All good suggestions. The top end and bottom end of our hobby are chalk and cheese.

I must say I miss the days when I could be thrilled at the acquisition of a little tinplate, but there seems to be some sort of 'mental inflation' process that means with age I am not satified with less than eg. something rare, preferably prewar, and in excellent condition.

Not that I can afford it, mind, but I'm definitely gettting increasingly more discriminating (ie. snobbish!) as I get older.