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I used some of the old Mainline LMS coaches to make my AT, based off of some old pictures I found online. Just need to add numbers and it'll be finished.

Hello all, im looking for the following few bits if anyone has any knocking around - Bachmann Red LMS Crab Tender Wild West Coach bottom with steps and bogies - Airfix/Bachmann Lima Leopold Railgun bogie Hornby China M7 Body, doesn't matter the colour Thank you, George

Well it's been a little while as I've been distracted with some other projects but I have just finished making another ramp wagon out of plasticard and random bits from broken wagons. It hasn't actually come out too bad, only took about an hour or so to knock up. The only thing I didn't do was remove the sleepers that would have been used to help tanks get up the initial part of the wagon as I didn't fancy cutting some strips out of the body. Maybe that'll be a job for another time.

Thank you Tony, those videos are really interesting and full of great information. I'll check out those transfers and I agree I wouldn't imagine they would have changed the writing on the ramp wagons. I've pretty much finished the wagons now, well apart from a couple of details to pick out and transfers so here's how they are looking at the moment.

Here's some Universal Carriers, bit hard to work out the exact wagons though And some 17 pounders which look fresh out the factory

It certainly looks smarter than the cast heads and that's a good plan, the writing is quite small. I was going for around 1944ish with my ones, I'm not too sure as to how accurate my colour is as in some photos the ramp and warflats look more like black than green but I can't find a definite answer. Thank you, I will have a look at Modelmaster as I am looking to convert an Austerity and an 8f to War Department spec.

They look really good Tony, did you swap out the buffers for metal ones? One thing I should have done is change the hand brake wheels for etched ones as the ones supplied seem a little chunky. At least they are only glued though so I can take them off and swap them if I decide to. Do you know anywhere that does the relevant decals for these? Given the nice weather I went out this morning and primed them so hopefully I will get round to painting them late tonight or tomorrow afternoon.

Thank you, going by the pictures I've seen the buffer beam seems to meet with the solebars so a little trimming is at least needed as the ones with the kit meet the full width of the deck. Your ones really do look good Tony, I like that you've even added on the hook eye. An eye for detail I hope I will achieve at some point with all my modelling. It seems im nearing the end of my build now, I've glued on the buffer beams, added the jacks, brake wheels and underframe detail so here's how it's looking at the moment. Here they are with the two DOGA warflats I've built, alas it does look like a rather short rake but I have four more warflats to build so that'll make it look better.

Thank you for the size, I measured them and they are just under 35 so that's good. Well this morning I attached the other solebar (after trimming another mm off the locator strip) and checked to make sure the wagon is level and rolling well. While this was drying I tidied the buffers up and trimmed the beams down to the buffers, it does look a little weird not having them full width but in reality the buffers swing round so the end of the wagon can be lowered.

Thank you John, fortunately for me the width matches perfectly with the warflats I have. I'm sorry to hear about the issues you have had with your wagon, I would never have thought they where designed to run with dublo stock. I've started to crack on with the build, so far I've - Very gently bent the pieces straight again - Cleaned up all the edges - Drilled the 2mm holes and placed in the bearings - Dry fitted the solebars to the underside and realised they are a few mm too long, I've trimmed these both down from the same end so they are flush with the locating strips at either end. - The strips mentioned above are to locate the buffer beam and the width between the solebars, this is left intentionally wide so it can be trimmed to the desired measurement. I have trimmed it down on one side by 1mm for now and glued on the solebar. I will work the other side out when it has dried and I can match it up with the wheelsets I have. While that is drying I have tidied up the buffers and glued them into the relevant holes on the buffer beams provided. I have left the stalks sticking out the rear of the buffer beams and after they dry will cut them off and tidy it up. I just realised that the buffer beams are too wide and should be flush with the side off the buffers, once everything dries I will trim them down accordingly. I've also noticed that the buffer faces are a bit rough so shall tidy those up as well later.

They literally popped up on Ebay, I've always thought about them but never seen them at shows and at the time I didn't have any warflats. Then last week someone listed them buy it now so jumped on them, glad I did as I only found out a couple of days ago that they aren't made anymore. I'm sure they will pop up again at some point though, if not hopefully the moulds will be bought by someone else to start production again.

