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https://i.postimg.cc/2VJRcgtf/IMG-1593.jpg not a model, as far as I know, very small thumbnail, pinched from somewhere of a Class 47 I think you will find that loco is an English Electric class 37 :) SORRY! Slip of the ... shutter finger? Memory/Brain/etc. https://i.postimg.cc/8s2RLD7z/download.jpg...

Sorry everybody! What a boo boo! I took that photo in Norwich Station and it was indeed a 37, the number was clearly visible, it's all coming back now thanks to the helpful people on here. I have to say that the exhaust fumes of those pairs of big diesels under the canopy was pretty horrible but the...

Those bits look suspiciously like fixings for tension lock couplings, with two still attached to the spruce. That sounds interesting, I keep looking at the pesky things as I finally get round to tidying the work table. Will now be looking at tension lock couplings (and Slaters Plastikard in general...

That is interesting. I have a slaters grounded wagon and it came with sleepers to sit it on. I wonder if they put the wrong accessories in the bag? Sounds like a strong possibility, there were off eBay and also a 'bargain' if you get my drift...thank you for looking https://i.postimg.cc/Q9WkHccZ/GV...

Look like buffer beams to me. Certainly buffer heads in the bag. Grounded wagons usually had the buffers removed. Thank you for looking, there were the buffer beams, complete with holes for the metal buffers, moulded as part of the body, these other narrow thingies are a mystery...to me at least.. ...

dtb wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 11:54 pm maybe to raise them above the ground, they used to be raised usually on sleepers.

Thank you, another Grounded Van Body, from Ratio, had sleepers, ladders etc etc but not these mysterious things.....

Hello I would like to ask the panel what these items included in a Slaters kit are for please. They are too small to be buffers. The kits are Grounded Van Bodies and pretty old I would think. https://i.postimg.cc/CBdwj3ky/Things-I.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/NKphpNgQ/Things.jpg Cheers Chas (Sundaypaint...