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On 17/03/2024 at 00:54, St Enodoc said:
Boyo.
On 17/03/2024 at 07:43, NHY 581 said:I see, Welsh speaker izzit ?
On 17/03/2024 at 08:35, St Enodoc said:Pike.
Definitely on the list - and I understand that Philip Madoc was a Welsh speaker (excellent actor, too).
This probably came in useful when filming "A Mind to Kill" - the English and Welsh versions of episodes were reputed to have been filmed one version immediately after the other.
I must admit that I liked the dry humour in the English versions which found their way onto Channel 5 the other decade.
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18 hours ago, 97406 said:
A shame the tickets can't be purchased now, I was rather hoping it would have been like the Donny show where they were available right up to the event. Nevertheless, hoping to pay a visit on Sunday down from the E. Midlands if all goes well. Looking forward to it.
When I looked the other day, there seemed to be 2 links - one saying that tickets were no longer available - the other allowing ticket purchases.
I wasn't in a position to order at the time - but I believe the link allowing ticket purchases is still active.
You might need to look around different parts of this site to find the "real" link.
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15 hours ago, Huw Griffiths said:
I always thought one test for "proper job" pasties was what people do with the crust (running along said pasties like an external spine).
Of course, it's always possible that this might have more to do with where / when / how the pasties are consumed ... .
4 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:At the RMWeb dos, there's not usually much evidence left to inform the Pasty Consumption Investigators...
Probably fair comment. I'm unlikely to find out for myself.
Unfortunately, in past years, shortcomings in public transport provision have meant that, however much I wanted to attend this event, it hasn't worked out for me.
This year, history looks like repeating itself. As some people know, there are also other factors - which I'd prefer not to talk about in open forum - so, again, I can't see any way I'd be able to attend this year's event. That's right - you won't have to put up with me.
(I know that some people have "misunderstood" me when I've mentioned this in the past - but, as always, I want the event to be a resounding success. I'm sure it will be - this might be despite my absence or because of it - I'm not in a position to decide ... !)
Anyway, let's return to the pasties (that's right - thinking about food). I get the impression that, when they were eaten by tin miners, it was not exactly unknown for them to be held (using mucky hands) by the crust (which would then be discarded).
Of course, it's possible that I might be very much mistaken - this wouldn't be the first time.
However, this was the basis for my comment about what people do with the crust on a pasty.
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On 10/03/2024 at 22:29, St Enodoc said:
Cake - no problem. Pasty - probably not. Hard to come by round here and if you do find one it really isn't worth the search.
I always thought one test for "proper job" pasties was what people do with the crust (running along said pasties like an external spine).
Of course, it's always possible that this might have more to do with where / when / how the pasties are consumed ... .
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On 06/03/2024 at 11:07, SteveCole said:
It's nearly here! The London Festival of Railway Modelling at Alexandra Palace will take place over the weekend of March 16 & 17! For more information about the event, including a full list of the amazing layouts and trade stands that will be in attendance, click here.
To book tickets, please click here. Remember, by booking your ticket in advance you save money and can access the show from 9.30am (it's 10am if you pay on-the-door).
Just to confirm, are tickets bought from this link of the "print at home" variety - or do they save to mobile phones?
At this moment, family issues etc mean that I don't know if I'll be able to attend this year - same goes for certain other shows.
If I'm unable to decide until a day or two before, I'd prefer not to be reliant on the mail ... .
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On 07/02/2024 at 17:42, D7063 said:
A little something for the evening.. for anyone that needs to charge their Hymek batteries :) Though there is no mention of diesel hydraulics in the advert - just diesel electrics!!!! If this company are still going I wonder if they have diversified into electric vehicle charging?
An article elsewhere on the internet makes for interesting reading:
http://www.richardsradios.co.uk/legg.html
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55 minutes ago, Hroth said:
A "shoddy shed" sounds like a description of my normal modelling capabilities....
I suspect that they might not be that woolly ... .
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1 hour ago, 30801 said:
One of the many stories floating about on this subject was one about raising the age limit to 60.
Will be watching Dad's Army for training purposes...
Cue a well known song, with new lyrics: "Who do you think you are kidding, Mr. Putin ...". OK - perhaps not.
1 hour ago, Jeremy Cumberland said:Rumour in Carlisle has it that McVitie's is planning an invasion of Crawford's. I expect they are trying to gauge how many biscuit-lovers will rally to their banner.
AKA the Battle of Garibaldi?
26 minutes ago, Hroth said:Military service training will be one of the "compulsory" opportunities offered to Universal Credit claimants at JobCentreDoublePlusGood...
Sounds like something some chap by the name of Blair might have recognised. As you've probably worked out, I'm not referring to Anthony Charles Lynton Blair - but Eric Arthur Blair.
