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  1. Whoever it was that told me Bachmann's website now had a direct sale spares shop, thanks! I've just sorted out three engines that have been hanging around awaiting bits for years! 👍

  2. Fantastic picnic and beachcombing sesh with the ladyfriend at Dunnottar Castle today.

    Forgotten how much fun collecting interesting pebbles could be.!

  3. Good day!

    1. Free At Last

      Free At Last

      And a jolly good day to you too, Sir.

    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      A commendably positive attitude!

       

    3. Stevie

      Stevie

      Nah G day mate

  4. Wonder when the annual wishlist is due out?

    I'm going to vote for a BR Std 2MT mogul this year...

    1. John M Upton

      John M Upton

      I think it has been scrapped hasn't it?

    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      Delayed due to, well, whatever is on the line.....

    3. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      There's no fun in it now the F*ll's being done.

  5. DVLA; 6 months I've been waiting for my renewed licence. Can't even update my address details despite having moved home.

    Sort it out people, this has gone on too long!

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    2. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      Bizarre.  Am 73 in Nov and had 'invite' to renew licence just before Bank Hols.  Request submitted online Tue 24Aug.  I was worried how long it would take due to publicity about backlogs at DVLA.  Licence arrived Bank Hol Sat 28Aug.  As an aside, they ask you to cut up old licence and send it off.  There's no way they could have received it and cross-checked it against new licence as new one was in my hands before old one got to Swansea.

    3. cheesysmith

      cheesysmith

      Anything that requires the DVLA to actually make a decision is a joke. The DVLA is just there to take money off people. Look at photocard driving license. They said it would be free, and it is, but they charge you for the renewals. There are lots of PCV/HGV drivers waiting on them, but the Government has made sure that the DVLA cannot be liable for loss of earnings. No private company would get away with it.

    4. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Ironically, the licence arrived the day after I posted this. Now I need to change the address details!

      I still appear to have a previous one around. I may send this and hope they don't notice as I'm not going through that faff again. Mainly because I need to regularly present it at work!

  6. 51

     

    1. Hroth

      Hroth

      This sort of thing happens every year...

       

    2. cbeagleowner

      cbeagleowner

      many happy returns! My clock ticks on tomorrow

  7. Just ruminating, but would knocking out the gears to the 1st and second axles on a DJM Austerity remove the cogging issue by letting one axle and the rods do all the work?

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    2. PMP

      PMP

      @skipepsi They run fine with no motor or worm attached. It’s not the rods, it’s backlash within the gear train when the motor and worm are in position. EFE have changed the motor which may have resolved the issue with the new releases. 

    3. mike morley

      mike morley

      PMP.  I used a Mashima 1628 (discontinued long before Mashima ceased trading) and a gearbox that High Level designed specifically to go with that motor but was very similar in appearance to a Roadrunner+.

    4. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      So helical gear set maybe the answer?

  8. Hey, Bachmann, if the Grainflows are too expensive to assemble and be viable for you; how about doing them CKD-style for those of us happy to assemble them ourselves?

  9. Ah, there’s nothing like a bit of modelling to spoil yer mood... <_<

    Stuff it I’m away for some beer.

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    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      One of those jobs where a missing screw f***s the whole job! :rolleyes:

       

      I’m fine.

    3. mike morley

      mike morley

      I realised years ago that in my hands an airbrush is simply an expensive tool used to ruin a good model.  Latest episode was last Wednesday.  Still havent recovered from the trauma.

    4. cessna152towser

      cessna152towser

      I was modelling out in the sunshine today and dropped a brass ladder which I was attemptint to glue to a tank wagon.    Hunted for it for a long time and eventually gave up.  Found it much later superglued to the underside of my shoe!

  10. I was a hit man for the CIE...

    1. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      Did you have to fire off two shots, to be sure, to be sure?

    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      So you're the one who head-hunted Bulleid?

  11. Day three of trying to wrest order from the Shed of Chaos. The horror... the horror..,

    1. BoD

      BoD

      If you can keep many projects on the go when those around have only one, If you can lose tiny parts as easy as pie ......then you are a modeller, my son.

