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  1. Jack374

    Telerail DVDs - highly recommended as a source of inspiration in 12" to the foot scale and for modelling.

    1. bourneagain

      bourneagain

      Agreed, but I find the constant background music that is a source of irritation and spoils the enjoyment. The same applied to the Model Rail DVD`s.

    2. Michael Delamar

      Michael Delamar

      Hello and welcome

    3. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      Go now!

  2. Jack374

    It’s the first Leyland MRC show this weekend for some years...after helping get stuff ready and being a member of the club, I’m feeling somewhat nervous!

    1. cal.n

      cal.n

      Good luck. Annoyed I can’t be there.

    2. beast66606

      beast66606

      Good little show, took Stockton Heath there many years ago. Good luck !

    3. Jack374

      Jack374

      Many thanks both, yesterday went really well and with the poor weather today we’re already doing good.

  3. Jack374

    It would appear after a trans-Atlantic flight home and a bout of illness, I slept for 12 hours. I’ve wasted half a day but feel much better!

  4. Jack374

    Went out for a leisurely bike ride, until a bin lorry overtook me and carried far too much speed towards a sharp bend. It rolled. Everyone’s ok thankfully...stay safe on your push irons people.

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    2. bgman

      bgman

      And that's precisely why I prefer to off road on my mountain bike!

    3. cal.n

      cal.n

      Scary... Glad everyone’s okay.

    4. LBRJ

      LBRJ

      TUT TUT @ Bourneagain! I all to well remember a cement lorry that "turned left" and clipped the curb as it did so. People were very much not "alright" after that one :(

  5. Jack374

    In the morning, you know we won’t remember a thing

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    2. newbryford

      newbryford

      Rohypnol?

    3. alexross42

      alexross42

      Razorlight?

    4. SHMD

      SHMD

      ecky thump

  6. Jack374

    A certain green celebrity kettle (60103) is running from York to Bury (ELR) today, travelling via Hellifield and Preston and Wigan!? Very odd route but it means I’ll see it, maybe in reverse too.

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    2. adb968008

      adb968008

      Can’t they turn it at Miles platting or has that triangle gone too ?

    3. adb968008

      adb968008

      Just looked on google maps, they are both very much there still, MP and Phillips Park..

    4. adb968008

      adb968008

      Is the triangle at Castletown out of use ?

  7. Jack374

    Today’s lesson learned is don’t give up on something unless you’ve exhausted all other options. A decoder function output wasn’t working, so I took out the decoder and just as I was about to chop off the dead lead to make it a motor only decoder, I found the lead had become detached from the decoder. A simple bit of soldering and it’s good as new.

  8. Jack374

    Muse on the speakers, a new bladed scalpel to hand and a fresh sheet of plasticard...bliss

    1. davefrk

      davefrk

      Don't forget the sticky plasters at the ready...

  9. Jack374

    I can confirm that Father Christmas will be passing through Horrocksford Jn tomorrow evening on his way to Clitheroe...http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/S73184/2017/12/24/advanced

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    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      As an indeterminate cloud of subatomic particles, he can pass through anywhere simultaneously!

    3. rembrow

      rembrow

      So Hroth you're saying that Santa is in reality - Higgs boson

    4. cal.n

      cal.n

      I’ll leave him a mince pie at HJ4.

  10. Jack374

    Do you reckon if I approached the desk of the next Wigan exhibition and presented them with 7 years' worth of show programmes, they'd let me in free?

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    2. Free At Last

      Free At Last

      I've heard that if you slip one of them a tenner he will let you in free.

    3. newbryford

      newbryford

      Give it a couple of years and you could be there all weekend for free. And get fed!

    4. Tim V

      Tim V

      1967 - 1974?

  11. Jack374

    Baggy Trousers

    1. Londontram

      Londontram

      I told you that was a good diet!

  12. Jack374

    Is 4 and a half hours to install and wire up 9 solenoids to a CDU and switches normal? The time actually passed quite quickly...

    1. Rowsley17D

      Rowsley17D

      Quick for me, I'd say.

    2. newbryford

      newbryford

      So my diagram was good then?

    3. Jack374

      Jack374

      Yes indeed it was...cheers!

