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  1. Richard_A
    It surprises me also, my interest is more the urbanised Swansea end (I live here and hailing from Huddersfield, I find the midland and lnwr elements appealing) but the line offers a lot of potential, obviously before the 1970's. I have been buying various kits both unbuilt and built but needing work as a way of obtaining stock but not breaking the bank.
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    I should imagine that the kestrel diesel, is a silver fox models body kit on lima class 47 bogies/motor.
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    Not yet
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    A gem g2 plus comet models chassis kit for £36, a gem fowler 2 6 4 tank with etched chassis, wheels and motor £50 and a kemilway br standard class 3 tank £40. Pretty pleased with that.
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    Thanks, I've ordered the iain rice book, designs for urban layouts, which I think is the correct book. The line looks like it should be a good base for a layout, big engines on short passenger trains, freight etc.
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    Did this layout progress at all?
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    Can anyone help on articles which are about models based on the central Wales line please?
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    I recently sanded down my hallway wall after filling and used 120 grit discs after a coat of filler, to hide the dodgy plastering my missus had done before I met her. I'm not sure if you can see how the wall looks in the photo. Make sure that you have an extract system or vacuum attached to your sander though and wear a pp3 grade mask as a minimum, I've had way too many bad chests over the years from not protecting myself adequately.
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    Screwfix sell flexovit sanding discs for orbital sanders which are pretty good, I use 120 grit and that gives a good base for starting with. The only time I've seen decorators use finer grades is for decorative plasters and highly polished wood finishes.
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    Surely it would be fine to mention it to worsley, and negotiate from there.
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    Five, airfix meat van kits for £20.
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    I have quite a few of these to build as I thought they were supposed to be better than the triang ones, I could have been wrong but not changing now, especially as I cannot justify the cost of Hornby and Bachmann ones.
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    I did come up to the club a couple of times and intend to join, life keeps getting in the way though!
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    Is this the south dock project the Swansea railway modellers group were building?
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    Not sure if this is a bargain, but two sealed kitmaster blue pullman power cars for £80, seeing as I have the palour and kitchen cars to build I thought it too good an opportunity to pass.
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    So van traffic and pit props in south dock, thank you all.
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    Thank you.
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    Thank you for these, I haven't come across them. Flickr is obviously something I need to look at more often. Are the wagons behind the saddle tank insulated ones?
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    Hi Brian, No I don't, but I think that I should start looking for them.
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    Wow, thank you very much.
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    Thanks again, You know what, I have the red dragon book, I didn't even think to look in it! My interests lie in the late 60's but swansea was pretty much down at heal then it would seem, with masses of rail closures and rebuilding the Swansea vale. Everything is too spread out to try and make a plausible what if model.
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    Thank you Brian's. I was looking for ideas for incoming freight such as imported timber as I know there was a timber merchant near paxton street, and if the weavers complex had grain imported via ship or if it had rail deliveries.
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    Apart from the obvious such as coal and metal exports what types of goods did swansea Docks handle? I know that chemicals were handled as well but would this just have been tankers for Llandarcy? Were there any food stuffs and timber imported? I imagine that plenty of cargo types passed through but nearly every picture of the Docks is coal traffic.
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    Glue
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    I'll probably let you off.
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