Did anybody see Celebrity Mastermind a few evenings ago, one of the Newsreaders, Nicholas Owen, was on and his subject was Railways of the South East, he...
... A bit of a 'curate's egg' I thought, good in parts, not so good in others. Could have done without the 'pop' singers and a couple of the celebrity ...
Hi Chaps, Terminology may be the cause of confusion here, as the old, common word was "pitch" as in "pitch pine" and "Pitch Lake" in Jamaica and in Trinidad....
Hi Jim, Your memories match my own, especially regarding tipped wagons. Where wagons were hand-unloaded, the scraping of the shovel and the tumbling coal were...
Hi John, Yes, I reckon it was a creosote-like coating, as you say. It needed to soak into the timber rather than just form a skin under which the wood could...
Nichols Owen does a lot of work with various railway conference companies such as Waterfront and is a self confessed enthusiast. Michael Byng Pearman Books...
Hi Everyone A happy new year to all. I have resolved to actually try and complete some of the many projects which have been started over time. I am a Britannia...
... "Tarmacadam" is not a trade name, but derives from MacAdam, an 18th century road builder who devised an improved method for surfacing turnpike roads. This...
i am trying to get the correct livery for a LMS Motor Fitted Brake third in BR(M) livery about 1955-1960 either crimson or maroon( it actual for a model of the...
Hi Martin, A Happy New Year to you and all others on this list. Re the troublesome Britannia, why don't you just ask for your money back? We who buy kits are...
Terry, Your usual highly informative message. Thanks. But how did pitch pine get in there? Without going to any reference sources, I believe this is the timber...
... Bob, do I take it that you think Raymond should have enquired re Rail Tank Cars? I know that it has the ring of American useage, but this was the name...
... Brian and Raymond Oil on the Rails published by HMRS has many of the official drgs and specifications, also Tourret's Petroleum Tank Wagons books has specs...
... G'Day Brian, Sorry this is a few days late but "5Thou for interior ironwork" is a bit thin! (please, not strapping, that was what went around wooden...
G'Day All I earlier posted re Chris Crofts In MRJ31 telling of constructing a Slaters kit for the Inkerman St 7mm layout, and how he painted the interior...
Greetings all & a HNY to each The Bristol Show, Feb 5th, at Bradley Stoke; has anybody got a listing of attendees & would they like to share it with us? Thanks...
Hi, Without making any case for or against the MMP Britannia kit, I think one should be careful of jumping in with support of a builder who says it is rubbish....
Gentlemen,
I must thank you all for the extensive reply to my question.
I think I will be following the ideas from Brian, Adrian and Terry.
Now I have no...
Hi Geoff, One of my new years reolutions is to finish my 2MT and push-pull set that ran on the Northampton-Wellingborough-Higham Ferrers route. I dont know if...
last christmas I asked about a film on TV showing John Wayne driving a right hand car on the left side of the road in thr USA, ie UK style. I did not get any...
... Definitely _not_ Sequoia wood - pitch pine was being imported into the UK long before they started felling Sequoias. Also the amount of wood available from...
As it happens we have a very nice 'Britannia' made from an MMP kit for sale at the moment, and it may be viewed on our website at No.7 in our RTR list. I do...
... I doubt if limestone rock would colour a wagon interior white - limestone is dull grey and would produce nothing like the amount of fine dust that you get...
Brian Don't know where you got the colours of limestone from, here in Derbyshire the limestone is almost white when dry, turning cream when wet, and as for ...
Gunnar All the ones that I've attended in the past have been trade only. There's usually a test track set up in the small room. Unless anybody knows...
John The question was a bit open! It could have been either. I note from my books that they are known specifically as Rail Tank vehicles but I bet petrol...
... others. ... Rev. ... Still, it got a good review in the Telegraph today, mentioned as one of the TV highlights of the weekend. For such a program not to be...
