Stubby47

That was lucky. There's not much meat on a hamster.

But could generate enough electricity to power a small layout using its little wheel.

useful for a monorail as it could power the wheel itself!

No a secret pixie !

It's piskie, not pixie... and I was neither.

Hayle.....and hearty.

I'll be there

Oh blast 3 weeks too late for me.

Have a nice time!

Hopefully you've got the weather; had a couple of fantastic runs up the banks in glorious sunshine a few weeks ago behind a volcanic 56xx.

It's cold, grey, threatening to rain and so busy they are adding another coach to the train

What about the Wuppertalbahn?

Yep, many thanks

Stu, The groove in the sheave will be intended for a rope, ie. a half circle profile. may need modification to run satisfactory on rail if to be drive wheels on your Monorail. Sorry to be a damp squib!!

Don, quite right and am expecting that a tweak might be needed.

Are you taking the necessary components for the cream teas up with you, Stu, or will you contract out to the local suppliers?

No, Cornish products only.

You'll have a refridgerated van in the consist, then?

Nope ? Didn't think so.

Is that some sort of coders' conference?

Yes, based on Agile best practices, with 20+ speakers over 2 days, with a beach party in the evening.

This guy likes trains...

lego version as well

Lovely route, hopefully as our kids grow up we'll be able to make a return trip without towing them!

Hope you're avoiding the rain - some very lumpy showers in Devon

Glorious day, awful bikes, now completely knackered.

.......but not soaked!

Wot!, no sausages!?

Good choice

With parsnips?

Enjoy and take some photos.

We've now got the rain - how are things down there Stu?

Not enough rain. The fields are parched, as is the garden :-(

Sun has just come out... After rain & mizzle all day.

what app is that?

Bet you don't find them all first time!!

Book Catalogue, by Evan Leyburn.

Well, the prezzy turns out to be a low temp Stirling Engine.

It sits on top of my coffee and 'chugs' away!

I got some paints, a shirt, chocolate, credit on my Kernow account and a Dad's music CD set ( background music whilst modelling). Birthday within a fortnight - what else do I want ???

..more of those kids by the sound of it!

No, no, yes, sort of...

No but yes but no but yes but...

I thought Stubby47 was buying them for CK to scoff anyway.

Socks ... you can never have too many socks

Another 45xx Stu..

7mm track gauges....

nah mate. What you need is Chard Junction Dairy complex with Industrial Shunter.

Have you consulted the Domestic Goddess?

You won't be able to play with it under your bed be sensible!

Railex for me too.

Already there helping my son with his layout else I'd volunteer

Thanks anyway gents, I'm sure someone will volunteer. I'm not asking No.2 son as he'll be in the middle of his GCSEs.

Tomorrow I have the last 7'9" Concrete Post to sink then hang two gates creosote the fences and I might get round to some ballasting before going back to work.

Couldn't you say your tools are locked in the boot?

Get ya airbrush out then !

What's a bathroom then?

Cut a rectangular piece out of the trim, solve the mechanism problem, open the door, remove rest of trim and use double sided tape to fix the trim back with a reinforcing piece behind.

Skipepsi - that is exactly my plan. SWMBO was in bed today after her night shift, so I opted not to make a start to keep the cursing & swearing to a minimum...

If the mechanism is beyond repair/ parts missing then plan b and baler twine is required...

Can't be worse than a scale toilet, though.

Scale toilets ( I have moved on, you know) don't necessarily have to work, or even have all the wheels on the ground together...

Ah, but you'll always be remembered at your convenience.

No, need to placate SWMBO with gifts from 'the kids'...

see if you hadn`t given your blood away, you wouldn`t need to come on a train forum looking for bl00dy forum to get it ha ha..

Tsk! Kids eh? - Thats the problem - you have to do everything for 'em nowadays....