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Brush 57...... but they were ‘body snatched’ ..... surely this is a 57

Apparently not.... Griff

The -16 and -32 are important. They reference the number of ‘spades’ on the undergubbings that do the tamping. Obviously on the the -32 they will be much larger. Griff

I presume it’s closed Griff

I felt bad buying 6 tins of Heinz Spaghetti.... it was a multi buy but I still felt bad buying them because I’m not going to eat them this week but £3 for the lot I couldn’t say know...... funny how white bread has sold out though. Not making any judgements

It’s looks like you’re making great progress. I’m dabbling in EM for the same reason but the small loco I’m playing with is a BR 08. Just an observation but you’re building a lot of GW rolling stock. Before you build too much it might be worth looking at the traffic on the branch. Open wagons would probably have been predominant and besides the PO coal wagons there would have been representatives from the other 3 Big 4 companies.... as I say just an observation. Good luck with the project.... such a lovely part of the world. Griff

Not meaning to stoke the fire but Graham Farish locos didn't get any cheaper when production moved to China. What we did get was superior running. What I have found irritating over the years is detail isn't detail if it's wrong. So often models have been produced with mistakes..... Don't get me wrong I enjoy correcting them but I don't enjoy pulling a £150 model apart as soon as I get home. Getting back to the OP.... Many a fine model has been made from a £30 Hornby 25 but it has cost a lot more to do it. Griff

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=video&cd=1&ved=0ahUKEwjog8qTgqLnAhUoTxUIHZlRC88QtwIIKDAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymotion.com%2Fvideo%2Fx2hwqmz&usg=AOvVaw2gORFMSFvDhevAlTs2sjNY The dirty fork...... I’ll park it here. Griff

I best get aLima one then ..... a little bit annoying but easily corrected. Griff

Harsh but often the case.. Of course there are notable exceptions to the extent that this has been true and I’m sure even Guy Williams compromised on occasion..... Probably when he settled for one slice of toast rather than two for example Griff

There’s been a train sat in terminal regularly at around 8:00 in the morning. I’m not sure when it’s timetabled to leave but it’s just getting light so a photo opportunity is possible. Griff

Tie bars? Have you fitted vacuum brakes? Griff

Surely they should be GN Griff

Linseed oil being a very traditional medium for paints of course. Griff

Southern region stock has been reasonably well covered but ER/GE, LMR and ScR stock has largely ignored. Which is a shame IMHO Griff

Depends which side you’re looking at

I understand your point....... Paint technology needs to improve (both in terms of environmental impact and performance) but acrylics, as they stand, are far from environmentally friendly. Griff

I think I've seen a picture of a 8f on a flask..... It would have been one of the earlier vehicles though and it would be difficult to tell weather the flask was actually loaded. Griff

Might be time for a return to traditional paint formulas. I was initially impressed with the performance of acrylics but have returned to using Precision paints for much of my painting. I find mixing, spraying and performance much better than acrylics (Railmatch acrylics in particular). The main advantage acrylics had, in my mind at least, was cleaning up which was handy because you’re cleaning up pretty much all the time. I used to find cleaning airbrushes of enamel paint a bind but an industrial quality of cellulose thinners solves that problem. Rob

Don’t be taking coal to Newcastle

There was a great deal of redundancy of stock history. There were lots of seasonal traffics that the railways were obliged to carry despite it being for a short period of the year. Sidings full of tourist coaches in winter only to be exchanged for coal wagons in summer etc.

A mk2b and a mk2c are the same length. Both possible from a mk2d but with a lot of work. I’ve had some success sorting out the body shape a ‘moulding seam scraper’. The mk2z and mk2a were the shorties. Griff

Nice bit of brass....Not a Palbrick chassis I wager. it looks like 9’ but that’s not the reason I suspect it’s not from a Palbrick. It looks like an RCH chassis for a wooden bodies mineral? I say that because the axel guards look light. The Steel bodied minerals had plate axle guards with a hole in it. Griff

Nice bit of brass....Not a Palbrick chassis I wager. it looks like 9’ but that’s not the reason I suspect it’s not from a Palbrick. It looks like an RCH chassis for a wooden bodies mineral? I say that because the axel guards look light. The Steel bodied minerals had plate axle guards with a hole in it. Griff

Ok.... where to start. The 10’ wagons were rebuilds.... using mostly (exclusively?) Palbrick chassis.... they were mostly ‘push’ brake fitted but I believe some had 8 shoe vac brakes. Now the 9’ wagons came in various diagrams. Confusingly (infamously) BR was unsure about what was built. Batches built unbraked were later rebuilt with vac brakes. Some should have been built with vac brakes but weren’t and I believe some were built with brakes but lost them. For this reason I won’t get into diagram numbers because they don’t always help. There were even some (but not many) fitted wagons with riveted bodies. Best to find a photo. The majority of vehicles built braked were of the 8 shoe variety. They had 2 brake cylinders of 2 different diameters (18” and 21”). Cheers Griff Edit BTW The 9’ 8 shoe vac braked wagon was the most common type of vac braked MCV.... Parkside and Bachmann produce the less common 4 shoe vac brake vehicles.... Can I enquire the manufacturer of your kit? From the instructions it looks a bit like an early Cambrian kit? I didn’t know they made one if it is?