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The price list I am quoting is from the Royal Mail (View our Post Office price guideOpens in a new windowpdf, 3.85 MB) I guess it implies you buy online but send via the Post Office. I guess with the Post office offering two other companies its their way of controlling/increasing their cash flow

Its seems to get the higher insurance you must buy on line and then take the item to the post office.

This is from the Royal Mail "Post Office guide" UK Tracked Royal Mail Tracked® Tracked 24 Tracked 48 Size Weight up to and including Price Price Large Letter 750g £3.50 £2.70 Small Parcel 2kg £4.79 £3.89 Medium Parcel 2kg £7.09 £6.29 10kg £8.79 £7.79 20kg £12.89 £11.39 Includes compensation up to £150 £150 Small parcel 1st £4.79 2nd £3.89 Tracked both with up to £150 compensation. The only difference I can see is Royal Mail has reverted back to small package size from medium size (size is important again Small parcel up to 2kg 45 x 35 x 16 cm (17.5" x 13.5" x 6.25") Careful packing is required to keep within limits, but compensation up from £50 to £150 There seems to be quite a lot of confusion around what the changes were, but this seems quite clear. However you might have to buy them online then take to the Post Office

Patrick I still think at least the first wing rail could be soldered together using this jig providing an appropriate piece/pieces of shim** are used, you are simply keeping the rails in line with each other As for 0.1mm gap, providing the rail feet are within specification it should not cause any issues if the wing rails are accurately bent and shaped, however shaving a bit from the foot will not affect the crossing. The important bit is that both rail heads must be inline with each other through the crossing, then the wing rail position is set with a gauge between the vee and wing rails heads ** the width of the packing piece(s) must be at least the same or larger than the foot sticks out from the head Edit Regarding your own jig, in my view the important thing is to keep the heads in line !!

One of the reasons for using tracked, but I also use 1st class so it gets there quickly. I explain this in the posting and customers seem to appreciate going the extra mile. From memory only once has someone in the past 5+ years downgraded me on the star rating for postage costs. Simply I charge what it costs and if they don't like it dont buy from me. I try to give a good service, nothing worse than waiting ages for someone to be bothered to send the item, unless that is they have stated due to circumstances delayed posting (at least it gives me the choice Nothing worse than premium postage charges and lax service !!!. On the other hand if economy service offered and charged for a few days wait is acceptable

I may be miss-reading your account about how to use the EMGS common crossing jig (apologies if I have), whilst you are correct it will not work with flatbottom rail, the gaps are not for lining up timbers ** but for allowing thin PCB or metal shim * which you solder the rail to, when build a common crossing sub assembly The EMGS instruction sheet, showing how to both build a jig then use it https://emgs.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/1_2_1_4_pages_all.pdf * the strips should be the same thickness or thinner than the foot of the plastic chairs (0.5mm in 4mm & 1mm in 7mm) ** it is a multi angle gauge, where as the timber spacings will alter according to the angle of the Vee chosen and gauge being used I don't know if the jig could be modified for FB rail, by adding thin strips to the top parts of the jig equal to the overhang of the foot. Allowing the rail head(s) to rest against the jig. it would certainly work with the first wing rail

Weather and visitors stopped me from going to the allotment this morning, which allowed me to calculate my own projected energy costs for the next 4 months, using the average figures for the last 2 years. This in turn will let me make a informed decision on whether I need to up my payments. My assumptions are based on the average of the past 2 years of kwh imports of gas and electricity and exports of electricity bases on current rates and standing charges Last month I had to supplement my DDI payment by £2, the next 4 months I have projected will add £299 to my current balance of £175 and the following 2 months simply based on last years figures will add a further £87 making a projected credit of £561 by October against a surplus of £650 last year I am now thinking of making a token increase of £5 a month just to be on the safe side, unless something dire happens in the run up to winter I am quite pleased on the outcome of my review and the result of buying a solar system have far exceeded my expectations

Not negative feedback, but I always get proof of postage for items under £20 and tracked/recorded for over. If a customer claims to not have received an item I put a claim into the Royal Mail and let them judge the validity of the claim

I think this is a growing problem with the older type kit building businesses, all too often many are being run by folk who are past retirement age and in some cases keep doing it as its their baby which no one else would take on and run. I spoke with one owner who wants to carry on for another 3/4 years so he can say he ran the business for 50 years. I know another well into his 70's who just loves being involved in the model railway world, covid in someways helped him by showing he could survive well from mail order only, so both cherry picks the shows he attends, and has reduced his range to his own range plus outside parts needed to complete them As for Nucast, I assume those kits already updated may become available again, but I doubt few if any already released would be reissued. I would say if you find an unavailable kit of a model you require on the s/h market, buy it.

