John Isherwood

It all comes down to what's legal, and what's right - the two have no relationship to one another. Since the law-makers have a vested interested in ensuring that loopholes exist and are not closed, the rich will always get richer, and the poor ....... John Isherwood.

Brendan, In no way was my post meant to be critical - I was merely trying to analyse why the two cab rooves did not line up. Quite often, when one of my models doesn't look 'quite right', I will leave it on the test track where I look at it whenever I'm at my workbench. That way, I will eventually decide what the problem is - or come to the conclusion that it is fine as it is. John Isherwood.

..... in which case, perhaps the boiler / cab are mounted a little too high? It does look a tad 'lanky'; (no not L&YR)! John Isherwood.

Saw a hoopoe in North Cornwall, many years ago whilst on holiday. John Isherwood.

Mr. Green has now been identified. John Isherwood.

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Quite so - Happy Christmas! John Isherwood.

You can quote all the references you choose - I know what I saw on many, many occasions. It was what is now known as Straw Yellow - which, to my eye at least, is much more of a deep cream. John Isherwood.

As you say, there is more than one shade of yellow. 'Yellow', however, is generally understood to be something like Warning Panel yellow - and the LMR Pacifics certainly were not lined with anything akin to that. Call it what you will, the lining was a deep cream; sometimes known as Straw Yellow. The same shade was used for lining and lettering of BR coaching stock. 'Yellow' may be commonly used to describe this colour, but it is misleading nowadays, when many / most modelled never saw the prototype. I have seen models, and the odd preserved vehicle, lined and lettered in bright yellow - they look terrible! Years ago, Humbrol produced 'Lining Cream' paint, which was an excellent match to the BR shade. John Isherwood.

Copyright unknown Please explain this, then - the diagonal cab stripe is yellow, so what do you call the colour of the lining? John Isherwood.

Really? Not my recollection of the prototype. John Isherwood.

This is not a wagon that can be produced as a one piece moulded body; the most basic of research would have revealed that. Anyone who thought that could be done is more than a little naive. From a modeller's point of view - NOT someone with model design experience - I would be looking at a main moulding comprising ends, floor and chassis, with separate clipped / glued-in moulded side panels with moulded detail on both inner and outer faces. It may well be possible for the side panels to be symetrical, thereby requiring only one tooling. John Isherwood.

Now I understand - I hadn't even noticed the second green loco in the background! I would say the background loco is far closer to the truth - the lining of the foreground loco is far too thick and far to yellow. John Isherwood.

I'm all for manufacturers liaising with modellers in order to correct detail errors, but I think that most of us would expect those same manufacturers to do the majority of the necessary research before going beyond the CAD stage. KR Models seem to prefer to just do the easy, basic research; post an image of a half-designed EP model; and then wait for the model railway community to finish the research for them. We can only accept the 'We're on a learning curve' excuse for so long; I've a feeling that such goodwill as may previously have existed is going rapidly out of the window! John Isherwood.

Farren, Green locos had orange / black / orange lining; crimson locos had cream / black lining; (except the odd Princess that had orange / black / orange lining, in the same style as green locos, for a while). Hornby have reproduced this correctly. Research is ALWAYS required before criticising models. John Isherwood.

These may help. John Isherwood. BR_STANDARD_LIVERIES_(RAILWAY_PICTORIAL).doc

.... and it's lacking a scavenger fan and grille. I guess that they needed a fourth loco for the photo opportunity and the Type 1 was incomplete; probably just a cosmetic 'rush job'. John Isherwood.

You mean this one; (not my copyright). I'm not sure that it proves anything - how do we explain the colour difference between the Type 1 and the Type 3 - both brand new from the same factory? I don't contend that all of the AL6s were initially a shade of Electric Blue - perhaps it was only the early ones which didn't have the yellow panel? Whatever, at this late date it is of little import - to me, at least. What did matter to me was that the Bachmann AL5 looked totally wrong in the colour that they have painted it - and it was sent back! Electric Blue it was not! John Isherwood.

You believe what you will. I was there, at the lineside, watching AL6s sparkling brand new; they certainly weren't Rail Blue; neither were they matt finish. John Isherwood.

If these are Rail Blue - of any date - I'm a Dutchman! (None are my copyright). John Isherwood.

Have you tried to use a post office lately? They're easy to find - just look for the huge queue snaking round the block! Paying-in slips are available at post offices - a different one for each bank - when you (eventually) get to the front of the queue. Since bank branches were closed en-masse, most small businesses pay in their takings at post offices. Watching bag-after-bag of coinage being weighed is not my idea of time well spent! Thanks to the banks opting-out of their unprofitable activities, bank queues were simply added to post office queues. I'm afraid that - much against my principles - I may soon have to stop accepting cheques. John Isherwood, Cambridge Custom Transfers.

Having seen, on this morning's news, the mountains of packages filling the RM sorting offices and the courier premises, I think that very many of us will have an extended wait for our eagerly anticipated packages - be they Xmas presents of self-indulgencies. John Isherwood.

When I built my Alexander 10800, I used Black Beetle power bogies - but that was before I discovered the Mitsumi motors. I would have no hesitation in installing Mitsumi motors - ideally two - as they have plenty of power. As to whether they would fit - I couldn't say, not having used them in that way. John Isherwood.

I'd put good money on the painting having been copied directly from the photograph above. John Isherwood.

When all else fails - I have ample stocks of double-shafted Mitsumi motors. John Isherwood, Cambridge Custom Transfers. https://www.cctrans.org.uk/products.htm