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We have a big exhibition here at the weekend - if I spot one, I'll get details and pass 'em on.

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I have become aware of this event - I think it's open to the public, but it could be worth checking first.

Health & safety! Blood shows up far too well on scenery. There are those on here who remember Imperial Airways, I'm sure. Lovely stuff.

I heard a version of it done on BBC Radio 4 once- many years ago...

Frederick Forsyth's short story Sharp Practice takes place partly on a Kingsbridge to Cork train. http://storytellingresources.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/play-outline-sharp-practice.html

I have some bits of the Stafford-Uttoxeter line that I dug up in my garden....

That popped up in my 'subscriptions' a while ago - I couldn't remember "who else" you were... Excellent stuff.

Discussed here - http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/5869-Rivets?

A whole fleet - in all liveries..? ..including DART.. ..a Celtic with a pantograph..

Just consider where they might be "in the way" later on. If you do do the drawer thing for the controller, then they could even be on there...

Shortened "Irish Deltic"? Or "Celtic"..?

Carbon capture technology has been fitted.

OK.

At last - this sort of thing - these keep the open face of the box stiff whilst the lid is not in place. Note - beware of Googling terms like "stiff gusset", you get picture of things that aren't made of plywood....

Triangular plates of plywood, glued into the open underside of the box. Sort of like this welded assembly. They'll still leave you access underneath, though there will be a little restriction - you could even curve in the long side of the triangles, with little detriment to the improved stiffness, but a little better access. The more of the open side that you 'plate' in, the stiffer the assembly will be. Try it with a cardboard box and you'll see the significant improvement. If the bit of twist that you have is a concern, that is.

It's a lump, but it will work for ever.

Just triangular plates in the corners of the open side, if that makes sense. Struggling to find a suitable picture...

Fillets in the open face would get rid of a lot of the twist, if it bothers you much.

Is it worth having the controller on a sort of slide-out shelf? So that it can be accessible when in use, but out of the way when you're working on the layout, etc. I did that once and I'm sure that we would have found the controller in the way, when it wasn't in use.

Deluxe Materials' Liquid Gravity, if that's what we're talking about, appears not to be a lead-based product - http://www.gaugemaster.com/item_details.asp?code=DLBD-38 - quite what it is seems rather difficult to establish. It did seem a little unlikely that a substance so easy to ingest would be lead-based these days.

I see him every couple of months - he still does the fairs. He'll be at the Stafford Exhibition in a few weeks. This is him - http://stores.ebay.co.uk/busmodelsatdrdays https://www.facebook.com/alongclassiclines/ Definitely a small thing - it's like running something N16.5

You could - the motor is under the 'ballast' in the trailer.

Well, I succumbed at the weekend and got a Wickham Trolley - £65 from the ex-Mr Modelfair. It is a tiny, delicate thing. This chap's video here gives a good representation of it - you can lose the first couple of minutes. I got the plain yellow, as seen in the video, that seemed the best to produce a "plausible" version eventually. It is extremely light and requires a pristine track surface. There is, as you might expect, no space for a DCC socket, but Hattons will flog you a ready-chipped one for about £110. The 'gravel' load isn't desperately realistic - a coating of suitable sand might help - and add to the weight. If fitting personnel, then it could be an idea to use white metal ones, to further aid track connection.