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Unlike this site topics veer off topic within 3 comments usually - so I'll not rejoin - especially as one 'moderator' offered to come up north and "sort me out" - I said fine, but felt I should mention that I was ex-Forces and rejected by the Para's because ~I was too tall and big - funnil...

Recently had a pre-owned ROD 2-8-0 - described as 'as new' - it is and looks to be unrun - so accurate description certainly. I am also awaiting for spares - 'Class 9F 2-10-0 92166 in BR Black - Pre-owned - noisy runner - worn lining on smoke deflectors - imperfect box' - so will comment on this one...

Some of the Triang and Triang-derived from the 1970's stock had incredibly coarse wheel profiles - such that it was too wide (the wheel profile) to pass through the frog/vee of the points - I remember this particularly on the locos e.g triang hornby Hymek, but also on the stock. Good new you can lik...

I used a Hornby Clee Hill - to have the early underframe (wooden) and the shorter wheelbase required - but not 7ft wheelbase as on the drawing plan...!

Then got busy with the razor saw....

Even (Hush in case RMWEB are spying) Bachmann got a Pannier wrong a few year ago numbering a pannier in the 77xx series (non vacuum braked, round-window) - which sported a 'square windowed' later cab....

ah - the lovely Dean Goods - I have the intermediate Hornby version (renumbered as the last one at Chester) - Oxford's job for me - has the tender as the immediate improvement..

Interesting indeed....
Thanks for the info!

Tony[/quote] Be very careful with that stuff. I once de-coked a motorcycle exhaust using caustic soda in my mum's garden. It killed a patch of grass which didn't grow back for years - she was not impressed![/quote] Love it - I had a similar reaction when I had serviced and replaced a leaking gearbox...

Thanks again all..

I am inclined to keep it original spec in terms of bogies, but have got in the spares box some Ratio plate bogies that these wagons received late in life. Whatever the decision will take on board all advice - just googling TVR wagons now !

Cheers everyone.....thanks for the steers..

Quick question whilst away from home and workbench.

I have a Ratio 562/5602 TVR-derived bogie bolster - complete with it's plastic wheels.

Do any RTR wheels fit the bogies without modification?

I have spare Dapol and Hornby spoked wheels at home, so I am hoping for a cheap fix!

That kit is a real survivor Geoff, I have one but I think I will buy some more. It is weird that the Dapol 16T mineral was built to the wrong wheelbase when they inherited the old Airfix kit with the correct proportions. Yeh weird indeed, Airfix GMR RTR did have a dodgy 10ft open wagon too - as P13...

Good luck - had a ride on the 3-car version - up in Yorkshire Metro land from Wombwell near Barnsley last week - characterful little loud units !

GNR C1 Atlantic - also being brought back by Bachmann..

Looking at the front of the leading loco - it would be a single lamp on the left-hand side of the buffer-beam - with a diesel with discs the same positioning applies:
J |.__| Mineral or empty wagon train. - the J stands for Class J.