Bucoops

Thank you Tom, you superstar @grob1234 (I'll tag you, not quote that huge post!)

Glad to see you posting, Tom. As it happens I read your build thread on your Coronation set last night - I don't suppose you still have the photos as none of them are showing

I know many, including Tony, prefer to model British Railways days as that is what they remember - but the colours, even weathered, of pre-nationalisation are sublime. Even with boring companies like the LMS and Southern. GWR has always been super dull green, brown and cream of course I shall now retreat

These panels were all soldered in using my RSU and there's be no cleaning up afterwards (the marks you can see are where I cleaned the brass before applying the solder cream).

Do you have a Resistance Soldering Unit (RSU)? They're a bit pricey but the amount of solder you use is tiny so cleaning up is much reduced.

Can't believe nobody has posted this yet? https://fb.watch/9y94EmH_Iq/

Nice use of it - I struggled to find anything I wanted but only ended up spending about £30 so not a huge amount of nectar.

Wow!

See, I always said the GWR sucked - I was right I shall now outrun you with my buckeye equipped A4 With it's lovely blue coat.

I can't give a comparison, as I haven't come across the Swanage Models one, but I can say without hesitation that I don't regret buying the LRM one even for a minute. Superb piece of kit.

Ditto - sort of - boiler/warmer in the loft, then big pipes down to where the warm air unit used to be, now we have a heat exchanger with a hoofing great fan on it. Lovely and warm, and hardly uses any gas. Why people ditch warm air I do not know

That's why I didn't mention the LMS

I always find it strange that valances were fitted to the fastest trains in the 1930s - but this stopped happening and were in fact removed from those it was fitted to post-war (I'm thinking of the LNER Coronation/West Riding Limited sets specifically) - no doubt to reduce maintenance time and costs - but at what cost to fuel efficiency I wonder? Didn't do anything for the looks either. I can totally understand the streamlined A4s having their valances removed during the war to aid maintenance and speeds weren't nearly so high - it's a shame they were never replaced afterwards though.

I was trying to think why I knew his name - I don't have an LMS or constituent interest - but I realised he wrote the book I own about operating a model railway to mimic the real railway. It's a very good book, clearly written by someone with a wealth of knowledge behind them. I have no doubt all the other works he has done either by himself or as a collaboration are a fitting legacy.

They'll be half as bright in about 4.5 billion years. Here to help

Not here - I got some bits last week postmarked 25th October, I'm still missing several items that are well over 10 days overdue. I've had a couple of refunds on ebay items now. One arrived the next day after a refund was issued which was awkward, but they sent a paypal invoice when I told them I had it and still wanted it. I just hope the other senders who have refunded are able to claim compensation.

Do you need to sit down now? Plenty of GWR junk at York these days, so no reason why there can't be the odd bit at Little Bytham too

Just fishing for glowing reviews I reckon. And glowing boxes, and glowing...

Why would you drop a shelf on a box?

By make do, does that mean it's non-depleted uranium? If so that would explain the brightness of the lamps!

Challenge accepted

And from what people have said it was hard enough getting into the 1:1 version, this one may require brute force and ignorance.

In April I asked about some etchings for another range they have taken on. They said a week. A chase in late April and then August with no reply, I've given up now, and managed to find them elsewhere.

Condolences on the loss of your Father Hopefully you can find work soon, if you haven't already.

I think that box needs to be reported to environmental health.