John Isherwood

Take it as you wish - the essential point is that you were provided with the information that you asked for - but you did not thank the poster for doing so; indeed, you did not even acknowledge that the information had been provided. CJI.

It has also been suggested that the moulding tools may have been inexpertly 'got at', in order to try and make them suitable for a moulding machine other than the original. Caveat emptor! CJI.

The OP asked for the contact details of D&S. A response quoted a link; the link provides said details - being alphabetic it took me seconds to find them, despite not being previously aware of suppliers.txt . Therefore, I reasonably concluded that the OP had not read the relevant content of the link. Not the conclusion of an idiot, thank you, but that of a perfectly logical mind! If one asks for help, at least have the courtesy to read that help when it is provided - or are we to spell it out in BLOCK CAPITALS? CJI.

If you actually read it, you will find the D&S contact details are listed in supplier.txt . CJI.

Perhaps they just release the chains from the handles, and relied upon the leverage of the length / weight of the handle to supply sufficient friction via the brake-blocks against the wheels? Those of us of a certain age will recall the chonk-chonk-chonk of the brake-blocks of a 16T mineral, jumping on and off the wheels when the handle hadn't been pinned-up. CJI.

I have much the same symptoms - but only since I had my 'flu jab on Saturday; I was warned that this could happen. It didn't stop me having my Covid booster on Monday. John Isherwood.

I think that you will find that there are no drivers for Alps printers beyond Windows 2000. I use CorelDRAW to design transfers; vector graphics are really indispensable for such work. John Isherwood.

So it is - well, I learn something new every day! Do you think that there would be a market for right-facing coach roundel transfers? Regards, John Isherwood.

I strongly suspect that the film has been reversed in such a shot. John Isherwood.

It's not about the company itself - but the people who work for them! I get regular deliveries from all of them - Royal Mail, Parcel Force .......... right through to Yodel. Maybe we are lucky here in Cornwall, but all the delivery agents are invariably polite, helpful and efficient. CJI.

I trust that yours has the (unauthorised) RH facing late crest? Regards, John Isherwood.

I do - I must have literally thousands of them fitted to my stock! Peco still make them, and today I acquired another four pairs via Ebay. John Isherwood.

I would imagine that it will be available around the same time that the second batch is delivered. CJI.

A year or so before his sad death, I restocked Adrian with transfers for the garage accessories, so they should be somewhere amongst the 7mm. scale stuff that has been acquired. John Isherwood, Cambridge Custom Transfers

They, like any supplier, don't have to justify anything - they produce the product, offer it at a price they think will sell, and if it does; (which it presumably does); fine! (If is doesn't, reduce the price until it does sell). End of! CJI.

Exactly - the aim should be to get the NEM pocket at the correct height as specified by NEM - if that is achieved, a straight couoler will be at the correct height. Using a cranked coupler is simply using one error to correct another error. CJI.

If a NEM pocket fishtail is a little loose in a Parkside bracket, gently squeeze the socket for the fishtail in the bracket with a pair of pliers. This will tighten the fishtail socket so that it grips the fishtail of the NEM pocket. Gently does it - you can always repeat the operation, but an over-squeezed socket is useless! CJI.

The Parkside blocks are correct - it's the Bachmann couplings that are the wrong ones. Yours have a crank in the shaft; you need straight ones; Bachmann make quite a few different sorts. CJI.

Sounds a bit overkill in these days of trying to reduce carbon footprints. CJI.

You are using a cranked coupling which is placing the coupling too low - get straight ones. Cut away the two ridges on the floor where you need to glue the coupling blocks. CJI.

Mine performed faultlessly straight out of the box, and was complete with all its attached details. CJI.

All irrelevant - do a little research and you will find that the CoH issue relates to the later 'crest', which BR sought to have registered as a heraldic device. No such application was made for the first 'crest', and so it could be applied to always face forwards on steam locos. As most mainline diesel and electric locos do not have an easily perceived 'front', the first 'crest' was usually applied to face left. Why do people try to rewrite history rather than acknowledge that they have made a mistake? CJI.

505mm. = 20" / 1'-8"; that's a pretty tight radius for 18000, I'd have thought. CJI.

If anyone needs them, I can supply etched ICI letters and suitable numbering transfers. See the Cambridge Custom Transfers website. John Isherwood.

Is it really necessary to identify the drive arrangements? Suffice to say that the builder has produced an excellent runner, using his / her preferred components. CJI.