Dava

Thanks, I was thinking about using sheets cut from Coke cans. I just need to buy or make a mould. Dave

How do you press the corrugations into the metal? Effect looks good. Dava

Derek, Your drawings are orderly reminders of a tidier, bygone age, thank you. Dava

Scarborough-Whitby is a great cycle ride on the trackbed trail, I did it over 2 days based at Ravenscar. Alan Gray built an 0 gauge layout of Robin Hood's Bay. In 10' x 12.6'. See GoG Small Layouts vol 2. Dava

Andrew, Good to see your light railway project progressing & will be interested to see developments. Dava

The Hornby chassis looks worryingly like the 'Evening Star' from 1974 or whenever! Evolution or recycling?

Interesting layout idea - secret enriched uranium factory. A few years ago I met a 7mm NGA member who machined loco flywheels out of depleted uranium 'he got from work' - the locos ran well!

The Cadburys were good Quakers so Bournville was brewery-free!

Enjoyed viewing the Bristol photos from the 1978 period when I was a student in Bristol. What you can't see in the Bath Rd depot shots is the last Metro-Vick Co-Bo which was in a siding visible only from the river side. The city docks & Wapping area were also fascinating with the timberyards, Hill's shipyard & trains to the coal depot, all long gone. Dava

Final appearance and farewell to the 'Plymouth Planet', here posed with two other green diesels which have replaced it, before being packed for export to a 'mystery buyer' in Australia - bon voyage! Dava

Mine is dismantled for painting & weathering but it is clear from this that the chassis could be a very good basis for other diesel jackshaft drive (eg Hudswell Clarke) & even small steam locos. Dava

If anyone is interested, the 'Planet' loco conversion I built is available for sale, at a modest cost, as Coney Hill is now well supplied with small diesels. I've been working on the 02 and Fowler today. PM me if interested. Dava

Answer to d600: The length of the completed loco is 128mm over buffer beams The 30mm plastic footplate to be cut off was measured from the front buffer beam Hope this helps! Good luck. Dava

Let me get back to you on that, the loco is boxed up in the workshop at present!

Ruston is right, oily red rods suit this loco, mine will be similar. Lots of admirers at the Weston show last Saturday. Dava

Look forward to seeing (& hearing) it running...

Look forward to seeing it pushing the improvised Mk 1 control trailer back from Rushcliffe...does it run yet? What happened to the other one? Dava

The wonderful 'Netherwood Sidings' layout in 7mm by Graham Clark is at the Wakefield show on 29-31 November, always worth seeing http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/calendar/event/955-52nd-wakefield-annual-model-railway-show-2013/ Dava

Very interesting project & use of 3D design & imaging tools to achieve authentic-looking mockups so quickly.Will follow with interest - good to see a railway works being model led Dava

Good to see main line steam without a diesel pushing it, as for most of the summer. In the first photo, is that the curving bay platform where the Tetbury branch train left? As in the Heljan AC railbus out soon?

I think Judith Edge do them in 4mm & 7mm...

Does the Derwent Valley Light Railway count as industrial? I'm not sure - it did use industrial as well as main line stock and was the quintessential rural, freight-only light railway for most of its working life. Today the long-awaited 'Rails along the Derwent Valley' (Holne publishing) arrived and it does not disappoint - lots of colour pictures, archive photos, hand-coloured building elevations, track plans and a detailed history. Just what you need to model the DVLR (or a line inspired by it, like Coney Hill) and I wish I'd had it two years ago! Recommended. I'll do a proper review for the Gauge 0 gazette when I've read it fully. http://www.holnepublishing.co.uk/page12.html Dava