Arthur

Very nice work, it's really captured the look. It's a Series 2, the giveaway being the headlights in the recessed centre panel. The Series 3, and some late model 2As, had the headlights on the outer wings. There were other, less obvious, differences too. .

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The location of that middle picture has been a source of discussion on a few sites. I have wondered if it was Manchester myself, the general look of the buildings would fit. However, if it is, I cannnot identify it. The Irwell wends its way through, forming the Manchester/Salford boundary, and a load from Sheffield to Liverpool would need to cross it so that's a possibility. .

Wynns and Pickfords were both regular visitors to ESCs Sheffield forges. I've a photo on a book cover showing five Pickfords Diamond T tractors hauling a 200t plus steel casting westwards out of Sheffield. Some photos of the same movement here; Forged turbine shafts, as in the above ad., from ESC in Sheffield were regular traffic over the Pennines to the Metropolitan Vickers (later AEI) works in Trafford Park. My dad worked there and sometimes we'd cycle over after school, the Park then was a hive of industrial and railway activity. The shafts were brought over by Wynns or Pickfords behind Diamond T, Pacific and Scammell tractors, both firms having bases in the Park. Later my brother also worked at AEI, as a turner in the steam turbine division. Those shafts were worth a small fortune when they arrived, forging being a costly finishing process. When they'd been turned up, had their blades fitted and been balanced, they were worth a large fortune. They were run up to speed, and over speeded, in the test house. A hundred tons or so to rotating at 3000 rpm and more. On one occasion a shaft failed and bits weighing up to a ton were showered for half a mile around, fortunately with no serious injuries. The brick walls of the test house were shrapnel scarred until it closed in the 1980s. .

Nothing wrong with Zardoz, I frequently nip into Chepstow dressed as the hero; Always surprises me the look never caught on.... .

Roadtrains are not entirely unknown in our roads, Showmen having had the right to run them for many years. Steam tractors were the early choice of motive power. A modern version on the M6 in 2015 Ex Army Scammell Recovery truck providing the grunt, towing a 40' trailer with a single axle dolly, with a 20' trailer on close spaced twin axles. More usually the third trailer is a living caravan. Maximum permissible length is 27.5m and they can be driven on any road. .

Dave, You might consider adding a thick tapered 'spigot' to one end if your forging ingot, something like this; It serves two purposes. As the ingot cools the crappier steel, impurities and released gasses concentrate at the top of the mould forming the spigot so that the main part of the ingot is of consistent and usable quality. It also forms a 'handle' so that the ingot can be gripped by the manipulator like this; or it is forge welded to a porter bar, both of these enable the ingot to be positioned and rotated under the press or hammer. When forging is complete it is cut off as scrap and recycled. .

It would have seen better days for sure; RAF AEC 6x6 Matador with 10t (IIRC) Coles crane. .

I think that they do repeat at least some films. Web of Evidence, shown last week is being repeated on Sept. 2nd. for example and Stagecoach West has a couple of broadcast slots. I think you;d have to trawl their schedule to find any specific repeats. .

It would share some of the complexities for sure. Linking trucks wirelessly would be considerably quicker than swopping containers and also and requires no heavy machinery. Just needs a 'car' park. The costs would need to be added into the overall cost/benefit analysis. Whether this is a feasible, practical and cost effective way of running road transport operations is a long way from being proven. Like the early railways, many predicted fears will not prove to be problems, unforeseen problems may, or may not, be overcome. It's a trial. .

If adopted, the trucks in these conveys would not all be going to the same destination anymore than the goods in a conventional goods train are/were. Three trucks collecting goods from, say the London area for delivery to Manchester, would be linked up merely for the motorway part of the journey. Grouped together north of London, going their own way after arrival on the outskirts of Manchester. .

As they pass, cattle will stampede in their fields, milk yields will plummet, elderly ladies will swoon, the drivers will be unable to breathe at those speeds, pedestrians will spontaneously combust and if God had wanted us to have driverless trucks he wouldn't have given us drivers! Armageddon I predict. Calling Ned Ludd, Calling Ned Ludd. Will Mr. Ludd please report to the 21st Century. .

Yes, the top is a 1950s Saladin and the lower one a 1980s GKN Saxon. There were three or four Saxon variants, most were personnel carriers and there was a command vehicle. None are now in service with the British army. .

That's come out exceptionally well Dave, as has the River Don Works. ,

Dave, pm sent Arthur .

And that big Sentinel too..... .

Knitpick is reading this from your OP and presuming that it's a simple case of just screwing a Gibson pin into a Romford wheel because the threads match and, if that were so, he's suggesting surely a Romford pin will screw into a Gibson wheel. Which would be true but, as you are aware, the threads are different and modifications are required. I've never tried to re-tap a Gibson wheel but would have thought it possible. Remember though, you'll be soldering the Romford retaining bush onto a brass crankpin screwed into a plastic wheel. Possible but better be quick with that iron. Edit. Other postings already answered the question. .

An alternative is Plastic Weld, as here; http://modelshop.co.uk/Shop/Adhesives/Item/Plastic-Weld-Solvent-57ml/ITM5060 I buy it in larger quantities by it's chemical name, Methylene Chloride or dichloromethane, and it seems to stick most modelling plastics. .

The Bo-Bos above are German built, ex-Norwegian NSB Di8's, brought over here by GB Railfreight in 2011 for service at Redcar steelworks on Teesside and subsequently employed at Scunthorpe. They are too big for use on the national network. No American models are anything like representative of British steelworks practice with the sole exception of the Alco S1 Bo-Bo switchers used at Port Talbot. An H0 model doesn't look too bad on a 4mm layout but doesn't dominate like the real ones did. I've a Proto 2000 anglicised Alco myself and accept the compromise as it was a good bit quicker than scratchbuilding. Hywell Thomas has scratchbuilt one in 4mm and it dwarfs UK stock. They also had some large Bo-Bos built by Brush Bagnall who also supplied some large 0-4-0DEs in master and slave configuration. All too big for main line use. Nothing of that 'exotic' nature saw service at Llanwern, nor any other steelworks, until those Norwegian locos arrived in 2011. As there are good models, both RTR and kit built, representative of actual British steelworks practice I'd stick to them. Without adding them up there must be ten or twelve suitable kits in the Judith Edge range. . .

Or either of Hornby's Sentinels, both the chain drive and rod drive versions saw service with the BSC. My repainted chain drive version; I'm finishing off a re-liveried rod drive version at the moment. Here are the Golden Valley/Oxford Janus threads Mark referred to above. Ruston's (Dave Hall) thread on his BSC Janus conversion. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/124591-yorkshire-engine-company-janus-model-and-prototype/ And my own; covered in this thread. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/124596-golden-valley-janus-modifications-and-repaint/ .

Could copies be made available just to interested individuals? Perhaps commercially i.e. paid for, or maybe with a donation to charity? Obviously the decision would be one by the originator of the drawings. .

Ah well, they'll be gone soon enough and those newly laid Tarmac drives won't last much longer....

Emails from Hattons this morning state that the limited edition BSC model is expected Oct 2017 with the British Petroleum version in Dec 2017. .

That's Derails run by Dan who is a frequent poster on here. The shop always gets favourable reviews for prices and service, both in the shop and mail order. Thread here; http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/92361-derails-glos/ .

Well I cannot let mention of HMS Vanguard pass without a gratuitous photo Magnificent. .