The Fatadder

The problem I have is forgetting what it was I was looking for before I find it. 

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...

My garage is full of all sorts of stuff  " put in a safe place " trouble is I don't seem to have used that place on a regular basis .

My F-I-L was excessively tidy.- In his workshop /shed even the spiders knew their place!

Try looking for something else.... mostly works for me!

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

Everybody’s looking for something...

Rich, Airfix B Sets pop up frequently on the Bay and other places like Hatton's pre-owned page. The last lot I bought from Hatton's, for exactly the same reason, were GBP 5 per coach. I've also picked up Bachmann Colletts for not much more than that, to get 9ft bogies.

I've got some spare whitemetal sides if they're any use? 

Mike

White, I have a photo somewhere.

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...

Before you do, Rich, just consider the ease of fitment and relative reliability of the Markits wheels. Will you still be thinking about the cost in 5 years time?

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 use Smiths 3-links more or less 'as they come', Robin and their screw links, albeit I make my own shackles, using an annealed brass lacemakers pin as the basis. I might reduce the size of the hook slightly, if I'm in the mood for it, but for exhibition use, I find that I need a reasonable 'target area' to get the loop of the adjacent coupling over.

I started off with PC Models couplings which look nice and are an appropriate size. Since I ran out I've bought a few Smiths- the Smiths are oversized but at least I can see them. The only thing I wonder about Smiths is that the hooks stick out as far as the buffers and I fear when sprung buffers get compressed I might end up with a locking problem when pushing wagons

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

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

Its usually Yodel or Hermes that play that trick, though they usually consider the wheelie bin a suitable location...

My postman scribbles something indecipherable on one of your letters which is meant to read "Parcel at number..." or whatever. Have the red cards been abolished as a cost cutting measure?

Don't worry dear, I'll do the shopping...for the third time this week. If that doesn't pose questions, I don't know what will!

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

Every little helps

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

There will be a box with six lids in it somewhere.

Somewhere....

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

LOL. I might have one somewhere; I bought three of them at one stage...

Alternatively, just follow my assembly photos from here: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/image/11571-masokits-sprung-tender-underframe-etch/

Markits make sprung chassis? That's news to me.

It should say Masokits, although my autocorrect has other ideas

Only to leave it in Devon by mistake

You just wait until you start doing this with Ultrascales!

Don't mess with those glue guns or you could come unstuck

And don't pick your nose afterwards.

Or go to the toilet

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.....

Better a bid withdrawn than a non payer.

bids can be cancelled at any time up till 12 hours before auction ending (I think)