Mick Bonwick

Marvellous!

I hope you were on your own when you did that!

I know where that is! My father's cousin's neighbour had a holiday home just around the corner. Small world, isn't it?

The proceeding work will be very interesting to follow.

I spy a thickening plot!

Of course it will!

Not everybody can be trusted with sharp blades.

He was probably trying to determine which direction the cheese was coming from.

I am glad to report that Much Murkle and her crew had an enjoyable day out at Didcot today. The cake was nice, too!

Something to be thankful for.

Fashions change. They would not be red any more. Grey is the new red.

This is NOT a criticism, far from it. I prefer the stills, because there is much more left to the imagination. I can add my own little stories to the ones you so ably produce, and imagine the movement in there. As I said, this is NOT a criticism. It's a personal view, and I'm entitled to it, so there!

A packing case!

The underframe was airbrushed with Railmatch Frame Dirt. Some Railmatch Weathered Black was added to do the sides and ends, and even more Weathered Black added to do the chimney, boiler top and cab roof. A comb brush was used to streak the saddle tank vertically while the paint was still wet, and another thin coat applied over the top to tone down the streaks a bit. Black pigment was used n the cab roof, chimney and smokebox door. Dark Earth and European Earth pigments were used to distress the running plate and add variety to plain airbrushed surfaces. European Earth was used to represent the ash staining under the firebox door. Random dabbing with a white spirit dampened brush created rubbed and cleaned areas in appropriate places. To finish off, some weathered black was airbrushed onto the wheel centres to relieve the single coloured underframe. The brihgt, clean cab interior was also treated to a waft of weathered black.

While waiting for the Great Electric Train Show to open on Sunday morning, I visited Tony's Trains stand and relieved him of a Hornby Peckett. I went back 20 minutes later and complained about the condition of the box contents . . . . . . .

Plenty:

What dates are set for this exhibition next year, please?

Pity it isn't an O gauge one. You could then have tried it out on some really good track.

I'm pleased to report that we were able to present three prizes for this competition, so thanks are due to all those who took part, and congratulations to the winners. First prize was an Accurascale pack of 3 HUO hoppers. Second Prize was a year's subscription to Hornby Magazine. Third prize was a pack of AMMO by MIG weathering materials as used in the competition. It is planned to repeat the competition at next year's Great Electric Train Show on 10th/11th October 2020.

If I had known this was taking place I would have gatecrashed. That's a nice library in the background!

We need to be able to use more than one emoticon at a time. I would have liked to annotate my response with a "laugh" (loutish panniers) and an "agree" (splendid effort) . I don't yet have a fully functional layout so I'm not in a position to comment on soldering, shunting or grandchildren (although I do have 7 of those), but I am in a position to acknowledge good modelling when I see it. Nice work and good progress, Kevin.

A further point about the compressor, Richard, just for interest's sake. The 'advertised' cut-off does not always work, in my experience. The compressor that I saw and used did not turn off at all when using it to drive a cheap airbrush and started running hot after 10 minutes and was turned off 10 minutes later when it was too hot to touch. This is experience with only one sample and, of course, they may not all be the same. These machines are manufactured by the thousand and I'm not sure how much quality control is involved on that production process. I used to stock and sell AS18-2 versions when they cost about £60, but when the price dropped to £40 and I had two failures out of a batch of 6 purchases I stopped selling them. I know this is of no help to you now, but it might help others reading this thread if they are considering the purchase of a compressor. I hope that your separate regulator solution works.

It's not an AS18-2 Chris, it's an AS18-1. Different animal. Richard, you could control the airflow with one of these, but you won't be able to boost the pressure: https://airbrushes.com/product_info.php?cPath=400_14_412_414&products_id=20652

A soggy bottom.