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With modellers chuntering how much better European models were and that they'd be happy to pay more for better quality.

What are you saying about Marston Green?

Parking the car? NEC Parking Advanced tickets - £12 - https://necparking.apcoa.co.uk/Public.aspx On the day - £16 Birmingham International Station (may require proof of travel ) Advance tickets - £9 - https://www.virgintrains.co.uk/stations-destinations/parking/birmingham-international On the day - £12 Hampton-in-Arden Station Free limited parking (123 spaces) for travel Return fare to B'ham Intl. - £2.40 Marston Green Station Free limited parking (120 spaces) for travel Return fare to B'ham Intl. - £2.40

Happy days! The thrill of a 50/50 chance of the site making it through a day without crashing. In a bid to recreate this in the next couple of weeks I'll be turning the site off for a day or so* whilst a major software version upgrade is implemented. * That's what I'm telling people, I will actually be lying in a darkened room.

It's not necessarily an excuse but it can be a problem; although cover is provided for set day(s) and may not define times there would be a problem if there were to be a claim, say for a loss from an exhibit, if the stand/layout was not manned and a theft took place (by a visitor) outside of the opening hours. The insurer could then argue that due care had not been exercised (by the insurer) if the public had been admitted early, or allowed to stay late.

Revolution’s first steam locomotive is 56XX! Revolution Trains is offering the attractive GWR/BR(W) 56XX 0-6-2 tank engine as its first steam locomotive. This model is being produced in conjunction with new entrant Sonic Models, and will feature high levels of detailing and a smooth reliable running. Though the engineer behind the model has a track record of producing highly regarded steam locomotive models in N, the 56XX has been selected in part because it does not feature complex outside valve gear. 200 of the attractive 56XX locomotives were built at Swindon (with a small number built in the North East due to capacity issues) and designer C B Collett borrowed heavily from the proven south Wales valleys engines inherited by the GWR. The locomotives were reliable and sturdy and while originally intended for traffic in south Wales they rapidly saw service across the GWR, and subsequently the western region of British Railways, from the South West to the Midlands. All were withdrawn by the end of 1965, and nine are now preserved. The models will be available in GWR green, BR green and BR black, and will feature coreless motors, NEM 6 pin decoder socket, NEM couplers, original or later style driving wheel balance weights, Swindon or Armstrong (NE) safety valves, detailed cab interior and accessory detal pack. The models are expected to retail at approx £90, with delivery expected Q4 2019. CAD for this model has now been approved and an image is attached. Like the VEA van produced by Sonic models, this product is not being crowdfunded but sold via retailers in the traditional way. For more information see www.revolutiontrains.com

Mmmmmm… MMA from Revolution in 4mm! Revolution Trains is offering the widely used MMA/JNA-T box wagons as its next model aimed at 4mm scale modellers. More than 500 of these large bogie box wagons are now in service from Cumbria to the south coast, and from East Anglia to South Wales on stone, sand, spoil or other aggregate traffic. They can be seen in the liveries of railfreight companies DB Cargo and GBRf, as well as VTG, Mendip Rail and Ermewa/Tarmac. This model follows delivery of the Revolution Trains 4mm TEA tankers and will feature our customary levels of detailing. The prototype wagons have either 9 or 11 vertical strengthening ribs with or without bodyside doors. Revolution is offering all four configurations. The models feature exceptionally high levels of underframe detailing and depict accurate variations in buffers, brake gear and end panels. The bogies have been designed to be the correct width and facilitate straightforward conversion to EM or P4 standards. Versions are also being offered with factory-fitted battery-powered flashing tail lamps. The model has already been tooled and samples were on display on the Revolution Trains stand at Warley National Model Railway exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham. Revolution is offering the models in DB Cargo red and Ermewa grey (with and without Tarmac branding), while those in VTG/Mendip Rail silver and GBRf dark blue will be available exclusively from Kernow Model Rail Centre. Revolution Trains would like to thank DB Cargo and Tarmac for facilitating access to the Barrow Railhead to measure and photograph the wagons. To encourage early orders Revolution is offering an early-bird price that will increase after six weeks. The models will be produced in these formats and liveries: MMA DB Red 9 pillar with side door JNA-T Ermewa Grey 9 pillar, no side door JNA-T Ermewa Grey + Tarmac branding 9 pillar, no side door JNA-T VTG silver with Mendip branding 11 pillar, no side door* JNA-T GBRf blue 11 pillar with side door* *Exclusive to Kernow Model Rail Centre. Images attached are of the EP1 sample and some adjustments will be made before production commences – eg ensuring there are no mould sink marks in the buffer heads. For more information see www.revolutiontrains.com

It was discussed as a means of supporting the society and providing more exposure, something which they did not do as well as the Scalefour Soc. Why do we get painted as the villains?

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I could see some of the clips were spoken through gritted teeth Malcolm.

I thought it had a touch of Jimmy Cauty to it.

Let's get back to the subject matter of the product please.

Probably the best war documentary I've seen since The World at War. The change of frame rate makes a huge difference; the colourisation brought a new dimension to it and the use of sound was superb. Tieing the footage to the narrative of the soldiers was extremely well done. Of course it was just a small slice of the war but the story was told well. I was surprised with the amount of footage of German POWs working as stretched-bearers and freely walking around our lines later in the film. Oscar material.

An amazing piece of work!

Or, quite simply, they enjoy moaning about perceived inefficiency with an unswerving belief that it would all be better if they organised proceedings.

I was impressed with the scene Ian; well thought through. Is that the River Thamar then? Is it this or the heat layout which you'll be at Warley with on the Peco stand?

I really like it. Lightweight material, a good variation of tones in each mix and quite fine (for each scale).

Well done Brian, I can tell you've spent a lot of time in collating and tidying up the data I send over!

They're on there way; I would imagine that Paul has had a set sent over for assistance with reference material (rightly so). I had the same set for review in BRM.

Well they did say the upper levels were for the higher (and obviously more wealthy) levels of society.

Undoubtedly we'd all like to see more but minutes cost money in terms of editing and production which would take costs beyond the producer's budget and unless there was prior agreement and financial commitment from the channel (in effect buying the additional programmes) for supplementary content and programmes.

Wahey! Well done to the victors, some great modelling elements from each team though. Very imaginative Aberdeen!

A short bit of footage with a slightly different tale to tell of a cemetery at home which forms part of the end of the story of our Tackeroo layout. High on the heathland is a Commonwealth War Cemetery with 354 graves from WW1 and is the resting place of several New Zealanders, a clutch of British soldiers but also, predominantly, German soldiers all alongside each other treated with the same care and respect. The German soldiers were held as POWs on Brocton Camp, the subject of Tackeroo and along with their New Zealand guards fell victim to the Spanish Flu with most of the headstones in the cemetery recording dates from September to December 1918. Few of these men fell in action but who may have survived if they had not been there. On the 25th April each year there is a commemorative service on Anzac Day in addition to Armistice Day. A short distance from this site is the German War Cemetery with the graves of nearly 4,800 German soldiers killed in the two wars on British soil; both sites are maintained by the CWGC as with overseas cemeteries and memorials whose staff gave permission for the footage to be taken.