Edwardian Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 Just making the most of the last few minutes of wifi on my VTEC train, before I run to catch my Thameslink one - I have two sides of the SE&CR push-pull three coach set drawn up, just the driving coach left to do, then the ends and some form of chassis for those who want one. PushPullSides.png These were often seen with P class 0-6-0s so I'm hoping that they'll be popular! Excellent news. Can I have a P please Bob? (and these coaches to go with it) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Hayter Posted May 26, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 26, 2018 Evil, pure evil Skinnylinny. My new year's resolution this year (and last) was to reduce my collection of unbuilt kits. You have already led me astray with the LBSCR coaches and now it seems I am going to be tempted again (and I will inevitably have to give in - resistance is indeed futile). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinnylinny Posted May 26, 2018 Author Share Posted May 26, 2018 Evil, pure evil Skinnylinny. My new year's resolution this year (and last) was to reduce my collection of unbuilt kits. You have already led me astray with the LBSCR coaches and now it seems I am going to be tempted again (and I will inevitably have to give in - resistance is indeed futile). There's a simple solution to this - build them! I'll continue drawing these up, most likely on the train back to Edinburgh (assuming that everything goes to plan - my journey down south was... eventful. First train (Edinburgh - Peterborough) arrived at Peterborough 8 minutes late. I had a scheduled 9-minute connection, so sprint over the bridge, dive onto the waiting Thameslink train... which sits there for 20 minutes before being cancelled due to there being no driver. Wait half an hour for the next (and last) Thameslink train to my final destination... which is also cancelled. Catch a Virgin Trains East Coast train to Kings Cross, then tube across to Victoria, speak to the ticket office staff there (as the information desk had closed, this being about midnight)... then a Southern train to Three Bridges, a conversation with another member of station staff... and a taxi to my final destination, arriving at my final destination at about 2am (scheduled arrival time 00:06). However, tomorrow should be a model-railway filled day - I'm going to pop over to the big Gaugemaster store in Ford (near Arundel) then head over to visit Mr BlueLightning and have a running session on Oak Hill and/or Hailsham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 Having heard that all first hand I sympathise. Who else here hates GTR and wants the 700's replaced with I3's on balloons? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinnylinny Posted May 27, 2018 Author Share Posted May 27, 2018 I3s? Perhaps. I would settle for a D1 and Stroudley 4-wheelers - the ride quality and seats could hardly be worse than the 700s! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 Nah, give me a GER S56 and teak coaches any day. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 Who else here hates GTR and wants the 700's replaced with I3's on balloons? Have you been guilty of solvent abuse, Sem, you're not supposed to see things like that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 Oh dear. I've just left GTR at Redhill - since when did it gain a platform 0?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted May 27, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 27, 2018 Well Linny is due to arrive for his change onto the Oak Hill express in 3 minutes. I wonder how well GTR are running their half of the service today!! Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 (edited) I do believe Linny missed a train... I know because I saw the train then saw Linny after it had left! Then, somehow, I acquired a few bits of card which will apparently miraculously form into a Stroudley Brake Third... Edited May 27, 2018 by sem34090 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinnylinny Posted May 27, 2018 Author Share Posted May 27, 2018 I caught another train shortly after you left, Sir Eustace. I made it to Gary's just about the time he expected me, and even managed to get off the train at the door right in front of his van door! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted May 27, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 27, 2018 Indeed Linny couldn't have picked a better door!! A fun day was had, and now I need to sort out the photos before choosing what to post!! Gary 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 That sounds as if there are some photos that are best left to the imagination! I trust you found Linny alright? Not the hardest person to miss, as I'm sure you'll understand... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted May 27, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 27, 2018 quite distinctive LOL :jester: but no dodgy photos, just probably some out of focus ones!!!!!!!! Gary 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 To be distinctive is to be interesting! As it turns out it is also to be friendly, likeable and coach-kit-supplying, plus over-spending! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted May 27, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 27, 2018 yes, I would agree with all those things!! I definitely needed a 5th Stroudley carriage!! So convenient that there was one!! Gary 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 (edited) I assume it wasn't a brake third you required?! Presumably you nabbed the second rather than the bits of third? I also assume that Linny was able to put you off me forever as he described the 7-foot monster of a horrifically mannered and terrible person of true evil - a 7-foot version of the renowned Mr Hyde... Either that or he made up some lines about me being a nice person! Edited May 27, 2018 by sem34090 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted May 27, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 27, 2018 I did indeed have the second, which gives me 4 different types, and yes lots of lies about you being a nice person!!! No mention of you being a giant though!!! Gary 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 Well, I may have been lying myself... maybe a foot less than I quoted... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted May 27, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 27, 2018 Still a giant next to my 5'8" self!!! Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 I think I was about 6ft - 6 + 1/12 at the last count. 1/12 being 1/12 of a foot... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 Just realised that "6 - 6 + 1/12" would put me at an inch tall! Maybe not... Maybe I'm 6ft 1inch. Maybe not... Maybe I am trying to confuse you... Maybe not... Maybe I'm a railway enthusiast... Maybe not... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted May 27, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 27, 2018 Is it me you're confusing or yourself???? Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 Still a giant next to my 5'8" self!!! Gary Finally! Someone on here I'm taller than! (5' 10") 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted May 27, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 27, 2018 One day I will meet someone shorter than me!!!! (other than my relatives, because I'm the tall one!!!!) Still what I lack in height I make up for in weight!! Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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