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Looks like most of that is the skeletal structure, the actual skin appears to be riveted as should be the norm, welding thin ally can seriously affect the malleable characteristics effectively causing it to easily fracture under stress, hence riveting. Same can happen when making acute bends in panels during pressing, which is why in the past alloy vehicle bodies were strictly for low production, better materials and press methods make it easier today.

Leading by example?

Mrs BB after leaving her lifetime career in banking worked for Boris when he was Mayor, only a small role attached to Drugs and Alcohol abuse but she had preconceived ideas of him, after working there there for just a few months she said he was one of the best “managers” she had ever worked with, he had absolutely no qualms in admitting when he was in over his head and employed people who knew what to do, despite all the rhetoric against him he chunders on with the job. He might look and act like an idiot but be in no illusion that’s a true representation.

It might be interesting, if and only if of course it was due to some negligence or skullduggery. Otherwise it’s just a failure of a design/specification process.

That looks like a T “nut/headed bolt” tightened into the aluminium channel under the body, no weld failure just the ally section walls have failed. Hard to say accurately without being there of course.

Not a good day for a bit of train spotting at Liskeard then? I’ll go for a paddle instead....

Although, admittedly it does say “A Great Western train”........

Nailed it......

Just changed to this now..... I don’t think we should expect anything less no, but just information after reading on here they are saying for the next few days.

Just seen in the BBC news channel on the “flying banner” that GWR trains are expecting long delays to service for weeks. That is on the BBC though.....

No problem, they just have to stick a few more blobs of ally weld on the brackets and it’ll all be fine

Agree, we in the U.K. couldn’t even have “compassionate” leave to see dying relatives in hospital during the lockdowns, risking any sort of spike now when so close to allow relatives to see family abroad in a higher risk country seems a bit foot, gun, shoot.

Aha but they could use the best....Kobe Beef.....hand reared and fed with beer.....hang on, did somebody say Kobe before?

You have to be determined with the T-Cut but it will work (I used it in conjunction with an orbital rubber pad for the first “cut”), I have used the kits before and found no difference at the end, but your correct in that they need some UV protection as the original protection has long gone from the plastic.

Absolutely, and I really do not believe it’s a case of time/memory improving the breed, they were superb units. And if “74009” is going to sell them, I’ll have a maroon set please.....easily worth what an APT is

It’s not just types of Loco, my Uncle who was a 50 year cleaner/fireman/driver ending as Top Link at the + alway told me of “favourite” Locos which drove better than others, and conversely always dreaded getting some which drove like a bag of spanners strapped to your back. There was one particular 40 I was cabbing with him once and he demonstrated that at a few particular speeds the front pilot axle bounced and rattled, it had been looked at several times and always was the same! He retired not long after it all went franchised and he said he was lucky, he sat on the Railways Board for a while at the request of John Prescott but he only lasted a few months before seeing the light and giving up, it was chaos.

But Kobe steel make aluminium as well....also titanium and other metals. Not that I wish to get in a conspiracy, he said she said debate, just information.

I used to use just the ordinary T-Cut on “misty” plastic lenses, work great. They always look so much better when clean, gives the car a whole “new” look.

Slip of the quote tag

Where’s the “not to be moved board” ?

Yeah, yeah, yeah......

Woke up a retired wheel tapper....

And they used a particular type of resin for the brake friction material binder.

Same colour as our last CX which was an Athena.

The gantries were announced quite a bit before spring 2020 that’s just an update, I think about the same time as the packs were introduced PECO stated they were going to produce a range of OHLE components including gantries and power masts, which nothing has been heard of since.