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Might have been. I was shown the kit, which screwed together in parts, and, to me, looked nice. But none of the stands where I saw it, (thanks Jonathan), were ALD, and their website seems not to have been updated since 2020.

I looked briefly at these at Barnsley Gauge O show, but can't for the life of me remember the maker. Stand was on the right after coming in. Anyone help? Thanks.

C18447. Shunter looks like a Ruston.

Hi, thanks, yes that's it. Their info mentions that Westhill Wagon Works did the interior, but aren't currently offering one for 7mm, maybe because production of the 7mm shed only began this June.

That's up there with the best. Inspirational.

Recently I've come across some very nice laser cut kits for diesel depots, both on YouTube and Facebook Modern Image group. Those I saw were in 4mm scale, but some seem to be being offered in 7mm scale. A recent addition was an interior like that you'd find in a level 3 or 4 depot: concrete construction on three levels with rails carried on pillars, lower level was below the wheels and upper level was level with the tops of bogies. Think Finsbury Park? Not sure, but Westhill Wagon Works springs to mind? Does anyone know who makes the above, and if it's available for 7mm?

It would have been MOK. Made up into a lovely model at s time ehen the offerings from Hornby and Lima were really basic... I seem to remember Hornby's version didn't even have outside frames? There was also a Class 40 from the same stable which featured in an early MRJ?

But he hasn't responded to any of three messages, and isn't going to Barnsley even though he was reported to have been at Kettering. So... can't be relied on, and for me, can't be used.

Brocante? Vide Grenier? Aaaarrrgggh!!!😬 We go to every one within striking distance. We take 5-6 items to give away, and somehow come away with 6-7 items that "might be useful for a flower arranging decoration". Having said that, I have bought two items myself: a genuine steelyard, albeit around 50cm long instead of a yard, and a very small hand made copper perfume still.

Difficult to suggest without seeing the present arrangement. I assume it collects from one side of one bogie and returns from the opposite side of the other? Any chance of just doubling up what's there? Or using phosphor bronze top wipers mounted from the top of each bogie?

Well he's not listed as going to Barnsley and since I've still had no response from him I'm giving up.😒

Cleethorpes is where I was born. In 1956 my grandpa and I boarded a train there and alighted at Grimsby Town, where my dad met us to return us home. My first experience of riding on a train.

Last time I used it, half of it was just that, with the other half a 40mph contraflow. Utter waste.

Distinct possibility. They'd have needed banking up the Gunhouse bank with that load though. It always amused me to see into the tipplers off a footbridge, etc. Never more than 1/3 full. The ore is so dense.

South Wales has its own ore terminal near Port Talbot. And there are better routes from Immingham to south Wales than through Donny. Still baffled.

I am intrigued by C3449. Those iron ore wagons are usually to be found between the ore terminal at Immingham, and the one at Santon, Scunthorpe steel works. What they were doing at Doncaster is baffling. I've never heard of a service taking the same ore anywhere else.

Can't remember how much you found plywood at? I'd like some 9mm, but am being quoted €63 odd for a full sheet, with delivery tacked on top. I want to make a barn owl nest box. £21 a sheet in the UK, £5 for as many cuts as I need.

Zoe, (Wendy Padbury) had my admiration as a teen.

Orange/FT have the worst customer service I've ever come across.* They tell lies, they are rude, ignorant and downright obstructive. * And in France, with most big companies, that's going some🙄

What a waste... while we drag freight under the wires eith diesels.

C9268. Interesting. Clapham to Liverpool? Where had it originated? Brighton? Would it turn off and go via Earls Court?

I agree. Do helical gearboxes exist in OO?

Aaaargh, don't get me started on Dr. Who assistants! There have been some right little minxes....🥰 (Alright nurse, I'll get back in bed now...)

Hollow laughter from the Haute Vienne. WiFi? What's that then? We don't even have internet unless you count 4G (when its working) on my phone. Last year I had to make mine a hotspot so that my poor wife could tether to it to practise her French on Duolingo. This year she has 4G too...when it works. (It often drops out to something that shows on the phone as "H+"). Our place is in a tiny hamlet of three houses, about 600m from two others, and 4km from a village with basic amenities...small Supermarket, TWO boulangeries, tobacconist, bank, and FOUR ladies hairdressers. And the inevitable pharmacy. Oh, and two expat second hand shops. Our hameau only had two reliable working phone lines. For three houses. So when your internet went down, out came Orange/France Telecom, and it worked again ...for a while, or someone else's went down. All that for a download speed of 7kb and an upload speed of 0.8 kb. And €20 per month, whether we were there or not. I finally fell out with them when they instigated a €60 call out fee, and INSISTED I had a French mobile number before they would book me a visit. Aren't there other internet providers, do I hear you say? Yep...and they use the Orange/FT infrastructure, so when the problem occurs... and it will, it's Orange/FT who come out. But now you aren't their customer, so good luck getting owt done this next ten days. So we ditched landline internet and went with Too-Way satellite, an English company. All worked well...unless it rained hard, was VERY thick cloud, fog, or a bird sat on the antenna head... and then they sold up ....to Orange/FT! Price went up, service went down. My price rose from €17 pm to €32 pm...again, whether I was there or not. So I dumped them too. Now I see fibre is coming...within 500m of our house. Will it reach us? Not a snowball's chance. It'll pass on the local D route Route Coeur de Lion. So next time you expats use your internet, WiFi etc, spare a thought for us.

I would. I've seen them come off or damaged without. Don't use water based varnish.