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The whole idea of Templot is for the operator to design the plan themselves, contrary to thoughts of some Templot is very easy to use these days. Usually if someone is assisting it is certainly helpful to exchange plans using the program, Most Templot club members will be more than happy to assist, but it usually this relies on exchanging "box files"* via email. * This is a system of easily transferring plans between 2 or more users, when the recipient clicks on the file it automatically both opens and prepopulates Templot. Sending a box file is nearly as easy I would say if you have not done it first, quickly have a look at the program and perhaps follow on of the tutorials, of watch the Bexhill West you tube https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=f1fcaf6411aede3e&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB833GB833&q=Bexhill+west+Templot+episode&spell=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_yPXg1M2EAxUoVkEAHaxxBR4QBSgAegQICBAC&biw=1904&bih=944&dpr=1#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:1d12fe61,vid:eagdegzAwv4,st:0 James is a very capable presenter and has a knack of making things simple

How often do you get peak prices?

Thanks very much for the offer but I think I need at least the middle one with the guide, as I need some form of stop so I can keep everything level

Hold on I am getting very confused (it's my old age !!!) For me the idea of buying job lots is not to keep it all. Firstly it allows you to find an item(s) which you need, you then dispose of the items you don't require, hopefully of £'s which reduces the cost of what you wanted. Buying 1 tender for £6 + postage normally would be a good buy, selling the other 3 even if only for £1 each + postage will not only help up to 3 other folk, but will make your tender even cheaper, if you are lucky you might even get a bit more !! Rule 1 separate tat from useful items and throw away the tat Rule 3 recycle the items you don't want as it may do someone else a good turn and perhaps encourage others to do likewise Rule 2 don't keep items you won't use

Not my work, but some very capable soldering especially as some of the castings are so large A few bits of filling are required, then I need to decide what I can safely fit whilst the build progresses I unassembled the chassis back a bit to enable me to start the painting, Masking the motor and worm as well as the unfinished cylinders and slide bar supports. The cylinders are short 1 pair of slide which bars have been ordered. I am about to pain the Chassis black so it will have at least a couple of days to harden

I acquired this Springside loco in a job lot of other 7mm, 0-16.5 & 4mm part built and incomplete kits As you can see some of the parts are in the correct box, Other boxes (this one of the better ones) had a right mixture of parts which had to be sorted out, this took me about 2.5 weeks It was made easier after I brought 2 Springside sets of instructions. I find Roger very helpful as in the past I have used his services twice before with two other Springside kits I brought s/h with parts missing. After a sort out I put the chassis together and fitted it to the part built body Most of the cab parts were eventually found, but as you can see what has been built has been put together very well Here are other parts and what was surprising I was only missing about half a dozen bits, which were duly ordered I think the builder got stuck with the meshing of the gears, I completely unassembled the wheels and gave them, the bearings, axles a good clean, then reassembled them in the chassis. The meshing issues were due to excessive movement between the motor mounting plate and the chassis. As you can see large lumps of solder now hold the plate securely with gears meshed. I could be wrong but I think the builder had issues with meshing so it was put aside and never attended to.

We have had a couple of good days, and though no wall to wall sunshine days its surprising how fast the clock ticks over when the sun comes out, Now we just need some good weather, not only for solar power production, but my allotment is looking very sad

If you watch some of the daytime and evening programs, the amounts being sought for what I believe are not very good, even overpriced tat is eye watering !! and people even buy it. My daughter sells the odd art work made from used wine bottle corks, I can't believe they sell for so much!!

Thanks for that great piece of advice, when I obtained my Hobby Holidays chassis jig I got both 4mm & 7mm axle rods Am I correct in thinking there is an adjustable stop so you cannot over press, also an adjustable guide plate/bar ?

I have a couple of 7mm etched brass kits (72xx & 1361) one of them has hundreds of small rivets in seems. I have a cheap LRM riveter but I don't want to either distort the sides by being heavy handed or have wonky lines. I have seen a GW machine at shows but find they do 3. My thoughts are about buying the £100 middle one, please I am firstly looking for advice on what to buy and happy to buy a s/h one if anyone has one they do not use anymore

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Same here, I will be listing the odd item

I must go to the back of the class and read the instructions, last night I took the wheels off the axles and unassembled the crank pins. This afternoon it started with me getting out my small Unimat lathe and I began to clean both the axles then wheels with very fine emery paper, all screws were oiled and then I cleaned up the top hat axle bearings It went so well I thought I would make a start on the chassis, I put it together and found the gears were not meshing. On inspection there was too much play where the motor mount/slide bar support went in the chassis slots. I was a bit ham fisted with the soldering but it solved the problem and can be cleaned up later. I wondered why the rear axle had been turned down between the wheels, the answer was it is too close to the motor, it still is so I started to file back the rear plastic motor body, which made it turn a lot better After reading the instructions I think I will paint the chassis sides before I sort out the sprung pickups. I am missing some chassis castings (slide bars) so I may have to wait to finish it off, but I will get it as far as I can Its quite an extensive kit with more than enough parts, all the main parts have been soldered together by the previous builder (who was extremely neat) Even though its a simple 0-4-0ST there are more than enough small parts to adorn the cab Still a good start to the first build of the lot

The last time I paid for insulation it cost me £50 fitted, and I got a certificate. When we moved to our current house they had the same scheme. Both when we sold our previous house and when buying this one both added to the energy efficiency report. !!! I thought I got a great deal !!! and I think it was from a leaflet drop sponsored by the energy companies I have just remembered, we had an extension built and I had to but a few rolls to go in the void in the extension roof

Rob I watch the BBC programs like bargain hunt, antiques road trip and flog it and see the joy of selling items. Mostly they get trade prices and both parties pay 20% each for the service. And nobody moans. On a recent sale I should have paid £3.50 and ended up paying 90p (80% off weekend). at worst the new fee ends up at 10p unless. I got a good price so its much better than getting trade and paying 20% at both ends. At the end of the day it comes down to what ends up in your pocket.

