Kenton

Have to agree. loved all of it up to Part 4 - the purpose of which I can't agree with and consider as destroying all the positive work preceding it. Background removal can only enhance, image stacking (so that's how it is done!) and tricks to put right failings in the photography - all good and worthwhile. But adding things that are never going to be there in the original scene - well travesty why not make up everything and delude the viewer completely? Just because it can be done does not make it something that should be done. Still great Parts 1-3, Thanks

Traction tyre supplier http://www.Hornby-railway-trains.co.uk/index.html or http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Peters-Spares-Model-Railways-Ltd?_rdc=1 or http://www.newmodellersshop.co.uk/hornby_spares_wheels_and_tyres.htm or http://www.modelrailshop.co.uk/product/10818/Traction_Tyres_per_pair However be aware there are many different tyres and you need the Hornby spares code for the particular one - first find the service sheet for that loco. It can be an easy - but interesting job replacing them.

My views on the composition of certain parts of the kit have been made known - but I don't wish to take away from you the skill and craftmanship that has gone into the build. I'm not sure about the back either, not an addition I would have made and to me it detracts so IMO not worth the effort. But, nevertheless you have made a good job of that as well. Now just get some paint on it to assist forgetting that awful lump of resin.

Inglenook +1

  PSA of 59 was not exactly astronomic (there is an age related increase in all men) and not always indicative of risk. but 0.3! - no wonder you feel 10 years younger. Or even 40 years younger. Although getting there sounds as if it was hell, arriving also sounds worthwhile. Hope you have many happier years ahead and free of hospitals - they are generally good places to be when you are really ill but best avoided if you can. Oh, and thanks for sharing the history with us. Very difficult subject and if you (everyone else) are in one of the higher risk groups and getting on a little in years ... get it checked out.

Sympathy with the seller - perhaps more justifiable than some beggaring charity.

  It is an offence to be at the steering wheel of a car on an public road and using a phone. [Ed] With the exception of an emergency dialling 999 apparently. Not everyone has a mobile phone. I would guess that very few incidents on level crossings would have been prevented by the miscreant (Darwin or otherwise) phoning first. It would not have crossed their mind as part of their action. What would I do if I broke down on a crossing? Probably like most people the first thought would be to try to move the car and myself out of harms way whilst looking down the line. I'm not sure if I would be thinking straight enough to go look for the phone and use it, though may just be thinking quick enough to suggest a passenger or bystander to do so. Edited for correction of grammar! and additional factual clarification.

Too weathered for my liking - I'll avoid this issue having purchased the last 3, perhaps that is sufficient for one year.

I'm afraid the world is getting madder every day - too much cotton wool being placed around every sensible action and too much between the ears of the transport committee. Having see both the interviews Mr Carne apologising for everything that happens (really silly) and the attack on bonuses (interviewer seems to think bankers everywhere) and that MP on the transport committee justifying her existence. Sure if any accident is the fault of procedures or equipment then an apology should be fast and forthcoming. Even compensation and a fine. But all this talk of the poor "victim's" families when it is suicidal stupidity, not from me - get over it - unless you see yourself to blame. As for suggestion that the "victim" is incapable of rational thought to protect their own safety then such individuals should be under the care of someone is is capable. Lock me up when I reach such a state or I might just walk out into the road, step off the balcony, walk out to sea, or ignore the safety barriers at a level crossing. As for the removal of all level crossings he doesn't get my vote on that one either. Just concentrate on making them work 100% reliably and have a small but significant safety window for the the thoughtless. Driving around barriers should be an instant disqualification offence. No mitigation.

The date confirms that it is too late for the original shed. That was along the lines I was thinking. May well have been a proposal put to CLC for consideration but they decided on going down the more useful enlargement to 6 roads in brick. The timing is perfect. Would be interesting to see if such a decision was minuted and recorded by the board.

I wonder if that was a proposed timber extension along the existing 4 tracks of the original brick shed? Even the sliding roll-around doors would have been quite an innovation for a loco shed. Though of course that design was in use for many a barn door but straight along the wall. Shame about no date. Some clarity on why the rebuild from brick to concrete in 1923 would interest me. Was this an entire rebuild of the then 6 track shed or was it more of a cladding exercise?

I thought the original (CLC -1881) shed was of brick construction and 4 roads? Also roller doors? - very unusual if not unique (and expensive) for the period. Was that plan on paper ever put into reality or was it just a proposal, is there a date on it? As far as I am aware the structure was always brick (including the 1885 2 road extension) which could well have been on the original plan 4 years earlier.

probably got stuffed down the back of the armchair.

