Hroth Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 5 hours ago, MrWolf said: Not even a Blue Peter badge as he missed using a washing up liquid bottle... The other key Blue Peter badge indicators are using sticky back plastic and Copydex*. They weren't used either! * Other latex-based adhesives may be available... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjcm Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 13 hours ago, TinTracks said: Sounds like the sort of ideas I come up with after too much indulgence IPA, G&T etc Thanks for sharing. Rich I was trying to work out what the builder intended it to be as it seems like an awful lot of effort to mash up 3 different makes of coaches for no reason 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted June 19, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 19, 2023 (edited) According to the seller the roof and “cassis” are from a Triang CKD sleeper. Didn’t know that Triang provided cassis with their CKD kits, but that would explain a lot of things… Cheers Darius Edited June 19, 2023 by Darius43 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 3 hours ago, Hroth said: The other key Blue Peter badge indicators are using sticky back plastic and Copydex*. They weren't used either! * Other latex-based adhesives may be available... Don't forget to tell everyone that you are "using double sided sticky tape for speed..." Although we now know that by the 1980s some of the presenters were using their vast BBC salaries to buy cocaine instead... 1 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 (edited) 10 hours ago, MrWolf said: Don't forget to tell everyone that you are "using double sided sticky tape for speed..." Although we now know that by the 1980s some of the presenters were using their vast BBC salaries to buy cocaine instead... Gone are the days when the height of desire was a photo of Valerie Singleton posing in a bathtowel... Edited June 19, 2023 by Hroth noticed a wrong word 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 15 hours ago, Darius43 said: According to the seller the roof and “cassis” are from a Triang CKD sleeper. Didn’t know that Triang provided cassis with their CKD kits, but that would explain a lot of things… Cheers Darius Crème de cassis?? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 13 hours ago, Hroth said: Gone are the days when the height of desire was a photo of Valerie Singleton posing in a bathtowel... The saucy minx! 😎 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted June 20, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 20, 2023 (edited) I remember a 'going away' shot of Lesley Judd climbing a waterfall in West Africa somewhere on a Blue Peter Special, in a pretty skimpy bikini, and being much impressed, in the particular way that teenage boys are liable to be by such visions that leads them to becoming rigidly upstanding, proud, and erect members of the community. The water was, apparently, quite cool... Edited June 20, 2023 by The Johnster 1 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JN Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 (edited) On 16/06/2023 at 02:31, pH said: My winning bid was just over $26 - I don’t think you would get much plumbing done for that! I said there were two bids over the bid I won with - they were by two different userids. Both were then withdrawn according to e-bay’s pretty specific rules as I described above. In 20 years or so bidding on e-bay auctions, I can’t remember ever seeing a bid withdrawn before - then two, by different userids, on one auction??? Fortunately, my bid was a ‘fire and forget’ that I made a couple of days ago. I didn’t see any of this until after the auction was over, so it had no influence on my bidding. I was suggesting an alternative reason(s) as to why the person might have have withdrawn their bid. Obviously I do not know, but (as I have stated) possible reasons. As regards paying a plumber with $26, well, if a plumber anything more than $26 that might be his model railway budget for the period of time (opportunity cost: the foregoing of the next best alternative). I was trying to give people the benefit of the doubt rather than being cynical. I do not know why the people withdrew their bids. My point was more general, though: maybe not a bot artificially inflating the price or something similar. Never mind. On 16/06/2023 at 20:42, Paul H Vigor said: Caught in the act by SWMBO!? Possibly. Another one of possibly infinite reasons I forgot about. Possibly some other family-related expense. I do not know why the people withdrew their bids. My point was more general, though: maybe not a bot artificially inflating the price or something similar. Never mind. Edited June 20, 2023 by JN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JN Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 19 hours ago, MrWolf said: Don't forget to tell everyone that you are "using double sided sticky tape for speed..." Although we now know that by the 1980s some of the presenters were using their vast BBC salaries to buy cocaine instead... As well as the other classic: 'Here is one I made earlier'. I remember that one from Anthea Turner making Tracey Island. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, JN said: As well as the other classic: 'Here is one I made earlier'. I remember that one from Anthea Turner making Tracey Island. A timeless standby phrase used whenever waiting for glue to set or paint to dry would impede the narrative process. Other favourite Blue Peter crafting materials included matchboxes of different sizes, corrugated cardboard, wooden cotton reels and those little brassey paper fasteners with ends that splayed out... There's even a book... Edited June 20, 2023 by Hroth link 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjcm Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Another auction that's fits into the "what are they bidding on that I can't see" catagory. I know there's quite a lot of it, but 87 pounds for 40 year old steel track? I guess the point levers and point motors (if they work) are worth something but still Rusty 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 6 minutes ago, Sjcm said: Another auction that's fits into the "what are they bidding on that I can't see" catagory. I know there's quite a lot of it, but 87 pounds for 40 year old steel track? I guess the point levers and point motors (if they work) are worth something but still Rusty At least its a bidder driven amount rather than a loopy "buy it now" valuation. The apparently nickle silver Express point below the switch bank looks in reasonable condition so may have contributed to upbidding the lot. And its for a charity, so it benefits others, rather than the vendor. Otherwise... