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Unfortunately a large proportion of those shot by police including the person in the Bondi incident had a history of mental issues. Theres obviously also a huge number of incidents involving the mentally disturbed where the police do not need to use their firearm but too often the end scene is a crazed individual armed with a knife or other weapon threatening the police where even tasering has been insufficient to bring them down. "Suicide by cop" where an individual deliberately places police in a situation where they have no choice but to shoot is also a phenomenon in several incidents here. After shooting the perpetrator Inspector Amy Scott performed CPR on him for several minutes but he was too dead.

Dirty Distribution Duffs... picking up where we left off, for those RfD '47's that didn't make it into the 'European' blue-roof livery of the last two locos covered, the remainder were generally left in their older BR triple-grey sector colours, like the two dirtbags joining the fleet this week. 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr In this penultimate update of the latest batch of locos tackled during 2023, here we see Trainload Distribution-livered 47284 and 47355, captured in late 1998 condition and with the livery basically falling off these machines in a number of places..! 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr The story starts in an unlikely place - raiding the stockpile of locos acquired over the years, this time in the form of a DRS blue model, and bizarrely an Anglia Railways turquoise model - the bodyshells of these were being flogged at a mere £12 each by East Kent Models at last year's Ally Pally show, so I ended up buying quite a few, I knew they'd have a use at some stage! 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr With the printing and colours stripped away, luscious new coats of triple greys were added, using the Phoenix Rail Grey, my custom light mix for the Flint Grey, and a pale roof grey (Phoenix Railfreight Grey), gloss varnished up and with Railtec decals applied, before final matt varnishing ready for some fun weathering. Don't ask why, but we've got yellow cabs for 47284, more will be revealed later... 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr The first task was to fade down the paint - by 1998, these locos' paint jobs were on their last legs - having been painted in the late 80s when Sectorisation was in full flow, they'd really deteriorated during the 90s. A coat of thinned white paint was painted on and wiped away, working fast and in downward strokes - muting the paint finish right down, and trying hard not to leave any actual streaks, but just a pale finish. The sector flash logos were also painted in faded shades of yellow and red, matching up to how each one looked in 1998. 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Having allowed a few days for the previous 'fade' layer to dry and harden, then the next layers of browns could be added - almost neat brown slopped on, sometimes thinned with enamel thinners, and then wiped away vertically downwards, leaving the dirt deposits to gather in the recesses. 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr The brown paint will linger on the matt-varnished bodysides, which is perfect for streaking effects, all that was needed was to remove the dirt deposits around the desired streak, leaving the dirty 'streak' in place, again following photographs of the real thing to match up the loco to how it looked back at the time. 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Further deposits were added on the roof too, especially the cantrail grilles, working in some dark grey to the recesses, and dragging it down the bodysides, which will eventually be used to replicate some of the exhaust grime brought down onto the body by rainwater. All this is completed to the soundtrack of Cher Lloyd, the optimum background music for all Distribution '47' projects. 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr With the bodysides suitably covered in grime, the old mottling technique came back again..! 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr 47355 had a bit of ingrained dirt on the bodysides, so similar to 47304 featured a few weeks back, this is again achieved by adding some thinned brown to the bodyside, and rolling around a cotton bud, using a bit of trial and error, adding a little more paint and thinners, until the desired effect was created. This was then repeated with a slightly lighter shade of brown on top, to create a two-tone brown effect on the lower bodysides. Each bodyshell was then given a final coat of matt varnish to finish off, and put to one side whilst the chassis was detailed. 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Alongside the usual addition of bufferbeam pipework and underframe detail, one little feature that I've rarely photographed but always do, is to paint the exposed parts of the brass contacts that sit behind the bogie side frames and stick out from behind the wheels. These are carefully painted dark grey or black, just to blend them in, so there's no chance of them showing through in photos! 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr The models are all reassembled, and as you can see, those bold brass pickup contacts have fortunately disappeared! Each loco underframe was given a traffic weathering of Phoenix Paints' track dirt and brake dust shades, as well as a drybrushing on Humbrol Metalcote Gunmetal too. 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr First up is 47355, a very average Trainload Distribution example that's been worked hard and nearing the end of a long career hauling a wide variety of freight on the system. 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr As well as general dirt, the loco had a number of damages and marks on the sides, which were recreated using fine 5/0 brushes and a range of browns, working from light to dark at the centre of the damages, and bits of paint missing with undercoat modelled using lighter shades mottled on, following pics of the real machine. 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Doing the faded logos was great fun! Being red, the sun soon bleached out the logos and in just a few short years, both the yellow and red had faded right down - the easiest way to replicate this was simply hand painting over existing decals to get the positioning and proportions right, rather than creating from scratch. 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr One of the interesting details on 47355 was the larger running number on the No.2 end, along with the ghosting of the BR arrow symbols, where the cast originals had been removed, leaving only surface rust, exposed metalwork and boltholes behind. 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Brush Type 4 No. D1836 was delivered new to BR in April 1965, first seeing service in the D16 area, for Toton & Nottinghamshire sheds. It would be involved in a serious collision at Beattock in October 1971, but would be rebuilt and continue in service, being allocated to Crewe Diesel, Cricklewood and Toton depots during the 70s and 80s, before the onset of Sectorisation and becoming part of the Distribution fleet at Tinsley in 1990. The machine would even see a brief renumbering to 47391 during the 1994-5 period, before reverting to it's 47355 identity. 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Joining 47355 of course would be colleague 47284... 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Each loco was fitted with a brass wire 'hoop' at one end to work with tension-lock coupler fitted stock, and the usual complement of bufferbeam detailing, also crafted from 0.45mm brass wire. 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr 47284 shows off its unique yellow cabs! Quite why these exist I am not sure - unless any readers can share insight? According to photographs, they appear to be applied from around 1996 onwards, and then slowly disintegrate in the two years up until my 1998 timeframe. Perhaps it was just another bit of fun from the outgoing Tinsley depot, a nod to the old BR Railfreight liveries of the past? 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr With the yellow ends sprayed on, the layers of grey on the cab sides were drybrushed on top, following prototype pictures, and using a range of grey and almost-white shades to build up a varied patina. 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Newer than it's sister machine here, 47284 was originally delivered to BR's 52A Gateshead depot as D1986 in January 1966. It would go on to have a strong North Eastern career with time spent both at Gateshead and Tinsley, before moving down to Bristol Bath Road for a decade from 1977. Eventually moving 'back home', it would see a return to Tinsley under the auspices of the then-Trainload Distribution sector in 1987. 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr The side on view shows the dry brushed gunmetal cantrail grille edges to good effect, being carefully painted on, and once dry, rubbed with a cotton bud to bring out a gentle shine. 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Up on the roof, each loco was firstly given a paint-on & wipe off covering of dark grey, over the pale grey faded roofs, highlighting dirt in all the recesses. This was later followed up with airbrush passes of grime shades - Phoenix's roof dirt, dirty black and my custom black & blue mix for immediately around the exhaust outlet. 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Bringing the story up to date for this pair, our yellow-cabbed friend 47284 would be finally withdrawn by EWS in March 1999, and meeting its maker at Wigan CRDC shortly after in November of that year. Meanwhile, fortune was on the side of 47355, of course going on to become part of the Fragonset fleet, after withdrawal by EWS, also in March 1999. Repainted in classy black with large Fragonset lettering, and christened 'Avocet', the locomotive found a second life on the mainline, before eventual sideline upon the demise of the much-missed spot-hire company. Today, the loco can still be found in existence at Carnforth, albeit more of a derelict shell these days, waiting to be put out of its misery. 47284 and 47355 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr As always, it's been such fun bringing these two veterans to life - I've a strong love for grotty sector liveries and these two have certainly delivered! I'm enormously excited by the recent Revolution announcement of the WIA 'Arbel' car-carrier sets, and can see a bright future ahead for this pair pulling some very long trains indeed! Cheers, James

