Andy Hayter

Perhaps Hattons have an obligation to give the shipper the chance to trace the package and deliver it to you.

That won't get around the problem of people searching for Slater's wagons, Blacksmith Models or the like. They will not be drawn to a Coopercraft warning site.

It could have been worse. It could have been a whinge post about somebody whinging

That would be Worldpay. I don't know if the banks have access to track to the next transaction from Worldpay to Dunn.

I think the problem goes back to the fact that Dunn is a sole trader and not a company. The bailiffs can then only enter his premises by invitation or if they find free access - open window or door. They have no right of forced entry for a sole trader. Dunn seems to be aware of this limitation to their powers.

VAT might be one reason (which would apply to me for example), but I thoughts Ireland had no VAT on publications. It does seem like a rip off that I can get a UK digital 2 year subscription for £26, but pay more than that for 1 year French subscription. They won't be getting my money at those prices.

I agree that it is an excellent conversion; but I do take exception to calling the Bourbonnais 30's nondescript. With 1054 locomotives built* they outnumber the complete locomotive fleets of a number of UK pre-grouping companies. * As is typical of the time there were variations within the group - perhaps the most visually significant being the cab design, where the semi-open cab as shown in the postcard was later replaced by an enclosed cab as portrayed in the model.

I think that plastic bags based on soap is unlikely. More likely to be starch - and now for the nasty bit. Starch based polymers are not flexible. They set like Bakelite. To make them flexible to make bags they add polyester or similar fibres - which are not biodegradable - up to 49%. So when your biodegradable bag rots down it leaves lots and lots of plastic microfibers which do not rot down.

I have to agree with Bucoops. Just a couple of days ago I decided to follow up on a Mallard kit that I have been building to see if any more were still available. I quickly chased down that Mallard had been taken over by Blacksmith and a search for Blacksmith models took me straight to the page on Coopercraft's site. No warning of do not order, just lots of lovely kits at not insignificant prices. Of course I knew better than to progress my interest but not every kit builder is an RMWebber - and that is exactly why we then get people coming on here after the event to ask the score.

To be even more pedantic, Pullman never had coaches or carriages, they had cars. I know because I got told off by Mr T Bye.

Is this then a problem specific to Reeves, or more generally to Acrylic paints?

Also covered under railways of Cornwall.

Wouldn't that be misrepresentation or even fraud? I am sure advertising standards would be interested if that were the case.

The only reference I have to CF de Provence coaches is for a bogie coach made by Gecomodel and reviewed in RMF 2000 March page 60. If this is likely to be what you are looking for, I will look through and see how much prototype info there is. There is no drawing in the article however.

I have generally paid £14 - 19 for amazon printed books. I would not by it as a Kindle or e-version. As for the cover, sorry Roger but it does not portray the content for me. The title could equally be Provence villages, Provence holiday spots or Provence almost anything except traffic jams. I think you need something more obviously railway than a viaduct (minus anything railway on it, so is it for water or road or...). I do think it is worth a try as a self published work though.

Somewhere on these threads (probably in the pre-grouping section) is a picture of a wagon loaded with barbed wire. Open coils (no core) in an open wagon with IIRC some sort of wood support. It could be this is a form of X supporting the coils but I cannot remember the exact details

If you are looking for something specific, I may have it on my database. It only records those things that interest me but includes all articles I have come across that have drawings that might be useful for a build.

Just to add, neither Whitstable nor Hastings seem to have individual registration. So even had their catches been substantial, they would be recorded at wherever the boats are registered. Ramsgate or Faversham perhaps for Whitstable, and Folkestone or Portsmouth for Hastings. You would need to look at the boat registration number which is always painted prominently on the boats. The letters give the clue to registration. http://www.navalmarinearchive.com/research/fishing_ports.html Edit to add: Note the comments opposite "OB" Oban wrt Mallaig.

I think the key point is boat registration. There are lots of minor East Coast landing points, but they tend to be aggregated to the local major port. So for example, Redcar boats are registered with Hartlepool. That sort of situation probably applies all around the cost.

You are suffering from modellers' amnesia. If I had £1 for every time I could not find a kit, a set of wheels, a set of couplings etc., I could afford for someone else to build my models and losing bits would be their problem!

Guys let's call a truce here. There are some good selling diesels and electrics and there are some good selling pre-grouping and post grouping steam locos. Equally there have been some less successful items in both regimes. Whether a model sells out in days or not is one measure of how successful a model is, but is not the be-all and end-all. If a model is released with 1000 items and sells out in days, is it more successful than a model produced as a 3500 run that sells out in 4 months? Manufacturers and commissioners will decide on the basis of their own experience which models to make and squabbling here about whether your chosen item will be the better is unlikely to influence them.

Mallaig does not appear on the official listings for 1950 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/Doc/1061/0058734.pdf This raises the question of whether it was somehow overlooked (unlikely) or whether its boats were registered and/or included with another west coast port. Whatever the reason it seems separate statistics were not available/provided.

But that is just not the case - as I posted earlier. It is smoke and mirrors. Yes the number of single use bags has dropped off a cliff. Yes there are fewer bags blowing around city centres so councils can reduce street cleaning. But the consumption of plastic has gone up and not down. Nearly all of that plastic ends up in the environment since films are rarely accepted for recycling. It ends up in land fill where it breaks up and gets distributed into the wider environment. You and the general public have been conned into believing that you have improved the environment when the reverse is true.

As already suggested different types of fish. Grimsby was at that stage the biggest UK fishing port by far. The majority of the catches were cod and haddock - at that stage already much of it being caught quite a long way off shore (as in off Norway and towards Iceland) plus herring when in season. South - West coast fish tended to be poorer in these species with Skate, Mackerel, Pilchards (aka sardines), Pollack (relative of cod but even today not widely eaten) being much more common.

Firstly, I see no signs of discounting in my limited experience. The Hattons price this morning is exactly the same as I paid on receipt of my nearly 5 year pre-order. Secondly you might be surprised that they did not sell out immediately, but perhaps Bachmann are less so. My best guess is that they produced around 2500 SECR C class in various liveries. They have probably taken into account the Hornby and the Rails Terrier releases as well as the Hornby H Class. Possibly also the Hattons P class releases. Notwithstanding Jol's comments about people buying locos but not stock to go with them, I could well imagine that Bachmann have produced more SECR birdcage sets than SECR liveried C class locos. The simple reality is, we don't know how many have been made, so the fact that there are still some on the shelves says little except that they have produced more than there is an immediate sale for. With 2 Hattons P Class versions to appear in the coming couple of months, that excess could well disappear very quickly or maybe not. But I do agree that double guessing the market is a mug's game.