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Tony, Please let me know if & when you take the photos & where they will be published. Thanks, William

Tony, Mea Culpa! Having checked it was the BR Standard Class 3 2-6-2 tanks in the 82000 numbers series that were painted initially lined & later unlined green by the Western Region not the Class 2 2-6-2 tanks in the 84000 numbers series. As the Birkenhead to Chester line was originally a joint GWR/ LNWR line it now makes sense that there was at least one 2-6-2 tank painted green. Incidentally how did Peter Lawson model his Chester to Birkenhead/Wirral layout? Is there an article about it published somewhere? The Chester to Birkenhead part was 4 track mainline to about Hooton as far as I remember. William

Maybe it's fun to play this game? It's a bit like mine is bigger than yours (no tittering at the back, please). I travelled on the same plane (Concorde) as Steven Spielberg & had a long & interesting conversation with him & his secretary in the lounge after he had handed in my overcoat to reception while I was looking for something to read. Why was I travelling on Concorde? Firstly I wasn't paying, but the company I worked for then was. I had about 300 staff in the UK & USA who travelled frequently from London to North Carolina & vice versa & had negotiated a deal with BA for one way Concorde or 1st Class for 2/3 of the business class fare so long as a minimum of 300 round trips were annually. Apart from the saving even on the business class fare, the idea was to get people to travel back to the UK 1st class overnight so they would OK to work the next day. It didn't happen that way. I was naive. They all wanted to travel to New York on Concorde. Turning to popular music. I saw & heard the Beatles at the Cavern in the early 1960s & while at University hung out for some time with Mick Jagger's younger brother & attended May Balls where The Kinks & The Who played. William

I come from the Wirral originally (Bebington) & trainspotted on wasteland by the bridge over Bromborough Road opposite the Lever Brothers sidings. 84003 was a regular on the Birkenhead to Chester line as were at least 2 others in the same class. However, one of them was painted green & if I remember correctly it was 84003. I might be wrong & as the first in the class it might well have been 84000? I have no idea why one of them was painted green. I am delighted there were so many interested in buying the model as I could have been sorely tempted, though it would be out of place on my railway. William

A very impressive layout especially the station buildings. Is it based on a real GER station track plan? I am attempting to build a layout based on Thetford Bridge station, but in the early 1900s & am way behind you in doing so while I try to complete an 009 layout based on Darjeeling & Himalaya Railway practice. William

You are correct & it’s very helpful for someone to point that out. Thanks,, William

Well I had logged in to Wright Writes directly, wrote my question, & submitted it, so what else should I be doing. For what it's worth please see my question below - “This a a plea for help for those WR participants who are familiar with 4mm loco fittings from Alan Gibson, Markits & PDK. Frank Bulkan, who is building an HR Clan Class model from a Falcon Brass kit for me, has just discovered that though 3 chimneys are supplied (2 the same & one definitely not suitable), there is no dome, no safety valves & no whistle. Markits offer Poss-Pop safety valves (Tall), which look just right, but are not on a base, & a thin GW whistle, which by bending the support pipe could be made into something similar to the whistle on a Clan. AGW offer "Ross Pop safety valves on a round base-Belpaire", as well as "GER Ross Pop one-piece & 2-piece" The first would seem to be appropriate, but there are no photos of a any of them so, I don't know which would be best. PDK offer domes for a Gresley 02/1 & 2, an 02/3 & an 02/4 & for a B16. They all seem quite suitable & probably the one for the 02/1 & 2 would be best, but again I don't know . If anybody could advise me, I would be most grateful“. William

I have just posted a request for help with a modelling question which I expected would be placed on WR because there seem to be lots of participants on here that could help, but it is now located on another modelling musings & miscellany. This has happened before, bur why does it happen & how can one avoid it next time? William

This a a plea for help for those WR participants who are familiar with 4mm loco fittings from Alan Gibson, Markits & PDK. Frank Bulkan, who is building an HR Clan Class model from a Falcon Brass kit for me, has just discovered that though 3 chimneys are supplied (2 the same & one definitely not suitable), there is no dome, no safety valves & no whistle. Markits offer Poss-Pop safety valves (Tall), which look just right but are not on a base, & a thin GW whistle, which by bending the support pipe could be made into something similar to the whistle on a Clan. AGW offer "Ross Pop safety valves on a round base-Belpaire", as well as "GER Ross Pop one-piece & 2-piece" The first would seem to be appropriate, but there are no photos of a any of them so I don't know which would be best. PDK offer domes for a Gresley 02/1 & 2, an 02/3 & an 02/4 & for a B16. They all seem quite suitable & probably the one for the 02/1 & 2 would be best, but again I don't know . If anybody could advise me, I would be most grateful. William

Graham Nicholas has found a far better use for his ex-place of worship.............. Surely you mean it's a place not an "ex-place" or somewhere that no longer exists of former worship or ex-worship if you prefer? Posted to tease you! William

Thanks to you for your replies. Unfortunately Everything Airbrush was of no help but The Airbrush Company could be as they have 1/8" BSP adaptors, but at both ends also available from Faller GmbH in Germany. It seems these hoses would fit Iwata compressors, but is so I might have to get one or first try to source a hose with 1/8" BSP at one end & 5mm at the other. I have 2 compressors both by Revell one old & basic but still works well & the other sophisticated & more or less brand new, which I have still to use. William

I recently used the Tony Wright method (Halfords satin black rattle can) to respray my recently purchased Hornby LNER J36, fitted NBR number plates & transfers & planned to weather it yesterday because the weather was fine using my Aztec airbrush. Unfortunately the adaptor (internal diameter of the male thread 4mm) I had to fit it to the compressor (external diameter of the hose female thread 5mm) had gone walkabout & couldn't be found anywhere. Testors stopped making Aztec airbrushes in 2020 even though their airbrushes were quite highly regarded (an expert published his experience with them in MRJ some time ago) & I am stumped living in Switzerland knowing where to get a new adaptor or alternatively a new hose with suitable sized connections. The alternative is a new airbrush, which would be expensive, & the Aztec 470 is an easy to use double action brush, which I like, though I haven't used it for a year or two. Can anybody help, please? William

Fortunately Frank Bulkan has successfully built at least 2 Jidenco kits for me, which run well at least on 3' curves & mainly large radius Peco bullhead rail points. He both built & painted the HR Jones 4-4-0T & built the MR 0-4-4WT, which Warren Haywood painted. It is supposed to be in 1892 transition livery as shown on 787 in the MR loco series of books. The Jones tank runs well without derailing after we tried both trying a 2-6-0 configuration & varying the way the bogie swings as described previously on this thread. I can't remember which was finally used as I am away from home for a few weeks so can't access the loco. William

Congratulations on both the quality & particularly the speed at which you produce these buildings. I knew the area well in the late 60s & early seventies as I did my clinical medical training at Guys Hospital so recognise most of the buildings. Could you remind us of the period you are modelling, please? William

Good morning Andy, I was interested in this as I have a Peco 3-way electro frog point to wire & although the Youtube videos showing how to do it are helpful, using 2 DCC80s should involve less wiring so I looked it up on the Gaugemaster website, but I was left confused by their wiring diagram & that the DCC & DC information is the same (I use DC). It wasn't clear how the DCC80 senses what the polarity of the frog needs to be given the Gaugemaster wiring diagram. Can you explain, please? THanks, William