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  1. John Isherwood
    Perhaps a photocopy of the etch, and the components attached to it with, say, Copydex glue as they are detached? CJI.
  2. John Isherwood
    I too had intentionally built up a substantial credit balance, to the point where my supplier indicated that my DD could be reduced from £128pm to £95pm. With the government's contribution, this has reduced my DD this month to £28 - a reduction of £100pm!! CJI.
  3. John Isherwood
    Not really - I can recall at this time a closed line with literally miles of withdrawn and stored wooden mineral wagons. A significant number had the remains of their former PO livery, as it was very unusual for such wagons to be repainted between Nationalisation and withdrawal. CJI.
  4. John Isherwood
    Looking at the model and the prototype photos I think that, if I was doing a full conversion, I'd replace the dome and safety valves; add tank breathers; apply a few rivet transfers; and do a repaint with numberplates. Unless I'm missing something major, that would be it. John Isherwood. PS. If really picky, perhaps replacement tank fillers and buffers.
  5. John Isherwood
    For those who are interested in seeing what the real 667 looked like in BR days : - Copyright unknown Copyright unknown John Isherwood.
  6. John Isherwood
    If you look in 'the bible', the Diagram / Lot table gives specific numbers for those built for the M&E department for loco sand traffic, and also the sheds to which they were individually allocated. CJI.
  7. John Isherwood
    Of it's time, isn't it? We wouldn't tolerate the very visible, open-framed motor nowadays. Nonetheless, for collectors of vintage brass, very nice indeed. CJI.
  8. John Isherwood
    Why not buy, and sell-on D9553 - you never know, some uninformed Ebayer may make you a profit?!? CJI.
  9. John Isherwood
    Given that Bachmann placed a bulk POWDER wagon below what they describe as a GRAIN loading terminal, they clearly wern't too concerned about prototype fidelity! I'd be surprised if you find anything on which this scenario is based. CJI.
  10. John Isherwood
    Which all feeds into the scenario of inadequate specification by an inexperienced producer. CJI.
  11. John Isherwood
    Mine came at least a week ago. You haven't perhaps missed renewing your subscription? CJI.
  12. John Isherwood
    As far as size goes, the silo is of the type often seen at intensive chicken rearing farms for feed storage. Another use nowadays is bulk cement storage at building sites. John Isherwood.
  13. John Isherwood
    Number script? CJI.
  14. John Isherwood
    Look at the relative sizes - that mini-silo would struggle to fill one wagon. The grain stores were huge buildings - they had to be to regularly fill several wagons. A low relief industrial building is what is required. CJI.
  15. John Isherwood
    Patience - it's being worked on! CJI.
  16. John Isherwood
    Search CONFLAT L on Thingiverse - both body styles there. I assembled four of them this afternoon - they're the biz! CJI.
  17. John Isherwood
    Cornelius, Any comment re the absence of a dome flange - it does look a little odd? CJI.
  18. John Isherwood
    Mike, Is there a worm in those right-angle N20s? I thought that it would be bevel gears, or something similar. I fitted one in a Deeley 0-4-0T that I bought S/H, which had a whiney Portescap. The result was a vast improvement; not only in noise reduction. John Isherwood.
  19. John Isherwood
    You misinterpret me - probably my fault. From my experience, Mitsumi and N20 motors are at the lower end of noise generation. By contrast, I find that much RTR output is noticeably noisier - particularly older Bachmann. Mention of the flywheel has reminded me that these can be noise generating, if not perfectly balanced. I have quietened a number of models by removing the flywheel. John Isherwood.
  20. John Isherwood
    Noise - or lack of - is subjective. If you are used only to RTR, the Victory is perhaps quiet. Those of us who use Mitsumi or N20 motors have a more precise datum by which to judge new models! John Isherwood.
  21. John Isherwood
    It's been mentioned before but worth repeating - there is an N20 variant with a double-sided, transverse output; ie. a 3mm. axle. It is quite easy to ream the output gear and the output shaft bearings and substitute an 1/8" axle; (Markits, Gibson, etc.). CJI.
  22. John Isherwood
    Agreed - shame; please post your solution, so that the rest of us can blatantly copy! Agreed again - and mine won't be able to hide behind DCC sound. Off with the body and out with the oil and grease, methinks! John Isherwood
  23. John Isherwood
    As the purpose of the yard was the receipt of coal in large quantities, carrying it around on the loco was not an issue! CJI.
  24. John Isherwood
    Last time I looked, any Evergreen supplier. John Isherwood.
  25. John Isherwood
    Not quite - Cambridge Gasworks was not rail-served. The geared loco was used at the gasworks reception sidings in Coldhams Lane; the coal was road transported to the actual gasworks in Newmarket Road, using steam lorries. CJI.
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