its actually a frog that was on my front porch! ( Probably not venomous)

They may be sympathetic, the families of the victims of the Westminster Bridge attacks certainly weren't cheering the shooting of the attacker. The issue in Hainault wasn't that he was shot and not tasered, but that police couldn't get to the location and taser the attacker before he killed someone with a sword. But I agree with @bbishop; there used to be secure facilities for these people but they were closed and the residents expected to live in the community, with a long list of justifications except for the one that really mattered: it saved a great deal of money. Anyway, onto much less serious crime. I wandered into my local Sainsburys earlier tonight to witness two people emptying the shelves of steaks and wandering out the door. There was one person working in the whole shop (two out the back appeared once they'd been told the alarm was going off because they actually had been robbed) and while she wasn't aware until I told her, understandably staff don't intervene. Recovering a few quids' worth of produce isn't worth being punched or worse. It was obvious what was happening as soon as I walked in the door, so I deliberately stood in the doorway making it pretty obvious I was watching them leave and noted the details of the car they got into. So, there's cheap sirloin steak for sale at a car boot somewhere near here tomorrow........

Hello all, Ran a few trains today to test out new track work and thought I’d share a video, really pleased with the reflection off the Canal. cheers Graham.

As in Cat @rse trophy.

Tell that to the parents of the 14 year old child who was hacked to death ,and the families of all those who were injured in the attack.

Superb. Who needs trains in a picture showing this quality of modelling?

