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Ah well the Welsh do have a penchant for the double L

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Hope this works - another to follow

I have just received my latest numberplates from 247 Developments who seem to be gearing up again after a Covid pause

I live just down the road, I could take some pictures of what it is like now if it helps.

Hopefully there are a couple of images associated with this - I don't know what I'm doing BUT I tried converting the T9 to a 13 class a few years ago. Not too disappointed with the result for me although it wouldn't pass more than a cursory inspection by someone who knows what they are talking abou...

That's useful, Jim. While I'm on here, can anybody explain the two compartments ie the higher and the lower. Photos I've seen seem to suggest they had coal in both sections. So why were there two sections?

I was thinking about commissioning a resin body. The outside w irons from Wizard seem spot on so the underframe would be OK.

So I have purchased the Falcon Brassworks Drummond Pug tender etch. And I'm looking at it. At least half of it seems to be something else entirely. Has anyone built this? Any clues?

Thanks Jim I was looking in the Locomotives CD

Thanks Jim - that actually makes it considerably easier!

Is there a drawing for this anywhere?

Did they move to a drafty corner in a complex beside the bus station? I still have a couple of transfer crests I bought from them sometime in the 1960s.(
I am not fast)

To be honest the price of a DJH jumbo with motor and wheels is close to £300 and then you've got to botch sorry build it yourself, paint it and line it. If there are other CR releases at the £200 mark I'll be first in the queue.

That's a remarkable job in 2mm Jim but to be honest looking at the picture which I think is a bout the same distance-wise as looking at a model on a layout I cannot see the yellow/brass lining.

I have been grappling with this for some years now and I confess that I do not have the mathematics to fully explain it. But what I am asking is whether it is better to line coaches or not. I don't see specifications for the yellow lining in Mike Williams book but in Casserley's WCJS he states that ...

Sorry to be so whimsical but why were they sending milk from Dundee to Carlisle?

Why were they sending milk from Carlisle to Dundee?

The price is eyewatering. How does it cost twice as much to paint a coach blue and grey rather than crimson and cream?

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There is a tantalising reference in David Jenkinson's "LNWR Carriages - a Concise History" to several types of LNWR coaches (not WCJS diagrams) being dual fitted to work over CR lines. Did LNWR coaches work over CR lines? Perhaps pressed into service on WCJS trains at times of pressure? Th...

The newly announced Hornby 6 wheel coaches appear to be a closer match for the diagram 8 at first look. I cant see the dimensions and the LNWR 5 compartment third might be a useful donor although they are also producing a NBR which might be more satisfactory to repaint!

Dont know for sure but the 51L range looks similar

I can't find the post but was someone looking for a Decent Models instruction booklet?

"has resolved the problems with his email"
I fear not