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Thanks for the confirmation.Now to see whether there's an easy way to reverse the roof, possibly by creating new tabs on the glazing. It looks as if it won't be quite as quick a build as I'd hoped. But at those prices I won't complain. I'd much rather have a wrong roof rather than no kit in the case of the brake.

Dave

I have just bought some of these, and have a question about the composite, C95C. To my eye, the roof vents would match up with the internals better if the roof was reversed. Built to the instructions, 3 of the vents coincide with internal partitions, whch seems odd to me.

Have just spotted that the brake (C96C) roof is the same moulding, so I guess it's a generic moulding, matching neither.

Perhaps a bit of research, filling and drilling is required...

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Dave

GWR saddletank 1925 appears in "The Chiltern Hendreds", 1949.

Dave

This one is in the Brookmill Road local nature reserve, adjacent to St John's Station, SE london. It is next to part of the embankment of the long abandoned Greenwich branch.

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I couldn't decide whether this one was modern, or a very well done refurbishment.

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Not sure about trains, but part of the BBC series "Gangsters" was shot in and around Birmingham Snow Hill station before demolition.

Dave

I don't know about Banbury, but here are a couple of pics of 61121 at Oxford shed in December 1965.

Dave

How close is the Hornby one photograped from? To get the fairest match to the drawing, the photo needs to be taken from as far away as possible. It might even be worth a try scanning the end on a flatbed scanner..

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I remember Les and the layout from when I was in the Oxford Club. I can't remember it in any detail, but will see If I have one of the Oxford club exhibition guides, in case it was described there. At a guess it would be under 6ft scenic, but it's a long time ago..

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I've heard good things about it, but had been waiting for an invite. As a result of this post I had another poke around and found one. Will have a proper play with it soon..

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The biggest niggle I had, during my first experience of a quiet coach, was the steady stream of tannoy announcements telling us that there was a quiet coach, and how to behave there. At least it drowned out the mobiles.....

More recently I suffered a journey near a large family group with an overtired toddler, who couldn't be pacified, despite their best efforts. Perhaps they were gambling on he child sleeping, but I did wonder whether a quiet coach was the best option for them

Trying not to be grumpy...

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Another common variant, in London at least, is to have a one to two foot strip of concrete along the kerb edge, with the rest of the footway paved or tarmac. I think this is to allow vehicles to safely put a wheel on the pavement, while allowing easier digging access to the services when needed. However this is also seen combined with bollards or barriers, which also need a good footing.

Where concrete isn't neat enough, I've seen the use of 3 inch concrete slabs for strength, and to match the paving blocks. Of course this leads to the repair team needing lifting equipment to place the slabs safely

I was impressed by the Dublin concrete pavements. smooth and well patched with concrete after alterations. The contrast with a central part pedestrianised street with uneven block paving was interesting. I'd rather have the concrete.

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The apostrophe. Ideally just the misused ones, but the loss of all would be a small price to pay for reduced irritation....

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I don't know if it's a reasonable request, but I'd like to be able to buy editable downloads, of brickwork etc, for scratch building. Something which would allow me to get proper bonds around windows, corners etc in a graphics package before printing out. I find the textures very convincing, but would like to be able to do a little bit more with them.

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Looking interesting as always, but is the posted track plan complete? As drawn there is no connection between outer and inner circuits behind the scenes, so once a train has worked inner circuit into the bay and returned on the outer one, how does it regain the inner. A trailing crossover should fit at the top left, or the siding between the circuits could extend at the left to make the crossover.

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Looking interesting.

If things aren't too far advanced, have you thought about doing something very different with the track? Perhaps looking more like an early tramway/plateway, with short rails and stone block sleepers. Stub points, with rotating sections to avoid crossings would be interesting. Many alternatives to the familiar mechanisms were tried in the early years of railways, and lighter stock, slower speeds allow

different choices to be made.

Dave

At my local station, Brockley, Overground provide pairs of clear plastic bags on hoops. One for recycling, one for rubbish. I can't remember the exact labelling but I guess it will match the local authority recycling collections.

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Meanwhile, and somewhat off-topic, God loves a trier. And nothing more trying than this little gem:

 

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I remember those. I don't know if it was a specifically produced product or one of the sizes used for fireplaces and the like My father got sent one, but I won't be buying. That was the sort of freebie/sample given out in the late 50s. Had a green felt base to protect the tabletop. It may have been smoking related, but was a bit safer than the lump of rock asbestos he had from another company which we were occasionally allowed to pick at.

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Two "fish in a barrel" examples.

Brockley 2011

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Wowzer!!! Fair took my breath away...

 

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I thought that the original Airfix kit was in green plastic. Is there a possibility that this is a Dapol era kit in an Airfix box? I associate bright coloured plastic more with Dapol than Airfix.

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I didn't manage to post this yesterday, I'm not going to wait another year

Outside Oxford 30/1/1965

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A couple more at: Slide scans 1965

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