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The gap between tracks is referred to as "the 6 foot" which would be 42mm so you could get away with less given space is tight. Having said that I'm not convinced it would look right even if technically it was.

Peto recorded this for 14xx - it was discussed on the thread for the 7mm version when we were debating how many miles various locos had rattled up.

Yes goes without saying I discovered by accident rather than going there for a bargain!

Now £449 at Olivia's.

I see they have corrected the whiskers on the 121 which makes a big difference to the appearance. I don't really want 2 but I might be tempted to get another and sell one chassis since my old one ran well and then swap bodies for different periods. I could live with generic dark grey seats.

Another one reduced at Rails

Thanks. My proposed one from Par is from the final lot. I think actually I'd decided it probably had normal springs based on SVR's 68501 which is also from that batch.

I could have sworn I read somewhere (I thought on the GWR.org Toad guide) that not all AA15 had J hangers and that either the earliest or latest lot had the usual type, but I cant now find that anywhere. Have I made that up?

where has this come from?

Was the GWR set in use? They had some problems because they aren't slam door - you have to actually turn the handle. People arent used to it so doors got left open and last year they were withdrawn but I don't know if that's been resolved.

easy but the little retaining lugs are easy to break and never quite as effective after its been taken off.

Similarly in the BR chocolate and cream era the Cornish Riviera was mk1s with a 2 coach ex GWR dining set and the Royal Dutchy mk1 with a Collett restaurant car (H57 I think).

If a picture is worth 1000 words, presumably the fact we haven't come up with any is equally true!

As a case in point, the buffers and underframe look exactly the same as the sides and the ends and they can't all be the same colour!

Browsing your site earlier I did think a train on the way to Woodhams might be a plausible excuse, although whether they would use a 47 is another matter!