bruce palmer

Could *Bassett lowke Bloke * contact me directly at bpalmer498@btinternet.com with his e mail address please . Bruce

digging around , Ive found some Body kits for the 5 and 7 plank wagons ...we did them a few years ago and they are quite basic but produce a usable wagon as long as you make sure the sides are flush . £3 plus post . Bruce

Not quite .....brand new plastic Hornby repro wheels are available from Stuart Metcalfe @40p each and suitable axles from Tony Funnell at about the same price .....and both are very good ,producing smooth and free running vehicles . I buy both by the 100s for my own use ..hence being a bit vague on current prices. Wooden ,litho covered wagons is *coarse modelling * at its best/cheapest/most fun ! If you want to go for 3 links, Amberley Services supply sets which are not too fine scale and well made , I think their price is about £4 50 a set . Tony also makes new Hornby tinplate wheels as well ..but says nobody seems to buy them .....Bruce

Good luck with the couplings project ...The *single links * as I tend to call them are very useful and less obtrusive than the ACE /Darstead type . However once removed , the latter are just the right length to replace Lionel *latch * couplings to make 1930s rolling stock compatible with UK types ..they fit straight in and just require a Hornby sized rivet in the locating hole ! Bruce

....as are Non Lok buffers from Cliff Maddock and of course the Leeds Stedman Trust ..ie David Peacock . Just that if the new bodies are costing about a fiver ,the lithos and axleguards a couple of quid ,the couplings could also be budget priced . Several people seem to sell them ..Walsall being the most expensive . Bruce

Re missing sides ...the two Ive found quickly are Edinburgh of Wallyford ...that's black , and Wm C Adams Camp Hill Wharf Birmingham ,in grey . Re Buffers ..we have done a couple of *brass * ones already and Ive two jars full of various different types we could reproduce but there must be dozens of different ones and moulds are expensive , as is stock ! Re *Leeds * couplings Paul Lumsdon is following up a contact for a cheaper source of supply ..£6 a pair as per Walsall ...is beyond my budget .My own default for these sort of wagons are brass 3 link hooks ..mainly out of junk boxes /scrappy wagons at meets or our own cast hook with Bonds 3 links to the inch brass chain from a personal lifetimes supply ..... Buffers , anything I can get my hands on although my colleague John Davies decided we needed more of these Leeds Non Loks as the existing mould only produces a few per spin and I'm not allowed to pinch any more out of our stock for sale . 3 links and Non LoKs mean you can push wagons round 2 ft radius curves . Bruce

Finally joined this Forum . We do the bodies for the Domascelles open wagon ...aka the standard leeds 7 plank ...just got 15 more on order ! We were sorting out the lithos last week and remembered that 3 of the designs have been copied already ...but the second one is new to me ! Cant reproduce the embossing though . I reckon there were about 7 but Id have to look at my collection to remember them all ...most we haven't got masters for . Of course you cant have too many wooden wagons and Im getting together another mould of bits for them these will include white metal copies of those Bonds axleguards and also their diamond frame bogies . The BL buffers are already in our range .Any suggestions for other bits we could include at the same time ? Bruce