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I have 13 panniers of various ilks plus one more under construction. Do I need help?

I remember seeing some of those in the St Helens area 60-odd years ago. They were rotting then. A number have been recovered for restoration at different heritage lines, including the Bluebell.

Wot, more than Monk Bar Model Shop?????

QED.

Nope - especially not the bloke front left...

Another reason not to sit in any row that's in line with the front part of the engine.

Obvious! Thanks.

Yes, Super 4 was still Tri-ang and had a completely different geometry from Series 3. I have a June 1993 Peco Setrack Plan Book, which only includes no 1 and no 2 radius but includes a reference to "other manufacturers' No 3 radius" - obviously Hornby - with regard to curved points. I thought I also had some Tri-ang and later books but apart from a January 1966 Triang-Hornby Super 4 book they seem to have gone AWOL at the moment.

Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grubb?

I'm trusting my memory here, so don't shoot me down. Hornby and Peco certainly use the same 1st/2nd/3rd/4th radius designations (I think there's a typo above by the way - 2nd radius is 438mm not 428mm )but I'm not sure which came first - probably Hornby, as I'm sure System 6 track predated Setrack. I do seem to recall that at one time, before 4th radius was introduced (possibly even earlier, with Super 4), Hornby described their track as small/medium/large radius. PS - interesting that Peco 4th radius is described as 571.5mm not 572mm, thereby breaking the 67mm track centres rule slightly - I wonder why?

The whole footplate doesn't look quite straight and level in the first photo, which might be affecting the fit. Is is too late to do anything about that?

J5728 - great cars, especially that rather tatty Mk1 Cortina!

Per tuppence, per person, per trip (I know, that was the even earlier ferry, but I couldn't resist). Yes, I think more so than our Harbour Bridge, whose arch seems to stop rather abruptly at the (ornamental) pylons.

I wonder why that failure mode wasn't designed out.

They were seriously good at singeing one's eyebrows too, probably for the same reason. My grandad had a bath once a week, whether he needed it or not.

438mm, as above. 505mm.

Not so...

Orange 303s? Glasgow!

Waterloo Station every Friday night...

Huckleberry Finn (and the Merchant of Venice). I failed.

The ones I worked with were all in Yorkshire!

Thanks. That would be a good explanation. I'll compare my two for similarities and differences within the next day or so and report back.

Daleks were the machines that opened and closed the doors on HAA MGR coal hoppers. Pronounced dah-lecks, just to stay on topic...

It's definitely not a Cotswold - I have one of those too. When I got it, I thought it was Nu-Cast (son of Cotswold?) but I'm sure I saw something on it marked DJH. When I have a chance I'll have another look. In the meantime, a quick search reveals: https://www.ebay.com/itm/364859478867 However, that's the only search result for DJH 42xx, so it's possibly described wrongly, although there's definitely a DJH box in one of the photos.

Let me offer a different perspective. Over here, I can wait until (at least) two more issues have been published before buying the "current" one at a newsagent - if it happens to be in stock. That would cost me the best part of $20 or GBP 10 a time. Alternatively, I can take out an overseas subscription through British Railway Books (usual disclaimer) and receive every copy by air mail within two or three weeks of publication. It will arrive at my door securely packaged in a sealed plastic bag that is itself contained in a stout cardboard envelope. That costs about 50% more. Which option do I choose? What do you think?