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I'm sure they would say - 'yes, you're right' They are not entering a competition on a TV show Richard

which is the opposite of how actual ploughing matches are staged? Richard

Successful?

I imaging the production company has to. Managing three teams of railway modellers must be like herding cats!

I guess is depends. If it is firing photons, no - photons have no mass Richard

That's rather unfair. The objective is to have a running railway for the end of day three, if all the joints corrode and it won't run a week later - that's irrelevant Richard

I have one on my keyboard, it's labelled 'Page Down' together with 'Page Up' Grouped with 'Home' which does exactly the same as the 'Go to the Top of the Page' icon. You can guess what 'End' does What's more, it works on any forum or web page Not on my phone of course, but that's easier to scroll (and harder to see) Richard

I've just checked, and LNWR drawings refer to the component as an arm Which means the GWR component is probably a blade, finger, board, plank... anything but arm Richard

I think the problem with the trees was, you'd limited them to a single forest If you had (somehow*) extended the crochet theme across the whole railway you may have done better. Or totally alienated the judges, I'm not sure which Either way, hopefully you have lost your free 'chauffeur' entry at exhibitions - you deserve better than that Richard *I have no idea too

really cheap materials!

Can you pay too much for the GWR...

Because we run on the left and they run on the right? Richard

This is probably bits of one: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KIT-BUILT-009-NARROW-GAUGE-LOCO-Job-Lot-White-Metal-Kit-Parts-and-set-Wheels/193104172563 Richard

They must have been bloody good at spotting an analogy

Your enthusiasm was wonderful, I must say I was rooting for you tonight Well done on showing this isn't just a male hobby Richard

This series is getting better by the week Richard

Ray guns maybe, like in the book. For projectile weapons you need an uneven tripod to deal with the recoil: Not ideal for striding anywhere Three minutes to episode 3 Richard

Kettering Ironstone bought a rather unusual loco from Sentinel in 1925: https://rcts.zenfolio.com/industrial-and-light/industrial-steam/kettering-iron-coal-co-ltd-kettering-furnaces/ea0fc640e She was a 3' gauge 0-4-4-0 articulated loco, essentially two small Sentinel BE locos permanently linked cab to cab with a single crew. I have just finished my 009 version of this loco: She has a solid brass articulated chassis: I also turned up the wheels: Each half has a layshaft with worm drive to the axles: On end has a Mashima motor driving the layshaft through a belt: and the two halves are linked with a ball and cup thing I got off Ebay: The bodywork is a mixture of styrene sheet and brass turnings: That split in the tank never really resolved itself properly, so at a late stage I had to do a bit of remedial work: Anyway. Here she is: Richard

Hurrah - an opportunity for a new piece of pedantry Those are usually a sennit rather than the usual three strand rope. You can tell by the way the strands cross over each other rather than spiral around Doesn't matter a damn in a model I once found a broken piece on a beach about 5 metres long. I would have taken it for other uses, only it was about 4 inches in diameter and I couldn't carry it! Richard

Something else. These small cords don't behave quite the same as the full size ropes and lines they are trying to represent. Basically, they are not as flexible or 'heavy' enough, so they don't lie flat or hang right I've found wetting them with dilute PVA helps them to take the right shape and then set Richard

Oh lumme...

This stuff?: https://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/show/item/1RGVM-GG Richard