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great for eels

... or another Dr Beeching?

so they thought

What has happened to the BBC's web football coverage? Looks glamorous, but finding what you want is hopeless. The minute by minute live overall commentary seems to have gone too. The forthcoming fixtures are all divided by division and competition, with all forthcoming fixtures on different dates shown in the same list, so it is really diffiult to pick what is being played on any one day. Hopeless! Useless!

Don't forget there is no guarantee that the people you use for the final print will come up with exactly the same colour reproduction and brightness as you do on your own printer. Subtle changes to your own results could give you a false idea of what you will eventually get.

The other coach was a Great Eastern Railway boigie coach built for the the Wisbech & Upwell Tramway. D&S Models used to do an etched kit in 4mm scale, but it is out of production, I believe. There is a drawing of the coach in one of the books on the Wisbech & Upwell Tramway. I beleve someone does an etch in 2mm scale too - you don't say which scale you are modelling in.

There is defintely some king of grille impression on that first panel. It my well be the lighting that disguises it as Kris says.

I recently found this site to view old maps for the Republic of Ireland. http://maps.osi.ie To navigate the site, select Historic 25" and pan/zoom in as far as you like. The red cross in the middle can be used to aim at your target. It is very addictive, I should warn you!

Source of constant puzzlement!

One large spider is a cliche - lots of little spiders is a creche

Well, North British went bust after they finished the production run of the Class 22s, so if you want to be totally prototypically accurate............... Only joking (I hope)

If your feet smell and your nose runs you must be upside down

Slightly off topic, but are there any good drawings of the Metro-Vick 2-Do-2s? I am keen to make a model (not Sn3 scale) and would welcome assistance Please PM me rather than ruin this topic. Sorry!

The nations are all gathered for a Space Conference where they will announce their next big space programmes. The American, Russian and Irish delegates just happen to sit at the same table for coffee.... The Irishman and the American ask the Russian what they are planning. The Russian says they plan to land men on the moon. Then it's the American's turn. "We did the moon a long time ago. Our aim is to get men to Mars", he boasts. So, the American and the Russian ask the Irishman what they have planned. "We're going to land a man on the Sun", he proudly boasts. On the Sun? the American and the Russian both point out that the heat from the sun will burn a man alive many thousand miles before they could reach the surface. "Ah, we've got a clever plan, says the Irishman - we'll do it at night, when its cold and dark".

If you are modelling Lime Street just after WW2, would the roof have been glazed? I am just wondering because other main line termini had the glazing removed at the start of the war. I haven't a clue how quickly everything would have been put back though. I am sure you know better than me, but I am curious!

Sorry - it was really the appearance I was referring to, not the innards!

Seems strange that a company capable of designing the Deltics and Class 20s should also come up with the 40s, 37s and Baby Deltics. Was it something to do with BR influence, or 2 separate design offices, I wonder?

With issues like this, the only way to find out if you like it is to try it and see for yourself. It doesn't really matter what other people think. I have 2 slightly different monitors, but find the convenience well worthwhile.

Weirdness reigns in the Blue Square Premier League, with top sides getting great results one week and very embarrassing ones the next.

Agreed - the "perfect" lighting and white background takes all the character away from the models on the Hattons site. They look very flat with poor detail on there. I was not impressed at all. The photos above really show that there is a wealth of detail and character on the actual model. Now I am thinking about buying one. Whoever does the Hattons photos ought to seriously reconsider their techniques.

Tell us more - is this going to be available for all in due course?