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  1. "Disaster" Loco stripped and the two handrails that came off reattached, now to dry and prime for a second time tomorrow

  2. 4 out of five boards reconnected and tested, tomorrow will see the last board done. then the backscene can be reattached!

  3. A week of early shifts in the bakery at work really don't agree with me!

    1. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      night shifts making pork pies didn't do much for me either.

  4. a week off from work... went by quickly had to move back in with mum and put my beloved model railway into storage :(

  5. AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH (non railway modelling related!)

    1. KevinWalsh

      KevinWalsh

      Military or Boating?

    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Or did Arsenal lose?

    3. sixteen 12by 10s

      sixteen 12by 10s

      Have you just met my missus?

  6. after nearly a year of my layout being in storage, I have finally erected it in my garage, the three scenic boards are up but the fiddle yard will have to be heavily modified to become a lifting flap across a doorway!. there is even enough room to extend the layout to add anothe fiddle yard on the other end. Well chuffed to say the least :)

  7. Back form St Albans, got myself a Hornby B1, plus got home to find I won a Hornby Silver Link A4 on Ebay - result!

  8. Back from spending the weekend on the Kitmaster stand at Peterborough. Great weekend plenty of fantastic layouts, anyone who didn't go missed out!

  9. Been given a friends old computer... I smell a summer project!

  10. Been given a friends old computer... I smell a summer project!

  11. Been given a friends old computer... I smell a summer project!

  12. Bluex5 don't go for any of that Southern muck go for a J15 instead!

  13. Busy starting to detail a Lima J50, first bit of modelling in weeks!

  14. Come and say Hi if your going to Peterbourgh his weekend, I'll be on the Kitmaster stand, I'm the young chap with the stupid Goatee

  15. Curently at the pub after starting the Parkside LNER Horsebox whilst having a pint... what more apart from a woman can a man need?

    1. sixteen 12by 10s

      sixteen 12by 10s

      Couplings, paint and transfers?........oh, and a curry

    2. Flyingscotsmanfan

      Flyingscotsmanfan

      well played sir! though I have already got the couplings sorted thanks to Romfords! That curry does sound nice though...

    3. halfwit

      halfwit

      A lift home?

  16. Day off today and tomorrow... Timber has arrived for new baseboards wonder what I shall be doing....

    1. Ed-farms

      Ed-farms

      A list of chroes as written by SWMBO?

    2. Flyingscotsmanfan

      Flyingscotsmanfan

      Luckily or unluckily.. depends which way you look at it, i currently don'e have a SWMBO! so no chores!

  17. Detailing of the Lima J50 is going really well! Rest of the handrails fitted this evening plus the new Bachmann chassis has been attached! Can't wait to get my layout out of storage as soon as possible!!!

  18. Feeling good! Actually managed to do a piece of proper modelling for the first time in a couple of months. it felt so good :)

  19. Good Days modelling finshed off handrailling a Parkside LNER Toad B then primed it, started painting my Parkside LNER Horsebox and even had time to com on to RM web!

  20. Half the track for Ffarquhar is laid... tomorrow the rest!

  21. Half the track for Ffarquhar is laid... tomorrow the rest!

  22. Has for the past two weeks been extremely happy and it doesn't look like it's going to end soon!

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      You've won on the Lottery, then.

    2. Flyingscotsmanfan

      Flyingscotsmanfan

      nope just things have taken the turn for the best for the first time in ages.

  23. Has recently acquired a unbuilt Wills J69 kit complete with wheels, chassis and Romford Bulldog motor for the vast sum of £35

  24. Has recently acquired a unbuilt Wills J69 kit complete with wheels, chassis and Romford Bulldog motor for the vast sum of £35

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      It probably cost that much back in the late 1970s....

       

    2. Flyingscotsmanfan

      Flyingscotsmanfan

      Well I have been meaning to cut my teeth on loco kit building and this one seems like an easy one to start off with and at the price if I ###### it up then I haven't blown £100+

    3. Flyingscotsmanfan

      Flyingscotsmanfan

      Well I have been meaning to cut my teeth on loco kit building and this one seems like an easy one to start off with and at the price if I ###### it up then I haven't blown £100+

  25. Has to be up at 8 in the morning, but is still in the pub. Can't drag myself away from the good looking bar maid!

    1. luton town

      luton town

      i had the same problem when i went to hooters for the first time

    2. sixteen 12by 10s

      sixteen 12by 10s

      tried to drag myself away from a good looking barmaid 17 years ago, she still lives with me, be warned.

       

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