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  1. Wickham Green too
    Well, the Kings were named long after their namesakes had passed away .... the King Arthurs even longer after their namesakes were supposed to have been around* ........... and just after the war is exactly when the Battle of Britain class names appeared on Bulleid's Light Pacifics ! * no doubt other examples .... racehorses p'raps
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    Now THAT would have confused lots of people as the English Electric Lightning post-dated the Brit ! 😊
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    ... though actually a Midland Railway site !
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    ... though it doesn't look to be fenced from the road(s) alongside .......... tramway p'raps ?
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    If there was a plan and everyone stuck to it, communication - other than STOP ! - might not have been necessary.
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    Has Blackburn featured in these pages before ? ..... if not it should have : - from Cumbrian Mountain Express : 24/4/99
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    ... and/or simple over exposure as the main subject of the photo is in shadow.
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    Might class 08 sandboxes be available elsewhere ?
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    One thing to note about No.66 is that it only has one set of brakes ............ if it survived much later it would have needed a second set fitting. From reading Keith Turton's notes, Wadsworths cared for their wagons and this would probably have happened to prolong the wagon's life .......... certainly the example that should land on my doormat Monday will receive a second set and will still be in traffic - just - into 1948.
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    You are, of course, assuming that Rapido aren't already aiming to improve their "early Engineering Prototype" illustrated on the last page .......... the words "early" and "Prototype" suggest to me that they have adequate time to sort out what they may already recognise as a glaring problem.
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    Unfortunately the title that's obvious to YOU might not contain the key words someone ELSE thinks obvious ...... truck / wagon, carriage / coach or locomotive / engine frinstance !
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    Half of them were built after the 13s were SCRAPPED !
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    Just about the only Brighton coaches to last into BR days, unfortunately .......... except on the Isle of Widget, of course. If it does - Please, PLEASE, Rapido don't model its tender in current state : they seem to have mounted a 3500 gallon body on the chassis from a 4000 gallon tender ..................... yes I know some people like models of locos AS CURRENTLY PRESERVED - but I don't, I'm afraid.
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    Not disagreeing with you .... that was a response to 34theletterbetweenB&D - though jumping over the page removed context.
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    Obviously couldn't fit a square egg in a round hole !
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    Yes - look at any photo of a 13 and you'll see a humungous slab of steel rather than the standard buffer beam.
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    Which far too many RTR & aftermarket producers seem not to be aware of.
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    "truck", "carriage", "storage wagon" ................... make up your minds !
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    Access may have been just for setting up - whatever - rather than riding in.
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    Rather implies that it could substitute for either the Master OR the Slave .......... sounds unlikely !!?!
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    'A few pages back' ? ...... that's half a thread back and fourteen months ago - no wonder I'd forgotten !
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    Without reading back through all sixteen pages of this thread, has anyone noticed / commented on the 'ghosts' of ironwork on the replacement door and timberwork on 943009* ................ a nice try, guys - I've just added the freshly replaced unpainted planks on mine. * O11 No.86140 appears, thus, in the original ( 1971 ) GW Wagons book.
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    Being VACUUM pipes aren't they a little chunky to represent AIR pipes ?
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    ... except, of course when said brake van(s) had to be conveyed empty because of an unbalanced working of some sort. ( I won't suggest that the unbalanced guard should have remained with his van ! )
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    Self contained routes are one thing but even the latest - Crossrail - hasn't attempted to go driverless on the pre-existing network.
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