Daniel W

Agreed, very informative. The book is only let down by some formating issues. I assume the next volume will be about Open Merchandise Wagons, since that is the biggest field not covered yet.

It was good to see you again on Saturday, Tony. Thank you for taking a look at my kit built Locos. I was happy with the feedback I got: "Your craftsmanship is good, but your pick-ups are rubbish." Now that I have a couple of Saddle Tank kits to build next, I would like some advice on the subject of rolling boilers and saddle tanks. Will the mouse-mat and broomstick method suffice, or is it worth investing in some rolling bars (if any can be found)?

It looks like Volume Four is up on Crecy's website, expected release date is April: http://www.crecy.co.uk/the-acquired-wagons-of-british-railways-volume-4

Very interested to see what these are like. It looks like they are going for the pre-coloured plastic route. If so, they will have a real job on their hands matching the gold standard that is the Bandai Star Wars kits.

What a lovely new look to the website. I'm sure online ordering will be appreciated by a lot of people.

I enjoyed Twilight of the Goods, and am always excited for more rolling stock books. Looking forward to recieving my copy of Acquired Wagons Vol 3 in the post too after the delay in publishing. The reference pictures of post-nationalisation PO wagons alone should make it worth the price of purchase.

I have a quick question. What time period are we talking here, Tony? The LMS had a design of boxy wagons for carrying Soda Ash that usually ran sheeted. These likely would have been replaced by Covhops in the late 50's and early 60's.

I think there was some mention of overhauling the tooling to some degree, but don't quote me on that.

As some other people have said, Tinkercad is the best starting option in my opinion. It is designed for children, features some easy tutorials and allows users to produce something that they can then print without losing interest. You can produce more complex designs using Tinkercad, but i've found that it tends to struggle once you hit a certain number of concurrent objects. Hence why I really need to get round to learning Fusion 360...

I also would like to heap some praise on Andrew. Any orders have always arrived quickly. The way that he took over the Comet brand with minimal fuss and disruption was very impressive and something that other suppliers could learn from.

If you are looking for specific brands, I have had good result with DCC Concepts solder on the two loco kits i built recently. It's not cheap, but seems to flow well. Flux of choice is the Barry Stevenson type available from Eileens or Slaters. As a relative newcomer to soldering, these seem to have worked well for me after trying a few different brands. Regards Daniel

Thanks, Mike. Sending a PC now.

Hi, Mike, I have a quick question about your 'under the table etches'. I know you produce an etch to model the Fowler 4P with the later Stanier Cab, but I remember reading somewhere that you also do an etch to model the tank rivets that are missing on the Hornby model, or did I just imagine that?

It looks like the book has been pushed back to february next year: http://www.crecy.co.uk/the-acquired-wagons-of-british-railways-volume-3