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  1. So, if I were to arrive by balloon would my parking be free?
  2. Should be like Singapore. Everybody gets the main Christian/Muslim/Hindu/Buddhist religious holidays off, regardless of whether you are an adherent.
  3. Closed Mondays. On my last UK trip, that was my only day in Eastbourne so couldn't call in. Better luck next time.
  4. In no way is this a criticism of you, Clive, but those photos just highlight for me how far we have gone backwards with tension-lock couplings on RTR trains. That gap between the loco and coach buffers must be about a scale three feet. Even in the good old bad old days of Tri-ang, things were better than that (all the couplings were the same height as each other, too - and they never drooped...).
  5. I had (have) an MTK 18000 and Athearn chassis, which never got built and now never will. My previous 18100 was an ancient Q Kit, which, as I've mentioned before, Mike Cole sold to me at a very low price when I was a student, as the body moulding was defective. This has had a succession of RTR chassis, currently an 80s-vintage Hornby 47, but has never run properly, so it's now been relegated to my "heritage" collection of models that have no use on the MCL but have some personal significance to me.
  6. I used to think that an expert was someone who came from somewhere else and showed slides but now, having retired after nearly 49 years service, I realise that it just means you've been around longer than anyone else.
  7. That's right, John. The long clay train (14 wagons) starts and ends its journey off-stage in both directions, so swapping wagons would be feasible at the cost of building 14 more. You'd have to hand-shunt them both ways between Polperran and Paddington though. However, the three short clay trains (6 wagons each) are loaded at Wheal Veronica, which is of course on the scenic section, so swapping wagons there wouldn't really be practicable at all. I think removable sheets is the way to go - eventually.
  8. Hmm. That would mean building another 32 wagons! Perhaps not...
  9. Can't add much other than to say that when I lived in Eastbourne from 1997 to 2001 it was an Aladdin's cave for second-hand stuff.
  10. It's still OK now, as far as I'm concerned.
  11. Today I fitted a dummy coupling, vacuum pipe and steam pipe at No 1 end, and a dummy coupling at No 2 end of 18100. I didn't fit any pipes at No 2 end, as I've left the tension lock coupling in place so that the loco can haul the occasional train. I was very impressed with the ease of adding the etched stainless steel running numbers, with the "double adhesive tape" doing its job perfectly. I haven't come across that method before but it worked very well. All that's left are the bogie end steps, which were missing from my package. I've emailed Rails to ask whether they can send me a set. I'm not quite convinced by the "grease patches" on the buffers though...
  12. I've just sent the following email to Rails of Sheffield, which I thought might beof interest here too: "Dear Sirs – I received my “DCC & Sound Ready” 18100 last week and, overall, I am very pleased with it. However, there are two points I’d like to raise with you please. 1. Lighting settings I do not use sound, so I ordered the “DCC & Sound Ready” version and fitted an ESU LokPilot 5 MKL DCC model 59659 decoder myself. After programming the decoder, using DecoderPro, the loco runs well, as expected. However, activating the lights on DCC was a challenge. Your instruction leaflet describes five DCC lighting function modes but the 59659 decoder is not pre-programmed for these. After a lot of trial and error, I managed to activate the headlight in both directions, which I use to indicate to drivers which way the loco will move. I don’t need the other four functions, so I haven’t tried to activate them. Would it be possible for you to make known the decoder settings for all five functions (and the need for all four DIP switches to be ON), perhaps through your website and/or by email to purchasers please? I should add that on my earlier 18000 loco the lights worked as soon as the same model of decoder was fitted, without additional programming. 2. Additional detail parts The instruction leaflet states that the following are provided: - Etched frame and magnetic reporting numbers - 2 tension lock couplings - 2 metal screw link couplings - 4 bogie front steps My package contained: - Etched reporting numbers and magnetic frame - 1 tension lock coupling (2 already fitted to loco) - 2 functional metal screw link couplings - 2 dummy screw link couplings - 2 vacuum pipes - 2 steam pipes - 4 sets of etched stainless steel loco running numbers - 0 bogie front steps These discrepancies are not a problem, except for the missing bogie front steps, which I would like to fit. Please forward a set (4) of these, as soon as convenient, to the address on my original order ref xxxxx. I would also recommend reconciling the mismatch, again perhaps through your website and/or by email to purchasers, and in the relevant documentation for any future batches. Thanks."
  13. Diagonal braces are good for minimising twisting.
  14. There is an exhibitor on the circuit who requests a coin donation to charity if taking photos of his layout. Fair enough, in my view.
  15. ...you're not entitled to but feel you deserve?
  16. SHIRE Scenics of course! I thank you.
  17. Haven't heard that for a while!
  18. You are Humphrey Lyttleton and I claim my five pounds. Boyo. (posted before reading Rich's contribution)
  19. I've never had much luck with Modelmaster transfers, full stop...
  20. That lot looks remarkably similar to the contents of my odds-and-sods box.
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