MJI

2 minutes ago, MJI said:

Worsley Works sides and ends.

 

And a 116 DMS

The 119 (all 3) now in B&G and with Lima chassis awaiting bogies.

Worsley Works sides and ends.

10 hours ago, The Johnster said:

This is a good point; there's rare and there's rare.  It would be unusual to stand anywhere alongside the ECML between '62 and the early 80s for more than an hour in daylight without seeing one of those 22 locos, even north of Newcastle.  Similarly, by the mid 60s and into the early 70s one would stand a very good chance of seeing Falcon on any given day between Paddington and Bristol via Box, much as one would have a very similar chance of seeing The Great Bear there 50 odd years earlier.  Adams radials and Beattie Well Tanks were more or less unknown on the post grouping Southern, but rather common on the Lyme Regis and Wenford Bridge branches respectively.  

 

Small classes and unique locos have a more prominent presence than their numbers would suggest in specific locations if they work fast long distance expresses on specific routes, or at the other extreme, if they are confined to short branch lines where everybody knows where to look for them, or if they are designed for a specific duty such as Big Bertha.

If my layout was set any older I would need a Falcon and a few Westerns.

Anything West of England in the early 80s would require at least 5 x 50s.

Peaks were not everywhere but they were very common where I grew up.

I find it is difficult to avoid a small number of rare vehicles.

If you model a certain period and region and something was very common there you have to have it.

Try a 1970s ECML layout without a few members of a class of 22 Diesels.

Not much I can say but my best regards

16 hours ago, boxbrownie said:

Indeed, three of us went up there in a works truck to pick up a kit each, Chris met us and we had a chat about the er......issue he was just starting to have with Caterham, lovely bloke and really helpful when he realised how tall I was he brought a long pedal box chassis  out of the workshop for me and swapped over from the standard I had ordered, I think the fact we were buying three at once helped of course 

I considered a Westfield at one stage,, I was going to do a version normally using Ford Escort components using Rootes components, but could not afford it. Was going to use a tuned 1600cc Avenger lump.

Some thoughts about Destiny.

I was getting addicted to grinding, just to get high level, but now it is difficult as certain tasks have to be done rather than generally play the game.

However I do have a huge pile of materials.

I have now decided to not bother with a lot of weeklies as they drop stuff not really worth having, and now have the following aims this season.

So not bothering with Crucible, Strikes, Weekly planet. Not bothering about 3 characters doing all weapon bounties everyday.

However I do like Gambit.

1) Get all the Gambit Prime armour, got 2 complete and 4 partial Notorious sets. Got 4 out 5 Warlock Sentry yesterday.

2) Gambit Prime triumphs.

3) The lore. OK new Moon stuff and Marasenna.

4) Get the Shattered Throne bow.

5) Finish Moon Hunter.

6) Do Moon Warlock.

I also need to do more on the Leviathan. Reckoning?

But I reckon not chasing over 950 will make it more fun.

If I had the money I would go Nikon full frame DSLR.

My current kit is old 1960s Miranda and Tamron, prime lenses, and a light leaking camera body.

So no ties to old kit.

I do like Nikon lenses and Sony image sensors.

2 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Hi Martin

 

Plastic card bits and bobs.

Wnat to try any resin

Large battery boxes

Fridge boxes

Gas cabinets with or without underneath angle iron

What do you do about all the underside gubbins on coaches and units?

With 4 catering vehicles being bare I had to sort things properly.

Resin casting.

Do many of us use this technique to produce more items?

I am currently doing some right now, seats for a DMU, seats for detailing old Airfix aircon open firsts, vents for 2CDE stock based on Airfix. And a few Mark 1 underframe boxes for buffets. My RBR (RU), Bar, Booth, TH RMB all use them.

Shim the check rails, the gaps are too wide allowing a wheel to take the wrong route.

11 hours ago, Lecorbusier said:

The MRJ article is dated 1989. I understood from the information board that the model was started in the late 1970s.

I ma pretty sure I was reading about a model of this station in the late 70s early 80s

2 hours ago, Lecorbusier said:

 

When was it first made?

17 minutes ago, Tony Wright said:

Yesterday, it was my privilege to be present at the official launch of Hatton's O Gauge A3s at the firm's base in Widnes. 

 

They're proving very popular, particularly at the price of £750.00. 

 

 

A happy husband and wife take delivery of PAPYRUS from one of Hatton's staff.

 

 

And another happy customer tests his current guise FLYING SCOTSMAN. 

 

All the models tested ran superbly. A full report will appear in BRM.

 

Mo and I stayed overnight in Chester, and this morning we walked into the centre of my home city. In Frodsham Street, there's a proper camera shop, which I always visit when I'm in Chester. 

