Crosland

Don't get your hopes up too much :-)

The layout needs to be squared up a bit to be able to create a new frame. The bridge has been removed for reuse, possibly as a scenic break in more or less its original position. Here's the first cut Only two more sides to do. Andrew

Thank you for the comments and encouragement. I've settled on a name. But first, meet Arnold Arnold was a much loved family pet who is sadly no longer with us. Arnold was a rescue catand I now have a rescue layout (can you see where this is going?), so... The layout will henceforth be known as Arnoldale. Playing fast and loose with etimology, it comes from the old English and means the valley of the powerful eagles Arnoldale is somewhere in deepest Yorkshire where ex-L&Y, LNWR, Midland, LMS (and anything else that takes my fancy) locos will be seen, just as soon as I've built them Andrew

Through a bequest to the 2mm society and with help from the society (thanks to the Oxford area group for storing it) I am now the proud owner of part of the late Tony Andrew's 2mm finescale layout. I hope to find the time to blog as I restore and hopefully enhance the layout. Here is an overall shot of the layout: The baseboard construction is interesting :-) A nice surprise were the (potentially) working and illuminated semaphore signals. This is the result of a somewhat over bright 1W Cree LED torch (sorry for the poor focus): A farish Jinty with association replacement chassis arriving on scene: A somewhat posed arrangement :-) The eagle eyed will spot the lack of couplings on some and N gauge couplers still to be removed from others: I need a name for the layout. Suggestions on a postcard... All for today. Andrew

It's only a perception, maybe true in some cases but I suspect there is a lot of confirmation bias. If everybody waits to the end and puts in a snipe bid, assuming they all submit their bids in time, it's still the highest bidder that wins. You still need to bid your maximum to stand a good chance of winning the item. Andrew

Snipe bidding is only effective against people who do not understand proxy bidding, and treat Ebay as a traditional auction room where you bid a little more each time you are outbid. Ebay proxy bidding is more like leaving a commision bid with the auctioneer. Just bid your maximum from the outset and you will only lose if someone bids more. Whether they do it by sniping or not is irrelevant. Andrew

You get the option to increase your maximum bid regardless of wether you are outbid with your initial offering. Andrew

Still wouldn't be worth that money. I had a Crownline "complete kit" once. I could probably have taken them to court, and I'm not just referring to the usual lack of motor or wheels. Andrew

You paid more than he was prepared to pay. That's how it works :-) If he was happy to pay more he could have bid more and your bid would have been unsuccessful, That's how it works :-) Andrew

Why? Are you saying there's something missing or that you don't like Perseverence kits? Andrew

That how idiots that don't understand proxy bidding do it Neither would have paid a penny more had they just bid what they were willing to pay from the outset. Andrew

Sounds like an electronic equivalent of an old electromechanical programmer on a washing machine (the bit that would click and whir and move round as the wash program progressed). Hardly a computer, even in the 1980s. Andrew

The ash from which is surprisingly radioactive! Coal and all the mining and processing involved has been and is far more dangerous than nuclear power. Andrew

Yeah, I'm waiting for one of them to ask why i haven't left feedback - because I can't ! Andrew

As a MERG member myself, that is disappointing. Probably a misuse or misunderstanding of terminology somewhere but the answer is, quite simply, no. Was it someone on a MERG stand? As others have said there is a limit to the amount of information that can be carried on a DCC bus but accessory control packets are infrequent and unlikely to be the straw to break the camels back. Andrew

I am looking for ideas for fixing a Nigel Lawton mini motor in place. I seem to recall a piece of tube being suggested as a motor mount. Does it need gluing in? Any other ideas? Andrew

Well, the two latest paid up promptly after I opened a non-payment case with ebay :-) Andrew

I have been using ebay for years and never had a problem. Now I have had three non-payers in a month. Andrew

Well, it was for charity. I had a similar experience with a White Swan book in an Oxfam book shop. The manager dropped the price so much that I then felt guilty and put half the difference in the charity box on the counter. Andrew

You can buy with a ring of confidence. Andrew

Thanks. It would be good if the shop website description were clear on this being a plain muff. Andrew

So which bit is Graham Farish? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GRAHAM-FARISH-KIT-BUILT-LANGLEY-SOUTHERN-SR-4-6-0-KING-ARTHUR-CLASS-SOLD-AS-SEEN-/281345056232?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item418178dde8 Andrew

Here's an example. This was addressed (in the salutation, not the e-mail sense) to the seller but I also received a copy. I was the only recipient on the e-mail, so it's either sent individually to both parties or sent as bcc rather than cc. That would explain why buyers do not see the seller as a cc on their copy. Andrew

The 3-102b that I was supplied with do not have the rim for pressing the gear against. Is this correct? Andrew

Well, they are certainly being copied to me, as a seller. I was quite surpised at the amount one person was prepared to pay. They got a real bargain :-) Andrew