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Hal Nail

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  1. probably worth posting a photo so people have some idea what needs fixing.
  2. He is on here somewhere and said it is on the list to do though not immediately.
  3. Here's a layout idea you might like :)
  4. Taekno make a ford D which is 1/43 and a bit more refined than the Dinky. Usually pricey but I picked up a battered one which doesn't matter if you are working on it anyway I did spot a Spanish Leyland Comet from Ixo I'm addition to those above, which could be anglicised. Another source are Steve Beattie resin kits. They vary a bit but I've got a Leyland Terrier to do. Apparently an Ergomatic cab is in development.
  5. Interesting thread. I've amassed far more 1/43 vehicles than I can possibly get round to - particularly mini vans - and a number are similarly half done! As you say with the better quality recent ones, removing the headlights does tend to damage them which is a big drawback. Additionally many have makers badges and being able to replicate them would be welcome. A number of people on here have repainted Ixo Bedford TK lorries and need a new badge!
  6. I have read in several places that the official name of the early red colour was BR Crimson. Carmine was coined later (can't recall if it was an author or a modeller). Anecdotal but Precision call theirs BR Coach Crimson (blood), and Railmatch call theirs crimson. found the quote - "I believe the use of the word "carmine" is down to J N Maskelyne, sometime editor or the Model Railway News" Irrelevant to this thread obviously
  7. Surely two completely different things!
  8. Portsmouth and Southsea High level must be a prototype for many unlikely things - and has a road under it! In fact the whole thing is basically a bridge.
  9. It's not actually clear from your opening post what you are after Are you wanting one that was still green in your timeframe?
  10. Although I think the positioning of the wasp stripes is pretty uniform. Dapols original batch were all shifted up quite a bit and I wasn't even convinced they lined up at the top of the nose of mine - they seemed to change direction to my eyes but it might be an illusion around the rad. They moved them for the short hinge version so I'm hoping we get some long hinge with the corrected wasp stripes this time!
  11. Or less! One NE van just gone on today. Not sure why the link is so big or won't embed. The problem with a built one is you are a bit limited on how much you can do to adjust the running, short of trying to dismantle it. Not easy to pop the wheels out with white metal. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/116119246050?itmmeta=01HSWNVE4BKPXWRFVYGGKYEANC&hash=item1b093f14e2:g:Z~wAAOSwReRmAgor&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8KFc%2B8KNc%2B0rosJb3Sxfxduu6KALcQDYebxx5%2FZfwPLpHHwBJ3nM%2FcxCBDt32nsNEO%2F%2BRX23X%2BlNFc0VajERRoS%2FjNYq0dIVZp5ooszMqfGvoeIgs9%2BxcJ7QQ7AT9wjlRHmh3tpIJR3QqIZD89oIBn1HdZ7e%2FqIj94cngSA26cmOpYHJyQ606zAnK7u5KcdOi8cTZWkx5uXI2VJAXMGoW%2B27F57uFv00g3kGCKhMAUhNlALsE2DTTCpptUaCppY6WTwrTpLmMcFOHbsXpEN8wyw1LBzeAZLygWGDG4ILTe9DedmgzbBObKHFXRdQRwfZ5Q%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR5zi7ZXPYw
  12. Worth a search as well as there are a few threads on here including one specifically about early blue peaks.
  13. I've bought and then sold a few over the years. They have very fine planking detail and several types not available from Parkside or Slaters Even if the body moulds were still about, I suspect it wouldn't be cost effective to redo all the whitemetal chassis parts in the face of Dapol competition though.
  14. Thanks Ade. Just wanted to check I hadn't bought a rough one!
  15. Good spot. I suspect its a publicity mock up in advance of the actual headboard being ready.
  16. if we leave them alone together they might mate and somewhere in between would be about right :)
  17. Can anyone who has a Terrier and a 14xx or 57xx advise on the relative running? I have or have had numerous 14xx and 57xx and they are smooth as silk and near silent. My Terrier makes far more motor/gear whir. Its not terrible but nothing like as good as those and I was curious whether thats normal before I tinker. To be fair my Lionheart 45xxs are even noisier so it may be the 14xx and 57xx are just spectacularly good.
  18. Yes all that is true - I bought a rare seatpost for my bike at a fraction of the normal rate. I found it by accident browsing for something else so it was only afterwards, wondering why no one else bid, I noticed they had spelt the name wrong! I used to find mid-afternoons on weekdays always got furious late bidding but then 5.30pm onwards was dead as people were on the way home. Of course covid and working from home may well have changed that. I tend to do buy it now these days which makes this irrelevant (and potentially out of date!)
  19. It seems to be widely held on here that Sunday evening is a good time to sell but I have no idea why. In years and years of using ebay I have invariably got most of my bargains on sundays when there is often far less bidding than comparable items I've been following that ended at other times. Clearly this is anecdotal but I've always found it pretty quiet.
  20. In a bid to move sideways, if not forwards, what exactly are the benefits of pre-ordering in 7mm anyway? Apart from the class 50, which was rerun immediately anyway, I've never known anything in this scale sell out. And since even Rails have the odd 5% off sale on top of their usual discounts, you are virtually guaranteed to pay more by pre-ordering than you might otherwise. Genuine question! edit: I assume it isn't that once you place an order you can forget about it until it arrives :)
  21. Those were the days. Change at West Ealing now to a shuttle, carefully timed so it doesn't connect with anything in either direction.
  22. I'm always happy to wait if that means a better model. If I was desperate for something that wasn't right then I wait for Heljan to do it.
  23. Do you drill them or just glue slivers of rod in place? I've used railtec transfers to good effect for some fine ones on a Dapol model and you cant tell the difference from the originals. For an old Cooper Craft China clay conversion, which has quite large bolt heads, I cut them off the end I was turning into a door, then glued them back on again where needed. It's a bit of a faff to get things looking even though.
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