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And I love the one with the rainbow and the beautifully lit signalbox. Jonathan

The Ince Wagons book has three 1906 RCH drawings (all wood, wood with steel underframe, all steel), all showing the two small plates referred to above, but none of them have any reference to inside diagonals. The 1923 drawing has no such plates. Interestingly neither does the 1887 drawing. But the 1903 drawing of an 18 ft wagon does have the plates – the design which never became very popular. Jonathan

Thanks. I need to start saving - and build the I class 0-6-0T kit I already have from years ago. Jonathan

The HMRS has now got a new printer after a couple of years of looking. Stocks are being replenished but there are a lot which need reprinting and it doesn't look as though what was originally PC Sheet 17 is available again yet. (I still have that sheet but not much MR lettering left on it, plenty of M&C.) A suggestion which was made to me for black PO wagons but which might form for grey company ones is to paint the vehicle side white and then use transparent decal film to print the grey parts so the white lettering shows through. I have used decal film for black BCR lettering but have not yet tried it for "white under black" - because I can't find the film anywhere in my modelling room. Has anyone tried this idea? Jonathan

Now for paints I look to war gaming shops. Kits I tend to buy at shows. Though at Cardiff I managed to avoid being tempted. Most unusual. Though to avoid temptation model a company the kit manufacturers haven't discovered. For example there are just two kits for Rhymney wagons that I know of, no passenger stock and I don't think any locos currently. Jonathan

I notice that two of the 1970 trains contained full brakes but they seem to have disappeared b y 1977. but things like Red Star Parcels were still using rail then. Is it just a coincidence because of the small sample of trains? Jonathan

And is there now any demand for either offices or retail space in central London? Or perhaps it should be a "cafe complex" with a few nail bars, barbers and tattoo parlours thrown in - about the only things one can't do on-line. Oh, I forgot the charity shops. A bit tongue in cheek but that is how town and city centres are going. Jonathan

My thoughts exactly!!! Jonathan

Working fine now. J

I am just getting a black rectangle. J

Or both rails? It is a half barrier crossing so either the equipment must have misbehaved or . . . Jonathan

My concern is whether they will still be around to undertake the contract if there is no work for the factories in the meantime. Jonathan

Nearly as many as I have OCEAN mineral wagons. J

I seem to remember that it was recently announced that Alsthom has no orders for the UK factory for some time, in fact until they start building stock for HS2. Is that likely to affect whether they can deliver? And if so will that mean more delay to opening? Jonathan

Proper trains, ie hauled by Deltics. Nice. Jonathan

Not all pre-grouping wagons were even renumbered until 1928 or so so they would certainly not have been repainted. (That excludes those which got lost. In 1933 the GWR wrote off quite a few which had not been seen since 1922 and there was one example of a south Wales wagon which was written off in 1933 and turned up at Swindon still on pre-grouping livery in 1940.) Jonathan

If only they could do it that fast they would have reached Manchester before anyone could think about changes to the project. Jonathan

Or as consultants. J

I like your new name for the PM (first version). I think we should all adopt it. Jonathan

The colliery pics are really useful from a modelling perspective. Obviously, now, I can see that the building I built for the club layout is far too smart. Jonathan

Don't whisper it or one of the politicos will hear it. Jonathan

"What wagons and where?" A three year degree course I assume, at the very least. J

An obvious prototype for the next Accurascale model. Jonathan PS I shan't be buying one.

It already reminds me of the bridge over the Severn At Caersws. Jonathan

I know that I posted the news item but perhaps we had better keep off politics. We don't want to upset Andy again. Jonathan