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I find unaltered RTR boring, I will check over any layout I can get near. No trains moving, will not hang about unless exceptional. Can't get near, will skip. Depot layouts, will look at for 2 min or so. Chatty people will stay and chat.

No, we just realised that commuting is a total waste of time and money, saves me £300 a month, moved from sturggling to cmfortable.

Looking good, the underframes and bogies do lift it.

Didn't Colin investigate motorising the gangways?

It will be fine on a layout, but so few MTK have been built, also rare.

I find them interesting, and good to see them completed. MTK castings are pretty shocking so a good result is not easy. But you do need a 4 COR now. And to run them.

You can tell, lots of giveaways, like 1 piece body and those poor castings. But it looks good.

https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/more-british-high-speed-trains-head-to-mexico/

Time for some party politics. Mayors, vote Andy. The two Andys of Birmingham and Manchester are working together to improve rail links between the cities. One option is complete HS2. https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/07/mayors-put-forward-alternatives-to-hs2-scrapped-northern-section https://news.google.com/articles/CBMifmh0dHBzOi8vYm1tYWdhemluZS5jby51ay9uZXdzL21heW9ycy1idXJuaGFtLWFuZC1zdHJlZXQtdW5pdGUtb24tY29zdC1lZmZlY3RpdmUtYWx0ZXJuYXRpdmVzLXRvLXNjcmFwcGVkLWhzMi1ub3J0aGVybi1zZWN0aW9uL9IBggFodHRwczovL2JtbWFnYXppbmUuY28udWsvbmV3cy9tYXlvcnMtYnVybmhhbS1hbmQtc3RyZWV0LXVuaXRlLW9uLWNvc3QtZWZmZWN0aXZlLWFsdGVybmF0aXZlcy10by1zY3JhcHBlZC1oczItbm9ydGhlcm4tc2VjdGlvbi8_YW1w?hl=en-GB&gl=GB&ceid=GB%3Aen

I went for reading distance after cataract surgery . Spent 300 quid on glasses today. Pick them next weekend. I can fo some modelling no glasses, but not as well as two years ago. Bit pre op left was almost unusable. For now got a lamp with lights and thing holder. Will follow thid with interest

I am building BGs mix of NEA and NA/DV and GWR150 TSOs from Triang BSKs

My office is in redditch but not driven there since early December 22. Long covid sucks. But i may try to get there.

Lifted 2 lengths OK with 3 or 4 sleepers damaged. Lifted 3 points, 1 fine, 2 disintegrated. Going to get some PCB sleepers and a track gauge to rebuild them.

I had to zoom in on the cosplay Clarkson to see it wasn't.

I would get better tips if the rest of the iron is OK

Quite common and to be honest pretty terrible. It is a chassis design and construction issue and the manufacturers should be stung for it. Like fitting brand new beefed up chassis to the lot.

There is no sad icon

That can be arranged. I have seen pictures of cuddly toy locos and one was an 08

I feel young on this thread, and my age starts with a 6

Every piece is connected to droppers, but new layout is ply. Worked out with my big stock of SH rail, my old layout, and left over streamline I will have most of what I need, may need another 10 length of concrete. Was going to scrap the steel in the SH track, but that can be used for the PAD as old rail.

Yes but they are the best name in VW group, none of this silly Audi nonsense, nice solid Skodas. TBH the only VW group name I would consider buying.

Please ask RC though if I can put my manipulated one on this thread, I did similar with E1883 and had the photographers permission

Robert Carrol and 51A both have pictures of E1106, the RC one is good enough to transform to get underframe detail, ask him if I could upload my transformed copy if you want it

There are a few piccies on web search for E1106 Some interior photos in the Mark 1 book by Keith Parkin as well, the big one. Well worth buying BTW. Not sure if this is allowed but I found these

I have one of the those 5 pole motors in my Flying Scotsman Good motor