Miss Prism

http://spellerweb.net/rhindex/UKRH/GreatWestern/Narrowgauge/BadmintonStn.jpg

Figures 353 and 355 of the bible show the shortie bangers. I can't recall seeing them on a drawing, though.

A quick sloshing of solvent on the surface of brick paper is the best way to secure to plasticard. (Assuming the printing is relatively immune to the solvent.)

That's unusually devious of you, Mikkel, but I like it.

Agreed in respect of the coaches, which need larger and more expensive bolsters to run on. But I would think the existing CC wagons, along with the Slaters' PO wagons, would still be a viable prospect.

Not sure whether the the brake 3rd is D29 or D25, but the 2nd/3rd is C15. Drawings for these can be found in, or surmised from, Jim Russell's Great Western Coaches Vol 1. They are fairly standard Dean designs. Not really. See http://www.gwr.org.uk/protriang.html

The chimney should be parallel, as you thought. (It's just tapered on the model because of the release angle on the mould.)

As I understand it, the moulds are usable, but they need a proper bolster to run on. (And a machine that can run the bolster of course.) Colin Brown always found the CC moulds a bit temperamental, but once they got running, he just left his machine on, pumping them out.

Romford 'Bulldog' or 'Terrier', I think. Probably the former latter.

Panniers 5700 - 8749 (with the earlier cab style) looked like this when built: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/kevin.dare/pics/5700.jpg Panniers 8750 - 9682 (with the later cab style) looked like this when built: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/kevin.dare/pics/8750.jpg The cab handrails on some of the earlier 5700 to 8749 engines were later modified to the '8750' style on an adhoc basis. Note the difference in brake hanger style - double hanger on the earlier locos, single hanger on the later locos. (With the earlier style at a different angle.) Some of the earlier locos with the early-style brake hangers were later modified to the later style of brake hanger, again on an adhoc basis.

Apropos footboards, I don't know what era you are modelling, but the upper footboard (just under the verandah door) was also usually 2" thick (same as the lower footboard) in later years.

Nice E78 pic, Mike. Don't think I've seen one on heavies before.

http://www.charlescantrill.com/shop/model-railway/ (they also do the thin stuff, previously 1/32", but they now call it cork wallpaper)

If anyone is spotting SRM93 at Didcot in the near future, could you have a look at the underframe to see whether it is a 4-trussrod or a 2-trussrod.

John - the E78 is indeed a 'tri-bog brake compo', but it is not a Dreadnought, nor is it, strictly speaking, a Toplight. The etch is a Haye Kit. The E78 had guard's lookouts. Nice coaches.

What are the wheelbase and the cylinder centres?

1369 seems to be the only member of the class to have received lhs bunker steps. A very late '50s mod, I think.

Note the front rhs step for the 'Weymouths': http://www.davidheyscollection.com/userimages/00001-d-turner-1367-R.jpg https://mikemorant.smugmug.com/Trains-Railways-British-Isles/GWR-and-BRW/GWR-pannier-tanks/i-BCJcprH

The tranquility is fabulous.

Yes, I perhaps should have mentioned it. It's c 1921-2. (For a number of reasons.)

For H & P fans (from an old thread I started about an entirely different subject)

Thanks, Guy. Printing that front bore is always going to be problematic with 2.5mm rams, and headstock vertical space is also at a premium with that type of base. I don't know what to suggest. Btw, I mentioned bushes only because, in the context of previous whitemetal and plastic offerings, that usually is the only way of getting bufferhead tails to move on a good axis and to return to a consistent position.

Thanks, maybe it was just the earlier pictures, some of which looked ok, but I was trying not to guess what the final thing might look like, compared to the recent ones.

The positioning of the running number varied according to era. For a particular era however, I think running numbers would be at the same transverse location, e.g. if it was in the panel adjacent to the verandah on one side, then the number would be in the panel adjacent to the verandah on the other side. It would not be surprising if there were exceptions.

Superb rodding and stretcher bar work. (Love the cast switch numbers!)