Tim Dubya

2 minutes ago, rob D2 said:

Im sure they’ll get to them, preferably before I become old and forgetful 

by which time you won't remember that you've forgotten whether you've got one or not, or not ?

5 minutes ago, Ian Hargrave said:

Now Dapol are revisiting it. 

Revising more like 😜

I can't find the article now, but I think it was by Aiden Campbell, when he described colour scaling for model makers. 

Ah, here it be...

guide to scale colour.pdf

1 minute ago, Miss Prism said:

 

Could this be down to "scale colour" or just poor colour matching?  Me thinks the latter.

25 minutes ago, KNP said:

 

Very nice but is it OO scale?

Only from very far away...

50 minutes ago, Fredo said:

Hi,

Have you considered a SR Bulleid Wagon or a SR Engineers’ wagon?

Thanks Fred

IRM/Accurascale already there 😜

42 minutes ago, Graham_Muz said:

For the vented supported walls on the Hawkhurst provider store I used Slaters Femish Bond embossed plastciard glued back to back and punched out the half bricks with a punch made using an old square needle file.

 

 

Top tip, thanks 👍

On a lighter note...

3 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

Presumably those of us who would prefer to support a model shop and order our items from there, can do so, provided said model shop is an Accurascale stockist?

 

I agree, I'd like to support a stockist please.

39 minutes ago, SC55015 said:

I note the avoidance of the word locomotive. Fingers crossed for a DMU...?

I could be tempted by such a modern contraption, WR allocated of course.

9 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

 

I was still at school when you bought that @Tim Dubya and I’m 60 next month !

I was about 12 or 13 at the time.

7 hours ago, Tim Dubya said:

61XX for £8 each

Tell a lie, it was £8:20 😜

and she's not looking too bad from this side.

23 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

 

Can't be any worse than making him operate Ex-L&NER tram engines in public for two days.............

 

 

Look at his happy little face.......sheer unadulterated joy. 

This could explain the queue of people begging Roger Sawyer to flick liquid flux in their eyes over on the soldering demo stand.

Is the G6 tomorrow or is that later in the year? 😜

8 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

If you lot can keep it to yourselves Accurascale have a little announcement tomorrow.😉

G6, YAY!

8 minutes ago, Tallpaul69 said:

You want the bell to ring??

Of course 😜 but I suspect that'll be only available on the supermarionation xxxsfxxx versions 🤔

3 hours ago, Pint of Adnams said:

Using that as a replacement for the piers will also make the underfloor void a haven for rats, reduce through ventilation thus increasing dampness of the floor timbers, and so would be unlikely to be used for a number of practical reasons.

I'm sure I have seen it on the prototype* which was where my thinking came from.  I don't think it actually was a pre-fab concrete store of this kind but a similar building on the prototype.  It was my understanding that the gaps in the brickwork aided, not abated, airflow under the floor 🤷  If you look through Southern Nouveau, there are several of these stores, and similar, with solid (no air gaps) infill between the piers.

*Possibly one of the trader's stores at Sidmouth?  I will have to look through my library and find it.

12 minutes ago, Dunsignalling said:

Both the Airfix 14xx and Auto-coach passed through the ownership of Dapol en-route to Hornby.

I had a tough choice as a kid, the Modeller's Den in Baff had both the GMR 14XX AND the 61XX for £8 each!  Of course my OCD caused me to use my decision making device (a coin) and the 61XX won the day.  I later made amends and got an Airfix 14XX from Modelfair (what happened to them?).

Of course as soon as I'd looked at it the wheels on the 61XX disintegrated into mush.  I still have it but it's a lost cause now.

47 minutes ago, Fair Oak Junction said:

But how many would pay over just keeping their older ones?

I would, mine needs re-wheeling, so cash allocated for the pair of G6's I'm after (😬🤔😜) could be transferred to the 14XX project for one.

31 minutes ago, 57xx said:

Mainly Trains detail pack.

Did that transfer to Wizard with the other MT kits and bits?

Thanks for all the suggestions and top tips guys, the idea is for a wall of these to go under the 4mm ratio provender store, either in between the building's legs or as a part of or a complete replacement for those supplied with the kit.

Cheers, Dubs.

3 minutes ago, Wheatley said:

Are these any good ?

 

https://www.phoenix-paints.co.uk/products/c5051

Interesting, thanks 👍

After scouring architectural model making pages, I've come to conclusion that what is needed is microstrip and diazepam 😬 (or etching).

I could be tempted by a new one of those little GWR thingies to replace the Airfix jobbie I have that needs re-wheeling 🤔

Just now, Bucoops said:

 

https://architizer.com/blog/practice/details/technical-details-brick-bonds-and-patterns/

 

I think so.

Fabulous resource,thank you for that.

Now to find some, 'cos I ain't making it from scratch 🤣