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Your retailer would probably tell you to check with Bachmann.

Freshford, Frilsham and Cookham were regulars on Reading- Redhill workings. Torquay was seen once on the Margate- Wolverhampton as was Ramsbury. All seen at Guildford over several years.

On the subject of Southern MK1's I have suggested to both Bachmann and Hornby that a 3 car set complete with set numbers on the BSK's and correct coach numbers for a particular set, might be a boost to sales as three coaches would need to be purchased. This certainly worked on me when I purchased a three car set of Blood and Custard Maunsells. I was only after an example of a 4 compartment BTK, but on seeing it was part of a numbered set I just had to track down the CK and the other BTK.

Jack P, that looks like a superb job!. Not for the feint hearted though, if skills are in doubt. I received a free crimson set from Bachmann for helping them at the research stage, but would not dare such a repaint!. I hope Bachmann will do a set in malachite for the BR era, and maybe some departmental brakes too in the future. There are still many variants of these coaches for them to do.

A word of warning for anyone considering a repaint of their Birdcages whilst apart. The droplights are not part of the body moulding, but part of the glazing, so would have to be painted separately, and there are rather a lot of them!.

Not a 4BEP admittedly, but there are some Bachmann 2EPB bargains to be had. Unit 5771 ( cat no.31-379 ) has full rrp of £219.99, but can be bought for £109.99, and from one retailer £ 104.99 + free postage. It would seem that retailers are being stuck with this model and need to shift them. I now have two 2EPB's units 5770/1 and consider 5771 to be a real bargain. If Bachmann's present prices stick, then fine, but if there is customer resistance bargains will follow.

I've always considered the front end of a Mk4 DVT to be quite handsome. Quite why the 91 and DVT have different cab designs is unclear, but must have added to the cost of the build as two sets of components instead of one would be required. A cost saving was missed there.

If we go back to page 1 of this thread, the first item is of a CAD from DJ models. Therein may be a clue as to what has happened to the Road Van. Was it caught up in the DJM debacle ?, did it ever progress beyond the CAD stage ?. We all know that DJ was all talk with little action, so maybe the LSWR Road Van will still be a long time coming if the commissioner had little to take back in house, as they did with other models that DJ was ' working ' on. I am still interested in one when they appear.

I have been looking forward to Bachmann's Bulleid coaches ever since the were announced. An update in 2020 on progress would do me fine, it's the not knowing that's frustrating. OK they will come one day and I am sure they will be superb, hopefully they have, or are about to leave the drawing office. Wishing as always all the best to Bachmann.

BR(W) made extensive use of an uncut moquette known as ' sprig and octopus '. This was a maroon material with a yellow twig like pattern. This was used by other BR regions as well, but was particularly common on the Western.

Arrived at the weekend - Very nice.

'City of Salford' is surely a contender this year.

Many thanks, the second photo was taken on 6/2/2016, at King's Cross for, as you say. the filming of Wonder Woman. I've not seen the film yet.

We had to use mobile cranes several times with 7598. To lift the grounded body onto a lorry, and lift it off at Horsted Keynes. The LNWR underframe used was placed on trestles by a crane, and later flipped over on the trestles to work on the underside, again by crane. Finally the coach body was placed on the shortened, refurbished underframe by crane. No, none of the above involved anything as heavy as a Merchant Navy boiler, which was a planned and clearly successful exercise to upturn the boiler, however ' Heath Robinson ' the job may have looked. Welcome to the realities of railway preservation. Back to the Bachmann crane now!.

Some people on here have clearly never worked on projects in railway preservation. A job needs to be done, but ideal facilities are not available, the answer, improvisation. The ideal may cost a lot of money ( never enough funds ), but the improvised way, nothing. A job that could be potentially risky or dangerous requires careful planning, and it is essential to make sure that any equipment to be employed is up to the job, and anyone not competent is kept well away. I have successfully run two major carriage restoration projects on the Bluebell Railway, much of the work was carried out before the present, wonderful, facilities were built so we had to make the most of what we had.

The J6 is a real missing link in rtr. My Grandfather worked for Albert Course, of Burys farm, near Biggleswade. Most of the produce from the farm went to London by train. Apparently Mr Course was once entertained by some GNR Directors, such was the value of his business to the GNR. Two images I once saw of his produce being loaded at Biggleswade, had a J6 on the front, just the sort of job they were built for. For sentimental reasons, count me in for one.

I have used three model retailers over the years for ordering items over the phone. When it comes to loco's I've always asked them to test and check the model before despatch, and up to now they have all been happy to oblige, and in my case all purchases have arrived in good order. Surely, apart from possible rough handling in transit, this is the best way to obtain a fault free model.

Hornby can carry on spoiling us Southern types if they like. I would have no problem with a ' Tin HAL ' 2 NOL, 4SUB, or 4 COR. Plenty of room for some of the later styles of Maunsell steam stock too.

Probably better to have traction tyres on a model with a good chassis, than without on a dodgy DJM one. I have avoided all of his models since, and quite rightly going by feedback from some of the other commissions he was involved in. I wish Bachmann well with the Midland tank.

Exactly the same as my 02, but it's more down to a gutless motor, than lack of traction with my example.

Early December arrival, or Dapol not planning to ship in the near future, which is it ?. Some news/update would be appreciated.

4SUB ?. Bring it on !!.

The fact is that you and I are doing our bit to over populate the world.

A set of Bulleid ' shorties ' in Blood and Custard, with re-tooled glazing, to bring them up to the standard of Hornby's previous ' flush glazed ' coaches.

The correct shade of malachite debate, will no doubt, rumble on. But to my eyes Bachmann have nailed it. I worked in the Bluebell Railway C&W Dept. for many years, and was fortunate to see examples of genuine SR malachite first hand. The best sample we had was on a guards van door recovered from Stewarts Lane. This door was LSWR pattern, and importantly had never been used from new, so was not weathered. When I saw Bachmann's rendition of malachite on their Birdcage sample it compared well to my memory of that door.