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Hello Amanda According to Volume 1 of Essery & Morgan, D1666 was a 1923 all-wood EX-MR design. D1666 was an all-steel equivalent. Both were 9ft wheelbase, with what looks like 4 leaf springs and split oil boxes. Both Diagrams are described as being "..... provided with double handbrakes." I would suggest that your best option is the PECO version https://peco-uk.com/products/9-ft-wheelbase-ln-wr-lms-wagon-underframe-kit Cheers Jan

Hi Interesting discussion. I quite like the Scalescenes look: http://scalescenes.com/product/london-brick/ But as I have 8ft of Wills viaduct to colour, I'll be trying out some of the methods shared in this thread. So thanks from me! Cheers Jan

I bought one of these, and on doing some research on he internet, found I'd bought shares in a minefield. Having benefited from some kind support from other modellers, I can advise that the TVR Macaw G was 38' over buffers, 35' over headstocks. So, in my dry run of assembly, I make the Ratio kit around 2' too short - and 6" too wide. The length is lost in the space between the middle stake pockets - it should be 7' but it's 5'. I think this might have been done for trainset curves. Also, I think the difference between body and solebar is too small; moving the solebar in would bring the model closer to the 7' 4" dimension over solebars of the prototype. All in all, a lot of work to put right. Cheers Jan

I thought it was weak. I love Dad's Army, but this wasn't much of anything. And the wigs..... Oh! My Days!

My grandad had a budgie. To him, talk was cheep.

I have to disagree. What this does is propose a solution to those that are looking for one in this area. I sincerely doubt that 00-P will ever be the concerted focus of a groundswell of production support (I'm happy to be proved wrong... it's happened with P4..). As for making the hobby less accessible, I think it has never been easier to take the plunge in this hobby. There's a shedload of stuff out there (and on here ) catering for everyone from "shake-the-box: blimey, it's a layout" to "my model portrays Manningham Sidings on Saturday, August the 19th, 1961 at about half past two in the afternoon, just after a rainstorm" (I'm one of those people, I think... ). The hobby can be as obscure - or as transparent - as you want it to be. Sites like this go a long way to supporting all interested parties by providing answers to questions on the railway (both real and model). Cheers Jan

How about a PLA version (and before anyone jumps on my head - I know they were Austerity's and not J94's...). Cheers Jan

Hello Ray Thanks for taking the time to chat at the Exe show today. Apologies if I interrupted your lunch. That's a cracking layout you've got there, nicely modelled and beautifully observed. And only one point! I can't believe I've missed it on here, but I'll certainly be paying more attention from now on. Thanks again Cheers Jan

Nice. Interesting on the research front. Do you find it gets in the way of the modelling? It does for me! You can't beat a bit of boxed bauxite, methinks. Are you biased towards brake vans? Or is the line on a very steep slope? Cheers Jan

J1193 is peachy. I do love a good van train. All the variance in roof colours, and a good crop of labels. Oh to have Rick Deckard's Esper analysis machine. "Give me a hard copy right there." Cheers Jan