Siberian Snooper

Hopefully the Bentley driver will also pay a visit to the opticians.

Of the choices, a symmetrical tandem is probably the easiest, similar to the Peco product, handed tandems have too many options which makes getting the 3rd common crossing in quite difficult, especially in 00.

That's why they were nicknamed Concertina's. I have a few of them in the stash as well!

There's only 4 doors on a Dreadnought, except the brakes. I have 5 in the stash.

The 07.10 from PZ is usually a 5 car which joins a further 5 car at PLY. I don't know who drives from PLY. It was a bit weird the previous Saturday, I caught it at PLY a 5 car came up and stopped in platform 6 whilst there was a 10 car in platform 5, which we all joined.

A link please, as I don't normally look at blogs.

I don't think that the Saltash motors used to potter about with a couple of passengers, especially at dockyard in and out musters.

Only one thing for it!

I have had tennis elbow, when expanding boiler tubes, trying to fight the windy expanding machine and house maids knee, cutting the tubes out, being on my knees all day on uneven cold surfaces. Both sorted out with heat lamps and some physiotherapy.

I scribe DAS when it's dry, otherwise it throws up furrows.

There was nothing wrong with the seawall, it was the new trains that failed, as far as I'm aware, the 150 and 43 class and a kettle managed to run without too many issues, other than the line being blocked by the modern stuff.

When I was a kid and living in Sussex and on clay, dad and me would go to a farm with as many plastic sacks as he could muster and fill them with mushroom manure, I think it was about a quid for as much as you could shift. This was spread around the various flower beds around now and dug in, in the spring.

I paint some solvent on to the plasticard and then apply the DAS and then dribble some more solvent on to the DAS and roll the DAS to the required thickness.

Thanks for the tip, if I can make it, at least I know that I will need to bring some dark glasses!.

Have a look at Upper Hembury, East Devon-a GWR/SR Branch line, around page 8.

It certainly won't hurt to give it a dip.

Far too clean. Dons flack jacket and tin hat, whilst diving for cover.

Has the midnight oil been delivered yet?

I was thinking the steam era, not the buzz box period.

Open frame construction is not that difficult, if you can't square, invest in a mitre box, there's usually 3 slots 1 square and 2 at 45°. You clamp put your piece of wood in the U and either hold it or clamp it, the saw goes down the selected slot. Drill the side members to take wood screws and countersink. Hold or clamp the side and cross member and screw them together, repeat as necessary. A couple of diagonals may be needed to stop the structure twisting, if you don't get an accurate cut on them a good dollop of PVA and a couple of pins will sort it. Don't put the diagonals where they will foul the runners.

Here's a link to the NLS website 25 inch map for Dawlish in 1920. https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17.0&lat=50.58230&lon=-3.46190&layers=168&b=1

King Crimson, actually, 3rd track on Court of the Crimson King.

I ordered my copy earlier, when I saw it on the Western Times thread.

China clay wagons are end tippers, sheeted wagons were general merchandise, with the sheet providing weather protection.

Ordered.