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  1. S.A.C Martin

    Looking forward to the dismantling of the old layout soon. New baseboards waiting their turn in the attic.

  2. S.A.C Martin

    First day off work, airbrush out ready for painting a tender and some wheelsets.

  3. S.A.C Martin

    Glad to be getting home for the first time in two weeks. No more work until Monday after 10 straight days of work!

  4. S.A.C Martin

    Office thermometer reads 4 degrees. Heating now put up to 20 degrees. Come on radiators...!

    1. aussiebrfan

      aussiebrfan

      I wish! In Melbourne still 29c at bloody 10.22pm!! Cant sleep.

    2. S.A.C Martin

      S.A.C Martin

      Got to sympathise - I hate it when it's too hot too. Sleep impossible when you're baking in bed.

  5. S.A.C Martin

    No more work blues - I'm off to Railfest in June! :D

    1. Coldgunner

      Coldgunner

      I'm planning my trip too! Should perhaps organise an rmweb meetup.

    2. HSTFAN13

      HSTFAN13

      Just Book Tickets As well and Hotel So Will b There too

  6. S.A.C Martin

    So what should have been a one hour forty minute commute started at quarter to seven and ended at five past ten. Just finished the opening the office and there's already a backlog. Marvellous!

  7. S.A.C Martin

    Is this the real life...is this just fantasy...

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    2. S.A.C Martin

      S.A.C Martin

      Open your eyes,

      Look up to the skies and see,

      I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy...!

    3. Coldgunner

      Coldgunner

      Because I'm easy come, easy go,

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Little high,

      Little low...

  8. S.A.C Martin

    Bit frazzled, just got an email which sent heart rate sky high. Could this be the moment of truth...?!

    1. Coldgunner

      Coldgunner

      Hope its good news!

    2. Andy Y

      Andy Y

      Viagra does that.

  9. S.A.C Martin

    Boss out of the office, using his rolling road to run in my Thompson D Class...not a word, keep it dark!

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    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      I bet his boss has linked the rolling road to a hidden tripmeter LOL

    3. S.A.C Martin

      S.A.C Martin

      Always! Just now I've finished working on the filing from yesterday's execs meeting which was put on my desk at roughly 7am before I came in this morning.

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Sounds like he's "always on"

  10. S.A.C Martin

    Woke up and found a little cat asleep on my feet. Would have been fine, except for the dead mouse on the pillow. Thanks Maddie.

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    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Maybe your cat was trained by an upmarket hotel to leave gifts on pillows?

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      In that case, Simon should be waking up next to a horse's head soon..... Better not be my horse.

    4. S.A.C Martin

      S.A.C Martin

      Or my own! D:

  11. S.A.C Martin

    Just picked up Tim Shackleton's book on weathering in Smiths - stonking read this, very helpful. A steal too at half price...!

    1. Timara

      Timara

      Some of us have been trying to plug that book for ages..... Surprised you'd not got it by now!

    2. bluex5

      bluex5

      It's excellent. Also worth searching out the DVD that came with Railway Modeller.

    3. S.A.C Martin

      S.A.C Martin

      I kept missing it on Ebay and I'm being a bit of a scrooge with my money at the minute. However the slightly damaged copy in Smiths on half price was one I didn't hesitate on picking up.

  12. S.A.C Martin

    To Templot or not Templot? That is the question. Reading the website, liking the look of it thus far.

  13. S.A.C Martin

    62768 nearly ready for the paintshop, just the steps and the smokebox door to complete! :)

  14. S.A.C Martin

    Just brought in my D Class to work for some running in, boss man is currently running in a Midland Coumpound on the "office" rolling road. Breathtakingly beautiful model in motion.

    1. RedgateModels

      RedgateModels

      The Duke is back in one piece, will get a rolling road test over the weekend :)

    2. S.A.C Martin

      S.A.C Martin

      Good man - looking forward to seeing it completed in your blog :D

    3. 60163

      60163

      What I'd give for a boss man with that good of taste!

