Johng

I think you will find that the Jim Harris kit is now part of the Scorpio range, ping over an email to Jeff Ennis (address on the Gauge 0 Guild site) and he will help you, johng

I admire the drift into philosophy, at least you have kept your sense of humour, single handily no doubt, life after all is a sh*t sandwich, the more bread you have, the less sh*t you have to eat. Get well soon, regards John.

Saw the EP's on Saturday at NEWGOG, nice work, received well, nice detailed cab backhead,best to date. Some finer detail points on tank tops need minor attention, rivet detail on smokebox and washout plug doors, top feed pipes require flange joint near cab front and a casing on tank sides, concur with other observation posted. johng

Hi Chris, Good steady progress boys, just an observation, the dummy inside valve appears to be the wrong way around, trust this is an assembly error. Johng

Hope you are on the mend my friend, take it steady. Nice to see some progress again. Looking forward to Newport,helping with Wellington St on Saturday. Best Regards John.

Best Wishes to both, John.

Hi Peter, Will play catch-up with this tomorrow lunchtime at work, just got back from wandering under the platforms on the Crossrail Project, nice bit of light relief. John.

Well done Mike, Will follow this with great interest. John.

On GWR loco's the condensing coil is only half of the story, this only displaced the oil,the steam supply 'through' the hydostatic lubby is controlled by the jockey valve which sits under the regulator handle and connected to it via a cam operated lever which sat above the reg handle, this allowed the supply of steam oil to valves, pistons and reg to be controlled together with the opening and closing of the regulator handle, when 'coasting' the regulator handle is 'lifted' by the driver from it's fully closed position enough to 'open' the jockey but not the regulator itself. Hence the need 'warning notice' fitted to BR(W) Standard locomotive informing the driver that the regulator does not have be 'open' when coasting to provide lubrication, which as we know was provide by a Silvertown. I watch this post with great interest as I had a Great Uncle who lived opposite the Station at Abergwynfi up until his passing in the early Eighties. Great work Chris, Johng

Hi Blackthorn, Just picked up your thread. If you contact the Heritage Centre in Dursley, they sell a DVD called 'End of the Line', I bought one last year from there,it was £5 and was a seven minute silent home cine film, in colour of the Dursley Branch, the last passenger train complete with carrots on the engine, a footplate ride and shots of Dursley, Cam and Coaley Stations and the bridge you mention, It is a gem, a nice bit of photography and a mine of information for a model and well worth the money. Trust this helps, John

Hi Mike, Reely grate progress, sorry, nice work as ever. Be in touch. Regards, John.