Nick C

The problem with that is that it's sold as a spoof - but the entries are better and more meaningful than many of those in the real competition!

The wikipedia article on the band has two sections for former drummers - real and fictional!

Mousa models list etched sides for a diagram 2008, but currently out of stock. The Ironclad would need the heavy-duty bogies too, I don't know if anyone still makes them?

Probably more trying to stop people using a paint scraper as a chisel!

There's a note in the middle of there: Note 2: All infrastructure and vehicles wth a track gauge of 350mm or under are considered as automatically excluded from scope through blanket exemption in ROGS, even though some such rail systems might be included in the list below. I note also that the Swanage and NYMR have their own category for working over NR metals. I believe the Tallyllyn do too, though their new coaches have a novel double-action lock which looks pretty good - a 90 degree turn of the handle to release the bolt, then a further 45 for the traditional slam-door catch.

One I saw elsewhere on here was done with a bit of string and a weight hanging below the baseboard - looks like the photos were lost, but see @The Bigbee Line's Hayling island thread: If you're using Peco points you'll need to remove the over-centre spring, then they'll move easily.

It looks like you can still buy new kit cars as well - such as this one for under £5k - I was surprised, I'd expected to see that modern legislation would have made them impossible to get road-approved...

I can't find the clip at the moment, but there was one floating around the internet a few years ago of a near-miss in South London in which the lorry was turning left under a bridge, and the cyclist started going up the inside. He only stopped when the following cyclist (who's footage it was) literally screamed at him - the lorry's cab was already out of sight round the corner (so couldn't have seen anything in his mirrors) and the trailer came within inches of the wall as it swang...

That's asking a lot these days ;)

Yep - I remember an instruction for a Peugeot 205 to "press out the bearing" or words to that effect. It neglected to mention that you'd need a 10 tonne hydraulic press to do so...

Or when you looked up a particular job and it seemed quite simple, just a few steps - except that one of them was "remove x" which turns out to be a horrifically complex job of three pages, needing several helpers, the making of special tools, and lots of swearing...

I'm now wondering how to build (or more importantly, power) a model of the FYNR one...

Easiest option there is to allow a certain number of days - say 4 per year? - for religious observation, for which the employee has to declare in advance which set they wish to take (so that the employer has plenty of time to plan). Not sure how you'd decide on dates for atheists though, unless you just make that as something to be arranged on an individual basis... YouTube creators get paid based on the ads shown. By blocking them you're depriving them of their income, unless you're a member of their 'patreon' or similar - and it will be your loss too once they can no longer afford to make the content because too many people are taking it without paying.

I believe (from what I've read on other fora) this type of situation is fairly common on quite a few railways - particularly if an item of stock is part owned by several people, you may find it easy to contact some, but others have moved on or passed away, possibly without their heirs even knowing about their share in the item - the paperwork set up in the 60s or 70s between a few mates wasn't always as robust as it needs to be nowadays...

In my second year at university I shared a house with three other engineering students - all of us were left handed...

IIRC Roxey sell the roofs from their kits separately to get the correct profile - or look out for a cheap Bachmann birdcage? I've got a pair of the Bedford sides for one that have been sitting in the "to do something about" pile for several years now!

I'm jealous! I've not managed to get hold of a copy at all, let alone at a sensible price. However chatting to one of the guys on Hepton Wharf at Uckfield, they seem to think it's likely there will be a reprint.

This looks cool - cheap, lightweight, no-frills and modular, basically a modern version of the Bedford Rascal...

Looking in the PP book, I think you need this drawing: "Two More Pull-Push sets (SR 1937-39 conversions, sets 1-6 & 656-658) 1 sheet" 656-658 being formed of an LSWR driving trailer and an SECR 'long-ten' https://sremg.org.uk/files/MikeKingDrawings.pdf

Blacksmith's is long gone, I'm afraid - and looking on https://www.closedpubs.co.uk/, as are quite a few I remember from my student days (which weren't that long ago - early 2000s!) - including the delightfully named pair "The Honest Lawyer" and "The Bent Brief" - which were on the same road, one junction apart... The tiny one-room "Guide Dog" is still there though. I was referring earlier to the "South Western Arms" by St Denys station, I suspect it's changed a lot since then though! If you're happy with bottled stuff, there's several now do mail order.

The kind of stuff that, if the landlord doesn't know you, he'll only sell you by the half - and it's not labelled with it's strength, becuase no-one's bothered to measure it. Used to be a pub in Southampton that sold scrumpy out of a plastic barrel on the bar - the same place had labels rebranding some of the well-known lagers, such as "finest Australian cat's piss"

Indeed not - no flat loading bay, which is what makes an estate an estate (rather than a boxy hatchback) - it might not sound like much, but it makes a big difference if you're trying to shift anything heavy or awkward!

It's when you see all of those at once that you know you've been drinking proper cider...

That's a terribly drawn diagram - best figured out by tracing it along each link! I think that @MossdaleNGauge is correct - 2/4/6 common, 1 or 3 for 'off', 5 for 'on'. Presumably it's a modern LED one, given the two separate lamps and the 'R/W' for the pivot? On - 5 to 2/6: Off - 1/3 to 2/4:

Good that someone's finally realising that not everyone wants SUVs - but £40k!