Steadfast

Vulcan just lapped Chippenham 4 times. Manages a couple of photos on the final pass too. Nice!

Whatley Endeavour is now Kenneth John Witcombe, dedicated to a Hanson shunter who passed away shortly after retiring. Nice.

Photographing a train on the way home from work, that two hours previously I'd prepared and examined. Satisfying :-)

Researching the next project...bogie frames. That's one less thing that's common across the class 59 fleet! Minefield springs to mind,

Remember, the internet isn't TOPS. F8 doesn't page down. Page Down does page down. I do like TOPS 2000 though. Got CTT release off to a tee now :-D

Class 66 doors: slam, slam, clunk, slam, bang, clunk, slam. Still won't shut. Class 59: shuts first time. Sums up the difference between them nicely!

Rules passed today. Can I call myself a railwayman now? :-D

Mythbusters meets breaking bad. Ohhhhhh yeah!

Railwayman has a nice ring to it...

Los Pollos Hermanos

Die Bahn is sehr gut.

DB 143 and a push pull set both won on Ebay tonight for a very fair price. Will it be the start of a German layout? Hmmmm

Shattered from a long day out with Rods_of_Revolution. Went to Banbury to photograph the Chiltern loco hauled stuff. Not been sat on a train at 07.25 before... :-o

DB has a lot to answer for. Why am I getting ideas for a layout filled with 143s, 146s and other such locos on double deck stock! Photos from K

Dad heard a Pink Floyd interview on the radio today where Nick Mason said they don't get recognised and he can shop in Sainsburys without being spotted. I've spotted him. I've moved him to a quieter till. Not gone "aren't you the bloke with the Ferraris?" Though :-)

Every day the infernal ipad does more to wind me up. Current favourite trick is the blue loading bar on the internet sitting at about 10% for no apparent reason. Either magically resolves after 5 minutes or so, or you need to turn it off and back on. I presume the apple fan boys don't get issues like this...

Lee Mack in Bournemouth tomorrow. Feeling well rough but looking forward to it immensely

Managed to snap the fluid nozzle on the airbrush earlier...15 quid for a replacement tiny bit of brass. Replacement on the way, along with a load of masking tape, Flexi-files and brushes nearly fifty quid later.... :-)

Paypal makes me angry. I don't want to sign in, I simply want to use the credit card for a one off payment...So I've had to link the debit card to my Paypal. Yay. Just waiting for card fraud again now :-(

Mackenzie and Gilbert...who'd have thunk? Ahhhh Neil and the water park scene...errr nooooooo!

GTA Online. Spend ages chasing a bounty. $1000. Seriously? Always the way :-)

Anyone else out there play racing games? Am I the only one who really hates reverse versions of real tracks?

My least favourite part of respraying a Farish 60...painting the light clusters black always seems to take far longer than it should

New skill acquired today...changing fiddly VW headlamp bulbs. So much for the scare stories online of removing bumpers and not getting the bulbs to fit properly. Less than fifteen minutes to do both sides, including sussing the locking mechanism

Vorsprung durch Technick. http://youtu.be/_3u_14CXSDg