MarkC
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I *think* it's a K's body on a Kemilway chassis... Mark The missing coupling hook is the least of the issues with it, certainly at that price! It is, as you say, a bit of a 'mix' - but it is apparently a *Code 3*... Mark
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Caveat emptor and all that...but at least it's the correct owning company, unlike this offering from Cartmel... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TRI-ANG-RAILWAYS-R-52-NER-EX-LMS-3F-0-6-0T-JINTY-TANK-LOCO-CODE-3/300875501474?_trksid=p2045573.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D27%26meid%3D8385146587746454426%26pid%3D100033%26prg%3D1011%26rk%3D3%26sd%3D161043719056%26 Mark
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MarkC replied to Michael Delamar's topic in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)
Whitley Bay - with the Royal Hotel,( AKA the Boiler Shop), on the seafront, opposite the Rex Hotel... A little more upmarket than the Jungle What a place indeed But we digress Mark -
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MarkC replied to Michael Delamar's topic in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)
Well, you said it, no-one else Mark -
Yes indeed. That's another error. As I said, a nice enough model, but the price? http://www.lner.info/locos/N/n10.shtml http://www.lner.info/locos/N/n8.shtml http://www.lner.info/locos/N/n9.shtml Caveat emptor, as I doubt many folk would say on Tyneside Mark
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MarkC replied to Michael Delamar's topic in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)
And you get to glow in the dark, thanks to Sellafield... Mark -
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MarkC replied to Michael Delamar's topic in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)
Jan '79 to December '82 for cadetship, End '85 for Seconds & April-Jul '89 for Chiefs. Mark -
That's one of several, Keith... Mark
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OO-KIT-BUILT-BR-BLACK-CLASS-N8-0-6-2-TANK-LOCO-69107-/190851960575?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item2c6fa9ceff A lot of money for a model which, whilst it looks nice, has several glaring errors if it is an N8... Mark
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MarkC replied to Michael Delamar's topic in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)
Show pictures of what we wore back then to today's kids - no, better not, unless you have broad shoulders to cope with the mickey-taking... Mark -
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MarkC replied to Michael Delamar's topic in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)
Love that shot of the ES1 too - with the EE Type 4 behind - and some very 'iffy' attire being sported!! G'day, Neil Mark -
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MarkC replied to Michael Delamar's topic in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)
I think it's South Shields too. Always nice to see pics like these Mark -
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MarkC replied to Michael Delamar's topic in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)
OMG Porcy - there is indeed a 'blast from the past'... Mark -
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MarkC replied to Michael Delamar's topic in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)
And although I lived in Liverpool at the time, I was sent to South Shields for my College time as an Engineer cadet... Different company to Neil though... Mark -
Poll: To What Extent Do You Model Real Locations?
MarkC replied to fender's topic in Modelling musings & miscellany
2 and 3 here. For 2, I'm presently working up to building a model of Scalby, albeit bringing an overbridge south of the viaduct closer to act as a scenic break. For 3, that's my Midland Railway layouts over the years - real enough places but imaginary branches to them, but following MR practice. Mark -
A powered O gauge brake van, anyone? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/O-GAUGE-KIT-BUILT-LNER-BRAKE-VAN-3-RAIL-POWERED-/290925982207?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item43bc8a31ff
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You can actually get past Scalby & all the way to Gallows Close. (A Sainsburys stands on part of the old yard there). The station site at Scalby & a little bit of the trackbed north of it has been built on, but there is a clear diversion which takes you back onto the route at the north end of the viaduct. Yes, a very scenic route, but a swine to work, particularly in winter, with steep climbs either side of Ravenscar; 1 in 39 southbound & 1 in 41 northbound. Then you had the reversals at each end to complicate matters. Mark
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Quite. Whilst we all have to accept that Royal Mail's recent increases are not good for the wallet, sadly some vendors are taking the you-know-what... Mark
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Ten grand? That's one hell of a first sale! (and a lot of commission to eBay...) Mark
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I agree with much of what you've put, pheaton. However, the LMS 10000 bunch haven't been put off, & frankly much of their gear will be pretty basic - no modern electronics in the control systems for a start - all discrete components that will be easier to obtain & change for a while yet, unlike much modern stuff. The heavy stuff; yes, more expensive to manufacture from new than many steam locomotive parts, but again, straightforward in engineering terms. Mark
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You could well be right, Ian - or someone wanted it for spares! Cheers Mark
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How about this gem? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MIDLAND-PANTOGRAPHED-EMU-Hornby-based-OO-gauge-/171036285005?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item27d28e984d Fictional? No kidding Mark
