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There is a folded sheet on the ground next to the wagon being loaded from the lms open on the left. Folded sheets of tarps are far easier to handle and store than rolled ones from experience.

There was an old GEM white metal kit of a Midland implement wagon Any idea what diagram it was for Sorry I cannot find an image of the kit

This occurred with the first welded ships, with riveted plates the stresses were not concentrated in the same area

A shorter truck might have been less liable to deform with the short and relatively heavy load of a team engine perhaps?

Does someone not do a replacement chassis for this?

Probably a bit untidy if it goes bang.

Foamboard is another option.

I had the same with an old Volvo estate, a small g clamp was the safest option to avoid severe migraines

You would be surprised where distilleries existed and still exist then, all over the shop even in cities, definitely not just the Highlands and North East. And there were large brewers as well Were there not also dedicated cooperages as well which might have a two way traffic of empty barrels? I think the imported sherry, brandy etc casks would go for repair/ checking before heading off to load with whisky too?

Is that bus for Shepherds Bush?

Hi Ian Did you find out when they stopped being used on the Izal traffic or were repainted or withdrawn?

Would any of the high level kits power bogies do the job?

I must confess I also succumbed to a purchase of both Charles and Nesta when the mainline Hunslet was announced. This has lead to the purchase of some meridian kits for Penrhyn slate wagons as a try out. What exactly to do with these things is unclear at this stage. How is your planning coming on Rob?

@MarcD do you do the EWYUR wagon in 4mm? I had a look at your website but seems only to have in 7mm.

There does look to be a bit of a kink in the left hand rail

Any timescale for the Small Ben kit?

One did make it to Scotland and was also tried in Dundee harbour, it was found unsuited and the Y 9’s were only ousted when diesels came in It did do better than the Sentinel Y 1 which was tried and taken away due to its spark emitting qualities and the large quantities of inflammable raw jute handled at that time

Sometimes the station would end up with a small village round it which would end up with the suffix “Station” on the end of the name to distinguish it from the original name. Ratho and Ratho Station come to mind

Be interested in seeing how you tackle the railcar.

Looks like the website is back.

A film crew and some actors from different eras might make for some nice cameos

How far down the design route did this thing get Mike?

It’s hard to make out the cab roof with the steam but that looks more like a Drummond cab than Holmes

I was thinking the same

Google brings up a few things Deal was an archaic UK and US unit of volume used to measure wood. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a deal originally referred to a wooden board between 12 and 14 feet long that was traded as a maritime commodity. Deal is a type of softwood, usually obtained from Scott pine trees, sawn with parallel sides of thickness 2 inches to 4 inches, and of width 9 inches to 11 inches. And on this site http://www.woodworkinghistory.com/glossary_deal.htm In Britain -- where the term has a long history -- "deal" was introduced with the importation of sawn boards -- usually of fir or pine -- from a German part of the European continent. From the beginning "deal" was associated with these kinds of wood. Its first meaning is evidently, "A slice sawn from a log of timber (now always of fir or pine), and usually understood to be more than seven inches wide, and not more than three thick; a plank or board of pine or fir-wood", but as shown by the Oxford English Dictionary, historically, as this term relates to topics in the timber trade, numerous variations in the meaning of deal, have crept in. In the timber trade, specific variations, geographically, are: in Great Britain, a deal is understood to be 9 inches wide, not more than 3 inches thick, and at least 6 feet long. If shorter, it is a deal-end; if not more than 7 inches wide, it is a BATTEN; while