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Very hard to find a witness. Post 1919 the China Clay producers started to amalgamat with most independent producers vanishing by 1950. This company vanished into ECC in 1940. Marc

It could red oxide but it could also be grey, dark yellow, orange or even brown. All of these colours are hard to pick out in black and white photos. And they were all used on china clay wagons along with black. Marc

I don't think I could resist. I'm thinking of getting at least one printed. Marc

I have drawings of Furness locos from sharp Stewart the buffers ge higher over time the 0-4-0 (no.20) had 3ft high buffers, by 1870 the height was 3ft 3 and by 1899 the buffer height was 3ft5. When the rebuilding No.20 they had to raise the buffer height by 5 inches to allow it to run with standard stock. Marc

The closest I can get on a date is post 1892 (Cornwall Railway re-gauged to 4ft81/2) and 1914 if the wagon was rebuilt with sprung buffers. As for the location I would say it would be the builders but I don't recognise the builders plate. Marc

I have just found this photo. Although its not a GWR wagon its the first PO clay wagon with dead buffers on one end and sprung on the other. I also found a Cornwall Minerals Railway iron china clay wagon in GWR livery with the same buffer arrangement in the Newquay Branch book. most photos of this type of wagon show sprung buffer on both ends. Marc

When we produced the Lamborne lamp hut, we 3d printed the original parts. The window in the side was integral to the part, bars are 0.75mm thick. Marc

The thickness for casting in resin is dependent on the resin your using. In the stuff that I cast 1.5mm is about the thinnest you can go down to on structural parts, detail can go down to 0.5mm. Marc

The Government of Margret Thatcher stopped a car plan being built in Barrow in furness in order to keep the wages in barrow down and stop the price of submarines from going up. Following the end of the Cold War unemployment in the town then rocketed as there were no alternative forms of employment. The town still has one of the highest unemployment levels in the country even though submarines are still being built. I believe that a large proportion of the blue collar staff still get tax credits to top up the wages. Marc

Dan was at GOG telford last year. I didn't see his name down for next weeks show at doncaster. But he doesn't do that many shows these days. You can get him on 01763 288353. Marc

Just found this photo taken somewere around St Austell. Its got the the Cornwall Mineral Railways iron body china clay wagons but the wooden mineral wagon on the right hand side. Marc

We landed in Manchester airport last night and as we drove home up the M61 I lost count of how many ambulances and police cars were heading south to Manchester. Initially we thought there had been a serous road traffic accident, there had been no mention of it at the airport at all. Only after we stopped did we find out what had happened. I only have the question that most people have. Why? Marc

They must have more wagons the those use for handling clay. As coal shouldn't have been handled in clay wagons as it would have contaminated the clay. There is a photo of a wooden wagon, at Fowey, with dead buffers and a big white star on its side in the big white book. There is no diagram issued for it and it's a bit of a mystery it looks like a wagon of a similar age. I also have a photo of a 3 plank side and end door wagon very similar to that owned by north and rose. It can be dated using the change in lettering as post 1904 but before 1923 as it has the large GW, there are others with small GWR on the right hand side and none with the small GW. Marc

Without wanting to had out any advise to the navigation officer but he could have done with a bit more left hand down a bit. Marc

So that's what happened to Sub-Lt Philips RN

Could it be Cornish? The Cornwall Minerals Railway had some weird wagons that lived long enough to be photographed but are not included in the diagram books? Marc

Someone might have asked this question before what is the maximum size for a cameo layout in 7mm? I have one layout "Crackpot Mining" 0-9 25x15x14 (inglnook shunting layout) not sure this qualifies as nothing moves off scene I have a standard gauge 7mm layout "Scratchy Bottom" 22ft x 1ft6 set in fenland complete with a copy of the bridge on the Snape branch. Would this qualify? My other layout that is in the planning stage is Eskdale Green circ 1900 is designed in accordance with this years Dave brewer chalange so that one would qualify I think? Marc

The dead buffers at one end and sprung on the other does scream South Wales to me. It could be a wagon from a small absorbed company? Marc

Word from the wise Rush and Osborne drawings are more of a piece of art than an engineering drawing. In designing our 7mm sharp Stewart range of locos, that the first ones should be ready in September, we actually went back to first principles. The works GAs and photographs. It's taken 3 years of work to sort things out. The drawings published from rush and Osborne bear only a passing resemblance to the original locos. On the 0-6-0 loco there are 7 different boilers, 3 different tenders, 7 different cabs and 5 different footplates. The differences in the 2-4-0 are less but they are there. 3 cabs, 3 boilers 3 tenders and 2 footplates. There are also to tank rebuilds one Cambrian and the other Furness/Manchester and Milford. Most of these variations have to be scaled off photos as the works GAs don't even match. Marc

Not seen them before but they look good I have a number of 7mm wagons that could have tarps fitted. Any chance of some S&DJR ones? Marc

I do like an odd ball wagon if any more information on the photo is available I would interested Marc

There is method in the madness in the high vis DPM (disruptive pattern material) clothes most of the hunted animals are colour blind so the fact that it's bright orange is irrelevant as they can't see it as anything other than a shade of gray. Where as the other red necks can, as long as they stay away from the moonshine

They could just call it the 12th man to cover all bases in one go. "Billy Birmingham" could do the lot. Marc

If cricket is the way forward what about "Big Merv" hero of the MCG, Alan Border or the the great short backwards square the 5'2 Tasmanian with the flared pants David Boon who still hold the world record for the number of drinks consumed on a plane between Sydney and London 52 cans. Marc

he is the link for the base boards. www.graingeandhodder.co.uk/store/c1/Featured_Products.html to get the track raised up I sat it on 25mm kingspan foam board insulation from B&Q. You can use 50mm if you want to go higher. Marc