Tim As far as Southeastern Finecast products, what we see now on the web is what we have seen for years. Navigation is exactly the same However as you say with the more expansive websites we have been enjoying much more information prior to ordering

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Our political masters have decreed no one will have their power cut off for non payment in all but a few cases, its the energy providers that are left having to pay the cost. Personally I would have hit the energy producers higher on their wind fall of profits due to the international crisis. I cant see what benefit to the consumer OFFGEN gives, there seem to be no incentives for the energy providers to compete with each other, even Octopus seems to be much the same as the others. What's not happening is any action against the international oil producers Standing charges have been kept low whilst winter fuel prices increased, now is a good time to grab money back. Sadly those who can least afford it will be affected the worst by increasing the standing charge. But these standing charges are what Cornwall Insight have been projecting

If this is due to rising costs due to regulatory requirements then "Rip Off eBay fee" is both a bit strong if not inaccurate To address the rising costs associated with the increasing number and complexity of regulations impacting eBay’s marketplace - including consumer and environmental protection, as well as new taxation and customs measures - we're introducing a new regulatory operating fee. I for one in the main wait for the weekends where 80% reduction on selling fees operate, plus I value the protection from sharp trading practices (which are not available on traditional auction sites which charge up to 20 times the fee). Moving from about 2% to about 2.4% I think is still good if not great value. Looking at the list of countries involved it seems a coordinated action from several countries

Ian At least two of us have used Greenscape on here and only good reports https://www.greenscapeenergy.co.uk/solar-panels-uk/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAoeGuBhCBARIsAGfKY7w9bCltFbmbEbex3cmp6HzmoCccNLIHfD5VbnruzDz8lfT0doylxhAaAnluEALw_wcB I guess a chat with them wont hurt and ask if they have any local presence if so could they quote for a system based on Solar Together (or better) requirements

This month has to date been a complete wash out, we have just started the 23 day of a 28 day month and we still have not reached 50 kwh production for the month. The past 2 years have both produced 108kwh for the 28 days On a brighter note on the best day we produced 6.8kwh, not bad for a small system in early February, also shading stopped quite a few days ago, the sun is very high in the sky now (10am) and certainly the morning and lunchtime shading went days/weeks a go, late afternoon might still be affected if so to a very much lesser extent. Still we are now on an upward trend, against last year we are behind, but last March was awful so on a comparison basis against last year its easy to make it up with a bit of decent weather, what ever the system is coming out of the winter slump and will continue to reduce our dependence on imported power I have had an email from Greenscape (our installers) about adding a battery to our system, stating we could take advantage of cheaper overnight charging. They forget to say I would loose my export premium rates by changing tariff.

From the unsolicited phone calls I and others receive on a regular basis, shows charlatans are far more active abroad than here, the human nature is to be an opportunist, thankfully most act within the law. Solar panels are part of the building industry and for years unqualified journey men have acted this way in seeking to make money from who ever they can. In the building industry its still rife and not just at the lower levels of skills. Large building companies have and still cutting corners where they can. On TV last night highlighted 3 year old buildings with faulty balconies However we must be careful when highlighting the pitfalls, stress most companies act honestly. It is right that solar energy is booming, the worlds future will rely on decarbonizing our world. A few bad apples will always crop up, they always have and I guess always will. We had a very bad experience with the first builder on our extension, we dealt with it and moved on. By all means warn people but educate at the same time by explaining how to avoid these people. As I said I and others on here have benefitted from Solar Together, an ideal way promoted by many county councils as a safe way for people to buy systems

Put into soak last night, then washed in soapy water this morning. These have not been burnished but were less tarnished. So much less hassle and effort than putting in coke then scrubbing with CIF. And so much more civilized

John Yes. I left the remainder of the etches in the solution overnight and took them out this morning and gave them a good wash This is how they came out with no further treatment.

This is not just about double glazing or solar panels, its in everything we use or buy. Last week I witnessed a person who was offering both a will and power of attorney writing service, coming from an insurance background I had a slight of these type of firms as I know a couple of people who went down this route, the chap admitted to once being an IFA, which made me more interested in what he was doing. Certainly the power of attorney will be officially registered, so there may well be some form of checking. Then we had the rise and fall of property conveyancing firms (one of my granddaughters had a narrow escape when the firm they used realized they had made a mistake), sadly its a fact of life But the way I read your take on solar power, in my opinion is way off the mark. Yes please be very careful who you choose, especially if like me you know little about the subject. So I agree with you on this point But I have found Solar Panels the best thing I have ever brought excluding the properties them selves. £ for £ its the best use of my savings ever and on its own is preserving my savings better than anything else (like turning down the temperature). A local comparison site claimed my electricity usage is 40% of the other houses close by, and I doubt if that takes into consideration what I am paid for exporting excess power. My DDI payments for both electricity and gas has stayed the same for over 4 years, my investment was just under £2700 and well on track to have paid for its self much earlier than anticipated and performance and returns are better than projected. All down to having been advised what to buy and from whom. Solar Together is backed by quite a few County Councils and ideal for buyers like me who lack the knowledge to make informed decisions. Like insulating your property its another energy saving facility.