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  1. Polak UK ceased trading last year. A combination of Brexit, chronic supply / communication issues and market forces left no viable alternative. A purpose-built shop has been completed in Pickering which was to house the UK operation and a new model shop but, well, you’d be mad to now wouldn’t you? Outstanding stock is limited but is available for viewing/ purchase here in Pickering only. DM for further details (not wishing to fall foul of Mods!). Alex
  2. I’m getting there!

    1. truffy

      truffy

      Aren’t we all, dear?

      The only difference being our “there”.

    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      So that means that John Major will privatise you in a few years time.

       

  3. Plodding on! Let's hope we can open this summer...
  4. Well transmission has failed on mine after moving two feet. Nasty noises ☹️
  5. Well, it looks as if Dapol are going to beat me to the release after all! Just awaiting new duckets configured with double glazed glass panels, verandah windows and external doors. Roof covering will be flat roofing vinyl material and she’ll be painted in late Bauxite. On with the internals, first fix leccy and ironmongery. Phew.
  6. You will of course be welcome to stay in one of the converted railway wagons when we're up and running! We've just installed the land drainage for the car park which took just over a week to accomplish. Next is a ground condition survey to determine whether the building can be rafted or if it needs to be piled. I suspect piling may be the order of the day due to the ground having been made up at different times. We're having to do all this in height of season too, so the parking requirements of railway visitors is taking more managing than usual.
  7. Hi Doug, Unfortunately no caravans are allowed on site - condition of the planning permission!
  8. That’s true, more Cap’n AWOL!
  9. Shameless. Tenner to charity says this kit will be available again in the not too distant future...
  10. Inspector Munday, dig yourself out of that financial hole by patenting them those sticky tabs sported by the army cadet instructor. Call it, I dunno, Velcro. Retirement sorted!

    1. bgman

      bgman

      That'll take until Thursday Inspector !

    2. Bezzy Oppo
    3. Hroth

      Hroth

      Anachronisms'r'us!

  11. Inspector Munday, dig yourself out of that financial hole by patenting them those sticky tabs sported by the army cadet instructor. Call it, I dunno, Velcro. Retirement sorted!

  12. I know at Doncaster you said the point rodding was a ball-ache to do Tony but it ain’t half worth it, really looks the part in these shots. And I take it the voice returned fairly swiftly! Alex
  13. I've always thought it would do the Guild well to release some of the gold from its vaults and invest it in a small, permanent full-time team with the skill sets and authority to undertake (no Guild pun intended) those tasks with which it regularly struggles. A marketing/communications/events/web team; it could comfortably be self-sustaining after a couple of years and start turning a decent profit for the Guild off its own bat. I've done this in the public sector, it would be a breeze for an organisation like the Guild. But is the will there?
  14. Yes, it is. Scheduled to now start running Tuesday after the weekend running was pulled due to the white stuff. Which was probably more to do with people being able to get to Grosmont rather than the running conditions, I hazard a guess.
  15. Is it just me or has RMWeb gone a bit, well, ‘nuts’ over the last week?

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    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      There's a hazelnut in every bite!

       

      Probably just cabin fever due to the snow...

    3. vaughan45

      vaughan45

      S'No madness here

    4. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      Just climbing the walls … .

  16. Is it just me or has RMWeb gone a bit, well, ‘nuts’ over the last week?

  17. Whoa there, easy tiger. Just that some might view your comment about sharing your workbench on the Guild forum and showing some real modelling a la brass kits in itself carrying a whiff of the elitism you alluded to in the previous paragraph. Hope you enjoyed the show chap!
  18. I think you may wish to re-visit those last two paragraphs...
  19. End weights shown here, each had 14 three link couplings and angle incorporated in them. Concrete was flint rich, hence eventually resorted to JCB attachment that rhymes with decker but isn't allowed to be typed on RMWeb!
  20. A Faverdale BR Standard 20 ton - built '52. Three link couplings for sale!
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