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Thank you Jol.

t-b-g, I think what I found I liked about Buckingham, and I saw it in various guises over the years when I visited Peter at both Newlyn East and Truro, was the sense that he got everything balanced, holistic might be a modern term, it all worked as an 'illusion', fitted in. Soft lighting too.

I have found - to late - that I should have bent the wings marked 'A' on the 'W' Irons back something like 15degs, because between 'W' iron wings A (assuming it's under the balcony), the middle 'W' iron and the part marked 7 on the fret, there's absolutely no room, in deed having decided to go flexi chass/springing or whatever, there's seems to be no way any of it can move freely, OR I've made a right ****-** of it so far. When it's finished though things might look OK. I should remind myself that it will only be seen at the back end of a moving train, close-up digitals are definately banned. It may look a lot better after mid-night tonight though

Has anybody completed the 'New' kit yet? E.g. not one of the Beta kits. The etchings (Jol Wilkinson Copyright 2021) have been modified, although the scan in the instructions is the previous one (Jol Wilkinson Copyright 2020). I have queries. The castings for the springs: are the springs suppose to be detached from the top flat bit, the space between the solebar and the 'W' irons, there's not enough space for one of these, let alone for both sides. Perhaps that's why Norton961's Brake Van is sans springs.... On the fret, there's an item called a step filler, but how/where, not in the instructions unless there's a page missing. The side lights are a dream, but then I haven't got as far as drilling them yet. Managed to break a 0.3mm drill in one of the handrail dimples, the horizontal rails will now be fixed with the traditional bit of fine wire twisted round and through a single hole. Otherwise steady as she goes, at least I've got all the break gear in place now, using the GA with the kit, Jack Nelsons sketch/drawing in the Peco Book and looking at examples in LNWR Wagons Vol.1. At the moment, without any added weight it's likely to be the lightest goods item on my layout for the heaviest prototype Well done Jol for getting this kit up and running.

And to think when I was at school (1950's) we had to file up a 1" cube (amongst other metalwork pieces). I would have welcomed a curve, natural flow of the hand/file

I might have to make a slight concession 'Illustrated History of LNWR Coaches.....' David Jenkinson, page 76, Plate 88, Dia 214, 50' Tri-Compo Bk cove roof. I think those are cord guides in the guttering. Bit difficult to reach though through a door window, and presumably these are bypassing the Guard etc.,.

Uhmn, change over of the communication etc. braking, and if I recall correctly, right bang in the middle of your modelling period. I assumed the lack of coal rails was just a temporary thing with a new purchase. However I have a gravel floor in my payne less greenhouse. I think there's at least a couple of loco's on my circa 1910 layout without coal rails

Not on those coaches Rowsley17D - Ratio kit Coaches

Or of course the definitive work on Coal Tanks is the Bahamas Locomotive Society 'Bashers, Gadgets and Mourners', though this is written from a full size engineers perspective and not a modeler's, so when looking for Vacuum Bake details (for instance) it's says 'See Brake' and there's a mass of page numbers quoted with no specific 'Vacuum' reference. There is one specific view most useful to modeler's that's missing from the book, that is the top of the side tanks, which is shown below, though I seem to have lost who took the photo - my apologies. LMS2968's statement "This did mean that there were two vacuum stand pipes on the buffer beam instead of the usual one. All the photos from the rear I have seen from the rear show only one stand pipe and no tank." might need to be reviewed. In the following two photo's we have 2 loco's with Tanks under the rear, one without, and 1 or 2 standing pipes, all three loco's are fitted with the extra Vacuum Controlled Regulator Gear on the side of the boiler.

"No pictures please", Ah, my apologies AY, uhmn, but thought it relevant. The current 'Penlee Lifeboat' is now based in Newlyn Harbour. The Lifeboat Station at Penlee Point from which the 'Solomon Browne' was launched, is a Memorial site. We still have some current RNLI crew members in the Village and of course many retired members too.

