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  1. BernardTPM
    Pressfix have a sheet of waxy paper to stop the glue sticking to the plastic packet. This will pull away with a slight 'Velcro' sound to reveal the gluey back of the transfers. With Methfix the underside of the transfer should be visible through the packet as it doesn't need the protective cover.
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    Definitely a FWD 1500 as the earliest Dolomites used the new 1850 engine. L reg is 1st August 1972 to 31st July 73, too early for a 1500 Dolomite. Badging was different too.
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    That Blue Pullman was originally buiilt for Chiltern Green, but was equally at home on Chee Tor.
  4. BernardTPM
    It looks to end in 62. 5062 Earl of Shaftesbury seems a good bet, with the Hawkesworth tender.
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    Wasn't that at Snailwell scrap? I seem to remember they used to incinerate them in an enclosed vessel as part of the asbestos removal process. I saw a lot of withdrawn Mk.1 Pullmans at Ely too around that kind of time. Found it: Mayer Parry.
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    The OCAs weren't built until 1981 so could not have been used at Rocket 150, though they are very like taller SPAs in many respects or even a steel version of the OAA.
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    I have a few numbers taken from my slide records which might be helpful: Weltrol (carrying 'The Earl') B900907 UKF Anhydrous Ammonia tank 6058 BOC liquid oxygen tank 0011 OAA 100033 SPA 460605
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    The ice blue arrived with the new symbol and 'boxed' wagon lettering in early 1963. Examples of these are shown in photographs in Modern Railways for April 1963 (so out in March of that year and obviously would have been photographed before that). The collection & delivery road vehicles adopted yellow at the same time.
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    Yes and in line with the Corporate Manual with the solebars/headstocks in blue and the bufferheads in brown. Blue/grey repaints of Pre-BR coaches were not always correctly done.
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    Hence my suggestion to do the later van (dia.801). I'm not even sure if there's ever been a kit for it. By contrast, the earlier one was done RTR in 4mm scale by Hornby Dublo/Wrenn/Dapol, new RTR by (modern) Hornby and kit by Parkside Dundas. In N kit by Chivers and RTR by Dapol*. * Peco also did one, but stretched to fit their 45t tank chassis, so isn't a serious contender.
  11. BernardTPM
    Better to do the later BR design fish van. The LNER design (but BR built) one has been done to death.
  12. BernardTPM
    Found a higher resolution version of the picture and cropped it to show the village. The ladder trailer is near the front (right), blue behind a red Victor. Playpack (yellow) pumps in front of the garage are a bit clearer now.
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    Unfortunately that, along with quite a few other things, are probably under 10 years of landfill now. At least that was a replaceable thing; not everything was.
  14. BernardTPM
    Motorail rarely used double deck carriers; just the Cartic-4 on some routes early on. Mostly it was car flats or GUVs. Even the Newton Chambers carriers on the ECML were mostly used in single deck mode.
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    Wish I did, but it was lost in my disasterous move in 2013.
  16. BernardTPM
    Your first thoughts were probably correct then.
  17. BernardTPM
    Yes, that was the Model Land RML45 kit, fitted out as Woolworth.
  18. BernardTPM
    The Minic Motorways Shell garage had a set of pumps with oil cabinet and shade. The Shell garage was based on what they were putting up in the early 1960s.
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    The ladder trailer was featured in one of the Playpacks sets. These included Model Land figures and a few other items, like the tent. I did have some of these packs bought from Woolworths back in the day. The trailers (car ramp, ladders and boat) used the caravan chassis. The yellow petrol pumps in front of the Airfix garage came from one of the packs. I had others but can't find them in pictures.
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    Oh good. Two things I don't have to worry about, lol.
  21. BernardTPM
    Talking to light bulbs? It's all too Sirius Cybernetics... Fetch me my axe.
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    Here's an example of the late Victorian pattern shopfront blinds, still in situ circa 2010 even though the shop (which used to be a once-common newsagents/tobacconists/sweetshop) closed in the 1970s or early '80s. A closer view of the blind on one side:
  23. BernardTPM
    Commodore A.
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    A Board of Trade letter of 1858 states that raised platforms required ramps.
  25. BernardTPM
    A couple of old photos I took. First ACE Supplies, Manor Park in 1980: Two years earlier, Upton Lane E.7: Now where can you get electric boots these days?
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