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I'll try again next time.

Even longer than that Mal, I posted some of these I sold on eBay in 2002/3 ! Kernow have had a ltd edition EWS one on their website forever but it doesn't ever seem to come to fruition, probably as it will have the original body not the one EWS rebuilt on them.

Do hattons just have a shop because outfits like Bachmann insist on it ?

Shame it's not more popular as it looks like a great model. I'm more interested in the bubble cars raiktrack had before though. I did hear a rumour NR want shot if the earliest batch of these.

Good start . High buildings frame it well !

So continuing the theme, I got one of the newer CDAs out today to start on. I thought the ECC logo showing through was a mistake on the first, as these appear to actually have been removed. So I thought I'd get rid of it first. Usual TCut didn't touch it, nor did thinners, it took a lot of elbow grease with IPA ( not the booze ) to shift it and going down to the primer in the process. Then a couple of sprays to start the whitening up. Then ran out of time.... Moorswater cement empties paid a visit . You can see my two new Bachmann PCAS which will need some dirt as well. All in good time....

Always relaxing to have a quick shunt ! Bloody wife keeps interrupting mine !

Are these points available yet ? Can't find any on hattons

Very nice. Only ever saw one on the binliner once and that was 58040. Also saw 58020 at forders in 2002 just before they finished,,,, And that was it, pretty vulnerable as EWS as a small non standard fleet. What colour/s do you spray your chassis ? Looks much more authentic than my usual frame dirt

Experimenting with making Hornby CDAs look more lifelike. This is the test piece which is the more basic older style wagon. Massive tension locks cut off to be replaced, a squirt of Halfords white primer and some ground up pastel so far. The weathered newer style Hornby version behind for comparison .

Wow, is the as90 a museum piece already ?

some airlines allow dogs in the cabin, they are fed ice cubes on the flight so they don't p... everywhere

Hi, I've got some Hornby CDAs and wondered ( as Hornby didn't put them on ) the characteristic side vents on the real thing - are they one side only ? Do they appear on all of them ? Thanks if anyone has any gen

Wow, those are great....really nice. Can't wait to see your take on didcot as it was. I can't remember if you use an airbrush ? I don't think you did. The RES one looks good too, I'm trying to find a use for one as I simply like the colours. I was looking at 736 as well, but I'd like it when it had " U-96 " on the front. Can't quite work that out, I think it started as a railtour number 1L96 or something that eventually was changed to " U96". I guess this was the era of " Das Boot "

Thanks guys, That's the same length as a Heljan cargowaggon, so it's a monster !

Here we go again, if you really want one , and have £83 go buy one......if it's too much for you or don't want one, please spend your money in something else. I'd send em back to drax, they can fill em with wood chips and lob them in the furnaces

Looks good, love the simplicity. Of course you could run 90s stuff too, but this thing didn't start taking trains till couple of years back at the longest. Anyway you could have a red shed, a pink shed and er...

More obvious from this angle, with sun on it.

Never noticed it till Jon king pointed it out on 37242. Personally I do t think it's that glaring unless you are really close...

Could anyone tell me how long these models are please ? Couldn't see any dimensions on KMRC Thanks

That's true. There is a guy on YouTube who posts layout vids and a recent one was T cutting and then applying car wax to the royals train stock to make it look the part.came up very well.

If I tell you my real name , I may have to send my associate round to see you...

Despite Satnav, and the address I couldn't find it when I tried...

Then a whole production run would have the same dents.......they are probably like that as they are almost 50 years old !

Yep, it's on the cover of the club mag that just droooed through my letterbox