Bernard Lamb

The most sensible post in this thread, The solid board will be far too heavy to move. It would also need some heavy duty casters with levelling facilities. You might be able to reach across the width now, but what about in ten years time? A simple station to fiddle yard, on a much narrower board, along the lines of various layouts by Ian Futers for example, would provide a far better start as a learning curve. Forget DCC and just use a Gaugemester Combi. A short DMU and a 37 and you can try things to your heart's content. You can also play with cheap card building kits and find out if your interest lies in that side of the hobby. Have a couple of years of fun and then look at your longer term plans based on what you have discovered. Bernard

I could name two sites that I have visited that officially were civillian training colleges. The government pumped millions into them. Eventually they were sold off, but still remained vital to government policy and continued with the same private courses as well as the advertized ones. If you had permission to be on site, then people would talk openly about various things that were going on. There were however some buildings that were strictly off limits. I am sure that any accident would have had the details hidden behind a cover story. Bernard

When I was involved in ultrasonic material testing, I had to attend various training courses. The chap in charge of these would use real examples for us to work on. One was to find a way of checking for corrossion on the bolts that held down the chimneys in a certain rather secret establishment. It was not possible to check these on site as the time allowed in the area made it too dangerous, due to the radioactivity level. Fortnately we came up with a probe that could check each bolt in a very short time. Back in those days such a cavalier attitude, of build it first and worry later, was fairly common, particularly so in certain sectors where nobody knew what was going on and had no means of gaining access to find out. Bernard

The Glasgow version.

All very good. However Fedo is asking about the last sheds as he refers to the late crest models. I have no information about one of them mothing to March in that period. Bernard

Well done. It might be a bit too deep for some people. As was the last time the famous tea cakes appeared in this thread. Bernard

But ironically, Arriva buses go to the railway station in my neck of the woods. Bernard

This turned up on facebook. Well done all of them. Bernard

OK let's join in. Wishing all readers and contributors to the German section of RMweb a Very Happy Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year. If Father Christmas is reading this, a new Roco DR BR38 would be rather nice.😀 Re the photo. If you walk to the end of the right hand siding you will reach a road. Turn right and the family weekend bouse is about 200m along this road. Bernard

Not as far as I have seen. Unfortunately. Merlin seems to have a sensible solution. I have mentally looked at a formed brass strip version. While nearer to scale it would be difficult to fix securely. To me this addittion does greatly improve the head on view of a Borders based machine. Bernard

Neither would I. However it is not aimed at the likes of us. Marklin has, for a far longer period tham any UK company, had a loyal fan base. If they are happy to buy it then Marklin has got it right. That should not prevent people who prefer a nearer to scale model from making adverse comments. You pay your money and you take your choice. However I see nothing wrong with being able to make an informed choice. From your descripton I am glad that I have only seen photographs, rather than in the plastic so to speak. It would probably give me nightmares.😃 Bernard

Or you ask to be paid through the payroll and the agreed amount is enough to cover the tax liability. Now, how do I know that?😀 As you say, there is more than one way of skinning a cat. Seeing different figures have been metioned I thought that might explain the difference. As Chris Green has been mentioned. The last time I saw him he was looking very well. Funnily enough his wife was at my wife's coffee morning last week. Bernard

Before or after tax? The last time that I looked, the cost of travel between home and your normal place of work was not an allowable expense. Bernard

People have been selectively breeding race horses for a few hundred years, and have not got there yet, and they have far more money than most of us to throw at the challenge. Bernard.

A bit of a break over the last couple of months but I have now started on the locomotive depot. A drone shot gives an idea of the track plan and the current state of play. The track came from stock, much of it being very ancient. Hardly to modern finescale standards but it works and does the job. The double slip seems to accept a wide range of wheels without any problem. The turntable is Peco, finger operated at present. I managed to get the polarity switch the right way round first time and the three long sidings are each made up of three isolated sections to hold the maximum number of locomotives. As an exercise I worked out the length of the shed roads to be as long as possible, but forgot that the shed bulding would not be square on to the end of the baseboard, so I have had to add a 20mm strip to make the shed fit. The buildings are just placed in position but need more details and painting. I also need a suitable water tower. I have just started on a wheel cleaning programme on some stock that has been stored for a while, so next week I can let a few locomotives have a bit of a run. Bernard

If you could find another one and add a center section, you would be well on the way to the basis of a model of Leipzig Hbf. with building A. Don't take that seriously, the real thing is huge. B would fit any scene in more modern times and the Faller staion is easily made to be as specifically regional as you like, within the area defined by rekoboy. The others do look a bit too American to me. Benard