Kris
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Spent all day taking photos of track ready for selling.
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I found nearly 40 railway books I had forgotten I owned this afternoon.
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Found an O gauge Mallard Model K18 kit today. I had totally forgotten I had it. One day I might get round to making it.
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Well I enjoy the virtual exhibition.
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Very enjoyable - lots of very interesting content - far too much amazing stuff to list everything individually.
Since I used to work in a university - and was involved in outreach to local schools - I'm particularly pleased to see Jamie Warne's roadworks demo. He's clearly a very talented modelmaker - and I suspect we'll be seeing a lot more of his work in due course. I certainly hope so - and not just because I learnt a lot from his video.
To be honest, when I visit shows, I usually gravitate towards the demonstrators. Yes - I also spend time looking at layouts - and time and money on certain trade stands. However, I really see shows as a chance to pick up ideas - what works - what doesn't.
(There's also a little matter of meeting people - yes, I know I'm generally a very quiet person - but I still like to meet people ... .)
Anyway, I'm glad to see some new people showing us their ideas - not just people younger than me, although they are already the future of this hobby. (I should add that I've got nothing against people who've done this stuff for years.)
What I can say about the demos in the weekend's show is that I know I have learnt a lot - and quite a bit of this stuff is likely to come in useful with future projects.
Now all I need to find is time to put some of the ideas into practice.
Whilst I think of it, I might also try and think of some ideas, in case any of them might be of use in future events. If I get anywhere I'd probably send a PM to one of the people who run this site.
(I'm wary about starting a "virtual show comments / suggestions" thread, in case a noisome minority see it as "open season" for an unwarranted "dig for victory" campaign.)
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I have so far managed to not spend the years modelling budget on a painting, only just however.
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Life's gone wrong. I got excited by a food mixer earlier. I need to get out a lot more.
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Forgive me for I have sinned, I have purchased a Hornby point.
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Just stripped someone else's layout and found that they had put track pins through the switch mechanism.
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Just got asked by my 2 year old "why do railway lines have rails?"
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What's happening to me? I just bought an O gauge engine shed.
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First bit of 7mm modelling in sometime done. Not much, just re-attaching a small section to the Manor I'm restoring, very slowly.
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Visited the most Southerly used station in. the UK this morning.
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Task Master is back on Dave, a good start.
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Making marrow ginger jam
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Boiler just went bang. All casing blown off and guts look very iffy - scary.
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Caught a few waves this afternoon.
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New series of Poldark starts tonight, I sense some modelling time coming up.
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https://www.facebook.com/BBCLookNorthYorkshire/ Virgin publicity stunt with FS live now
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That's 3 loco's hardwired for DCC so far this week. That's the most modelling I've done for a few months.
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For the first time in 2 years, I ran a train on the layout today, it was Thomas, but it's still a train.
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Christmas hols are here, so let's see if I can get some modelling done whilst I have some peace and quiet before the family finish.