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"Oh to be in Wales now that summer is here" Adrian

Hi Martin, Thanks, that is a really helpful answer. Adrian

Thanks. It wasn't so much the cost that I had in mind, it was more knowing how much filament/resin I would need if I were to print some or all of the track plan. Knowing that I can do it for "traditional" methods, it would be useful for forward planning. Adrian

I note the comment about this still being experimental. Is it / will it be possible to get Templot to give me at least an estimate of how much filament and resin (or rail) I would need to either produce a section of track (plain or turnout), or even the whole plan ? rather than having to wait until I get to the stage of feeding parts into the slicing programs. Thanks Adrian

Amble in the late 1960s - early 1970s : Adrian

Taken on a visit some years ago. The viaduct is out of shot over to the left. Adrian

Reminds me of the tale of someone loading something long into the back of his car, then (as usual) slamming the rear door shut to push the load right it. Except this time the usual load was rigid, not flexible. Remember the days when vehicles had hinged front windscreens ? Adrian

Coming soon, Accurascale do Scalextric. Adrian

Leaving aside the celtic fringes, there are a few other places, but they are generally referred to as the minor counties. Adrian

Interesting how many of those locations are railway yards, suggesting (to me anyway) that they weren't all existing commercial suppliers, but some were locations set up for the purpose. Adrian

Wasn't that the B ark ? Adrian

Oh dear, sounds like it could get a bit arty. Adrian

Something that has just spring to mind. There was a layout at the Stafford Show this year that had something that looked very much like a loaded Tom Pudding on it. The strange thing was that it was a GWR/LMS model. Adrian

Indeed. The compartment boats, also called pans were introduced in 1865. At their peak, they moved just over 1.5M tons of coal in 1913. That helped to make the Aire & Calder Navigation company more prosperous than most railways at that time. William Hammond Bartholomew was granted a payment of £1000 by the company in 1871 for their use of his patents on this. To bring us back to railways, W.H. Bartholomew's brother, Charles, was (amongst other things) the engineer for the South Yorkshire Railway, which later became part of the MS&LR. Adrian

Compartment boats seemed to be the official name for them. Adrian

The B&W version seems to pop up all over the place, there are probably several versions of it on here. To put it into perspective, a fully loaded Tom Pudding would carry ~40 tons, and a full length train would be 19 of them.

The wall looks rather good, as for the gate, that is a masterpiece. Adrian

Drifting a bit further away from the topic, if the line had stayed open through to Oxford, would Chiltern now be going that way rather than via Bicester ? Adrian

Then give them to the delightful (*) kiddy winks who are out trick or treating. (*) other descriptions also available Adrian

Thanks, added to my shopping list. Adrian

Thanks, if it isn't too much trouble. Adrian

Reminds me of a tale of my Uncle and Aunt. Uncle (Mum's brother) was a bike fan, and when courting my aunt, they'd go out on his bike. Apparently a similar story ("I could hardly tell that she was there"), became rather more real when it turned out that she really wasn't there. Some miles back up the road he found her sat on the side of the road. Adrian

That brings back memories. Living locally at the time, the first case I knew of, but we'd left the area by the time of the second and third. I remember being a little surprised when I read about the court case in the papers, even more so when it turned out that one of those involved had been a class mate whilst I was at skool. No surprise that he was "know to the police", but the expectation was that it would be for petty crime. Adrian

Previously, I've gone all the way by train, but got fed up with the New Street Scrum. I read your previous posting, and thought, "what a good idea". I went to Tile Hill and parked for free. Under two quid for the return ticket (thanks to the wrinkly railcard). So far, so good. When the first stopping service eventually arrived (it was running late), it was so packed, that it was impossible to get on board (is that the norm, or was Saturday a bad day ?). As it turned out, it didn't make any difference as that was the first service to be stopped by the incident between Tile Hill and the NEC. The good news was that I got a full refund on my ticket. So back into the jalopy and off up the A45 instead. To be clear, this isn't a rant. Adrian

Wizard Models list the bending jigs, but they are currently out of stock. Might be worth asking Bill Bedford who made them. Adrian