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  1. LSWR wagon transfers are available on the HMRS Southern wagon sheet. Marc
  2. They are a version of the Ellis axle boxes but with a round bottom rather than the usual flat bottom. Apart from them being fitted to some PO wagons the highland used them on their 12ton loco coal wagons. Marc
  3. All my terriers are quite runners. I have 10 of them. Marc
  4. A bit of a field trip today, Beamish open air museum. Their P5s and a bit different.
  5. The 6th van could be either GWR or GER there is only the axle boxes and buffer beam which is different. The vents on the 1st on ook like Cally ones. Marc
  6. Not sure. The NER called the catches monkey tails. There was one per door, so two each side. They were prevented from opening with a locking pin. Pull the pin and tap the monkey tails and door open under the weight of the load.
  7. The RCH was a committee set up by a number of influential railway companies with the remit of coordinating standards across the railway industry. RCH wagon **** just means it was built to standards published in ****. Companies didn't have follow the standards and PO wagon builders did have to use them. However most did but as they were guidelines designs could and did differ. So what does this mean for the modeller just because a company states it is a RCH wagon it might not be the one that is correct for the prototype being portrayed. A 1907 RCH wagon from Roberts will be completely different to one from Hurst Nielson but both are RCH 1907 wagons. Marc
  8. should start by saying that about 10 years ago I produced some 7mm kits for both a P4 and a P5 coal hopper and R2 and R4 coke hoppers. These were resin with brass strapping over layed onto them. With the moulds dying last year I decided to see if I could upgrade them to be a one piece 3D print. This was achieved pretty quickly. But then I had the idea to make them work ie make the bottom doors open and close automatically. Easier said than done. So starting with the P5 hopper this is how far I have got. The wagon body. The lugs on the bottom hold the doors in place and the lugs on bracing is for the door operating lever. Bottom doors and door operating lever. Body with doors attached. There is a bit of brass wire running through the lugs and the door hinges. These are 7mm ones I'm hoping to have some in 4mm before EMGS spring in may. Marc
  9. TF Butler wagons had extended end supports to allow them to run with chaldron wagons. So would require a massive redesign. Marc
  10. Terriers available in IEG from Dapol were only in there form they are in for a window of 1880-1895. And for box hill that window is even smaller 1888-1895. The coaches on offer are in there pre-1880 form as they don't have the Westinghouse brakes. The main line coaches are correct but they aren't on offer. This is the reason that my Scratchy Bottom layout is currently being rebuilt so it reflects 1888-1895. Before this date Box wasn't built and after this date the condensing gear was removed. Also if modelling per1880 Westinghouse brakes would need to be removed. Marc
  11. It could be a supplement addition like the Cally wagons book. There is enough information to say that the original books need to be revised. Marc
  12. I had some of their paint that took a month to dry. Sprayed on with an airbrush but I used humbrol thinners and when I enquired I was told that was the reason it took so long to go off. Marc
  13. Thought this might be of interest. These are taken from LNWR wagons vol1 pg74/75. Dia 7 slate truck wagon with falling doors. Marc
  14. I went to a IMechE lecture about 25 years ago. It had a film of the incline in operation and the Ex-FR wagon at the bottom. Marc
  15. these could be loaded with slate. they look like they have been converted from dead buffered stock. As a side the furness slate wagons weren't common user as they were the only wagons that could access the wharf at the bottom of the burlington incline. they lasted until the late 1950's. after they were sold out of service they lasted until 1981. Marc
  16. It has been very tempting on a number of occasions. It is a issue that is more common in O gauge and 00 modellers than EM, P4 and S7 modellers, I have to say. I used to trade as Furness Railway Wagon Co and if I had been given a pound for everyone who said either "Furness that's a bit to far north!" or "Only GWR wagon went onto the GWR" or the other classic "I model the 1950's your stuff is nice but to old" I would be a very wealthy man. I should say the sign I had on the stand had a picture of a North and Rose St Austell china clay wagon. Marc
  17. I have met a lot of people who would say this was "fake news". I was told by one potential customer that Pre-Grouping wagon didn't last very long after 1923 and any way only GWR wagons got onto the GWR. Marc
  18. The LNWR had 2plk transporter wagons, dia7 sticks in my head for some reason. These were 2plk drop-side wagons with bridge rail bolted to the floor to allow 3 NG slate wagons to be loaded from the ramp/dock at B.F. and shipped down the Conwy valley to a wharf between Conwy and Llandudno. Marc
  19. The Lowca light railway near Workington was operated by a mixture of C&WJR tanks (all pretty small) and Furness locos including their Sharp Stewart 0-6-0 locos. Marc
  20. There are a lot of people who are ill informed about railways that don't look like a Hornby train set. I took my Pre-Grouping o gauge micro layout to two exhibitions in the last few months and I had people with rucksacks barging onto it so they could look at the modern image trainset next door, people cocking a snook as they walked by to get to the same layout. But I have also had a lot of people stick around to watch the full shunting sequence, which can be up to 20min. As my gran would say there's not so funny as folk. I did go to a large single scale show last year and every layout was running the same stock on similar layouts. They weren't badly modelled but after the 3rd one they all merged into one. If you got to an art gallery and you are faced with 15 copies of the Mona Lisa you wouldn't stay long. There has to be something for everyone and even if you don't like or have any knowledge of the subject there is usually something that can spark an idea to be used elsewhere. Marc
  21. That's the colour I have used on my LSWR goods stock works well for me. Marc
  22. One thing people have overlooked is that before 1920 most railways in the world ran either UK or US built or designed stock. Those railways built in commonwealth countries looked like UK prototypes, with minor tweaks, so what is the the definition of British Railways. My main interest is British railways pre 1920 and my latest project could either have LBSCR or NSWGR stock running on it with a quick building change. Marc
  23. Has anyone tried using TT track to represent 3ft NG?
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