Clem

Ah, they're just the thing! A few low sided and a few medium sided will do me nicely. Thanks Peter.

Thanks Martin. It is something I've considered but I am worried that it'd be a whole new field for me and I haven't got any local friends who have experience in this field who could offer real support if I got stuck. However, it does take a lot of effort to scratch build them....

Thanks CJI. I've looked on this site. These just seem to be the data files and unfortunately I don't have a 3D printer. Do you know if anyone actually prints and markets them? Clem

Hi, May I ask, where did you get the 3D LMS hopper from? Thanks Clem

Hi Tony, It was great to see and chat with you on Sunday at the Ruddington show. I very much enjoyed our wide-ranging, stimulating debate not to mention reminiscing about distant memories of D11s and other long gone locomotives. As usual I was very taken with the locos on your display stand especially the O4/8. As a fan of the O4s of all flavours, it particularly caught my eye. When I eventually took my leave of you, Chris was waiting outside with the patience of a saint... but then dragged me back inside to buy some 4mm figures to set up for her photography! (she often raids the layout!). Lastly but very much not least, thank you for your advice and tips on chassis painting. PS an update on my annoying knee injury. Our next door neighbour - a GP - popped round a little earlier this evening. Coincidentally she is going into hospital for a cruciate knee operation on Thursday herself (brought about by participation in a hockey match) and she's been following my own knee progress. But she thinks I may eventually need a small op myself. Oh well, we'll have to see. Cheers for now and regards to Mo, Clem.

Nothing comes close to Bisto circular containers for tool holding, acting as work holders, in fact they can do anything... And I have a regular supply from Chris.

After visiting Tony in January (a very enjoyable afternoon watching expresses on Little Bytham) I promised I would post the videos I took. Sorry Tony , I have been very neglectful and thank you for reminding me when we met at the Cotgrave show recently. Finally (hopefully), here they are... https://youtube.com/video/hsV-ZgtNOH0 https://youtube.com/video/SbXlyuk47tQ https://youtube.com/video/R_SgTaRNiQg https://youtube.com/video/K5ZdGI-bFwU On the EM topic, Sandra has pretty well echoed my thoughts. Some RTR lend themselves to relatively easy conversion while others require more effort. For instance the Bachmann K3 requires major surgery both to the chassis and the body in order to get the right size wheels in place. Here's my conversion of 61896. It runs slightly better than it did in OO but still not as well as my other (Wills) K3 which I built a sprung chassis for. I had a couple of failed EM projects in the Autumn, felt that a complete break was required, and so I started building a couple of things in OO for a proposed GC layout in the loft which would bring back some of the memories of my youth living by the GC in the early 1960s. So here's my almost complete V2 for that. Note that it's also done the trick of giving me a fresh start with my existing layout. I'm ready to get on with the Dave Bradwell chassis for my J39/3 after my upcoming holiday in France and other non model railway commitments. Just for clarity, the OO layout in the loft will use a lot of RTR - I haven't got time to do it any other way - and my EM layout remains my main focus.

Hi Tony, Thank you so much for a lovely and very enjoyable afternoon with you and Mo, chatting and watching the trains gallop through your Little Bytham. What a wonderful model railway it is. It took me back to those days where I'd go to Newark or Grantham and watch the Gresley and Thompson thoroughbreds racing through in real life. I'll post a couple of the videos a little later that I took of LB on the phone. Thanks also for additional advice after doing my first Gresley big engine build (I can't believe it's a first after doing Colwick workaday locos in EM all this time!). But it has been a lot of fun building the Nucast V2 (now just waiting for a Comet chassis and streamlined dome from 247 dev (plus handrails etc.) to complete) for a possible no. 2 layout in OO in the loft based on the GC. How far I get with the loft layout will depend on my success or failure in clearing out the loft of much hoarded rubbish intermingled with meaningful items from my family accumulated after they'd each passed away. It's never easy sorting out and/or throwing out stuff you've kept for years. Hopefully I'll see you again at Doncaster in a fortnight.

Yes got it! Many thanks. Merry Christmas!

Hi Brian, Thanks for the kind words (although for one reason or another I've been doing very little recently) - I hope to be much more active in the spring. Err.. and no, I'm still not seeing the link. I click on the banner arrow and it just opens a new window on to the same page - ie the wish list poll thread. Can you help? I particularly would like to vote for the LMS design iron ore hopper wagons. I could do with about 10 of them!! (they're a bit long winded to scratch build! :-) ). There are a few other items on the list that would appeal also. Many Thanks Clem

Hi Brian, I can't seem to get the link to actually vote. When I click on the banner it just returns me to where i started. What am I doing wrong? Clem

Very sad for you Derek to have to give out this news. You've always been my first port of call whenever I needed tools or raw materials. You've always given first class service - in my experience of the highest order - and you are going to be massively missed by any modeller who does more than just buy boxed railways. I hope everything is sorted out in as good a way as possible and I wish you all the best for the future. Clem John Clements.

Get well soon Tony. Thankfully your symptoms sound pretty mild and with a bit of luck won't get worse. Hopefully Mo will miss out on it. We haven't had it yet. I've had 3 vacs and Chris has had 4 so I'm hoping we are pretty well protected. But you can never be sure with this virus.

That looks stunning Edmund. I must say that it absolutely looks the part. I really like his kits and it's such a shame he's stopped producing the 4mm ones. Understandable that he wanted to concentrate on his 7mm business, but our loss.

Hi John, Thanks for the clarification. No harm done. Tony was simply trying to give me a lead . In fact I've used your transfers with great success in the past. Cheers Clem