Phil Bullock

Hi there https://www.flickr.com/photos/59835095@N02/6309679314/in/set-72157628044641600 Which one is wrong? Cheers Phil

Bill sorry I hadn't responded earlier re head code query Yes the 4mm are correct for the 47 Kind regards Phil

All Howes - but they still syncopate! Phil

Great work again Paul Phil

Smashing Neil Many thanks For anyone who wants to mix butterflies and railways the buddleia bushes outside the Engine House were swarming with vanessids last year - including fritillaries which I didn't get identified - I suspect silver washed, now they would be worth a shot or two! Phil

Of the current stud 6601 6811 6875 6885 6972 are sound chipped and yes that double header sounded good! Sorry no vid this time. That only leaves 6992 and 6785 - but then 1011, 1045, 1067, 185, 7612 also need chips! Decisions decisions... Phil

Fraid so Brian at the moment although those lines and points are now all fully operational - but operators therefore have to take care not to drive off the end of the flat earth....! Phil

Its late in the day at Abbotswood Junction - the cab lights and the lamp on the buffers gleam brightly, and the lights in the box shine on the levers and instruments. 6972 has been trapped for a while and the crew want a brew so its off to the box with the billy.... Kind regards Phil

Had the layout up in the garden yesterday Spent a lot of time getting routes programmed in to ECoS - and still not right! - but Jimbo has a new digital SLR to play with too Unfortunately videos not up to scratch but some pretty good stills - some already posted in other threads where relevant, the rest are here. Plenty of motive power on show Firstly the signal box moggie seems to like the look of D9525 Heres 79 on a northbound class 1 5826 has been snared in the down loop headshunt. BR arrows on a green paint job? Must have been shopped at Doncaster perhaps? Has recently become a WR loco so that will more hydraulics gone. D7577 heads south on a fully fitted freight - on transfer to 84A perhaps? D185 heads south whilst 1662 waits to come off the Worcester line And finally - is that an early sighting of the Easter bunny perhaps - or a fearsome beast? Happy Easter all! Phil

Druid heads north on vans to Worcester whilst Marquis is on southbound steel empties at Abbotswood today Great fun! Phil

We've sort of got a bit carried away this year with this 37 thing Heres 6601 and 6972 on the Waterston - Albion tanks - driver is risking a form 1, has completely the wrong head code up! Video next time we get set up Cheers Phil

Look forwards to seeing any more photos Neil Kind regards Phil

Great - newly hatched pristine male Seem to be more brimstones around this year than I have seen for a good while - surprising given that survival rates of all species could have suffered after a wet winter, fungal invasion of the pupae is their worst enemy Phil

Oh dear! Certainly more fragile than usual P

Had the same problem whilst converting mine to D200 Have you got any Klear to hand? try a coat of that once refitted, the cracks I created - more like crazing - largely disappeared Cheers Phil

Nice one Paul You have this off to a tee! Very effective Phil

Nice one!!! Here she is a few years earlier Cheers Phil

Good news on all fronts Jamie On a lot of workings first class accommodation would be at the London end of the train so that the posh punters didn't have so far to walk at the London terminus - but it wasn't always so! Kind regards Phil

That's one grimy gronk!!!!!!! Phil

Enjoy France Jeff - look forwards to more on you return Phil

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Ah - but a good basic knowledge of mechanical matters might take you in a different direction later on.... Phil

Drop me a PM with your address Paul if you struggle to source the frost grilles Phil

Hi Jamie Great to hear you are enjoying your Dads present - and also that you are trying for an apprenticeship - what would that be in I wonder? Its a tough world out there at the moment! Kind regards Phil

Hi Paul Great work there Did you ever find the frost grilles for 6921? KInd regards Phil