PhilJ W
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The Scammel Scarab used the Bedford 'O' cab. However the doors were different, on the Scammel they were narrower to accommodate the intake grill for the radiator just behind the drivers door.
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Actually this was sold by one of the best vendors on e-bay, I have purchased many items from the lady concerned and will gladly do so again. If people get in to a bidding frenzy its not the vendors fault.
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I can't be certain but I think the crane may be a Ransomes product. The jib did not slew but was slewed by turning the whole machine. They were electric or petrol/diesel-electric powered. An earlier example with solid tyres is preserved at the Ipswich Transport Museum. The horseboxes used by the NFS were returned to their owners about 1941, possibly they were found to be unsuitable. The Southern boxes were on Bedford and Fordson chassis. The Lancashire Constabulary had a very similar vehicle on a Leyland Cub chassis.
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The van in the second picture is indeed a Ford E93A. The LNER horsebox is an Albion, this is the one modelled by Oxford in N scale. Many of these were used as NFS hose layers during the war and very few were returned to the railway companies, The LNER only got one or two returned, the Southern lost the lot!
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Strange Prototype (of what?) in East Anglia
PhilJ W replied to trisonic's topic in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)
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The LMS had Sentinels but of a different type. Many saw industrial use, perhaps there will be one available unmarked so that you could add your own decoration?
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The only one that I know of was the United Dairies one at Ilford opposite the car sheds on the up side. This was basically a long single siding IIRC the milk tankers were tripped via the NLL. As these facilities were owned by the dairies they probably were very similar.
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A little off topic I know, but I found this on the net. http://www.ipswich-underground.co.uk
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They also had an N7 that was also immaculate, I'm not sure if it was also GE blue or BR black. The J69 is the one now at the NRM.
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'Q' plates usually indicate an ex-military truck. If such a vehicle has a normal registration as in the photograph it was probably issued from new and it never was a military vehicle.
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They have some similarities but also many differences. The serving hatch is completely different and the Matchbox van is far narrower. The Matchbox trailer has a great deal of internal detail even down to kitchen utensils hanging on the wall! They can be found at swapmeets very cheaply and do well from a repaint and addition of details such as figures.
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I like the 'garage' for the fork lift truck. (pic # 6)
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Funnily enough some FWD lorries were discovered on a farm in France a few years ago. The only difference was these dated from the Great War!
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None are known to have survived, but who knows what may be lurking in a barn somewhere? The chassis used was actually intended for a bus/coach and it often happened that the horsebox body was removed and replaced by a bus body. Many such chassis were also exported (minus their bodies).
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Any chance of a Sentinel Railcar as a follow up?
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The film is dated 1966. The FDN registrations were issued by S. Yorkshire C. C. June-December 1950.
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You have been lucky with your purchases from the states. I was stung for £27 by PF for a package from the states, on top of the VAT!
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And a Claud
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The question was were was the ferry featured in the clip?
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For those who may be interested Base Toys are producing a third version of their British Rail FG crewbus. This one with a smaller crew compartment, only one window behind the cab.
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I read the registration as LSD 387 which was issued in Ayrshire March-May 1958. All other L?D numbers were issued in 1950 or before, too early for that style of bonnet. I'm sure I've seen a photograph of that particular ferry, Firth of Forth perhaps?
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It started at £1! looks more like a case of bidding madness.
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Rail-mounted cranes.
PhilJ W replied to yellowvanman's topic in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)
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There is a photograph in 'Private Owner Wagons in Colour' by David Ratcliffe, page 72 (ISBN978-0-7110-3365-8)
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Looks like a horsebox trailer. A similar but lighter version is in the latest 'Oxford' catalogue for introduction next year.
