John Isherwood

Never mind, dear - your new toy will arrive soon; have a Jammy Dodger and cheer-up. CJI.

Precisely! CJI.

Asda do Hot Cross Buns 365 days per year. CJI.

Paul, Having re-read the above, perhaps a little more information would assist. The main guided busway has high, kerb-like concrete 'rails' either side of the running 'tracks'. Mounted adjacent to the front, steering wheels of the bus are horizontal guide wheels, which run against the face of the 'kerb rails', and take over the steering from the driver - who retains the acceleration and braking control. The section of 'unguided busway' parallel to Kings Hedges Road is exceptional, in that it does NOT have 'kerb rails' except at the 'bus gates', (where they help in centring the bus wheels on the wheel tracks). However, elsewhere on this section, the driver retains steering control. John Isherwood.

First, let us be clear - I am not suggesting that you are mistaken. Nonetheless, I am VERY familiar with King's Hedges Road - I designed and supervised its construction back in the 1970s, and we lived less than a quarter of a mile from the site of this incident for forty years! It is now over eleven years since we left Cambridge, but I watched the construction of the unguided section of the basway, adjacent to KHRd., with some consternation! I could not see how the bus drivers would be able to remain on the two narrow wheel tracks. Indeed, when this section went 'live', ruts in the adjacent grass indicated that I was justified in my concern. However, it seems that the drivers 'got the hang of it', and the ruts became less frequent. All this is neither here nor there; anyone regularly using the paths adjacent to the busway cannot fail to be aware of its purpose - it hardly has a low profile, after all! Where pedestrians choose to cross the busway is up to them, but wherever it is, the same care is needed as when crossing any other road. A bus is a bus is a bus - just because it is guided elsewhere in its journey does not demand that it should be fenced like a railway. I note that tramways are not deemed to require fencing from society - and these run through far greater concentrations of pedestrians, at speeds which equal if not exceed, those of the buses on the Kings Hedges Road unguided busway. As for the sites of the fatal incidents in the Cambridgeshire villages, these crossing points are provided with very prominent traffic signals for both road vehicles and pedestrians - whether the latter obey them, I cannot say. All in all, this H&S prosecution of Cambs.C.C. is yet another example of the nanny state trying to protect society from itself! The more that personal responsibility for our own safety is eroded, the more 'accidents' will occur. John Isherwood.

I know the location well - being very close to where we formerly lived in Cambridge. The section in question is not GUIDED busway - simply a bus-only road comprising two surfaced wheel tracks. As such, I see no additional hazard than any other road - the buses have the same headlight and internal lighting as any other bus. What we have here is a very unfortunate collision between a pedestrian and a bus - no more, no less. CJI.

There's always the Judith Edge kit - which will be my solution. CJI.

It certainly isn't a public highway - often called a 'road'. CJI.

The problem, as I see it, is that KRM are producing models of popular, though niche, prototypes BUT, are adopting standards of accuracy that meet their own requirements. Unfortunately for KRM, many / most modellers have rather higher standards! CJI.

Permanently? CJI.

A perfectly valid personal opinion - best kept to oneself! CJI.

Maybe so - but it's a point well made, IMHO! CJI.

Realistically, what percentage of any supplied P4 / EM yokes would be used? This is the problem for manufacturers who try to push up standards - there will always be a small minority who are dissatisfied, and demand that their particular niche is catered for. If you can be bothered with all the other hassle of using a non-standard track gauge, surely minor adjustments to brakegear are hardly a serious imposition? CJI.

Certainly one view - I have read others over the years. Whatever - a worthy subject for a model, and I enjoy running my Dave Alexander kit-built model. CJI.

The unequivocal statement from Accurascale, that all of the models ordered by Key Publishing have been delivered, makes it abundantly clear where the c*ck-up occurred. No blame can be put at the door of Accurascale. CJI.

No allowance made for the return of faulty models? (Pure speculation). CJI.

I realise that was light-hearted comment, but 10800 was considered to be a successful project. Any longer out-of-service periods were due, I believe, to the fact that it was a unique subject with little or no off-the-shelf spares back-up. (See comments above re engine type). CJI.

The problem with a paid design file download service is the same one that is frequently discussed concerning photo copyright. The copyright owner states ' No downloads'; the archive site disables downloads; but the very act of viewing the photo involves a download. Anyone with any basic knowledge of the Internet knows how to save the file to their own device. I fear that it will be impossible to retain any control whatsoever once the first download of your designs has been made. CJI.

Carefully cut away the plastic handle, and insert the shank into a pin-vice - sorted. CJI.

When faced with the same height problem when motorising a Kitmaster Midland Pullman power car, I cut off the section of floor that would be over the BB, and raised it by the necessary amount with a spacer - in other words, a cranked floor. It worked a treat! CJI.

What you are trying to sell is, to a prospective buyer, a complete unknown. You may be confident that the designs are viable, but I would want to see each and every design in printed form before I would even consider parting with money. I would also want to know the print process and all the other printing criteria necessary in order to duplicate those prints. On top of all that, I would want to know how many prints of each design had been sold over what period, and at what price. You clearly feel that you have a goldmine of designs that you want to convert into cash, with little or no further personal input. Life is not like that - converting your collection of designs into saleable products is going to involve a great deal of effort by someone - IF it ultimately proves to be a viable project; personally, I strongly doubt it. CJI.

It wasn't broke - so don't fix my posts. Do it again, and I'll report you! My post related to an issue with a Hornby product. CJI.

So - it CAN be done with a little ingenuity. Shouldn't be too difficult to do for Hornby, IF they really wanted to do. CJI.

....... but they were a very good representation of moderately weathered SIPHONs G and H! CJI.

Tony, I'm completely lost - my only assertions have been that : - a] I saw heavily weathered crimson or maroon in the photos of the model SIPHON Gs - NOT brown; b] BR did NOT paint ex-GWR (or any other) NPCCS stock brown. You seem to have got my contentions *rse-about-face! Regards, John. PS. Tony - you must have edited your post; when I read it it stated, as above, exactly the opposite of how it now reads.