Well after years or reading everyone else's posts I thought I would take the plunge and show a couple of my builds, these being two Genesis Ramp Wagons to go along with the DOGA Warflats I made a little while back. The kit's looks pretty decent and seeing as Genesis seems to have stopped trading it was a good thing I picked a couple up last week online. This is what the kit looks like and it doesn't look like it will be too stressful. The only bits that will need any work will be the top deck and the two axle sides as being pewter they are rather bent, most probably from the post as they where sent in a jiffy bag!

Could I have the following titles please, -Tilted Trains of Great Britain -Gresley Pacifics of the LNER -Riddles and the 9f's Thank you, George

Hello, im currently going through my 'to fix' box and am in need of the following items. -Hornby China, WC/BOB front bogie -Hornby China M7 body (any livery) -Hornby N/S15 Tender, Black preferably -Hornby old style Terrier Body (Preferably Southern) -Hornby/Dapol J94 2 buffers and springs If anyone is looking to part with any of these items or know's where I can find them I would be very happy to hear from you. Thanks for looking

That seller on Gumtree tried getting me as well, messaged him for a while and he came across as quite genuine. Said he would take paypal but as soon as I said goods and services he rambled on about how I couldn't use it because he had reached the limit on his account, after that I didn't bother. It's a shame that people are so dishonest, thought the deal was a little too good to be true.

This is the same warflats before they were disguised as coal wagons, quite a clever way of hiding them in plain sight. Must have been pretty early in the war when they tried it as most of the pictures I've seen they are uncovered.

The weathering on your warflat is amazing, I've never tried the lifecolour range but I might have to invest in some now. Thank you for uploading that video Tony, was a very interesting watch, there's a good video on the Imperial War Museum of either warflats or warwells being loaded (been a while since I watched it) if you'd like the link to it.

I should have said earlier in my comment, I did report him but I don't know if anything has come of it. I was told they filed a report on the person and have sent it higher up the chain but that was the last I heard, that has reminded me to leave some negative feedback on his page though, thank you

Only just found this topic and I must say it's a very interesting read, as much as things are overpriced on Ebay sometimes a great deal does pop up. My last good deal was a fully lined Bachmann SECR C Class for 110 posted, I won this on best offer from the seller and after I paid he cancelled it and then relisted it for 200. So much for that good deal, on the plus side though a little while after I won a job lot of locomotives as spares or repairs. To my amazement I found a Zimo sound chip in one and sold it for what I paid for all the locos, what a great end to the week.

Hello all, I have recently acquired a Hornby N15 but unfortunately it doesn't have a tender, I've had a look online but I can only find the chassis. I just hope someone has one in their spares box, if so it doesn't matter the colour as I can always repaint it if need be. Im also looking for a Hornby China M7 body, preferably Southern but im not too fussed as I don't model any particular region. Probably the hardest thing im trying to locate is an x9684 BOB front bogie and a x8855 BOB screw pack, I doubt anyone has any of these knocking around as they seem pretty impossible to find but you never know. Thank you in advance, if anyone has anything please drop me a message and we can hopefully arrange something.

I believe in WW1 when they shipped the railguns over to France the barrels had to be loaded separately at Chatham due to the nature of the loading ramp, at the bottom of the link is a picture of two of the WW1 guns on a railway ferry. Looks like they managed to get quite a bit loaded onto it, wouldn't like to be on that in choppy water though. http://www.rail.co.uk/rail-news/2016/railways-and-world-war-1-and-how-they-became-a-vital-wartime-strategic-tool-over-a-century-ago/ I don't think this has been mentioned before but from what I can gather the 13.5 guns Gladiator, Sceneshifter and Piece-maker where based at Guston tunnel near Dover and then when needed were brought out and fired from a spur (maybe spurs) on the Martin Mill Military Railway.

I will have to keep an eye out for those magazines then, hopefully I'll drive past Robertsbridge sometime and see if they have any. I've just found online that the 89/90 issue of Railways South East has an article on Railguns so that could be the magazine your thinking of.

Those drawings are amazing, I've been looking for any information for those ammunition wagons as I'd like to scratch build one. The only information I've found is a pretty decent description of the interior and photos where the wagons in the background, where did you manage to find the drawings for these?

Hello, Im looking for a Hornby or Dapol Terrier bodyshell if anyone has one kicking around they don't need, I have a chassis but the body's seem impossible to find for less than the cost of a whole Terrier. Thank you in advance, have a nice day