it's the weekend, we're expecting rain almost all weekend. 8c and raining first thing, high of 11c expected and rain showing as 10-0% probability for now through Sunday evening!!! ☹️ Enjoy the weekend.

"Pull up to the bumper baby"

Apparently I missed a bit of drama while I was away, a visiting tarantula. Usually they stay hidden in the forested areas but go walkabout occasionally.

After a few attempts I finally got a shade of sea that I was happy with. I have been adding gloss varnish twice a day since Sunday evening and will continue to do so until my tin is empty so a few more days yet. This is how it’s looking so far. I continue to operate most trains with 20148 as I am still over the moon with its new voice. The quality is at least equal to my Accurascale 37s possibly just squeezing ahead even.

I'm on so many "Lists" that I've forgotten which list that is... 🙃

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Just a short hello before I go to the exhibition at Romford.

Anti-English perhaps? Oh, it is.....you just haven't been told about it yet. Be scared......

Welcome aboard member No. 3. Dave