-missy-

Looks like fun!

Wish I could go, but a bit long distance for me!

its 99% free, not usual for a festival

Thanks guys )

Ooops! A belated happy birthday, Julia. Toot toot!! :-)

And a very belated one, but all the best for it!

the best was the military thing though

You should of had a chat with James May, he's one of us... : )

Is there a special handshake?

Blimey! Time to move 'up scale', methinks. Ha ha :-)

Or to obtain Borg ocular implants.

Resistance is futile!

How did we get from warp-speed snow to curries? Ahhh I get it, it must be the Enterprise's Lieutenant Commander Bhajee driving Julia's car!

or Horsetan...

You can rely on good old Horse to find a curry story in every corner of the land!

You should try cycling when its dark and snowing. Thats like flying through space at warp speed with the window down!

Now then Julia -you know you can get it right even if it takes a couple of goes sometimes. Just look at the railcar and how that has turned out after giving you a lot of worries - so don't give and please move the wall before chucking anything at it.

It must be something in the water tonight! I've had a two steps backwards, 2 steps forward kind of evening! Time to stand back and re-group in the morning I think!

Sometimes, a break from it all is necessary... I'm hoping that the new year brings improvement for me... so I hope your troubles ease too and it all starts to come back together very soon.

no pressure then! the firebox is all over the place! Tapers everywhere...

The only boiler I tried was a #2 based in the plans for Nightingale in GWRJ because I plan to build a Bird series Bulldog at some point. I should really get it printed and see whether it looks okay, or not. If it is okay then I will know how to model and cast the rest. The software I use makes the boiler pretty straightforward but the belpaire fire boxes are not. If we can manage to provide castings for boilers and fireboxes then we will be a long way to creating whatever GWR locos we like :-)

You should have consulted the Captain first. He can roll a tapered boiler on a parsnip without the need for drawings.

Hmmm Jules, you have a kinda 'modelling satnav'... "take the next left-hand turnout into the siding". I like it!! :-D

Andy York on the radio? I'd listen.

The captain hasn't really got a car stereo. He's got a gimbal and compass.

Even better when it is in the right hands

This statemnet somewhat supports the theorem of 'engineering is 10% hammer selection and 90% how you use it'

its also the one you can never find

Was that you?

Yes

didnt see it, but expect you had a good day!

...and attached to a lovable tender?

Should that be Elvis boogies? :-)

Or just something unmentionable from The King... eeeewwww!

It will be good when you do do some though.

not the only one me to

Maybe not at home but certainly made progress at the club!

Wow, steam, concerts, ceilidhs, dance displays... and a beer festival too! Have fun, Julia )