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That looks really good. Just one thing; the machine gun on the Ferret (it’s the original Browning .30) is always dismounted when the vehicle is unattended, especially for transport. It would be signed out of the armoury by the commander, along with his personal weapon (SMG) before deploying. If moving by rail to an exercise area, the weapons are mostly likely to have been centralised and transported under escort. Paul

I took my 10-year old daughter with me yesterday. She enjoyed the show; no rucksack of hygiene issues to speak of, and a some excellent layouts. Burntisland is the best P4 layout I have ever seen, and had tons to interest us both. The new roundhouse was fabulous, and I was impressed to see that the capstans turned when wagons were shunted to the coal loading dock. Really lovely people on the layout too - thank you. We were also impressed by the demonstrations, and the team on the Isinglass stand were particularly helpful too.

I’m glad this thread has come back to life. The original picture is definitely SIIA 109 FFRs. I have been playing in Army Rovers since I passed my test with the SSM in 1986, including owning my own S3 Lightweight for ten years (having children meant I couldn’t keep it on any longer...). In HQ Squadron RY we had a SIIA BFA (battlefield ambulance) from 1965, all the way through to 1997. It would do 80 happily, and only the interim buy V8 110s could keep up with it. The brakes were less impressive however... Trains and Rovers... What could be more fun?

Looks good, but the turret needs to be reversed so that the gun is over the back decks. I haven’t seen the model in the flesh, but most tanks of that time had a shackle to put around the barrel to guard against the traverse lock coming off and the turret swinging round, with potentially catastrophic results.

I wonder what the Indian Army’s stoppage drills are for the T-72 main armament..? “Gun fires all right, gun fires, louder than usual bang, driver complains periscope blocked...” Mine would be “Coax on! Driver reverse!”

According to the Indian press, the Indian Army has had more than 200 barrels bursting on its T-72 fleet, and is buying T-90 parts to replace them.

Thanks for this - it was great to meet you all at Warley, and I have added my steam plea here!

Enjoyed the Patriot/Scot debate. My question is what is Duck? His most prominent feature, after the pannier tanks, is the pair of above running plate sandboxes. To me, this makes him seem to be a pre-grouping pannier; either a 2721 or 1854; maybe an 1813, but not one of the Wolverhampton engines! What do people think?

But you travel (for free) in first class. Try standard before telling the rest of us that the seats are ok.

I can assure you that it was not.

The reason I asked for a date and a location is if it is in the title, then you can see if it’s worth looking at the thread. A lot of past exhibitions come up, and until someone has invented a time machine, it is not worth trying to see if you can get to them. Abingdon is just down the road. Sadly, I cannot make it that weekend, but again, thanks to the OP for providing the information. just as an aside, Google is not always your friend either, putting up previous years ahead of the current one. Paul

A date and location might be helpful... Thanks, Paul

The 11.15 from Porthmadog to Beddgelert this morning. Double headed, and two Pullman cars...

Afraid my comment is not positive, although I appreciate the hard work put in. Simply, it is not as easy to browse quickly on a phone. The change from being able to view unread content in the old way, and the time it takes to reset the page when you go back, makes it harder to use. the upshot is that I have got out of the habit of looking at RMWeb.

What’s the website? Very interested in Plymouth’s railways and slowly getting things sorted to build a simplified model of North Road. Thanks, Paul

Not just a troll, but a troll that cannot spell. Hopefully, you will give up on RMWEB soon too.

According to the Hornby man on the stand.

Coming soon, and at the Toyfair today. Exquisite little models, and I shall get a Westminster as soon as it comes out! Paul

Seen at the Toyfair today. Apparently arriving next week. BR versions to follow. Paul

At the Toyfair earlier. Lovely, with see-through frames and everything. Paul

Excellent news! My next dooor neighbour used to drive Westminster at Shipton cement works.

Rare in hotel rooms, rare in US Army facilities, and pretty unusual in most of the private homes I’ve been in. People seem to have hob kettles more though. And I have spent a lot of time in the USA.

A practical example of what happens when you run fixed resistance devices at low voltages. In America, electric kettles are rare. So is decent tea. I always take a Tesco Value (£4.95) kettle and Yorkshire Tea when I go for work. Normally, with 110V, the kettle takes 4 times as long to boil as it does here. Using Ohm’s law, we can deduce that as a 2200W (10 Amps x 220 volts) device on 220V, it has a resistance of 22 ohms. This means that at 110V it will only draw 5 Amps. It therefore becomes a very slow 550W kettle. Despite this, my American friends are usually so impressed with a device that actually boils water, that they are delighted to accept it as a parting gift, giving me more room in my bag for all the stuff I have ended up buying. Paul

My first regular drive, the Daimler Ferret Scout Car, Mark 2. I know how to get 80mph out of one, and someone I knew allegedly disconnected the front wheel drive and skimmed the head, to make it capable of a ton (when driven on an old runway). The brakes always left more than a little to be desired though, and don’t really work over 10mph... still, the transmission slows it down nicely; it’s all about anticipation in an FSC!