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  1. Mad McCann
    You're not so bad yerself, Richard!
  2. Mad McCann

    Hornby B12

    Mad McCann replied to Wherry Lines's topic in Hornby

    Belpaire version would have had a wider period and geographic range, arguably.
  3. Mad McCann

    I appear to have the title theme from Nationwide, circa 1975 as an earworm this morning...

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    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      I still recall seeing Michael Barratt, doing a piece, leaning out the second-man's window of a 33!

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Probably another of Ronnie Hazlehurst's theme tunes.

    4. MartinWales

      MartinWales

      Me....the theme from Get Carter!

  4. Mad McCann

    Found an old kit for a Caley 60 at Workington. Could be a challenge, but what a goal upon completion. May require much skill though!??

    1. Simon Moore

      Simon Moore

      Is it a white metal kit ??

    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Yep. Very basic it is too, but it's a starting point to an interesting machine. Circa 1921 blue of course!

    3. Simon Moore

      Simon Moore

      I'm helping a freind with an old wills caley tank in caley livery. Pre grouping is the way forward ; )

  5. Mad McCann

    Allergic to this time of year. Why can't I just hibernate until Feb 1st..?

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    2. rob D2

      rob D2

      Miserable gits !

    3. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      For all the mojo I have at this time of year I'd be as well asleep!

       

    4. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      Get a SAD lamp helps painting as well.

  6. Mad McCann

    Hornby king

    Mad McCann replied to B15nac's topic in Hornby

    No real interst in the Western, but as I was given the Lima equivalent as a gift from my uncle in 1978, I quite fancy a blue one. Best livery they ever wore... Dave.
  7. Mad McCann

    wonders if it will ever be possible to convert his split axle 40s and 10000s to EM...

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    2. davefrk

      davefrk

      Hi Dave, bring em along to the club and we'll see the easiest route.... Done my 10000 in about ten minutes.

    3. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      Sounds like a win to me.

    4. davefrk

      davefrk

      I see everyone has ignored oor not so Vitalspark, hi Davy.

  8. Mad McCann
    As and when, Jock. We're not going to breathe down yer neck, pal. Dave.
  9. Mad McCann
    Astonishing in this day and age to think that a line closure would dominate the entire front page of a paper in the way this story does in the photo. I guess it's an indication of the strength of local feeling. Dave.
  10. Mad McCann
    Uncertain Smile - The The.
  11. Mad McCann

    Us... and them... And after all, we're only ordinary men...

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    2. vitalspark

      vitalspark

      Staple modelling background music..the best.

    3. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      lines 5 - 9 have always stuck with me as summing up the futility.

    4. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      First thing I took from the song at age 11.

  12. Mad McCann
    Meet me on the corner - Lindisfarne.
  13. Mad McCann

    Remembering the loss of Buchanan St stn and 65B - 49 years ago today. Sorry I was too young to remember them!

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    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Only remembering a well liked station and railway section gents. 7th was the closure date, keep yer Alans on, wasn't linking it to the Armistice! Just something some Caley folk found of interest.

    3. vitalspark

      vitalspark

      Agree Dave

      I haunted Buch St after school in 65 and have many memories of A4s and Standard 5s setting off into the night under the semaphores.

      65B too every Sunday..I still have a shed plate taken fresh from the scrap line..great memories. Sunday..

    4. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Visited the site of 65B last Sunday then up to Robroyston Yard. Aye been fascinated with that area. In the DNA I think! ??

  14. Mad McCann
    Relax, Gary. They're at an advanced pre-production stage. They're still a wee bit off release! Dave.
  15. Mad McCann

    nd when you find me, and when you find me all alone. Your world has never been my own...

    1. Londontram

      Londontram

      Bit to deep for me mate

       

    2. vitalspark

      vitalspark

      ah..the Stranglers..!

  16. Mad McCann
    How to find true love and happiness in the present day - The Stranglers.
  17. Mad McCann
    Aye, but my wallet isnae fat...
  18. Mad McCann
    Fancied a River and 918 myself but I'm skint right now so I guess it's scratchbuild or fight to the death on ebay now...
  19. Mad McCann

    ...They shuffle with a bovine grace and glide in syncopation...

  20. Mad McCann

    Fantastic weekend visiting family and then friends, back in my homeland, exploring the old hinterlands of 65B, attending S4 group meet and ScRSG.Top notch couple of days 'back home'. ??

    1. BoD

      BoD

      There's no place quite like home .... and old friends.

    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Yep. Getting that 'wanna go home' feeling.

  21. Mad McCann

    Fantastic weekend visiting family and then friends, back in my homeland, exploring the old hinterlands of 65B, attending S4 group meet and ScRSG.Top notch couple of days 'back home'. ??

  22. Mad McCann

    Fantastic weekend visiting family and then friends, back in my homeland, exploring the old hinterlands of 65B, attending S4 group meet and ScRSG.

    1. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      Are you fully fit now Dave? Apart from fat fingers anyway.

    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Pretty much so, Mick, although I may or may not have a mild case of angina! Hopefully not but usually easy to put right these days if so - still, got my tax issue sorted today! ;-)

    3. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      Good news then you must be one of the few to get an answer according to MPs

  23. Mad McCann

    Ever feel you're stuck on a planet you don't belong on..?

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    2. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      I desire a return to Vulcan.

    3. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Last train to Vulcan's gone! You're wasting your time! Can't go yet, Squire's not y'ere!

    4. Tim Dubya

      Tim Dubya

      Our magnificent generals, General Gordon and General Booth.

  24. Mad McCann
    I can't believe you didn't already know that!
  25. Mad McCann
    For EM modellers, these aren't quite the drop-in wheel change we've become accustomed to on recent wagons from this source but a few minutes work with a milling bit in a power tool gives acceptable clearance for Gibson wheelsets. You need to remove most of the web that connects the brake shoes either side of the wheel. It probably wouldn't hurt to skim a little from the brake shoes either but I'd consider that discretionary. Dave.
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