Horsetan

Sid Stubbs wrote a particularly fascinating article in MRJ (no.42, I think) on how worm gears could be made reversible, by increasing the pitch angle and number of starts, effectively turning them into crossed helicals. Unfortunately I discovered him too late, but crossed helical gearboxes are available to this day from Slaters and other specialists. They are very efficient transmissions.

The smokebox door hinges are on the wrong side of the door ring.... ....and the outside motion looks pretty half-hearted as well.

An excellent landing is one where they can re-use the plane....

That makes three kits, then! I see Worsley Works has listed a forthcoming scratch-aid kit for a GSR 1937 Corridor First - I wonder if that's a typo, since the one and only First coach was supposedly built as part of the 1935 batch ...which potentially means that the WW sides from this one could be adapted for use on the SSM Bredin kit.....

Just as a late follow-on, the Bredin 3rd which survives (with drawgear, but without corridor connections or bogies) at Moyasta is said to be no.1325 (which can be built straight from the SSM kit), and First 1144 sits at the back of Dromod. I've ordered two Bredin 3rd kits from SSM, so if anyone else is thinking about having a go at a Bredin, now might be the time....

If I zoom into the older wooden sleeper length to the left, I can just about see that some of the chairs - which appear to be 4-bolt ones - are actually missing some of their bolts!

Interesting mix of what appears to be older bullhead rail on cast chairs and newer flat-bottom rail on concrete sleepers....

Here's the table of basic dimensions.

The 2mmFS stuff is insanity modelling. I've relied on varifocals for years, but they no longer allow me to see anything that small.

Did it run?

Do you remember Miranda Richardson playing the part of Queen Elizabeth in Blackadder II, and hilariously portraying her as someone given absolute power much too soon? That's pretty much what Trump is. Whims and fancies.

If it's Nigerian, either you've been scammed, or it'll be a cut-and-shut one which had been stolen in Europe and then quickly shipped out....

I stopped by.... Seemed to be working alright, with an occasional sticky uncoupler. The rear wheels on no.2's tender occasionally lost contact with the rail, which suggests the frames or axleboxes may not be quite straight. I even overheard some conversation about a modeller of a real location who, on being told by someone that his father worked at that place and grew runner beans in his garden, actually went so far as to model said plot of runner beans, ready for the next show....

This is what happens when you put a vindictive child in charge. It's all driven by whim.

I think he still is.

Not just that, but it also replicates - accidentally or otherwise - the wonkiness of the original casting. I reckon Colin Massingham himself would have approved.

Sure I might see you there. C&L are attending, so the only flat bottom rail available at the show is likely to be Code 82....again. I don't think anyone will be stocking Peco Code 75 FB.

This from the man who builds Colin Massingham's finest (sic) in record time.

For general retail: Code 75 FB rail is marketed by Peco, whilst C&L offer Code 83 only. It might be worth seeing whether there's any other FB rail available from HO track suppliers. The finescale societies are not much different in what they offer in the Members' Stores. The EM Gauge Society only has Code 83, which strikes me as a bit "tall", so I held off buying any at the recent annual EMGS show in Bracknell. The Scalefour Society currently stocks both Code 55 and 82 FB. Code 55 would probably be ideal for portraying very lightly-laid lines but may not work very well if you don't use finescale flanges. This weekend is the annual RailEx finescale show in Stoke Mandeville, which is a chance to see if any of the trade stands have suitable stocks of FB.

Dublin Logan. Edit to add: there'd be at least three stations named Logan to represent three EuroSong wins.

Maybe name 'em after Irish EuroSong winners. Plenty to choose from.

Hell will freeze over first

I seem to recall that Lima's early attempts at a Mk1 BG full brake incorrectly came out at a scale 64' instead of 57'. You could do worse than acquiring an old Kitmaster Mk1 BSK or CK kit and using that to break down as per @Mayner 's suggestion

HMRS are not very good at responding to enquiries about drawings they've listed, but not provided a price for.

There's at least fifty shades...