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Steve that's a superb story! Crying with laughter here! (There are some preservation era anecdotes that could respond, but might not be fair on those being singled out so better not...) And Flymo - love those photos of Watlington. It's poignant - both lines closed in the late 50s never having quite ...

Not sure which of the three current threads to post this on - but just happened across this video of the final train on the Wallingford branch. It's old 8mm silent film so the quality isn't great but still some lovely details in it. 1444 with a top feed.. (this is 1959 so corresponds with the data o...

One addition, one complication to Jeremy's list plus a 58 bonus ball...

1437 August 58 Lechlade W
1439 "1950s" with early BR logo probably unlined black Totnes and Buckfastleigh W

5804 December 58 Tetbury W

All the best

Neil

For what it's worth, see below for a link to a photo of a 58xx bunker in GWR days (tanks lettered GWR not Great Western) which clearly shows that the top lamp iron was mounted inside the top of the bunker with two rivets appearing on the outer face of the back plate of the bunker. See http://www.gwr...

I don't want to hijack this thread any more by going over old ground ... see here https://www.scalefour.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=63195#p63195 and forward...... I was mainly interested in Allan's specific thoughts on his prototype - given his knowledge and research into the Wemys line. I was also i...

Agreed its not a perfect comparison Noel, but that's why I suggested Llan or KWVR: the pull is sharp, the loadings are not light (and a few Mark 1s put more on the drawbar than a few 4 wheelers), plus both lines don't tend to potter around... I have been a heritage Fireman for over 20 years, and hav...

Thanks for taking the time to do this .... much appreciated :thumb I shall have to spend a little time digesting. ;) Hi Tim Is it worth trying to get some information from one of the heritage lines that have hosted 41708? It's run at both Llangollen and Keighley amongst others and both these have s...

I may be completely wrong, but that looks like a displacement lubricator carrying oil for the valve chest and/or cylinders. A 12" to the foot scale loco I know rather well, Furness Railway Number 20, has something very similar, albeit mounted on the front of the valve chest, but the idea of the...

I think the critical thing is not how the work is held on top, but how it's supported underneath. In the absence of a proper anvil, it needs something flat and firm but slightly resilient, so that the nascent rivet can push into it. If the backing material distorts other than directly under the riv...

That's really useful thank you Flymo! I have been using a gravity rivet tool thus far in my new foray into modelling, and am getting frustrated that while it does the business of producing a replica rivet, however hard I try to hold or clamp the piece, including by delivering the blow through a smal...

The bits of card and arrangement of the masking tape was particularly tricky and taxed my filmography skills to the limit, but I got there in the end. Or, just type "mobile phone tripod mount" into your favourite search engine, part with less than a fiver and in a couple of days you could...

Can you suggest a suitable paint (colour) for the LNWR Quick Brown? Hi David, In "LNWR Liveries" (Pendragon aka Atlantic & HMRS) it states that horseboxes (and carriage trucks) were painted in carriage lake until about 1900, after which they received "quick brown". This is d...

...the most likely format, I fear, is a programme of an arbitrary set of 'highlights', as seen by the editor of the programme. This does surely depend entirely on the editorial decision-making behind any video. There are many people on here who it is clear to me as a beginner do put in huge amount ...

I agree that this idea is worth exploring and like David I think it could be possible to produce acceptable videos on a smartphone, with a bit of care. Like Paul did, I still work for the BBC, in radio (30 years this summer since my first pay cheque) , but I am required to shoot TV pictures from tim...

Thanks Pete for filling in the gap for me. I feel a bit of a fraud referring to books not in my possession...!

All the best

Neil

To be fair to the Wild Swan "Midland Railway Carriages" books they are indeed that, not LMS Carriages books, though yes Volume 1 (the relevant one for the Clayton square panel 48' clerestories and the book I have) does tend to tell more of the full life story of only some of the different ...

One other point, which may or may not track back to the 50s/60s but is certainly a more current practice.. In the UK main or regional transmitters trend to use horizontal polarisation, so the aerial works best pointing towards the transmitter with whatever bits (the side bars in Guy's example above)...

Look at how the hinges are outlined in black though, and the rivets on the hinges are pronounced in a dark colour, which may be shadow I guess. But a carefully applied dark wash will achieve that effect.l. Another observation of the nearer wagon is that the joints between each plank of the body are...

To show I have done some modelling here is a Ratio Midland Clerestory I painted and lined a while ago. Awaiting Society bogies with springy beams. 20200331_005303.jpg 20200331_005159.jpg Ooh that's something to aim at! Thank you for sharing! I am unfortunately making my life hard by retrofitting th...

Hi Paul, That's an excellent finish. Did you use enamel paint for the Midland grey? I ask because some of these washes don't like acrylic. John, The paint is an enamel. I only use enamels (or now, cellulose for certain situations) on models. I've never got on with acrylics. The only ones I have are...

And Eileens do them - though not in such large quantities! 6 for 50p. Which is probably enough for most projects.. Two of them came in very handy today..

All the best

Neil

And grateful thanks for the very swift shipping of my order, which was only placed on Wednesday and arrived this morning!

Wishing all well,

Neil

Thank you Hardwicke - would not expect any access to any heritage site. I now have THREE different types of etched bogie to build for what is becoming quite a comparative trial...! And given that I started my first ever etched kit this week (a Brassmasters wagon underframe that I wanted to do as a t...

And unless your line is "one engine in steam" consideration needs to be given to ensure that an engine running round which wrongly passes the advanced starter could still stop before colliding with a second incoming train held at the home signal. Not an issue, for two reasons. First, a dr...

I would agree with Noel's thoughts, but would add that an advanced starter would need to protect the LC so that any loco running round would not then foul the crossing (that or you would need the crossing to be interlocked so that the run round could only take place when the gates were open to the r...