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37 714 on 6V23 SO Tunstead-Margam banked by 37 411, Peak Forest, 8th April 1989. and 37 411, T83 Peak Forest banker, at Peak Forest, 15th March 1989.

I've done a pair to EM using Ultrascale wheels. Gibson wheels would be fine also (I'm doing a new tooling 47 with Gibson wheels having done one with Ultrascale. I've reused the existing bearings and gears (the Ultrascale wheels are intended for the older version so you don't need their bearings or gears - hence Gibson wheels make more sense). I've used 2mm ID, 0.5 mm thick brass washers with the Ultrascale wheels also, having reduced the plastic boss. The bogie frames (particularly the brake rod detail) need thinning as well.

I have the attached document (can't remember where it came from) which seems to mention the colours of just about everything except the Gents unfortunately. So may, or may not be useful? Ian SR Painting Guide.pdf

The lights do work, but were so dim as to be invisible in daylight, and only obvious in near darkness. They’ll be tweaked, slightly.

I had the decoder out and carefully refitted it when I first ran the loco whilst trouble shooting the start up sound problem. In that case an email to Accurascale brought a quick response with a fix, before I’d seen on here that others had the same problem. At some point the body will be off for crew to be fitted and I’ll look into the lights problem further then. Curious it isn’t just mine though.

I have the same lighting problem with a 37001 version....headcode lights and tail lights don't appear to work. Switches as recommended, brightness experiments next.....

The picture below shows the 05.04SO empty Banbury-Old Oak newspaper van running as 3A19 on 28 May 1988 (running 14 minutes early, hence the picture quality). This, I seem to remember, had a layover at Oxford before continuing later with additional vans picked up at Oxford (the loaded train ran Paddington-Banbury via High Wycombe with the single GUV). The loco is 50 035 but was sometimes a Class 31. 3V19, as per Martin Loader's picture, would seem to be more correct given it was an inter-regional train. Martin has a second picture of 3V19 here: http://www.hondawanderer.com/31123_Didcot_North_Junction_1986.htm

There is a Crossover update available (23.6) which fixes the printing problem with Sonoma. So problem solved. Jeff - I use Crossover on a silicon Mac also, usually save everything within Templot, though occasionally make a pdf to view or use the file elsewhere, and find it works perfectly. Ian

It is possible to produce a .pdf of the entire Templot layout, and open it with Adobe reader in the hope of being able to use the poster function to split the file into individual sheets…..but the Adobe poster function appears not to be supported at the moment either! Nevertheless individual point templates could be produced. Hopefully there will be a fix eventually. Thanks for the suggestion, Ian Edit: See “Printing” here (I’ve no idea what it means but that is apparently the reason for the problem): https://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos-release-notes/macos-14-release-notes

It may be, and something to try. Thanks, Ian

Hello, I wonder if anyone has found they can no longer print from Templot following the Mac update to Sonoma? The printer queue shows the file but nothing actually happens. Prior to Sonoma Templot worked fine. I’m no expert, just wondering if someone more knowledgeable knows a fix? Thanks, Ian

Thank you for your offer but it will be fine, just needs a little bit of work to put the bits back on. Some were in the box on arrival incidentally. Nevertheless it is a good model of the prototype and looks the part, as I mentioned. Many thanks, Ian

It seems Cavalex have in fact used a number of separately fitted parts as the wagon I have (bought singly recently - Accurascale only sell in 3s, and I only needed one, a "green carded" stray) is slowly dismantling itself, and I'll soon end up with a kit. It really is green carded at the moment. 5 of the 8 spring dampers have so far dropped off, the most recent disappearing as I turned the wagon over to start running some glue in amongst the various parts still attached, and is proving elusive. Whatever glue was used in manufacture doesn't seem particularly effective (quite apart from items being applied at all angles, but at least they're easily removed for straightening). Overall however it does look the part, or will do when I've put it back together, but buying 3 Accurascales and selling 2 might have saved some hassle. On the other hand I'll have the pleasure of doing some proper modelling, making a new spring damper, and having all the bits pointing in the right direction. And I'll give it a tidy it up with the file. Lucky I don't have 45!

Not quite in the time period, the attached shows the formation for 1V32 23.10 Glasgow Central-Bristol TM, 14th March 1987. Presumably the portion added at Carsairs came from Edinburgh? edit: 14th March was a Saturday, and must have run via Oxford. 1V32 23.10 Glasgow C - Bristol TM 15-3-87.pdf

33 029 in the down bay at Banbury during an ASLEF strike. 6th June 1982.