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45 minutes ago, SDJR7F88 said:

A bit late, but better than never. Here's my video from the weekends event. Cracking show as ever, welldone to all involved.

 

28th April 2024 saw the RMweb South West Area Group (SWAG) host their annual members day held at Staplegrove Village Hall, Taunton, Somerset.
The show featured no less than 10 visiting layouts and dioramas in a variety of gauges and scales, as well as the famous 'bring & buy' stand, plus a good selection of other traders and demonstration stands . 
Layouts as featured;
OLD PARROCK - 4mm
CROPPER STREET SIDINGS - OO
PAYNESTOWN - N
ST.OSWALDS - 0-16.5
KYLE OF LOCHALSH - 2mm Finescale
RUYTON ROAD - P4
MIDDLETON TOP - 4mm
OSNEY TOWN - 7mm
UPBECH ST. MARY - 4mm
LYDBROOK DEAN - 4mm
Hope you enjoy!

 

Great video, well done.

I like the way you start each layout with an aerial overall view,

then get down to line-side level for the more detailed shots,

and the way you leave the camera focused on something

as a train goes out of view rather than trying to follow it.

16 hours ago, Wickham Green too said:

Thus : -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syJH77RRsHw#:~:text=This level crossing was the,off when trains are due.

 

Weren't there a few earlier barriers that rolled across on wheels ? - also up in the North East.

 

Now there's a modelling challenge for someone

1 hour ago, The Stationmaster said:

When it comes to the Rules WCRC are, once again taking the p*ss 

WCRC seem to be more concerned about taking the p*ss than taking the passengers

10 hours ago, Hroth said:

A bit bent!

🤪

Ar you referring to the item or the seller????

On 24/04/2024 at 19:31, southern42 said:

 Hello, I am pleased to be back with more pics of our journeys up and down the line.

 

Severn Valley Railway Spring Steam Gala : Part 2

Thursday 18-20 April 2024

From Kidderminster and Bridgnorth

Companions: Tender and Southern42

 

Looking through the photos reminded me of this little song:

 

Red and yellow and pink and green
Purple and orange and blue

I can sing a rainbow...

(Arthur Hamilton)

 

So, let's get them sorted.

 

Red and Yellow

Arley

 

Bewdley

 

Bridgnorth

 

Arley

 

Eardington

 

Kidderminster

 

Bewdley

 

Bewdley

 

Arley

Pink

Highley

and Green

Museum/Cafe, Kidderminster

Purple and Orange and Blue

Kidderminster

 

West Midlands Railway Class 172, Kidderminster

 

Colas Rail, Kidderminster.  Hmmm. Has anyone got some weathering powder?

 

Arley

Well, can you sing a rainbow?

 

 

Back soon with just a few more pics from our journeys up and down the line.

Thanks for poop pooping in.

Regards,

Edwin

 

More hidden talent emerging, Jones.  Well done.

On 22/04/2024 at 12:53, GrumpyPenguin said:

Parents are also responsible for keeping their brutes under control & out of danger.

Is not part of the problem that the link between "parents" and "responsible" seems to be getting weaker as time goes on

Opens ok for me, on a Chromebook

4 hours ago, Graham_Muz said:

 

I can do you a deal on two cups of Tea for £1.20 each... (usually £1 each...) 

Sounds like a good idea, smaller the cup, higher the pirce:

N gauge tea: £1.50

OO Gauge tea: 75p

I think I'll settle for an O gauge cuppa!

Thanks for the advice.

I've purchased a Gaugemaster hand held controller.

Your statement about requiring 4 amps is correct.

The power supply is not sufficient, and either

as  @Edwin_m has said  the supply will cut out,

or it will "go pop"

Going through my late son's stuff I've come across

a lot of the instalments of this publication,

(not sure if it's a complete set) together with 

the parts from each issue, most of which are

still in sealed packs.

Is it worth putting on eBay, (it seems a pity to

bin a lot of new stuff); if so what is the best way

to list it, each item as an individual lot,

all as one lot, or 4 or 5 in a lot. 

I'm putting together a 'Starter Set' from my late son's collection,

for a 7 year old who is showing an interest in model railways.

