Tim Dubya

OO-SF = EM-2 (Martin Wynne will tell ya!). Cheers

and all your stock will run better on it too (and all you point and crossing work will look the mutts!)

Excellent service from T4U, ordered yesterday via their Ebay shop and got the goods today. Top service! Cheers

Another thumbs up for Andrew & MSE, ordered some bits yesterday and got them today! Thanks again for yet another quick and easy trade! Cheers

"Organisation" ?

Simon's signal box is still looking good after all these years I see. (the things people talk about in bookshops, honestly).

They always ignored any delivery option I've chosen and done just want they want to anyway! I doubt I will be using them again, after completely c*#%ing up the last order I placed with them (there is a lot of difference between a point motor and a transformer!). I've now learned that its better to pay that little extra and use a reliable supplier for peace of mind and less stress (oooh me chest pains!). Cheers

Where can you get this in the UK? I've found it on Ebay.com but not on Ebay.co.uk TIA

sorry about this but.... please , please, please Mr Oxford Rail can we have some Maunsell Rebuilds (Dia's 98 & 418) for it to pull along it's lovely branchline... (never satisfied of 71G , oh and I put my coat on before I commenced typing...bye)

Thanks for the heads up on this one, does sound a very useful book indeed and I found a copy online for a £10 so ordered it! I've now found my copy of LSWR Signal boxes so will get stuck into it later. Cheers to all for the help. Tim

A big thanks to Spams for all the help with my quest so far! Have to build 'em now

Brilliant! and one I should have bought years ago. No excuse now! Cheers Tim

Thanks, I had thought of buying the ABM Railcraft kits and using them as "plans" but I don't want fall into the trap of making a model of a model! 4630, I realised that I do have that book somewhere but the "somewhere" is the problem... Thanks for the replies so far. Cheers Tim

Hi Guys I'm trying to locate scale drawings (4mm if possible) of LSWR Type 1 Signal Boxes (similar to the ABM Railcraft kit) and in particular drawings of Sidmouth box. I'm also after drawings of LSWR No:1 Goods sheds, again similar to the ABM Railcraft kit. The South Western Circle lists the following drawings of Signal Boxes and Goods Sheds but not their types, so I would be grateful if anyone can identify the type of box/shed from this list: Aldershot "B" signal box Axminster Gates signal box Bodmin signal box Broome crossing box Claygate signal box Cosham signal box Guildford (London Road) signal cabin Holmsley signal box Lyme Regis signal box Padstow signal box Romsey signal box Whitley signal box Bodmin goods shed Chard Junction goods shed Claygate goods shed Lyme Regis goods shed Okehampton goods shed Wadebridge goods shed Walton-on-Thames goods warehouse If anyone has any pointers to drawings (in any scale) I would be most grateful. Cheers Tim

This looks absolutely stunning already Nick, I'll be following this one with great interest! Cheers

Beautifully made and painted model, thanks for the clarification on the brakegear! (must remember that when I get round to building mine).

Sorry for the delay... long story short, new camera was required. Again, sorry about the quality of the following images, once I get to grips with the new camera (and Photoshop CC) I'll repost them. The mouldings are exactly as they arrived from Graham, so will need cleaning up, I've left them in their natural state so you can see what you get. They all compare extremely well (if not exactly) to the published drawings from An Illustrated History of Southern Wagons Vol. 1. I will need to compile a shopping list and once I have all the bits, I intend to show the build in the Kitbuilding & Scratchbuilding part of the forum (don't hold your breath!). Dia 1410 Covered Goods Dia 1301 3 Plank - Steel Underframe Dia 1673 Lowmac Dia 1785 Sleeper Wagon You will probabaly see what look like holes right through the castings in places. These are just air bubbles trapped in the resin and should disappear with painting. As I said above, hopefully I'll be able to post better images in due course. All the best Tim

Some wagon body mouldings/kits for the LSWR devotee in 2mm, 4mm, 7mm and Gauge 1 I've recently discovered the delights of GRA Models and it's ever helpful proprietor, Graham Baker. I have just placed an order for some resin wagon bodies with Graham and will come back with my thoughts once received. Details as follows: Graham Baker 18 Lower Tail Carpenders Park Watford Hertfordshire WD19 5DD E-mail:alygra@btinternet.com Tel: 07833 364274 (Monday – Friday 09:00-17:00 GMT only) Web: www.gramodels.co.uk 2mm: WN01 12/15 ton 8 plank open WN02 12/15 ton 8 plank open WN03 12/15 ton 8 plank sheeted WN04 12/15 ton 8 plank sheeted WN05 Ventilated Meat Van WN06 Insulated Goods Van WN07 As 03 open with sheet rail WN08 As 04 open with sheet rail WN09 As 01 Steel end posts WN10 As 02 Steel end posts WN11 Rectank WN12 Cattle truck WN13 War Flat WN14 RUDD WN15 Ventilated Butter Van WN16 Machinery Well Wagon WN17 Ramp wagon 4mm: 00401 War Flat 00401a Buffer beam (With jack) 00401b As 401a no jacks 00401c As 401a no jacks type 2 00401d Buffers (None working) 00402 LSWR Lowmac 00403 LSWR 8 plank open (4 types) 00404 LSWR As 403 (Sheeted ) 00405 LSWR Sleeper wagon 00406 LSWR 1 plank open 00407 LSWR 1 plank open (steel) 00408 LSWR 3 plank open 00409 LSWR 3 plank open (steel) 00410 Rectank 00411 Ramp wagon 00412 Diamond frame bogies 00413 Plate bogies 00414 Covered Goods Sr. Dia.1410 00415 As above open one side 00416 Gunpowder van Sr. Dia. 1701 7mm: 0701 War flat. 1919 0701a Buffer beams (Jacked) 0701b As 701a no jacks 0701c As 701a no jacks type 07mm02 Rectank 07mm03 Ramp wagon 07mm04 Diamond Frame Bogies Gauge 1: 3201 LSWR 5 plank open 3202 Rectank 3203 War flat 3204 Diamond frame bogies The catalogue (including a vast array of military vehicles in many scales) is available via a link on the GRA Models website. Please be aware that due to an increase in the cost of raw materials Graham has had to increase the price, so those quoted will no longer be correct. I have no connection with this business other than being a customer (so usual disclaimers apply!) and will report back once I have the mouldings. Cheers Tim

LSWR / SR / BR Ironclads please (inc. the pull-push sets) and some decent Bulleids. Cheers

I've not come across a copy, but one day my search may not be in vein The best bit from their ebay ad is: "About Book2Basics : Our company is dedicated to providing you with the best quality, lowest cost products on eBay".

Anyone fancy getting a copy of Mr Weddells book from Ebay (no bidding just "Buy it Now"), if you do, please could you scan a couple of pages for me?