RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted April 20 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 20 Backtracking to wartime decoys and the fact that bombers used water reflections; there were fake dockyards based on Hull to lure bombers away from the real location https://www.thehullstory.com/allarticles/hulls-decoy-docks-luftwaffe 2 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 13 hours ago, kevinlms said: But that's basic engineering, to install and then tighten bolts! No. That's manufacturing. Quite different. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Adam88 Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 On 11/04/2024 at 19:53, Metr0Land said: I note that the blue train crossing the bridge has Hornby-style corridor connections, probably tension lock couplings too. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Captain Cuttle Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 4 hours ago, Ramblin Rich said: wartime decoys Jasper Maskelyne was known as The War Magician and its a good read if you can find one. All sorts of trickery to fool the enemy in WW2. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 20 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 20 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Captain Cuttle said: Jasper Maskelyne was known as The War Magician and its a good read if you can find one. All sorts of trickery to fool the enemy in WW2. JN (John Nevil) Maskelyne (railway drawings etc) is part of the family. His Grandfather was John Nevil Maskelyne (1839-1917), Father was Nevil and Jasper was his brother. A talented family. A typical JN Maskelyne drawing: Edited April 20 by melmerby 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian J. Posted April 21 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 21 7 hours ago, Tim Dubya said: This is why authors of any kind of writing should always get their work proof-read by someone else, preferably multiple different people. It's so easy for people to miss such things. 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted April 21 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 21 23 minutes ago, Ian J. said: This is why authors of any kind of writing should always get their work proof-read by someone else, preferably multiple different people. It's so easy for people to miss such things. Also why anything one writes on the laptop should always be examined from a printed copy. It's amazing how consistently the brain auto-corrects ones errors when only reviewed on-screen. 1 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted April 21 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 21 8 hours ago, Tim Dubya said: I had to read that out aloud before i got it John 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PeterStiles Posted April 21 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 21 2 hours ago, Dunsignalling said: amazing how consistently the brain auto-corrects Always. On any medium your brain can automatically reorganise words and letters to make what should be gibberish into something your brain thinks it should be - a bit like how your brain deals with your Blind-spot. Although I do have a fondness for Old English where word order was relatively unimportant thanks to the way word-endings differentiate between Object and Subject, so that no matter how you organised the three words "king, kill & queen" you'd know whodunnit. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted April 21 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 21 13 minutes ago, Tim Dubya said: That was an ad on Reddit five years ago. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold ian Posted April 21 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 21 (edited) 18 hours ago, Captain Cuttle said: Jasper Maskelyne was known as The War Magician and its a good read if you can find one. All sorts of trickery to fool the enemy in WW2. Yes,a wonderful book. He even managed to hide the Suez canal! Edited April 21 by ian 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 3 hours ago, Tim Dubya said: Getting in some supplies after visiting a model railway exhibition? 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted April 21 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 21 Not backpack-boy's fault if the greed of the supermarket owner dictates that the aisles are too narrow. If you can't get a pack through, then passing trolleys are going to be a problem. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronL Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 21 hours ago, 30801 said: 18 hours ago, Hroth said: I think there's one already.... There is... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 19 hours ago, Sidecar Racer said: True story, Foreman tells the apprentice to go to the shop and get him 20 Woodbine. Apprentice says, what will I get if they don't have Woodbine? Foreman tells him to just get anything... Apprentice came back with two pies! 2 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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