alfsboy Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 My small 00 plank ,5 points and a bit of straight called Lower Sodmire , and just as seedy looking as Squire Haggards description ,suffered a major wiring fault due to a poor solder join on one of the SPDT mini switch that I use to both throw the point and wire it up too .I had to clear the layout of all clutter and turn it over .Problem soon solved I put it back the right way and did a quick test with my nearly finished Buckjumber which is completely out of place by the way on the theoretical Midlands location of Lower Sodmire in Squire Haggards Journal .All was well . I then noticed just how much bigger the layout looked with no tools , no odd stock of the rails ,no Athearn MP15AC I love playing with .no Pacific Harbor line Genset waiting new handrails , no brass weights to keep the track down while I glue it in place or bits of track and a half made SMP point .I really must keep my layout clean ,its twice the size it was an hour ago . Martin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted June 21, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21, 2013 I know just what you mean . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruffalo Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 I know just what you mean . DSCN3164.jpg Blimey Mike, I would have thought the Local Planning Authority would have had a few words to say about the colour of those shops and houses! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 21, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21, 2013 I know just what you mean . DSCN3164.jpg Trust you to tidy it up before taking the pic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 I know just what you mean . Never mind; I'm sure we'll see it in BRM some time soon - though someone's got a helluva Photoshopping job ahead of him... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted June 21, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21, 2013 Blimey Mike, I would have thought the Local Planning Authority would have had a few words to say about the colour of those shops and houses! Thats what happens when you try and save a bit on ink jet cartridges , major fading . I suppose if I use them I could have a gang of painters on ladders redoing them . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfsboy Posted June 21, 2013 Author Share Posted June 21, 2013 Trust you to tidy it up before taking the pic no MP15AC ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted June 21, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21, 2013 no MP15AC ? No , but there is a gwr manor minus tender there , uhhhh . somewhere . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted June 21, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21, 2013 I know just what you mean . DSCN3164.jpg Looks all too familiar! Noticed you cleared away all the Grolsh bottles! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted June 21, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21, 2013 No no , that is just a box that some of the layout bits were was stored in , honest , if I have a beer it'll be San Miguel . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 21, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21, 2013 No , but there is a gwr manor minus tender there , uhhhh . somewhere . Is that your equivalent of Terence Cuneo's mouse on his paintings? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted June 21, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21, 2013 At the moment Mike yes , there are also about 6 pencils , but can I find one when I want it . Okay dont answer that . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted June 21, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21, 2013 A tidy layout is the sign of a sick mind. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamiel Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Mess, what mess? In my defense, we started moving to Ireland, and then came back, so lots of mess from that, and sadly we had to clean out my partner's parents house, so there is quite a bit from that, plus a Peppa Pig ball and a trike for my little daughter, but worst of all is me.To quote 'The Goon Show' 'I'm sorry about the mess, but we have us in.'Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukebox Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Just how do you expect to find your tools quickly, if you tidy the layout up? A very silly concept, quite frankly. Besides, think of all the modelling time you'd waste if you cleaned up after yourself every time you worked on your layout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted June 25, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2013 Thank goodness, I thought it was just me. Under the boards I like to keep a big bin liner. Trouble is I fill it up in 10 mins, then leave it full for a couple of months, slowly inserting new bits of rubbish in the few spaces that are left... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted June 25, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2013 Under my layout, well famework for a layout, are three bin liners..... one for metal, mostly aluminum each about six inches high and maybe 3 inches in diameter, another for wood off cuts and paper which go down to the house for starting the fire and another for the rest. In the rafters above the layout are a large quatity of lengths of wood for baseboard frame work. The Q Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted June 26, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2013 TheQ. - now that's sounding organized! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 26, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 26, 2013 Thank goodness, I thought it was just me. Under the boards I like to keep a big bin liner. Trouble is I fill it up in 10 mins, then leave it full for a couple of months, slowly inserting new bits of rubbish in the few spaces that are left... You forgot the bit about then having to empty it to find the piece of wood/card/plastic that should just fit the current project but then does not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted June 26, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2013 Hana, you are absolutely right! And the bit that you try to carefully insert into the bag that then unaccountably ends up putting a hole in the side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 This is why ready to plonk resin buildings are such a boon. Yer paper and card scratchbuild masterpiece ain't gonna last long with a tub of coachbolts, ashtray and three cans of Halfords grey primer on it! C6T. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted June 26, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2013 .I really must keep my layout clean ,its twice the size it was an hour ago . I think it was Tony Koester who said in one of the American magazines that the trouble with a layout is that you've just built the longest shelf in your house... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted June 26, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 26, 2013 TheQ. - now that's sounding organized! SWMBO orders! TheQ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 The Q if your beer cans are really 3" dia by 6" high... They're about 1 & 1/4 pints each!! Send me a couple, there's a good chap! SD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinklein Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 The Q if your beer cans are really 3" dia by 6" high... They're about 1 & 1/4 pints each!! Send me a couple, there's a good chap! SD no no... theyre dog food tins, the dog sleeps on the layout too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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