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Footbridge looks good Tony. What did the signs above each platform entry read? Regards Lee

Many Happy returns Tony Ian has made a cracking job of the footbridge. I like this shot a lot, often wondered how the bridge was located in relation to the rear of the booking hall. I had no idea the steps literally went up to the door. Hope to see you soon My Regards Lee

Interesting Neil, I'll give them another whirl Lee

That's interesting Andy. I spoke to them about a problem with my Garratt, (it was the 2nd I had, the first failure being covered by warranty) and was told it was out of warranty, they couldn't help (wouldn't help?) no spares were available from them (mine has thrown some valve gear) and I could try Heljan in Denmark. I was civil about it and offered to pay for a repair as I knew it was out of warranty. Disappointing really, I haven't managed to carry out a decent repair, but am lucky enough that a certain Mr. Wright who writes on here has offered to have a crack at it. Thing that concerns me is, so yes, we can get it running again, but for how long? As I say, disappointing, but there you go. Not sure if I'm being a bit petty, but I haven't purchased anything from Hattons since. Regards Lee

Tony, This looks great, can't wait to see Bytham with the buildings finished. Would be good to get an aerial view, or as high as you can, for an overall view of the whole station Regards Lee

Well, that was lost, edited before I could press 'Post'!

God causes indeed Tony, especially if it's some old Stodger I've purchased that needs your devine intervention

I have been delaying buying one of these, mainly because of the problems I have read about on here, but also because my Garratt is playing up again and is now out of warranty. However, having seen one running at Tony Wright's this morning on Little Bytham, I have one back on my list. We had one running there with 40 plus wagons on and it never missed a beat. Amazing slow speed performance as well. Cracking looking model really. Sorry, should of taken some photo's.

Tony That is excellent, really looks the part. I don't know Bob, but well done, it is superb Merry Christmas to you & Mo, hope to see you soon Lee

Good Morning Tony Hope you are well? I notice the question mark next to D16's, I thought I had seen a few photo's of them on The Leicester over 'this' way, but I may be mistaken. As for the navvies, I could do with a few of them today to help with my fence repairs! God, I hate digging. Bytham (the model one) looking great in the photo's by the way. Bytham (the real one), well that always looks good. Would love to have seen the MR/M&GN running, although to my grandparents, it was always ' The Midland', simple as that. They wouldn't have been put off by technicalities like end on junctions. Hope to see you soon Lee

Is that Kelly & Oddball parked on the suspension bridge in that M4?

Now I know where 4479 went! You beat me to the Buy It Now. Well done Regards, Lee

Looks very nice Tony

Hi GraemeI hope you are well? I would agree with you on powder coating, we use the process on some machines at work. If the preparation work is done correctly, it's a great coating, but if not, it can be dreadful. We had a machine less than a year old, where the finish lifted off 50mm steel section in slabs. Most embarrassing. In an ideal world, and one where the 'bottom line' is not scrutinised to the last penny (!), the correct way is degrease, shot blast (to give a good key) clean, then powder coat. A lot of the big 4 Japanese motorcycle manufacturers powder coat the main spars of their chassis. It is as tough as anything. As for the A2 to A2/3 conversions I purchased from you, let's leave that one until winter! Best Regards Lee

Type 'Silver Princess Railway Carriage' into Google and some old posts on this forum are the first articles you'll see. One of the links has a photo

Hi Tony I hope you are well? Bytham looks to have really progressed since the last time I visited. Well, it's a hell of a trek from my house to yours..... Wilf's surname was Stead, or Peter Windsor would just call him Steady Just got back from week in North Norfolk, sadly only had briefest of visit's to NNR, but did pick up a copy of their M&GN quarterly magazine Nice article on Bytham junction, couple of photo's of the line, one looking east and one looking west, plus a photo from north side of overbridge on ECML with a V2 heading north. Sadly, the smoke prevents a clear view looking south. They all show good detail of girder bridge. Will drop off sometime if you haven't seen it. Standard 4MT 76084 looked impressive at NNR. I understand that was a north west engine, but did any of those 2-6-0's get through Bytham? Regards Lee

The Willoughby will make a great centre piece Tony, not sure if the butchers shop was still next door then? You'll have to check with my folks, they will know. Hope all OK with you? Lee

Is there plenty of stock left of LNER version? Thanks, Lee

Hi Tony I hope you are well? I have not seen the layout of Bourne before, real shame it was lost. What was the story behind it disappearing? Like your visitors P2 by the way Lee

Hi Eric Thanks for the rundown, very interesting. It will no doubt sit in my never decreasing project list as a 'must do' Kind Regards Lee

That's come up well. Would be nice if you had time to give some instructions as to how you went about it. Preparing the Horny paint job, BR green used, lining used, etc I have got a Railroad model awaiting such a makeover, would be great to have some pointers Thanks, Lee

Hi Tony I can just imagine my Grandad (Clarence Birch) moving some cases & parcels about there with the barrows whilst on porter duties, most probably with a fag hanging off his bottom lip. Think that was part of the uniform then. Nice scene Lee

That's nice Mick, you must have a decent fleet of LNER loco's by now. I have got a shopping list on the go for some of Graeme's stuff, but I don't expect to do them the justice you can. Shame Bachmann don't do the A2 chassis on its own, would save some headaches Lee

Like the K2 Graeme, was that much of a fight to put together? I have a V3 chassis kicking around somewhere, so if you do knock anymore up, would you bear me in mind please? Just going through your list again to see what I may purchase. Some really interesting items in there by the way Lee

Hello Tony Will look forward to the new DVD. The progress of Bytham from the original DVD should be really interesting I would think.