Jol Wilkinson

As has already been suggested, this should really be in the model shop guide forum. As I understand it the Smaller Suppliers forum is really intended for the small manufacturers who usually supply direct to their customers.

Be careful Ivan, the blame mongers will make it all your fault for being out of the country. The search for scapecoats - rather than culprits - is already underway. Don't you just love the media at time like this. Jol

My frustration with football is the amount of time the media waste on it and the apparent importance attached to the livestyle of some of it's participants. In the long run it's only a game and there are more important things in life.

I was in Vancouver just a couple of days after the rioting there in June. Most notable was the reaction of the residents who were shocked by what had happened, voluntarily went to the site to help clean up and leave messages of support for the community. We were frequently asked if the event (a minor one by comparison with what is happening in London) had changed our view of Vancouver. We felt that the attitude of the residents we met was absolutely wonderful and strengthened our already positive view of Vancouver and it's people. Contrast this with what's happening in London. All I seem to hear on the news is people blaming the police and the fire brigades for handling the problem badly and the politicians for creating a society that causes these problems. My best wishes go out to anyone who has suffered in these appalling events and my strongest condemnation goes to those who are doing it, condone it or excuse it and especially those that know anyone who is involved and do nothing. Jol

Anyone that thinks football is important.

Ironic that these are/were all designs that put practicality, especially for city use in the case of the 1007, ahead of style. Not a good idea where image and style statement is the most important thing for today's driver/buyer. Jol

What is needed is an application that identifies who committed the offence (litter, graffiti, etc.) and sends their ID to the police, their employers, parents, etc. The real problem is not identifying the problem and location and then telling someone else about it so that they can fix it, but developing a culture and social responsibility that stops this abuse of our country in the first place. I've just returned from three weeks in western Canada, where litter is virtually non - existent and a social conscience seems very much more commonplace.

I've just got back from three weeks in Canada, where it appears that the North American divisions of the far eastern brands are having a competition to produce the ugliest car. The Nissan Cube, Toyota FJ Cruiser and Kia Soul (I think there should be an R before that) and the Honda Element seem to be leading the way. The best Ford can manage is the Flex.

What O'leary and Ryanair have done is to capitalise on air travellers greed for cheap flights, who don't consider/understand what they are getting into. Sadly other airlines and industries are happy to follow their lead, as already mentioned. While you can put up with their flight "conditions" for a couple of hours, it becames much less acceptable for 8 or 9 hours, as we recently found when crammed into an Airbus 300 for a trip to Canada. The airline masqueraded as Thomas Cook so we thought would be okay, but turned out to be operated by Air Transat, at whose hands my sister had previously suffered. Although the seat pitch was advertised at 32" as if this was some sort of benefit, we paid a further £39 each(each way) for extra legroom seats. We got seats in the cross aisle (by the escape doors), which were used by all and sundry including the cabin crew with their trolleys, to get from one aisle to the other. A total waste of money/rip off. In addition the seats were so narrow that I couldn't turn sideways at all to get comfortable for a nap (the seat backs didn't recline), so how any "wider" passengers managed I cannot imagine. The attitude of the crew was such that we felt they thought the passengers were nothing but an inconvenience and did nothing to improve the flight experience. By comparison, a flight to NZ last year with Air New Zealand was absolute luxury. We have decided that we will fly with proper airlines in future for any flight more than a couple of hours. For anything less it will still have to be a real bargain. Jol

Actually no, "theyre" as written in an earlier posting in this thread. It reminded me of the usual confusion between the other two.

Modellers that know how to make things, rather than just buy them.

Wonderful. It's great to know that I'm not alone in the world having such views (although my dearly beloved thinks I am). May I add. People who don't know the differnce between theyre, their and there. Rubish speling in generel. Football. Jol

You mean the guy in the background wearing sunglasses?

The London Road Models device is a "rivet embosser" intended solely for embosssing half etched rivets consistently. It was originally devised for that purpose by John Hayes and described in MRJ. Although I have one, I have found that a suitable honed punch, used with a 2oz hammer (much more sophisticated than Coach ) also works very well. Rivetting tools or presses have a punch and an anvil or dolly and will produce rivets on full thickness material. I also have a GW Rivet Tool and have found it quite satisfactory for 4mm use, on the admittedly rare occasions I have needed to use it. Jol

Not actually listening to at the moment, but went to see Joe Brown and his band in Ipswich last night. Never saw myself as a great fan of his but thought they were brilliant.

LRM jigs are now made by Markits (who copied the original ones to sell for themselves). As the original supplier required an order for a batch of at least 2000 to get a reasonable price, and some retail sales were already now going to Markits, LRM decided to buy in from Markits. They are also made from 1/8" aluminium bar stock, but do seem to be slightly larger than the original LRM version. Perhaps the machining of the tapered end also increases the diameter of the adjacent parallel plain section of the jig. Having reduced them to fit your hornblock bearings, I would wipe them over with a coat of light oil to prevent any oxidation/corrosion while they are in the tool box. Incidentally, LRM don't claim the idea for the design, that was Iain Rice's. LRM just started to get them made. Jol