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UK Law, The warranty is with the place you bought it, not the manufacturer, no matter what the shop or manufacturer says.

Ludgershall Change for Tidworth Or thats what it will say on the station signs. GWR 1940, although Hopefully I'll able to push the date back towards MSWJR 1923 when i want . http://swindonsotherrailway.co.uk/ds24a.jpg, http://swindonsotherrailway.co.uk/ds23.jpg Due to various delays, construction came to a halt for quite a while, though it's about to restart, the biggest problem at the moment is I've run out of room in the shed for all the stuff required to build the layout. The delays A, SWMBO has moved into her end of the shed already ( where the track just does a loop round and down the other side of the shed) ( it's set up as an art studio) B, A death in the family C, Too much other stuff to do. D, I partly rebuilt the mobile home E There is an acre and a half of Garden Jungle out there to keep under control. F, There is no where to store the wood and materials required to build the last bit of the layout or finish lining that end of the shed, because the rest of the shed is already occupied by the layout and SWMBO.. At the moment we are discussing another shed (10X8) to use as a storeroom for the wood until the main shed is finish, then it will become a Hobbies storeroom / messy hobbies area eg Spray booth / stained glass cutting area Oh, the layout will be 54ft by up to 14ft wide plus a garden loop. In order to get some more layout work done, Ive decided to first build the Collingbourne station, which is on the return loop, and is designed to be removable, so I can show it or take it down to the MRC. I had hoped to start that a couple of months back but more delays...

Its an Italian product And buffalo in Italian is the male buffalo........ ( The Female is bufala)

I once passed an Allegro on the A74, then I was passed by a bit of an Allegro, one of its front wheels went went bouncing down the road past me as we slowed for traffic. ( The old Austin 1100 had its bearings set to about 148 lbs, the allegro was finger tight. The mechanics in the early days of the allegro assumed it was the same as the 1100, with disastrous consequences.)

The Cost? A lot of grief from SWMBO.!!!

I I'd agree with that, used to enjoy the trip out when I was back from Saudi , still do now I live just 20 ish miles away. I'm going to the Felbrigg Greenbuild show on Sunday and probably drop by Cromer or Sheringham on the way back. ( One of SWMBOs craft groups is at the show) ( free entry and if you pay £1.50 for a voucher you get three big bags of Compost dropped into the boot as you drive out )

Well if they didn't, they would wear out the mechanism opening and closing all the time, there are over 39,977 boats registered on the Broads. http://norfolk.broads.org.uk/wiki/index.php5?title=Database_Statistics Which is why my favourite times on the broads are: April, May, June, Sept, Oct, the kids are at school, so there are less hire boats about, but the weather is still good.

Probably stopped at the pub or at one of the eateries on that stretch of river inside the loop. Makes a change from network rail illegally closing the waterways due to heat expanding the rails at places like somerleyton, Reedham. The acts of parliament that allowed these bridges to be built, require these waterways to be kept open, but they seem to close them more often every year, mostly I think due to lack of good maintenance and a lack of investment.

It is a requirement that hire craft use a pilot at both Potter Heigham bridge, and the bridge between Wroxham and Hoveton. Us private boaters have to take our own risks, many of today's new hire boats are now double floor and are too high to go through at all. So now they try it on other bridges in the area Or sometimes the local tour bus or boat

Not far from me is Potter Heigham bridge built around 1385, apart from having a lorry go through the parapet in the 1960s the hire boats regularly get it wrong. Picture 1 the bridge Picture 2 the lorry swimming Picture 3 how to go under the bridge properly Picture 4 the normal problem boat too big hole too small Picture 5 an alternative get pinned against the bridge by the tide. Picture 6 7 8 why i live in the UK, competitors in the 3 Rivers Race

Only the Series 1 and 2 After that they went to plastic grills (that looked the same)

I'm modelling 1941, they didn't arrive till 1943, Southern bought them in 1946, it's your railway..... Here's a site with some information on where they were loaned to before going to europe, http://www.tanfield-railway.co.uk/gala/history.php

I noticed lots of this models (i didn't look to see which ones individually) on a secondhand railway stand at a show at the weekend, they were in the plastic outer but missing the magazines and BIG cardboard back piece. He was Wanting £10 each for them!!!!

It also shows the lack of irons back in those days, if those guardsmen were on duty today they'd be on a charge for the amount of creases in their crumpled jackets.

We were at the J50 group show, In Neatishead yesterday, no less than 3 S100s, were on the 6, 00 layouts. Many people saw ours running ( not my S100, but another club members) several people said they were awaiting theirs and some asked where to get them. So when you consider how small this show was and how far off of the beaten track we were. This must be a very popular model. With any luck this will be encouragement to produce a S160!!!

The was no such thing as a UK loading gauge, practically every line was built to their own loading gauge long before grouping. Some of the constituents of the Southern Railways, were notorious for their small loading gauges, I suspect that maybe where they had the problem. I believe the USTC S100 and S160 were built to a composite gauge to allow use in most areas but not all. Certainly I doubt there was ever a problem on the GWR ( which I model).

A quick test Run last night, very heavy for its size, one of the quietist models I've ever run and very smooth, even on DC it would crawl along very slowly straight out of the box. It's obviously geared down, which is what you want for a little tank loco. It's top speed respectable without being ridiculous. I couldn't do any load tests as we had our post club Open day meeting, so ran out of time.

Just arrived in the post, one USTC tank loco, in USTC colours, in perfect condition, I'll test it tonight on the club 00 track, before trying work out how to modify it to EM gauge.

That wasn't what prevented us using, the grease proofpaper that was stamped Government issue. it was just that it was totally cr.... useless...

Just phoned Kernow with the credit card details, they say the USTC will be on its way within a couple of days... Yippee.

You are entirely correct, so the directors should send those actors on a 30 mile route march.... Sadly with few Directors or Actors having military experience these days it's only going to get worse, . It's not just army scenes they got wrong. I watched a new version of Colditz a couple of months ago they had the British Actors saying they were going to a TRAIN station... it's a RAILWAY STATION!!!

That USTC looks good, it's the one I ordered, so long ago they've just sent me a letter asking me to update them on my current credit card. For which I'm grateful and for the fact they didn't pre charge the card as some companies might. IIRC I'll have to change the number, remove that symbol on the side tanks and then do some weathering to match the photo of the Loco on the station I'm modelling. Now which book was that Photo in.....

Some pictures from last week At Horning Regatta, three pictures are on Black Horse Broad ( the first two days of the regatta), the rest on the River Bure (monday to friday), There aren't to many to choose from, I was supposed to be rescuing people or sheparding terrified tourist in their hire boats along the river bank.

Since my Grandfather came back from Dunkirk on MONAS ISLE IV on May 29th 1940, I have read up and looked at many pictures of the event. Whilst applauding the making of the film, if they do it properly, (are the Americans going to win?) That lot of actors are too clean, too well equipped and not knackered enough. Even the tin hats aren't battered enough, those are smarter than the ones we were issued with for the 1977 firemans strike... Send that lot of Actors on a 30 mile route march with full kit everyday for a week (no showers and limited food), before taking most of it off of them and covering them with mud /sand. The men coming back had been through hell, retreating across europe under fire often walking the whole way. Then sitting on the beach at Dunkirk ( or defending the perimiter) for days being bombed and shelled while waiting for boats.

That is actually an old joke that can be seen in some UK urinals, The Latin for BEE is APIS