Martin S-C Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 On 07/12/2021 at 19:01, MrWolf said: Now I remember, sorry about that! I'm also sorry for using the word 'almost' twice in the same sentence! But are you sorry for using the word sorry twice in the same post? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Martin S-C said: But are you sorry for using the word sorry twice in the same post? ...... and the Golden Anorak award for pedantry goes to ....... BTW, your L&Y van is coming along nicely, I suspect that the locking bar above the doors was secured over pegs with a couple of wedges on chains or French keys. Edited December 9, 2021 by MrWolf 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 20 hours ago, JustinDean said: There are some small manufacturers of plastic kits such as Mousa and 51L. Jay I have a Mousa LNWR box van and an LNWR 1-plank dropside and both come with brass etch underframes, so I fear they cannot fall into the scope of simple kits for ten-fingered knuckleheads like me. There's a good few white metal kits that pop up on e-Bay from time to time from companies like Geen, Fourmost, Mikes Models and so on and with the modern super glues I build these without resorting to soldering (not mastering a soldering iron is another failing of mine), so their weight and perhaps a few rinky-dinks with the moulds aside they are as easy as plastic ones to get running. A good source of LSWR and LBSC prototypes is Smallbrook Studios based on the IoW. They produce resin body kits with white metal details designed to fit onto RTR chassis or you could slide a Cambrian underframe beneath them. I have an LBSC 8 ton van to Dia.1434 and a rebuilt cattle wagon to SR Dia.1457. I haven't built these yet so cannot say how well they go together. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted December 9, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Martin S-C said: I have a Mousa LNWR box van and an LNWR 1-plank dropside and both come with brass etch underframes, so I fear they cannot fall into the scope of simple kits for ten-fingered knuckleheads like me. Those are almost not kits. In 00, you can get away with ignoring the fancy suspension; just fold up the underframe (really axleguard) unit and glue everything together with brass pinpoint bearings in the axleboxes; you might need the waisted type. Bill's more recent "kits" really aren't kits at all... EDIT: pedant alert. The LNWR's diagram D1 1-plank wagon had fixed sides, as did their diagram D2 2-plank wagons. For ordinary merchandise wagons Earlestown didn't discover the side door until they got to diagram D4 4-plank wagons. There were, however, dropside wagons to D3 - but just when you think there might be a pattern building up, they were 2-plank... Edited December 9, 2021 by Compound2632 sp. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted December 9, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 9, 2021 (edited) I too am saddened to hear of your break-in, Rob. Not wishing to make light of what was a very upsetting episode but I suggest you get a few copies of the photos of your dearest wielding that sword that you posted on here affixed to the door and walls of your workshop. That should make any scrote think twice about breaking in. Edit to add: You'll need a caption for the photos, "I live here. Are you feeling lucky, punk?" Edited December 9, 2021 by Rowsley17D 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 That makes me think of those "Beware of the wife" signs some people have on their gates. Seriously though, that was another reason to get her off stage as it were. I know her well enough to believe there was a good chance of her picking up something like that and actually using it. That would have lead to a lot of explaining. Or borrowing my mate's fishing boat... 1 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortuga Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 3 hours ago, Rowsley17D said: I too am saddened to hear of your break-in, Rob. Not wishing to make light of what was a very upsetting episode but I suggest you get a few copies of the photos of your dearest wielding that sword that you posted on here affixed to the door and walls of your workshop. That should make any scrote think twice about breaking in. Edit to add: You'll need a caption for the photos, "I live here. Are you feeling lucky, punk?" Now that reminds me of my Uni friend’s ninjitsu sensei. He was woken by a noise in the night, went downstairs to investigate and found a would-be burglar transfixed by his “display wall” of samurai and ninjitsu weaponry and tournament trophies. He quietly addressed the intruder: “I think you might want to leave”. 1 2 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 Damn. I didn't get to come up with a one liner. Unless Grrr counts? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted December 9, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 9, 2021 1 minute ago, MrWolf said: Damn. I didn't get to come up with a one liner. Unless Grrr counts? If does if you are large and with big teeth like your username. Don 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 4 minutes ago, Donw said: If does if you are large and with big teeth like your username. Don That's good then. Not just my username. That is my name. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted December 9, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 9, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, MrWolf said: That's good then. Not just my username. That is my name. Top drawer delivery. Edited December 9, 2021 by NHY 581 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 24 minutes ago, NHY 581 said: Top drawer delivery. I thank you... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted December 10, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 10, 2021 8 hours ago, MrWolf said: That's good then. Not just my username. That is my name. Just as long as you don’t do any TV adverts for Direct Line… 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted December 10, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 10, 2021 11 hours ago, MrWolf said: That's good then. Not just my username. That is my name. or 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted December 10, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 10, 2021 And there you have opposite ends of the"cool" spectrum. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 Proof if it were ever needed that perms and fake tan are just wrong. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 5 hours ago, Regularity said: Just as long as you don’t do any TV adverts for Direct Line… I'm not that broke yet.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted December 10, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 10, 2021 Hopefully a better actor, too. (His portrayal of Judas in “The Last Temptation of Christ”* was memorably described as “more wooden than The Cross”!) * A priest friend (RC) told me not to watch the film. Not because it was banned, but because it was awful. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 I tend to avoid organised religion. It's so embarrassing when one walks into a place of worship and promptly bursts into flames.... 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 10, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 10, 2021 You can gauge the descent from true belief to organised ritual by when they started fitting lightning conductors to churches... Al. 1 1 1 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 Steady on old chap, there was a fellow about two thousand years ago called out the established church for straying from the path of integrity and righteousness and becoming a business / absolute rulers. Look what they did to him... 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 After last weekend's disruption, normal (?!) service has been resumed on the erstwhile Clun Valley Railway. A bag of cinders has arrived from Geoscenics to finish the edges of the formation and work is underway to fill the gaps at the baseboard joints. Apparently the only thing that can possibly derail progress is if I have the cheek to refer to the permanent way crew as "Ballast Barbie" just once more.... 1 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted December 11, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2021 3 hours ago, MrWolf said: Steady on old chap, there was a fellow about two thousand years ago called out the established church for straying from the path of integrity and righteousness and becoming a business / absolute rulers. Look what they did to him... Yes, created a new established church in his name… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 11, 2021 Author Share Posted December 11, 2021 I'm not going to get into this, because I find that s*** goes sideways really quickly. But you find that every faith, religion or political ideology has some good, inspiring ideas. Once you involve people, these things become either forgotten or twisted to suit somebody's personal agenda. Like you say @Regularity, profit out of someone else's work. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted December 11, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2021 Stick to trains. Safer....... 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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