Taz

Thanks, yep. I’ve got that DVD so will be referring to it when I get a pen. Hoping I could get a handle on how to use transfers in the meantime (probably won’t be getting a lining pen until Scalefour at the earliest). B.

Hi, I am trying to line some coaches (crimson & cream at the moment, but BR maroon coaches are to follow). Any advice on how to get them straight? I’ve been playing around with them but still can’t get them fully straight and all the fiddling is causing tears and damage. I think long term I will have to get a lining pen and practice with that. Thanks in advance.

Cool. The 0553 from Plymouth is one of my regular runs up to the smoke so hopefully won’t be long before I get to try one out.

https://youtu.be/p-3e0EkvIEM

Ah, the jet set lifestyle of the retired....

Yep, that is the 9v one. The first generation of Lego electric train was 12v and used a pair of ‘third rails’ down the centre of the track. The controller for this is what Talltim has shown. Then they changed to 2 rail at 9v with metal tracks. More recently this has been discontinued and current trains are battery powered and controlled by infrared.

They are 9v and I use one to power my set track ‘running in’ circle.

I went to Eurodisney from Ashford two weeks ago. Refurbed 373 on the way out. Original 373 on the way back. The refurb train seemed to be in good nick but the train for the return journey was very tired with lots of broken trim etc.

I’ve enjoyed the series but I was a bit confused with the latest episode stating that the coach was one of only two from Queen Victoria’s trains. I had been led to believe that Rail Holiday at St Germans had a coach from her Diamond Jubilee train (still to be restored). Indeed, when I stayed there in March I was shown around it and it will be very impressive when finished.

Many thanks. I thought that might be the case but it’s always worth checking. Interior photos of standard 1st class compartments seem to be thin on the ground.

Hi, Could anyone tell me if Bulleid coaches with 1st class compartments (specifically I’m building D2552 FK & D2320 CK) had curtains? If so, what colour would they have been in early BR days? Many thanks.

Count me in

At Heathrow:

Professor Higgins at the University of Sydney was giving a lecture on 'Involuntary Muscle Contraction' to the first year medical students. This was not an exciting subject and the professor decided to lighten up the mood. He pointed to a young woman in the front row and asked, 'Do you know what your arseh0le is doing while you're having an 0rgasm?' She replied, 'Probably golfing with his mates.’ It took 45 minutes to restore order in the classroom.

I have had enough!!!! We'll never help anyone again......EVER!! I'm too kindhearted, or I'm too stupid.... Yesterday it was so cold out that we took a man into our home out of the kindness of our heart. I felt so sorry for him. Poor thing was trembling out in the cold, but this morning he had just vanished. Not a word...not even a goodbye or a thank you for sheltering him!! The last straw?!?! When I realized he had peed all over the living room floor!!! That's the thank you I get for being good to people?!?!?! Now I'm going to warn my friends to watch out for this man! He is heavy set, wearing nothing but a scarf, he has a nose that looks like a carrot, two black eyes, and his arms are so skinny they look like sticks!!! Don't bring him into your house!! What a huge mess he made on the floor.

Cor, my first ever post on RMWeb.Nearly ten years ago and I'm still no further forward on my plans for that fish train.....

Herr Baron, You are without doubt the nuttiest genius I have ever met

£25 for one you can get or £15 for one you will never see

Both myself and Nick would like to attend so see you there

The scandal was that whilst many of us do our best to minimise our expense claims (shopping around for cheapest hotel etc) many MPs went out of their way to maximise what they could claim. May not have been illegal in the vast majority of cases but certainly wasn't ethical and not becoming of a public servant.

You were looking at her eyes........

I agree with almost all you have said there except 2015 under PR could have given us a Tory/ukip/DUP coalition which arguably could have been even more right wing. No easy answers to this politics malarkey

Fair enough. I should have added the caveat 'appear to have'. Everyone of the major parties except the lib dems increased their vote in 2015.But look how that translated into seats. I'm not a betting man but if I was I would think Labour are in for a poor showing this June. That would indicate they aren't delivering a message which resonates with the general public. I think they are falling into the trap of preaching to the converted. Unfortunately that won't win them an election. Of course I could be completely wrong and we could have a shock result on 8th June. If so I'll happily admit I'm wrong.

Indeed, that is how I have based my voting decisions all my adult life. A sad state of affairs if you ask me.....