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Arthur, do you have any plans to do another batch of J24? Thanks Mark

A lot of these railway lines laid in streets pre dated the tramway act where the requirements to enclose the wheels and motion came about For example in Dundee there were lines down a public road, Dock Street between the Caledonian and North British goods stations and the harbour which appear on Ordnance Survey maps back to 1857. As they were already in place I would presume they had “grandfather rights “ not to enclose the locomotives

Lovely model. I have the old MRJ articles and this prompted me to give branch lines a call, they still have some of the accessory packs in stock and Brian is willing to produce more if there is demand if anyone is interested Back copies of the MRJ are available as well so this model is still an option.

Hi Wayne Great news, looking forward to the next products. Just FYI the link to the PDF template appears to not be working

Looking really good Wayne How are you getting on with these?

Does Ian have a website?

Mike do you have any 7051 kits available?

On the subject of Mercian Barclays what is the 16 inch one like?

I am interested in an OO kit as well

Rails have them at £69.50 just now, I bought one on impulse, now have 3 different pecketts! https://railsofsheffield.com/products/33985/Hornby-r3640-oo-gauge-peckett-w4-nicausse-willans-and-robinson-0-4-0-tank-locomotive-no-88

When I was a kid I used to visit my dad when he was covering foreman at the diesel depot in Dundee, the old Dundee West Caley shed. From the office you could see the throat of the goods sidings and the 08’s did not hang about when loose shunting either from memory.

I wonder how far along Chris at High Level is with the chassis he was planning on doing, I would like one of these but without the “kilt” (seems more appropriate for something from Kilmarnock)

Is there a bit of a bend in the cab roof as well?

Interestingly the NB had pig iron and bar iron wagons, specifically for each type of iron product.

The fireman might be a “passed fireman” passed to drive perhaps? I am sure I have heard this mentioned before.

What type of couplings are you using Lewis?

Indeed a form of feudalism continued in property until 2004 when the payment of feu duty on property to the feu superior by the vassal was finally abolished after 800 years.

Thirling There are quite a few legal terms peculiar to Scotland. Was this part of the reason the NB had such a large wagon stock?

Looking really good Wayne

They do the 8mm 6 spoke I must have missed it off when copying on this phone.

Hi Lewis Regarding the wheels It was Gibson I was thinking of who still have them in the catalogue page 39 “We produce a small range of wheels for narrow gauge, which are constructed in the same manner as our other 4mm carriage and wagon wheels. Since there are a number of permutations it may be easier to give the details of the ‘building blocks’ rather than specific items (at least until we devise a parts coding for them). Axles - 1.5mm diameter pinpoint axles which are either 15mm or 20mm long are provided Gauges – We currently assemble wheelsets to OO9 and OOn3 Wheels – 8mm 8mm Disc Wheels –9mm 9mm Disc Wheels – 10.5mm 10.5mm Disc 8mm 6 Hole Disc 9mm 3 Hole Disc 10.5mm 8 Spoke 8mm 8 Spoke 9mm 8 Spoke 10.5mm 10 Spoke” sorry the formatting is a bit off in my phone I am not sure of the current stock situation though

Hi Lewis Thanks for your response I will follow up on the suggestions re Branchlines for the pony trucks and the 3mm society wheels and let you know how I go with that. I did find a source of wagon and coach wheels when I was looking last year, I will need to backtrack and see what they were. Regarding the gearbox I was thinking one of the high level slim liner compact ones thanks mark

Hi Lewis I am following your progress with interest. I must admit I have also been fascinated by the Southwold since the article appeared back in the eighties when I was a teenager. I have acquired a Golden Arrow kit for one of the sharp Stewart engines, but unfortunately now that nine lines have stopped trading I only managed to pick up 4 of the 4 wheeled wagon kits they made. I did look into wheels and such and found a possible alternative to Gibson on this forum https://ngrm-online.com/index.php?/forums/topic/26586-golden-arrow-southwold-2-4-02-4-2t-kit/&tab=comments#comment-672398 you have to get a free login to view above so here is the relevant info Suggested drivers 10.5mm wheels from the 3mm Society. They're listed as "105/10 3' 6" 10.5 mm 10 spoke pin between 2.5 mm throw generic “industrial” You'll need to be a member to order https://sites.google.com/site/3mmpublic/tools-and This was also suggested “The Branchlines IOM Beyer Peacock chassis kit bought minus etch provides all parts needed to add to the Golden Arrow etch. Just add another pony wheel to the list if you are making it as 2-4-2.“ However looking at your efforts I am wondering whether to stick with the Gibson wheels. I have a couple of questions Did you use the pony trucks provided on the Golden Arrow etch? Which gearbox and motor have you gone for? Actually I have a lot of questions these will do for now.

Hi Wayne I am looking forward to these kits, you will definitely be getting some orders from me. Do you have any idea on how long it will take after the first kit is released to bring out one of the shorter points such as the A6?

Do you think it might have had a shaped plate on top of the tanks matching the Shape of the front plate which might have been removed at some point it’s long life?