Steve Sykes

If you'te talking about wagon buffers, 0.8mm works for me.

They remind me that I must try harder. Many years ago I scratchbuilt a MR box in 2mm finescale, completely out of plastikard (though nothing to compare with your exquisite models) which I was very proud of at the time and with which I even won a few prizes. Sadly though, it melted away one evening after an unfortunate spilt MekPak-related incident on my workbench. Boy, was I gutted! Which reminds me to make one of those multiple holey paint pot holder thingies before it happens again...

Being resolutely low-tech, not to mention idle, I attach the solvent bottle to the bench with a big blob of Blu-tack!

My wagons are mostly plasticard bodies on Association etched chassis, and I put a 10mm square piece of lead flashing in the underframe. This gives the wagon a bit of weight and seems to help them roll ok. I'm not sure what the actual weight is; must stick them on the scales!

Looking at their website, the Sally B is appearing at the Goodwood air show this weekend, so could be en route from Duxford today.

Unfortunately I can't make it to Camrail but I look forward to seeing pictures of Tucking Mill - hopefully some kind soul will take some and post them here.

I vaguely remember reading that the committee that was charged with redesigning the standard British cavalry sword at the turn of the 20th century decided that the ideal cavalry weapon was a long-handled tomahawk, but that the cavalry regiments would never accept a weapon that wasn't a sword, so they came up with the '08 standard sword as the next best thing.

The Steam Reverser is next to the cab. The air brake pump is between the first and second splashers.

I think it's the other way around. All the class had steam reversers located between the first and second splashers on the right hand side; those locos fitted with Westinghouse brakes had the air pump just in front of the cab on the same side. There were initially 15 locos with air brakes, delivered by Sharp Stewart in 1900 for working LCDR stock which was air-braked; the SER was a vacuum brake line. No. 712 of this batch is shown in Fig. 4 of Bradley's book on SECR locos which shows the right hand side of the loco.