Bucoops

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I'm not sure the Aussie dialect is printable on a family friendly forum?

A sealed envelope with motors inside just arrived, so I am happy again.

Ordered I do like the 15s and got up close and personal with the surviving one when it was at Mangapps. Also ordered your Clayton book as well as I have a soft spot for those too. I don't have any interest in the North British type 1s but hoping to learn more about them.

Snot sure, maybe the seller nose?

Looks absolutely stunning.

What kind of curry did you cook to manage that?

It's the Hamleys link don't you know? Maybe.

Then you clearly aren't drunk enough.

Ah but if you can't see/focus on the dirt on the track it's not there, right?

Dissapointment.

Unfortunately I don't believe anyone took the business on.

Just want to make sure we are referring to the same motors as I s eem to recall some people refer to the sizes in one way and some in another. To me (rightly or wrongly!) a 1015 and a 1020 differ in their length and speed, not body width? This is what I call a 1015 http://motorbogies.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=12 And a 1020 http://motorbogies.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=172 Both have small eyelet terminals. The ones I understand to be not as reliable are this size: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125000181982 With the contacts a strip of phosphor bronze rather than eyelets on a stepped in section of the motor housing?

No personal experience with the HL motors but I've seen a few people say they are very good. I've used Mashima 1015 and 1020s and both are good motors.

Looks like only two were built but yes please for 2. And definitely the turnbuckle underframe too if possible. Thanks

I reckon they nailed it? https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/paulbartlettsrailwaywagonphotographs/e598bd7f8 Apart from the tank original colour and the weathering itself, identical!

Pretty please

Excellent - it's on my list to get some for one of those at some point so saves me asking I assume it's for Bill's D18? I've been toying with asking him for a couple but I think the panelling is wrong for my era.

Co-incidence? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-59235719

Wild a*sed guess - if it's to do with the manifold, the only real reason for shutting it off is if a pipe fails resulting in high pressure steam escaping and that's likely to be in the cab so having the shut off outside that area would be a wise thing to do?

My friend got ID'd in Waitrose some years back - he was 22. However, the product he was ID'd for was Root Beer....

Wizard models - https://www.wizardmodels.ltd/ Roxey Mouldings - https://www.roxeymouldings.co.uk/ Modelu - https://www.modelu3d.co.uk/ And many others. Having said that, giving card details over the phone is an accepted payment method The proprietor of Alan Gibson would be in serious trouble if he retained card details.

Holy Moly, some people REALLY want this newspaper van: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224675562630 Got to be some kind of record for a single 4mm coach kit?

I've used these a number of times, both on loco chassis and also coach bogies. Only minor issue is the drag they cause but you can bend them in a bit to reduce that.