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjcm Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Yeah, it just annoys me that I can't see what they're bidding on - I like the madness explained😂 Seem to be two bidders in a battle to the death anyway.. Now up to 92 pounds 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jol Wilkinson Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 45 minutes ago, Sjcm said: Another auction that's fits into the "what are they bidding on that I can't see" catagory. I know there's quite a lot of it, but 87 pounds for 40 year old steel track? I guess the point levers and point motors (if they work) are worth something but still Rusty Perhaps it is simply the "collector" mentality. That can vary from "I must have one as they are genuinely rare", to complete a collection (Which can be almost anything) or to be part of a "club" and not seen to be left out of a discerning, moneyed group. The latter may explain why seemingly somodellers rush to buy the latest RTR OO loco, often in a variety of different livery/period versions and then post about it online. I can't see the great pleasure that comes from just "owning" something, although I suspect that is important to many in today's acquisitive society. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjcm Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 16 minutes ago, Jol Wilkinson said: Perhaps it is simply the "collector" mentality. That can vary from "I must have one as they are genuinely rare", to complete a collection (Which can be almost anything) or to be part of a "club" and not seen to be left out of a discerning, moneyed group. The latter may explain why seemingly somodellers rush to buy the latest RTR OO loco, often in a variety of different livery/period versions and then post about it online. I can't see the great pleasure that comes from just "owning" something, although I suspect that is important to many in today's acquisitive society. You could be right although I'm not sure what could be classed as rare on that listing.. I have noticed a recent worrying trend of people buying joblots of random stuff for more than the individual items would cost (unless you're gostude) I mean 11 point levers = 20-25 on a good day. 9 untested rough looking point motors = 20-25. So that leaves rusty track, the nickel silver point, and a crap controller going for 42 pounds 😱 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 37 minutes ago, Sjcm said: So that leaves rusty track, the nickel silver point, and a crap controller going for 42 pounds Hattons will do you the Express point, brand new, for about £23, so the current top bidder is "only" paying £19 for the scrap track and controller. At least the controller is declared as PAT tested, so shouldn't electrocute the eventual buyer if its plugged into the mains! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjcm Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 3 minutes ago, Hroth said: Hattons will do you the Express point, brand new, for about £23, so the current top bidder is "only" paying £19 for the scrap track and controller. At least the controller is declared as PAT tested, so shouldn't electrocute the eventual buyer if its plugged into the mains! True, but why not buy a 2nd hand nickel silver tested express point for 12 pounds on ebay.😉 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted June 21, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21, 2023 Oh dear... Model Train Railway OO Gauge https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155607034566? House clearance expert strikes again. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 55 minutes ago, Rowsley17D said: Oh dear... Model Train Railway OO Gauge https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155607034566? House clearance expert strikes again. The expert has another stab... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155607034580 (but it DOES have coal in it, I'll give them that!) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Rowsley17D said: Oh dear... Model Train Railway OO Gauge https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155607034566? House clearance expert strikes again. From the same sellor: 'Untold Nude' https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155606532245?hash=item243adf4095:g:DR8AAOSw~QBkiG7c Edited June 21, 2023 by Paul H Vigor to add information 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 6 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: From the same sellor: 'Untold Nude' https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155606532245?hash=item243adf4095:g:DR8AAOSw~QBkiG7c You know, I don't think the vendors clothing items would suit any of us, in size or style... 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 37 minutes ago, Hroth said: You know, I don't think the vendors clothing items would suit any of us, in size or style... I believe there was a rather fetching wolf suit?? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155614465544?hash=item243b584e08:g:0I0AAOSwqB1kjhOq&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4PZDCPzaYCW%2F72hdPGhQ74nPPeHIztVCE3PXUV%2BWz8U7Dd2HM8kKLJvJt0735gY1ClrFI%2F38mhcG2fy3z51jDER5aFWhemH1Lmq%2BteKydnEhP2gWPrliiuzc2ZXoHMPOEJYdRD4o8qaOi8jssr0xKbd55oVh%2BzG1A2M7TZrJ89KMCiSST356SB%2FX%2BraPD4IXIbQe6I340OTVeObge7wfTR34d56UcyjTzgpdH9ARIfidGgivsQLKAn84BUqk8emGSDm%2BU0O2YY3D76ocN1TY7t2wU3T6sDReiFORGU1VvLg6|tkp%3ABk9SR6jLwvmbYg "Hawswort Tener" - I had to think about this one! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted June 21, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21, 2023 5 hours ago, Rowsley17D said: Oh dear... Model Train Railway OO Gauge https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155607034566? House clearance expert strikes again. I'd like to see what "combing postage" means. Very curious. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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