Winslow Boy Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 2 hours ago, SM42 said: Oh fiddle! The sun's come out Andy Who will now have to go cycling Puncture ? 1 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Locomotive Works Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 7 hours ago, polybear said: Bear rather covets Young Florence's Engineer's Toolchest..... (Note to AndY - we need a "Jealous" Emoji) But has YF put a screw hook in one end for that Junior Hacksaw? No it’s a Peco track pin. Those hacksaws are also extremely hard to use I find, due to the slippery handle. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted August 29, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 29, 2021 20 hours ago, SM42 said: I've always fancied a float plane lift at SM42 Towers. Problem is there's nowhere to land, unless of course you drop in like HH Even then it would be a bit tight. Andy It's only meee! 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Happy Hippo said: It's only meee! Its amazing what they can Photoshop nowadays. That looks nothing like a Hippo. Absolutely amazing that's all iive got to say. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted August 29, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 29, 2021 11 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said: Its amazing what they can Photoshop nowadays. That looks nothing like a Hippo. Absolutely amazing that's all iive got to say. I was in disguise! The giveaway to it being a real picture is the brownish stains on the lower parts of the jump suit. Remember Phil's warning? 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 7 hours ago, Winslow Boy said: Puncture ? No. I still had to go. Ashbourne to Hartington and back. Got back to car with a minute to spare on parking ticket. Very nice ride out, but even better back as it was downhill. Now have sore legs and other things. I couldn't stop a pig in an entry at the moment. Andy 7 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Locomotive Works Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Afternoon all, Dad and I went out to the track for the first time in 2 months today. Life and the weather had gotten in the way previously. However today was an excellent session, and I am now doing sub 41 second lap time with a gap of around .8 between laps, so I finally have consistency. Heres a possibly rather blurry video. In other news yesterday I painted in the insides of the frames on my engine, which has rather improved its look. Parts of the frame stretchers have been left unpainted as the nuts will score the paint. A stand in wooden safety valve cover has also been glued to the boiler, and something has been found to represent a dome. Douglas 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Locomotive Works Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, polybear said: Bear rather covets Young Florence's Engineer's Toolchest..... (Note to AndY - we need a "Jealous" Emoji) But has YF put a screw hook in one end for that Junior Hacksaw? I can highly recommend the tool chests though, mine is a cheap Chinese one that was under $90. However if you want real quality get a Gerstner, but that will be upwards of $450. They are heavy though. Edited August 29, 2021 by Florence Locomotive Works 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Two days at Lord's coming up, covering a county match! Bill 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: I was in disguise! The giveaway to it being a real picture is the brownish stains on the lower parts of the jump suit. Remember Phil's warning? That's what bicycle clips are for to stop the sxxt running out of the jump suit legs 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted August 29, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 29, 2021 Now back at Hunt Towers after a few days away a bit like the curate's egg, i.e., good in parts. To be fair, most of it was very good with a nice BBQ at son and dil's place in Leatherhead on Thursday evening, although the ten mile queue on the M25 on the way there hadn't been the best start. Luckily the SPT was in good form and kept me from using my best invective towards cockwomble drivers, even the one that nearly took the front off my car swerving from the fast lane of the M40 to the junction exit, crossing the hatched markings en route. Friday's trip to the Big Smoke for the reunion went well and I managed to stay reasonably lucid (at least, to me I was lucid) as well as being able to walk unassisted from Hyde Park Corner to Waterloo station later that night, albeit probably not in the most direct line available. Yesterday we returned here via our niece's place in Chipping Norton but were slightly delayed on the bl**dy M25 again to the extent of managing to cover 25 miles in a mere two hours. How anyone can live and work anywhere that requires them to use that piece of insanity on a regular basis I do not know. Today we just did some of the G word and went for a walk. Just had a horrible experience. There was an advert on TV for the Great Western Railway. I must finish now and have a large libation to steady my nerves. Dave 9 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted August 29, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 29, 2021 5 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: It's only meee! Looks more like Buzz Lightyear tied to a hanky to me. Dave 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted August 29, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 29, 2021 4 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said: the ten mile queue on the M25 on the way there slightly delayed on the bl**dy M25 again to the extent of managing to cover 25 miles in a mere two hours. You do realise that it's a feature of the smart motorway technology that when vehicle from Shropshire is detected, additional traffic is immediately generated. It's not real traffic, just a construct of the matrix. