MrWolf Posted May 13, 2021 Author Share Posted May 13, 2021 Her mission was successful. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted May 13, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 13, 2021 The previous photo is miss leading, I thought your good lady was just getting one 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted May 13, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 13, 2021 (edited) 35 minutes ago, chuffinghell said: The previous photo is miss leading, I thought your good lady was just getting one Careful! Edited May 13, 2021 by St Enodoc 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 (edited) No, it was eye droppers plural. The single digit was for Cack and his disciples, Fubar Snafu and Fail. She knows me well enough to realise that if she came back with one, I would either lose it, break it or otherwise #### it up. As they're the fancy glass ones, I can keep a bottle sealed with dilute PVA and it won't turn to cheese overnight. Thanks to @chuffinghell, the Scammel mechanical horse is no longer lame. There's also another RH point on it's way here and just discernable behind the trailer, the finials for the station building and signal box have arrived. Edited August 17, 2022 by MrWolf Dropped penny 10 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted May 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 14, 2021 1 minute ago, MrWolf said: Thanks to @chuffinghell, the Scammel mechanical horse is no longer lame. You're welcome and it arrived quicker than the AA would have too 1 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 (edited) Meanwhile, we have acquired the equivalent of a scarecrow to ward off Cack and Buses. Tried and failed to hide it behind the goods shed... If it wasn't for Airfix kits, I would probably have never have got into modelmaking and ended up as one of those weirdos who watches football. I suspect that I am not alone. Edited August 17, 2022 by MrWolf Replaced picture 10 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted May 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 14, 2021 That'll do it. And as a bonus, it will deter buses from parking on any bridges near you. Al. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted May 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 14, 2021 3 hours ago, MrWolf said: Meanwhile, we have acquired the equivalent of a scarecrow to ward off Cack and Buses. Tried and failed to hide it behind the goods shed... If it wasn't for Airfix kits, I would probably have never have got into modelmaking and ended up as one of those weirdos who watches football. I suspect that I am not alone. Some of us weirdos do both... 1 1 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonB Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 And some of us do neither.... in my case I've not paid to watch a football match since 1962! (been to about 6 matches as freebies , if i were a MP I'd have to declare the gifts) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 56 minutes ago, Stubby47 said: Some of us weirdos do both... Weirdo. I enjoyed playing it. Watching other people do it always bored me to death. I have the same attitude about a lot of popular activities.... 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted May 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 14, 2021 Still play too, what's officially known as 'Walking Football', except no one walks. I'm also about the youngest there (at 57), some are over 70. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 A lot of my family have played football and rugby semi professionally in the past, but life took me off in other directions. I got put off football by three things. The players, the fans and the experts. I do try to keep fit and make a point of cycling daily ( we don't do lycra...) and working out five days a week. I don't do gyms, too many posers (see my objections to football) Time I did something constructive to share with you all! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cessfordalan Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 45 minutes ago, Stubby47 said: Still play too, what's officially known as 'Walking Football', except no one walks. I'm also about the youngest there (at 57), some are over 70. Are you suggesting overs are old. Age is just a number, take that from an over 85 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 As soon as I say to myself "I'm too old", I think it will be time to nail the lid down. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted May 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 14, 2021 I was listening on the news today about Covid and government plans to accelerate 2nd jabs for the over-50s, and it took a while for it to sink in that includes me! Inside, I think I'm about 30. Al 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 45 minutes ago, Alister_G said: Inside, I think I'm about 30. Likewise, I don't think of myself as being 50 because I don't know how you're supposed to be and I probably don't want to know. I've had both of my jabs already. Long story. The memsahib had both of hers before I did, she's a bit broken. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 Second attempt at platform surfacing. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted May 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 14, 2021 All those poor chinchillas... Al. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 (edited) Do people still have Chinchillas as pets? I haven't seen one in years. Edited May 14, 2021 by MrWolf 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted May 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 14, 2021 3 minutes ago, MrWolf said: I haven't seen one in years. That’s because they are all being turned into dust for modelling purposes 1 3 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggoforgold Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 (edited) 9 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Do people still have Chinchillas as pets? I haven't seen one in years. You don't see them do you? But tnere's all those pet shops selling chinchilla grit... Edited May 14, 2021 by wiggoforgold While I was typing, Chris posted his comment! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 A Chinchilla got me into bother once. A friend of mine had one and doted on it. She fell out with her boyfriend and in an act of spite, he drowned it in the toilet. So being somewhat intolerant of bullies, I informed him of my displeasure. He went to the police, mistakenly believing that you couldn't be charged with animal cruelty for "a big rat". 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 The dust is very cheap if bought from a pet shop. For what you pay for a tiny gripseal bag of "scale grit" from a modelmakers' supplier, you can buy enough to model the station and yard at El Alamein in O gauge. 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted May 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 14, 2021 34 minutes ago, MrWolf said: The dust is very cheap if bought from a pet shop. For what you pay for a tiny gripseal bag of "scale grit" from a modelmakers' supplier, you can buy enough to model the station and yard at El Alamein in O gauge. This stuff? https://www.petsathome.com/shop/en/pets/bathing-dust-for-chinchillas-3kg 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 That would be it. 3kg (6.6lb in old money) goes a long way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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