jonhall

As with all of these things, the end use is critical to the actual risk - the exposure (and therefore the risk) using small quantities for a few minutes as a hobbyist once a month by brush, is different to that of a professional painter spraying 8 hours a day 5 days a week, vs the operator of Humbrol's* factory line, who measures several liters into a vessel that might be heated and or agitated, or the tanker driver who delivers 30,000L of the stuff. The MSDS is inevitably written based on the suppliers manufacturing and distribution, which is why in a commercial setting a further the risk assessment would be written (COSHH in the UK) to reflect the quantities, practices, facilities and incompatibilities of the end use (in a laboratory or manufacturing workplace) however it becomes a lot more difficult to do that in a consumers home. Jon *recognising they sub-contract making it it.

Are the plastic buttocks in the tender removable? Jon

The Surbiton loaded examples would have been built by AC Cars Thames Ditton. I'd be surprised if there were whole trains, as these would presumably be somewhat bespoke to the end users disability, so unlikely to be stockpiled at a dealer. However to rather contradict my own argument, there are at least two in this train. Jon

i think the class b ones here might be cone ends> https://www.cctrans.org.uk/ame.htm Jon

Then I've a fair idea which retailer, because I actually overheard the conversation whilst browsing as a customer! Jon

this will tell you what's available in the way of Railrovers http://www.railrover.org/ Jon

Some friends and I go away most years to somewhere in the UK - I've written up a few of the trips I really ought to do the rest Jon

I would regard the layouts as a nice bonus - Statfold Barn's railway is great, and I'd happily pay the entry without any extra layouts. Having said that I would like some info about any bus link from a station. Jon

The BR VIX is a 'UIC ORE Type 3 van' and a number of administrations had vans with all the same principle dimensions, although they all had differences as well. The UIC ORE was a standards group a bit like the Railway Clearing House, but obviously for European standard wagon types. Jon

I had a great deal of problems back in 2020, did the firmware update on the plotter (for which I think I needed a earlier version of Windows - fortunately I still have an old laptop) however I was still having odd problems - the good news is that I found that the trick with a USB2 Hub plugged into a US3 socket in the PC to act as an translator works. Jon

TRU6 from about 0:40 on Jon

More a case of using pre-cut sleepers, I suspect the isolation might be slightly compromised by the 3 rails soldered across to form the bufferbeam! Which didn't stop me from cutting a gap in another set built before realising the futility of the exercise! Jon

That represents all 50 of the production batch being in customers hands (and not cluttering up my overcrowded workshop) leaving me with just the 3 prototype approval samples to build. Jon

Racehorse traffic is probably quite an interesting subject in its own right - I suspect Esher made a lot of sense as the infrastructure (and stable hands etc) would have been established for Sandown, and it wouldn't have been much of an inconvenience to walk them to Hurst Park from there. Any idea how Kempton's GG's arrived? Jon

Hampton Court? The Thames is just beyond the platforms and the platforms cross the River Ember And as-built the station was on an island with a drawbridge! Only changed with the construction of the new bridge and diversion of the Mole into the Embers channel. Jon

That's the thing with opinions. Jon

Was Hurst Park used much in 1912? certainly in later days, there was only racing once a year on One of the Bank Holidays in May - but I'm too lazy to go and check if it was Mayday or Whitsun. Jon

I on the other hand, believe that it is a deliberate choice of KR to produce a 'compromised' model, and as I've said before about other items in their range, that might well be a perfectly reasonable business decision. Is it the way I would like to see the hobby going? = No, but I suspect lack of information is why some of the prototypes KR has chosen to do, haven't been previously available, and there are clearly a lot of buyers who are going to take the 'its my trainset' approach and buy one anyway. I think there is now sufficient track record to make clear that if you are buying a KR model of a prototype that is long gone, then there is a high likelihood that it will be an 'outline'* model, based on rather flimsy research, and/or having been simplified to improve the cost/sales equations, rather than having the prototypical fidelity that we have come to expect from other suppliers, and you should base your buying decision on that. Where it becomes more difficult to know, is how this attitude to prototype fidelity will translate to things like the Hunslet Bo-Bo, torpedo, 4DD and Palbrick, where examples exist to measure and compare. As far as I can see, and based on what I've heard from KR at GETS, was the new Clayton family of locos, was going to be a 'one size fits all' where the best that can be hoped for, is that they choose one of the versions and do that right, rather than create a mish-mash of details from the various different types together that dosn't actually match any real example. I don't know how you would have to make an advanced ordering decision on those beyond hope for the best? *I've struggled to find the right word to put here, I'd have perhaps used caricature, but recognise that's probably inflammatory. Jon

So is research, but it's a rather more difficult thing to do. Jon

Assuming we are talking about the NRM in York, they would say no thanks, unless it could produce Flying Scotsman themed Cafe furniture, in which case they would de-accession the remainder of exhibits in the main hall, and offer an enhanced catering facility. The National Railway Museum removed the wrong word when they re-branded 'Railway Museum, 'Railway' is their 'problem' word, although Museum is a close second. Jon

Were any of those 3 built by Pressed Steel? The Ashford D plates have the number prefixed with GB78xxxx rather than the usual Bxxxxxx, and I wondered what the PS ones have? Thanks Jon

OK I will try again more directly - you HAVE made a mistake with the flying crate version, it SHOULD read British Railways, and there is a photo as such of the wagon you are portraying on Paul's website. https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brferryvan/ef8652f Jon

There seems to be a very common variant missing and an unusual variation of it present. The 'flying crate' livery seems to have been the standard for vans built at Ashford, I can only find examples that say 'through to the Continent by British RailWAYS' (the Rapido lettering says British Rail) is this deliberate, or has a boo-boo crept in? Is there any evidence to suggest that BR ever referred the 'flying crate' logo as 'ferry link' or is this made up by Rapido? - if It is Rapido's invention (like Dapols mis-use of the 'rectank' description) please stop! These were built to the standards of UIC ORE type 3 wagons, SNCF and others had batches of ferry vans to the same dimensions, although with quite a lot of detail deferences. Perhaps @rapidoandy can comment? Thanks, Jon

Yes that was my first reaction, opening doors is OK, but at that sort of price I'd expect etched vents covering apertures - not that they were seen open very often, but it would have made it easier to take them off for their departmental and MOD lives Jon

I'm surprised there is anything there at all, I was under the impression it had all been sold/scrapped when the trustees gave the lease up. Jon