Incidentally, I always thought the jokeshops talk in terms of mandatory "opportunities" (which very few sane people would actually wish to take them up on).
3 minutes ago, black and decker boy said:Can we offshore the war like we are doing with refugees and carbon emissions and just send a cheque with our love and thanks?
Conscription for 18-21yrd olds could just be marketed as paid gap year international travel (who reads the small print about guns, bullets & bombs?)
Somehow, I suspect that a number of their parents would ... .
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5 hours ago, F-UnitMad said:
I'm not sure if BRM is still carrying that tagline of "The only model railway magazine you need" or words to that effect, but I'm allergic to that sort of patronising hyperbole, too, & find it very off putting. In my case, it is also incredibly inaccurate!!
I seem to recall a different magazine having a tagline of "for the average enthusiast".
Personally, I don't worry too much about magazine taglines - I'm generally more interested in the content - is it likely to be of interest to me - that sort of thing.
Certain magazines I'm likely to get most issues (or might have subscriptions etc) - others I'll get sometimes - others once in a blue moon - and I've probably got good reasons for whatever I do.
Probably not too much more for me to say on this, really ... !
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7 hours ago, NHY 581 said:
I had hoped to be pulling this together for January 2024 but events have conspired against me.
All being well, I hope to announce something either later in 2024 or for January 2025.
Rest assured, there will be an announcement as and when.
I had wondered - mainly because January was starting to get close, with nothing further said.
Ultimately, things sometimes work out this way - not ideal - but we all make the best of what is realistically achievable.
I'm sure that, whenever it happens, it'll be worth the wait - and people will want to be there.
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1 hour ago, Phil Parker said:
I still have the wall sections used for explaining scribing stone walls for BRM TV. 21 of them, as I needed 3 for each step thanks to our one-camera setup at the time. On-screen practicals are a lot more work than people realise.
Just out of curiosity, do any of the "extra" parts from filming / magazine projects ever get used in other projects - perhaps articles on kitbashing or repairing damaged models?
I've got this image in my head of a "homebrew" building article in finest "Blue Peter" tradition - no, not "sticky backed plastic", just "here's 30 sections I prepared earlier" ... .
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On 25/11/2023 at 16:10, AY Mod said:
Ask Phil for your free portrait.
It seems like one random Welshman might have done this - and suddenly found a magazine in his hand.
Not that I'm complaining, you understand - after all, the silk tie might have looked slightly out of place at a model railway show ... .
(Note to self - one of these years, I might need to get a big rucksack - the sort with a metal frame and somewhere for lengths of track to stick out - or perhaps not ... .)
Seriously though, I enjoyed the show - plus chats with a number of people I've got to know over the years (some of them previously only through Zoom calls).
I just wish the trains home on Saturday evening had been running rather better than they were. An hourly train being cancelled - with the next one so overcrowded that I was standing most of the way to Hereford - wasn't exactly what I wanted when my left knee was injured before I left the house in the morning ... .
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("20 thou'" basically means "0.5 mm")
As for the metal, you might also want to give it a quick "go" with some medium (120 grit) or fine (240 grit) Garryflex, or "wet & dry" of similar or finer grade - perhaps also some solvent for degreasing.
Suitable flux might also help (but might need to be washed off afterwards).
Otherwise, apart from soldering iron nominal temperature, another issue concerns the "rating" of the soldering iron - it needs to be capable of "pushing out" enough heat not to cool down too much when you introduce it to what you're working on.
Please note, I don't pretend to be any sort of expert.
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16 hours ago, BachelorBoy said:
That may be parody, but this isn't...
"Big boy pants" not included - and delivery probably advertized for sometime in January 2025 - when we're subjected to phoney claims, in red crayon and block capitols, that it was stolen?
Anyway, could you really imagine anything relating to a certain, orange, XL bully with a "send no money now" message?
Somehow, I suspect he might have loads of lawyers to pay off - and a campaign to "make America grate again". Of course, I could be very much mistaken ... .
A lot of that stuff strikes me as beyond parody.
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2 hours ago, AY Mod said:
Would you mind awfully streaming footage of you watching it with your reactions? I hear it's a thing these days.
2 hours ago, montyburns56 said:Is this a knock off version of Taskmaster?
2 hours ago, Gaugemaster Controls said:You'll have to subscribe to our OnlyFans account for that 😱😀
Definitely sounds like a case of "too much information" ... .
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On 28/07/2023 at 17:50, JCL said:
if anyone has any advice, then I’d be happy to receive it!
21 hours ago, chris p bacon said:Give up bricklaying....😀
Is it time for a tea break?
I thought I'd better check - that mug of Earl Grey in front of me won't drink itself.
