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Found time to have a look at my two this morning. The Southern green one is missing its buffers at one end.

A lot of dealers who ordered these do not seem to have been supplied. Under produced ?

Got my Craven on Saturday. Route 63 to Honor Oak, Forest Hill Tavern. Very nice model with lots of detail in the platform area. This is good for us as we have a layout of Crystal Palace High Level Station. This was closed in 1954 and the 63 bus route was extended to Crystal Palace to replace the rail service. Can be posed on the layout for driver training ? All the best Happy new year Ray

A good year, I was born in the July. Merry Christmas everyone. All the best Ray

Anybody got one yet ? My regular supplier has not had them in yet. All the best Merry Christmas Ray

Aah Bill the Bish, always helpful. I was involved in the Southwark Environment Trust who took on the restoration of Denmark Hill Station after it had suffered major damage from a fire in 1980. We obtained the funds from various sources and carried out substantial repairs including rebuilding the first floor part of the structure with its distinctive roof profile and decoration. We also found a tenant for most of the building, one Bruce's Brewery Co., who established a brewery in a newly created basement and a railway themed pub in the building, 'the Phoenix and Firkin.' Had several good sessions in there !!!

I saw this and chatted to Tony several times. I particularly liked the working B Type bus. A great shame that Tony died so young. I seem to recall that one of the problems with the layout was that the guide wire buried in the road had rusted and no longer performed its function. That would need to be either dug out and replaced, or perhaps a new one laid and embedded.

So there is hope for the SE & CR coaches to return as well. All the best Ray

Hi Matt. Aah, some soft shoe shuffling. Keep up the good work. Ray PS. I will be in touch re our Christmas get-together.

Try Bill Bedford for the SE&CR cab side plates. He used to do them, not sure if he still does. All the best Ray

Hi James. Still awaiting your decision about Crystal Palace for next years show. All the best Ray

Preserved Wainwright green and battleship grey required for Hawkhurst.

They must be over 40 years old Dave ? All the best Ray

Or perhaps they will reform Freddie and the Dreamers for a chorus of 'Ewe were made for me.'

That's awfully good !

Don't panic !!!

After a quick check, I see that the release date for this has been put back yet again to Dec/Jan. These models have had a longer gestation than a elephant.

How about an LMS brake van in Somerset and Dorset livery. They already have the tooling. Could be a club model. Ray

Bring on the comfy chair.......

Already had that with Heljan's Lynton and Barnstaple locos.

Now back over to EWE.

Blimey, sheep and wolf, sounds a bit dodgy !!!! Hope he has had a good bowl of grass for breakfast. I have watched WWS demos on the application of their static grass, so know their technique. All the best Ray

Yes a good show at a new venue with nice selection of layouts and range of trade stands, plus scope for expansion. Looking forward to next years show.

Met the sheep today and had a discussion about the static grass. Apparently he thinks that WWS stuff is the best. Must get some more of that. Thought that he should have Shepherds Pie for lunch. Baaaaa ! Also had the all day breakfast. Still recovering from that. No room for dinner tonight. Another good day out with lots of excellent layouts to see at Uckfield.

Saw it yesterday, very nice and had a few words with Mr Muz. Didn't see the Bish though.