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I would say at a minimum I would hope to see the following societies at York each year: 009 N gauge 2mm 3mm EM/P4 O Plus people to represent loco construction, track building, buildings construction and scenics. York to me is a like a bridge between rtr and finescale so demonstrations and society stands are important in helping people over that bridge.

It looks resolved, if I select N gauge now as starting point for Rail, the manufacturer list does not include obvious exclusions like Accurascale and Heljan. so I would not be able to replicate what happened before. And where there is no product I now get However, this loco is mis categorised, it's not Hornby: 371-064 Graham Farish N Gauge Class 03 Shunter 03170 BR Blue Weathered (Pre-Owned) (themodelcentre.com)

I'm somewhere in the middle but the original plan was for a bigger railway but was put off by the challenge of building one so I've more stock than I realistically need even after a large trimming of models. I can certainly appreciate how a stable of 2-3 locos and a small amount of stock is a lot easier to maintain with less rotation required.

The hard bit is putting them on sale. Had a couple of class 26s and a couple of class 27s and despite not using them I kept them as with my other locos I could easily do a highland layout but in the end I pushed myself to pick a period and a location which is Northwest England late 1960s. With that focus I then set about selling my steam engines of GWR and SR heritage, Scottish diesels and associated stock leaving just standards and ex LMS locos plus a lot of EE diesels and a smattering of hydraulics. The steam engines still don't get a look in as I have more than enough for the size of layout even now (and truth be known I stretched the ex LMS envelope a little as a Royal Scot and a Jubilee would not see 1968). On the other hand, I now find myself with 'enough' trains so I don't find myself yearning for new models and suchlike and going to exhibitions had gotten a lot less expensive! Still I yearn to try something different and I did pick up code 40 N gauge track gauges recently and I plan to try also a bit of 2mm as well.

It should just happen, not sure what went wrong in your post @AY Mod might know more.

My class 25s and 24s are my smoothest runners though one of the 25s is sometimes sticky after a lack of use so I've had a pick at the accumulated 'Bachmann' goo on the worm. I also find that Dapol bo-bo locos are also smooth, even the older 26/27 models with dodgy circuit boards were also silky running. It feels to me that actually the more wheels a loco has the less well it performs, which is odd really as all those extra pickups should have the opposite effect.

Embedded them for you

Well it launched, but it didn't go to plan - first the bottle did not fire into the ship when she cut the rope, and when someone did something behind the curtain it simply hit the boat without breaking - a bad luck omen if you believe such things. However, it floats like a ship

Delayed launch due to wind. And 5 minutes ago they were still painting it 😮 To be fair, they had just removed chocks from here in readiness for the launch.

When I worked for a bank I had to purchase a couple of projectors for meetings in the office. We had preferred suppliers so I obtained a list from procurement and set up a meeting with one in Northampton whom I visited and was given a thorough demonstration of several models. A model was chosen, a price agreed and back to work I went to put in the order. A couple of weeks later a call came from the supplier, where was the order? I don't know I answered and I made enquiries only to find that the procurement team decided to place the order with another 'preferred supplier' for more than the cost I had been quoted. We had to pull rank on the procurement team to get the order back with the people who'd actually invested time in us.

Ship due for launch today - bit worried about those two condemned symbols above the bow thrusters 😄 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-scotland-68765167

Hybrid? Is it a boat bus or a bus boat? Or a bus bridge - seeing as the doors both reach each side.

I wonder how it might translate down a scale though with regards the coupling mechanisms and the rubber side skirts for the coach ends. This train whilst fit for 2nd radius clearly will look best on large sweeping curves than trainset ones, if they see TT120 as mainly a trainset curve railway then the experience of the finished product in TT120 may disappoint, but be no worse than the OO version on 2nd radius and trainset points. But with the effort expended to make this set in OO and with suitable A4s available it should be a no brainer to produce a TT120 version.

I think the time will come when the Mk1 coach will no longer be acceptable on the network as their age alone and corrosion to the frames will render them unsafe. Some sort of new or major rebuild will have to come to develop something for the future and it amazes me how on the ball Accurascale were with their Haulmark range of coaches. If only all those Mk3s had not gone for scrap (or haven't they?).

You could replace the whole body and under gubbins on a Mk1 coach, and BR tried it. But it will all come down to the cost versus benefit of doing so.

Maybe Google down under is more nuanced to the local meaning of Bluey, if I told someone here I've been watching a Bluey I'd get a different reaction.

And who have a different understanding of the term 'watching a bluey' 😄

TMI 🤣 That was the Phillipines model, using extrajudicial execution of the dealers. Unfortunately it was also an excuse to simply shoot people dead and cover it up with staged scenes.

Show what Hornby is still capable of when they put their mind to it. Sam's apprenticeship for Accurascale is going great.

Have you considered swimming might be better?

And also remained civil. Sainz might find himself at Mercedes or Redbull next season.

I check the BBC once for practice, once for qualifying and then finally for the result. The thought of watching it doesn’t occur to me anymore.

Maybe it’s in the rails at DIRFT 😆

Cheaper than our Chinese trader and legit, can of rail blue…..

Well I don’t own an air fryer so my carrots are currently roasting on a top/bottom oven with fan setting as the main fan oven function is broken and trips the fuse. Cheat meal tonight, the shank of lamb is boiling in the steaming pan.