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Mike, 1950’s vehicles tended to be solid strong colours e.g. Maroon, Oxford Blue, Dark Green, Black, Brown etc. with two tone vehicles tending to be a mix of these. Lighter colours such as cream & light/mid greys were uncommon except likes of buses, coaches & trams becoming more prominent as the decade wore on. No overly fancy liveries at that time, embellishment would be limited to company names & details on cab doors, possibly with contrasting pin lining and perhaps a wooden headboard. Whilst road freight was rapidly increasing the licencing system used for freight vehicles at the time meant that a high percentage of vehicles would be local to the area. There were three types of licences A - General haulage for reward. These were for longer distances and as they competed with the nationalised industries had limited availability and were much sought after if any became available. B – Local (approx. 40 mile radius) C – Owner operated i.e. where the carriers own goods were carried e.g. bakeries & breweries There were few operators that were nationwide, Royal Mail - post office red GPO Telephones – green British Road Services – red for trunk haulage, green for parcels Pickfords – Dark Blue British Railways – Colours used reflected those used on its passenger services. maroon at first, crimson & cream later* * British railways colours may be contentious as to exact shade. When formed they wanted an identity of their own and independent of the big 4 so conducted a series of tests. What they eventually settled on for passengers use was similar, but not identical, to some colours previously used, an argument done to death elsewhere. None of the early liveries lasted long before variations were sanctioned & standardisation only came about from 1964. If you’re happy using the colours you see on die cast vehicles of the period you’ll be extremely close to portraying reality. Appears to be few period colour photos out there you could try the search facilities on http://www.imcdb.org/ for colour film of/about the period. Try this - http://epapers.bham.ac.uk/view/year/ - select a year then click individal links presented believe the pictures the presented expand if you click on them (bit of a faff)

@dcrfan prefered your orginal posting from Feb last year, conjured up all sorts of images, none to do with modelling - at least not the sort that goes on around here.

I picked up a 'Scale-Line' kit up at a swapmeet a few years back for the princely sum of £20 I was dubious at first but as I intended it to be in the towing configuration and sheeted to protect from dust I took a gambol. Turns out the components are nicely cast and well detailed on par with details on some Accurate Armour products but in a slightly harder resin. Will build either the 4.5" or 5.5" version although I can't vouch for current availability. Accurate Armour also have their own kit along with other items such as ammunition.

We've found out that Italy require us to make a statement to the effect our goods have no Radioactive contamination whereas the rest of the EU don't. Where's the common in that? Fortunatelt we don't export kits.

My insticnct was to say that mudguards tended to be painted black but the high gloss on the photo you've posted could be taken both ways. Tere's a photo of the same bus on the old bus photo's website that again suggests blue but the colours look shifted http://www.old-bus-photos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/JOJ-231.jpg however if you follow the sites thread on BCT http://www.old-bus-photos.co.uk/?cat=200 a lot appear to have black mudguards you arive at a sister vehicle where the mudguards are definately black http://www.old-bus-photos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/JOJ-245.jpg see @Terry1954 has replied with similar info

Last thing you want is a heavily rusted tow rope as the pitting would seriousy weaken the cable. Any rust on modern cables suggests they're either not being regularly checked or correctly maintained.

Another option to look for is the Revell A340 kit which I believe has been issued/re-issued more times than the A330. Unfortunately current availability appears to be the same for both - zilch. Both kits contain the same fuselage & wings (to produce the -300 version of either type) although you may need new engines if you go this conversion route. http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?/topic/263645-converting-revells-a340-to-an-a330/ Good luck for the hunt.

I once tried hiring a boxer but the bottles kept slipping out of his gloves.

