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Mrs bubbles2 phoned up and sorted it for me.

It's water based, I use it over acrylic and oil-based paint, thin it with water or acrylic thinners, on plastic, brass, and computer 3D printed models. It can look a bit milky white in the tin but dries clear with no yellowing. You may need more than one coat for a high gloss finish to apply transfers on especially if thinned, but it dries quickly.

Ronseal interior clear matt and gloss varnish, great for under and over transfers and cheap.

Still not working for me

Our first house when Mrs bubbles2 and myself got married in 1979 was at Hazeldean Road, Griggs Green on the Longmoor Road between Liphook and Longmoor. Both having been bought up in the Guildford/Godalming area we had to move to Hampshire in order to afford to buy a house. The circular section of the trackbed of the former railway was at the end of our road and when the red flags were not flying I often walked parts of it. I can remember being driven by my uncle Jack down to Longmoor when I was probably 9 or 10, in the hope of seeing some railway action one Saturday, sadly there was little to see with no movement on the tracks. Unfortunately, I never got to attend an open day but years later in a collection of railway memorabilia I was given an open day programme from 1968 which I have reproduced below, I hope some of you find it as interesting as I do.

Yes, you are quite right, of course, St Enodoc, it was meant very much tongue in cheek. We were staying in Kyoto for a couple of weeks and the second visit was a day when our son Luke, who was our guide for the duration was unable to be with us so going back to the railway museum was an easy option for us in a country which is very different to our own.

Only 3 hours!.........We spent the best part of 2 days there! https://www.flickr.com/photos/45603744@N06/albums/72157689918544905

In the 1990s there were plans to reinstate the Wenford line in Cornwall, which had closed in 1983, to the china clay dries.

Barnstaple to Ilfracombe was a preservation effort from the 1970s, I think there was some scandal around it and the money disappeared.

Just wondering if I could get away with Bluebell on my west country BR period layout. Is this the furthest west Bluebell has penetrated? How far did she travel by rail, was The Bluebell Railway connected to the BR network in 1984? [/url]323 leaving E. Somerset Rly. Cranmore. 23 May 1984 by CLIFF BANCROFT, on Flickr">http://323 leaving E. Somerset Rly. Cranmore. 23 May 1984 by CLIFF BANCROFT, on Flickr [/url]323 at East Somerset Rly. Cranmore. 23 May 1984 by CLIFF BANCROFT, on Flickr">http://323 at East Somerset Rly. Cranmore. 23 May 1984 by CLIFF BANCROFT, on FlickrFlickr

So I received my kit from Ian almost 10 days ago. I printed out the 13 pages of instruction and studied the many pictures on the disc. In the instructions, there is much reference to using a resistance soldering unit (RSU) a tool which sadly I don't own. Researching RSUs I soon found that prices start from £200 and rise to a lot more but there are various instructions on the internet on how to build your own for a lot less. How long would it take me to build my own RSU, assuming I could find all the parts needed? Also put off somewhat by the information that small bits of brass could evaporate into thin air if the RSU setting was too high. Not wanting this kit to become consigned to the kits to build sometime draw I decided to press on with my trusty 25w soldering iron. At the bottom of page 10, the instructions refer to fitting the roof rain strips and it says 'ideally they need fitting with an RSU as owing to the expansion issues it will be very difficult (but not impossible) to fit them by sweating them onto the roof '. As this sounded like the most difficult part of the kit to get right without an RSU and not wanting to glue the rain stips or use the alternative method of using wire, I decided to start with this reasoning if I managed this the rest could be built using my soldering iron. Anyway here are the results and I can report that all went reasonably well. I removed the rain strips from the fret before tinning the backs and applied a small amount of flux paste to the roof and rain strips, using the holes in the roof as position guides I tacked each end in the correct place before running the iron along the rain strip holding it down with a cocktail stick to stop it popping up due to expansion.

I have to agree the artwork is great and the adverts are a pleasure to watch, but it has crossed my mind how jolly middle to upper class the 5 sound and its probably just as well cause its going to cost 'em a small fortune for all that traveling around by train.

I came across these pictures a while ago, not mine, from this site http://www.cyber-heritage.co.uk/north_devon_line_okehampton_web_optimised/1%20%20120%20runnung%20round%20parcel%20van.html This one is from my Flickr collection http://Ex GWR Siphon at Laira 1985 in use as an Enparts van by mailrail, on Flickr

I too have several Lima conversions in maroon, blue and green and may well be interested in the kit depending upon price.

Looking forward to the Western Region issue (s?).

