Tim Dubya

Can anyone comment as to whether these are still on for a January release date (trying to budget & failing that, budgeting for the bank charges, as I'm 'avin one maybe two )

I love all corvids, my favourite bird of all being the Magpie.

Does the airspace above my garden count? If so, a Jay (in flight)

Once a week,he was a bit posh!

The Paradise Flyer 28/7/93. BR type 4 diesel no. 37407 'Loch Long' crawls along the Weymouth Harbour Tramway. [Mike Morant collection]

"Who Flung Dung" by Willie Catchett

We get sunflower hearts in massive sacks, one will last us a year. Good job as they're 'kin heavy!

Thomas not Dingo, apologies for the confusion.

Well, here it finally is. Here's how I got there today... Found a use for the eBay win (?) Got my head around the concept of bending those Lacey pins... pin - pin vice. Put pin in vice to required depth and bend it on a metal ruler (acquired from Norton-Radstock College of Further & Higher {?} Education - other 'institutions' are available). It dawned on me whilst attempting to file down the copper clad sleeps that all these weeks of filing the tips off my fingers was really unnecessary, as I have one of these: So out with 64 & 73 for the ole's Chuck it all together and this is with I got... Got out the electric glue and ended up wiv dis... I'm very happy with my efforts as now I can get on with further track planning but... TBH, although it works ok on manual, I'm not happy with appearance after seeing Hayfield's method, so I've ordered some brass sliders from EMGS Stores, along with some other bits and bobs. Just thought, I should have asked if anybody wanted anything whilst I was at it. Soz Dubya

Me too, stew to be built and probably a bath, if I can be caught

It appears so

Not really that's just a train (a very nice train I might add). But surely Thomas (driven by Ringo) would be a more appropriate form of traction? I know he's a southerner but it is(n't) Christmas

Bath day today in Bath with 6 Sparrows in the (funnily enough) birdbath and a Robin at the bottom of the garden in our homemade mini table (a metal tray stuck on top of the old sundial). Reminds me, it's the first weekend of the month, so must be time for mine too

With Thomas?

Go on then

Rapido

No injuries to report today, however... Time for some apple juice now but tomorrow... My patience will be tested fitting one (if not two) of these b@stards. I've lost the knack of bending lace pins with pliers, so I resorted to using a Bill Bedford handrail bending jig... net result perfectly bent lace pin and bu99ered BB jig (which I fortunately managed to fashion back into some sort of flatness). Cheers Dubya

I always have trouble fitting the roofs TBH, I've got a pair converted to the Maunsell pull-push sets using the Branchlines conversation kit. They're in a box in the loft somewhere - that's how pleased I am with them.

Lanakshire Models from Dave Franks of this parish. I have a similar design from Ragstone models too.

The one at Norton is well hard, it's been refurbed and still at the goods yard frote. I remember when it was covered in shite almost to the top.