Hi folks,

Just a nudge- we're pretty undersubscribed on this one- Dave has very kindly reinstated the form on the website to give you another chance to sign up- if you do want to come, please do send in a form as it's a bit touch and go as to whether this will go ahead or not at the moment...

Hi all, We've had lots of offer of support for this- the more the merrier though, if anyone is thinking about coming please do sign up via the website- you'll be more than welcome whether you have just yourself or a rake of 30 wagons and a 9F! All help would be much appreciated. As you can imagine t...

Keen Turnout readers may have noticed that Cinderbarrow has managed to sneak in to the events listing twice... Now Stan and the rest of the LMMES folks are a very welcoming bunch but being invaded by GL5 twice in a month is probably asking a bit much. The correct dates are July 11th, 12th and 13th w...

ESSMEE have offered to host a GL5 event at the Bath and West Railway at the B&W Showground near Shepton Mallet again in 2025. The weekend they've been able to offer is the 6th, 7th and 8th of June. However this will only go ahead if there's sufficient interest - unlike some other railways there's no...

Hi folks, After a very positive response with lots of people saying they'd like to be involved, the GL5 event at Shildon this March is going ahead. The event will run from Thursday the 20th of March (Set up day), until Sunday the 23rd. Help with the set up and tear down is greatly appreciated, as we...

Hi all, Since the new Chairman and Secretary have both been introduced on Facebook, I thought I'd better copy the info across onto here too for those who are online but don't do Facebook; obviously the full details will be in Turnout. Following a very civilised AGM in which Ben Lyons (outgoing Chair...

John Catt says he remembers these, not as a fitted head, but as complete trains from the docks to Smithfield. At the tail was a small brake van, which he has modelled, photo in the latest Turnout, page 34 I did a bit of digging and found a couple of threads on RMWeb discussing Smithfield and the me...

Cheers Dave. 8 or 9 together as a fitted head would look pretty impressive, especially behind something suitable like Vince's 4700. Good that they've nearly all sold.

Enjoyed Hugh's articles on putting his one together. How many are out there now? Was watching some videos on and it looks like there were quite a few a Gilling in August.

Chris at the Yorkshire Wagon Company might do them although they're not listed on the website- worth dropping him a line though.

AP Model Engineering have lots of bits like that as well- the website isn't the best but there's a downloadable price list.

They look fantastic Ben, not that we'd expect anything less. Hopefully we get to see them at some point next year...

Hi David, seems to work fine here on both my Windows PC and my Android 'phone (both running Google Chrome browsers).

Understood Alan- I was just giving an answer to your question " if anyone can point out any in BR that would be great", and confirming the GL5 stance on them as this is after all the GL5 forum! There were loads in industrial use (some of which did work over BR lines or exchange sidings with permissi...

There was one trialled on BR, in Gloucester Docks- I put a link to a photo in reply to David's post in this section- but it clearly wasn't successful enough to warrant a purchase as none were actually owned by BR and as such as Dave has said they don't fit the GL5 requirements. I looked into them a ...

I bought one of the shunter's truck kits, mostly out of curiosity if I'm honest. They're actually rather nicely thought out as kits and well finished, and ideal for those looking for a couple of things that look like wagons to trundle around their garden railway, and the chap making them is very app...

Holger, it is here , on the general chat page. It is a very impressive bit of modelling and engineering. I must go through the drawings for my "Speedy" and see what valve gear variants are in there, I assume it was built to the Don Young modifications- I know it's not pure LBSC. I remember helping t...

A last thought, as there is already a scale and a Maxitrak Brush regularly attending GL5 rallies, another one would be a bit of overkill for a "one off". A bit like 3 "Evening Stars" at one event. I didn't want to say that but I did think it! Another option is the class 08- there are lots in GL5 bu...

Hi David, I don't have any real experience with either but there's an article on the Class 25 in Turnout 71. Only gripes mentioned are a lack of cab detail "out of the box" and the lamp irons being rather fragile- neither a deal breaker I would suggest. A number of the commercially available 5" dies...

I hadn't made that connection Ben- that's got to be done!

There was something that I couldn't quite put my finger on and the tie rods were it. Thanks Dave.

I rather like the idea of a making the MICA derived Tevan- given the amount of tea drunk at the events I've attended it would seem quite appropriate...