  13. Jack374

    Despite the minortity, the majority always succeed. RMweb remains a source of inspiration, and after having a good browse of the site, I've found some absolute gems of ideas and photos and videos which I'd missed or overlooked

    1. rob D2

      rob D2

      This is the Internet , you'll a,ways find nutcases, keyboard warriors and gobsh&tes. However try an aircraft spotters page to see real friction

    2. Ian J.

      Ian J.

      You can take or leave what you want from the internet (RMweb included), you don't have to get embroiled in all of it. I avoid as much as I can anything that I know might rile me, and only very infrequently do I get 'caught out'.

  14. Jack374

    Everything is average nowadays

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    2. JJGraphics

      JJGraphics

      But, Lessons Will Be Learned . . .

    3. sharris

      sharris

      Life can be mean sometimes.

    4. Jack374

      Jack374

      Very philosophical we all are! I was referring to the excellent Kaiser Chiefs song, however the phrase does relate to a few areas of life...

  15. Jack374

    I shall reserve my right to be British and complain that it's too hot today, but it was too cold a couple of days ago

  16. Jack374

    Preston to Carlisle and return for £15...why not! :)

    1. cal.n

      cal.n

      Is that an April fool?

    2. cal.n

      cal.n

      Is that an April fool?

    3. cal.n

      cal.n

      Is that an April fool?

  17. Jack374

    I wanna live like common people, do whatever common people do

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    2. Phil Mc

      Phil Mc

      Make sure you get them two actions the right way round!

    3. TT3

      TT3

      Sooner met up in the year 2000

    4. gridwatcher

      gridwatcher

      That's me on the cover lads....! Best man at THE wedding

  18. Jack374

    Listening to Razorlight and ballasting...very relaxing (albeit tedious!)

    1. big jim

      big jim

      i find razorlight tedious too

  19. Jack374

    There can't be many tasks more tedious than painting rail sides

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    2. Dr Gerbil-Fritters

      Dr Gerbil-Fritters

      try using paint marker pens - a variety of colours for track.

    3. Stringfingerling

      Stringfingerling

      A couple of good suggestions there; my own method is to put something interesting on to listen to on the radio, and make sure I'm at non-back-straining angle of lean.

       

    4. davefrk

      davefrk

      I did a whole baseboard of points and sidings but I put the board up on it's side on the bench so one could just sit at it and paint then turn it over for the other side.

  20. Jack374

    Eeeeeteeeee phooooone hooooooome

    1. Londontram

      Londontram

      Is that a west Yorkshire accent?

  21. Jack374

    Why are cupcakes so called, despite the fact that if they were baked in a cup they would be a meal in themselves?

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    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Roads, aqueducts, a whole legal system...

    3. Mikkel

      Mikkel

      Cupcakes are american. These days with hair in them.

    4. Jack374

      Jack374

      Well the cakes I consumed may be named after the cup variety, but since they were made by my mum, I wouldn't know exactly!

  22. Jack374

    A very enjoyable 6 hour Scouts game of manhunt was had today, during which I spotted a sign in a field that read 'Warning - low flying model aircraft'. Not seen that one before!

    1. rob D2

      rob D2

      Your models are very advanced for a scout !

    2. Londontram

      Londontram

      There used to be a sign like that when a local club used a field next to a road in Acle Norfolk but I can't recall seeing it for well over ten years now and I think the club have moved on

  23. Jack374

    You may have your cake and eat it.

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      I'll have my gateau in the château.

    2. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      A loose wire joke

    3. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      May I have your cake and eat it?

  24. Jack374

    Will the devil who has stolen the part I've just spent a considerable amount of time looking for please return it or inform me of its whereabouts. That is all.

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    2. Jack374

      Jack374

      Besides some pink on a Christmas jumper, you're safe :D

    3. newbryford

      newbryford

      Attack of the carpet monster?

    4. Jack374

      Jack374

      Indeed...it was broken anyway, so a new one is the best option all round!

  25. Jack374

    Well, went on a bike ride and I could see the Lake District, Pennines, Snowdonia and everything in between, all within a short bike ride from home. Brilliant.

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