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  1. BernardTPM
    Which doesn't take away from the idea that a lighter, smaller, more minimal car would save fuel and resources and still do the journey in around 45 minutes.
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    Good idea. Lots of resource saved, will weigh less so use less fuel (electric or otherwise) and more room to pass on narrow roads. Compared to walking (or the bike I ride) it's still wasteful though.
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    No, the modern ones are bloated.
  4. BernardTPM
    Yes, before they were sent back to Scotland. It would be quite appropriate to use Arkitex to create the adjacent offices.
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    I used to work there some Saturdays around that time when I was a student at QMC. That end of the parade is gone now, replaced by the Vicarage Field Shopping Centre, though I see that is now coming down to be replaced yet again.
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    An early picture of Ripple Lane. Certainly recognisable then, less so in later years.
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    And the London International Freight Terminal (L.I.F.T., not tb be confused with the Freightliner Terminal also at Stratford then) to the right in the last shot. All gone now, of course.
  8. BernardTPM
    There was a Hawksworth 12 wheeler at GWS Didcot in the '70s.
  9. BernardTPM
    One of the more obvious differences between the large and Small England cabs is that the latter are near to symetrical, so the front and rear panels are about the same size. Left: Small England (Princess), Right Large England (Welsh Pony) Incidentally, the old FR 'Prince' kit of the 1960s/'70s was actually 'Welsh Pony'.
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    They still haven't changed the official name as that would take an Act of Parliament.
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    Dundas have never done kits of these FR 'Bowsiders', though their DM59 could be run with them. I suspect the reason the WD bogie wagons are out of production is there's a problem with the bogie tool. Both the WD bogie and the VoR coach bogie were one-piece mouldings and all kits with them in are marked 'out of production'.
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    I think it's a Class 29 as it appears to have the white line between the two greens applied to most of the class.
  13. BernardTPM
    Is this picture back to front? Both vehicle appear to be on the wrong side of the road for their direction of travel.
  14. BernardTPM
    The van and the odd half-open wagon look to have scratchbuilt bodies, but on two different commercial chassis. The brake van looks like it has been shortened from a standard length van, but whether a kit or not it's hard to tell. A view of the underside of these three might give some clues. I agree the P.O. opens are probably Peco. I built an example with the early wooden body in C &G Ayres livery; I still have the box!
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    It has certainly thrown up some interesting scenes, but perhaps doesn't understand the concept of essentially identical, mirrored rows of houses that typifies late 19th Century terraced housing. Where I used to live there were essentially just four styles of house in the whole road, I assume because each plot was developed at about the same time but by different developers/builders.
  16. BernardTPM
    The Dinky models scales were based on Imperial measures, the nearest to 7mm scale (1:43.5) being 17/64" per foot (about 7.08mm per foot or 1:43.06). These were mostly cars, but also includes the Coles Crane. The list I've seen was updated to 16th Feb.1961 so doesn't include later models.
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    I've had trouble with gmail addresses since last November when they apparently made changes. I can receive messages from a gmail addresses but I just can't get a reply back to them, they're always rejected, nor send a new e-mail to them. For me a gmail address is useless.
  18. BernardTPM
    That's interesting. It must have gained the overhead warning flash soon after that, but before the yellow patches were applied.
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    I'm not sure they ever updated that chassis construction; perhaps why they abandoned it in favour of the new Holden tank in 1978. I would be interested to see an all-cast version if anyone has one. The sprung wire pick-up makes it later than some as do the see-through wheels. Early ones have solid backed spokes (though I don't think they ever had the shallow version solid spokes) and a brown paxilon pick-up section with phosper bronze strips.
  20. BernardTPM
    The particular version you is probably the 1970s red version with the large Dean Single (Lord of the Isles) dome stuck on top. On this model the dome was plated silver rather than gold/brass.
  21. BernardTPM
    One this side of the road, two on the other side, but the taller one a replacement for the shorter one, the latter yet to be removed, I'd guess.
  22. BernardTPM
    The cabin cruiser might be overtaking 😄 Went on holiday that way back in 1974, (I think) and the 31 on our train wasn't exactly rapid.
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    Funnily enough Tri-ang used to make SpaceX.
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    Here's a 1960s photo of an early Mk.2 TSO interior. The same pattern seats and upholstery had also used on most of the XP64 seconds. This Mk.2 seems to have had just the upholstery changed whereas this one has a lot of light panelling in place of the wood and the tables replaced.
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    No, because the rest of the cars are 1979-82 style (X & Y reg are 1980-82). The slatted grille as on the silver W reg example would be the correct pattern. The early grilles are a deliberate alteration.
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