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  1. BernardTPM
    Back to Chivers Finelines now.
  2. BernardTPM
    There's quite a good side-on shot with clear view of the bogies here. The Tri-ang AL2 type are pretty close, I'd say, just 3mm short in the middle really. The big difference is where they tooled on the AL1 style bracket, top centre (which is actually attached to the body in real life).
  3. BernardTPM
    Yes, that box art was rare, not to mention very odd! Your Jinty there seems to have received some extra red paint at some stage.
  4. BernardTPM
    The motor used in the two singles (LOTI & Caley) were the same as used in the TT Britannia and Merchant Navy. The motors in the 0-6-0s, Prairie and Castle were shorter.
  5. BernardTPM
    I think both these and the Shenfield units were all but identical when first built, save that a section of these had First Class seating.
  6. BernardTPM
    Both changes done by Airfix, checking against some 1970s kit mouldings.
  7. BernardTPM
    'Trojan' moquette, by the look of it.
  8. BernardTPM
    The 1938 Brake Thirds needs two different sides, but those on the 1938 Thirds are the same both sides, though each 'compartment' section only has a door on one side (the middle one has none, so accessed via the, now removed, tip-up seats only).
  9. BernardTPM
    Perhaps it was fortunate they didn't use the EMU sideframes then and were spared 3rd rail pick-ups on an overhead electric! 😀
  10. BernardTPM
    Witness marks, made by the ejector pins.
  11. BernardTPM
    Why does that last one remind me of the Broadcasting Under Manager?
  12. BernardTPM
    There were etched kits of the 1938 stock by Chivers Finelines once, but that was a long time ago.
  13. BernardTPM
    Nice, but isn't that station building is really rather too wide for the platform, even with selective compression fo the 'six foot' rule? Perhaps a small (ornate?) canopy would suit better.
  14. BernardTPM
    Also the various Merit plastic bus and lorry kits (now in Peco's Modelscene range).
  15. BernardTPM
    The fins on the estates didn't change but were always a little lower than those on the 1958 saloons, though not as reduced as those on the 1961 revised saloon models. Quite noticeable if you compare side on A55 Mk.2 saloon and Countryman (Riley & MG saloons didn't change but had a shared different style anyway).
  16. BernardTPM
    As Jeremy says above, North British 0-6-0DH for Mauritius Railways. Basically an enlarged version of their industrial shunter. Similar 0-4-0DH locos were built for BR.
  17. BernardTPM
    Lima did three cars for their car transporters: an H0 scale Mercedes 220 'Fintail', a 4mm scale Mk.1 Ford Capri and a 4mm scale Fiat 131 'Mirafiori'. The Sunbeam Alpine was in the Tri-ang MINIX range, later briefly revived for the Hornby Cartic-4 when the Triumph 2000 mould they'd been using on their Carflats wore out. The Hornby Sierra followed shortly after that, but definitely post 1984.
  18. BernardTPM
    So no DCC controlled fireman then? 😁
  19. BernardTPM
    Really? I'm not a subscriber! Alternative pictures: Class 20, Class 81
  20. BernardTPM
    Both are the shown here* and look to have the same detail. It's certainly not the proper AL1 bogie detail. * Scroll to about half way down.
  21. BernardTPM
    Tri-ang just used TT but some others, including Peco, used TT3.
  22. BernardTPM
    Spring to Summer 1985. First RM review in the November 1985 issue, 1956-8 Hillman Minx. If to be used together I would keep in the 1:75 to 1:77 range. Husky also did the Studebaker Wagonaire (sliding roof) station wagon (estate). Must be a similar size, though dogless!
  23. BernardTPM
    Yes, 8" seems to be standard. This shows the standard dimensions and positions.
  24. BernardTPM
    And for contrast, Dunster from the other direction, but back in 1934:
  25. BernardTPM
    Scale Link, John Day/Malvern Models, Transport Replicas, MiKits, Fleetline, Trux, Westward, Eames; though some of those ranges were already gone by 1984. It was very sparse on the car/light van front if you wanted anything introduced post 1965.
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