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allan downes

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  1. Whatever happened to the wonderful works of Dave and Shirley Rowe?

    1. allan downes

      allan downes

      Dave and Shirley were great friends of mine and the last time I visited them Dave told me that he was packing in railway modelling as there was more to life than just cutting up pieces of plastic.

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  2. There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis

    1. allan downes

      allan downes

      I don't work there anymore. I stack shelves in Tesco's. I'm making a comeback tomorrow.

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  3. Does spending 20 minutes putting together a kinder toy for my granddaughter constitute real modeling?

  4. is listening to the busking guitarist outside who seems to have a Hank Marvin & The Shadows fixation.

    1. allan downes

      allan downes

      That could have been me 10 years ago but I was better than Hank Marvin!

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  5. Bachman has gone to sleep whilst Hornby continues to twitch periodically.

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      allan downes

      The wat the hobby is going both will end up buried side by side.

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  6. Why does the Dapol motorised track cleaner come in a box that proudly proclaims 'Authentic Scale Model'?

  7. Local timber merchants are a tad pricey and do not offer to cut the wood locally unless I drive down to Lincoln and find a way to fit the boards in my small Fiesta. Any suggestions for cheap baseboards?

  8. is wavering and wondering whether a small inglenook layout in 7mm might be feasible...

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      allan downes

      Yes. I've built several 6'6" mini-layouts and am currently building another.

       

      Allan

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  9. If there is a greater being who has any control over anything could I just ask for a day without an idiot in it please? You sent me six yesterday, surely some mistake?

  10. Where do they find these actors for daytime tv adverts?

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