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As per an email from Rapido these are now in stock....and they want the balance paying.

Did SRMs ever run on the Watlington branch?

The “ED” wagons of course also ran down to Ashwood basin and the coal was transferred by canal to at one time to Stourport for the power station. I believe the ED wagons just ran on the Earl’s Pensnett railway which eventually consisted of 40 miles of track, serving his various collieries and industries over the course of its life. For any other outward shipment of coal I think I saw GW wagons in photos at Baggeridge, the Earl of Dudley being a shareholder of the GW supplying them with steel amongst other things. https://www.blackcountryhistory.org/collections/getrecord/GB145_p_1770 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Dudley's_Railway

@RapidoCorbs will the coupling rods/motions etc. on the 44XX be all metal? Having recently examined your 15xx tank I see a number of the smaller linkages appear to be plastic.

SRM 61 is correctly shown with the prize monogram (introduced 1906)*. It was part of order 1100 dated 13/06/1905 *See page 84 for photo in John Lewis’s book.

Surely pre 1908 none of the SRM in chocolate and cream with different insignia were that long lived. Weren’t the diagram Os (53-58, 61-72) ordered in 1905 and the diagram Rs (84-99) not built before1907? SRM 61 was recorded new in a photograph sporting the prize monogram. The SRM then started to be repainted into the all brown from 1908 due to difficulties keeping them clean. The 1922 chocolate and cream would be popular. I am surprised that Kernow have some of the long lived crimson lake versions still for sale. It’s difficult to say how popular the 1906 prize monogram livery was but it has sold out at Kernow.

No you don't need a tender for this one 😀

I guess it’s down to opinions. I agree about the garter crest being dark and slightly indistinct. However regarding the lining I personally prefer that Dapol have done it so subtly. To me it appears more realistic. I don’t want to go back to the days when GWR and BR OO models had the lining so bold that it was still distinct at 20 feet away. As for the GW green on Dapol’s new 43xx I think it’s an improvement on their previous rendition.

If they have told you they have staff sickness then matters have occurred outside their control. So yes….

Hopefully the Dapol version of crimson lake will match the Kernow steam rail motors.

Good choice I am pleased with mine. A first time in r-t-r in this particular livery. I’d just wondered if you might have been tempted by the other “Edwardian” the 1908 all over brown.

Which version have you ordered? Hope it arrives safely ! R

Surely it must be time for a GW Bulldog.

Not a complaint. If you get an email APC it might not be spam as I first thought, it could be your Kernow orders! (The initial email from APC had no indication who the parcel was from and had a link ). I had no emails from Kernow MRC (yes I checked my junk mail) so was suspicious. Early this morning I had two emails from APC confirming it was from Kernow MRC Anyway by 10:15 today I was the proud owner of two SRM - 85 & 61 @Graham_Muz please can you pass on my thanks and praise to all involved with this project. It is truly superb and well worth the wait. I was one of those who ordered many years ago, 2016 I think, and had the subsequent request to re-order which I did by phone. For this reason my re-order didn’t show on my orders on the KMRC website.

Anything please, but no more A3 and A4s.

Or on omnibuses see link below? https://www.alamy.com/horse-drawn-omnibus-on-a-north-london-routing-about-1902-image234301466.html

Would a trip on a SRM be considered more akin to travelling on an omnibus or tram? Plenty of gentleman wearing hats here on the omnibus , albeit in 1902, when I thought the rules might be stricter. https://www.alamy.com/horse-drawn-omnibus-on-a-north-london-routing-about-1902-image234301466.html The Kinver Light Railway about 1901 https://distinctlyblackcountry.wordpress.com/reviews/route-to-inland-resort/ On the tram trailer below (circa 1890) is that a gent wearing a hat (L lower deck). http://www.tramwaybadgesandbuttons.com/page148/page149/styled-42/page471.html

Bachmann did their own version of a Collett 4000 gallon tender for some of their Hall class.

Assume you’ve got the usual books on this branchline, by local author Ned Williams? Richard

Wasn’t a lot of the track lifted on this branch and used in France (WW1)? I’d understood it was one of the last branch lines built and its opening was delayed because of the above, it had a very short lived passenger service. It would have been interesting if the proposed junction on this line had been built to link with the Severn Valley Railway. It’s fortunate that two station buildings still survive as well as a good shed at Tettenhall, sundry bridges, due to it being a public walkway and cycle path.

The Kidderminster Town station is of course a new build by the SVR. The original station at Kidderminster was interesting and totally different (probably unique on the GW). Built 1863 in a mock Tudor style. See image on wiki, under “History” section. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidderminster_railway_station

Small Great Western pre-grouping tanks suitable for branch lines - saddle tank 2021/850, Metro, 517, rather than the much heavier 57xx and 2721classes. Outside frame Great Western locos Bulldog or Duke or 3521 4-4-0 tender locos

The instruction booklet implies that alternative cowcatcher would be provided. So maybe an oversight on Rapido’s part or a late change of plan?

That’s interesting it explains why Precision Paints (and other paint manufacturers) sold two different shades of GW green- pre & post 1928. In a similar way to coaches the varnish darkening the pale upper panels to make them appear cream in earlier days. I guess the application of extra coats of varnish would also cause a further darkening as the varnish aged. I recall reading in a book(s) that at a later tale, at I think at an absorbed company loco depot they complained about the poor Swindon paint specification. The paint was specified to be thinned that much that the green boiler turned almost black on its first firing.

@RapidoCorbs sorry not necessary I only tagged you today ( you shouldn’t be pestered weekends). Thank you for the reply, much appreciated. The issue of GW paint is contentious some authorities state the GW green pre 1928 was a darker shade, including the paint manufacturers- Precision, Railmatch and Phoenix.