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted August 29, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 29, 2021 6 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: You do realise that it's a feature of the smart motorway technology that when vehicle from Shropshire is detected, additional traffic is immediately generated. It's not real traffic, just a construct of the matrix. If it was mid afternoon Thursday, it also detected a French registered Clio, we also got stuck on that section, then again on the A3. Jamie 3 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted August 29, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 29, 2021 5 minutes ago, jamie92208 said: a French registered Clio, Ceci n'est pas une autoroute. 7 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted August 29, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 29, 2021 I went to the garden railway today that was open on behalf of the Essex and Herts air ambulance. There was a couple of hold ups on the A127 getting there, mostly in the region of the three supermarkets en route but once we'd passed them it was plain sailing. Being a charity event the ladies had baked cakes and BREAD PUDDING. So I had to have a piece and very nice it was too. 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted August 30, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 30, 2021 Now we are back from Margam, I suspect the next few days will be taken up with cleaning, tidying and gardening. I really need another purge on stuff that needs moving on as I have no further use for it. The garage roof space is the next area for investigation, followed by some of the least used cupboards in the workshop. I know there is much that could go from the house roof space, (all the camping equipment of my offspring for starters) but I am forbidden to interfere up there. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted August 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 30, 2021 It must be catching. My day will most likely be taken up with garage sorting, cleaning and tidying. Oh, frabjous day! (Once muggocoffee #2 has been ever so slowly consumed, that is) Happy ban cauli day people. Dave 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted August 30, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 30, 2021 Day 4 of the long weekend off. Hoping to get the panel-to-baseboard cable for the track power and uncouplers completed today, but apparently we are to visit a garden centre, for coffee & cake 3 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted August 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 30, 2021 11 hours ago, jamie92208 said: If it was mid afternoon Thursday, it also detected a French registered Clio, we also got stuck on that section, then again on the A3. Jamie Yes, Jamie, it was mid afternoon on Thursday when the first mentioned experience with the great car park, AKA M25, took place. We also saw signs warning that the A3 was causing grief. So, it was all your fault! Dave 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted August 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 30, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Dave Hunt said: Yes, Jamie, it was mid afternoon on Thursday when the first mentioned experience with the great car park, AKA M25, took place. We also saw signs warning that the A3 was causing grief. So, it was all your fault! Dave Yes it was an 'interesting drive, A46, M1 the M25 and A3. The M1 seemed to be mostly roadworks with 60 mph limit for about 30 miles. It must have been our combined presence. Here the bathroom windows have been removed and painted. Now I have no excuse to get out of the G word though I have a cunning plan. Jamie Edited August 30, 2021 by jamie92208 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted August 30, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 30, 2021 Going through a box in the very back of a cupboard in the Workshop I have just found a kit for 4 mm scale Churchward Models GWR 4575 class prairie tank. Also in the box was a stripped down Bachmann 08 shunter in EWS livery and a Kemilway 4 mm kit of an 82xxx Standard 3MT Prairie tank. Goodness knows what other hidden and forgotten delights are still to be unearthed. 'Cash in the Attic' eat your heart out. 8 3 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted August 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 30, 2021 Car cleaned, garage sorted. I'm not saying that we had a lot of junk in the garage but the stuff I've thrown out filled the wheelie bin as well as the back of my estate car and there was still some left over. Having not done any modelling to speak of for two weeks I thought that I would be down to the workshop like a rat up a drainpipe as soon as the opportunity presented itself. This evening I could have managed a couple of hours but the mojo wouldn't kick start so I ended up doing a crossword instead. I'm hoping that tomorrow afternoon will be more mojo friendly. TTFN Dave 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium figworthy Posted August 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 30, 2021 On 29/08/2021 at 07:07, polybear said: Never mind - you can quietly snigger at the thought of just how much money they've blown trying to impress part-goers..... T'was a very pleasant evening, and I suspect most there would not have been playing the numbers game on the costs (which I'm pretty sure was less than you'd expect), I certainly wasn't. Adrian 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 I saw a sticker on the back of an oldish truck which said: HORN BROKE WATCH FOR FINGER 1 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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