They couldn't make Modelzone work when they first tried after 'rescue' from the receivers. Don't remember much in they way of bargains in WHS either. One day they were stocked, next they'd gone, no gradual decline, no clearance sale. Made me wonder if they were on 'sale or return' like many magazines are. Althought these will heal there still likely to last longer than Smiths new venture with kits. & if you haven't got a LMS consider online modelling specialists. That way there's more chance of obtaining the more advanced tools, parts, decals etc in the future. High street general retailers are only likely to be useful for casual purchases.

see your Mike Harding & raise you a Max Miller I like the girls who do, I like the girls who don't: I like the girls who say they will, And then decide they won't. But the girls I like the most of all, And I know you'll think I'm right, Are the girls that say they never will, But look as though they might!

The above probably only serves to confuse the OP further especially as it referencing the EU through out where as the OP enquired about the UK specifically. Whilst the roots of the new legislation are the same the implementation, and possible enforcement may differ. For instance the IOSS only works within the EU states and as the UK is no longer part of the EU it is not applicable to, nor has any mention within the UK legislation. The OP also specifically references books which are zero rated for which the above adds no clarity. As said the only place that can give advice worth taking is HM Revenue & Customs. It rather brings the discussion in line with other threads on the new VAT/importation rules of which this is the only one currently running and may be time to close this one too

Judy, Unfortunately it appears not, if you search the guidance for 'transfers' (term most used in the UK for decals - don't you just love a common language) you'll find they attract standard (20%) rate VAT ,even though produced by printing. Tariff code for books looks to be 4901990000, for Transfers (decalcomanias) 4908900000 Whilst this is my best interpretation of the UK trade tariff, HM Customs are the only people that can make a final ruling. Judge, Jury & Executioner. PeterT

Not quite true. There are 4 VAT categories for goods and services Standard rate - currently 20% Reduced rate - currently 5% Zero rated - as implied 0% and Exempt goods/services Whilst the overall effect to the consumer for the last two is the same they are not the same from the sellers aspect. Businesses who only sell exempt goods do not need to register for VAT, those who sell zero rated goods do. Printed matter i.e. Books fall into the zero rated goods category. This probably does not help @EagleEds but in the past when using the UK post office to send documents abroad it used to be no more difficult than sending within the UK the only complication was that a 'printed mater' label was placed on the package. Carriers e.g. UPS all had the means to carry document without the need for customs declarations.

The biggest Leslie Nielsen police joke was the remake of the PInk Panther films

Brilliant - I might even remember that one

had both the 1/48th Scammell breakdown truck & the 1/35th Monty's caravan both were cast in one of the hard resins & suffered warpage. Some of the more delecate parts of the Scammell suffered from 'bubbles' resulting in them being overly fragile & whilst removed from the casting blocks were stuck on a tape that was reluctant to release the smaller parts resulting in some breakage and replacement fabrication. May be worth considering the ready built option. Not of the same quality as Accurate Armour or Resicast but as you say some interesting subjects.

A group of rednecks visit the UK and during a coach tour find themselves at the Chatsworth Country fair. As the coach pulls up the tour guide announces "Ladies & gents, we'll finish our tour at Chatsworth One of England’s best Stately homes, Home to English aristocracy and as you can see the Dukes throwing a small party for his workers. Take a look around & come back in two hours. Everyone disperses and one particularly vocal redneck starts to make his presence felt by visiting every stall poking, prodding, handling every item, asking annoying questions "what's this?, what' does that do? What’s that for? How does this work?". He finds the last stall somewhat out of the way where a lone man is sitting. As he approaches he observes the man taking a handful of paste from a bucket roll it into a long sausage, take a portion of the sausage and place it in between two ceramic plates which he then rolls further and empties into jars. He arrives at the stall and in his usual manner opens the discussion: "What you doing?" The stall holder has noticed the trail of destruction behind this particular redneck and decides to play along with him "Making pills" "Pills what pills?" "Learning pills" "Learning pills what do they do?” "Make you clever" "Clever?" "Yes clever, the more you take the cleverer you become they'll turn you from high school drop out to an Einstein overnight" "Is that true?" "Yes - university professors swear at them" "Wow - how many will it take to make me a genius?" "You - I reckon about 100" "I'll take a 1000. You limey's always underestimate what's needed" The stall holder warns him that that's too many but sells him 10 jars As the redneck starts to turn away the stall holder tells him that they are more effective if taken fresh "What you do is open a jar, pinch your nose and empty the jar into your mouth. Chew three times then swallow. This way the work right away". The redneck proceeded to follow the instructions, he'd finished chewing and was about to swallow when he retched. "God’am sheepshit!" he exclaimed "You're learning" the stall holder replied

