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I created an Inglenook from Wooden Thomas a few years ago that satisfied me for hours.

Confused of Muscat says; It has leaf springs.

Should add that fixing the undersized bolster arrangement was beyond my skills / patience / families patience (delete as appropriate). Oakhill

Brakes, steps and tie-bar and 90deg off horizontal, although the mirror effect from the glass table is quite pretty. Cheers Oakhill

I think I commented several hundred pages ago that that type of County offends me greatly. The other type of ridiculous County that had difficulty staying on the track does not offend me at all.

Hi Nothing wrong with Kings passing outside frame panniers and possible in Bristol division in your timeframe although unlikely at Chippenham. Adrian

Hi again 3.5 years later I have a modified body being painted, a detailed under frame and some detailed bogies. THEN I GET THE CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE: All the photos I have seen show the right side (van at rear). This side does not have a guards window. For reference the photos are in Russell, on the HMRS website and in the flyer issued by Lionheart to advertise their product. I have never seen a photo of the other side, although I think there is a video somewhere showing a non corridor brake this on a Welsh branch. I though this was a D109 and it showed no window on the other side. I now realise that it may have been a D117, which has no window of te left side. So can anyone confirm if the D109 had a guards window on the left side (with the van at the rear) like the E140/145 or if there were no guards windows either side. Thanks Oakhill

The real WMR was the West Mercia Railway tracing its origins back to the Uxbridge and Amersham of 1839. This was the largest absorbed company into the Great Western although not as profitable as the Taff Vale. The WMR connected London with Oxford and twith Birmingham and Manchester or Cheltenham, Gloucester, Hereford and Ireland via Cardigan. It was the only pre grouping company that could offer you a one stop shop for Manchester to Southampton.

I think (I can’t get at any of the books today) that the coupled wheelbase is different between a 39xx and the Dean Goods. So the commercially available chassis’ are not suitable. If memory serves the wheelbase is 7ft3in + 7ft3in Adrian

Post 88 shows a poor photo of my Bogie upgrade and the headstock replacement. I wish I could show a completed picture of the D109 that this is becoming but my modelling proceeds at a pace similar to earth tectonics but without the occasional jump. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/116180-comet-k40-brake-airfix-b-set-conversion/page-4 Oakhill

In your roughly 4mm to the ft photo (on an iPad screen) I cannot see the splashers.

True about the photos. Those in Maidment’s book are both BR era with the smokebox plates clearly visible.

In Maidment’s Moguls and Prairies, there is a photo of 5380 showing old type and 5384 showing the later (Pages 124 and 128).

I think the third one is one of those Oxford ones with the bendy underframe.

Beer and Apple; what can I say. Sorry!

Another point; the Dapol CADs don’t have a prominent ATC shout under the front buffer beam. I am waiting for a RTR manufacturer to provide one that plugs into a NEM pocket.

One needs to be specific about our colours please.

I prefer them green (post 28 typically) sorry.

Surely then a new Mogul and Large Prairie should be immediately cancelled.

Never built because unless you could arrange some very clever compensating beams it would still be blue route.

Sorry also for 5109 in shirtbutton. There should be balancing pipes between side an bunker tanks on some of them and I believe the injectors were behind the steps on both sides. No lampirons on the bunker - only mentioned because they are shown at the front. Is the shovel on the tank a standard fitting for these, or a little joke cos Dapol sent an Airfix body to the design house. It’s also the worst moulded coal that I have ever seen. Oakhill I will be quiet now before this thread resembles one about track.

Recess in the bunker is wrong for 5109 in Great Western green. Well you did ask! Christmas Mubarak Oakhill

Conversely for me the temperature has fallen to the point where airbrushing is feasible. I was out at 8 this morning in low 20s temps with the etch primer. Coach looks great!

From Harrison and Pocock about half the class had 3000 gal tenders in the 1930s. Agree that no two 3000 gallon tenders look the same. I think Quarryscapes said the same elsewhere. Coach will be getting upset with my OT. So Adios Oakhill