New member Suitable body for Fleischmann 7000 or Minitrix 0-6-0

[MickT]

Well not word for word "pugbash" but.............. Model Railways Online May 2005 page 19 (Good grief that was 8 and a bit years ago!) stock list of Elmgate and Thatcham locos describes No.5 2-6-2ST Avonside "River Adur" as: "Modified Airfix Pug on Minitrix Chassis".

I honestly don't know where I got hold of MR Online from as I never subscribed to it - perhaps you sent me a link when the article was still downloadable. Whatever, it was a good but brief article!

For historical interest, Loco No.11, (which you have now assigned to "Sula") was listed in 2005 as being a Meridien on Minitrix 4wh Ruston Hornsby DM named "Mary"

Unlikely that I will be able to get to Woking this coming weekend, but hope you have an enjoyable exhibition.

Mick

[Elmgate]

Well, well, well. I would agree with "Modified Airfix Pug on Minitrix Chassis" - but have never called it a Pugbash. When it used the Pug cab, the term had not even been invented!

At one time, Mary was in the Elmgate roster - and I will not argue with the nominal number I assigned her. According to my current record of layouts/stock etc. she belongs to the "Welsh outline" roster, and is numbered 5, as she is similar to Tal-y-llyn No 5 Midlander.

FYI, I use a program called Track Those Trains, to record my models. The problem is, I still have not caught up with listing all the current and past ones, let alone those on the workbench!

I cannot even find a Folder on my current computer containing Model Railways Online, so probably did not transfer this over! I recall writing the article - similar words were used for 009 News, and later beefed up for Railway Modeller.

I think we have now hijacked this topic long enough - I hope that Paul gets something built on his Minitrix and Fleischmann chassis'.

[MickT]

Agree - sorry for the hijack Paul!

Tim - email on its way to you

Mick