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pantrogla

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  1. Rerun of the TEAs is going to keep the bank manager on edge along with the tanktainers!
  2. Come over to the dark side - we have lots of cool stuff coming in N these days - and you would have room for many more toys!
  3. Not so much on the high seas - but on a plane - they are in the country and should be with Revolution tomorrow according to post from Mike of the N Gauge forum
  4. I'm sat here like yourself I suspect just hoping they decide to do another run sometime soon having been on a modelling hiatus when the first lot were done R.
  5. Advanced warning Chris - they are prone to going for silly money - especially the EWS ones which I have seen sell for £60+ each recently!
  6. Likewise, having missed the boat on the original run I have to admit a nice long rake would be very tempting, just not at the prices they command on eBay!
  7. Not much has been achieved on the board after all today - spent the day fixing broken locos Have a Dapol 58 sorted which was kangarooing down the track - means I no longer need the Mainline blue one I purchased a while ago to rob the chassis off - so that's off on eBay Have also sorted out a rough running Farish 57 which will now be going in the paintshop instead of the bin - just need to decide if it is going to become a Northern Belle, or if it is going WCRC Maroon
  8. The platforms will probably be the most bomb proof thing in the room with that quantity of caulk! One strike is a very lightweight fine grade pollyfiller type substance - by no means essential to get exactly that i'm sure
  9. Its a cheap and effective way of filling them out just make sure you give it a couple of weeks to set properly as it does shrink a little bit in the drying process - and if you are planning on moving your boards / taking them to exhibitions then i'd consider something other than caulk as they can get very heavy very quickly One strike or similar fine grade filler on top then gives a decent textural representation of concrete in N gauge when given a light sanding prior to painting - unlike now which just looks like a winter snow scene with all that white!
  10. Well, after seemingly nothing to report for ages due to financial year end and audit season at work it's come on with a clatter in the last week or so - all platform edges are now in and the process of filling them to make them recognisable as platforms is now well under way. I've done a first pass with the caulking gun, i'm now going to leave this to set for a week or two until it goes properly hard before doing a neater job and bringing to just short of platform height. I'm not sure whose idea Ive nicked but I know I read it on here somewhere and will be using one strike filler for the final platform surface - thank you whoever you are. And in the spirit of not throwing anything away I've been poking spare sleepers in gaps whilst waiting for the caulk to dry as my first draft track laying can be a bit clumsy at time. With another 4 days off in a row inc the weekend I sense some good modelling time coming up!
  11. Good man! I refrained as I’m contemplating another 321!
  12. I know that feeling - must resist ordering more!
  13. I do a lot of mail order work (although in a different sector not models) and broadly speaking it has to be viewed as an occupational hazard and you have to budget for the costs associated with a given level of returns We run at a returns rate of circa 1% of transactions (of which about half are change of mind) and once the relevant courier and processing costs are factored in it still only comes to about 20p an order across the entire order book To put it in context we reckon on a negative review on eBay costing us about £3,000 in lost sales over the following 4 week period - makes it worthwhile looking after customers when you are small business - you can ultimately charge a bit of a premium for proven good service
  14. I feel your pain - Ive managed to melt more sleepers than solder with my soldering iron the last 2 days!
  15. Almost in honour to fellow member scoobyra I have spent most of today striping paint off things and redoing it - finally happy with the paint job on the Peco platform edges after 7 or 8 attempts - looks much better for no primer Final combination is two different makes of brown paint and a third make with the matt varnish and then Tamiya weathering powders on top Problem is having spent so long playing with different combinations of paint I've lost a whole day to do 1 platform section - but still have 66 to go!
  16. Love the bollard (some thing I never thought I'd say!) super detail in N gauge
  17. Yep - N Gauge - 8ft by 4ft board left from a previous layout - won't be moving from the garage as it's very heavy as it's made with roofing boards and 4'x2' Have done some of the wiring work today - reminded me how much I hate soldering as I was busy melting sleepers faster than solder So went back to painting stuff - 20 out of 67 platform edging panels primed and the final coat put on 12 led street lights (converted from very cheap Chinese tat to something British looking)
  18. Bit more progress today - most of the track on the front half of the board is now laid - what I did discover is that wearing a fleece whilst trimming down track with a Dremel style cutting disc is not a good idea as I went up the shops later and realised 3 small bits of track that had come flying off at speed when I'd cut them down must have been a bit warm as they'd melted themselves into my jacket! Busy few days for me this week so probably no more work in the garage until Easter weekend (and not until I've mown the lawn and all those oh so vital jobs ) although all being well I'd like to get the front half of the board wired up for traction next weekend - even if it isn't for signalling as I relised this afternoon just how much wire I needed for the signals and how many cables I'd need to run!
  19. So, inspired by some of the other layout threads on here I thought I'd start my own - my latest project is inspired by my home city station Hull Paragon - it will be interesting to see how it evolves over time Here's how the track plan should look: Can you see the likeness? I'm sure I'll get there in the end but progress has been delayed by the fact the garage has no heating and next to no insulation and I'm clearly a bit of a softie! Traction will be semi prototypical of Hull - various DMUs that have been reliveried into Northern colours - an East Coast HST when Dapol release it - and in lieu of no suitable options for TPEs 185s and Hull Trains 180s (when they are not cancelled!) the station will have joined the Cross Country network in the spirit of my layout my rules! They'll also be a bit of light engine stabling in the now disused platform 1 and 1 / 2 of the sidings to the south of the station. Layout will be under DCC traction - but signals will reman manual for now - one new technology at a time and all that
  20. Those pictures certainly bring back some memories - excellent modelling there!
  21. Love what you have done with the weathering on the Cargowagons
  22. Have just spent a good few happy hours reading through this thread this week - a very enjoyable read and thank you for sharing your journey (and at times pain!) Now feeling inspired to resume work on my own - although less inspired to go out to the garage and get cold so it may be desk based stuff for a few weeks until the weather improves The standard you have achieved is so high - i’d be happy if mine was half as good - although given it is N gauge it is only half the size
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