5 hours ago, EDDY100 said:One way to get better prints, is to break the model down and print it as a kit.
If you lay a wall section flat in the printer bed you can get some great window designs and the glazing bars can be .4mm thick.
The brickwork will also come out a lot better.
All my brickwork prints get a rub with 40 grit abrasive. It hides the printer marks and give the bricks some texture.
Plenty of pics on my Essex Brick posts. All the buildings in the pics printed with a .4 nozzle.
Excellent advice, as usual - and the photos / models also look the part.
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54 minutes ago, Ben Alder said:
Sorry to hear that - I kept in touch with him off and via PM, and would like to offer her my condolences. Where is what's on your mind here? I've tweaked the screen to keep it as I want and it doesn't show.
This appears in "Recent Status Updates".
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Just to complicate things further, the weather / sky colour might also affect the perceived colour of a canal.
Sometimes, I've been on buses on the M4 - crossing over the Monmouthshire and Brecon by Malpas, Newport - and the canal has looked a mid grey colour. Of course, this is in South Wales - so we do occasionally encounter rain / overcast skies.
Personally though, I'd be most likely to model a canal using a strip of mounting board - probably an olive green - and put a layer of clear styrene sheet (the sort sold as "indoor plastic glazing") over the top. I don't think it would be too hard to disguise joins (working boat, supermarket trolley, weeds etc?).
I might also add a thin layer of varnish, Klear etc - and sprinkle on some ground foam / grated florist's foam (probably green) whilst the varnish is still wet.
As for exactly how you'd represent a canal (and what colour), this might also have something to do with where it's supposed to be. Do you have photos of a similar canal - passing through a similar area - in similar weather to what you're trying to depict? Otherwise, might it be possible to find some photos online, using your favourite search engine?
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2 minutes ago, polybear said:
Perhaps he's realised that all this adverse attention just isn't worth the risk of damaging his business reputation and will do the right thing
Let's hope ... .
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1 hour ago, Enterprisingwestern said:
We've got his address, can somebody nip round and check his claims, perhaps with assistance?
Mike.
Sorted. By order of "The Management"
1 hour ago, Erichill16 said:Is that @Barry O (Baz) front left?
Looks more like Gareth Hale to me.
Sorry to "let the cat out of the bag" - but no microwaves were harmed during the making of this thread.
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On 14/04/2023 at 11:39, AY Mod said:
... seeing a church over a tunnel.
... private owner 5/7-plankers behind a 66.
... station lamps on in daylight.
... people in shiny clothes*.
... bicycles that stand up on their own.
* apart from a curious incident with a neighbour.
Not station lamps - but, over the years, it hasn't exactly been unknown for streetlights in my area to be on in daylight. Of course, this didn't stop the council bleating about being unable to afford to switch the things on at night.
As for churches over tunnels, I seem to recall an optical illusion in Birmingham - with a main road in tunnels very close to St. Chad's cathedral - the road (or a slip road) goes down a ramp that appears to be pointed directly under the cathedral.
OK - not churches, but some people will be familiar with the Brynglas Tunnels, on the M4 in Newport. Apparently, when they were building these tunnels, they encountered subsidence, which meant that some houses needed to be demolished.
On 14/04/2023 at 12:28, ELTEL said:Another one being a coal mine over a tunnel
What if the tunnel is for a canal - like the Bridgewater Canal, at Worsley? I seem to recall reading about sections of canal running under the mine - to drain the mine - to provide water for the canal - and to allow for "starvationer" boats to be loaded with coal.
Saying that, I've never been there - so I might be mistaken.
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4 hours ago, AY Mod said:
I did set free a string of expletives in a meeting this week about the colour of the grass in one layout feature. I'm careful to replicate tones as can be seen on the layout so I can get a bit humpy when someone decides nuclear green is a better shade.
To think that some of us did some industrial training in the nuclear power industry.
Joking aside, if you're seeing your hard work "trashed", I can completely understand the "extended vocabulary" ... .
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You might want to hit the "report" flag on your post.
No issues with your post, you understand - just that "reporting" the post might make it more likely to be seen ... .
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28 minutes ago, Bucoops said:
Oh :( I reckon Stephen King could come up with a wicked Steampunk Horror range. You could call it "The Devil is in the Detail, Detail, Detail".
I reckon I'd give that one a very wide berth - I think it might be called "exorcising restraint"?
OK - coat - hat - clove of garlic - gone.
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Voie Libre
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Absolutely - "join the club".
I've liked this magazine - and "Loco Revue" - for a number of years.
I could also say the same about "Narrow Gauge Down Under".
All high quality magazines - featuring lots of high quality model making - unfortunately, I don't tend to see any of them very often.
Your post has just made my day - many thanks.