Mike 84C

I'm thinking about how the cement is extracted from the delivering rail vehicle into the recieving vehicle or silo. Cement is a similar type of product to flour and in the bottom of those tanks there was some type of plate which allowed the product and air under pressure to mix to facilitate delivery. I do not think suction would work difficult to regulate the flow. My only experience of delivering those type of products is animal feeds where a measured amount is dropped into the airflow and blown into a silo. It does need a fair amount of power to do this, its surprising how much power a Rootes blower absorbs.

I finished up painting my American coaches, which are often a shade of Tuscan, with a rattle can of Ford Damask Red and I think they look the db's.! Broithe, get yourself to the optician! Been there and done that.

I have been a member of an American group, for a lot of years!, having an interest in the Colorado Midland which closed after WW1. But we had on going discussions about colour from every aspect. My conclusion is we will all see the same colour slightly differently so my stock will be the right colour and yours well, the jury's out! In Back Track vol34 No2 For feb 2020 there is an article Irish Diesel traction by David Moseley worth having for the 6 colour photos. All green and yet more shades in the melting pot!

glazing the B101 tops my list of tedious modeling jobs!

Mol, you could try Revell SM364 which I used on my diesels, or Humbrol gloss No3 which is darker.Bare in mind I have weatherd the C & A classes

I know Lanarkshire Models has sold his business to ? but if you know who that maybe a line of oppertunity? Lanarkshire buffers were 1st class. Or maybe killian Keene of this parish could print them for you?

Although all my conversions run on Peco code 75

I did this on a Hornby J69, one of those North British tanks, a few years ago. Its probably a bit too big but I thought it looked the part and was not expensive.

That is brilliant! and photos using natural light is inspired.

One word, Superb!! I am biased, i rather like the PP and PG.

I seem to remember reading somewhere that EMD painted the 121's Louisville & Nashville colours. And they do look very similar. But why do that?

The weigh bridge office looks to be in the right position in relation to the actual bridge. It would also maybe be an admin office for transport functions as well as weighing. That's what my office was like at RHM.

Thanks for putting up that trucknet link I spent far to long trawling through it! visiting mills I had been to! There are two photos of Ranks Ireland trucks which seem to be white with blue wheels and mudguards.

Mol, if you are interested in mills have a look at Sligo Heritage facebook pages. Wonderful photos of Ballysodare Mills, I love the flying cupboards ! The AEC,s would look good in CIE green.

Transport operators on "Big Island" were very conservative in their buying policies, mainly until they discovered Volvo and Scania and we all know what followed! Having driven a few of those foreign offerings I believe the Leyland/AEC ergonomic cab offered better visibility and driver seating position than most competition. Notice I did not mention noise levels or heating in winter or the other driver comforts that the chaps liked!