    2. locoholic

      locoholic

      Beware the Loft of Doom, then.

    3. Hroth

      Hroth

      And the Small Box Room of Disappointment!

  12. I can't believe the accumulations of crap and unfinished projects that litter what is colloquially known as Max Stafford's Kennel. I feel a purge may be required for mental health reasons!

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    2. BoD

      BoD

      Congratulations, you are a real modeller.

    3. DougN

      DougN

      Try my 2018 resolution, finish one project that has been started every month... my list is down 15 items on this time last year!

    4. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      My first move of the year is to try and sort out the nightmare of bad Feng Shui that is my shed!

  13. D6851

    1. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      Ah, English Electric delight complete with a proper number.

    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Aye. Played a significant role in events 50 years past today.

  14. Wasn't born to follow...

    1. Tim V

      Tim V

      No I'd rather go and journey

      Where the diamond crescent's glowing

    2. Londontram

      Londontram

      Don't make a fuss David just wait your turn in the queue please

  15. A peaceful and happy Yule to all! :-)

    1. 60159

      60159

      All the best to you Dave and hope 2019 is a good year for you.

    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Blessing der heart.

  16. A peaceful and happy Yule to all! ;

  17. How great is it that us Scottish modellers can hold a proper RTR ‘yin ae oor ain’ in hand at long last. Braw!

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    2. Russ (mines a pint)

      Russ (mines a pint)

      Braw! - picked up one of the Heljan 05's when they where getting blown out of Hattons and can know feel a Lochty branch coming on.

       

      Regards dialect from Dumbarton to Doncaster its all good once you go north or south of that it gets difficult lol - its a good job the westcoasters speak slowly as the words are all different ;)

    3. Bob Reid

      Bob Reid

      Aw Davey min, yer Caley 123 will be fair greetin....

    4. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Aye, the puir wee sowel's hairt's brak!

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    2. Glover

      Glover

      Waterfordwispers is an Irish satirical website....and very good at it too!

    3. Sails

      Sails

      Whats even funnier than WWN is the comments people leave to the articles thinking they are REAL

    4. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Aye, the reactions are hugely entertaining in their own right.

      :-)

  18. “To find out who rules over you, first find out who you are not allowed to criticise...” Voltaire.

    1. Andy Y

      Andy Y

      If that's meant as a criticism of a removed status update reply yesterday it was removed because of the libellous comment.

  19. Here are the young men, the weight on their shoulders. Here are the young men, but where have they been..?

    1. Dr Gerbil-Fritters

      Dr Gerbil-Fritters

      Very appropriate for this weekend. I'm sure it's what Ian had in mind

    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      It’s always struck me that way since I was young in truth.

  20. Here I come, baby. I’m comin’ to getcha!

    1. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      Who loves ya, baby?

    2. Tim V
    3. Hroth

      Hroth

      Completely inappropriate! (But the Trumper will forgive you...)

  21. There’s no question in my mind now that the Class 68 is the most awesome sounding diesel since the Deltics.

    1. tractionman

      tractionman

      The best sounding loco on BR metals at the mo, but for me nothing beats a Peak at full blast! (Though a 50 and 40 come close).

    2. NoelG

      NoelG

      Irish GM powered locos have had that distinctive aircraft high pitch whine and notching sounds since 1962. Not unlike the 24yo GM 201 class.

  22. There’s no question in my mind now that the Class 68 is the most awesome sounding diesel since the Deltics.

  23. There’s no question in my mind now that the Class 68 is the most awesome sounding diesel since the Deltics.

  24. If there isn’t an etched replacement chassis for the Heljan 14, maybe there should be...

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    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Isn't that Mercian one out of production now? I thought he wasn't doing 4mm scale anymore?

    3. RedgateModels

      RedgateModels

      LOL not sure, still on the website, but that's never a guarantee ;)

    4. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Worst £120 I ever spent...

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