I was at a restaurant in Pensylvania and asked if I wanted dressing on my salad starter. I replied it would be fine washed without a dressing & the waitress replied "You're British" "Yes", i replied, "how can you tell?" Expecting her to say it's you accent she surprised me by responding "Only the Brits have salad without dressing" The best was when she brought the salad and said "You speak good English" I didn't have the heart to point out it originated here and to this day she probably thinks 'Brits' are bilingual.

Prior to the WWW importation of goods would have been done by agents and declared to HMRC for duties & taxes to be paid, with personal importation a large portion of this revenue is being evaded. Governments worldwide have woken up to this fact and have introduced legislation to close the loophole. You only have to look at the number of posts on Britmodeller complaining people have been hit for taxes, (duties,) & fees from the parcel carrier and the replies saying they've been unlucky to deduce both the scale of the problem and that we all know these taxes are payable. At the end of the day a vendor deciding not to sell to particular markets is a business decision that they're unlikely to discuss on open forum. If they don't want to sell direct & register with HMRC they do have other options (e.g. ebay, amazon who will handle the VAT situation for them). @Giorgio N I acknowledge the EU position may result in more overseas vendors willing to sell into the EU than the UK and that EU - EU supplies will remain unaffected. What I don't know is with taxes & carrier fees is at what price point does an order become unviable and not placed by a potential consumer. Both the EU scheme & the UK scheme result in losses to the vendor.

New one just now when clicking the back button. Was experiencing screen updating issues when trying multiple quotes on a topic in chat section, Screen wasn't able to keep up with me scrolling and just kept blanking out until I'd reached the bottom/top of a screen.

That's not correct, at least not for EU sales into GB or GB sales into EU. (Hint; Single market and customs union, remember?) Just EU - ROW. As others have said It is a fact This was coming Brexit or not. If you re-read the full post, quoted below, you'll see the change relating to leaving the EU/customs union/single market/common market (call it what you want) was made - Highlighted in case you missed it first time round . Rather a disingeneous edit to make a (political?) point.

Its EU legislation that brought this about - signed into UK law along with all other EU legislation. It would have come into effect Brexit or not. The UK's just applying it earlier. The only effect Brexit has had is that within the UK it also applies to goods from EU countries, had it not occurred then the EU states VAT would have been paid. It's happening Worldwide and is a result of the increased personal importation. I believe that a similar situation applies within the USA where goods bought in one state and 'imported' into another become subject to the states sales tax in the destination state. As @bentwaters81tfw implied if sellers abide by the new rules the dreaded £8 clearance fee should dissapear. The days of avoiding/evading tax by buying abroad has come to an end. Allthough this adds to the costs & thus final price paid by the consumer it doesn't add to the complexity of the importation process so it's not 'another spanner' which the phrase implies.

I'd rather the occasional warning about scams than than: a) the endless drivel about get about what <insert manufacturer> is going to release in <insert year> & how a <obscure name> would secure the future for said manufacturer. (I'm surprised the 2022 threads hav not started) b) repeated posts about local branches in backwater places not having that bargain kit/book. Doubt anybody's lifes afected by such posts unlike warning about scams which could potentially save an unwary member a few (thousand) pounds.

Would it stick to a primed model & if so how would it differentiate between a primed model ant the overspray on a work bench. If it couldn't the modest dream would turn out to be the monster nightmare you're currently experiencing.

Canopy glue as used by modellers of radio-controlled aircraft. Probably a variant of PVA glue but much stronger than the normal stuff & it dries clear.