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  1. Spitfire2865

    Has Markits fallen off the face of the earth? Noone has it in stock, noone can get in touch with him.

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    2. mozzer models

      mozzer models

      try scale link http://www.scalelink.co.uk/acatalog/Locomotive_Driving_Wheels_.html

    3. mozzer models

      mozzer models

      the wheels work the same as Romford but only insulated

       

    4. Spitfire2865

      Spitfire2865

      Scalelink does not have wheels suitable for a Jinty.

  2. Spitfire2865

    Anyone know where I can buy Markits wheels besides from Markits?

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    2. polybear

      polybear

      Try South East Finecast - they sell em'....

    3. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Dave Cleal.

    4. Spitfire2865

      Spitfire2865

      Southeast doesnt stock the Jinty wheels and theres no way I can contact them to ask.

      Mainly trains doesnt stock the jinty wheels either.

  3. Spitfire2865

    Well. The mail finally decided to come. Now I need to get wheels before continuing.

  4. Spitfire2865

    It seems my London Road Jinty is lost in the post.

    1. Londontram

      Londontram

      That's a pain when that happens but hopefully you will be covered

    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Sorry to hear about that. Was it in kit form or assembled?

    3. Spitfire2865

      Spitfire2865

      Kit form jinty chassis.

       

  5. Spitfire2865

    Trying my hand at scratchbuilding a FR covered van. Not sure how inside sliding doors should be modelled...

  6. Spitfire2865

    Would love to do some actual modeling. Too bad I have absolutely nothing to do.

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    2. Londontram

      Londontram

      I'll send you some of my backlog if you want

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      I'm sure there's a Lima Gronk bodyshell you could saw up....

    4. Spitfire2865

      Spitfire2865

      Being stuck at uni, theres not much besides homework to do!

      Would love to scratchbuild but in my experience, if I dont build a body with a chassis on hand, no amount of extra work will result in that chassis fitting.

      I could mass produce 4mm scale packing crates...

  7. Spitfire2865

    I hate buisnesses that dont honor the responsibilities of running a buisness.

    1. bigP

      bigP

      --

    2. Spitfire2865

      Spitfire2865

      It bugs me that people dont check business emails and dont keep up to date. Sometimes it feels like a maze just to buy something. Do they not want money?

  8. Spitfire2865

    Of course I manage to screw up the last important decal on the plane.

  9. Spitfire2865

    Why must Humbrol enamel take hours to dry? Testors are dry in minutes. It really puts a damper on progress when a tiny touchup takes hours to dry.

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    2. Boris

      Boris

      Just use Vallejo

    3. Spitfire2865

      Spitfire2865

      Testors are easy to find, and rarely give me issues. Though I have had issues with "matt" blacks being satin.

      Vallejo would be interesting to try.

    4. Nelson Jackson

      Nelson Jackson

      I agree with Captain, tis the only way really

  10. Spitfire2865

    Back at school and I already have plenty of time for modeling. Too bad I spend it all playing video games.

  11. Spitfire2865

    Managed to cut my fingers while cleaning a deli slicer today. At least it was off at the time.

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    2. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      Put it in some sausage. CK will eat it.

    3. MarkC

      MarkC

      Ooh, shades of the 'Bacon slicer' Safety film shown before the old Walport films on board ship...(some of this parish will remember them well...)

    4. Spitfire2865

      Spitfire2865

      Once again Im reminded to ensure my RMweb posts are grammatically clear. My fingers are still attached...though theyd probably be safer in a sausage than on my hand.

  12. Spitfire2865

    Trying to actually get some modeling done. Just dont feel the desire...

  13. Spitfire2865

    Well, finals are done once again. Now to wait for results...

    1. 69843

      69843

      Congrats. Hope you did alright

    2. BoD

      BoD

      finals? once again?

  14. Spitfire2865

    Havent been very active here in a few weeks. Been very busy with school and Fallout:New Vegas. Though some work has been done on trains.