Unfortunately I don't have a power/speed control unit for it,

(I let someone else have the Clipper my son had as

 I thought it was a bit too complicated for a beginner)

so I'm looking for suggestions on the best one to get; 

something basic but reliable, Hornby, Bachmann??

1 hour ago, Coldgunner said:

 

I was told a tale about football shirts years ago. The factory would run extra shifts using the same materials and tooling, effectively knocking out an identical product.

Heard of  a similar thing happen.

 Tooling/parts production done in China.  Soon after fake completed items started appearing on the market.  This went a stage further though, the Chinese poached the marketing director & chief engineer, who had the cheek to phone up a colleague asking for assembly info he'd forgotten to copy before he left the company 

13 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said:

I thought I'd try making some finescale track, but I'm having trouble getting some of the rails to fit in the sleepers. Can anyone offer any advice?

 

 

A big Amer?

I'm looking for some help/advice from the collective RMWeb wisdom.

I'm listing some stuff on Ebay for the family of a deceased friend.

One of the items is a Black & Decker 18V drill.

It works ok but I've noticed when the On switch is released

there appears to be momentary flashing between

the commutator and the brushes, accompanied by

a slight electrical burning smell.

The item appears to be almost new, so it may well be

something like the brushes bedding in.

I want to be honest when listing the item, 

but I don't want to add  detail which might

deter potential buyers unnecessarily.

Any thoughts/suggestions would be appreciated

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166624214344?

Not quite sure which GW class this is supposed to represent:

47 minutes ago, 30801 said:

 

TBH, with the sketchy oversight Amazon applies to things sold on their site you could just order a live bomb and add No 10 as a delivery address.

If you're quick there's one in Plymouth at the moment, but I think you'd need a big drone to deliver it. :)

Not railway related but this one made me smile:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Electrical-Press-Button-Switch-Metal/dp/B004H8ETJ4/ref=asc_df_B004H8ETJ4/?

I'd love to see what happened if you put 240 amps through it;

and apparently it can be wifi connected too

7 hours ago, Michael Hodgson said:

And we wonder why they grow up not knowing how to use a screwdriver.

Knowing how to use one; some don't know what a screwdriver is

(except perhaps a mixture of vodka and orange)!!

23 hours ago, Redkiterail said:

good luck with it all and with the regular complaints that are mostly out for Warners control. with regard to specialist trade if we as consumers don't support them at exhibitions they want come and also for a two day event for most of the specialist trade that is a day before and an after show that is also taken out because of packing and unpacking so I will not be surprised if they decided to miss this one

Good ro see the first response is a positive one :)

8 hours ago, Michael Hodgson said:

 

Does Mrs pH still expect you to bring it into the front room every Xmas?  😁

 

Fortunately the one in a tub in our back garden is looking somewhat poorly.  Like last year's that didn't quite manage a full year.

We once bought a bungalow which had a small "Christmas type" tree in the garden.

The first christmas we were there we dug it up, put it in a tub and took it in doors.

When we looked at it next day it was covered in white insects.

It was back in the garden before Christmas day!

I'll just leave this here:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/395199450860?

1 hour ago, Phil Parker said:

Does anyone actually have anything useful to add - or it this just a handbags at dawn argument? Do you want the thread locked?

 

I've put my handbag away. :)

I for one don't want to be the reason

for a thread being locked.

10 hours ago, kevinlms said:

I said no such thing. Why read something into my comments that isn't there?

 

I 100% agree that they chose to close down and are apparently meeting ALL financial commitments.

Your previous post

19 hours ago, kevinlms said:

I'm quite aware of the difference. I was merely pointing out that often when businesses fail, stuff like vouchers are worth nothing.

 

You referred to businesses failing, (which I have highlighted).

Klien have not "Failed", they have merely closed down.

That is the point I was trying to make

2 hours ago, kevinlms said:

I'm quite aware of the difference. I was merely pointing out that often when businesses fail, stuff like vouchers are worth nothing.

 

 

 

I think perhaps you need to clarify your understanding

of the difference between a business failing and closing down.

Your comment suggests the business had run out of money,

which is not the case; they simply made the decision to

close down, with sufficient money in the bank to honour

all financial commitments, and hopefully something left over.