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Here, here!! Talk about getting *nal about minutae! CJI.

Since you've asked - despite apparently not wanting to know - the arc of the roof curve is far too deep. A comparison of the model with a photo of the prototype will reveal all. Well - you did ask ......! CJI.

The INSIXFISH has been done as an excellent etched kit by Macgeordie of this parish. CJI.

Thanks Mike - I knew it was a fraction of an inch; just couldn't be sure which one! 🤔 John Isherwood.

No - you are correct with 5/32"; I blame age! CJI.

Fox? CJI.

Not true, I'm afraid - they were 3/32" dia., and you had to use special brass axle bushes to fit 1/8" Romford axles. Hornby Dublo used 1/8" axles. CJI.

Now completed and running on the layout. John Isherwood.

I suspect that it depends upon whether the item in question is available ex-stock, or if the transfer livery has to be custom-applied to a kit which is / is not to hand. CJI.

Here, here !!! I reach out when I need to touch something nearby; when I need help I 'make contact with / speak to' the appropriate person / organisation. Where do these 'trendy' phrases come from? 😡 CJI.

Not Keyser - but I am currently building an Anbrico ex-GWR streamlined railcar, to be W14W. It is fitted with a 7' WB Black Beetle motor bogie, and will be portrayed in 1950s condition with the side panels over the bogies removed. The kit was not provided with bogie sideframes, as it was intended to run with a full set of side valance panels. Some years ago, I was fortunate enough to get hold of a set of exquisite whitemetal bogie frame castings. These had been produced with the intention of reintroducing the Anbrico kit - but I don't think that this ever happened. Photos later. CJI.

Copied directly from the US of A - as were most / all of their 'action' stock! CJI.

Sadly, you have confirmed what I feared! It is my belief that, within a generation, the core of the model railway hobby will look very different from what we see today. Prototype historical research is, I think, now at a zenith - the market will quite quickly become centred on technical gizmos and 'features'; accurately reproducing the prototype - either historical or current - will become a niche occupation. 🥺 CJI.

Quite! I'm afraid that Hornby are rapidly building themselves a reputation for half-baked gimmicks. Either don't bother with gimmicks - my much preferred option - or DO IT PROPERLY! It would seem that Hornby are convinced that there are masses of potential customers who will buy anything with a new 'feature' - prototypical or not. I do hope not! CJI.

What about the tender lamp? Is this removable / relocatable? CJI.

Such is the shortage of dentists that we need a government-funded, priority training campaign. If potential dentists want to go straight into private practice - they self-fund their training. CJI.

£99? Think yourself lucky!! NHS dentistry is extinct in Cornwall, so we'd not seen a dentist for years. When my wife wife had a receding gum / pain issue six months ago, we were forced to sign up with a private practice - I thought I'd better have a check-up too. We both had an initial inspection - compulsory if you wanted to be seen; a hygienist appointment - again, compulsory prior to any treatment; my wife had a desensitising coating to her teeth, and I had a minor cavity filled. Total cost - over £2,000 !!! Six months later, they were insisting that we needed to go through the hygienist / inspection regime again - no way !!! It is high time that the government dictated that all newly trained dentists fulfil several years of NHS-only practice before being allowed to undertake private practice - and that the government pay realistic remuneration during that period. CJI.

I'm pretty certain that I can make out gauging plates at the RH end of the wagon in Paul's photos; the position of the watermark confuses matters. From its condition, I'd say it is very much still in departmental service. CJI.

..... and, at full chat on the Midland Mainline, south of Leicester (Wigston), they were at least as, if not more, impressive than a Deltic! CJI.

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Potatoes shaped like a Metrovick would be dead easy to peel and slice into chips! CJI.

If you're referring to the '2' - a flaw in the film emulsion or a large seagull deposit? CJI.

If pressed, KRM WILL refund IN FULL - I know - I rejected the 'half - half' Fell and got a full refund. It says a lot about a (non UK) company when they try and blag customers with illegal terms and conditions. Press for every penny they owe you - and go to Trading Standards if they resist! CJI.

They may say this - but, if they've failed to supply within the period originally stated, you should be entitled to a full refund. I'm afraid that KRM think that they can make up their own terms and conditions, regardless of UK law. CJI.

..... which all seems rather a faff when the loco lamps were not lit during daylight hours anyway. Talk about a gimmick for gimmick's sake - Hornby pandering to the trainset brigade again! CJI.