[chrisgrove]

Hi Robert

Thanks for the gen on the number plate. The only query I have is about when you say the right mudguard. All the later ones I have seen have the number plate mounted on the outrigger to the left (looking from the rear) of the tailboard. But if there is a conduit for the cable on the right, that must be correct for the early ones. I understand you drive on the right (correct) side of the road (ie the left), so it seems unlikely that a trailer in Oz got the number plate on the other side!

What is the Butler convoy light - I've never heard of that? The ones I've seen have a plate, seemingly painted white, fixed under the trailer to the left of centre and \i have assumed that was the equivalent of the white painted differential form of convoy light, and would have had a lamp shining on it.

I have been making small scale models for 50+ years and all my British ones are in 1/76 as that was the only scale around (from Airfix) for army vehicles back in the 60s, so I don't want to change as then I can't display them together. But I have a lot of 1/72 ones too for French, Italian, Russian and post war German vehicles. 1/76 more or less matches the scale of the most common model railway models in UK, so I guess that was why Airfix chose it.

Chris