Tim Hall
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Removed, off topicThe body shell is a DCKits Body Kit which Silver Fox have bought from DC Kits. Charlie
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Post removed, off topic. Thanks for now redundant likes!
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Big Pit is indeed served by a very short branch of the P and BR, though they don't operate daily, even in holiday periods. Big Pit is also accessible by road. By roundabout courtesy, do you mean actually looking at the paint on the road, noticing that there is some, and giving way if necessary?
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Preservation has always been the paint guide for some people it seems. Back in the early to mid 1970's almost every customer sending their 14XX and 45XX for painting requested a restored engine number, so i had to follow suit and paint it as restored. This of course meant giving it the usual **tarted up appearance not to mention incorrect livery so beloved in those days. Even on 'layout locos', my clients would not have thanked me for painting over their real brass safety valve covers.
** Incidentally there was a reason behind those early tarted up liveries. With steam still around or recently departed on BR, the emerging heritage lines had to look different and distinctive.
Hence some the odd liveries at Keighley etc (Ivatt 2-6-2T leaps to mind). Also why a lot of railways often shy away from "Banger blue" or later liveries for diseasels, as there is a perception that punters don't want to be reminded of bad commutes or similar.
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See post #776.
I assume these are reduced as they aren't selling well due to it being quite a niche livery, and also a number that's quite recently been released.
Vaguely considered buying one to repaint, but haven't researched how far back in time the body is valid with the headlight.
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Well these have gone a bit Marty Feldman:
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I can't think of a good reason for going to Saltburn though....
It does have a 15 inch gauge railway.....
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Red admiral just fluttered past the window here in Cardiff on a sunny day. A couple of winters ago I managed see at least one Red Ad or peacock every month throughout the winter.
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These are the little dears that have been stripping our Rowan this afternoon, resting in a tree over the road between gobbles!
Photos taken with my Canon Ixus 170
We haven't been able to photograph them from home since 15th Dec 10, though they were around in subsequent winters, but not posing right outside the bedroom window.
Not too bad for urban Cardiff, though.
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True, considering most of the population are loathed to walk more than a few hundred yards, ever noticed how the crowd thins out on the beach the further you walk from the car park.
There was a survey done in the Lake District about 20 years ago, which found that the average day tripper to the National Park walked just over 100 yards (ie café/ pub/ WCs/ gift shop). I suspect it's similar there now, and around the rest of the country.
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Avebury is far better than Stonehenge. Wandering amongst the stones at dawn or dusk is magical (open access to most of it), plus The Avenue, Silbury Hill and West Kennett Long Barrow (oh, and my aunty lives there), and a lot cheaper than Stonehenge.
Pembrokeshire just as pretty as Cornwall and much quieter. If we go to Cornwall, we go off peak (October a few years ago, and February next year.)
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Hornby B12
in Hornby
We're still at the old price here...!
Saves me sending you a message about it
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Pin outside the ends of sleepers and bend them over to stop the track moving, or do the same next to a sleeper between the rails. Either way, they'll be hidden by ballast.
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Well ...no floundering!
Should rays a laugh
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Careful with the fish jokes! You are speaking to the man who went in to the Tir Phil Square fish bar and asked for some round fish.....
Phil
Put your sole into it then?
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Rumour has it there was a suicide attempt off one of the bridges .... the 48 was closed at M4 shortly after I joined it! Hope all resolved ok...
And not a carp to be seen - but the jams were on a large scale, and never seemed to fin-ish
Back on thread - a peacock here in Cheltenham yesterday - but I suspect not today, much colder!
Phil
Ah, that would make sense, will skate over the typo, I know my plaice.
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Was at a meeting at The Park Inn
M/A48 was a carp park when I arrived - and when I left!
Phil
About 3 mins from here!
I got stuck on it eastbound before 1000, whilst giving a driving lesson, don't know if there was an incident. Westbound was always going to be busy because of the eggchasing in town later. I presume you don't mean carp park, it hadn't been raining
Anyway Red Ad about 200m from home yesterday PM. -
Cardiff is plainly a hotspot
Saw a Peacock in Pentwyn today
Also have some of those Buddlea Buzz - mine arrived earlier in the year and have flowered but have yet to see a butterfly on them
Phil
A few minutes up the road from me. Phil. I also saw one over the road from the house early PM yesterday.
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Just to advise for all of those subscribers to BRM who will have received our CHRISTMAS OFFER brochure inside their magazine this month, and for all those who catch our posts on RM WEB this years Strathwood Christmas Offer has started. Full details are posted on our website of course, with a number of titles reduced to £9.95 to clear in the Sixties Spotting Days series among the bargains.
In addition we are offering a choice from a wide selection of titles as a FREE book to add to your order if you spend £50.00 net in one go with us, or choose TWO FREE books from the selection if spending £100.00 net in one go with us this Christmas.
We expect delivery of Looking back at Class 31 Locomotives, Looking back at Class 33 Locomotives and Looking back at Type 5 Heavy Freight Locomotives this week on 10 November, these are limited to just 1000 copies of each on the print run.
As I write this post we are down to five only copies of Looking back at Peaks which was also another 1000 copy only print run. Meanwhile both Looking back at Class 24 7 25 Locomotives and Looking back at Class 40 Locomotives have now completely sold out.
We have three new colour landscape books in the wings for delivery early in 2017, we need the warehouse space so get stuck into our Christmas Offers right away.
Kevin Derrick
Strathwood Publishing
I have the three new ones on order, and am very much looking forward to receiving them, though I won't be able to study them until 25th Dec
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Marsh fritillary, Aberbargoed Grasslands, 2nd June 16
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The burst of warmth on Tuesday flushed out a Peacock. But the chance of now picking out any butterfly against the blizzard of constantly falling leaves since really minimal. Ho for spring 2017.
I was wrong, Peacock in Cardiff this PM.
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Dark green fritillary, Ewenny Down near Bridgend, 3rd July 16
39 sp this year. Didn't travel further than Rodborough Common, Stroud, so ok, but nothing more.
MAY have had the only Welsh record of White Ad (Slade Woods near Magor, 19th July) this year.
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Now that colder weather has come and the butterflies are a distant memory I thought I would rummage through my picture archive for a few reminders of summer - starting with a chalkhill blue.
More later, if you want (?).
Chaz
Still a few Red Ads out in Forest of Dean and near Newport last weekend, also one in Cardiff yesterday. Doubt I'll see any more as temperature dropping now.
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Last few days over or near our house in urban Cardiff (there is a small park with a stream of the road):
Nuthatch, grey wags, pair of kingfisher, sparrowhawk, raven, redwing, meadow pipit (flight call), as well as usual garden birds
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How realistic are your models? Photo challenge.
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My Heljan Clayton was very realistic, failed after a couple of days, and replaced with a Class 20