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Hmmm. Nuclear waste generally doesn't produce much heat if at all. The water in the ponds is there to act as a shield for the radiation being emitted. Its why the Cherenkov effect exists. Missy.

Which both export in .dwg and .dxf format unless I am mistaken? Julia.

Thank you Chris. I must remember to tell this to the other engineers I work with then, when I am back from the Easter hols! Julia 😛

Hi. Sorry Chris but that is technically not the case. For 2D the common filetype is .dxf, for 3D its .step. Julia.

I think it needs something like this...

Hi Nick. Things like that are just screaming to be 3D printed. Are there any drawings available? Julia

Im really impressed on how the midland achieved such a rectilinear polygon out of their coal stocks. M.

Hi. If you were closer, I would readily bite your arm off with an offer like that. Finding access to larger machines is not far off impossible these days. Evening classes don't seem to exist anymore. Missy.

Really need some coupings! Julia.

Hi Tony. Thank you very much, that is really useful information. Until I work out what exactly the boats are I think I will keep them deliberately vague for now. Missy.

Hi Stephen. I have added lead weight between the etched chassis and printed body. Hopefully there is enough in there to keep it on the track. Julia.

I have really been fighting with this so far today. I have been suffering from Nicks 'lots of random fibres' issue plus its been a pain to try and get a decent photo of it. This is about the best I have managed to do so far with the required pound coin for scale. It really needs some couplings sorted for it, perhaps I should brave it and give them another go.

Hi Sam. The axles were a special commission from the same supplier the 2mmSA get theirs from. They are 6.65mm long 1mm diameter. The wagon is a L&B 4 ton covered goods wagon. Julia.

Hi. I would have thought they would be simple to make. A bit of brass rod for the post and some plasticard for the head. Or am I over simplifying it? Julia.

Having a break from the couplings. Playing around making some 2.5mm diameter wheels for my NG stuff instead. Julia.

Hello. So Mk1, 2mm scale NG coupling hasn't really worked. The main problem is I assembled the body of the coupling before adding the loop wire, as a result I had to open out the pivot holes a little too much to allow the wire with the bends through the holes making the loop wire a bit too loose when in position. I also had to increase the size of the catch wire to 0.4mm as the 0.3mm wire was a little too floppy and tended to fall either sides of the catch support bit. In principle it should work but it needs a different approach. A huge thanks to Roger for the original design for this. Any thoughts? Julia.

Teeny tiny van... Julia.

I went for Penzance as I thought it would pretty much cover 'the west', both top and bottom bits. J.

Probably? I don't know. I am going to say yes. Julia.

Eileens do some (or they did) I have got some down to 0.3mm Julia :)

Hi. I was thinking more about how relative time was.... Now if you could adjust that to suit.... Missy.

Hi. That is of course, if whatever they are conforms to our space/time convention. As Einstein suggested, it may be possible to distort space/time to make long distance space travel possible. A classic example is the the average house fly. Ever wondered why its extremely hard to 'swat' one? Think of a fly as a mini ufo...... Missy.

Thank you Ian, that is very kind but I think I have a solution. Out of interest, what is it? Julia.

Thank you Alex. I can neither agree or disagree with your comment about a layout. Not sure about the navigation lights Mike. I think the rest might be a little too modern for what I am aiming for though. Thank you Jim. There are some interesting and potentially useful pictures within that link you posted. Ha! Thanks Nick. I think the boats are a bit too small for a full on steam plant with funnel. Could be wrong though. Julia