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Fair play, Fox, fair play.

I assume the courier is equipped with Harriers - or failing that drones?

I "see" what you did there. Better than Peter Griffin too.

Or very, very small ones? ;)

Stereo? I'm expecting full on immersive surround sound, turned up to 11!

I can remember something along the lines of a guess the new company (and I seem to recall cheating by checking companies house and domain registrars!).

One wonders if "Blitz" was the right name to pick for a German product?

When the Wolfie's a-howlin', don't come-a tappin' ;)

And the wildly opportunist listing has gone. Wonder if ebay actually took notice of their own rules and had a quiet word in their ear.

Isinglass sell them in 4mm. https://www.isinglass-models.co.uk/Full-Isinglass-Catalogue/full-isinglass-catalogue.html

Agreed - and I wonder where his one will be coming from - we all know too well that having a pre-order of a Hornby item does not in any way guarantee you will get one... Incidentally, and curiously, my offer was declined.

As well as pondering over the Silver Jubilee A4 details, I have been very slowly (even slower than normal for me!) tinkering with the D&S Coronation set that @ArthurK kindly sold to me (I have the MARC Models Silver Jubilee kit, but not touching that yet). I tried a couple of times to roll a roof to replace the formed plasticard in the kit with no luck. I had already offered MJT extrusions but they were no good. Then I discovered that the Comet profile is a perfect fit. Initially I tried to make one end slide out with a false floor but I couldn't find a way of getting it to work without issues with glazing, so finding a rigid roof is a bonus as I can make that removable - with the fairings under the solebar a removable floor is a non-starter. Annoyingly, one of the first things I did was to get the bogies built up. I foolishly didn't check and they should all be heavy duty variants. The sides in the kid are standard ones, apart from the 10ft ones. So I will be removing the incorrect ones at some point and replace them with MJT heavy duty ones.

Offer of £242 duly submitted. Amazingly it's not set to auto-decline. Expecting to be added to their blocked bidders list in 5...4...3...2...1... not that I care.

I'd put money on at least two of those being readers of this thread!

Oh it's real - the official address of S Yorks Police is Europa Link, but the entrance is off Letsby Avenue - the postcode for that road is S9 1XY

What's the depot code for Letsby Avenue?

https://brcoachingstock.groups.io/g/main :)

Morris Minors have no requirement for a key. A simple flat blade screwdriver is all you need (Hence the kill switch for the fuel pump being a common retrofit!).

Perhaps it's tartan that makes things tilt wildly? TR7, APT, most Scottish people (or is that the tonic wine? Allegedly.)

A win is a win :)

These are the stories that make it all worthwhile. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you all - I knew I was asking in the right place! Agreed about their age description being inaccurate, and I assume the nameplates are included for modelling later in their life, as you rightly say the names were painted on initially. I've gone back to Fox with info about they should be silver coloured (be that stainless, or chromed) - hopefully they can supply the correct ones. Otherwise I believe Modelmaster can supply. Interesting that they lost their silver paintwork when the Silver Jubilee train was presumably still running in Silver? I assume it was so they didn't need to try and supply a specific engine for a specific service - an A4 was an A4 and as long as it had the right tender, good to go. I will have to use some Rule 1 logic as I want my Silver Jubilee (which already never ran on the ex-GE) to have a silver A4 on it. thank you again :)

Thanks - I guess sometimes the most obvious is the one to go for :)

Good Morning :) I have a quick A4 question for those more knowledgeable than me (so most of you!). I have bought a set of Fox etched plates for Silver Fox - the description is: The worksplates were missing which fox very quickly sent - however they are brass. Were the builders plates on the Silver A4s brass or Chrome/Stainless? I am referring to the period from when they were built until the beginning of the war. Thank you :)

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