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Rich, what is the parentage of those clamps, please? I ask because deep in the pile of project boxes is a pair of brake composite sides and a donor body awaiting their turn for surgery and, if I'm honest, the courage to do it.
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The Dapol/Airfix cattle wagon is based on the BR design vehicles, derived from GWR prototypes. There is a Parkside kit for the LNER version as messed up by Oxford.
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A couple of years ago I picked up what I thought was a bargain, a Bachmann BCK in chocolate and cream. On dismantling it I too was displeased to find the interior as you have described it and investigated further. From the diagram in the Ian Allan abc it became clear that at least one window was not in the right place, ie the toilet at the opposite end to the guard's area. My fears were confirmed at an impromptu visit to the Dean Forest for lunch when I wielded an ad hoc measuring device. The wretched thing is now on decision pending a bright idea on how to fix it. You are clearly made of sterner stuff than I am!
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Have you thought of the Dart Castings etch for the folding steps? Their kit DK1 is intended for the old Airfix trailer but doubtless has other applications.
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Before you commission etches for the B set talk to Paul Willis [Flymo] with his 5522 Models hat on. The previous owner of 5522 issued an etch for the E140/E145 ...
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Thanks Chris, In which case I will do one side of the coaches as Brent and the other as Kingsbridge. Now to find the right font and draw them up
After I posted this I remembered that the Brixham autos had boards showing Brixham on one side of the coach and Churston on the other, because of the configuration of the platforms at those stations. The same would have applied to Brent and Kingsbridge.
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Kingsbridge on one side and Brent on the other.
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You ask how many people would need to couple something to the front of a Blue Pullman. Not many, but don't forget that the two 6 car sets ended up on the Western and ran as a 12 car train up from Bristol in the morning. How many would model that working? Count them on the thumbs of one hand!
As for the reversed livery, I can do no better than quote Ron White. founder of Colour-Rail: "what crass clown thought this an improvement?"
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Off the top of my head, the only time that Merchant Navies reached Plymouth via the GW route was on excursions. The interchange workings could produce Ns and 75xxx standard 4-6-0s and, when they were new, 82xxx standard class 3 tanks.
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Issue 9. I have it in pdf form if you're stuck.
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Have you seen the July 2015 issue of Railway Bylines? There are half a dozen pics of Buckden station dating from 1952.
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It's interesting that you are doing a pair of D95s. From a very recent conversation with another RMwebber it seems that those with the van at the left hand end when viewed from the corridor side were a good deal less numerous than the other type. In fact I can find only one photograph of the LH van [4932 before you ask].
I too cussed at finding that the sides were overlength and have often wondered how many hapless folk have assembled complete kits without realising!
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Oh no, not another one. I know better than to try and talk you out of this regrettable decision but, whatever the reason, it's a great pity.
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Alas, I have no daughter nor access to school skips so had to make do with some seed trays from Homebase. These have some small holes in the bottom so care will need to be taken with pesky small components.
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What an interesting way of getting to Switzerland! I've done the Rhine Valley a few times but I would never have thought of arriving via Friedrichshafen - neither would Festiniog Travel with whom I have travelled several times now. If you want a really slow trip, try Paris Est to Basel via the old line through Troyes. It bored me senseless!
Looking forward to reading future instalments.
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I can see the pics now and very fine they are! I am reminded of a very lively ride on a 105 from Peterborough to Huntingdon late one Saturday evening circa 1972, quite the most exciting and white-knuckle part of the journey home from Birmingham. Well done on making the gangways and buffers meet, which we should all do. Chris
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Can anyone else not see the pictures or is it my laptop playing barley sugars?!
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I love the pic of 1501 but the JB target is one hell of an anomaly! It belongs on a 64xx with two auto trailers. Good to see one though.
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I'll be interested to see how you get on with the Masokits detailing kit. You may not need the Pullman gangway adaptors as in your period the BR Mk 1 was not even a twinkle in the eye.
As for what a brand new coach may have been doing on the Cheddar branch, remember that some of the sets which worked over that line did so as part of their day's work and not the whole of it. While it is more likely that stock on its last legs [wheels?] would have been the norm, never say never and smile contentedly when some clever dick produces a photo of a Hawksworth straight out of the box.
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Nick, I don't know how long churn traffic to and from Lifton lasted but I've found a reference to Siphons working between Paddington and Lifton in winter 1954-55. The allocated vehicle numbers were 1591, 1599, 1870 and 1925. Outward on the 2.20 pm ex Paddington, back on the 4.25 pm ex Plymouth parcels, due Paddington 6.33 am. The empty milk tanks were booked on the 7.45 pm Kensington - Penzance.
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I welcome decent trade support at a good show, balanced with quality layouts. Railwells ticked those boxes for me again this year and I'm only sorry I could not have spent longer there: mine was a flying visit sort of on the way home from holiday. For me the balance of trade stands between box shifters and more specialist retailers is important and Wells is one of many shows that gets it right IMHO. Inevitably others see it differently and how sad it would be if we were all the same!
I possess a rucksack which I sling over one shoulder. It is much better in the humid conditions for which Wells Town Hall is renowned than wearing a jacket! I do not wear my "mobile home" on my back since I find it difficult to access in that position, not being an octopus. It is also much more difficult to clout someone that way.
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Most ingenious, Mein Kapitan!
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Try Hubert Carr at MRD for the buffers, which come ready sprung. As I discovered yesterday, he also sells etched brake gear to the correct 11 ft wheelbase.
I'm following your move to P4 with great interest as I am also fumbling my way in that direction. You are not alone!
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There are four pics of E116 vehicles in the RCTS photographic collection, refs CUL3740-3. From the listings at least one is a "distant" view but a couple are said to be "from below" which may help you suss underframe detail. If you are not a member of the RCTS it so happens that I see the custodian of the photo archive fairly regularly and would be happy to help.
On the subject of underframes, I'm sure you realise that Comet trusses are two-dimensional and not L section as per the prototype ...
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I agree with Mikkel, Jam. BRM have done your layout justice.
Chris