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  1. Class O
    Did the "paddlebox" start life as a Nu-Cast kit ?, as I made the patterns for that one.....
  2. Class O
    A friend (a BR employee) told me they got some stored stock to use in an excursion, it was still teak in 1964 !!!
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    Just to confuse things further I have been told thet some of the contractor built J39s were delivered with red & white lining like some Sentinel shunters.....
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    Darlington usually painted buffer bodies red ( a brighter red almost vermillion shade not like the BR shade ) side & connecting rods were often red too
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    My dad told me just after nationalisation some LMS men came to see how to improve the mineral workings, a Q6 passed them on a southbound coal working, full forward gear and wide open regulator (they worked a bonus scheme around here), This frightened the LMS men who thought the driver had gone mad, saying he would break the engine, They left shaking their heads. I remember seeing coal workings in the 60s they did not hang about......
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    I would like to see some North Eastern locos, I am sure they would be popular, long lasting (9/67), reasonably well travelled, The last pre-grouping locos on BR and some still preserved. my list would contain A8, B16, D20, G5, J21 or 27, Q6 or 7 none have ever been available RTR before in fact the only NER loco was the Mainline/ Bachmann J72 which is a little dated now.....I could go on but enough for now..... Owen Lancaster
  7. Class O
    There was a Black 5 wallpapered for a TV advert in the 60s...
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    Soory I pressed the wrong button, is there any way to undo a comment ? I meant to say I am sure they will and enjoy Sunday....Owen
  9. Class O
    Silica Gel, a lot of suppliers on Google.....
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    Pretty sure the van is D&S Johnathan....:0)
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    Looking good a nice job, the red cab interior looks good. When we were restoring the Q6 & J27 at Thornaby we found both were red inside, The best match was tile red floor paint. I have used American dark box car red on my models to good effect. Keep up the good work, hope to meet up at some show soon....:0)
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    I was wondering about the cab interior colours on black engines, I was always told/led to believe it was Indian red/ red oxide in LNER days.Changing to buff/cream in BR days ( like LMS) Also I have been told the buffer beams were originally a bright vermilion red changing to the darker cherry/pillar box red (LMS colours) in BR days.This was confirmed by a lot of old enginemen, sadly long gone. Was this just a Darlington practice, never seen an official reference to it ??
  13. Class O
    Princess Louise, I sold my handbuilt one recently......
  14. Class O
    Well worth the effort, what a difference ...:0)
  15. Class O
    I am very impressed by you standard of weathering. nice and subtle. well done...... Owen
  16. Class O
    ABS made a ex L&Y 8 wheel tender as a sludge carrier in 4mm
  17. Class O
    You can get other kits these days, Arthur Kimber produces both and I believe Dave Alexander will be making them as well.....
  18. Class O
    Thank you kind sir ;0)
  19. Class O
    No reason why ,its only one of my kits that I gave to Tom. a lovely paint job though. You are both more than capable....
  20. Class O
    The stock seems to be getting better and better.....
  21. Class O
    The first B16/2s were lined in red even though the RCTS books say they were plain black, I have got a photograph (Ransome-Wallis) that clearly shows this. Also some contractor built J39s were lined in red & white when delivered....
  22. Class O
    My dad and grandfather were both employed by the NER,LNER and BR, 1901 till 1967 so i have heard a lot of first hand accounts and knew a lot of enginemen. The RCTS books though good are full of mistakes/ omissions.....
  23. Class O
    * an old Starbeck driver*
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    Alot of locos had red rods , lined or not even some K3s, Darlington had a period of painting siderods black I was told by Gerry Pierson an pod Starbeck driver when I was talking to him at a NERA meeting in the 80s.....
  25. Class O
    They were built by a few master craftsmen, Frank Coulton being one of them....
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