Frappington Jct
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First 3D printed loco body arrived today (someone elses work bought off Shapeways I might add) and chassis ordered - very impressed and very excited to crack on!
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Just found out I'm getting a lump of cashback off my rent. The question now is do I a) be sensible and spend it on life etc. or b) more trains...
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It keeps trying and failing to snow, but knowing my luck it will probably go full-on blizzard when I go out running this evening...
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Isn't having a big coffee after the all night essay session the wrong way round?
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Can I afford a sentinal and a Barclay? Do I buy one, both, neither? Oh the decisions!
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Don't get me wrong, I'm very excited about going to the GCR model event tomorrow. The 8.30 bus out of Victoria less so...
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I've decided the worst thing about staying up all night to write an essay is that after a certain time, all social media outlets just stop having anything new on them to distract me!
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This uni malarky involves a lot of reading doesn't it
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So today's scientific exercise was working out the width of seats in coach interiors by measuring the width of model men's rear ends!
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WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Just managed to lose a Narrow Planet number plate 2 hours after it arrived. Bother
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Owing to my inability to focus on one task for more than half an hour, I currently have an ex-LNER sentinel railcar on my desk called 'Ian'. I'm very tempted to leave it that way!
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Now, I don't profess to be an expert in the design and manufacture of resin loco body kits, far from it, but surely common sense would dictate that you check that the coupling rods on the RTR chassis that you supply the kit with don't come into conflict with a rather thin and important part of the body that you can't really reduce in thickness and really can't remove? Rant over
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Has spent the evening building little chairs. Three in fact. In an hour and a half. Out of 20. *Weeps*
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Rather irritatingly, the geography essay that I'm currently writing is rapidly becoming a history essay - about which I know I'll get into trouble about - but I have not got the energy to do anything about it...
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So......... The fridge door just fell off
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Rather scarily, if you put "oo guage gnr K2" into Google, my build thread is second after the DJH website. I really hope no-one has used my work as an example or point of reference for anything!
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And relax
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I'm trying to find a recording of "Find My Way", by Ben van Tienen, but aren't haviving much luck - can anyone help?
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Could someone please check that I've done my maths right and that in 1:76, 7ft = approx 28mm and 6ft 6in = approx 26mm?
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Are Markits wheels just stiff or do they simply not come off their axles as bought?
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Exams over for another year. Hallelujah!