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Hal Nail

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  1. The real thing is hard rubber with a wire outer. If they have been stowed on the retainer they maintain some bend but can be in a variety of shapes And they are an absolute arse to replace but that's another story! They don't actually pass through the buffer beam in most cases but do a u bend underneath and then back up. Slaters replicate this with a cast pipe and a spring for the bag but are a bit pricey. I managed to buy up several bags of ABS cast ones which are much finer than the crude things Parkside supply.
  2. I may be misunderstanding but I dont think you can claim the genesis coaches saved on development cost. The Hatton's thread involved a collosal amount of discussion on what features would be "typical" which they tried to incorporate through many CAD revisions. These were clearly well thought out for the intended market. I suspect that they felt simply producing accurate coaches in fake liveries would have satisfied far less people than what they put a lot of time and effort into doing. Semi-related, I've often wondered what the actual difference in sales are between something brilliant and something decidely average. There are several examples of a really good model and rather obviously poorer alternative and yet both seem equally popular on here. In the middle of a discussion about something having too many wheels, you'll always get someone chip in with "I'm not a rivet counter and they are doing it in fushia, so I'll be getting one".
  3. Type "Terrier Brighton Works" into google images.....
  4. Hopefully the same ones as before as the brakes still wouldn't work!
  5. Hal Nail

    LMS 10000

    Fox do sets. Not cheap for one letter and I'd probably make one personally but its an option. https://www.fox-transfers.co.uk/lettering-and-numbering-set-lms-10000-and-10001-65704
  6. Excellent, I'll go and hunt that down If Smths have it. I numbered my unmodified Dapol as a "W" in the end as despite photos seeming to be scarce, they must have far out-numbered the BR diagrams at least until production of the latter really ramped up from the mid/late 50s. As a wider point although I can't get enough of the Ian Allen colour books for inspiration and details, a lot of the photos are actually from the early 60s (as colour film evolved) rather than late 50s and of course things were changing pretty quickly back then. Edit. Also interesting about the axle boxes. Difficult to know what the right balance of variation is for late 50s!
  7. I stumbled upon a photo of single brake 3rd behind a pannier at Tetbury this morning in 1955 in Chris Leighs GWR Country Stations 2. The coach is plain so I assume Crimson.
  8. Very similar to early BR hydraulic buffers used on presflos as well. Incidentally the photos of the other end of the Shark show different Oleos.
  9. I've been taking things apart, putting them back together and ending up with spares all my life. I didn't realise that was anything clever.
  10. Unless it's a class 40 you haven't done....
  11. I think this would cause the problem @Harlequin flagged in that you'd see "behind" every window. I think it works on droplights though and does mean they can be recessed correctly. Similarly I've never thought brass coaches look quite right because you get lovely clear flush windows but can see no depth behind them. I spent hours adding inner "wood" framing to my auto trailer. I've said before, finding a way to improve moulded glazing economically will be a massive step forward as it affects so many models. Some are better than others though (check out Lionheart mk1s in 7mm).
  12. Looks very good. I've never noticed the cab door is at the front on this side and I've even sat there!
  13. There is a proper head on shot of the two tone green in Model Rail this month, near the front.
  14. The Lionheart 7mm ones use this technique on droplights and they look fine. The rest of the windows less so, although they aren't so much prismatic as the edges showing up. Droplights being recessed, whereas presumably the porthole rims need to stick out, could well make a difference.
  15. I can't help feeling some sort of magnets in the wheels would pull it to the track?! Hat, coat...
  16. Realistically, and I don't mean to imply there is anything wrong with this, many will be applying rule 1 in buying a 44xx in the first place, let alone what it pulls! They weren't numerous or widespread enough to sell purely on prototypical grounds. Similar charm to, say, the Beattie Well tank or Adams Radial and for GWR/WR modellers, just something different.
  17. Must be a candidate for the most published branch in the country?! The Barry coaches were later replaced by Thompsons which Hornby already make (so another similar "rule 1" candidate)
  18. Ah fair enough! In all my books I've only got one of my branch (Bodmin) with a number showing but fortunately that's all you need!
  19. In BR days a lot of the Barnstaple trains I've seen in various books are longer rakes, often Hawksworths. Perhaps why they used Moguls were obviously more powerful than small prairies, which are probably most often associated with the 2 coach B sets. That's not to suggest a B set would look out of place given their extensive use on West Country branches generally, but I don't know of they were actually regulars on that line? Edot: Useful gallery here but no B sets http://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/taunton-to-barnstaple.html
  20. Matching colours is a bit hit and miss I find. I managed to get a loco I needed to patch spot on once but was a bit of a fluke I think - other times I've dabbled endlessly and never quite got it. One observation though is how much difference the finish makes. Clearly those weatherbeaten buildings are about as matt as you can get. A gentle rub with ultra fine 2000 grade wet and dry can just take any sheen off and slightly tone down the colour.
  21. Good news and bad news I remembered reading something about Scottish station colours recently so, in a bid to help, have trawled loads of topics, inevitably getting diverted along the way, before cheating and using Google, which came up with an RMWeb thread with loads of good photos of green buildings! The bad news is it turns out it was this one :)
  22. The 45 had a square access flap under the long grill which you can see in the Tank Regiment photo that the 46 didn't have (above the left hand end of the battery boxes). Easier to add than it was to remove when I converted one the other way! The 46 also had an extra roof hatch but they haven't modelled it anyway, so that's a job saved!
  23. A quick Google confirms this. Obviously one of the questions I got wrong!
  24. My recollection from studying accountancy case law was that they are obliged to honour the price shown. The phrase invitation to treat is rattling around. I should perhaps caveat this by pointing out I spectacularly failed law :) edit: i backtracked below!
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