billbedford

Don't forget, that to get to your second childhood you have to go through a second adolescence....

???? Oyster touch pads work whether the barriers are open or closed. Even now, some of the stations on the GOBLIN are without barriers at all.

More complicated than that. None the small steps under the centre double doors.

Try this post

This seems unlikely to me. Engineers stock often carried ladders to make access easier The DE32xxxx series was for coach transfer to the engineers by BR. Most of these coaches were with drawn and transfer by the LNER. These would have had 9XXXXX number where the second digit represented the owning area: NEA - 0 SA GN - 4 SA GC - 5 SA GE - 6 SSA - 7 NSA - 8 The third digit was used to denote the department operating the wagon: Engineers - 0 Loco Dept - 1 Workshops - 2 Stores - 3 Some of the vehicles later got DE prefixes to the numbers. The only photo of a service GN 45' coach I have is an ex- brake composite numbered DE 961511 an branded 'MP E Ipswich'

Anyone who blows up component from 4 to 7mm without adjusting the thickness really doesn't understand what he is doing.

The lower footboards were removed from these, and all other, coaches by the LNER. Presumably on the basis that they weren't replaced when they became damaged.

But surely this doesn't apply to the trusses used on RTR coaches? This resin, even in fine sections, is much more resilient than styrene.

I find that using the tip of a sharp scalpel and making sure that the component to be cut out is well supported helps to avoid breaks. Also cutting through the sprue/frame so that the component isn't compressed when cut is advantageous. I'm not sure about the suggestion that the trusses should be made of brass. Locating the ends of the true rods would need careful thought and tensioners would be difficult to make near scale. One thing that was left off the assembly sheets was a list of the numbers of these coaches:

Brown, the solebars were brown too. See this photo for the brake ends

Go on then.....

All the quoted kits are injection moulded plastic. The reason Dapol and Peco can sell their kits cheaply is that the moulds are old and and have been paid for many times over. The problem is the volume of models that can be sold, so costing new moulds would bring the prices up to around those of present RTR models.

Left; D.299 & right; D.302 or D.663A

Kits can be had for contemporary stock, though not necessarily the all the latest units, from the likes of Bratchell, DC kits and Britannia Pacific Models. However judging by the number of hits in searches they don't seem to have a great following on RMWeb. All three companies make some sort of provision for applying modern multi-coloured liveries, which may, or may not, say something about the level of skills required to produce well finished model of modern stock.

But they do tend to prevent a sudden sideways lurch when a loco enters a curve.

...and I know of at least one unfinished layout that has green DMUs, but was described at 'Modern Image' when it was started.

Definitely a summer Saturday train. It's made up of: 3 car clerestory set A six wheeled saloon A 5 car London suburban set, possibly with the final brake a clerestory A six wheeled third A London suburban third.

I'm not so sure. The context of the conversation was whether there were enough younger people willing to to learn the physical skills necessary to build kits to make producing kits viable in ten years time.

I'm not so sure. I recently been asked just many of my new coach kits were bought by people younger than 60, and I had to rely, not many at all.

I think it would have been older than that. Shooting was one of the sporting pastimes that railway companies seemed to have encouraged pre-WW1, at least for the officer class.

If you are using enamels you should let the first coat harden for 2-3 days to make sure that the second coat doesn't soften the first. Alternatively you can use acrylics for the second coat as these would affect the enamel first coat and can be wiped off with kitchen paper dampened with water.

Use something stiff, like a strip of thin plasticard or an eraser.

Paint the whole plate the colour of the lettering and leave until the paint hardens. Then paint the plate again the background colour but before the paint has dried wipe the paint from the lettering and border. And you should have some perfectly executed sign writing.

I don't think the engineers stock was painted maroon, some were painted a much brighter red, which eventually weathered to a fetching purple-pink.

Both carriages on this train appear to be GN D.303 luggage vans.