RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted December 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 1, 2021 7 hours ago, Dave Hunt said: If you calculate how much it would have cost to make the Flying Scotsman from one of those partwork thingies, I think you'll find it would be cheaper to buy a Finney kit. Dave Yes, a late friend was building a model of HMS Victory from one when he died. The total cost would have been about double the cost of a top of the range kit 7 hours ago, Dave Hunt said: Just learned today that the second procedure on my schnozzle appears to have been successful and no further action is contemplated pending a check up in six months time. Hoorah! Dave Great news Dave. Jamie 9 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted December 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 1, 2021 Greetings from a damp and grey North Hipposhire although I see from my window that it looks brighter down towards the Hippodrome. First job this morning is market shopping then I'll have to spend some time ensuring that the ursine and pachyderm defence systems are in good order as we have friends coming for afternoon tea on Friday and I've been detailed to make LDC. With luck I will be able to install the latest upgrade from CC Defensive Systems Inc. Have a good Hump Day folks. TTFN Dave 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 11 hours ago, Dave Hunt said: If you calculate how much it would have cost to make the Flying Scotsman from one of those partwork thingies, I think you'll find it would be cheaper to buy a Finney kit. Dave I think the Bismarck was similar you could have bought a large scale Trumpeter kit for less. I have seen unbocing videoed of those and the hull is a one piece moulding it looks like a canoe its that big 7 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Great news on the hooter Dave 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted December 1, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Dave Hunt said: Greetings from a damp and grey North Hipposhire although I see from my window that it looks brighter down towards the Hippodrome. First job this morning is market shopping then I'll have to spend some time ensuring that the ursine and pachyderm defence systems are in good order as we have friends coming for afternoon tea on Friday and I've been detailed to make LDC. With luck I will be able to install the latest upgrade from CC Defensive Systems Inc. Have a good Hump Day folks. TTFN Dave Your cake will be safe as I have just arrived in Llandudno, I passed the MD turn as quickly as possible earlier on as the car was desperate to turn and say hello. 7 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 1, 2021 1 hour ago, simontaylor484 said: I think the Bismarck was similar you could have bought a large scale Trumpeter kit for less. I have seen unbocing videoed of those and the hull is a one piece moulding it looks like a canoe its that big There is a 1/72 kit of the USS Enterprise available. The finished model is over fifteen feet long. 10 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted December 1, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2021 Further to my last, I will be in Margam on Friday, so you can stand the anti hippo defence force down for the weekend. Of course, this might be a cunning ruse to make you drop your guard, so should you as an alternative, beef up the defences just in case? 3 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted December 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 1, 2021 Beware of Morgan, the Margam Mountain Mutton Mounter. 1 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted December 1, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2021 14 hours ago, jamie92208 said: @iL Dottoresearch the Signalling record Society for a box diagram. That should at least tell you the number of levers and usually whether they were next to the track or against the back wall. That will give you a starter for ten. And don'tforget the comfy old armchair near the stove. Jamie As the beneficiary of an iL Dottore signalbox build, I was happy to have a full-ish interior. We sussed the number of levers, and I identified probable lever-colours. No less than the Stationmaster seemed to concur with my suggestions. The cosy armchair was provided by yer actual Captain Kernow. iD does like to make his buildings as realistic as possible - hard to fault as an aim. 13 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted December 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 1, 2021 1 hour ago, PhilJ W said: There is a 1/72 kit of the USS Enterprise available. The finished model is over fifteen feet long. People often use 1/72 models on our 1/76 hobby,, anyone modelled a harbour big enough for it? 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted December 1, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2021 First day back in France. The 05.05 Penzance to Padlington yesterday ran perfectly, but was woefully short of customers. As I now struggle to obtain my reduced-rate Eurostar tickets - the E* ticket office at St Pancreas having succumbed when the virus first nuked their income stream - I travelled steerage class at only twice the price, but was lucky not to have anyone next to me, which made life more bearable. And at neither St P nor Gare du Nord did anybody ask for my mandatory 'attestation' that I had not been in contact with a positive virus person in the last 14 days. Nor were French customs inspecting bags at G Du N, as has apparently been the case since 1st January. But Montparnasse was a different tale. In the course of 17 years, I have been accustomed to simply using a ticket machine for my 30 euro journey to La Ferte Bernard. Not this time, buster! SNCF have revamped their 'products' since Covid ate their market, and so neither the TER nor the Grandes Lignes machines want to issue a ticket to that station. Sigh. So I boarded and immediately consulted a conductor, who promised to come and see me shortly. Sadly the coach he and I were in was unlit, and he and colleagues were much occupied in righting that wrong. No