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  1. Mad McCann

    KILL YOUR TELEVISION!

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    2. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      Destroy all systems.

    3. muddys-blues

      muddys-blues

      Have we got a video recorder ?

    4. davefrk

      davefrk

      Should have gone to Radio Rentals...

  2. Mad McCann
    I'd concur with that; even as a dedicated Caley/SouWest man I can vouch for the superlative quality of the NB's journal and it's invariably a welcome arrival on the doormat. Dave.
  3. Mad McCann

    Looks like they're starting to replace the local street lights with LEDs. Yay! No more nasty orange glow in the garden and bedrooms!

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    2. Poggy1165

      Poggy1165

      It means people spend more money on their own doorway lighting.

    3. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      Red Sky at Morning

    4. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Still nicer than the grotty orange. Nice dark skies too. Bring em on! :-)

  4. Mad McCann
    A few images of the WRHA's late production 48DS though admittedly it's a little tattier looking today after five years of Whitrope winters! Dave.
  5. Mad McCann
    Lovely job, Bob. Funny enough, I'm just about to start a near identical project, courtesy of yourself! Just waiting on the chassis now! ;-) Which gearbox did you use. Loadhauler 108:1? Dave.
  6. Mad McCann

    That's me tellt; took my soup out the freezer yesterday morning. Ate it today at 2. On its way back out right now! That's one hell of a quick turnaround.Messy too...

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    2. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      Hope you are feeling better Dave take the dog another walk and enjoy your sunshine, he says from under a cloud...

    3. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Didn't feel remotely unwell, just gaseous and the rest you can imagine. Quite fine now!

      Just offering folks a chuckle at my expense.

    4. davefrk

      davefrk

      Just don't watch any scary films till you get your bowels under control....

  7. Mad McCann

    That's me tellt; took my soup out the freezer yesterday morning. Ate it today at 2. On its way back out right now! That's one hell of a quick turnaround.

  8. Mad McCann
    Any of you guys EM-ed a Hornby Q6 or K1 yet? Or a Bachmann WD/9F? Wondering how scary the job is since I have a couple of victims lined up, Dave.
  9. Mad McCann
    Looks amazing but please, let me turn that Q7 in a suitable finish! ;-) Dave.
  10. Mad McCann

    Wondering if it would in fact be easier just to build new EM chassis for RTR locos than to convert them.

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    2. Ian J.

      Ian J.

      Depends how much effort you want to put in, and what kind of result you'll get.

    3. Bulwell Hall

      Bulwell Hall

      It usually is!

    4. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Easier in many respects than adapting somebody else's work!

  11. Mad McCann

    FFS! Is there any decent work out there beyond min wage service sector sh*te? Thought not... :-(

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    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      hate to say it mac but LGV Drivers are in short supply I'm told, but who wants to be a long distance LGV Driver these days?

    3. highpeakman

      highpeakman

      The time (couple of weeks intensive) and cost (couple of thousand) to get an LGV licence makes it very difficult to get into that line of work. Few firms offer training without payment I think.

    4. Ian J.

      Ian J.

      It's not just paying for the training, it's also covering your living costs as well. Most effective training takes more than a couple of weeks though. I reckon for learning a computer language I'm looking at three to six months training, followed by a further six months to a year for practice and portfolio building.

  12. Mad McCann
    Appears to have two doors so likely an ex-LNER type CCT. Bogie GUVs were not unknown on "Train 52" either. Dave.
  13. Mad McCann

    Afternoon well spent. Workshop all painted up in cream and maroon. Just the ironwork to do tomorrow and then make a couple of mounts for the finials.

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    2. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      Arsenal

    3. waggy

      waggy

      Rhubarb and Custard

    4. vitalspark

      vitalspark

      Pity you don't live at 12A

  14. Mad McCann

    I thought a Fall Plate was what Mark E Smith had his dinner on before I discovered railways...

    1. Barry Ten

      Barry Ten

      It's for the Green-Eyed Loco Man

    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Fiery Jack would be a great name for an industrial loco. Watch this space... ;-)

  15. Mad McCann
    What's needed is a Swiss-style 'Rollbahn'. I imagine HGVs for Ireland pulling off the M6 at Gretna onto carrier wagons then railed right across D&G and up to Cairnryan using the old military line, Straight off the train and onto the boat. Would certainly make the A75 immeasurably safer. Relatively easy gauge enhancements to Dumfries, thereafter even completely new sections could even be engineered if the old route is too difficult or remote. Hell, the Chinese do stuff like this over a weekend these days! Dave.
  16. Mad McCann

    Up from The Skies...

    1. vitalspark

      vitalspark

      RIP Jimi.

  17. Mad McCann

    Looking for an old Dapol J94, kit or RTR. Pref non-runner as I'm going to RT the cr@p out of it!

    1. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      I got all the stuff for a P4 one ages ago I have yet to build it..... Robert makes good stuff and is a good bloke.

  18. Mad McCann
    It was a test run, Paul; such things are intended to identify the bugs in the system. Taken in that context it functioned exactly as it should have. Now you know what needs put right! :-) Cheers. Dave.
  19. Mad McCann

    Well 1-1 on yer team's first ever Premiership games not bad.

    1. davefrk

      davefrk

      And the Accies weren't even trying....

    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      The Jags won though! :-)

  20. Mad McCann

    So want to do CSB but I can't get my head round the maths-based approach of CLAG...

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    2. davefrk

      davefrk

      Double what he said, but I don't know why I'm agreeing wi Porcy cause he still owes me a pint!!!

    3. Porcy Mane

      Porcy Mane

      DO I??? I always pays me debts. Can't remember this on though. I thought it was the other way round.

    4. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Porcy - easiest way is to get someone cleverer to do it for you! You'll know the guy when you see him, he'll be wearing a white lab coat, have fuzzy hair either side of his bald pate and 'Professor Boffin' on his lapel badge.

  21. Mad McCann
    Nice wall decorations too, Paul! :-) Enjoying watching the layout develop. Dave.
  22. Mad McCann

    My morale has flatlined...

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    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      I'm told New Zealand is OK. Also some parts Of Canada and the Isle of Man.

    3. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      A bothy in southern Scotland no internet no news and only sheep and deer for company?

    4. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      I know one. Yes. :-)

  23. Mad McCann

    Look, cooking from scratch and liking to use fancy ingredients does NOT make me middle feckin class. I'm on £7 an hour, FFS!

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    2. davefrk

      davefrk

      Well you do live in a posh hoose well above the river....

    3. Ryde-on-time

      Ryde-on-time

      Sounds upper class to me?

    4. 60159

      60159

      You're safe - middle class is then inviting round your friends, inflicting it on them and boring them to death about where it was sourced etc.

  24. Mad McCann
    No addiction there at all; he could give it up any time he wants. Really...
  25. Mad McCann
    Hornby's shade is pretty much bob on to my eyes. Oxford's markings look a bit better but they are lost in the pale grey.
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