Until about 6 - 7 years ago (it may be longer), there was a deep sea tug moored in Mounts Bay throughout the winter months, but long gone now, though it may be round near Plymouth, but a long way from the Lands End area if needed quickly. Bon Accord, thank you clarifying the Coxswain etc., bit. I suspect the following poster is National, but it's been posted around the Penwith area. .

I live in Mousehole, so as true as the above is, the owners can sell a Terraced Cottage (which probably needs money spending on it anyway) and buy a detached Cottage in Newlyn or Penzance etc., with plenty of garden, a drive and garage etc., There are other aspects to this as well, but that's down to the locals. The main thing that came out of the disaster was a change in Maritime Law, in that a Lifeboat can now take in tow a Ship that is basically in trouble - The Coxswain can now over rule the Captain for the safety of the Ship.. The disaster basically happened (apart from the SE force 12 Gales, 50ft high waves etc.,) because the Captain of the 'Union Star' couldn't contact the Owner - who was at a Christmas Party - to get permission for the Lifeboat to tow the Ship to a safer place - All to do with Salvage rights. Obviously there's a lot more to this, than stated above, but that's it basically. All E.& O.E.

You have good taste indeed

Thank you John, it performed well and stayed on the track once the front axle (pony) was re-aligned and passed it back to our friend. I thought that was DJ who had it originally, but (as you well know) my memory is failing at times these days. I look forward to seeing it performing again, once life returns to normality.

Back in the late 1970's I was handed a 4mm scale EM 'Spinner' to look at, it had been sold on from one of the better known Mid Rly modellers of the 1960's, and it was basically in a 2-(2-2-2) format, the front axle being run as a pony, although actually out of true, verified by photo(s) of it in MRN (I think) in the 60's. Once the pony was sorted, and there was plenty of weight in the engine too, it ran OK. I think a friend of mine still has the Loco, though I haven't seen it around for a few years. John Miles may know if it's still around.

Mentioning the Dreadnoughts, and nothing to do with the LNWR, I was reading recently a History of Coal Mining ('Black Gold') and it mentioned the HMS Dreadnoughts consumed 300 tons of good Welsh Coal a day when out at sea. "Not a'lotta people know that"

But did you win?

No, original Bachmann paint with Pressfix Lining added. The bright steel strips on the tank top edges have been toned down a bit too.

Seeing the pictures, I now realise I still have that magazine too - That makes 2 of us TerryD1471 I certainly remember the layout at Exhibitions. Chatted to the group on origins of the stock etc., A quarter mile is 17' 4" in 4mm, so probably a good scale mile all the way round.

How did I miss that, I thought - and therefore there's doubt - the item only went up to page 5 and last posted in 2015, obviously my faculties are going..... I now see I have seen these later pages, circa 50 onwards, recently, uhmnn Many thank Stephan.

The last posts on that (excellent) thread are in 2015, is there any follow up?

Or, room to pack some straw in, which I seem to recall happened Pre. air bubble wrap etc.,

Somebody else has one My first couple of pages are missing, I have page 3 onwards, up to page 932, then 'T' onwards in the index is missing, so not sure of date, but it's the 28th Edition and I assume pre WW1. I've owned it since 1957. A fantastic source of information.

The spacing on a gentle curve (over a stair well), and the Pole that also connects to the Signal box - this one should have a stay wire, otherwise it will be pulled towards the signal box - in 1:1 scale. The poles are planted.

With my eyesight, these days that's a step to far, in fact I haven't got steps on the poles either I looked at some of the etches available, but couldn't be bothered in the end. The layout no longer goes to exhibitions, and the few visitors who come just want to see trains running, BUT currently I'm putting together an article for early next year publication and I expect the photo's will be super clear to the N'th degree, which if the pro. photographer will allow me to do some PaintshopPro work on them, should let me clear a few blips & blobs