Bucoops

Canterbury West c1995

Now tarted up to be a cafe bar type of thing apparently.

I thought most KM products were now in the Alan Gibson range?

Here we go - https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/infilling-historic-bridges-is-so-unnecessary-an-alternative-solution-for-highways-england-07-07-2021/

£5k to repair, £124k to desecrate.

Any idea how long it will take to index? Tried searching for the lottery numbers and it couldn't find them and the draw is in 15 minutes.

Desperate!

52 minutes ago, Reorte said:

Not easy, but harder things than that have been done - some canals have been restored that were filled in with concrete when closed.

 

To be fair a bridge with no actual function any more still carries a maintenance cost, so filling them in is understandable, although it's a crying shame that it can't be done in a less hamfisted fashion. It's not unreasonable, although I can't say I like it or have any enthusiasm and see it as yet another (small) practical yet depressing change.

Off the top of my head the estimated cost to repair and repoint to take normal weight was about £40k and the amount spent to make it look like an avelanche was about £200k. Madness.

And two grab handles near the radiator fillers

Any use?

Surely money claimed for furlough goes (via the employer) to the employee? So whilst it saves on the wages bill it can't be diverted for any other expenses.

GCR(N)

https://www.125group.org.uk/depot/

5 hours ago, Colin_McLeod said:

 

Nor even 4 foot one and a half inches.  If you are going for the silly gauge jibe, do the maths and get it right.

Thank you for narrowing it down.

2 minutes ago, montyburns56 said:

Liverpool Riverside 1984 by Jamerail

 

 

 

Ooh back end of an Allaggro.

24 minutes ago, Pre Grouping fan said:

 

Why would they pass the price increase onto their retailers and not their own website? 

Because this is the same company that has put their retailers in "tiers" causing many of them to have to cancel customers' pre-orders?

Never model a model or a preserved rebuild but...

There are 3 reasons why I am unlikely to buy any of the built kits - 

Firstly I haven't noticed any that would suit my era and locale (having said that, @Tony Wright is it possible to do an updated list of what is left? I may have missed something of interest)

Secondly, I prefer to build things myself. The irony there of course is I still haven't had time to actually finish anything and

Thirdly, I can't afford them, for good quality builds with a portescap motor I would expect to pay quite a bit - the motors on their own go for £80+ on ebay. If there is something of interest to me i might be able to stretch to one however.

13 minutes ago, Blandford1969 said:

What category have you reported it under. I wanted to but could not see something obvious? TIA

I couldn't find "no idea what actually selling and nor does the seller" so reported it under this:

17 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

 

Ditto Mr B.

 

PS, like your avatar, I have a mate that everyone calls Penfold. I suspect that everyone over forty does though!

Ha ha yes I was very much known as Penfold growing up

Also reported (also for whatever good it will do) - something very dodgy there.

3 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

Scratchbuilt? I daren't ask what he was scratching when he built those.

A fair bit of scratch and a lot of sniff.

Sorry to hear of this, your designs that I have bought have all been top quality. Hopefully you can find a solution one day but thank you for doing it in the first place.

They are something special. Can't wait for my deltic and 37 which are way outside my modelling era but don't care

15 hours ago, montyburns56 said:

Caption contest time...

 

 

By Hugh Searle

The catering staff, despite being told there was a big difference between tilting and tipping were holding out for at least a couple of quid.

I've done similar - when I sold a Heljan Cl15 I put in the listing that 10% after fees would go to the Class 15 preservation society. Which I did and sent the receipt to the winning bidder (not sure if they were particularly interested mind!).

I did mention to the society they should join the ebay charity thing then I can put them as a beneficiary officially.

A few times I've put 10% to the owners of Sir Nigel Gresley - and you get reduced fees as a result (this was pre-ditching paypal and it's done through paypal so not sure if there's a new arrangement).

They are saying no structural damage to the arches and everything is running again. Got lucky there as it was an intense fire.

A couple* of years ago there was a big hoo-ha at NR or their agent trying to evict long standing leaseholders to replace with more upmarket (and higher rent) tenants. Not sure where that got to.

*could be more, it was definitely pre-covid and that's about all my little brain can cope with!

The Henry VIII wives class - although some are probably guaranteed to get the chop early.