bgman Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Interesting use of Rawlplugs there Allan, does the missus know about the darning needle you've pinched for a lightning conductor ? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted November 6, 2015 Author Share Posted November 6, 2015 (edited) I am EIGHTY today and none of you buggxxs care ! Boo, hoo ,hoo. Cheers all the same. Allan Edited November 6, 2015 by allan downes 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campaman Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Happy Birthday Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alant Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 (edited) Many happy returns Allan, thanks for your amusing and entertaining (and informative) stories over the years back to the old RM days. Edited to add "informative" to the story mix! Edited November 6, 2015 by alant Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Enjoy your day Allan, MANY HAPPY RETURNS ( not the tax kind!) Here's to many more years of excellent modelling and laughter ! Enjoy Grahame Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Happy Birthday! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
baconbutty Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Happy Birthday Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Have a good un maestro! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted November 6, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 6, 2015 HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALLAN FROM ALL AT COLRON Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trains12 Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 (edited) Happy birthday Allan Peter Edited November 7, 2015 by trains12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted November 6, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 6, 2015 HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALLAN FROM ALL AT COLRON Well that's a bit cheapskate. After all these years, I'd expect them to send him at least one of these: Happy Birthday Allan Al. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 And extra editions of 'family bathrooms' have been shown in Allan's honour. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn T Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Many happy returns! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcmacchipilot Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Happy Birthday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted November 7, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 7, 2015 Happy birthday Allan; I hope that I am still as productive at 80, in modelling terms, as you seem to be! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandman Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 (edited) Happy birthday Allan. I hope you've had a great time and if I can have as much hair as you have at 80 I'll be a happy man. Edited November 7, 2015 by Highlandman 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted November 7, 2015 Author Share Posted November 7, 2015 Happy birthday Allan. I hope you've had a great time and if I can have as much hair as you have at 80 I'll be a happy man. That's not me. That's Robinson ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 That's not me. That's Robinson ! Barley water, strawberry Jam or Tony ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweasel Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Many more of them Allan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 (edited) Picture resizing test Right, that worked, 30% instead of 25% coz the picture was scanned. Anyway I thought you might be interested in the following pictures of an abandoned epic in gauge one. There are 53 pictures in all and some of them you have seen before earlier on in this thread so I'll put up a few selected pics over a few days. Interested ? well in case you are, the first batch comin' up ! Cheers Allan Edited November 8, 2015 by allan downes 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 (edited) BISHOPS CASTLE, an unfinished layout in Gauge One What you see here is about a years work and my contribution was just the buildings and it was the owner who built the baseboards, laid and wired the track for DCC and built much of the rolling stock. This gentleman really knew what he was doing but somehow lost interest. Great guy all the same with a really wicked sense of humour - that's why he employed me ! Cheers. Allan. Edited November 8, 2015 by allan downes 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 With all the picture scanning out of the way, I managed to get church number three finished and this is DEFINITELY the last church you're gonna get from me ! So neh. Cheers. Allan 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted November 9, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 9, 2015 What a shame that your client lost interest in Bishop's Castle! I sometimes wonder whether people lose interest because they can't make progress fast enough - so their 'dream' is always out of reach. Having made my own layout way too complex, this is something I could understand! Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 Hi Tony. I've always said, build what you can handle. To me, 20ft is about as big as you want to go single handedly. The light can be seen at the end of the tunnel to start with and progress can be made at a steady pace and at the end of the day you can see where you have been. I've worked on and completed as many 20 footers have I have worked on and seen epics fall by the wayside. It's as you implied. They get fed up with the idea long before it's finished - which it never is. .It finishes them before they finish it. Cheers Allan. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweven Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Happy Birthday Allan! I missed a few days and you have had a birthday, stuck 12000 tiles onto a magnificent church and scanned a bunch of amazing photographs of what would have been/is an incredible layout (loved the buildings, especially the engine shed and the enclosed footbridge across the station). It would take me 80 years to achieve all of that. I agree about the 20 footers; personally I have found that building up a modular layout and finishing one section at a time is a good way to keep wanting to build more. Cheers John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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