doctor quinn

So would I 😃

For anyone that likes their wild kitbashes with a European flavour, you may wish to check out this modeller on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/dikranmikaelian?igsh=dzE4MTMzOXhjNXdo

Could you ask IT to add a "Words fail me" button?

You will need to declare the loco as "returned goods for warranty repair' and check the "returned goods" box in the customs declaration. Similarly when it's returned to you the store needs to declare it as "returned goods after warranty repair" and check the "returned goods" box on the customs declaration. I would keep copies of your emails to the store about the repair and the original declaration when you bought the loco - just in case.

They were originally built as saddle tanks for work in Baltimore docks, two were converted to tender locos for higher coal and water capacity but I think they still worked around the docks. The tank version has been modelled RTR by Rivarossi, Life-like and Model Power, so they're way more common on layouts than in real life.

Like this one?

I think the posters work to establish the time and location, they're evident in the prototype pictures earlier in the thread.

Nottingham MRS Spring Show Saturday & Sunday 9 & 10 March 2024 Organiser: Nottingham MRS Venue: St John's Church Hall, Nottingham Road, Hucknall, Notts NG15 7QNS Open: Sat 10:00 – 17:00 Sun 10:00 – 16:00 Admission: adults £6, accompanied under 16s free Venue amenities: refreshments Layouts Deepcar – 4mm scale OO gauge model of the Woodhead route in British Rail blue days, with working Overhead Line Equipment (OHLE). Depot Lane – 4mm scale OO gauge small multi-era diesel Motive Power Depot somewhere in the UK. San Clemente – 3.5mm scale HO gauge late 1950s branch line in southern California. Grimley Moor – 2mm scale N gauge modern image in Greater Manchester. Manvers Street - 4mm scale OO gauge model of an ex-LNWR loco shed in the BR steam era Wouldham Chalk Pit - 7mm O gauge 1970's industrial steam in Essex Trader support Anoraks Anonymous Sherwood Models TTC A2B Models NMRS Club Sales Societies & Demonstrations RCTS – The Railway Correspondence & Travel Society. How to get there Public transport - Nottingham Express Tram (NET) to Butler’s Hill tram stop By train to Hucknall By bus - Trent Barton 3A,B or C to Broomhill Yew Tree By Car – M1 Jct. 26, use A611 to Hucknall then onto Nottingham Road Further information: www.nottingham-modelrailway.org.uk or find us on Facebook www.facebook.com/NottinghamMRS Poster 2024 Spring A5 Colour.pdf

In the 'blue box' era Athearn and Roundhouse fitted 33" plastic wheels to all their freight cars regardless of what the prototype had.

Hobbytec Modelismo (Brazil) do a body and frame kit for a GL8 but I think the hood might be too high. The recommended drive is an Atlas Alco switcher which show up at quite reasonable prices on eBay. http://hobbytec.com.br/paginas/produtos/visualizar_produto.php?cod_prod=9 (R$ is Brazilian Reals R$160 is about £25)

Im a big fan of revisiting my weathering projects, sometimes years later.

On the couplers issue, could you economise by using the Roco close coupler within rakes such as tankers? I wouldn't suggest a bar coupling as I found two vehicles awkward to handle. I don't know if you've looked at any military modellers on YouTube, I found by paining and weathering skills improved when I started looking at what they were doing. 'Panzermeister 36' is very good, with the bonus of doing some trains too.

That looks really good, the sky backscene works well

Same here, even with Con-cor and Life-Like - I think all manufacturers use the NMRA standard. One thing I noticed with Athean 4 bay center flows is that Kadees are a bit low with 33" wheels but bang in with 36" wheels ( which are correct for 100t cars)

The architecture of B & C look fine, B especially puts me in mind of Northern European port areas. However, the doors on C look more like truck loading dock doors for European context. They also seem to have a fixed position to suit 50' boxcars with relatively narrow doors. I'd expect the rail side to have a full length canopy to allow slide side vans to be unloaded.

How about a combination of methods? Maybe a short back scene parallel to the track that continues the main image to hide the fiddle track behind. Then maybe a hording and a truck to distract the viewer?

This is looking really good, would some kind of scenic treatment though the back scene help to make the transition less abrupt?

I'd say that's a ConCor, derived from the 1960's Revell model. I thought mine sat a bit high out of the box, maybe the previous owned changed the trucks for the same reason

Thanks, that's definitely Roundhouse though it's acquired metal wheels ( probably Kadee). Even with the tidying needed I think you have a bargain.

That one looks like a Roundhouse car, could you post some pictures of the undersides?

I offered a working hypothesis of why Piko may not wish to supply spare parts direct to the UK

Distance selling to the UK would now require Piko to register and account for UK VAT on all consignments under £135, which is likely to be a lot of spares orders.

Front Range GP7 or 9 are a possibility as they have separate frames. Possibly an old school Life Like (pre-Proto) GP18 but that may need the hoods cutting off the frame

The coal wagon had 24.5t moulded into the wagon number panel so that was vertically challenged. I think it was too long and too wide so it would pass as a fitted 21tonner.

Details of the Danish one here https://www.jernbanen.dk/motor.php?s=9&litra=&typenr=6