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  1. Steve Taylor

    turn it up, bring the noise. An evening of man-stuff beckons after kitchen chores. P'raps tonight I may progress a wagon, design a roof or a coal cell or contemplate my navel. The future is full of limitless possibilities

  2. Steve Taylor

    nearly finished the proccessing backlog .... soon time to get back to CADing a signalbox, 3 yrs to the day from when i did the site measurements. Another three years and i may have the thing built, or possibly just mocked up (in my head!)

  3. Steve Taylor

    I may consider becoming Welsh: the beer is tastier and doesn't hurt the following day. Plus work keeps exporting me there. Greetings from Llandovery

    1. Danemouth

      Danemouth

      As I saw on a tee-shirt - "There are only two types of people - those who are Welsh and those that wish they were Welsh" :-)

    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      No mention of sheep?

  4. Steve Taylor

    I may consider becoming Welsh: the beer is tastier and doesn't hurt the following day. Plus work keeps exporting me there. Greetings from Llandovery

  5. Steve Taylor

    now this is what a 4 day holiday is for..... the management has painted the kitchen and i'm spending the day fiddling with the half-built kits pile and willing it to shrink

  6. Steve Taylor

    .....bump and 3-2-1 back to reality. Shopping.

  7. Steve Taylor
    caw blimey, impressive in its own right but what a hint at the layout that should accompany it! Btw has anyone ever done, or got the information to do Darlington South, Northallerton or S&D Crossing? I have half an inclination to do a standalone model of one of these. Michnick - how do you did you do the downpipes on "SallyField Jct SB"? I like the way the curve forms round the corner, is it wire?
  8. Steve Taylor

    ooh those thrilling details, counting up the dentils! But..... not a scrap of real work in sight, lurking, looming or menacing. Bliss.

  9. Steve Taylor

    why does I-Cal not say when easter is? I'm not religious, but it would help to know when it is and therefore why editors are panicking.

    1. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      I subscribed to a calendar containing such dates.

    2. sixteen 12by 10s

      sixteen 12by 10s

      Look, the date for Easter is easily worked out, it's the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox.

    3. Debs.

      Debs.

      16x12x10: That`s easy to calculate then! :-)

  10. Steve Taylor
    ..... hmmm the laser display board is on the blink and I'm fairly certain that even given a major increase in gravity the tumble dryer trying to mate with the washing machine would not look like that. Former for an external cylinder wrapper seems close.
  11. Steve Taylor
    excellent - I shall extend running to post 1958 just for these ..... and to save building so many bloody gresley things and doing valve gear
  12. Steve Taylor

    OiiOiiOi - Brian Cox! If you are so chuffing clever ..... find me a way to put more days in the week, and make it happen three weeks ago

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    2. Grafarman

      Grafarman

      My relatives take up more time than most...

    3. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      still waiting for the 36 hour day. Only so I can do the same amount of modelling but have a lie in AND slob in front of the telly drinking beer for longer....

    4. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      hmmmmmmm, so what we really need is..... the three-day day? OOOOOOIIIIIiiiiii Cox: SORT IT

  13. Steve Taylor
    Monochrome for the pre-grouping if not all layouts? How do we know there was colour before kodak? (I freely own up to stealing an idea from Calvin & Hobbs)
  14. Steve Taylor
    Or..... period dress only. To view a layout you must be appropriately dressed for that layout: 1960's end of steam means brylcream and nylon or beetle suits, pre-grouping means frock coats and high collars and so on. Admission to the hall: free, use of changing facilities + cloakroom(well think of the number of outfits): overpriced (but only announced once the old outfit has been removed/peeled/steamed off). Now please let nobody do a layout based upon a fictional GWR branch next to a naturist beach set in Cumbernauld.
  15. Steve Taylor
    hehe, the whole of Crewe in a Bergen with the fiddle yards as add-ons in the bed roll and worm-bag?
  16. Steve Taylor
    Huzzah for Iconoclasm and the questioning of orthodoxy. More power to the curious mind.
  17. Steve Taylor

    bridge to engine room: make revolutions for full ahead. I've 4 chassis to do before I have to give back the techno jig. Best get a move on.

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    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Would that be Mrs. Trellis from North Wales?

    3. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      well lets be honest any fruitcake from anywhere would be welcome, though north wales's Mrs T and the ghost of Humph would be excellent. Clue vol3 has helped through 8 blocks and guides, 4 spacesavers and twelve min-blocks.

    4. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      question to self: always overstock on small stuff by at least 50% to one engines worth to allow for mangling and launching or glue everything to the desk before starting?

  18. Steve Taylor

    bridge to engine room: make revolutions for full ahead. I've 4 chassis to do before I have to give back the techno jig. Bet get a move on.

  19. Steve Taylor

    self-propelled 4mm handrail knobs: the fastest thing known to man, with the best camouflage bar none. Perhaops they could be the basis for a UK moonshot attempt?

    1. richbrummitt

      richbrummitt

      I find that these things (not limited to handrail knobs) tend to be powered by my ineptitude with the holding device.

    2. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      I fully agree that if those bloody small items must be self-propelled in the first place, they should at least propel themselves into their proper location! :-D

  20. Steve Taylor
    slainte and good health sir
  21. Steve Taylor
    interesting and as thorough as ever, and from my point of view the subject matter is ironically topical having spent part of yesterday on the sidelnes of a "discussion" regarding the sizes and fixings of the 12:1' gutters and downpipes forthe refurbishment of Swithland. Thanks again for sharing the details, this is shaping up to be a nice little reference section. Cheers Steve
  22. Steve Taylor
    I'm intrigued by this helicon focus business - must get around to giving a go. I agree wholedheartedly, some of the old glass was fantastic - a shame really that work went over to canon and i lost access to my old nikon stuff, you're dead right the 35 and 85 primes were awesome. Couldn't agree more - there are no longtermers in digi, cameras die and go and are not remembered with any great fondness whereas i miss my fm2 and RB, and even on masochistic days a 5x4 sinar. Hohumm progress eh?
  23. Steve Taylor
    out of interest, what frame is the etch intended to represent? Cheers Steve
  24. Steve Taylor
    Always intriguing to see other people's solutions. Personally I use a 055 CF with the centre turned horizontal as in your pic and a set of counter weights (made from some switch spacer blocks - came free on a recovery job and can be slotted onto the legs and jammed there if i forget the clamps). To get into the deluxe anorak mode..... is that the 28-70 AFS? Thats one of the reasons I regret going over to Canon, lovely glass. Know what you mean about manfroto's build quality though: dodgy castings Cheers again Steve
  25. Steve Taylor

    Oh woe, Arthur Miller's missing work "death of a cafetiere" has turned up here

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