  15. S.A.C Martin

    Just finished up the filing for today, am preparing to go home. D Class also packed up and ready for painting on Saturday :)

  16. S.A.C Martin

    Quiet day in the office, whilst filing the gentle swishing of driving wheels on a Hornby rolling road can be heard...!

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    2. S.A.C Martin

      S.A.C Martin

      Sounds good to me - just fitted some handrails and a new smokebox door to my D Class 4-4-0, myself.

    3. RedgateModels

      RedgateModels

      photo on my blog ;)

    4. S.A.C Martin

      S.A.C Martin

      Going to have a look now :)

  17. S.A.C Martin

    Just "enjoyed" a celery based lunch. New year's diet :(

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    2. Debs.

      Debs.

      Demand Meat now...or you`ll end up living on Quorn! :-)

       

    3. S.A.C Martin

      S.A.C Martin

      I think a steak sounds good, blue, served with Peppercorn sauce...!

    4. Boris

      Boris

      Too much of this vegetable nonsense plays havoc with my digestion, might I suggest a few fragrant gaseous emissions blamed on your new diet? Worked for me.

  18. S.A.C Martin

    Finding it difficult to comprehend this is the 25th New Year he will see in. Happy New Year everyone, may it be a good one for everyone.

    1. Ian Hargrave

      Ian Hargrave

      Comprehension eases with the passage of time.My arrival preceded Monty's success at El Alamein by just 5 months.

    2. Coldgunner

      Coldgunner

      Only another 42 (or soon to be 45) years till retirement.

    3. slow8dirty

      slow8dirty

      The comprehension of that comes easier, its just everything else gets more confusing!

  19. S.A.C Martin

    Cannot believe he can have been so ignorant of David Christie's photography - just amazing photographs! http://www.flickr.com/photos/david_christie/5371826237/in/set-72157625877622705/

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    2. 3 link

      3 link

      Thank you, it's so nice to see good quality photos from the 60's.

    3. Allegheny1600

      Allegheny1600

      My thanks, too Simon! Great pics that I've never seen before, either.

    4. Debs.

      Debs.

      They evoke such atmosphere.....I simply adored the picture of the CR single with the white-washed coal!

  20. S.A.C Martin

    New year's resolution: don't take on the Thompson bashers...!!!;)

    1. S.A.C Martin

      S.A.C Martin

      There's got to be a better way. The railway media have for a very long time being entirely dismissive of the man and everything he did. Perhaps the only way to beat back the continued diatribe is to write an article for the press.

    2. S.A.C Martin

      S.A.C Martin

      How do you beat back fifty years of propaganda? Tell it like it is Tom. There's so much diatribe aimed at Thompson's engineering when I would argue there was a very large class of inferior Pacifics which are generally accepted as good machines. No prizes for guessing which!

    3. Timara

      Timara

      Well, please don't keep us guessing - we're dying to find out :-)

       

      I'm hoping you're not thinking of the class I'm thinking of.......

  21. S.A.C Martin

    Annnnnnnnnd we're back! Well done Andy and Jim! :)

  22. S.A.C Martin

    Ah well, can at least start making plans for modelling next year!

  23. S.A.C Martin

    Last day of work before Christmas, seriously envious of the rolling road I can hear rattling in the office adjacent to me. The boss is running in a Railroad County now...!

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      I once put my car on a rolling road. The results were embarrassing.

    2. S.A.C Martin

      S.A.C Martin

      I did too once. I'll bet my Volvo's results were more embaressing than yours! :D

  24. S.A.C Martin

    My god, the Railroad compound's colour is...interesting. Looks like the real life Royal Scot's current colour...!

  25. S.A.C Martin

    Trying desperately not to laugh. Boss man has a new toy in his office - a Hornby rolling road and a Railroad D49. What an awfully good idea, mind, for running in during work hours...!

    1. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      That sounds like the kind of boss I'd like to have...and many others on here as well, I would think! :-D

    2. cromptonnut

      cromptonnut

      I've leant our Finance Director my sound fitted Bachmann "Peak" for his office layout...

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Executive stress toys.....

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