MarkC

Nah - shouting is still good; no apology should be made, IMHO. 3 days? Good grief...

That's a weapons-grade "teaser" post - I like it! Am looking forward to binge-watching the series when I get home next month

51L/Wizard did/do? D-502 and D-526 coach kits, complete with push-pull ends

Doesn't he own Barter Books and Alnwick station?

Some muppet will probably buy it - "It's on eBay; it must be a bargain, innit..."

Oh dear...

Hi Rob That would be much appreciated Brgds Mark

I've modelled Midland, pre-1907, for many years now, but in the last 9 years have also become fascinated by the NER and its successors in the area. Mark

Sadly I'll not be home, Mick. Hope the day is a success though. Mark

You think so, tovarisch?

Sir! Sir! Me, Sir! Many, many years ago, it was a Gem Compound. It's still in a box somewhere - built in 1974, I think. I believe that the body was stuck together with Evo-Stik - the proper stuff, not this modern environmentally friendly rubbish... *wanders off, muttering...* Mark

GEM 4-4-0 chassis kits certainly had white metal coupling rods - and the connecting rods in their Midland Compound kits were white metal too

I agree too - definitely Craftsman. I've built 2 of them, an eBay rescue awaits its turn, and I have a new kit in the roundtuit cupboard. Lovely kits, and were definitely ahead of many other offerings, back in the day...I've also got a Class 02 diesel kit, an A5 pacific tank kit and an L&Y Class 28 0-6-0 kit in said roundtuit pile; they look to be just as cleanly etched as the Johnson 0-4-4T. What happened to the range? It was sold on and has basically disappeared into the 'black hole' that has swallowed up so many other ranges of the past. Shame.

I was almost right then! As for the Precision colour - it's been a while since I did any Midland modelling, but I got better results with several extremely well thinned coats - a bit like the real thing, but I don't think that 14 coats would have been appropriate! Mark

I seem to recall Damask Red being the aerosol of choice for Midland Lake, in the days before Precision Paints. That or Humbrol 20, if memory also serves... Mark

Well, I wasn't thinking along the lines of etched, tbh, as most RTR is moulded plastic. Yes, the master takes time too, but it was always mechanisms that took up time and initial cost for R & d. OK, as you say, modern CAD helps, but perhaps I'm looking at it from an old style of thinking.

Some great ideas here - the argument "A5 or A8"? would probably go to the A5, I suspect, for 2 reasons. First, it would appeal to GCR area afficionados as well, (although they only appeared in the NER area after Grouping, of course), but secondly, getting the bogie arrangement to work whilst still getting the model to 'look right' would take some serious model engineering skills. This argument also works against the B16, H1, NER Atlantics, A7, the original A2 etc. With the J27 having the same 8' x 8' 6" wheelbase as the Midland 0-6-0s, I'm surprised that Bachmann haven't yet offered one - the most expensive part, of R & D, the chassis, is surely already pretty much 'to hand'.

One an hour, wasn't it? There was no forced ventilation, or ventilation risers, so it could get quite whiffy in there for a while after one of those infernal combustion beasties went through...

Relative of Walter Mitty?

Can of worms there too - it's not a 'fill in' of surrounding 3rd rail installations, so it's unlikely to be approved. It's all fantasy anyway...

Well, what can I say? I've not seen the show yet, as I'm away at sea, but I read Simon's post, went off to FarceBerk to see what he was on about, and, well, my flabber was severely gasted... My own opinion is that this show is not directed at railfans per se, but those who we sometimes refer to as 'normals', who want some entertainment. As such, it appears to be doing well. Perhaps those who are so critical should look a little closer to home - some of the comments against the likes of Simon are horrendous, and it's that sort of attitude that does give us a bad name. It's like the rude photographers who shout at people, particularly children, for 'spoiling their shot', or the 'flailing nutters' on diesel tours. No wonder we have a problem advertising our hobby in a good light, and many people simply keep quiet about being part of it. Mark *now braced for incoming*

I thought that it was complete bogies? CP7 rings a bell?

I wonder if the builder has used some heavy duty threadlocking compound? If so, judicous application of heat from a soldering iron, applied to the nut, might help in releasing it. Mark