New Haven Neil

Ha yes, got it - thanks!

He'd need double ciggies and a full box of Camay soap to take that through!

As long as we don't have smello-vision, the fish train is fine! Too smelly a task for a lovely V2 though, which should be on a better class.....hmmm... less smelly class of fast freight. I agree about Station Road, it has added a lot to the layout.

I'd agree with Baz that Smiffy's aircraft looks like pewter, or that harder version of whitemetal some USA loco kits are made of - I have several old Hobbytown loco kits made of something that looks similar. Not that I'll ever build them..... Awful day here, never stopped raining so shopping and lunch, which found two cafes we frequent hadn't bothered opening, number 3 was thankfully. And busy.

Morning, from a very wet and miserable rock, where 8c would appear to be about all we're going to get. Mrs H's first Wetkneesday off, she has gone part time-ish (working longer days for the other 4 so only dropping 5 hours) and taking Weds off. She had a whole plan for the day, all needing.....dryness externally. Oh dear. I had better pretend to be doing something, see you later.

Got that double page thing again. Great to hear @Dave Hunt is all done and well, modern surgery can be quite remarkable. A miserable wet day here so I'm off to sulk somewhere.

Wonky - a word that always makes me smile, for some reason. ION, no comment yet about the large red box's contents. Maybe 'Ixion' means something else in wife-world.

When I was out in the car earlier I caught a few minutes of a Radio 4 programme, and they were talking about Wagner's Ring Cycle, with excerpts - now that was the kind of opera I really do not like! The howling cat stuff indeed. In better news, the green industrial thing with 6 wheels has arrived, described as second hand, looks as though it has never been out of the box. Whoop. Now I have to cough to Mrs NHN how much it cost when she comes in from work. Ah......pants.

When we commissioned a IoM Peel Chemical Company wagon in 16mm at Trackshack, the decorated sample had a spelling mistake, Sulphate being spelled as Sulhpate - I still have it..... 'rare, collectors item' LOL I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often, I'm sure that Chinese people find our script as difficult as we find theirs.

Morning, from a damp but drying rock, 8c and still. The corresponding Fraggle is somewhat enamoured with the tall lady in iD's post of the Deer's Cry. Oooerr. A day of silly little errands beckons, and the possibility of a delivery of a green device for perambulating along parallel lines to look forward to. The b*llocking will come later when herself comes in from work! An unplanned purchase but I have wanted one for some time, and one popped up on Rails used site (unavailable new).....oops.

I'm another who has just stumbled upon your thread, very interesting as I modelled US railroads for many years and was pert of the operating crew on a large multi layer layout. As a result I always fancied a multi-layer layout US style, but UK outline (I rather lack the space and funds unfortunately!) and your model has really hit that spot. Following! PS - Should that not be called 'Lostwithneil' - my wife is from the area and SIL lives there still, and we always call Lostwithiel that!

Nope - L to R by cc, 660 Triumph triple, 125 Honda single scooter, 350 & 350 Royal Enfield singles. We were out early doors so no morning post, went on the train to Port Erin (all that way south) with friend Jayne for brunch, then trial by garden centre. I tried to photograph an interesting tree but this got in the way.

Today we mostly had been:-

Is that like MRJ but for Bears?

Morning, from a time-warped rock where it is breezy, sunny and 11c. The NHN's are grumpy, sore and tired after yesterday's exertions, and the apparent slippage of time. Donk's asleep on the back of my chair as usual, Dronk is in an alcoholic coma in the spare room, also as usual. I blame D!sney for commercialising the whole Pooh thing, the fame goes to their heads. iD's ministrations would be better aimed at the cause not the symptoms.....stop said organisation ruining ER's children's stories. I think a bimble out on bikes is once again on the cards, tomorrow looks as if it is going to be wet off and on so maybe a ride on something green and chuffy beckons for that.

Oh, Anna's rendition of Interstellar themes are quite something, no? But normally, I like the usual top 10 organ stuff, Widor, Bach, Vierne etc. I cannot claim to be sophisticaked.

Just took ages to load this page!

@Andy Y20.59 hrs, community unavailable.

I'm a little surprised my rather throw-away comment about music dislikes caused so much discussion! Hmm, jazz - a bit of Dave Brubeck is OK, but a little bit, couple of tracks only, but just can't do opera, sorry. 'cept maybe Fascinating Aida......especially the one about budget airlines. Now, a bit of full on pipe organ, something with a lot of stops pulled, maybe played by Anna Lapwood.....oh yes. A bit rocky, or MOR or Glenn Miller...my tastes are wide, but no pickup trucks crashing into trains please, even if your mum is in jail.

I've had it a couple of times too, and very slow page loading. win 10, Edge. Turned out a pleasant day, had a nice ride out on the bikes and then foolishly decided to split some firewood - ended up clearing out a couple of the firewood stores and doing far, far too much. I am now officially broken.

Morning, from an undecided rock, was raining but now sunny, 8c. @polybear The family have spread far and wide, they're a bit like rabbits in some practices.... MrsD, aka Dronk, is a bit too keen on booze, as may show in the photo. The first kid, Dink, now lives near Swansea, and looks after nephew and great-niece and nephew. The familial likeness can be recognised by the smile, other miserable non-Donk related versions should be discounted as impostors from overseas.

Somewhere on't u-toob there is a Mazda 4 rotor endurance race car, it is the most evil, howling exciting thing, this side of a Deltic. As for the Norton, when you're there.....it is still in my head, all these years later.

The whole rotary thing is the sort of development I love, outside of the box stuff. And boy do they sound good, I was sitting on the bank at Sulby village the day Hizzy won the senior TT on the White Charger, passing at close to 200 mph - sublime. I have video somewhere. (And a few years later there we were living on the island and with our besties who live just around the corner on the course at Sulby Bridge). The arguments as to how to measure its swept volume will never be settled mostly because 'they' (discuss whom) were doing their best to ban it, as it was making them look silly. Great stuff from Creighton, and he's still at it.

Yer man, err, donkey, would be only too happy to guide you both over, around and under said course! he sends thanks for saving Bonk from the grasp of some urchin!

Yer man, err, donkey, would be only too happy to guide you both over, around and under said course!