Not only was my bill very late I have been receiving several (4) bills each with varying levels of information, The problem seems to stem with each type of billing in 2 parts 26/3 to 1/4, then from 1/4 to 25/4 First I received £4 for exporting for the last few days of march, then 3 more bills still without all the details. My credit balance increased from £135, then to £150 now stands at £175, but I still have no exact details of export income for April, but at last my credit does look to be where I expected. At least between March and April my credit balance only decreased by £2, now it should be on the increase The other good news is that my bill was 10% lower than I anticipated

For bullhead rail the EMGS produces a very cheap multi angle etching. Or for EM or P4 there is the DD Wheelwrights Block gauge with crossing alignment aid, available from both societies

Mike It should have been me who should be apologizing for not recognising your models. And you did explain about your plans being altered at short notice Moving house is very emotive and perhaps often we are led by our hearts rather than our heads, however our last 2 moves (34 years between the two) we both straight away knew the properties were the correct ones. As far as buying and selling properties, for it to work well it must be a good deal for both/all 3 parties. Good luck with the buying and selling process, we were very lucky as the whole process from listing our property to moving took 2 months (a whirlwind) Having a box with a project in it, which can be both picked up and put away during the moving process is a good thing for your own sanity Great to meet you, and it will make my enjoyment of this thread even more enjoyable

If its any consolation, I never check any feedback prior to bidding. As I have complete confidence in eBay's resolution system for buyers I thought you have the right of reply to negative feedback, just give an honest statement When booking a holiday I always read the feedback (especially negative) and make my own judgement. I actually find most negative feedback as either not applicable or unjustified

The past 3 days have been very positive, 34.3 kwh produced. On Monday My export income was £1.70 after using 66p of our own production and I imported power to the value of 86p leaving me with surplus of 84p more than covering the daily standing charge Yesterday we generated £13 kwh (0.9kwh less) and imported 3.5 kwh (0.1kwh more) so I expect our exports for yesterday to at least cover the power we consumed and daily standing charge Or looking at it in a different was the first four days of this week export income has equalled import costs and my only costs have been daily standing charges Looking forward to sunnier days

I am giving this request a bump in the hope added detail in the title may assist I emailed Chivers in the hope they could shed some light on this loco, but never received a reply, I am just hoping someone could both confirm its origin and if it is a Chivers kit, what Bachmann chassis is used to run this loco. At worst I could counger up a simple brass bar chassis using both the kits outside frame and plans for the positions of the bogies I have a limited source of the prototype so all information will assist me in building/motorising it Thanks

I am being really boring in that I cannot find anything I fancy at a price I think is worthwhile. Neither am I selling much. In the back of my mind is wanting a Springside 4-6-0, but the ones that come up are far too expensive. Plus I am building/finishing off two locos and have a third waiting to be started

The change hopefully will be that we have accepted an offer on our house and we have put a offer on another house that we like. We have not heard back if our offer has been accepted yet but at least we are moving in the right direction. The house we like isn't 100% perfect but it does fit most of our needs. There will be some work to do if we do go ahead with the purchase but it is pretty close. There is a small boarded loft as well as a garage for big boys toys. My good lady has given permission for the small bedroom to become a workshop for myself. We just have to keep our fingers crossed for a good outcome. So with this future looking a little brighter I am going to the S7 meeting on Saturday. Were you at Albury ? I think we may have had a brief chat, did you bring your wagons ? Good luck with the house hunting, we moved/downsized 8 years ago, I guess its almost impossible to find exactly what you want, somethings almost always wrong. We found a house that fitted almost all we wanted in a lovely Essex village close and surrounded by National Trust woodlands and common land, but it was too small and had no shed for a workshop/layout room. As most houses had extensions, we wrongly assumed a small extension would cost 30k. In the end we settled for a complete redevelopment of downstairs 3m wide wrap-around extension costing an awful lot more, but having something so much better than we expected with an internal (small) railway den Good luck with your move and I hope you find what you both are looking for

Patrick I have one of the 1-6 jigs, designed for c0de 75 to 100 flatbottom rail, but also code 75 bullhead works in it. Very easy to use if expensive, but repays itself in time saving and accuracy Templot 3D is for bullhead rail, however the reusable filing jigs for both common crossings and switch rails are some of the best around, certainly the most versatile and cheapest, but bullhead only

Some none-Insulated wheel(s) ? Check whether one wheel has lost its insulating ability if all are insulated, or it may be the pickups ?

The missing castings for both locos arrived a couple of weeks ago, the gears for the Manning Wardle arrived earlier this week. We have had family staying plus I have now been asked to do some track 3D printing and assist someone plan their layout in Templot, so my mind has been elsewhere First off the missing step has been built and fitted, after this photo I primed the area, so now I need to get the airbrush working Alsi I have replaced both the worm and gear wheel, since the motor mount was set up for the other gear set I now need to mesh these new gears

I think you will find many of the K's wagon and coach kits which when offered up back to back do not match With the exception of the lowmac I have found (especially as most have no floors) to rebuild the chassis by making a new floor, fitting etched W irons, saving the axleboxes and springs. In many cases depending on which gauge is being used it may not be necessary to compensate the chassis, but the difference using pin point axles and bearings makes is enormass. I have just opened one of these sand wagon kits I brought over the last 12 months for £5, it was still packed up in tissue paper in a sealed plastic bag, it has the same deformity

Looking at my last 21 days of this month each 7 day period my net cost of imported energy was lower than the weekly standing charge. I have paid in total after export payments £8.85. However the standing charge for the 21 days was £10.05 The value of power I have used these past 21 days was £39.38, my solar panels reduced the cost to £8.85 (plus standing charges on both figures)

As far as I am aware none of the whitemetal wagon kits ever came with either bearings or wheels with pinpoint axles, I am certain neither did the latter plastic range which were introduced in the latter days of K's I remember whilst I was still at school a neighbour brought a K's terrier and two or three SECR coaches, the loco struggled to pull the coaches on the flat. These days were before parts like etched W irons and wheels with pinpoint bearings were available from main stream sources (mainly retail in those days) I have to great affect fitted etched W irons to both whitemetal wagons and coaches

Round here most EV are either SUV' s or similar size

Not where I live