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Thanks, I did not know sellers could set a lower limit. Given the speed that it was declined esp at the time if night that makes sense. I wonder if my first offer was below a preset figure and the second was above it. I guess if you are above the lower limit a number of factors like the number of people watching it, how long it has been on and how many other bids may then come into play. This may require someone during office hours to look at it. Is it possible to set a level above which the offer is automatically accepted, presumably below the buy it now price.

I made an offer on a Buy It Now item late last night. Almost instantly and certainly in less than a few minutes the offer was rejected. I had assumed Rails would have been closed for the night and had not expected a response so quickly. At that time I wondered if they have preset what offer on a buy it now item they are prepared to take. So I thought I'd try again. I them made another offer about 5 or 10 minutes later expecting the same an almost instant acceptance or decline. This time no response other than the standerd Ebay message the the offer is being considered. This got me wondering why one offer got an instant response and one submitted minutes later didn't. Did I just happen to catch someone on the late shift who was online for the first offer but had signed off by the second offer a few minutes later. Is there a preset level at which offers are automatically refused, accepted and a level between those two at which depending on the circumstances an offer may be accepted but this requires someone in office hours to look at it. Are all first offers declined! I wonder how others have got on with making offers for buy it now items on the Rails of Sheffield Ebay site.

Yip, but I am not sure if it was done around the same time or a while before. I have always assumed it was around the same time. I've never seen photos of the cleaning in progress although I guess that would have been a shorter project than the bridge.

Just going back to the query about when the stonework and Waverley Bridge were cleaned up or modified. I found these on Flickr. The first shows the bridge being modified before the North British stonework was cleaned. I assume the walls and tunnels of the station were cleaned up around the same time as the modifications to the bridge. Tantalisingly the first photo was undated, but as its IKB in blue with no high intensity light I went for pre 85. Looks like on a Dundee service. Then found a second photo later in the album, it has a date of July 1984. Both photos are in an Edinburgh Area album which is full of gems and well worth a look.

Thanks for that, much appreciated. My Bachmann Mk2a rakes tend to run in fixed formation so have got the Bachmann fixed connections for them for the time being. For the Bachmann Mk1 coaches they tend to get mixed around more so the Hunt Couplings would be ideal for them. I am keen to get the right size (as close as possible without derailing) given I have a few small radius curved point in the fidle yard etc I need to be careful. The sizes will also help regarding the Lima wagons. I think the Bachmann fixed connection seems to draw the Mk2a coaches closer than the Mk1s. The TPO Mk1s are definitely further apart than the other Mk1s, TSOs etc with my Bachmann fixed couplings. The TPOs and the Lima may benefit from the ultra close whilst the other Mk may benefit from the close version. Anyone got a cunning plan for Lima Mk3s yet? I'm still toying with removing the metal coupling hook and adding a magnet to the coupling bar. Either cutting a slot in the bar and adding a 3mm square magnet or gluing a thin disc one to the outside of the bar. When the bars touch they are ok (477 pushing ScotRail set), it is only when being pulled they look far too wide. I could modify the bogie to take a Hunt coupling version but would rather not do something terminal to the Lima bogies. I could fit NEM sockets somehow and add Hunt Couplings. If it didn't work out I could then fit a std NEM coupling hook.

I agree that would be useful as would the dimensions of the different types. I recently converted my Lima Grainflow wagons to a NEM socket using a conversion I got on eBay. As I didn't have Hunt Couplings at the time I put tension hooks in them and found when pulled the gap was even wider (hard to believe I know) than the original Lima hooks. Before buying Hunt Couplings it would be good to know how close the different variations would bring them. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lima-NEM-Coupling-Converter-Sample-1x-4-pockets-/202772112519 My Hornby non NEM fitted Mk3s dont like small radius Peco points. I have three on the non scenic section and while I can get rid of two of them removing the third would be a big pain. I've over come this by fitting one 2mm thick circular magnets between the Hunt Couplings which gives enough clearance. I will try 1mm versions which should be ok. Final thoughts for now, as I like to run my HST with the powered power car leading and as I change power cars to alternate the livery I would have prefered the power car coupling to be the same type of magnet and the outmost TGS and TF the be the same type of magnet with opposite polarity to the power cars. I see they are now selling pairs of power car couplings on there own which is helpful but assume they are different polarities. Packs of the same polarity power car couplings and a spare alternative coach one would be brilliant. That way your outer coaches could all be A for example and the power car and dummy could be Bs. That said on my first pack a few magnets fell out of the sockets, I am now kicking myself for super glueing them in so quickly as I could have turn two round to achieve both power cars having the same polarity.

