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Craftsman did a brass Swindon style cab end, they occasionally appear on online auction sites. Brian.

The delivery of HA21 on the 5th May marked the passing of the half way point for the delivery of ScotRail HST trailers. Long way to go yet, I don’t think Wabtec will achieve their August target (like all their other missed target dates) but I’d like to be proved wrong. Brian.

Thanks for all the advice and encouragement from everyone on here, chopping up now underway. Brian.

A further couple of questions, how well does Replica glazing fit Triang Mk1 BSK and CK coaches? How does Replica glazing compare with SE Finecast glazing in Triang Mk1s?

The whole of the old North British Railway east coast route from the Forth Bridge to Montrose is a badly built and poorly planned railway, it’s just one after another speed restriction before an incline. Sir Nigel Gresley went as far as designing the P2, the most powerful express steam locomotive class to try and deal with it.

Thank you for taking the time to think about my wee project. You’re correct assuming that section B is to replace the corridor side door and two small windows. I understand your thinking in compartment sizes but if you think in bits of plastic I think it should work. By cutting along the inside edge of the toilet window window frame and the inside edge of the stretcher window frame, and the outer edges of the two small windows it should be an OK fit.

Sorry to hi-jack this thread. I’m in the planning stage of my first Triang Mk1 Cut ‘n’ Shut improvement, hopefully at the end have a diagram AB11 BFK with c/w bogies. A couple of questions, does anybody know what type of roof ventilators were fitted to the final Lot number 14023-14027 and does my picture below look like a workable plan of what goes where from a BSK and a CK.

Wabtec haven’t achieved any delivery targets they’ve so far set, I expect it will be the usual sporadic delivery then trying to be made fit for use for a while before finally entering traffic. If class 222 do become the ScotRail HST replacement it is possible that the first class 222 will arrive with ScotRail before the last delivered HST trailers Wabtec warranty has ended! Brian.

Haven’t even got half the trailers yet (half of the trailer rakes are supposed to be 5 car), I wonder how long the final trailer to be delivered will actually get to spend in traffic with ScotRail?

Got 2 (029 and 033) from Rails a wee while back when they arrived on these shores, which gives me a grand total of 6ish Class 27. 4 Heljan, 1 Heljan chassis and Lima body currently on my workbench being 27/2ised and a Lima 27 that I modified from a 33 with a Craftsman kit back in the 1980s when that was all that was available for a 27. I may get some more later this year. Brian.

The MDW wagons that went to Fort Bill were for scrap metal, it was an ‘as required’ flow of used metal strap bindings, I know the chap who had to climb up and in to the wagon with a set of cutters to make sure the springy metal wouldn’t spring out of gauge in transit.

I agree with the gist of the above post, that all the BR mainline classes have now been done in rtr and pretty much all of them are now done to the current exacting standard. All that’s left is the short lived Class 48 (which could be lumped in with other small sub classes) and oddities such as the Fell and the ‘Super’ Clayton. Back OT, sadly I can’t justify a Class 21 for myself as I use 1970 as a cut off (unless they produce a cheap scrapline train pack!), where as the Class 29 is very tempting. The problem is new Heljan 27s, Oxford ScotRail Mk3a, Hornby J36. Scottish railway modellers have never had it so good/financially challenging. Brian.

Thanks for the clarification. They could’ve become private compartment coaches for families, business meetings, those that hate travelling in the company of strangers, etc. A bit of imagination and marketing and a whole new market Of travellers might’ve opened up. Brian.

One of the more positive aspects of the Mk3 Sleepers is that the underframe hasn’t suffered from 40 years of corrosive urine unlike the unrebuilt daytime Mk3 vehicles. The big negative for the Mk3 sleepers is they they’re structurally unsuitable for interior layout modification, the interior partitions are part of its structure. The ones that have gone to preserved railways I expect to last much longer than the Mk1s they’re replacing. For future mainline or heritage use the rebuilt Mk3s are the ones to bide they’re time for until their available, a lot less underframe corrosion issues and toilet tanks (CET), they’re the heritage future. Just for information. The swing links on a BT10 are the two vertical bars either side of the air suspension towards the outside of the bogie on both sides. Short ones are more recessed in the underside of the bolster than long ones, to the untrained eye it can be hard to tell the difference. The safety loops on the outside are not a good guide to identify them from a distance. Brian.

Resistance is futile, they’re cracking ‘wee injuns’. A tough start to the year for my credit card with these, the new batch of Oxford ScotRail Mk3a coaches and Model Rail Scotland in a few weeks.

Miniature loco snow ploughs tended to be removed for the summer (when most photos were taken) and then fitted for the winter (when fewer photos were taken), and often they were not removed for the summer and not fitted for the winter either! If you have definite photo evidence it helps, but just because nobody took a photo of it (film was expensive) didn’t mean they were or were not fitted. The only general rule on 26s and 27s snow ploughs is that 26/0 and the E&G 27s were never fitted. Rule 1 can always be applied to 27029 and snow ploughs.

Boiler working well on that one, has any one ever fitted a seuthe smoke unit (other brands are available) to a coach end to replicate steam heat?

Here’s my attempt at a replated Dia 1/107 on the left and an early 1970s rebuild on the right. Both made using Parkside kits with additional doors from Dapol bodies (because they were very cheap), and brass brake levers. Brian.

A pint will put you over the limit nowadays, even a half pint is far too risky. So it’s nothing alcoholic at all if you might be driving. Many years ago I had to reverse my car down a narrow private farm track after drinking 4 cans of beer, one of the most difficult driving experiences I’ve ever had. Brian.

Probably the wise thing to do, weathering can be a bit Marmite. 27001 weathering is in my opinion, one of the better rtr weathering I’ve seen. So hopefully 27030 will be acceptable. After waiting a long time for a new batch of TOPS 27s from Heljan, this new batch is a bit overwhelming. I want them all! But bank account says only one, maybe two, or three if I can manage without food for a bit! Brian

Photos of the actual models are up on the Gaugemaster website. Heljan 2716 27030, Blue FYE, Eastfield Westie dog, no boiler tank, unweathered. Heljan 2718 27029, Blue FYE, Inverness Stag (Black on Yellow), no boiler tanks, unweathered. They all look very tempting, I particularly like 27001 in GFE. Although it was short lived in this style, I am a sucker for green TOPS numbered locos. Brian.

If you go on the Modelmaster website you’ll find the decal sets that are supplied with the Peco Parkside kits. The decals clearly have ‘Parkside Models by PECO’ along the top and ‘Waterslide transfers made in the U.K. for PECO by MODELMASTER.UK’ along the bottom. Just find the set that matches the Parkside kit and that will be the one included. You can order the decals for the kits directly from Modelmaster but they’re a bit behind with orders as Jim Grindlay injured his thumb last year and then was rear ended in his car in December. They’re a ‘mom & pop’ type of operation so your order will be fulfilled, but not quickly. I have no links to Modelmaster other than a very satisfied repeat customer. Other decal manufacturers produce decals that can be used on some of the Peco Parkside as well. Brian.

Timings for tomorrow. Units are 314202 and 314205. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/M13988/2019-12-18/detailed https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/M13989/2019-12-18/detailed A final ECS run to Shields T.M.D. and then the ‘Argyle Units’ will be no more. Brian.

I think they’re all being used on the leaky HST’s.

https://www.scotrail.co.uk/about-scotrail/news/so-long-farewell-scotrail’s-class-314-goodbye Thought I’d put this here in case anyone is in or around Glasgow on Wednesday 18/12/19, last chance to see or ride on a 314.