well filled baps The Sheep Chronicles : These are the adventures of a Sheep, the Works Forecat and Naughty George,

[Worsdell forever]

12 hours ago, 2ManySpams said:

 

After effects of the Christmas day sprouts?

 

We had sprouts 3 days in a row, as you'd expect on Christmas day, on boxing day it was cauliflower cheese surprise (the surprise was there were also sprouts in it) and on 27th it was left over veg omelette with of course plenty of sprouts... 

 

Still not fully recovered but I have no one else to blame as I cooked it all. 

[MrWolf]

That actually sounds rather nice and I'm partial to sprouts myself.

 

But you do realise that at some point in the very near future, that lot is going to.... er..... detonate???? 

[Oldddudders]

10 hours ago, MrWolf said:

That actually sounds rather nice and I'm partial to sprouts myself.

 

But you do realise that at some point in the very near future, that lot is going to.... er..... detonate???? 

You've heard of Sympathetic Detonation? Well this is the opposite....

[Winslow Boy]

11 hours ago, MrWolf said:

That actually sounds rather nice and I'm partial to sprouts myself.

 

But you do realise that at some point in the very near future, that lot is going to.... er..... detonate???? 

 

I have found that with things that are likely to go bang, the knack is just to be far enough away to still be able to hear the bang but not that near to be affected by it. It is a skill I'm still working on.

[DonB]

My grand daughter (then aged 4 ) on being served Sprouts at Xmas meal...... " I don't like Green Balls"

[NHY 581]

Afternoon  all, 

 

Well, I had every intention of doing a bit today.......but I ended up simply playing trains. 

 

 

 

Rob. 

 

 

Edited April 4, 2022 by NHY 581

[Mulgabill]

You're learning this retirement malarkey fast.

 

Just don't let it slip to not even the playing bit, like me!

 

Happy new year

 

TONY

[MrWolf]

2 hours ago, DonB said:

My grand daughter (then aged 4 ) on being served Sprouts at Xmas meal...... " I don't like Green Balls"

 

Nobody does, that would mean a nerve wracking trip to a medical specialist...

 

I actually liked sprouts as a child (probably just to be obtuse) my sister however was in the same "Get that food of the devil away from me" camp as your granddaughter.

 

And if eating lots of vegetables is good for you, why are so many vegetarians angry about absolutely everything?

[Captain Kernow]

18 hours ago, MrWolf said:

That actually sounds rather nice and I'm partial to sprouts myself.

 

But you do realise that at some point in the very near future, that lot is going to.... er..... detonate???? 

On the railway, we call them fog signals.

 

[MrWolf]

1 hour ago, Captain Kernow said:

On the railway, we call them fog signals.

 

 

In other occupations, you light them and call them FIDO.

 

[Winslow Boy]

1 minute ago, MrWolf said:

 

In other occupations, you light them and call them FIDO.

 

 

Well that's one hell of a lot of sprouts. That's all I've got to say.

[MrWolf]

20 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

 

Well that's one hell of a lot of sprouts. That's all I've got to say.

 

One Christmas dinner sized serving of sprouts is sufficient to disperse fog from an entire RAF airfield...

[MrWolf]

4 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

Afternoon  all, 

 

Well, I had every intention of doing a bit today.......but I ended up simply playing trains. 

 

Rob. 

 

 

Back OT, all I have managed to do today is gather up all the bits of my signals project and put them into a sealed container until the rest of the parts arrive.

So you're definitely ahead with actually having played with trains today!

[NHY 581]

Ahem.........

 

I went to the trainshop again...........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 4, 2022 by NHY 581

[NHY 581]

Oh, and um.....this happened as well......

 

 

 

 

Edited April 4, 2022 by NHY 581

[Graham T]

That looks rather nice...

[Graham T]

Actually I was referring to the saddle tank with my previous comment, but the 0-4-4 is even nicer

[NHY 581]

That then would appear to be the motive power sorted for the small Southern layout. 

 

And I think I'd better keep away from the trainshop for a bit..........

 

 

[NHY 581]

7 minutes ago, Graham T said:

Actually I was referring to the saddle tank with my previous comment, but the 0-4-4 is even nicer

 

 

It's an ex L&SWR T1. Not sure of it's origins yet. 

 

Both need a bit of a tweak and fettle but pretty happy with these. The T1 was first and then I spotted the 0330. It's a Chivers Finelines kit. The box records the fact that it was built in July 2008 and I suspect it has seen little if any use at all since then. 

 

I'm going to post something on Lord and Butler's thread in a bit regarding these and other locos they have. 

 

Rob. 

Edited January 4, 2022 by NHY 581
Over excitement

[Gilbert]

6 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

Oh, and um.....this happened as well......

 

I think you probably need to give yourself a jolly good talking to....

[NHY 581]

Just now, Gilbert said:

I think you probably need to give yourself a jolly good talking to....

 

Yep. 

[Captain Kernow]

26 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

Oh, and um.....this happened as well......

Where is this train shop?

 

What other goodies have they got lurking there?

 

Are the rest of us permitted to be tempted by such lovely items?

 

Three very nice purchases, sir!

 

Edited January 4, 2022 by Captain Kernow

[Nick C]

47 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

 

 

It's an ex L&SWR T1. Not sure of it's origins yet. 

 

Both need a bit of a tweak and fettle but pretty happy with these. The T1 was first and then I spotted the 0330. It's a Chivers Finelines kit. The box records the fact that it was built in July 2008 and I suspect it has seen little if any use at all since then. 

 

I'm going to post something on Lord and Butler's thread in a bit regarding these and other locos they have. 

 

Rob. 

Is the T1 brass? It could be the Falcon/Jidenco kit. 

 

I'm assuming L&B don't list their secondhand locos on their website? Though by the looks of your haul, that's probably good for my bank balance...

[NHY 581]

23 minutes ago, Nick C said:

Is the T1 brass? It could be the Falcon/Jidenco kit. 

 

I'm assuming L&B don't list their secondhand locos on their website? Though by the looks of your haul, that's probably good for my bank balance...

 

 

Thanks Nick. 

 

It is brass and I did wonder. Seems like a nice job has been done of it. The chassis is particulary neat. 

 

L&B will be updating their website in due course. They have a significant number of these locos which they are still working their way through. All those that I have seen are in either pre-grouping or grouping liveries. Overall they are pretty good, some are simply exquisite. The Caledonian locos look very nice as do some of the early LMS liveries. 

 

There's a good number of L&NWR locos in pre-grouping and grouping livery as well as Midland and L&Y types. GWR is also well catered for but three outside framed 4.4.0s  went this morning. 

 

 

There are still lots for them to go through. 

 

Rob. 

[JustinDean]

This train shop seems to stock some fine specimens. At first I wanted to know where it is but common sense has now prevailed and I don’t want to know. 
 

so where is it?