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Having missed the previous runs, I'm not making that mistake again! Just ordered two identical plain green locos. A bit unfortunate there weren't some number variations available, but renumbering will be easy on an unweathered loco. Will be converted to P4 with Kadee couplers. Thanks Rails!!

Knight of Thistle always irked me. and Pullman car Loraine instead of Lorraine...

As do Southern Pride and East Kent Models....

Yes, but the roof details identify the First class car as a 1928 All-steel K car, whilst the third class is a standard K car with underframe trussing and wooden body. John

Thank you for the replies, I think I'm going for 3'8". Has anyone counted the number of spokes yet? John

I just received my E2001 from Rails, what a nice engine! So here's the question. What was the original wheel diameter? The model material states 4' 1/2”, whereas other sources state 3'8". As I'm going to convert it to P4 I'd like to know what it should be. Thanks! John

I model in P4 18.83 mm gauge and some older makes of plastic-based track would become under-gauge, especially on curves. I cut the outer sides of some of the chairs, allowing the rail to move outwards very slightly, and then I was able, just, to insert a track gauge. The application of a soldering iron for a few seconds allowed the gauge to set to the correct value, and a few drops of superglue secured everything, Definitely works for me. John

The past tense of dive is dived, not dove....

I think that distinction would actually go to Bud Light. (or Michelob, etc...)

I have an 8-car rake of OO scale Standard K and All Steel K-Pullmans, with three different roof colours. The Standard Ks have the most realistic grey, although too shiny, so my intention is to (have my son) airbrush all eight with the closest grey, and then uniformly weather them with soot etc representative of the late 1950s. We have an extensive selection of Tamiya paints - is there a recommendation for base "clean" colour, and weathering treatment please? Thanks! John

On the coaching stock front: A Mark 1 RKB diagram 25 An aircon BFK Mark 2d,e ,or f

I would advise caution driving too fast into the garage - the force of the collision might create local black holes at the points of impact, potentially consuming the entire car... PBM

and also the Mark 2 Pullmans, just asking... PBM

and also partial to fig Newtons....

I've done a very heavy mod on my Tri-ang AL1, using the Bachmann AL5 chassis, and depressed roof. I cut over 1mm off the lower part of the body shell, matching it to the drawings available, and very carefully cut the electrical panel out of the 85 and inserted it into the AL1, with plasticard for some of the panels. Buffer beam is from class 85. The cab roof is the problem! It sticks out (up?) like a sore thumb! I still have the remains of the AL5 so I could use its roof, but I'm thinking of getting out the big files and filing the roof surface down by hand. Even though unpainted, it looks nice hooked up the AL5, reminiscent of the early 60s with two locos powering the Crewe trains. John