A Murphy

Great to see you and your excellent models again.

Best wishes,

Alastair

6305 looks superb John. I do hope she performs as well as she looks.

Alastair

I am definitely going to say that's magnificent. There, I just did. Lovely stuff John and can't wait to see the new stock,

Alastair

Love that Rob.

Alastair

At first I thought the same, but if you magnify the photo, and look at the cab sheet, you can indeed see what looks very like lining to this blind horse.....

Alastair

90323 cannot be a ROD. They only ever had 4 digit numbers on the WR (3020 TO 3099 with gaps and exchanges of numbers as temporary locos were withdrawn and scrapped) and none WR engines were numbered in the range 636xx to 63901. 90328 sounds like another WD to me - see above.

Alastair M

A couple of crackers Gilbert. 

Alastair

Hornby do the O1, which would need  brake pumps and gear adding. 

Alastair M

There is something very pleasing about that rear three quarter view of the Ivatt. Lovely stuff,

best wishes,

Alastair M

Wow. Gresley FK.

Great stuff Gilbert........

Alastair M

Both great in my view. There is something so right about Churchward's Moguls. Lovely stuff.

Alastair M

Guide Bridge. 

Alastair M

Thanks Steve, I've just ordered one. It's a lovely kit - I used to have one!

Alastair

Might I ask where you found out about and bought said Chivers kit? Does one have to be a Facebook subscriber?

Regards,

Alastair M

I only asked about Thomas because just at the point at which Tom split the two threads, Thomas was looking very promising.......

Regards,

Alastair

Great stuff Tom, so good to see this part of the island's railways back. How's Thomas coming along?

Alastair

That is a most excellent set of coaches John. Anyone with either volume of the GWR in the thirties would recognise that as being true to prototype. Ace.

best wishes,

Alastair 

Love the shot of Centenary with zoom Gilbert......

Alastair

Looking excellent John. 

Alastair

Kyle of Lochalsh.

Alastair

does Kyle of Lochalsh qualify? If so, I am voting for it a lot.

Alastair

I used to see blue Reading bound 4 CORs barreling through Richmond  coming home from school in the late '60 and early '70s. They were hugely impressive, not least because of the racket they made on the curve through the station. 

I can remember one or two green with OYE and lots of blue, also with OYE.

Regards,

Alastair

Andy, I looked at lots of stuff in the exhibition yesterday. It is very good indeed. Well done to you and everybody who has chipped in too. Could this become a regular annual feature? 

Best wishes and thanks,

Alastair

You could also look at the Dapol 28/38xx GWR 2-8-0? Graham Farish's new Stanier 2-8-0 is very close and is looking very good indeed.

Alastair

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