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Thank you kindly for all of that, and I shall have a start digging around in all those locations.

Something looks a little off with the visible tender handrail, as it looks to be at an angle. Or trick of the camera?

Now THIS is a man dedicated to his craft! One can only imagine how....

Time to fire up the EE backup generator

We were saying?

Aha! Well done, and I think that's now a definite must purchase! Congratulations again. Having played with a mate's pair of J70s, I have no doubt these will be spectacular models in their own rights.

Ah nuts. Might have to get a pair (and maybe a 3rd as PWD79-can you do them in HO next? ). I will ask, is there any chance of the 4 Gas Producing Combustion System locomotives being done? Technically an easy enough modification set to be done, but worth asking.

Great. More useless crud smeg.

So. Based on the idea that the image for the countdown has to represent the items we're getting and they're not just random numbers for countdowns, an N gauge Stirling Single may be on the way. Or it's just a convenient image

Hopefully I'm not interrupting the flow of conversation here, but a couple of photos that may be of interest to those rolling through the thread. Recently I had this Ks P2 touched up and refreshed by a mate down here. There's still a few things to sort out including dropping the tender ride height back down and fitting a replacement lamp, but it is able to be run again after a decent amount of time set aside with a solder joint that had cracked on the crosshead and a tender list that would make some navel men look twice. Before I get crucified, the model was not built by me. I am still unsure of who actually constructed it as I am the third owner of it but its second owner was also the most prolific-the late Dave Shakespeare who also repainted it into BR Green as 60506. The third issue of Model Rail that I ever purchased (MR142) featured Dave's layout in its final form before the house move and mention was made in the article of the locomotive, but sadly no photograph. Patience was rewarded however with the attached photo in MR143 in the mail section and Dave started my love affair for the P2s through that. After Dave's passing, it was my privilege to take ownership of it through Gilbert's splitting up of the stock for a good cause. It WAS due to come back over to the UK this year for a visit to both Little Bytham and Peterborough North but the world had other ideas in mind.

In fairness to Hornby, they’re pushing through a bunch of newly tooled locomotives, in a global pandemic, in amongst other companies doing the same in these factories. I don’t mind the models slipping back a bit if it means we don’t have a rushed/compromised model.

G'day all, I'm currently trying to track down the LMS diagrams (or other) of the Budd/Pressed Steel trial car 'Silver Princess'/M7585M. Doing some searching came up with a comment from RMweb back in 2014 (https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/40018-silver-princess/&do=findComment&comment=1301610) by R.Wells stating the following: "The Budd Silver Princess appeared in the LMS diagram book on page 59 as Diagram 2186, also on page 59 A as diagram 2190, the latter was the smooth sided rebuilt version." Where would be the best place to try hunting up a copy of these? Being outside the UK does limit my options on resources and searching in person, so I'm hoping someone might be able to point me in a good direction even if that direction is 'The NRM has a copy'. Searching their online selections has so far turned up nothing more than references to piping and similar. Cheers in advance.

So it was! I had totally forgotten about this version of the model. I guess it's either wait and see, or try and source some spares.

A quick query to confirm a thought. DJModels never did the GPCS fitted Austerities, did they? I'm thinking about grabbing one of these EFE ones to turn into a modified example, but just worth checking that one is likely to not be on the horizon before modifying one. A quick search shows up no info, but thought I'd check with those in the know.

A bit of a thought to helping you through the mundane days-maybe a couple of user suggested photos, like (as an example) 60012 under the bridge with the rake from cassette 12A-something different and not strictly sticking to the sequences for yourself, and allowing a little more interaction between us all.

+1 for that option please! LOVE me a good odd industrial

Well. Did NOT see that coming!

Don't tell me EFE is going to do a 517 backdated from the <redacted> 14XX?!

Thank you kindly for that thorough reply. Much appreciated! In regards to “just about everything on it was changed”, would that include the grille arrangement? Missed out on a D602 in the first run sadly, and wondering if one can make D602 from D604. Unfortunately I’m not too up on the history, and don’t have ready access to the literature down here.

A quick one for those so versed-does anybody know when D602 Bulldog was fitted with the split headcode boxes?

I do have a couple, but the shipping might take most of the value away, as it would be from Sydney.

Well, that was a long withdrawal. Almost had to go to Modeller's Anonymous! Hopefully all runs well.

What an absolutely brilliant little ruler idea mate! Well done on that one. Should ask-any chance of doing a HO version to further expand your market for it? I know a few down here in Oz who would love it.

Note to self: Don't stop reading thread just as pandemic hits. Some 110 pages later..... The polls have made some wonderful reading. And whilst I can't contribute to the current poll, I might upset the apple cart entirely and say one of the biggest misses in preservation was a Thompson A2/2. The reasoning being that it would have made an excellent static exhibit for many years, and also be an quite visible example of rebuilding a locomotive using an existing locomotive as a basis-other examples exist, but not too many as extreme. There are certainly many other locomotives that deserve to have been preserved ahead of a Thompson rebuild, but it would be nice to have just one still around. Even to help put some myths to bed. Also Gilbert, some good news-the recent close-ups of the station remind me that, bar printing, the new PN station lamps are just about ready to go. Hopefully these are a touch stronger than the last batch, particularly around the hanging fitting, and I am looking to print them in 2-parts so that painting is easier and looks cleaner and has a clearer lamp. It is a shame that I cannot deliver these in person now, but such is life.

It is probably daft to bring up a sensible idea in the middle of the fighting over the “hubcaps”, but I wonder if KR Models and Modelu would be able to collaborate on redesigning the Modelu hubcap to fit the sizing of the GT3 crankpin as fitted to the model. Its a 3D model. A few changes and hopefully something can be sorted that doesn’t involve having to grind away at a small part, and helps 2 companies in one hit.