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Hello Thanks for your reply,I did think that might be the case, but wasn't sure as the only photos I have seen of them towards the end of their lives are in black and white and I wondered if the odd one had lasted to be painted blue. Kind Regards John

Hello Can anyone help with the following please:- Were any ex-LNER Thomson suburban carriages (including Lav composites) repainted into BR blue livery at the end of their careers and if so are there any photos of them. Thanks in advance John

Thanks for your kind offer but I think I am sorted now with a photo Kind Regards John

Hello Can someone please share a roof shot of the original Test Coach Iris 975010 please (ex M79900). I am building a 4mm model of it and am trying to get the correct arrangement for the pipes on the roof. Thanks in advance John

Hi Jeff Love your Dreadnought on your thread, nice work! The Harrow Dreadnought kits I have consist of white metal sides, but the rest of the bodies are resin so weight not too much of an issue. I have a Heljan met Bobo to pull them. Know what you mean about the Harrow LT unit kits they are darn heavy and take a bit of shifting. Regards John

Thank you all for taking the time to help me out. Great info about the livery. The kits are the original Harrow white metal body variety with sparse underframe detail (although I plan to do something about that!) Will give Radley's a call re the K2 bogies; Best Regards John

Hello I have recently picked up a rake of Harrow models Dreadnought kits. Can anyone help me with the following please:- What livery did the LT Dreadnoughts carry in the late 1950's. Were they still in teak or repainted into maroon, also were the roofs painted red and the carriage ends painted red as well (or were just the brake ends ).? Is there anyone who manufactures K2 bogies which these carriages were fitted with at this time? Thanks in advance John

Very well deserved John

Can I ask a question please There is an excellent wealth of knowledge on things LNER/ Eastern Region here. Were Quad Art sets ever mixed ie- the composite set from one set running with the all third set from another or were they always in fixed formations? Thanks John

Hello Can I please ask one more question please do any of you know if the Quad Arts ever ran in mixed sets i.e.- The composite part of one set coupled with the all third set from another or were they always permanently coupled? Thanks John

Hi Steve Lots of different details amongst the sets. I suppose the lack of info/ photos in certain aspects is the old problem of people not recording what is perceived as the mundane until it is gone. With the lack of space I have available I will have to run them as single sets, will put some photos on RM when thy have progressed a bit more

Hello Thanks all for taking the time to reply I have found the set number is 61 (same photo is on Steve Banks site didn't know about this site before) I have a 1929 set on my workbench at the moment a mix of Kirk/Cooper craft sides and Mjt bits and the earlier set would make an interesting contrast Regards John

Thanks Steve Looks like the top lights are plated over. The data on set numbers and how they relate to carriage numbers does seem a little scarce for these earlier sets. Regards John

Hello Thanks for getting back to me. I don't think it is a Quint Art I reckon if it is not an LNER built set it is probably one of the sets that were produced when the Great Northern suburban twins were rebuilt into quads. The odd thing about the photo is that is captioned as being taken in Hull, although I guess towards the end of their lives these sets strayed from their original home. Regards John

Hello I recently found a photo of a 1925 build LNER Quad art set running in BR days with Fox bogies and gas lighting, the set has the carriages 48601 and 48602 in it. Can anyone help me out with the set number of these carriages please? The Harris book is very good but does not have set number information Many thanks in advance. Regards John

Hello I am currently enjoying getting stuck into building a pair of Quad Arts in 4mm (using Kirk, Cooper craft and MJT parts)with the help of some excellent info from the wonderful RM Web. Can anyone please advise me of the following:- What is the correct size decals for the set numbers that are on the end of each Quad Art set and which company manufactures them? Does anyone manufacture suitable signage for the destination blinds in the Quad Art brake compartments and also for destination boards suitable for an N2 or an N7 (Kings+, Liverpool St etc.) I am modelling the period from 1945 to 1951 very late LNER to early BR Thanks in an advance and a Happy New Year to all RM Webbers. Regards John

Hi Horsetan Thanks for your help, will get cracking with some Gresley artic stock! Cheers John

Hello Thanks you for taking the time to help me out. Can you please email it to- plantpage@talk21.com Best Regards John

Hello Thanks for replying it is the April 1995 issue. Regards John

Hello I am building some LNER articulated stock (quad and quint art). Does anyone have the article on LNER Quint arts that was in Modelling Railways Illustrated in the 1990's that you could scan for me please. Thanks in advance Regards John

Hello Thanks I will check out that F/B group. With regards to Q stock bogies I am thinking of maybe doing some surgery on a couple of bogie sides to produce both types using them as a basis for a mould then having a try at resin casting. I am going to use the MJT compensated bogie frames which go together and run well as the basis for the bogies and tweak the wheelbase of the bogie frames to suit. I have some Q stock bodies on order from Mousa (Bill Bedford) which should be arriving in a few weeks. Have had a major rethink about my modelling over the last couple of months and have decided to go with a London based Very early BR(ER)/LT layout. About 20 years ago I was involved in exhibiting a BR/LT layout 'Grove Park' with the Weston Railway Modellers. It was built by some fantastic modellers and I especially like the LT element so it kind of feels right to gravitate back to it. Cheers John

Hi Clive Thanks for taking the time to share this info and photos with me. I will check out that facebook group. I have decided to have a crack at building some Q stock so am very grateful for this. Best Regards John

Hello Can anyone help me with the following please:- Does anyone have a photo of the bogies/ underframe of a Q35 trailer car you can share with me? and a photo of the Q23 car that has been converted to a trailer car, when these coaches were converted were the bogies changed and were the driving car windows blanked off? Many thanks in advance John

Hello Thanks for replies, hope I can make my K4 look half as good as Micks' Cheers John

Hi Tony I am about to make start on a Dave Alexander LNER K4 kit. Have you built one of these and are there any pitfalls I should out for? Thanks John