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Named after the cinema at the Elephant and Castle......... Merry Christmas Ray

Just ordered my preserved blue loco. It can run with my Hornby North British J36. Merry Christmas Ray

Lion is on its way both from Hornby and Rapido. All the best Ray

Hi DIN. Just been scanning your blog again. I have been in discussion with Woko, and would certainly like some of his 4mm wagons and coaches, the SE & CR and LC & DR ones especially. Be pleased to hear if you decide to produce these. All the best Merry Christmas Ray

More temptations. Pity I cannot place an order. All the best Merry Christmas Ray

Bring on the E1's. Main land and Isle of Wight.

Hi Matt. Have a look at Anyscale Models website. He does a number of items for the quayside including steel lighters and a Clyde Puffer, plus several derelict items. South Eastern Finecast, (Now Squires), do a small crane tank, although the reach of the fixed jib around the chimney would not be very far. The South Eastern Railway bough two and the Caledonian one. I have one to build and I hope that the very small loco wheels are still available. All the best Happy modelling Merry Christmas Ray

Still good service. He will be at the Woolwich Show at Shooters Hill this weekend. All the best Ray

Mi Matt. Hope that you are well. Dart Castings do a good range of horses for what you need. All the best Ray

No, good priorities ! Ray

Must have outsourced the production to Bachmann ! Ray

Which year ?

The Ratio Midland Suburban All Third makes a good LB & SCR All Third *, after changing bogies and some details. Unfortunately, the other Midland Suburbans do not have enough plain panelled sections to easily cut and shut other types of LB & SCR coaches. A set of Mike King drawings would be of assistance.MikeKingDrawings (1).docx (*Also good for the Isle of Wight). All the best Ray

We will hopefully be sorting out the baseboard alignment issues next Tuesday and then making sure all the top surfaces are levelled. up. Paul also has to complete the stools for the point rodding on the tunnel board. The bases for the pavement will also need to be put down on College Road. I will hopefully be having a go at assembling the ground signals, assembling the point levers and frames and completing the rest of the smaller items for the road works scene over the Christmas/New Year period. In the New Year I will be taking home one board at a time to do the brickwork finishing with tinted varnish, and painting and finishing any bits that have not been done yet. Much easier to work at home where I can spend more time on each session and manipulate the boards to get them into a good working position. I will then lay the paving slabs, kerb stones, gutter stones and rainwater gullies and manhole covers on College Road and paint as required, also progress the road works scene. I will also be doing the ground surface detail in two or three stages. I have all the materials to hand, but need to experiment a bit to get the ideal finish. Gary says that he will have the South end building ready for painting after Christmas as well. I have a stock of the paint, and the building is a bit easier to work on than a 4ft x 3 ft baseboard, so I should be able to progress that fairly quickly. So I have a few jobs to do...... All the best Ray

Hi Tony. So you did that after you cam home from the club last night ! Are you on the night shift ? All the best Ray

Hi Matt. Have you seen this in the layout topics. Might prove of interest especially the most recent posts. All the best Ray

I hope that the depot is recovering after that dental surgery last night Tony. All the best Ray

That goes for most steam era, early EMU and DMU coaches. All the best Ray

There is a pull-push H Class in BR early logo livery announced about the same time that I have been waiting for to complete my pull-push set, which has also gone back to Winter 2023. This starting to get as bad as Bachmann. All the best Ray

Hi Colin. Got a bit ahead of myself there. We only lost Len Field this year. I knew him for nearly forty years. Peter was like an associate member of the bus group and got involved in some of its activities. All the best Ray

Nice view of the Feltham there. Not sure of the ownership status of that as it was privately purchased by I think three people: Peter Atkinson, Len Field and another and I believe that it was given to the LT Museum on long term loan. I knew Peter and we used to go up to the museum and let people have a go at driving it as it was mounted up on blocks. Len was the treasurer of our bus group 1702 Bus Preservation Society and we lost him last year from Covid related illness. I do not think that tram is still mounted on blocks. All the best Ray

Good shots of the framework there. Just thinking what you could use to make that. Possibly solder it up from brass strip and use some Scalelink rivet strip for the vertical bits. The section at the end obviously contains carrying wheels, probably quite small, maybe N Gauge. Not sure how you will hide the threaded road unless it was hidden under the floor in the middle with perhaps just a rod attached to the threaded bush under the bridge running in a slot along the pit. All the best Ray

Tony. You might have a look at Gary's turntable on Crystal Palace. Basically he used a piece of copper clad for the top of the bridge and soldered the rails to it. If you scored down the middle through the copper it would isolate the two sides and you can then lay the surface up to track top level on that. Have a look at perhaps N gauge plate bridge sides for forming the frames. These could be glued securely to the under side of the copper clad using Araldite making a nice strong framework for the traverser. Obviously you can plan your operating mechanism around that, installing a threaded bush under the bridge for the threaded rod to run through and some kind of guides to keep everything smooth and level down in the pit. Stanchions for the handrails are available from model boat suppliers and piano wire could be used for the handrails. Nice and strong and will not bend. All the best Ray

Hmm - Is there a Colin out there. The font of all tram knowledge ? See you at the club next week. All the best Ray

Four of our club members attended yesterday. Started with a good breakfast around the corner. Very good show with some excellent layouts. Also picked up a book I had been looking for, for some time and at half price. All in all a good day out. Ray