The Fatadder

I think this weekend I will need to do a thorough tidy of the railway room/study to try and find it.  The glazing fell out of a voyager I was fitting new lights to (over the past 6 months or so) and was put away somewhere safe until I was ready to reassemble...

I found it eventually, safe in the corner of the workbench.   Must get the crank pin washers soldered on before I loose it again

Thanks for confirming my expectation, I have a b&w photo of the star Class branding which looked white but wanted to check....

Found it, just a shame it wasted an hours modelling time looking...

on the plus side I found the missing window etch for my DRS 20/3 that I needed at Warley...

I'm going to brave the garage tomorrow afternoon to spray some coaches and the Manor, far too hot to work on the layout.

Im missing a trick, must go through my detailed limited editions and stick the box and certificate on ebay!

I think a lot will depend on whether I have the motor and gearbox I am thinking of. Money saved there can definitely be invested in the wheels

I like the smiths 3links / instanters but always found the screw links looked really wrong. Will have a play with these Masokits ones this evening and see how I get on. The only coupling needed witll be between the loco and lead / last wagon as the rest will stay perminantly coupled in the fiddleyard

Either way they will need building, as if nothing else there are plenty of locos for Brent that need them. Longer term I think I need something else as it’s not really practical in the constraints of the layout. There just isn’t really enough time to do anything about it by Saturday week

The second pair took less time at least, very fiddly but they do look rather good once done.

True, got back home today to find an Amazon parcel left on my doorstep, at least RM took it round the back!

The benefits of Sainsburys being a 5 min walk from the office...

Somewhere....

I have a feeling I must have at some stage bought a pack of US kaydees without box

I just can’t understand how I’ve ended up with a box containing 20 coupling heads and springs 6 lower boxes and no lids

It should say Masokits, although my autocorrect has other ideas

Now set to download...

Only to leave it in Devon by mistake

Not such of a fan of the heat, though getting out on the water sounds an ideal solution!

I like your thinking, it almost convinces me to go out to the garage this evening and make a start on ballasting Brent. Almost.....

true, but I have never seen this happen before, must be yet another shift of balance from seller to buyer. Typically everytime in the past I have bid and regretted it I have not been able to retract. in this case both items were as described, with an opening bid at £25. I don't see how someone can retract on that.....

I was looking through my blogs today, and realized I have hardly touched Brent this year. Hoping warmer weather will spur me back out into the garage...

Where are you off to?

I’m sure there was a article on one of the ski pages I read about a French guy still skiing in his late 80s

Before I can go again I need to convince my wife that I am responsible enough to not injure myself, a slight issue when last time I broke 3 ribs trying to brake the 60moh barrier.

I’m sure there was a article on one of the ski pages I read about a French guy still skiing in his late 80s

Before I can go again I need to convince my wife that I am responsible enough to not injure myself, a slight issue when last time I broke 3 ribs trying to brake the 60moh barrier.

I just wish there were era specific packs of the HMRS transfers, so frustrating to have a bunch of leftover pre war lining and nothing left post war. Still at least they can be chopped up as boiler lining so more useful than the loco branding transfers