Halwill Railway gun 1940s, World War II- Railway Gun rests at Halwill Junction (left) before proceeding to Ashbury Station area (right) to fire a live shell into Okehampton Artillery Range impact area - over the heads of many people and houses!! ..what would Health and Safety say about that today - wear a tin hat?! https://flic.kr/p/aKZANc Railway Gun at Ashbury 1940s, World War II- Railway Gun rests at Halwill Junction (left) before proceeding to Ashbury Station area (right) to fire a live shell into Okehampton Artillery Range impact area - over the heads of many people and houses!! https://flic.kr/p/aKZAEg

From the age of 18 months to 22 when I got married, I lived with my parents 100 yards from Tangley level crossing at Chilworth our garden backed onto the Guildford to Redhill line, this was a non-electrified SR cross-country line from the Western at Reading to Kent and saw many through trains. My childhood years were punctuated by hourly passenger trains in each direction with many freight and parcels services in between. During the 70s with the building of the M25 motorway, there was a constant flow of stone trains originating from the Mendip quarries. My paper round took me over the level crossing at Chilworth Station in the early 70s delivering the papers up to the village of Blackheath on my paper bicycle. One morning a Warship diesel had failed with a loaded stone train right on the crossing, the signalman ushered me around the closed gates right under the nose of the diesel and down the platform ramp beside his signal cabin. It was still there on my return so I took the same route back in front of the stricken train. Not my pictures, but these were the trains that shook our home regularly in the 70s. [/url]832 Ranmore 17 June 1972 by snatmann, on Flickr">http://832 Ranmore 17 June 1972 by snatmann, on Flickr [/url]824 Ranmore 20 May 1972 by snatmann, on Flickr">http://824 Ranmore 20 May 1972 by snatmann, on Flickr [/url]807 Ranmore 17 June 1972 by snatmann, on Flickr">http://807 Ranmore 17 June 1972 by snatmann, on Flickr [/url]Class 42 Merstham 19 June 1972 by snatmann, on Flickr">http://Class 42 Merstham 19 June 1972 by snatmann, on Flickr [/url]Merstham 19 June 1972 by snatmann, on Flickr">http://Merstham 19 June 1972 by snatmann, on Flickr [/url]818 Reigate 1 July 1972 by snatmann, on Flickr">http://818 Reigate 1 July 1972 by snatmann, on Flickr [/url]D1016 Reigate May 1973 by snatmann, on Flickr">http://D1016 Reigate May 1973 by snatmann, on Flickr [/url] >Western Dorking November 1972 by snatmann, on Flickr">http://Western Dorking November 1972 by snatmann, on Flickr [/url] >D1009 Betchworth June 1973 by snatmann, on Flickr">http://D1009 Betchworth June 1973 by snatmann, on Flickr [/url] >1732 Ranmore 12 May 1973 by snatmann, on Flickr">http://1732 Ranmore 12 May 1973 by snatmann, on Flickr [/url] >1670 Ranmore 25 June 1971 by snatmann, on Flickr">http://1670 Ranmore 25 June 1971 by snatmann, on Flickr [/url] >1587 Ranmore 20 May 1972 by snatmann, on Flickr">http://1587 Ranmore 20 May 1972 by snatmann, on Flickr

Picture by Julian Stanley.https://www.facebook.com/groups/118663852109/?fref=gs&dti=118663852109&hc_location=group_dialog

Network Rails Loram rail grinder, C2103 Martin Elwood arrived in Truro yesterday (13/01/2018) Could it be the rail grinder which is in the area at the moment, the above comment is from The Cornwall Railway Society website?

57604 with 5Z86 1415 Penzance T.& R.S.M.D. to Laira T.& R.S.M.D. at Lostwithiel 15.09 14.01.2018. Thought to be the failed set off the 1A80.

Thank's Earwicker. Yes some are Kyoto museum, we visited there twice we also went to the SCMAGLEV and Railway Park in Nagoya, click on the pictures for description and locations.

Mrs bubbles and myself spent a couple of weeks in Japan in November visiting our son Luke who is working in Kyoto, we found it a lovely country with the Japanese people being both helpful and extremely respectful a great country to visit and model. I have put many of our railway related pictures on my Flickr stream, see below, many more still to add. Looking forward to up dates Earwicker.

Another month has gone by as we patiently wait, so here's another North British A1A Warship related picture. Seen at the Exeter MR Exhibition on Rob Doidge's Railwayana stand an original nameplate from D604 Cossack. The story behind it is that it had been bought from Collectors Corner at Euston along with a number of other railway artifacts for display in a chain of restaurants in the USA before being returned to the UK.It was for sale for 6 or 8 grand (not sure which now) Rob kindly let me take this picture to take away with me.

You're dead right there.......... I have thousands of old mags some over 100 years old, GWR mags dating back to the 1800s, going to have to thin them out or extend the railway room in the not too distant future I think.

Found the magazine eventually MRC September 1961, 56 years ago. Edit sorry pages uploaded the wrong way round, read the right page first.