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  1. Talltim

    Cut four pieces of brass tonight, only to find they were all too small...

    1. Hroth

      Hroth

      You know what they say about measuring before cutting*.....

       

      Oh well, they'll probably turn out to be useful for something!

       

      Off to hide in a cupboard as I can't leave the building

       

      * Summarised thus: Measure once, repent at leisure!

       

       

  2. Talltim

    Pop quiz, which railway has a skull and crossbones in its coat of arms/logo

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    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      Should be old Beardys trains....

    3. Northroader

      Northroader

      What about a complete skeleton?

    4. manna

      manna

      Penzance Rail.

  3. Talltim

    Sad. Broke my GWR 150 mug I've had since I was 10 :-(

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    2. locoholic

      locoholic

      There's bound to be one on ebay at some point!

    3. Talltim

      Talltim

      Nor even found a photo of the same one on t’internet

    4. Talltim

      Talltim

      Got a replacment :D

  4. Talltim

    Email attachment blocked - apparently the ECML Railway Investment Choices Draft contains an image that 83% likely to be pornographic

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    2. keefer

      keefer

      must mean it's not total b0ll0cks, just mostly!

    3. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      Aren’t railways sheer p0rn for people like us? :-D

    4. adb968008

      adb968008

      It's probably got too many references about drilling tunnels, erecting pipe work, going bi-modal or use of the second man.

  5. Talltim

    Last regular HST should leave Paddington on Friday 15th February 2019....

    1. Liam

      Liam

      Let's make the most of them while they're here, then.

    2. Dr Gerbil-Fritters

      Dr Gerbil-Fritters

      Wow, I remember regular service starting - was it September 76?

  6. Talltim

    Been reading my favorourite railways book "Railways of Latin America in Historic Postcards" by Christopeher Walker again. Always dangerous for my other modelling projects!

  7. Talltim

    Measure twice print once. Got some parts printed a while ago, realised they were too short so I modified the CAD. Recently tagged the revised parts onto another order only to find that I hadn't re-uploaded the new CAD. Now got two sets of too-short parts. grrr.

    1. bgman

      bgman

      Got that t-shirt !

  8. Talltim

    TWY RDG ANIMAL ON LINE 09:18 TVSC SSM advised the Driver of 1R02 reported a swan on the Down Relief line at Kennet Bridge Jn. The Driver managed to pick up the swan and convey to Reading in the cab. 09:27 Reading MOM advised he is with the swan in the waiting room.

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    2. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      Was it expecting Mallard?

    3. bgman

      bgman

      Swan pie mmmmm

    4. steveNCB7754

      steveNCB7754

      Update! Swan fined for not having a valid ticket (though this may turn out to be a mute point).

  9. Talltim

    Did some modelling for the first time in about 3 months. Only fitting a couple of corner plates and drill some holes for a hand grab, but better than nothing

    1. Londontram

      Londontram

      As my mum used to say "Every little helps said the old lady who piddled in the sea"

  10. Talltim

    Why am I looking at Japanese PlaRail trains on Amazon

    1. Talltim

      Talltim

      There a load of Thomas ones in the loft... They've probably melted

  11. Talltim

    Started watching Code, realised it was Australian 20 seconds in, from the train in the opening sequence...

  12. Talltim

    Can't find my PRR Gondola book :(

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    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Either way, I hope you find it.

    3. dvdlcs

      dvdlcs

      Pennsylvania Rural Railroad?

    4. Talltim

      Talltim

      Found it, it was with my PRR gondola kits

       

  13. Talltim

    16 tiny NBW fitted = 1 evening's work :(

  14. Talltim

    Captain Kernow will approve, the wife got me a sausage making kit!

  15. Talltim

    At the Beaver Scout planning meeting the (female) leader said that she had just bought a train set as her dad had had refused to buy her one when she was young. When asked, I admistted to having a train set, sort of. I didn't add that I was currently researching whether 1870s built Pennsylvania RR GA class fixed bottom gondolas had 5 side stakes or the 6 that the drop bottom version had...

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    2. LNER4479

      LNER4479

      In which case be careful of her asking if you're interested to see her collection of magazines...

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Wonder if his licence is up to date?

    4. 46444

      46444

      What licence?....

  16. Talltim

    Soooo. My Shapeways model seems to be about 50% too big.. AAAAARGH

  17. Talltim

    Drilled 24 holes and fitted 24 banana sockets. Railway modelling at its finest

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      I've never understood why they're called banana plugs when they don't have the same curvature or shape as bananas....

  18. Talltim

    checking out my recent post ratings blue screened my laptop :-(

  19. Talltim

    24 hours at work coming up!

    1. steve22

      steve22

      That's tough. Longest I ever did was twenty one hours. Is yours legal?

    2. Talltim

      Talltim

      Dunno. I had to tell my boss to go home, he had done about 28 hours

  20. Talltim

    So, within 30 seconds of testing my new static grass applicator, I've given myself a shock...

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    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Was the shock that it works so well?!

    3. 3 link

      3 link

      That's really shocking to hear....

    4. Free At Last

      Free At Last

      Did your skeleton light up?

  21. Talltim

    Someone give me

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    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Nope......

    3. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      What do I get in exchange? (and I've got all the sausages I currently require, by the way)

    4. Talltim

      Talltim

      As seems to happen quite often to me on eBay, when I first find out about brass US H0 loco I wuld like, there's quite a few on eBay for resonabl-ish prices. This leads me into a false sense of security, so I don't bid, thinking they are quite common. Then none appear for 3 years (got a saved search) Now one has appeared, in Rails of Sheffield of all places. Its just a bit expensive...

  22. Talltim

    US eBayers not posting abroad srtikes again. He even offered to change it so I could bid, but because it already had bids he couldn't. Would have been prepared to go up another

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      They generally don't like posting outside the US, same as many of us don't like posting out of the UK.

    2. Dazzler Fan

      Dazzler Fan

      The VAT and Royal Mail collection charges at the recipients door in the UK can be a shock!

       

  23. Talltim

    Staff at Chesterfield station had made a bridge out of three wheelchair ramps across floods in the subway this evening

    1. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      XLNT improvisation

  24. Talltim

    Just heard a travel advisor not know how to pronounce Ely. "I think its Ell-ee, or maybe Eel-eye"

    1. Satan's Goldfish

      Satan's Goldfish

      Loledge, all aboard the roflcopter. Learn thy job announcer man.

  25. Talltim

    Northern's Random Unit Generator strikes again! 3 car 158 on the Nottingham - Leeds this morning

    1. 69843

      69843

      Ah, unit roulette.....

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