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Graham/John, Thanks very much for the replies. I rather thought if they did survive that long, they might have ended up in departmental liveries. I obviously need to see some photos of these brake vans, if only one made it unrebuilt into departmental use, then I'll have to have a think about what I do with the other. It's not my period of modelling, I've owned the two Hornby ones since the 80s when they were released as part of a project which was abandoned. I now model BR D & E in the sectorisation livery period. I'm a member of the EM Gauge Society, so I'll ask around if anyone has the book i need to look at. Regards, Mark

Hi All, A friend of mine is building a ficticious layout set in the early 1960s located somewhere on the former LBSCR . I have two of the Hornby LBSCR 20 ton brake vans in LBSCR grey. Can anyone tell me how long these brake vans lasted before being scrapped please, and if they made it into the 60s, what colours they were painted? I've had a look round on the web, but so far I've not been able to find much out. Regards, Mark

Hi Tamperman, Thanks very much for that, I'll have a look round on the web to see what I can find. Regards Mark

Hi All, First post of 2016 so happy New Year to you and yours. I'm currenty working on a couple of Lima Tiger PCAs, re-wheeling them to EM gauge, instanter couplings and hopefully sprung buffers if I can get the correct type. The PCAs were built with three different types of braking system, shoe, diagonally disc-braked and disc-brakes all round. I need a reference book(s) to gain information on these and other BR wagons and rolling stock in use from the early 80s through to the end of BR. While I'm asking, is there also a particular series of books or individual ones that give good detail about locomotives, technical details and liveries during the same period? I'd be very grateful if anybody could point me in the right direction please. Regards, Mark

Hi All, I am trying to find out the types of coaches that would have been in use on suburban services, in the Reading to Paddington area, behind locos such as a .large Prairie. Would it have been non-corridor stock, or would there have been rakes of corridor stock used as well? Also, an idea of typical train lengths. Any information would be helpful, and if diagram numbers are to hand as well, these would be most useful too. Thanks very much. Regards, Mark

Hi All, Further to this thread, could somebody point out what the differences are between the Churchward and Collett 3500 tenders please? I want to put one or other of them on the back of this loco I'm building and would like to know which would be the correct one, or if they ran with both. Thanks Mark.

Hi Mike, Thanks for the info and drawings, most useful to see. I will keep my eyes open for a replacement tender. Regards, Mark

Hi All, Thanks for all the info. I only got the Branchlines kit today and haven't yet opened all the packages. I've got the Russell books so will look through them. The Branchlines chassis kit includes the deeper frames for the Bird. As far as the accuracy of the Dapol kit is concerned, It seems to be neither fish nor fowl. I'm just going to have to do loads of research. One other thing, my layout is based around 1947 and I believe that the surviving locos by this time might have had the original tenders replaced with the Churchward 3500 gallon tender, not the one that comes with the kit. If anyone has a spare one of these tenders they are willing to part with, then please let me know. Regards, Mark

Nick, When I ordered the detailing kits from Branchlines, their literature stated that a Bulldog version of the kits was available, which is what I bought. Would Branchlines supply this version if it's completely wrong? Regards, Mark.

Hi All, I've just bought the above and will be building it as the Bulldog version. Sometime ago I was looking on here for threads about this build, and came across one talking about discrepancies with the boiler/smokebox length of the Dapol kit. I think it was something to do with the locos receiving superheaters but i may be wrong. Now I can't find it. I would be grateful if somebody could let me know the details of this, and if they have built the kit with modifications, how they went about it. Regards, Mark.

Thanks for the replies. The Mike's Models crane as far as I can tell is not the 6 ton crane. I'm aware of the Cambrian 6 ton crane and match truck, these were used at locations that didn't have a yard crane of their own. I will get in touch with the GWR Journal people, I know they have published plans for one. Scratchbuilding one is probably the only answer.

Hi All, Does anyone have plans, or know of any for the above crane please? Better still, does anyone know if one has ever been produced? Given the number of these cranes that seem to have been used all over the GWR, it just seems a bit strange no manufacturer (as far as I can tell) has ever produced one. Maybe it's not the right time now given the recession, but would any manufacturer like to consider producing one? Yours in hope, Mark

Hi Jonathan, I have sent you a PM. Regards, Mark

Hi All, Does anyone know contact details for Jonathan Hall who does a detailing/conversion etch for the above crane please? Regards, Mark Benstead