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47 minutes ago, PMP said:
The ventilation issue is a myth. The problem is down to the chemical composition of the material. Some studies found a relative humidity below 60% would help reduce the effects of rot.
However the UK has a maritime temperate climate with relative humidity on average of around 75% so ‘ventilating’ them exposes them to worse conditions than ideal. If you want to minimise the environmental effects you need to store them at under 60% which in the UK would mean an air conditioning environment.OK, I'll rephrase ;
"with no ventilation"
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"in the incorrect environment for the relavant materials".
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29 minutes ago, Hobby said:
Being crashed perhaps, but only the new version has been tested. Unless you can point us to the tests on the old one?
TBH though I worry about people who regard other road users as dispensible.
If you read my post you will see where I've already pointed interested parties.
The "LR circles" remark was tongue in cheek - this forum really does need a TIC smiley.
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3 hours ago, 30801 said:
Not convinced physics regards Land Rovers in quite the same way.
You can quote as much physics as you can find but I still would not want to be in the back of the Volvo (which does not appear to me to be part of the safety cage).
LR's are pretty hefty vehicles & if you google image search you will find many images of LR's being crash tested.
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The Johnster has made a good point about storage or use.
Use it or lose it may be the key, what's the betting those models (or at least a good proportin of them) that have suffered the dreaded rot have been in storage with no ventilation ?
Good point also about why European locomotives cost more than UK ones - all the new Roco locomotives I've seen recently are made in the UK. A lot of their rolling stock is made in Vientnam.
Maybe, "toy trains" are designed for a limited life/useage span - like cars, & they cost a lot more !
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1 hour ago, 30801 said:
I wouldn't be too sure about a car that has studiously avoided any sort of public crash testing...
It's widely regarded in LR circles (real Land Rovers, the ones with chassis) that "the other car is your crumple zone).
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SR71 made a good point about contamination.
Could the (probably) increased use of recycled materials contribute to the issue ?
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21 hours ago, Quarryscapes said:
For your crumple zone chat I give you: Volvo C30 steel yield strengths. Grey is particularly weak, blue is average steel, getting more and more exotic from yellow through pink. Pink is the kind of stuff you get in high tensile bolts. Notice how the main cabin area is built to be tough, with the rest of the car pretty much sacrificial.
Would not want to be sitting in the back if rear-ended by a Land Rover.
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21 hours ago, Moxy said:
Did they also do a Vanden Plas version with a Miss Piggy Nose ?
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1 hour ago, ardbealach said:
Saw this sign still there last week at Cheshire Oaks Retail Park of a sadly missed store. [Alisdair]
Despite their outragious prices for componant parts they were handy for the bits you needed the same day & could not wait for mail order.
Our local one had old "old boy" who knew his stuff (he was a radio ham), a young guy who did not know a lot but was helpful & would find out both these gius were always cheerful.
The manager however, knew nothing about the products or how to deal with customers & was borderline insolent & a very miserable inividual at the best of times.
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Thanks for all those great images.
The model railway is starting to look very sad in places, it is something like 40 years old though & must be due for a refresh.
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On 20/06/2022 at 21:17, kryten65 said:
Progress continues at Chipping Warden, albeit slightly slower than planned but it's a long way from somewhere like done, this is a good example of how the construction goes, first the team put a number of central piers in place, then the same number of arch wall units, then roof sections
Then the crane moves back across to do the arch walls and roof units and repeat ad infinitum..
There are units with additional purposes, there will be central piers with ducts to allow airflow to move between the bores and emergency escape doors to allow evacuation for a stopped trains passengers to be taken away from any potential situation.
The excavation progresses along 150m to the right of the picture, where they need to break out a thick strata of rock, before getting down to the required level, I'll try and get a pic of this work if anyone is interested
Please excuse what is almost certainly a stupid question.
Are thees concrete sections fixed to the concrete base or will the sheer weight of the infil keep them in place ?
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4 hours ago, Matt C said:
1) picked up under the eyes of the customer, due to number probably on a pallet
2) unloaded at hub and sorted to 'areas' under the eyes of supervisors and bosses
3) loaded onto pallets or cages for transport in trailer to re!avent hub for final delivery
4) unloaded and sorted for delivery ( bosses watching)
4A) placed on shelf in customer collection area
5) loaded on small van with someones car parts thrown on top then driven round and round like an excocet at 90 miles an hour, taking corners on two wheels, by some nutjob trying to make up time as hes late out with too many deliveries ( been there, done that, never again thanks)
My choice if possible as a customer is always 4A 🤪
Sorry ! Not meaning to give those still waiting palpatations ! I'm sure yours will be handled like a delacate egg 😆
I admire your faith in 2 > 4.
