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These bogies look splendid John

I think this looks excellent!

Cheers, John

Jol.

I was very sorry to hear about John. Do hope he makes a speedy and full recovery.

All the best, John S

I was tempted to buy one of these at Scalefour North over the weekend.

It does indeed look very nice and I'm looking forward to making a start - but I should finish other things first

John

I'd like to add my own thanks to all involved in the organisation and helping out over the weekend.

I enjoyed my weekend very much - an excellent "do" all round.

Looking forward to 2019 already... Cheers, John

Hello Jeremy.

I may already have asked you this, but in case I haven't, would you put me down for one of these please when it is available?

It looks very good.

Thanks - John

That looks very encouraging Jeremy, do keep us posted when there is more news.

Cheers, John

I've had problems with Mashima motors overheating, though in my case they were both 14mm motors rather than the 12mm. As a result of this, I always run them in carefully before they are firmly installed in a locomotive. 5 minutes one way light, rest, 5 minutes light the other way, rest and so on.......

Hello All. Will L drew my attention to this thread about this 4F kit. It is right I finished off one of these kits for a fellow member of the Crewe Group a few years ago. In fact, it is probably more like 8-9 years ago, time flies. Some of you may have seen the loco running on "Knutsford" ...

It all looks very good.

At the risk of drifting off topic, I like the SDJR 2-8-0.

I imagine it must have gone to Horwich for overhaul and is on a running in turn....

But seriously, all looking good. John S

To follow on from my note earlier this month. I obtained a jar of Tamiya acrylic deep green. However, on inspection it comes out lighter than the colour swatch would suggest. It is also quite a blue shade of green. I have since discovered Humbrol do a GWR loco green acrylic paint although it is the ...

This weekend 22nd and 23rd April is the Liverpool Model Railway Society Exhibition at The Ian Robinson Sports Centre, Merchant Taylors' School, Liverpool Road, Crosby. More information is at: http://www.lmrs.org.uk/Exhibition/Location.html Faringdon will be present flying the flag for the Scalefour ...

Thanks for the thoughts. I agree it looks as though the Tamiya Deep Green may be the way to go. There is a aircraft/tanks/ships model shop near here where I should be able to get some. I did look at Vallejo Model Air 71-018 camouflage black green which is possible, but as the name suggests this is v...

I went along to Scalefour North today and had an excellent day. Most enjoyable.

I'd like to say thanks to all the organisers, layout operators, traders and everybody else who helped out - much appreciated.

Roll on Scalefour North 2018!

Do we have any dates yet

The trolleys look very nice and rather tempting!

John

This is probably a long shot but.... Has anyone here done any experimenting to see if any of the acrylic range of paint from Tamiya or Vallejo are close to the pre-1928 darker shade of GWR loco green? As an example, XF 61 Dark Green or XF 26 Deep Green in the Tamiya range look as though they might b...

Hello Jeremy.

To add to the above. I have one of these Mallard GWR Railmotors hidden away in a box waiting to be built one day.

The etch you are working on looks splendid.

You can put me down for one of your etchings as well when they become available!

John

Hello Everybody. This weekend 3 & 4 December is the Christmas Model Railway Show 2016 in Manchester City Centre, organised by Manchester Model Railway Society. More details are at: http://mmrs.co.uk/exhibition/ Just a short walk from Piccadilly station, so really easy to get to by train. I will ...

That's very sad - I do hope the locos turn up.

John

A few of us visited Tony yesterday evening in preparation for the visit of the rest of the Crewe Group tomorrow but also to run a train or two. Here is a photo of Ambergate with a GWR interloper. This engine will run the through trains from Oswestry on my railway, well that's my excuse anyway. This ...

See you there, Tim.

John

Is there any progress (he says, hopefully) with the earlier pattern LNWR buffer stop with the wooden beam?

John

Hello All. Alsager Railway Association will be holding its annual exhibition over the weekend of 15 and 16 November at the Victoria Centre, Crewe CW1 2PZ More details are at: http://www.alsagerrailwayassociation.co.uk/exhibition.htm "Faringdon" will be there to fly the flag for 18.83 mm mo...

I ordered my copy of the new magazine on Monday, having found out about it on Sunday evening. It arrived in the post yesterday.

Not had time to look at it properly yet, but it does indeed look promising.

John

I like the look of these new baseboards, Jim. Very interesting. Look forward to reading more about this new project here.

John