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Ordered. It was a shame that the commissioned black E1 failed to secure enough orders to be viable – I hope this time it's a successful venture. Nice to have a bit of black to relieve the Marsh Umber.

Is it still possible to pre-order 113 or has the order book closed?

I love the way you've captured a shaft of light falling on the name plate of Tiverton Castle – it adds that extra something to an already great image. Was it intentional or a happy accident?

That depends on where in the country you are. The pumps have been labelled as E5 for ages but that doesn't mean the fuel contains 5% ethanol. See Esso website: https://www.esso.co.uk/en-gb/fuels/petrol As has been pointed out several times E5 petrol contains up to 5% ethanol. When I did some research into this a few years ago I recall that Shell 95 RON E5 had less ethanol in it than BP 95 RON E5.

I often used to travel alone by train from a young age without any trouble but it's the trips with my mother and sister that stick in my mind the most. I can recall one particular trip in BR Mk1 coaches – I can picture the scene perfectly and yet I have no recollection of where we can have possibly been.

Try Esso Synergy Supreme+ 99. It doesn't have any Ethanol in it except when sold in a few places (see Esso web site). My father and I run four cars that range from 28 years old to more recent. All run better on this zero ethanol petrol. There's a slight increase in economy and the overall performance is a bit better. However, in our older cars I think the absence of any ethanol is the key factor in making them smoother and more responsive. It's not available at all Esso petrol stations but where I fill-up it's only 3p a litre more than E10 95Ron, which is nothing when you consider the overall benefits. I've asked at other Esso stations if they will consider supplying it. I'm on a one man crusade to spread the word on this fuel (I don't work for Esso). Friends have switched over and are reporting that they sense there is a benefit in using it with smoother running engines that are a bit more lively. Shell claim up to a 4% increase in performance over their 95 Ron, when when using their premium fuel – V Power. I imagine the test figures would be the same for the Esso fuel.

I have such a brush. It's over 60 years old. The brush was sold as a watercolour wash brush. I imagine they are still made.

My SECR liveried model (satin finish) has just arrived. Yet to unpack.

I'd launch a super detailed 3mm range using 13.5mm gauge (the 3mm equivalent of EM).

It does state that for use in a DC environment that 15~18v DC is perfect.

Joseph, You'll find any replies in the same thread where you placed your question. It's really is no more complex or mysterious than that.

One has more strength than the other. I think it's Micro Sol in the bottle with red typography that is the stronger of the two. I only use it if I'm trying to get decals onto a compound curve otherwise I go for the less potent of the two.

The best way to apply waterslide decals is over a gloss surface and then to use a decal solution such as MicroSol or before varnishing with acrylic matt. Any carrier film will disappear. The advantage of waterslide, as noted above, is that you can carefully nudge them into position. I see an awful lot of models where the numbers don't have an accurate baseline so the numbers appear to 'jump'. For some reason it's often the last number in the row that jumps the most. When the baseline is defined by numbers with a flat base edge, ie 1,2, 4, 7 then those with rounded bases ie 3, 5, 6, 8, 9 ,0 should sit very, very slightly lower. The rounded characters are very slightly larger. This is a visual compensation the font designer will employ to offset the optical illusion that occurs between circles and squares or rectangles. I have designed and had my own waterslide decals printed (for aviation modelling) and I tend to arrange the sets of numbers/letters I want on the computer so the baseline and character spacing is 100% correct, then the whole lot can be applied as one decal.

I very much agree but feel Chiltern Green has to be added to this list and perhaps Chipping Norton.

John, They look superb but they weren't from me!