    1. 69843

      69843

      Ah, education.....

       

      Not really into those sorts of games.

  15. Spitfire2865

    Been doing a ton of work on an Airfix Spitfire. Need to get back to my trains.

    1. Spitfire2865

      Spitfire2865

      Photo maybe?

  16. Spitfire2865

    I hate my math class. I miss when it was actually straight forward and didnt add random things every step to "get" the answer.

  17. Spitfire2865

    Decals for a plane. Ughhh.

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    2. MarkC

      MarkC

      Better than snakes on a plane though...

    3. Grafarman

      Grafarman

      Decals for a plane seems a fair swap

    4. Spitfire2865

      Spitfire2865

      What? No applying them. Layering decals, getting them to sit flat over stupidly large bumps.

  18. Spitfire2865

    Planning a 2 foot long shunting layout. Yes..very restricting.

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    2. Grafarman

      Grafarman

      Doing it in Gauge 1 would make it even more minimalist...

    3. Adamphillip

      Adamphillip

      T guage xD

    4. Spitfire2865

      Spitfire2865

      Noo. Im going for OO and discovered through scarm last night that if I want turnouts, I need to use Peco short Ys. Managed a minimal inglenook with two of them. Though...Id like to complicate that with a couple wagon turntables.

  19. Spitfire2865

    Classes have taken so much out of me I dont even have the energy to build anything.

    1. 69843

      69843

      Ah, I hate that feeling.

       

      Nothing worse than planning out an evening of work, then after 'education' being too knackered to do anything

    2. GWR88

      GWR88

      Yup. Whole week off planned and wham! GCSE revision homework everywhere!

  20. Spitfire2865

    Even a broken iron wont stop my progress. Soldering with a butane lighter is interesting.

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    2. Spitfire2865

      Spitfire2865

      Apparently it takes a long time to upload a 1 minute video...yes I actually recorded something.

    3. Spitfire2865

      Spitfire2865

      Yes Im very out of frame, and my voice is terrible. But a demonstration nonetheless.

    4. SHMD

      SHMD

      Impressive. Thks.

  21. Spitfire2865

    Managed to melt the tip of my soldering iron.

    1. 69843

      69843

      Wow. That takes some doing!

    2. DonB

      DonB

      using a blow-torch for heating?

    3. Spitfire2865

      Spitfire2865

      Just decided to overhear and melt it. I keep the tip in good shape, keeping it coated and avoiding corrosion.

  22. Spitfire2865

    Two David Geen kits on my workbench, a scratchbuilt wagon in production, and a brake van awaiting steps, and Im spending my time making armor for a Nerf war.

    1. 69843

      69843

      1, 2, 3, 4, I declare a Nerf war....

  23. Spitfire2865

    So either the engineers drawings of this wagon are off, or the wheelbase is a foot off-center...yay working off drawings.

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    2. Londontram

      Londontram

      Be careful of plans in magazines. I'd built ten wagons before I realized they didn't have two bl--dy great staples in the middle of the bodies

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      I've been trying to reduce a drawing to 4mm scale. Not as easy as it looks!

    4. Spitfire2865

      Spitfire2865

      Its fixed now, but I did have to rip the springs off 3 times.

  24. Spitfire2865

    Circuits in physics, all I can think is "Resistance is useless"-Vogon grunt.

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    2. Boris

      Boris

      Resistance is futile.....

    3. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      Oh dear, Boris is getting amped up again....

    4. MarkC

      MarkC

      Ohm alone?

  25. Spitfire2865

    I wish I had more money for more kits.

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    2. davefrk

      davefrk

      Wish I had a bigger cupboard for all the kits.

    3. rembrow

      rembrow

      I still have over 30 unmade at the foot of the wardrobe, including several Slaters oo Midland 3 axle clerestories - must get them made!!

    4. Harrogate009

      Harrogate009

      I wish I had more money and more time for more kits

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