Even though I live and model far away from NSE land I rather like 47s and esp 50s in original NSE. I'm not so keen on the later version of NSE. This may be because I never quite got over the ScotRail 47/7s being taken from me and repainted into the later version of NSE! Same applies to Intercity livery, I liked the original version with yellow cab roof and yellow round the bottom the cab front and side but I didn't like later versions where the livery extended full length with no yellow on the cab sides. Cant really explain why but there you go. On the latest video about weathering I have long thought that weathering is very time period specific. For me late 70s early 80s stock was grubbier than the period I model 85/86. By the mid 80s while there were exceptions, as Richard points out sides cleanish, roof and undergrames grubby. By the 90s the thing that I notice is faded rather than necessarily grubby or dirty stock. Thinking about the 47/7s again. 84 to 87 whilst at Haymarket they were generally well turned out, from laye 87 whilst at Eastfield it was a different story. So grubby the yellow cab roof often looked yellow. I can usually tell without seeing the HA castle or ED dog on the side where they were based simply on grubbiness of their appearance. Thanks for another excellent video. I have some Humbrol washes somewhere, hopefully I have black in my wee collection.

Thanks for that, was aware of the Scottish / English Regiment and Racehorse name difference but was unaware of the different style of nameplate or thought about the shortness of the racehorse nameplate.

Pretty sure I've seen them at places that sell spares. Although Peter Spares are out of stock. You could also phone Bachmann Spares dept themselves. https://www.petersspares.com/Bachmann-36-060-branchline-coach-pipe-coupling-pk4-oo-gauge.ir May be worth considering the new Hunt Couplings.

Brilliant, when I saw the photo I thought I bet there is a query over the identity! Out of interest what gives away it was a HA loco? Maybe David is just having fun and deliberately miss identifying the Deltics. I'm always amazed at the people's ability to ID photos of Deltics. Perhaps that's because 47s are my favourites and it's not always so easy to pick out which is which since there was more than 22 of them. Mind you there was only 16 or possibly 17 47/7s, so I may have a fighting chance with them. Keep up the good work David and the Deltic fans.

Cracking job, any chance you can give us an idea of the colours you used. The wall, the hedge in Princess Street Gardens, the North British Hotel and the face of the bridge over the station all changed by the mid 80s! As you say the wall got lighter as did the hotel. The hedge is more complicated, in some photos it is big and fairly continuous, in others it is bitty and has been chopped right back. Although the sides of the bridge are complex enough to scratch build, the solid version of the second half of the 80s is easier to scratch built than the earlier version with the gaps and more intricate features. I have seen photos of the modifications to the bridge with a 27 on the Dundee services underneath it. At a guess I'd go for pre 84 for the modifications to the bridge. If I can find the photo I'll see if the walls were cleaned before or after the bridge was modified. Always enjoy an update from Waverley West.

Good spot. From memory on the opposite side there used to be a structure built on top of the wall. I'm sure I read some where it was to allow crew changes possibly pre BR days. Always enjoy seeing photos from Waverley in the mid 80s.

Great photos, the Class 26s look rather shiny and new.

Thanks Bruce.

