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...superspit.
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Excellent, really excellent! It is difficult to tell the exact colour on the laptop screen - it looks like a heavily weathered green, but the presence of topfeed suggest that you have started out with black model...?
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I spent a career as a software engineer - DCC?, I'd rather go back to clockwork. To return to topic, my 14xx runs superbly on DC, and I am rather tempted to get another one - but will it be as good?...and will there be another batch?
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Kernow 37-238Z set of 16 ton mineral wagons
90rob replied to Mark C's topic in Kernow Model Rail Centre
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English Electric Type 4s - Buckets because they sounded like a bucket of rusty nails.....
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Just came across this on Ebay. "32556 (class E) at Eastleigh in store 18/11/53". http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hants-Hampshire-railway-EASTLEIGH-tank-locomotive-32556-PHOTO-1953-127x75mm/161481403402?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D41415%26meid%3Dba67c7b7f2ce42e280828f6e00a8e4b9%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D152127643133
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Hattons Model Railways of Widnes (formerly Liverpool).
90rob replied to tractor_37260's topic in Model Shop Guide
I'm sure this must have been said before, but if you can hide the pre-owned stuff relatively easily, how about a nice big button on the front page that says 'show only new stock'. Then during the browsing session we wouldn't have to keep cancelling the little 'show preowned' tick at the head of each section? -
Subscription copy turned up this morning. Excellent coverage of Harlyn Pier...
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Rule number one always applies for me. I know it is not quite what you want, but this little video shows an M7 and single coach between Petworth and Petersfield and is wonderfully atmospheric! http://screenarchive.brighton.ac.uk/detail/3712/ ... from around 9 min 45 secs
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I bought that book on 17th May, 1980. I can be exact about the date because I spent the night reading it in the labour ward with my wife waiting for our oldest son to be born. My wife was reading the other book that I picked up at the same time - the rather appropriately titled 'Ripping Yarns'....
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Oh dear - in exactly the same situation. Phone them next week... Edited to note that I have just received a full refund and an apology. They seem to be improving and are now responding to emails in a very positive way.
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I had a very similar experience with mine. I contacted Rails and they exchanged immediately. (Edited to note that they tested the replacement engine before dispatch, and seemed to have lubricated everything quite liberally.)
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That would make sense as Watlington was classed as a yellow route, and before 57xx were reclassified from blue to yellow in 1950 and officially allowed to take over, the route had presumably to rely on a declining number of 2021s..?
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I also wonder what they do with returns - write off as a loss, split for spares, repair...etc?
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....send it back and ask for a better specimen of 1420...or a full refund?
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Well I got one - it looks fantastic and runs extremely well - much better than I had expected it to. The only odd thing about the whole thing is that the cat is fascinated by the smell of the foam insert in the packaging....
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Yes a nice touch that on the model - I've been trying to think of a way of adding that to a J15...
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Don't know the answer, but for anyone who hasn't come across it a good starting point for research is at: https://www.reading.ac.uk/special-collections/collections/sc-huntley-palmers.aspx
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In fairness to RM perhaps they are thinking of the small home based BLT - something like the lovely little 'Upwold' 6 by 1 BLT from Roy Link in the October 1978 issue! No room to get up any sort of speed. I'm sure operation of the superb 'Nene Wharf' in the current issue must benefit from the low gearing of the Hornby J15...
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...in the picture I have of 5819 the toolbox is set a little further back, with the irons for spare lamps forward of the toolbox rather than to the rear. Small point, easily corrected if it bothers anyone... http://picclick.co.uk/Ex-GWR-14xx-Class-No-5819-seen-here-361692240143.html#&gid=1&pid=1
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...that's why I try not to go there more than once a month...! I do really like the place though....
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Nice to see Q1 (sunshine, late) and M7 (late) back
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...I suppose I should point out that there is a small problem with D3219 in that (at least in 1963) the original had black coupling rods and red cranks and not the other way around as on the model (picture page 49 in Diesels on the Southern by Michael Welsh of a very clean condition in Brighton shed yard) but that certainly is not going to worry me, and at this size it will be so easy to correct if I ever do get precious about it! I think that that one picture is going to inspire my shunting plank....
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Yes, I could well see me selling lots....
