KymN

Same story. Good box crew leg broken Siphons superb.

I agree. The bogie brick wagon has always intrigued me for some reason. Also, I have always wanted the gas wagon (3 cylinders?) that was parked next to station platforms when carriage lights were gas. They appeared in the 0-gauge tinplate ranges back in the day (I have several).

Now that Rapido has entered the Met space, I would love to see Rapido produce the iconic A and B classes built by Beyer Peacock. The 'A's were built from 1870 to John Fowler's specification, based on a machine supplied to a Spanish railway. The As and Bs were for underground use and hence had a condensing apparatus and no cab, just a spectacle plate. The 'B's were built to a similar design from 1879. Cabs were fitted after 1895. Originally, the locomotives were bright olive green lined in black and yellow. Chimneys were copper-capped. The locos were later painted red. What makes these locomotives suitable for production as an RTR model in 00 is that many were sold to or built for other railways, including the London and South Western, The London and North Western, The Great Western, the Midland, the Nidd Valley Railway, The South Eastern Railway and the Pelaw Main Colliery, plus several European Railways. A tender version was built in Australia and a model has been commissioned by a retailer in H0, which is the dominant scale for Australian-based models. Kits have been manufactured by Ks and by CDC models in various scales. I would like a L&SWR one please, plus a Brill Tramway or Nidd Valley one, all with cabs.

So it's likely to drop out then. Mine do.

I have just ordered some Bachmann NEM 362 pockets that fit into the NEM 363 receivers. I figure that Kadee short couplers might work here, so watch this space! But there is a French company that makes Kadee adapters for this. I just need to remember the name 🤪.

One of my crew is short of a leg. He shall be known as 'Ahab', but where do I stow his whale?

My NER version arrived (in Australia) this afternoon. It's lovely. I suspect that I will have enough to run brakevan specials (in a variety of liveries) once I get all those that I ordered 🙃🤓🤪

Hello fellow, railway modellers. I have been rather out of it when it comes to modelling lately. It seems that I had more time when I was working than I have now in retirement. I'm not sure how that works, but I now don't have a wife, and live in a different state of Australia, one that didn't have a history as a place for the disposal of British convicts. My other obsession has for a long time been blues, folk and similar roots music. One of the best exponents of that genre (in the U.S. at least) was the late John Prine (Also Honorable Poet Laureaute of the State of Illinois), who introduced one of his performances saying "I got a divorce for Christmas". I bought myself an electric train, because I never had one. I nailed it to the dining room table... because I could". That is me these days. I have become a collector of toy electric trains, rather than a railway modeller. My interest in the London and South Western Railway (and the South Australian Railways) hasn't changed, but I need to do some more work other than spending too much pension money. I have supplemented this with references to the other old movie inspired by Arnold Ridley's Ghost Train, hence the references to Bugglekelly. This is Will Hayes' Oh, Mr Porter. With any luck and time/energy I shall post some of my 'collection' (rolling stock roster) and even further development of Fal Vale, should that happen when I awake from my somnolent state.

I appreciate this discussion - I realised early on that 'NEM' might mean several different things. I have received two vans to date, and will have to find a way to fit Kadees. We are now back to cutting off and starting again. The old 'faithful ' #5 keeps on appearing. Technology is going backwards, just faster.

I was getting a bit frustrated too, but Accurascale Support have now told me that their rather overwhelmed warehouse people hope to clear orders by Tuesday (presumably 30 May). I'll stop being a worrywort.

My sets of each type are here (From Rails). Beautiful wagons full of character. But not only are they unsuitable for children under 14 years, they are unsuitable for fumble fingered old men (me). I use Kadee couplers, and the KR tension locks need a lot of force to remove. I spent a lot of time crawling around the floor to find a missing buffer dislodged in the process, and the triangular bulkhead braces fell out of several of the open sided wagons. I finished up cutting off the ends of the tension lock NEM 362 fishtails to get them out without breaking something in the removal - there are a lot of fragile bits.

Fal Vale has been in remission for a very long time. I have become a 'collector of toy trains rather than a railway modeller of late. I am now facing a barrage of pre-orders emerging from the shadows - these go back in one case nearly a decade 🤪. We have in this parish a competition as to he who has the most toys when he dies wins. I do have some nice ones - a small fleet of narrow gauge items that actually have a track to run on. I still need to build a station or yard to justify the junction. I also have a modest fleet of Buggleskelly-themed wagons. The plan is that after Easter I will make the time to do some modelling. Not before time I hear you cry. Been diverted into the garden, but I still need to oil the woodwork.

Lovely words 'landing shortly'. My bank balance may not agree, given that it is not the only pre-order on my books 🤪.

Me too. Not the 5" one. Anthony happens to be my brother's name.

I just bought one - too good to miss. My railway is supposed to be in the South West, but who cares?