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Brilliant, an incredible model Rgds.Mike

Absolutely beautiful.........now how do I get to the credit card statements before SWMBO

I cabbed the prototype at Paddington in 1959, lovely loco..........Great Price Rgds.......Mike

If you have the B/M one you certainly don't this one, very ordinary model. Mike

looks like a cow pat

That's that then........Kettering/Derby Veeery close!!!! Then again I do live in Oz where someone living 100 miles away is close Rgds and Thanks..........Mike

That is absolutely brilliant!!..........did these beautiful creatures ever gravitate to the Derby area? Rgds...Mike

Hi, I emailed Markits on 24th December, received a reply on 27th., wheels arrived in South Australia ten working days later.......excellent service. Rgds....Mike

Did you get their numbers??!!! Rgds...Mike

Andy, Could we have a "really love" button please, this work is absolutely beautiful Rgds......Mike

Hi Andy, I am now finding it very difficult to picture you in woolly hat and a fleece???!!! Rgds.....Mike

Haircut.....wot's that??!!!!! Mike

Even though I am a dyed in the wool ex-LMS man, I often saw 68619 when travelling from Liverpool Street, it really stood out in those dark caverns.......so definitely one for me. Rgds..Mike

Hi Dale, Could be either, I suspect it depends on the period and the locomotives you are modelling, in the book Working Steam, Stanier Jubilees it clearly shows both e.g. 45596 & 45562 in 1966 red name and smoke box number plates, 45636 red nameplate 1960, 45632 red nameplate 1963, the majority however appear to be black, on page 79 there are four photos of nameplates 3 are black one is red which appears to confirm this. I don't know if it is still in print but it has some great shots of the Jubilees almost all in colour, well worth getting if you are interested in the class. Rgds.....Mike

UK buyers only.............glad I live in Australia!!

First time I've visited this thread........congratulations, absolutely brilliant modelling. Rgds....Mike

Hmmmmmmmmmmm, Coachmann and Mr. Station blxxdy master, I listened to your " informed commemts " in the froth/wishlists threads and went to sleep wondering when I would be be opening a box containing my Coal Tank..........the last announcements came and I was devastated nothing!!!.....could these renowned people be so wrong!!!!, my faith in you is completely restored.........next view into the crystal balls please Larry and Mr C. maybe a Kitson saddletank.?????????

Mine arrived in Oz yesterday late, looked at it under the magnifier in the light today...........WHAT A BEAUTY, yes a couple of things need to be looked at (coupling chains , bogie brakes, etc. but I never thought I would open a box for this to pop out. Have to say some of the models we are seeing today could not have been contemplated just a few years ago. Hope Hattons/ Heljan make a few Bucks from this. Rgds.......Mike

Apologies to all for going O/T but does anyone know if the compound in the forthcoming train set is the same as the NRM model. C1 Fabulous loco, congratulations Bachmann/NRM..........just got to win the lottery!! Rgds....Mike

We have lots of snakes here in Inman Valley South Australia(11 sightings in November alone), mostly Red Bellied Blacks and a number of Eastern Browns, both venomous, particularly the Browns but as faulcon said they get out your way generally. Also lots of Redbacks again unless you touch them they are quite harmless, I am far more concerned for my dog than anything else. My sister-in-law had a place in NSW where there were lots of Funnel Webs, she was never bitten though(come to think of it, if she had been it would probably have been the spider that would have died!!!........oops sorry Bronwyn) Mike

I had never considered Narrow Gauge before...........but NOW! Mike

This is looking really good Rgds...Mike

Rob, They are definitely not, I am sure that many like me really enjoy them, keep posting!!, incidentally, I have been given a book "Railroads of New Zealand" by David Leitch which is a little outside my sphere of interest, if you're interested PM me and I'll send it to you, I'm just over the ditch in South Australia. Rgds.....Mike

Can't remember how many times I stood up against that fence in the late fifties.........but the weather was NEVER that bad in those days Another fine shot, full of atmosphere. Rgds.........Mike

Great shots, I used to love Nottingham Victoria, didn't cop a lot there but it was just so different, awesome(true meaning folks!!). Brilliant thread this, nostalgia and wonderful photography of places I can relate to. To think we just used to take them for granted! Rgds........Mike