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If you drop something on the floor when you're young, you just bend down & pick it up.
But at my age, I stand there for 5 minutes, deciding whether I actually need said item anymore.....

Painted buildings can be successfully included on a backscene in perspective, but because the scale layout foreground has a different horizon datum to the artificial backscene illusion, it's the sharp transition between the two that sometimes gives trouble.  View blockers can help to control the observation angles in some cases, but middle and far distance buildings look great in perspective.  Why struggle, just leave yourself a bit of depth for a 3D backscene portrayal in the foreground, it's by far the most convincing method of gradually easing the eye away from the lineside and to the distance, and you can include plenty of interest and character to the locality in the process.

(The feint blue horizon datum in the 'Generate a Panorama' colour pic corresponds to the far distance. and all the different vanishing points are registered along it).

has just been told to "Fix some eggs". looks like it's gonna be one hell of a day.

saw some great tits on my walk into work this morning

Need to get my mojo back, I’ve done no modelling for 2/3 months now.

There's nothing quite like being sat outside in the garden listening to the church bells is there?

Just managed to put my finger in the glue while working on Brent, only problem being it had just come out of the glue gun! On the plus side I cant feel the pain from my broken finger.....

Trying to stick plastic wire to ratio fence posts - aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!

Trying to stick plastic wire to ratio fence posts - aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!

Trying to stick plastic wire to ratio fence posts - aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!

Happy Birthday to you; Happy Birthday to you; Happy Birthday to you dear RMweb; Happy Birthday to you. 13 years old today.

I need Gill Sans!

A big THANKS for all the good will messages following my HEART ATTACK last Wednesday. Ambulance to Burton, Blues and Twos to Stoke and into Theatre withing 15 minutes. Very close according to Professor Nolan that was called in to do the opp.

wishing everyone on RMweb a Merry Christmas

How does one fold fitted sheets?

Why is it that when I put something in a safe place, I can never find the bloody item I am looking for. GRRRR

One thing I find interesting about RMweb is that it feels like the model Railway club I have never been to. There are some clubs which I am part of don't know much compared to what is shared here. Topics such as servicing old models, finding out where what came from and where to find something similar. It's stuff like that I find really handy and to know that whenever I have a problem with something and I don't know the answer to, there is always someone here who is kind enough to...

Yet another GREAT gone, http://news.sky.com/story/musician-chuck-berry-dies-at-the-age-of-90-10807365

In my long and on-going naivety about all things automotive, I always used to think that the Little Deuce Coupe featured this amazingly cool and trendy piece of kit called a Big Slip Daddy, which undoubtedly made the iconic vehicle go even faster than it's bodyside stripes would allow, but now I'm disappointed to learn that the lad is simply telling his father that he's got the log book.

When no one else can understand me, when everything I thing I do is wrong, you give home and consolation, you give strength to carry on....

Just been announced on Planet Rock radio, Rick Parfit of Status Quo has passed away in hospital in Spain.

hates the hot glue gun with a vengeance

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. - thank you one and all

is focusing his chi in preparation for building the mother of all curries.

is having his first ever yard sale tomorrow. I'm not anticipating shifting much cos it's all metric!