Perth Exhibition 2020 - Cancelled Today 16 March 2020 with a heavy heart but knowing it is the right thing to do, the Trustees of Scottish Model Engineering Trust along with the Exhibition Manager decided that it was no longer viable to run the Perth exhibition this year. The continued uncertainty and with peoples' health and well being in mind meant that only one decision could be made. We will be back in 2021 however and have been planning a great show which we can all enjoy once the virus crisis has been resolved

Andy. Perth Model Railway Exhibition contacts would be SEM63A and myself. Thanks.

Good news a prototype for a badly done renumbering job. The 33 and the 111 look like they are a different size and the 111 are very close together. As an aside these videos are brilliant. .

Important information regarding advanced ticket option. Due to unforeseen circumstances, we will not now be able to offer the sale of advance tickets for our exhibition this year. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Part 2 of Andrew Gebbie's (SMET) video of Model Rail Scotland. 2 down 4 to go! https://smet.org.uk

I think this are a great idea and having seen a video on You Tube I got a set of non NEM HST for my Blue Grey Hornby set. I run fixed rakes and whilst I use the Bachmann fixed bar they are a pain if you want to alter a fixed rake or take them to run at the club or at an exhibition. On unpacking 4 of the magnets had come out of their sockets and I immediately glued them back in place. In hindsight that was a mistake. The two magnets for the power cars are different types. This means if you want to swap power cars to have the powered power car at the front when you change direction and want to keep the correct coach formation you can't. It would have been better for the two power car magnets to be the same polarity and the outermost bogies on the coaches to have the same polarity. Had I thought about it I could have managed this by glueing in the the loose magnets to achieve that. The TGS is a different model to the SO and FO and the gap between the TGS and the adjacent SO is slightly wider than the gap between the other coaches. Pretty sure this is an issue with the coach as the couplings all appeared the same length to me. On my layout the all the coaches except thecTGS derailed at two locations. Both included Peco small radius points immediately after a curve in the non scenic part of the layout. This was caused by the closeness of the coaches. I have ordered 2mm thick x 2mm diameter magnets to place between the Hunt Coupling magnets to widen that gap. I think this will solve that problem. I played around with the couplings before fitting them to see how I could use or adapt them for my 30+ Lima Mk3s. Cutting a notch out of the front coupling bar and attaching the coupling to the underside of the square section between the coupling ring and the bogie is a possibility. However I am also going to try using the 2mm thick by 2mm diameter magnets either glueing then to the front of the Lima coupling bar or drilling a 2mm hole and inserting and gluing them into it. I went for 2mm thick to ensure they were sufficiently strong. Thinking about it the Hunt Couplings are not even 2mm thick so maybe the better option for my Lima would be to glue thinner 2mm or even 3mm diameter magnets to the outside of the Lima coupling bar rather than trying to line up holes to insert the 2mm thick by 2mm diameter magnets. I doubt a Lima version will appear in their range or doubt an easy fit version anyway so I suspect I will go DIY for my Lima MK3s but buy the Hunt Couplings for my Bachmann Mk1 and Mk2 rakes.

The latest video from Andrew Gebbie of SMET. Model Rail Scotland 2020, Part 1.

More videos. Model Rail 2020 Part 1 by Andrew Gebbie of Scottish Model Engineering Trust, SMET. https://smet.org.uk

Ironic really as the venue is an ice rink for some of the year! Hopefully we can avoid a lightning strike this year which put some of the lights out last years for a minute or two

Brian was at ModelRail Scotland yesterday and will be there over the rest of the weekend. I spoke to him about the frames for the Mk2b and c. My interest is for a couple of Lima Mk2bs or cs. They are available but I'm struggling to understand what to do about the glazing to go behind them. There is no point in fitting the frames if the original Lima glazing is still set back. I did ask if he had any plans to do a glazing unit to fit behind the frames as per the current glazing for the Mk3s etc. I got the impression it may be a possibility but not anytime soon.

Had a great day at the show today, lots of excellent layouts to see. Shap looked great with it's full length trains climbing or descending the gradient. One of our members has posted a preview of the show and will no doubt be posting a review later.