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Lee... I understand your pain!! I've hard wired all my Hornby locos. Also noticed on a number of them that the loco cabs don't sit properly on the chassis without hard wiring. My 50s were a right pain to get right! Cheers Will

Liking your stock pics... not boring at all!! Cheers Will

Hi Jack A little modern for me but I'm liking your MXAS alot! Excellent stuff Will

Now steam radio sounds an interesting device...

Stunning is indeed the best way to describe your layout. Oh and awesome Cheers Will

Thanks Richie... I look forward to seeing your efforts with your 56! Cheers Will

I mostly stream radio these days... the radio as a stand alone device is no longer needed. Will

Hi If you have any spare unused Shawplan V Aerials please PM me Many Thanks Will

Hi Guy Not long at all... My were a few weeks and I think Alex does batches so it's worth getting in touch directly, cheers Will

Cheers Lee! That 40's not controversial with me as it looks stunning!! I'm impressed with the replica transfers you've applied. I've has mixed results with them - a set of Transrail rub downs were excellent whereas a set of construction waterslides were terrible as the printing was a right mess. cheers Will

My days of fiddling around with waterslide transfers for locomotive numbers appears to be over I've previously spent hours making a total mess up with waterslide transfers and to be honest was a bit gutted with the outcome. Thankfully Alex @ DRD transfers has come to my rescue! These brilliant transfers are rub down and are dead easy to apply leaving no carrier film. I'll varnish mine to even out the overall finish (where I've removed the old decals with t-cut), but I suspect you don't need to bother. The best bit is that Alex produces a perfect set of transfers for the loco that you want to re-number. It's simply a case of removing all of the old numerals and rubbing these on. Took no time at all. To keep things straight i used a bit of masking table to fix one end so as to not prevent any slippage during rubbing.... which only needed a light pressure to apply. Two locos were done in 5 minutes. Awesome! Check out https://drdtransfers.com/ Cheers Alex if you're reading this!! Another order will shortly be on the way to you soon Will

Lots of great locos Lee! I especially like your 60... which transfers did you use for the RF petroleum sector logos? Cheers Will

An enjoyable show and the first time I've attended on a Sunday. The entrance fee is fair and it'll make no difference to me whether it was a one day or two day ticket. I look at it as an entrance to the show and it's up to me how long I stay. In this case I've saved postage on the bits I was after I probably spent more time chatting at this show then any other... really enjoyed the demo stands and have come away with loads of ideas. Didn't have much time to view the excellent layouts!! Thanks all for sharing photos... I've come to the conclusion my photos are rubbish so don't bother snapping much these days Didn't see much D&E stuff but thought the demo stands were particularly interesting this year. Cheers Will

Hi I'm after a body for a vitrains 37/0... if you gave a spare one please pm. I'm not after a full loco but if want to sell one cheaply please get in touch Cheers Will

Hi A long shot... anyone have a set of spare Hornby class 60 horns? Please pm if you have. Thanks Will

Sounds good to me. Interesting idea on removing the pin on the 47... will be quicker than my approach of filing off the lip on the pivot bearing plate thing. My explanation was pretty rotten... looking at my Vi 37s I've noticed that the center of the wheel doesn't line up with the axle box, and overall I think the bogie side looks low leaving too large a gap between the bogie and the body. Something I plan to resolve one day. I've not had one that wobbles yet though. Cheers Will

Really liking 37104! Excellent photos Cheers Will

I totally agree with you on rtr wheelsets which is why I went down the em route. If it helps I've converted my Vi 47s with ultrascale 3ft9 diesel disc wheels.. much cheaper than their ready to drop in wheelsets. I also lower the body on the Vi 47 which I think improves the look alot. The Vi 37 has a different problem that I've not yet solved... as with better wheels its ride height is ok but the bogie seems off centre compared to the wheels. Keep up the good work! Cheers Will

