Tony Wright

Thanks Graham, They're rather nicely finished. I assume any catering cars in a set will be Mk.1s? Regards, Tony.

At the Mountsorrel show............ A friend donated this 3D-printed Lambton tank body and Bachmann chassis for me to sell on behalf of CRUK. I'll make a pony truck for it and then see what it might be worth.

A couple of months ago, I wrote a piece for BRM on 'Budget Modelling'. One of the things I considered in the article was a Hornby Pullman car. Well................ I picked up another one at the recent Preston show for the princely sum of just £12.00. I ditched the intolerable bogies....... Painted the interior and altered it to represent one of the wooden-bodied cars, latterly clad in aluminium sheeting to give a more 'modern' appearance. Now riding on proper 10' Pullman bogies (Keen).......... It can be seen running towards the rear of this empty stock train on Little Bytham (specialist vehicles were often found in mixed trains such as this). Those older Hornby Pullman cars make excellent starting points............. For use, after alteration, in sets such as this. The first five cars in my Up Yorkshire Pullman are all derived from this source. Some have had replacement brass sides (painted by Ian Rathbone) and all have had the awful 'shorty' bogies discarded and replaced by Keen or MJT 10' Pullman items. The brake cars in my Tees-Tyne Pullman.................... Have been sourced from these older Hornby cars (both on proper bogies). Modeller's licence allows these Mk.1 cars to run through a station demolished at least a year before they appeared! It's a pity that Hornby's and Bachmann's renditions of the Pullman colours are not the same. The real things were much closer! Please observe copyright restrictions on the prototype image.

I've just had Hornby's 4-car Mk.2F EWS set in for photography. Since I have no idea that a prototype existed for these, or what they were/are used for, can anyone help, please? Thanks in anticipation.

Good afternoon Denys (have I spelt your name right?), I don't mix my own flux; I buy it by the litre from Hobby Holidays. It's 12% phosphoric acid (nothing weaker). It's good for all soldering, as is London Road's fluid flux or Barrie Stevenson's (available from Squires). For years I used EAMES 40 flux, which I've an idea was nearer 20% phosphoric acid - great for gasping if inhaled when hot! Though 'Powerflow' paste flux works, the residue left afterwards is intolerable in my opinion. Regards, Tony.

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Good morning Stuart, Since, as a trainspotter, watching shunting operations never really appealed, this has become the case with operating my railway. Big engines, travelling fast, always appealed (and still does) much, much more. Regards, Tony.

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