Greetings all, I have been following the thread re vlue of models and the need for some sort of data base, have alook at the M.E.N.D. at the following URL. HYPERLINK "http://www.menduk.org/"http://www.menduk.org/ The MEND site is supposed to be for mobile telephones but there is no reason why anything else with a serial number cannot be registered.....personal stereos, binoculars etc, steam engines! What makes this so good is that Police services have access to M.E.N.D. and can check if any item registered has been stolen or not. A loco / model serial number could be made up from a postcode ie] AB1 8YZ and include a house number ie] AB1 8YZ 10 During manufacture I have taken the trouble to hard stamp my own serial number into various parts of the loco, some visible some not. I have also photographed the locations of the areas of identification just in case. Failing all of the above register your mobile phone anyway.....oh forgot to mention it's all free so should go down a bundle with Model Engineers, having short arms and deep pockets and all. Regards IP Priest & Sons Model Engineers HYPERLINK "http://www.kinvermes.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/p1.htm"http://www.kinvermes.pwp.b lueyonder.co.uk/p1.htm -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.2 - Release Date: 04/03/2005 MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.