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It's Pancake Day, yes it's Pancake Day, yes it's P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P Pancake day!

Tolkien exhibition for other half's birthday... You could get a really good layout in here.

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Is there any way to upload photos to an existing blog entry without having it show up as a newly published post?

I think that the idiots who design home self-assembly electric fans and write their instructions should be locked away for life in the Tower of London, given only itchy dungarees to wear and forced to listen to Barry Manilow for the duration of their sentances.

This second image is the reverse angle looking from Gilby Rd bridge toward the A180 flyover. A small scenic stretch as per the prototype between two natural scenic breaks. The staging area is just large enough to take freight trains that are just large enough.

I've just about had it with aerosol cans of Railmatch and Precision paints gumming up, despite my having cleaned them after previous use and stored them carefully in accordance with manufacturers recommendations. They still gum up.

Why the heck is anyone thinking about a return of imperial measurements for shops?

Anyone else think this is a recipe for profiteering on customers by mixing styles on price per.

After a busy weekend Trainsporters are now fully stocked for the next few weeks!

There's nothing offensive about custard.

I have recently bought a Hornby B12 .I know the sound decoder for this loco has been discontinued.Does anyone know of other decoders which give a similiar sound to a B12

Hey-ho.  Off to see Pete Watermans trainset tomorrow!

Would anyone be able to tell me what the wheel diameter for BR tenders was? Were they all the same? Thanks in advance.

Would anyone be able to tell me what the wheel diameter for BR tenders was? Were they all the same? Thanks in advance.

Even as Captain Tom lay in hospital fighting for life, a group of young men, who probably owe their existence to men like him, gathered together, unlawfully, to watch a football match endangering themselves and their families.
They knew they were doing wrong, with the arrival of the police they jumped over a balcony and ran away.
Cowardly, selfishly, no doubt alive with 'woke' sentiments and an over inflated belief in their own self entitlement, they deserve nothing but derision and scorn.

See https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-55895734

I've always wanted to have a model layout so I think it's about time I made one. I shall be making Ffarquhar from The Rev. W. Awdry's never built extension to his NWR layout. I'll be updating as I progress!

I was taking a couple of friends in Oxfordshire to lunch when local white van man ran into the back of my car at a junction. Drivable home with caution but almost certainly a write off and friends still in Banbury A&E being checked out.

Bu**er!

Does anyone know where I can get declas that read

"W & S" in gold for oo gauge? About 1.5 - 2 MM high.

And where can i get (Dark Grey) replacement piston rods for the Honrby W4 Peckett?

(I need them for a thing - Its classified)

If you havent the slightest interest in cars it becomes very difficult to buy one.  I end up wandering around dealers forecourts, taking photographs of anything that takes my fancy then Googling it to read the test reports.  Do that for long enough and you come to the conclusion that there isnt a car on the market worth buying!

New podcast episode is out, my merry modelling mates...
 

Not too much activity of late on the workbench as I concentrated on some wiring improvements to the layout. I did however look to complete the detailing of another 20t brake van.

This actually started life as an Airfix kit being picked up second hand at a model show some years ago for a couple of quid. I decided I wanted to model one of the vans converted for running with air braked wagons and featuring the distinctive yellow panels...just for some variety. 

The wagon has had glazing added to the windows, been re-wheeled with metal wheels, had moulded handrails removed and replaced with wire handrails, and Kadee 146 couplings added, as well as a full repaint and weathering. Railtec transfers finish the model.

Here's the completed model on the layout within the consist of a departmental train hauled by 97408.

Next up on the workbench is the Hornby class 60 which represents the very end of my modelling time frame:

It will be backdated to represent a new 60021 'Pen y Ghent' in Railfreight Metals livery. I'm hoping the factory applied 'Transrail' logos will remove without the need for a full or partial repaint.

Not too much activity of late on the workbench as I concentrated on some wiring improvements to the layout. I did however look to complete the detailing of another 20t brake van.

This actually started life as an Airfix kit being picked up second hand at a model show some years ago for a couple of quid. I decided I wanted to model one of the vans converted for running with air braked wagons and featuring the distinctive yellow panels...just for some variety. 

The wagon has had glazing added to the windows, been re-wheeled with metal wheels, had moulded handrails removed and replaced with wire handrails, and Kadee 146 couplings added, as well as a full repaint and weathering. Railtec transfers finish the model.

Here's the completed model on the layout within the consist of a departmental train hauled by 97408.

Next up on the workbench is the Hornby class 60 which represents the very end of my modelling time frame:

It will be backdated to represent a new 60021 'Pen y Ghent' in Railfreight Metals livery. I'm hoping the factory applied 'Transrail' logos will remove without the need for a full or partial repaint.

A pink blancmange.

I am really over people stating "stay safe" at the end of calls; emails; conversations; and, yes, posts!

WTF, when we have all these restrictions, what choice do we have, other than jumping off a bridge?

I am really over people stating "stay safe" at the end of calls; emails; conversations; and, yes, posts!

WTF, when we have all these restrictions, what choice do we have, other than jumping off a bridge?