 

They had on sale a demonstration Nikon 60mm Micro lens for the fantastic price of under £400.00! Current new prices are well over £500.00. I've used my old Nikon Micro lens for many years, but it's not compatible in every way with modern digital LSRs. So, I bought this new one, and I've tried some experiments with it attached to the front of the D3. 

 

By fiddling (don't ask me how!), I've managed to get the minimum aperture down to smaller than F50! Which means that at a foot's distance to take a shot like this, everything is in sharp focus. It's my ancient Nu-Cast B16/3, out because I'm completing the same type started by Roy Jackson. Yes, I know one should never make a model of a model, but after nearly 40 years it's a reasonable reminder of how the bits fit. 

 

 

Believe it or not, this is  an N Gauge van, by Sonic Models. The lens was an inch from the subject matter! There is absolutely no chromatic aberration, nor any distortion whatsoever. What a lens! The problem is, of course, that any specks of dust look like small (or large) stones! 

 

 

I've tried a layout shot, and the results are reasonable - with room for more experimentation. B&W, in many ways, is more redolent of the time. 

 

 

By getting in close and not exploiting the minimum aperture, the principal subject matter is sharp whilst background detail is nicely understated. 

 

I know some readers are going to be aghast at my spending nearly £400.00 on just a lens, but it is part of my professional equipment, and, on first experience, worth every penny! 

 

£400 seems fair to me.

I am a bit like that with TVs and home electronics, however I have only owned 3 large TVs and just bought top of range, full featured but only when needed,say £1500 over a decade is better than £500 every 2 to 3 years.

I mentioned at work looking around for a new TV in a year or so and was aghast at the idea of a cheap one I would have to replace sooner and also be unhappy with, why change to one worse than I already have?

My AV receiver is over 20 years old and still works fine.

Simple really, buy the best you can afford when you need it, or keep buying junk because it is not very good.

To be honest you can do it yourself, filling, use plastic sheet as much as possible before filler, let dry as well.

16 hours ago, 96701 said:

Is a program a programme?

Program - code on a computer

Programme - stuff on TV

As to chicken, becomes a vegetable after head lopped off.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/on-demand/0/grand-tour-episode-11italian-lessons-talking-points-review/

I am not a fan at all of non alcoholic copies of alcoholic drinks.

Rather have tea or water.

If I want simple refreshing try a little French beer. Cheap, taste fine and small enough to not worry about alcohol.

My boss knew him, gave him a lift once.

Averaged around 90 on a VERY twisty A road in an Escort, not Andrews Heat for Hire but Works Ford.

1 hour ago, Reorte said:

 

The biggest problem I had with New Vegas (on PC) is that it was very unstable, and I hadn't even modded it.

At times on PS3 it was under 1fps

On 29/10/2019 at 19:02, russ p said:

The L series is an absolute gem, they were developing a 16v version of it to replace the BMW unit in the 75. This engine did actually see the light of day in a Chevrolet would like to see how one performed in my ZT

The L series in my ZR is actually a better engine than the massive BMW unit in the ZT.

I also have a  a perkins prima in my van which the L series is based on , I love that engine it's so noisy one of the defining sounds of late 80s Britain as they were in sherpa  too.

When it's cold started reminds me of a DMU engine,  fantastic starter mind

I prefer the version with EUI and 5 cylinders.

On 29/10/2019 at 18:32, Chris M said:

I have never ever found a pre common rail diesel good to drive. Even the Peugeot diesels, which were supposedly the best, had an extremely narrow power band. As soon as they started to get some oomph you ran out of revs. The first common rail diesel I ever drove was a Rover 600 with am L series diesel. At the time it was a revelation.

Six months ago I would have strongly agreed that I prefer diesel to petrol but I changed to a petrol with a large turbo earlier this year and now this is easily my preference. 

I have a non commonrail Diesel. But EUI instead.

Sounds lovely and really grunty, with a remap as quick as the 4.0 V8

I quite liked Fallout New Vegas apart from the horrific frame rate on PS3

Am I unusual in being happy to just watch them run.

Complex running to timetables, not really interested, building and watching is more fun. This is where train sets win, start them up and watch them.

My under construction for 20 years garage layout will be converted to continuous run eventually so I can kick off a couple and watch them pass by.

8 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Hi Tim

 

Part of the reason for picking the Sheffield area for my location was the potential of a variety of DMUs from the ER, NER and LMR. So why have I got some WR DMUs, ScR railcars and a Hastings unit, plus some LMR and ER trains that wouldn't have been seen in Sheffield?

I model WR with some MR interlopers and the interlopers are from an ex WR now MR depot.

At least I can tell a 116, 117, and 118 apart!