Work has been severely limiting my modelling activities since I last posted... One day I'll have some winning numbers... Anyway I've nearly finished converting all my 60s to EM using 14mm branchline wheels which has worked well. I've also nearly finished my Hornby 56. I've used Ultrascale 3ft9 diesel disc wheels on 2mm axles with some M2 washers as spaces. Interestingly the gears were very loose and I feared the worse. So using the edge of a flat needle file I've roughed the axle where the gears are located and the gear grips with a little Loctite assistance. One last thing to fix is that it ever so slightly rocks on it's centre axle on one bogie... so I'll be getting the files out again soon Another unloved loco arrives for a fix... I picked up a Vitrains 47 from a well known auction site but I didn't realised it was quite so scratched even though the description was accurate. Damm! Before Saint David ended up in the respray bin i gently used T-Cut with a cotton bud on the roof and by like magic they disappeared So I've also had a go on the sides with success... and this technique worked well even on a deep scratch which had even gone through the primer. It's almost like the T-cut had melted the scratches...Result! I'm sure with a spray of satin varnish it'll be very hard to see the damage. Mind you I'm not keeping the yellow and this will be resprayed after fitting some new window frames... overall pretty pleased when i thought this was a lost cause. I've been tidying up my 56 and trial fitted the fans... they'll be straight when fitted properly! Next up will be fitting the grilles and fixing the broken lamp irons. Not quite what it seems; I have to admit I was slightly disappointed by the Dapol 73 even though the detail is excellent! I was really looking forward to its release but I really dislike the liveries applied so didn't bother with them. I've always been fond of Lima's interpretation and I have some really nicely detailed bodies that someone else did. I guess the Dapol model is getting old enough for other people to break bodies leaving cheaply available chassis Not a bad fit! The wheels also look fine enough that I may just get away with pulling them out to EM gauge. Happy Modelling!! Will

Nice one! I'll admit I didn't like the 50 at first... but it's really growing on me. I guess u used d444 as a guide? Has me thinking though... which complicated locos could have a toothpaste livery applied to... lol. Cheers Will

Indeed! Loads of good photos that have gone missing.... never used photobucket... never will now. Hopefully flickr srays around Indeed! Loads of good photos that have gone missing.... never used photobucket... never will now. Hopefully flickr stays around

Hi! I just stumbled on this thread from a Google search for class 37 fuel/water tanks... but I can't view the photo bucket pictures. Is this something that's been drawn up?? Cheers Will

Looks similar to my track laying skills.... Paddington this morning Cheers Will

All was going well with my 60s.... until I started trying to apply the numbers! Totally failed to apply straight numerals which look awful... some days I should just stop modelling and do something else. Even the carrier film on the fox transfers has yellowed slightly so I'm pausing and hoping for an alternative. Even lost a railfreight etch so my day was complete. So have bashed my 56 about instead. Cooler fan walls nearly done, added some roof handrails and fitted some window frames The frames are subtly different to Hornby's frames but I think look rather smart. The paintwork needs tiding but I'm quite pleased with the effect so far. Cheers for looking Will

My wife tells me all my trains look the same... I'm not sure I understand! Project 60 has launched! My plans are to re-badge these ending up with a Construction sector, Transrail and Mainline examples. Following a selling spree I've added an olivias metals example to the fleet from that well known auction site. Clearly ex-Canisp and I'm debating whether I should correct the overhead warning flashes which they didn't bother to change. I now understand why Canisp is the best model to re-brand... A nice short nameplate, no oversized railfrieght badges and the logos come off really easily with t-cut. However my unloved body only petrolium bargain bin example was the complete opposite There is no way I'll be able to match Hornby's interpretation of triple grey so I'm hoping with some strategic positioning of logos and arrows, and a spot of weathering that I'll get away with it.... we shall see. And at least the overhead flashes are correct for my period. As you can probably tell my Bachmann 166 has stalled a little... probably because there are three cars and progress feels slow. Anyhow I've managed to get the centre car on new bogies which are the right width - getting this right was a long job which involved removing alot of plastic on the inside of the plastic bogie frame to the size of the etched frame, but keeping the original depth at the top so the bogie still looks a little chunky. Anyway I thought I'd put it together to see how it all looks. I think it looks ok and it runs great so I'm going to do the same on the trailing car..... but have run out of pinpoint ultrascale axles so this may stall a while And I'm a sucker for new challenges, especially cheap and unloved locos. Currently stripped and beginning to be attacked! Early days but plans are for it to have the full shawplan treatment.... but with no change in number Happy Modelling!! Will