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The two pieces of black iron are brake push rod hangers. They keep the brake force 'on station' and works in concert with the brake hanger, to bear against the rim of the wagon wheel. Also, it works as a safety device, and keeps the brake push rod from dropping on the floor. Hope this helps, Ian.

Watch the sausages! BLACKFRIARS

On the path less trodden:- HAGGERSTON.

Having found my one-way boomerang, it's off to:- LONDON BRIDGE

Long kiss goodnight

miller, biscuit, cheese

pass the parcel.

way over there

Ha! Ha! Yes, you're right! That's what I use a 'ZEUS' for... Now, where's my bl**dy ZEUS gone..... Ian.

I would never, ever teach 'Granny to suck eggs' but I'd respectfully suggest that you learn to read a Vernier caliper. Once you've got the hang of it, you can retire the battery powered model, and trust to a pure analogue model. The good models are Mitutoyo, Moore & Wright, and I think, Starrett. There are some excellent tutorials on Youtube to get you going. After a while, you'll get into the groove, and wonder why you didn't change earlier. Happy modelling! Ian.

her being here

we can concur

Sonny & Cher?

milk, no sugar

I still think it's an excellent idea that Mr Hoskins has decided to store Bittern. He doesn't need planning permission, as storage is storage. Planning permission might be needed for public access, but in this case that will need a business case/plan. You could have a nice little tearoom in there. Make a mock-up of an LNER tender with seats, and charge visitors to sit in Flying Scotsman's coal space. There's a marketable opportunity to say "my dad/uncle/granny/parrot/goldfish/bank manager/milkman drove the Flying Scotsman" They could even shift that dodgy FS tat as well..... Well done. Margate needs things like this. Perhaps a nice little narrow gauge steam set up to boot. You'd need a pretty good model shop to complement the show. Hmmmmm. Ian.

The Captains Pasty & Pannier shop

Oval ball, perhaps? TWICKENHAM

working in synch

Smashah, Bangham & Renchitt (motor engineers)

I need to look at the Goodies. They worked in black & white.

It's grim oop north(ern) TUFNELL PARK

Cider, Cider, Cider!

Frothy head, Fred?

Reading other contributors & posters on here (thank you folks) encouraged me to dig out some old rolling stock kits I'd stowed away many years ago. Right now I've got a mini production line of old Airfix 16 tonners on the go. Rooting around stock has its lighter moments: "Crikey, did I buy that?" Or, "Ah! There it is" springs to mind. I've just found a packet of Romford wagon bearings, but I know full well that there's another packet, lurking somewhere.... One real upside from this is a rediscovered ability to make 3-link couplings. I thought I'd lost the knack, but its still there. This past week has been euphoric, instructive and a major relaxant. Translating cardboard boxes of scruffy kits can be expensive, as the life expired cardboard is replaced by neater stowage boxes. In fact, a neat win-win situation. A physiological brownie point 'accumulator' is when disposing of unwanted stuff. I leave the items in plain view, just enough for Mrs Smith to see it. That way, she can see you're not a 'hoarder' . One last job is to scan my relevant RM articles, and then recycling. Have a great weekend. Ian

No rush for me old chap. I was merely commenting on 'froth' on RM web. Quite frankly I couldn't give a tinkers cuss who, or whom, makes TTTE. For all I know, the local Chinese takeaway is knocking out Thomas stuff. I considered my post was pertinent to the discussion, and to the point. One thing I do know is that Bachmann have a nice knack of releasing slightly obscure models to partner recent releases. One classic example being the brake van to partner the GCR ROD. Have a nice weekend. Ian.