As long as they avoid the beginner's temptation to fill it with more track!

The job title is apprentice - you have to start training with the most vital part of the job. How to appear to be doing something when actually not.

Sure has been a controversial topic on here in the past. I have to add that I am also a voter for the blank matt grey/pale blue backscene but would also say that I think it has worked quite well at the other end of the layout where you have blended in the on board scenery with the Peco scene. Perhaps it is just the very flat townscape that just clashes. Only a minor issue, still like the layout.

Another great scene but I'm afraid the backscene just doesn't do it - very confusing effects on perspective and content. Still think this whole project was a wonderful idea and well worth the effort put into it.

Without wishing to go too far off/cross topic - you will see on there I was not implying you were fussy merely that if you found fault with a product (and quite clearly you had and I expressed that I was also concerned about it though had not observed it) then you should contact the manufacturer/supplier. I had the impression that most other contributors were in agreement with me there. As for my standards you misunderstand. I build kits every day but I cannot claim that they are up to even DLT's competence, but they seem to satisfy my clients. Perhaps their standards are also low and it serves a purpose, I recognise not everyone wants perfection or has the time, inclination or desire to build a kit. So I consider myself an "average" kit builder. Whatever that may be. This is NOT an average kit. I don't think it was ever really seriously suggested as being average. It is because of that I do not understand the motive behind the resin. What has been done is a form of dumbing down making one small part of the otherwise challenging kit "easy" on the builder. It is not that the etched route could not be done, it was that it was not thought to be done by the average builder. I also believe that the end result detracts from the rest of the kit. A simple opinion which it seems everyone else disagrees with. That is fine. My principle objection to resin remains that it cannot be soldered as part of a "metal" kit construction - that will never change until they find a resin that can be. So yes I have turned negative about this kit, having previously been very positive. That is nothing to do with DLT's outstanding build of the kit, but everything to do with the quality of the kit. I've made my point and I am happy to leave it at that.

  No. Do you have a mental age of a 5 year old? I don't really think that even though you clearly show the same level of comprehension with that remark. So what have we proved with that little exchange? A forum is no place for insult throwing. Back to the kit. Resin has two major drawbacks It cannot be soldered, and there is no weight to it. In addition to the impression of it producing dulled detail. I don't accept the argument that forming brass is not up to the ability of an "average" modeller. Firstly the chassis is not in that class and secondly who is this "average" with the dumbed down talent and for who the kit was designed. Making a pattern for casting is a skill, I have not suggested otherwise. However the material selected metal or resin makes little difference you require a master to make either. I am afraid it remains my opinion that the detail in the resin version is no improvement over that which could be obtained in cast and with, undoubtedly more effort and skill on the part of designer and modeller, brass. My opinion applies to resin in any kit and no doubt there are many modellers out there who love the idea of gluing metal kits together - OK this is one for them. I am afraid I don't so although I was really impressed with the elegance of the chassis and rather like the prototype I'm afraid this is one kit I shall be avoiding. Probably no loss to many there are plenty of others who do not have such principles and will happily build a metal kit with glue.

The Type 27 was light enough for a gang of 2 to lift and frequently was (although it had a reverse gear it was easier to drive any distance forward.) Likely to be an N gauge mechanism but just what has it to pull? Other than maybe a trolley - are we even sure that one will be included? Still no actual details posted AFAICS

Which is in itself another valid reason for reporting the listing. Ebay do not like empty or listings without actual goods to offer.

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Well probably lost one as a result but may well have gained many others from the glue it all together camp. I am in agreement, in part, with you that forming louvres from brass sheet would be difficult (though not impossible and there are harder tasks) but have seen them well represented by half etched sheets. The problem with arguing that a resin cast is more difficult than a whitemetal one is lost on me. In terms of detail the metal one is going to be crisper and at least it can be soldered on. This is no beginner kit - as seen by the chassis construction. Reducing the body to that level without similar compromise of the chassis just seems perverse. As if the designer just gave up on the job and took an easy route out to launch the kit.

Many were also completely enclosed so could be considered as a small van. Many variants were produced by Wickham but the basic Type 27 is perhaps the most iconic.

Besides it has been spoiled by the use of more resin. I just do not understand the cop out from an otherwise very intricate chassis built in brass to that lump of uncertain detail where a brass etch or two could have provided much crisper detail. Even a white metal cast would have been better and at least contributed some weight. I must admit to having "gone off" this kit entirely. A complete let down AFAIC.