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Just FYI I commissioned Fox to produce GER decals for this, if you are planning on that period. They are in the Fox range.

I suggest you take a look at Rumney Models' website Morton-Independent-Lifting Link Brake Underframes | Rumney Models. You will, of course, need axle boxes and so on, which he also supplies. Your van bodywork has been finished very well, so a decent chassis should go under it. The kits are not as hard to build as you might think form the pictures. I managed it...!

Well, if it comes to that I could turn up some more myself…I had hoped it would still be supported.

With the demise of Eileen’s Emporium, who is picking up the business of supporting the Avonside jig with spares, such as the axle rods?

Paraphrasing a recent remark by a Healthcare Corporation (of course) to the effect that they are in business to make money, not cure people…

Try candle wax on the blades; just run the blade through and old candle offcut. It will make passage through the metal easier and reduce the binding that causes most breakages. Washing up liquid at a pinch if your household is all electric!

I’ll vouch for these little marvels; so far I’ve used them on the fabled quad art (there you go, Richard, one less excuse…) a twin art, a half dozen NPCs and about a dozen coaches. Just be careful keeping them in line and you’ll have some really nice looking hinges. Steady with the solder, though, or you’ll get blobs. Clean work, flux and heat, as ever, are your friends.

Rumney Models will be releasing an etched kit for the Mink F later this year - likely July

Rumney Models will be releasing an etched kit for the Mink F later this year - likely July.

Your prayers will be answered in part: Rumney Models will be releasing an etched kit for the Mink F later in the year - likely July…

Thank you, Mike - I can now ‘get on with the job’!

You’ve captured the scale and heft of this locomotive perfectly. Well done!

Now to the subject of footboards, or more specifically, those footboards supplied by MJT. As I look at them, they appear not to be ‘handed’ (see attached), so my question whether they were not ‘handed’ so bogies could run either way round (given the pipework and wiring on the real thing this seems unlikely), or they were so and the MJT etch has overlooked this. I ask as I am about to undertake ‘footboarding’ a Hertford Quad and, as a rather camera shy set, have few photos as reference. Poring over the pages of Harris has not helped much either. The collective wisdom hereabouts would be welcome… Best, Marcus

Trigger, perhaps.

Maybe I missed previous posts, but this brings me to glazing materials. My preference is for - as espoused by the venerable Jim Whittaker - slide cover glass slips. I welcome your thoughts and experiences…