RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted October 20, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 20, 2017 (edited) Wot plates mate? I got some wooden ones sometime ago and they were stupidly expensive. Phil I just melted several you gave me in the DuckTrakPak... I shall glue them on once the hot bits have cooled down. #TopTip . Edited October 20, 2017 by Tim Dubya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Bridge Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Can we expect an early photo?Is that a form of Hungry Caterpillar? S Carey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I dunno about you guys! Bunch of doomsayers this AM - all this talk of imminent demise and here am I, probably the least youngest (better than saying oldest), having just bought more stock and enjoying every dusty inch of my twenty year old layout! When you reach a certain age, things happen or will happen but that is no excuse for giving up what lets you enjoy life or lack of what makes you tick . Its better to enter the fiery furnace with a smile on your face than worry about toy train trivia. Many years ago I swapped all my trains for a larger scale mainly because I couldn't see them very well but this enabled me to enjoy a different aspect of the hobby. (Subsequently, eye surgery restored most of what I was missing). The scale change wasn't such a huge deal, in fact it was fun to design another layout which has given me immense pleasure over the years. So enjoy it all! Brian. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted October 20, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2017 All that Peecaboob and Handmade stuff is for people with too much time on their hands. What you really need is some of this (see below), you don't have to ballast it Coz it's already got a perfectly good track bed moulded on and you don't need to waste too much space, because you can fit a double loop on a 6 x 4 board. Points are available. Also My Highly detailed Triang Princess runs perfectly well when I set it up on My Granny's Rug EZYTrack.jpg That should end the argument and everyone can put their handbags away. ( I really wish I had posted this over there before Andy Shut it down ) Are those Dinghams couplings on those track sections? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwordsmith Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 (edited) I dunno about you guys! Bunch of doomsayers this AM - all this talk of imminent demise and here am I, probably the least youngest (better than saying oldest), having just bought more stock and enjoying every dusty inch of my twenty year old layout! When you reach a certain age, things happen or will happen but that is no excuse for giving up what lets you enjoy life or lack of what makes you tick . Its better to enter the fiery furnace with a smile on your face than worry about toy train trivia. Many years ago I swapped all my trains for a larger scale mainly because I couldn't see them very well but this enabled me to enjoy a different aspect of the hobby. (Subsequently, eye surgery restored most of what I was missing). The scale change wasn't such a huge deal, in fact it was fun to design another layout which has given me immense pleasure over the years. So enjoy it all! Brian. Quite right too Brian. In fact I've decided that rather than get down about it I'm starting a new website to share my experiences of cocking two fingers at the grim reaper and going for it. it's being developed now at https://101bucket.com , and I plan to fill it with all sorts of daft adventures, haunts, days out, experiences and musings, plus hints and tips for people who may be tempted to give up. One of them of course is going to be 'Take up a Hobby' accompanied by many pis of model railways, closely followed by 'Join a forum about your favourite Hobby' This latter one will of course point out that the best forums enjoy gentle moderation, relaxed banter and a bunch of (getting) old geysers having a larf! Edited October 20, 2017 by bigwordsmith 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 20, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 20, 2017 This fishplate is to small! a.png Have nice weekend. T. Urbot Must have come from the Strangeways Hotel. M Harding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Is that C100? Phil Tis indeed. One comment on the noo Pecoboo b/head track. I have bought myself a few lengths to have a play with (well you'd expect nothing less of me?) and, lovely stuff though it is, it don't half look a bit odd when you put it up against Peco C.75, mainly due to different sleeper lengths (careful where we're going here!) So would need to think very carefully about having a mix of the two with one running into the other. Glad to hear that you're not really thinking of that for SOSJ ducky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 ding ding round two, and already they've started falling out... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 20, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2017 bleh.JPG ding ding round two, and already they've started falling out... Not to mention those who are inclined to remind us of their standing in the hobby by contacting Important People direct. Wow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devonseasider Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Must have come from the Strangeways Hotel. M Harding. Another Mike Harding fan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devonseasider Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Not to mention those who are inclined to remind us of their standing in the hobby by contacting Important People direct. Wow. Well, I live just along the lane from Michael Pritchard, so there! PS I haven't asked him about the pictures . . . . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2017 bleh.JPG ding ding round two, and already they've started falling out... Old news Doctor... http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/81400-sos-junction/page-320&do=findComment&comment=2894411 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2017 Another Mike Harding fan? Oh yes. I saw him live during Freshers' Week at Leeds University in 1975. I think that his "serious" songs, such as King Cotton, are very underrated (the same applies to Max Boyce too). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted October 21, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2017 Oh yes. I saw him live during Freshers' Week at Leeds University in 1975. I think that his "serious" songs, such as King Cotton, are very underrated (the same applies to Max Boyce too). Leeds had a Uni on 1975? Grief. A. Learner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2017 Leeds had a Uni on 1975? Grief. A. Learner Oh yes - and in 1971 The Oo played there. Before my time unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted October 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2017 Oh yes - and in 1971 The Oo played there. Before my time unfortunately. Why, were you late? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 81C Posted October 21, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2017 Oh yes. I saw him live during Freshers' Week at Leeds University in 1975. I think that his "serious" songs, such as King Cotton, are very underrated (the same applies to Max Boyce too). Who's Max Boyce ?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted October 21, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2017 Who's Max Boyce ?. Tom Jones' next door neighbour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted October 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2017 I believe he's a Welsher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2017 Why, were you late? No, they were early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted October 21, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2017 I would just like to say that I have made a posting on the new Pee Co. thread. Sorry about that. I thought I'd got away with it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted October 21, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2017 Oh yes - and in 1971 The Oo played there. Before my time unfortunately. Was that the OoFSFFS? Phart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted October 21, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2017 (edited) I wish to announce that I have failed to understand almost everything in the DCC Concepts Catalogue except for the how to use two motors on a crossover, however I am seriously interested in certain gadgets that deal with points and amazing looms of wire & connectors and panels and power and all sorts of whizzy things. Most of the gadgets are shiny and look lovely. I may just have to order some. Philly Billy Edited October 21, 2017 by Mallard60022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2017 I wish to announce that I have failed to understand almost everything in the DCC Concepts Catalogue except for the how to use two motors on a crossover, however I am seriously interested in certain gadgets that deal with points and amazing looms of wire & connectors and panels and power and all sorts of whizzy things. Most of the gadgets are shiny and look lovely. I may just have to order some. Philly Billy Phil, the DCC Concepts stuff is very nice but unless you understand what it is going to do better for you than the way you are doing now, don't order things just for the sake of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2017 Was that the OoFSFFS? Phart I think it was a substitute. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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