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Does anyone have an original (printed) copy of the above?
The one on the "Wagons" CD is not of great resolution and is slightly off square.
I would prefer to borrow, or buy, the copy but a high resolution scan would suffice.
Can anyone help?
Thank you
Jim P
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I came across this video on Youtube starring the late John (complete with the odd expletive) and the late Tom McGhee, which brought back many memories. I had the good fortune to live on the other side of the dual carriageway from John. I would be interesting to know when it was done and who did the ...

The “ERROL” on the lamp appears to have been done with flash glass which has a layer of colour fused to the white (clear). The colour is masked and etched off, with hydroflouric acid - very nasty stuff - and, as can be seen, the result can be quite stunning. I did some work with flash glass as part ...

Excellent, I particularly like the side rods.
Jim P

I would certainly protect the window bars - why not use some masking tape - that is what we used for masking glass prior to grit blasting, the grit used being coarser than 180/200.
The lamp irons will probably be ok but try out on a wee strip of scrap brass first
Jim P

Model Shop Leeds stock Evergreen 9511, 0.010” black styrene sheet.
4 pack @ £5.99 + £1.30 postage
Jim P

Great work. Re grit blaster, I made a wee cabinet but Allan Goodwillie used a largish, clear poly bag which I thought was great - easy to collect and reuse the grit. It is useful, also, to have a very fine sieve to filter out any larger debris that may clog the nozzle. Haven’t used mine for some tim...

My piece was in Scalefour News, issue 196, about using black styrene to represent nuts etc. The contrast of black against white styrene made positioning much easier - using a No.11 blade, of course.
I can provide a screenshot for anyone interested - please send me a pm
Jim P

Scott
Thank you for putting some of your stuff on RM Web though, in some ways, I wish you had not - standards of modelling that few of us can aspire to.
Jim P

Tony I think you may have missed Jim’s point that with one brake lever, the two V hangers were on either side of the same solebar thus obviating the need for a long rod - unless two brake levers were present. Graham Why don’t you pm Dave John and ask about the source of his transfers though I suspec...

I am still able to fulfil book orders as Royal Mail is still functioning.
Operations Vol.2, £22 + £5 p&p
Jim P

Thank you Alan.
I had idly thought about making a stencil but in clear plastic (acrylic) sheet, to aid alignment, but wondered if there was an easier way.
On reflection, the picture shows the CR does not “straddle” the diagonal brace - a case of when in doubt, read the instructions!
Jim P

Thank you. I missed the pic on p.145. Meanwhile, does anyone have suggestions about applying “C R” to the TLM cattle vans? Microsol and Transfix do not seem to soften the letters sufficiently over the diagonals. I’ve had the vans built for c. 3 years and only just got around to trying to apply trans...

What height should “CR” be for the pre Drummond open?
Thanks
Jim P

Thank you!
Jim P

Re the pre-Drummond open, where would I find appropriate wagon numbers - I need 2.
Thank you
Jim P

Sorry to disagree, Allan, but enlarging the pic the window framing looks more like wood.
Jim P

I have been aware of this but did not do anything about it because of the cost.
Jim P

Re new wagon masters. In the past, builders of masters received 3 body castings as a “thank you” for their efforts. The Association will continue this practice. Thank you to Jim Mac for reminding us about this. Can I please emphasise that proposals for wagon prototypes should be discussed with Tony ...

Douglas We are hoping to have some supplies fo SECC but this uncertain. If not available then, we will have them for Perth, hopefully also the RYP for Perth. Re D46, as far as I am aware, there is no reason why another batch could not be produced, unless the pattern requires a lot of refurbishment. ...

Alan
Your attention to detail is amazing.
Thank you for sharing.
Jim P

Tony
You say you have a converted Oxford Rail wagon.
Could you expand on how you coped with compensation/springing as I found that removing the W iron/axle box mouldings and thinning to allow P4 wheels resulted in very little material to attach these to the solebars.
Thanks
Jim P

The vinyl when removed from the backing sheet are very thin, probably thinner than labels. I will try to remember to measure the thickness. I would initially use white, the colour of which could be altered using acrylic paint - the same colour as the true panels, preferably before cutting. Re “stenc...

Have you already commissioned the transfers? If so, there may be interested parties, myself included, but I suspect not too many. My own original thought was to cut out apertures in styrene or thin perspex sheet using the Cameo cutter for the former or milling the latter which I would then use as “s...

Lindsay
You will recall that Mike W agreed to compile a suitable range of numbers etc.
I understand from Jim S that this is well advanced so hopefully ......
Jim P