I am horrified how this thread is developing. The Hainault perpetrator may well have mental health issues and could possibly be a paranoid schizophrenic. Some 50 years ago he would have been incarcerated in a mental hospital, drugged up to the eyeballs, but at least he wouldn't have been in a position to kill a child with a machete. Instead our politicians decide it is cost effective to let him roam the streets with no checks on whether he takes his anti-psychotic medicine. I am grateful he was Tasered, the thought of someone with mental health issues being shot dead is too awful to consider. And I agree the Australian inspector was entitled to shoot in self-defense. This case so echoes the Nottingham incident. Remember that I am trained to be involved in these situations, not running towards danger, but available to provide first aid or take on a support role.

I’ve always been of the opinion that anyone that proposes a certain course of action (or in the context of this discussion a regulation or law) should not be immune to/protected from the consequences of that action/regulation/law. So, to make up a two silly examples, if I - as a politician - (1) I pass a law requiring the national registration of all cake stocks, then the law should (not) be framed in such a way that my artisanal cake stocks don’t have to be registered, whilst mass produced cakes MUST be registered or else; (2) I pass a law that adds a 1250% surcharge to every tin of baked beans, (without) ensuring that my usual nightly bottle of rare vintage Dom Pérignon is zero rated (or even gets a subsidy!). Unfortunately, in far too many countries, the politicians, the influential and the “movers and shakers” never experience the - how can I put it? - the “disadvantages” of their policies and decisions foisted on everybody else.

Through the window of a restaurant car: Regards Fred

Thanks for the positive feedback (cheque is in the post) I always try and test fit as much as I can and drill out holes where required, I try to clean up/remove the supports as best as I can too but there are usually some I’ve missed (nothing a file or sand paper won’t fix) Fitting the wheel sets is the scary part because of the brittle nature of the resin. I recommend having a finger and thumb either side to stop the W irons moving out too far and breaking Also if the wheel sets are tight I find running a file over the points of the axles helps

Maybe as a retailer exclusive rather than a main range product? Or a limited edition.

Primer now added and hardened. In my haste I forgot to add the brake rodding. Again the locating points are already open and ready to accept brass wire. No drilling or filing required allowing for a fined, more realistic thickness of rodding. The brake handles are yet to be attached and are justing resting insitu. These are also seperate allowing fir the models to be modelled, brake on, with ease. The primer really highlights the extra detailing to the wagon, even rivets under the sole channel. Certainly finer and crisper than anything thing I have seen or built.

Just when I thought it was safe to start looking at this thread again look what you go and do. Can't you at least post some sort of warning. You know like they do for things that previously were ok, but are now deemed unsuitable for poor innocents.

Eastfield were never shy at borrowing locos for their own requirements. 37104 was a VO HM beast until 1983, then XO HM until transfer to SF in the late 80's and repainting into grey which meets my definition of big. The fact that it was cut up nearly 30 years ago is what I find scary. I spent a few hours running and generally doing some tidying up of the loft. Amongst the movements 37112 was allocated to the Alcan hoppers transporting bulk alumina to the Fort William smelter and is seen running along the banks of Loch Lomond.

Well with the receipt of the T3 prints from chuffinghell I could not resist. All PO works put on hold and attention to the base work commenced. With Chris's prints there is little if any clear up, the detailing is crisp and accurate and all extra detail parts fit like a glove. This includes the buffer shanks that are hollow to accept steel buffer heads. Not one requires any clearing at all. As you can see the W-irons included a well measured void for brass bearing cups without any adjusts to the bearing or wagon. The wagon design is exceptional, as with the previous departmental vans and Aero. I appreciate there are other similar prints offered and my by a few pounds cheaper but in my personal opinion you can not beat any of Chris's designs or offerings, especially as he incorporates the full wagon structure without the need for additional unit requirements. All possible design features are included as you would expect. If you have watched the development of his layout Warren Branch, then you will appreciate the minute detail Chris endeavours to include on every model he makes. Wagons have been primed which only highlights the detailing more. Thank you Chris wonderful wagons as always and certainly worth every penny, actually worth a lot more and you really should could charge more.

Wagons a plenty!!! It has been a hectic couple of weeks. Starting with the Mink F. Things quickly snow balled to a couple of PO opens, followed by plenty more. Then with the receipt of the Aero transfers things got more out of control with another order to the 3-D wizard @chuffinghell some T3s have landed! Cheers Chris some more fantastically detailed wagons. I need a holiday 🤪

For anyone that hasn't seen it yet, the new catalogue/brochure is available to download from here. No sign of April's TT:120 Club magazine yet, though.

In case you have not seen it here it is on my layout. Nice illuminated door lights.