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I have a CMSC resin 1/76th scale Scammell Commander in almost complete condition, having been stored for 20+ years. I would be happy to sell it. Indeed I have a fair amount of post-war 1/76th scale military items that I have moved on from.

Generally their individual figures are excellent and compare with the very limited modelu items I have both in quality and size. Where they seem to get a bit minaturized is in the sets of workers and sitting figures, but people come in assorted sizes. Forced perspective and squeezing people into small spaces can accommodate any variations in scale. Their animals are excellent and varied. Service is quick and efficient. Any of the few quality control issues are promptly and usually generously sorted out.

Actually shown on Realtime as departing at 09.30 - photographed at 10.36!

A slightly odd showing on Realtime for this one. It showed a departure time of 09.30 from the aggregates terminal, but a passing time of 10.36 3/4 at Town. The scheduled departure time was 10.47. An earlier start meant it crossed the 10.06 Brighton to Seaford just north of the level crossing, thus reducing road traffic delays. I suppose it must have been sitting in Marine for an hour plus.

While he uses r-t-r models as his starting point, Peter Smith in his 'Decorating model locomotives & rolling stock using printed papers' does have information and techniques that may be helpful in building with card.

Sorry about that folks. Glitches with uploading. The excess posts now deleted, or rather 'hidden', as RMweb likes to keep a record of our mistakes.

Three from Eastbourne's running day last Sunday - may be more to come, when I have done enough modelling for one day.

Todays Day's siding - taken over a two metre high chain-link fence decorated with buddleia

That is a slightly cropped version of the official photo, not that anything significant has been removed. https://www.ipernity.com/doc/philsutters/26349941/in/album/512561

Bridgwater was a renowned centre for brick manufacture. Highbridge also had several brickworks. There were three that at various times had sidings off the Burnham line, one opposite the Wharf and two further up towards Burnham. There were further ones to the east of the GWR line. Chris Handley doesn't specify what was used as ballast, but records many journeys across the Bristol Channel with the S&D's ships 'in ballast'. He records occasional voyages made by their ships to ports further afield, going as far as Plymouth to the South-west and Cardigan in west Wales. He makes no mention of Ireland.

How old this one is is not clear. I have tracked down an article about a twin of this car - I think - I won't put in a link - but if you search for modern-meets-traditional-32-ford-deluxe-coupe I think you should find it. DVLA doesn't recognise 32 ROD and there was no plate on the front. I am not sure what was going on there. No sign of a film crew.??? As it is a left-hooker it could be a visitor from abroad.

You are probably right. The timber that did go to Bland's, and from the sight of loaded wagons full of timber alongside the quay, not all did, went by the traditional deal porter method, on the backs of the porters. What I haven't seen are any obvious walkways. The whole wharf yard just seems to have had ballast and other infill up to the tops of the sleepers. There were between six and seven tracks to cross from the quayside to Bland's yard, after negotiating the crane tracks. That was why I considered using railway wagons to shift the slate, which may not have been easy to barrow across the tracks and heavy to carry. It was I guess a relatively small part of the cargo traffic, so it was just curiosity that made me discuss it. Rails, other steels, coal and timber were the main cargoes handled.

Parked outside a local hotel, the owner was topping up a leaky radiator, before taking the ferry over to Dieppe and making a short journey into France. Registered in 1930 and originally owned by a resident of Evercreech, this would make a nice companion to Ivo Peters' Bentley. DVLA shows this as an Austin 6TT, which I have found hard to tally with photos on the 'net.