Parcels are not a;ways on pallets or cages.
Collecting from the hub only eliminates 5.
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10 hours ago, Vistisen said:
Don't forget that the coupling will only attach to other Icoaches
& it run out of fuel very quickly.
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11 hours ago, Matt C said:
AND your not getting it chucked about in a small Van 🤪
But it's already been thrown about & maybe at the bottom of a full demountable body in a large truck.
I've done agency driving for one of the big "good" parcels outfits.
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12 hours ago, Bucoops said:
For 8 times the real value.
& of course you would have to run the models on tracks from the same company, because they would be something like 15mm gauge & not compatable with anything else.
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3 hours ago, great central said:
That's an 1800 or 2200 'landcrab' someone else may be able to tell the exact model.
Memory playing tricks again...........
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3 hours ago, Ron Ron Ron said:
Wind turbine blades can and are being recycled.
Up to now, relatively few of these blades have been withdrawn from use, as time expired or damaged, but within the next 5 to 10 years, that number will increase significantly.
As such, there’s a fair bit of industrial R&D going into finding useful, cost effective and environmentally beneficial second uses for them.
Potentially, there’s a lot of money to be made out of these things.
Up to now, the primary use has been in cement processing, which is claimed to save money and a load of CO2 in its manufacture.
Some of HS2’s viaducts and bridges will be constructed with concrete made with this sort of cement.
However, there are many other varied uses either being employed today, or being developed, to recycle the blades either through mechanical, chemical or thermal (e.g. pyrolysis) processes.
Through the process of mechanical recycling, wind turbine blades can be shredded and separated to obtain a granulate for embedding into skis, furniture and shower trays.
I recall one process of combining recycled CF from these blades, with nano materials, which can then be used in the 3D printing of car parts.
A number of R&D projects have found other workable applications, but have yet to reach commercial viability, due to for example, the cost of thermal recycling processes such as pyrolysis.
It sounds like a whole new, multi-billion dollar industry is being created..
I forgot to use <AFAIK> in my original comment.
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Judging by the amount you see in the backgrounds the Maxi was a pretty popular car in its day.
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10 hours ago, Wolf27 said:
Hi Fran, my Deltic train has been seriously damaged on my train set. I don’t know how to repair it. Send me a new one please. I was just running it and it came off the track and it’s broken. It didn’t hit anything like a bit of dead conifer or something and my train track is perfect. I think the train is the problem
You could do with a couple of 4mm Supermen for those railgaps (taller ones for the winter).
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On 17/06/2022 at 10:32, kevinlms said:
What difference does it make? All motorised vehicles have identification plates and that doesn't stop umpteen videos on Youtube of poor driving.
Well, it give drivers the opportunity to report cyclists to the authorities.
However, if you wish to use video evidence for any form of legal action it should not be put into the public domain prior to any legal action.
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18 hours ago, Hobby said:
Dependant on their age, chip shop waste oil? Certainly stuff from the 60s, 70s and even maybe 80s could.
Old "plodders" will run on almost anything as long as it's filtered.
I would think that anything devoid of electronics/euro strangulation would be OK too.
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14 hours ago, stewartingram said:
When I started driving, it cost me near enough a fiver to fill my tank. My weekly wage, before any stoppages, was £3.06.
That's only 3/5 of my tank filled, (and before tax etc).
What's the weekly wage now?
Lots of people don't realise how cheap petrol really is....
£4, 17 shillings & 6pennies a week before stoppages.
£1 would buy you "4 gallons (real ones) of 4*" & the man in the brown coat would return from the kiosk with some change & a fistful of Green Shield Stamps.
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1 hour ago, Ian Smeeton said:
Driver responsible for securing load & supervising ?
Regards
Ian
Indeed, the driver is responsible for supervising the loading & securing the load, probably just as well he did not manage to get moving onto the road (unless..............).
Actually surprised the Focus did not collapse completly.
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11 hours ago, 30801 said:
The downside is you need the arms of a gibbon if you want to give the windscreen a quick wipe.
Or one of these ;
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There will always be an image/link to show another POV.
However, the Series Land Rover could probably be repaired in an afternoon by a couple of half-compenent home mechanics with a decent tool kit - no welding required either & it would not be written off.
Actually, IMHO, the military style bumper has done it's job - it has deformed absorbing the impact preventing further damage. Also, the exposed tyre will have absorbed what was left of the impact. The wing looks bad but it is aluminium.
& before anyone else jumps in I do appreciate that the F/N/S chassis rail may be damaged.
As for the chassisless "Land Rover", well, considering that it impacted a solid imovable object with very little (if any) give...............
I'd still prefer to be in any Land Rover than the rear seats of the Volvo - especially as the safety cage only appears to go as far as the "B" pillar.