dice, and after we'd left Epernon, 47 mins out from Paris, they asked us all to move to the next coach. Suffice to say the chap spoke to me a couple more times, but showed no interest in selling me a ticket! Free travel in France! After pizzas with Alison and family, including the idiot partner, I drove home, and opened the pile of letters accumulated over 6 weeks. A speeding fine! Incurred while I was in the UK, and on a day when Alison had used my car to go to Chartres for lunch - w my permission, as her Megane was finally being serviced, after only two years..... She normally drives very sedately, but their journey took hours longer than it should have done, because the idiot partner has no navi skills, and she was very stressed about being late. She will sort it out when she's here tomorrow, hopefully also taking the point on my licence France wants me to have...... Today the usual irritating little man turned up offering to trim my hedges, which are mightily high, and so we agreed a price. The sound of hedge-trimmers is constant. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Locomotive Works Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Now this is a novelty. http://www.abandonedcarsandtrucks.com/content/south-bend-lathe-brought-product-customer-1930 Douglas 11 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Locomotive Works Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Good news about ‘ooter Dave. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted December 1, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2021 Especially for PB............. 6 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Call me a heretic if you will, but LDC is not on my favourites list 1 5 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted December 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 1, 2021 17 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: Especially for PB............. Where's the slurrrrppppp.... button when you need it? Dave 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted December 1, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2021 Every so often, a good idea has a rather surprising outcome. Having watched a number of Youtube videos on diorama building, and knowing that to do full justice to the future Aberflyarff, quite a few buildings will be needed to realise the Welsh Valleys flavour. The tool I had in mind was a hot wire cutter, mainly because I wanted some thing that would cut foam sponge, polystyrene and styrofoam without the following statically charged snow storm. These machines varied in price, and after some research I opted for one from a company whom had delivered some very nice tools to me in the past. In fact the price quoted was lower than the likes of Amazon was offering, and far less than something from the likes of rip off Proxxonn. It has arrived, but I was just slightly taken aback at the size: The bed is about 36" long! However, after putting it together, I have to say it works very well and the circle cutting fixture is a useful addition. I'm going to have to make a special set of brackets to hang it vertically off the workshop wall when it is not in use, because after my latest purge of old cupboards, I no longer have one long enough to take the cutter unit. There are two versions of this machine, and I suspect that what has happened is that I thought I'd ordered the smaller one, but got sent the bigger one by mistake. 10 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted December 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 1, 2021 12 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: ......and after some research I opted for one from a company whom had delivered some very nice tools to me in the past. Does Hippo have a link to the company please? A Bear can never have too many tools..... 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 7 minutes ago, polybear said: Does Hippo have a link to the company please? A Bear can never have too many tools..... And a photo would be nice 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted December 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 1, 2021 (edited) 31 minutes ago, simontaylor484 said: And a photo would be nice How can I refuse...... Edited December 1, 2021 by polybear 2 3 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted December 1, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2021 40 minutes ago, polybear said: Does Hippo have a link to the company please? A Bear can never have too many tools..... https://vevor.co.uk/ 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 32 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: https://vevor.co.uk/ I'm tempted by a yurt and a sauce warmer. I've put them on my Christmas list for Mrs SM42 Andy 1 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 (edited) I am surprised an alcohol distiller does nt make it on to a few wish lists There are also some nice wood lathes that arent too big for the space i have available Edited December 1, 2021 by simontaylor484 Further thoughts 6 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 15 hours ago, iL Dottore said: May I suggest an alternative to binning it? I had (have) a extremely aged desktop tower that was struggling to do anything with Windows. So, upon advice of a chum, I stripped the PC back to the DOS and installed Linux with Libre Office on top. It now has been working flawlessly for a good 5 years now (and it was quite elderly when I installed Linux on it). It’s my workshop machine. Perhaps Linux would give the laptop a new lease of life? Thanks for that. Should not be necessary in the near term. The SSD upgrade worked and the laptop now boots Windoze 10 from power-up in a few seconds. It's pretty much instantaneous from sleep mode. 8 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 10 minutes ago, simontaylor484 said: I am surprised an alcohol distiller does nt make it on to a few wish lists If you can't find one on Amazon, Douglas might know someone who can give some hints about a DIY version. 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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