Horsetan

We don't hear much about clockwork models nowadays but, many years ago, the Norman Eagles layout was one of the best-known.

What would be useful is a book of coach diagrams - a selection, perhaps, of common / everyday stock that were frequently observed. I'd like a Bredin one day - there's at least two still with us, one of which is unlikely ever to run anywhere again, whilst the other....can't.

So has my lot. Looks eminently useful; just add rail. I suspect there might be some repeat orders as various people discover that what they have just isn't enough!

Never mind quality; what we want now is quantity!!

Beats building it from scratch. Means only pointwork to worry about.

That looks suspiciously like my lot.....

Let me have a think about that, and then send you a bill for the work.

Supposedly, but it's easier not to start than to rely on loopholes.

Just say this part again, very slowly....

Ah, but some of us are a bit more....Catholic

I gave up Lent for Lent. Although I managed to observe Lent for two years, what killed the whole sacrifice thing for me was realising that St. Patrick's Day (and the drink that is sine qua non) always came before the end of Lent.

Likewise. Need to acquire some FB Code 75 rail now....

Will we set the timer going on this? Let's play County Down! The value of your investment can go up as well as down.

Might be the NCC "W" 2-6-0 which has quite a lot going for it. An 800 wouldn't be enough to tempt me away from my SSM kit - at least I'm building that in 21mm gauge from the start.

That's a bit like the whole "helping Ukraine" thing.

Nothing has changed since then.

Only Piko and Gützold (still) use plastic for outside motion. That's been a thing ever since the 1970s when the East Germans had to make the best of whatever resources were available. I'm not sure what grade of plastic they use, but they have perfected the method over the years and, in the rare event of anything breaking, spares are cheaper to buy. I've only ever had to replace one coupling rod on a Gützold DR Br65.10 2-8-4T, costing no more than a fiver. The "clip-fit" technique makes the motion parts easy to fit, with no riveting required. The upside of all that was that the shop prices were about a third to a half of their Western rivals, so offered UK modellers (traditionally notorious for short arms and deep pockets) a cheap way into Continental HO. I remember testing a Piko Br.03 Reko which was priced here in 1985 for thirty quid brand-new. The nearest Western equivalent, a Fleischmann Br.01 (they didn't start making 03s until later) was already above £70.

The famous Japanese technique of "lean production" isn't always appropriate...

Y'know, I thought the Americans were bad at geography, but it looks like we have problems closer to home.

Another Cravens standard coach. I bought this one. Not a bargain as such, but cheap compared to an identical one that's being offered for more than double the price....

...and yet these items will suddenly become worthless for Inheritance Tax purposes if the seller drops dead.

*subliminal messages*

There'd be quite a bit of modification of both engine and tender: Driving wheels and bogie wheels Frame width, and quite likely footplate width as well Boiler pitch - the U2 is pitched noticeably higher Differences in cab front and roof curvature Tender outside frames are different from a standard Fowler - the 483 uses what looks like a Johnson tender which would be wrong for a UTA engine anyway

...we still haven't found what we're looking for.