chris p bacon

He did grow up in Stevenage .....it's pretty much a career path...😀

I'll PM you

I have this Hornby M7 body which is surplus and may be of use to someone. Make me an offer for the body and postage. (2nd class Royal Mail small parcel)

Why on earth did they go to the extra expense of building a detached garage with a 50mm cavity? It doesn’t meet current spec and would have cost more than a simple 9” build.

is your garage part of the house? If so it would explain a cavity, if not I would not expect your garage to be built that way. If you have exterior brick and internal block it may just be 9” construction. If there is a cavity that does not have insulation there may be a reason why not, by using the wrong material you may bridge the cavity allowing moisture into the inner skin. Also you mention a ceiling with insulation above and introducing a heater, again if your garage is part of the house be careful of a build up of moisture/vapour Garage floors are not level and must drain towards the main door. This in case of a fuel leak and stops it pooling inside the garage. Building regs are there for a reason, ignoring them can be costly.

Or Karen has had an injunction put in place.

I used to pop in on Dan, the regular joke was whether Kit’s Lane will ever be finished.

I can’t decide between the large Stirling tender or the smaller Stirling tender.😉

You actually stepped outside of Islington……that was brave 😀

Lovely. Do you mind if I link to your video on the club website.

Use some small pieces of lead, you can use epoxy glue to place it around the loco.

He should have said they were for you, I’ve a couple of other bits I would have thrown in that might have ‘come in handy’.

But it’s not the developers, it’s policy from central government that says we should use other means to travel than a car.

Go straight to the bank.

According to the BoE it’s £174.12.

I must be the odd one out, I’ve only ever made one purchase from Hattons and very rarely looked at the site. I looked about 6 weeks ago and thought the secondhand was overpriced. always sad when people lose their job, but at least it was an orderly closure.

Fax… no wonder no one gets a reply

Trowbridge…. I bet the owner thought he’d gone back in time 😬

Welcome to the forum. There was a similar topic started a couple of months ago which might be informative for you. you have posted this in the ‘model engineering forum’ so I’ll report the post and see if mods can move it to somewhere more relevant

I started off drawing some replacement etches a couple of years ago to help build the jidenco/falcon version but they ended up as a complete kit of parts. The fittings were a bit of a headache as well as so few from the FB kit were suitable. In the end it became unviable to continue.

I’m currently bending and forming some thin zinc for a roof and I thought that was difficult 😀 043 is looking really good 👍

Originally The Eastern Counties railway, which as far as the GN were concerned was to be avoided at all costs. When the Bedford &Cambridge (later LNWR) we’re looking at a way into Cambridge the GN also looked at co-operating so they could avoid Shepreth branch junction.

I would have had a private assessment first before contacting the insurance co. Many garages have a small runabout you can use while they make repairs for less than a hire car. The insurance will seek to recover their costs one way or another so unless it’s written off it might not be worthwhile claiming. on a slightly different topic we have been waiting for 2 months for a power steering pump as supply of some car spares is the proverbial nightmare at present.

About 95% of the drawing is complete but a house move got in the way. I did have a few issues with the valve gear/motion that would be better if they were castings, but the cost was getting silly. I could see a problem with the etching cost being far in excess of what few people who wanted it would want to pay (even at just cost price) so it got put on the back burner. I have been looking at rtr chassis for some of my own projects to try and keep the cost down (if only the GN didn’t have such small boilers) but I don’t know enough about the Clan Goods to know if there is anything out there that could be adapted for use. I’m busy with work and society stuff but I’ll try and find some time to take another look at it and see if I can see a cost effective way forward.

I use Milwaukee 18v impact drivers. Today was making up profiles for the stonemason out of 3”x3” timber with 6” no12 (in old money) screws. No pre-drilling required as they’re powered in faster than a nail. If you used this kit all day you’d realise why they’ve become popular.