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I have always heard the surname "twatt" pronounced "twot" i.e. to rhyme with "watt". As a place name, it correponds to English "thwaite". Alan

Read the small print - presumably why they're going cheap! "Please note that this item has a minor manufacturing fault resulting in potential decoder damage when fitted with a Digital decoder. This can be resolved by affixing electrical tape to the underside of the PCB board, however due to this modification being required we offer this model as DCC Incompatible and we do not offer our usual Digital fitting services on this item. This item will function correctly on an analogue layout without any modification. " Alan

I emailed them about that version last April and the reply was "I have registered you as interested in this variation and we will be in touch with any future developments." Alan

It's not that Aberdeenshire is a long way from Hampshire. Hampshire is a long way from Aberdeenshire. Alan

Actually we have only about 5cm here. Alan

Good for Gemma!

This link tells us that Scots pine trees in Scotland grow up to about 65' though, of course, can be much less locally. I'm guessing wind exposure in Sutherland might limit growth. https://treesforlife.org.uk/forest/scots-pine/ Alan

I also live where I can access any amount of lichen, twigs etc. and I have tried growing sea-moss too but ended up thinking that various Chinese plastic jobs with extra foliage material added are as good as any and not too expensive. e.g. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-Green-Model-Trees-Train-Railway-Park-Street-Wargame-Diorama-Scenery-HO-N/281910567270?epid=1288799722&hash=item41a32de166:g:aAYAAOSwR2RaOosQ https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5x-Pine-Trees-Model-for-Wargames-Farm-Train-Railway-Scenery-Landscape-1-50-1-75/360784850698?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131017132637%26meid%3Da983ecb7efa04c0386466cdacf0daa4a%26pid%3D100033%26rk%3D8%26rkt%3D8%26mehot%3Dag%26sd%3D201663439493%26itm%3D360784850698&_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m2042 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/25Pcs-Green-Trees-Model-Train-Railway-Diorama-Wargame-Park-Scenery-00-1-75-Scale/331610078474?epid=607908932&hash=item4d35803d0a:g:uFAAAOSw~gRVrJad Various scales/sizes available. Alan

Not quite since he seems to need a double chassis whereas I just suspend both the bogie and the 4-coupled chassis directly from the footplate. Here is a "Director" so treated. The footplate has a transverse wire that sits in the channel fixed to the 4-coupled chassis. The bogie is suspended from the footplate by a screw which enables height adjustment.

For 4-4-0s and 0-4-4s, I use a system introduced by Horton in the Railway Modeller of July 1964. It mimics the three-point suspension of coaches where, apart from rotation, one bogie is allowed to move in all directions but the other can only rock back and forth thus holding the vehicle vertical. In the case of a 4-4-0 (or 0-4-4) locomotive, the driving wheels are mounted in a rigid sub-chassis that is free to pivot fore and aft and the rest of the weight is transmitted to the track via a pillar onto the unconstrained bogie. Theoretically, because the 4-coupled unit is rigid, current collection via the drivers is not a good as with other systems but pickups on the bogie are possible. Alan

65330 also shown in green at Kittybrewster in Sep48 in RCTS Vol 5, Fig. 311 (And 5211 in green at Bathgate in Apr48, Fig. 310) Alan

5211/65211 (until Oct48) and 5330/65330 (until Nov51) were in green but neither named. Alan

Seems strange that they chose "Haig" which wasn't named until 1955, almost at the end of early crest livery. Alan

Our best wishes go with you, Samantha. Your family must come first. Alan

Beautiful but D40, to be pedantic. Alan

Totally irrelevant but Insch is famous for kilted signaller, John McFarlane https://www.flickr.com/photos/bennachie/279220330/in/photostream Alan

Still not what I want - I want EARLY Scottish 24/1s. Alan

Jeremy's "shallow" tunnel takes the main line north out of Aberdeen. Originally GNSR and double track, it goes under the old Woolmanhill Hospital in the distance. Alan

I was hoping Mike might be a little cheaper!! Alan

Mike, Would there be any mileage in putting the V4 tender on a separable etch to include the 3500 gallon tender variants for V4, K4, K1/1, J38 etc? Alan

Count me in for a V4. Alan

Well, cheaper at Rails on preorder! And Derails just says "due imminently". Alan

All 3 in stock at Rails of Sheffield. Alan

Any developments on the V4, Mike? I would definitely be interested in one. Alan