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  1. My co-owner of the layout is actually the author of the definitive books on the D&S and I'm pretty certain I've seen pictures in the books of B-Sets in the books so "that's good enough for me". Thinking about it, if I could dig the books out and look at every picture I could possibly glean some coach numbers.
  2. Thank you Sir! Very informative for a GWR newbie. Unfortunately, for me at least, the waters are now a bit muddier. Looking at this Wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_Railways_shed_codes it seems that the places I'm interested in (Taunton, Barnstaple, the D&S et al) actually belonged to the Newton Abbot Division (83A), although some of the places that are mentioned on @Miss Prism's gwr.org.uk website did seem to have sets transferred in and out of the Bristol sphere of influence. All told, this means that plumping for a B-Set that belongs to Bristol Division (82A) possibly won't be a true representation of a set that actually worked the D&S. Oh well, worse things happen at sea... Think I'll just have to plump for the set that looks best and be damned for my choice. As I keep saying, I'm a dyed in the wool Southern man so I'm already doomed in most people's eyes anyway.
  3. That looks like an M7 and an ex- GWR coach that I don't recognise? One of the things I have been told is that it was very common for ex-SR locos to haul ex-GW coaching sets and ex-GW locos to haul ex-LSWR sets on the D&S.
  4. Thanks. Done a lot of reading this morning but one piece of information is eluding me at the moment. As a dyed in the wool "Southern Man" the way that I understand the word "Division" in this context can be explained as follows. The old SR/BR(S) system had 3 divisions: Western Division that roughly equated to the old LSWR system Central Division that roughly equated to the LBSCR system Eastern Division that was mostly made up of the Kent lines. In this context, what is the extent of the "Bristol Division"? Thanks. Elliott
  5. So, I've come to this thread a bit late... I've recently become the co-owner of a 00 Gauge layout called Wiveliscombe which we bought "sans stock", oh, and Barnstaple MRC are building a layout of Milverton in the same era as Wivey - BR(W). As the SR half of Wivey's new ownership team I'm playing catch up on the ex-GWR side of the operation and in another thread on RMWeb @Pteremy drew my attention to the suitability of these B Set coaches for use on the old D&S line between Taunton and Barnstaple. Now, as a dyed in the wool Southern man I know exactly where to go to find coach set allocations for ex-SR stock but I'm still wet behind the ears where ex-GWR stuff is concerned. I've done a bit of digging both here and on other websites and I've turned up some useful hints (including a link to something @Miss Prism posted in the B-Set allocations thread) but I've completely failed to turn up any suggestions as to whether any of these Rapido B-Sets are suitable for use in the Taunton area and more specifically on the D&S line. Exam question: Are any of the crimson or maroon sets Rapido are doing suitable for the Taunton area? Or do I just get one and indulge in a bit of judicious weathering? TIA Elliott
  6. Being the SR half of the new ownership team of Wivey I consulted one of the previous operating team whom I know rather well and who was their research king when it came to trains that could be justified on the line. The upshot is that he has - and is currently seeking out - a picture of a 63' non-corridor Mk 1 (I think) at Wivey station and he thinks there might be a evidence of a 57' one turning up a couple of times as well. If it arrives soon, and I remember, I will post it here.
  7. OK, thanks. That'll give me a chance to sort out which ones actually ran on the line so that I can make up a reasonably realistic rake.
  8. After a quick consult with the gurus I need to follow up this with @Accurascale Fran if poss please. Are you actually doing WR variants? I've recently become co-owner of a layout called Wiveliscombe which is a real place on the old GWR Devon and Somerset Railway. There is evidence that these coaches might well have put in an appearance, the full length ones certainly did, so - despite the location tag in my profile - I could well be in the market for a slack handful if you are doing WR numbered ones. Cheers Elliott (Who is rapidly learning that 83F isn't as bad as he thought it was)
  9. I would tend to agree with you... However, by posting that screen shot I am probably now on the naughty step and as punishment they now won't be doing the Longmoor Military Railway variants that I'm waiting for... 😭😭😭
  10. Hi guys Anyone know anything about the website in the title? The entry for my new Club in Barnstaple is way out of date (by about 4 years), they have tried to contact the webmaster to get it updated but no one ever gets back to them. Cheers Elliott
  11. When I first started as the Monday Boy in Wicor Models back in 2007ish the expectation was that first radius curves would be "history" by 2010. Strange to see that that has failed as well and both Peco & Hornby are still pushing them out.
  12. Not wish listing and rather more in tune with the original intention of this thread. I've been reading a couple of other (real) rail forums in the last 24 hours and it's dawned on me that we are getting into the sort of area that is the 60th anniversary of the seismic shift was the demise of the railways as we knew them. OK, the final toll of the bell wasn't until 1968 but from here on in every year is going to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of "something" Just an idle observation, there's plenty of scope for "Commemorative Packaging Specials" over the next 4 years.
  13. I don't know so much. How long were the SECR Birdcage sets in the Bachmann catalogue before we finally saw them on the shelves? Se against that, the EFE SR Boosters were announced in the October/November time frame and I've already had the email from Wicor Models telling me mine are ready to collect the next time I'm in town. To me, that has been a far more satisfying customer experience plus, when we were waiting for the Birdcage sets I was actually working in said shop and was constantly having to defend Bachmann's poor track record of delivery to customers.
  14. Just checked, there is indeed 4SUB 4732 in there, along with a Mersey Rail 503 and one coach from preserved BR(S) 4EPB unit 5176.
  15. First up, I have to say that this topic is far more controlled than it has been in recent years. My two penn'orth is this thought: If Hornby are going down the same track as Bachmann by only announcing things that are much closer to delivery than has been the practice in the past what might we see? I'm citing the new Boosters that are being release under the EFE Banner in the new year as an example - they have obviously been under development for some time but Bachmann have wisely chosen to hold off on the announcement literally until they were in the container on their way. There is precedent; Hornby did do something similar when they announced the 2BILs, announcement to release was barely 3 months iirc. So, I wonder if we might start to see models of the stuff that's in the old warehouse at Margate? Isn't there a Bulleid era 4SUB in there? I seem to recall reading somewhere that that was scanned shortly after its arrival. What else is there? Anyone know? In my mind the time since that facility was set up is about the time it takes to properly develop a new model.
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