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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2BiCpx0shk

Ehh.... sheepishly tugs collar

That would definitely all have my wallet appealing for asylum. That said, with the A2/1-2 molds, maybe a surprise and a full spec Peppercorn A1?

Certainly could've done with a local that isn't Stirling. Edit: Actually I think those were Jumbo's, class 294s, I can't recall if 812s were common on the C&O, though mind you, my knowledge of my own local railway is shockingly poor.

Putting a vote in for a Caley 419.

'You boy! What day be it?'

Baa!

What breed is that one?

So thats why the wallet did a runner.

On the other hand, a flat sided locomotive is surely easier to clean even by conventional methods. Though I have read one account that the paint on Channel Packet was so rough that it shredded the cleaners rags.

Ehh, depends on the degree, I think most streamliners look good because the design is maintained throughout, unlike the half-hearted efforts of the GWR, where it was just a case of just bolting some extra metal on.

Especially given how shallow the firegrate is, though it does seem to be compensating by making it as big as possible, note the side mounted safety valves!

Its been discussed a fair few times before, but by all means share the drawings, I’m a sucker for a good technical diagram. I think the consensus behind the Lanc 2-10-0 is that it wasn’t so much a serious proposal as it was a show room model. Set up to impress would be customers.

Forgive me for nitpicking eeeever so slightly (OI! Put down that axe) but the Westinghouse on the Calley versions look ever so slightly chunkier than the LMS version, could be the light, could be how its meant to be. Don't shoot the messenger, unless he's trying to shoot you, in what case its acceptable.

I wish I wasn't hard up for space, seeing all these lovely layouts.

Eh... sounds foottery, and to be perfectly honest its somewhat irrelevant on a Locomotive that spent most of its (early) life in a workshop.

@Hattons Dave Unrelated but, is there a problem with the Hattons website? The image macro aren't loading for me.

Booo.....

I'm tempted to renew my membership, simply to get one.

Well this is a kick in the proverbial

Excellent work, I've long want to do something related to Doggerland, I particularly like the map.

If I wanted to paint stip one, how would I go about protecting the cab interior?

I believe Simon Martin did one on Facebook, he reported that the conversion was surprisingly easy.

Hello all, it my sad task today to report that Michael Angelis, the TV actor, but I imagine most well known to us as the dulcet toned Liverpudlian narrator of Thomas and Friends, has died aged 68. In this dark time of mass death morning a single man could seem gauche, but some people have a formative impact upon you without even knowing it. I understand that most of us will have moved on from Thomas and Friends, some will even be old enough to have avoided it entirely, but for me Thomas was not just a gateway to this hobby but a way of figuring out the world as I came to terms with being on the autistic spectrum. As a child, awkward, high strung and frequently in trouble Angelis’s narrations were my only friend for a long time. Here was a place where there was order instead of somewhere were the rules changed just as you worked them out. There was a sense that there was a solidness to the world, that authorities had the best of intentions for me and things would work out in the end. And as I’ve gotten older I’ve learned that there often is no order to things, that authorities don’t always have good or even decent intentions, that resolution requires effort. Which is not to lambaste the show or the late mr Angelis, order is after all as much an escapist dream for some as chaotic free expression is for others. It’s merely my honest thoughts. https://news.sky.com/story/michael-angelis-thomas-the-tank-engine-narrator-and-auf-wiedersehen-pet-star-dies-11997794 ScR