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  1. Epic weekend of A3 action!

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    2. davefrk

      davefrk

      Couldn't be arxxd looking at that 'money pit' of an auld A3 and I was just a couple of miles away at Ingliston, gently circumnavigating the race circuit in an Aston DB9 and a Jag F type, one word... WOW.

    3. davefrk

      davefrk

      Oh, and a couple of 'hot laps' in an 'Atom' with an instructor driving, my eye balls are still shaking. ^^^^

    4. Andrew F

      Andrew F

      would rather look at the A3

  2. Hell’s bells! Hornby’s BR loco green is a truly lifeless and dismal thing. Even after gratuitous T-cutting!

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    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      I’ll give it a try at some.

    3. Norton961

      Norton961

      Try finishing with Klear that makes a difference.

    4. BoD

      BoD

      Gratuitous T-cutting? Is that legal?

  3. I want to drive a GCT Atlantean.

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    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      When I was in the Sixth Form, I wanted to teach the school to sing in prefect harmony.

    3. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Well then..? ;-)

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      He's been trying ever since.

  4. For here am I sitting in a tin can; far above the world...

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    2. MartinWales

      MartinWales

      Major Tom you're circuit's dead, ther's something wrong...Can you hear me major Tom?

    3. lapford34102

      lapford34102

      Flying United Airlines then.

    4. vitalspark

      vitalspark

      You're back in your greenhouse again aren't you?

  5. I'd forgotten how excellently trippy 'A Forest' by The Cure actually is. :-)

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    2. tractionman

      tractionman

      One of my fave albums of all time :-)

    3. mattingleycustom

      mattingleycustom

      Ah, real music, you can't beat it

    4. gridwatcher
  6. I'm going to start referring to 60163 Tornado as the last of the old A1s.After all, that approach seems to work for Rangers... ;-)

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    2. HeeleyBridge

      HeeleyBridge

      Lone Ranger's?

    3. davefrk

      davefrk

      I haven't a clue what yer on aboot.

    4. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Well, I always placed you above such vacuous tittle-tattle anyway, Dave. ;-)

  7. Another evening squandered... :-(

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    2. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      You will never make it as a journalist Ivan, the story needs legs.

    3. vitalspark

      vitalspark

      ..hanging about English square talking to Polish burds again..get yer bum up here and we can give you something useful to do!

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Why does it need legs when it's got a mobility scooter?

  8. HALT! IN THE NAME OF OOR WULLIE!

  9. I find myself at a loss as to what further mayhem can be created.

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    2. BoD

      BoD

      I'm sure you'll come up with something.

    3. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      Ooooh you pendant you will be counting rivets next..... well maybe not all the rivets.

    4. Mad McCann
  10. "Spare him his life from his pork sausages..."

  11. That's long enough in a holding pattern for this guy, 2016 is time for some changes!

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    2. Mad McCann
    3. davefrk

      davefrk

      Happy New Year to you Dave, like the comments on your Blog this morning, All the best for 2016.

    4. Mad McCann
  12. Decent winter weather on the border for s change! ??

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    2. davefrk

      davefrk

      About 7cm of snow here this morning, lovely, might try out the winter tyres later, we do need milk anyway....

    3. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      So there's some wintery weather up by Launceston, is there?

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Half-hearted snow here...

  13. Pull out the instigator, because there's something in the air...

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    2. davefrk

      davefrk

      Nah, I prefer Genesis...

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      ...and you know it's right

    4. 45568

      45568

      CALL out the ...etc... leave your instigator in your trousers!

  14. Against my better judgement, I find myself building a 1970s vintage DJH Caley 60 class...

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    2. Barry O
    3. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Good progress with superstructure last night but ye gods it's going to require lots of tidying as we go!

    4. Barry O

      Barry O

      Just check the cab sides and cab roof...

  15. In Wien wit si

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    2. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      Oder Palatschinken mit Zwetschkenr

    3. davefrk

      davefrk

      Wit a' ye takin aboot.

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Nein, eine Sachertorte. Das ist die ganze Sacher.

  16. 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!

  17. Finding the media's self indulgent navel gazing hilarious. That's what you get when you believe your own BS.

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    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Post-truth journalism.

    3. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      A clown they made, polished and protected.

    4. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Surprisingly I feel just a tiny bit less threatened today.

  18. Monkey, with a chance of isolated, heavy chimp later...

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    2. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      Chimp Paradox recommended

       

    3. Kylestrome

      Kylestrome

      And a force eight orangutang warning for shipping tonight.

    4. Ian J.

      Ian J.

      Pigsy, Sandy, Tripitaka...

  19. Bachmann 5MT now in throes of conversion to both EM and Caprotti gear here. Seems to like her new Markits wheels anyway. Rods next.

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    2. vitalspark

      vitalspark

      Nah he's taking the easy option.. means he doesn't need to fiddling about with all that valve gear!

    3. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      I'll give a response to that when I get some valve gear done!

    4. BoD

      BoD

      I bet Rod's pleased he's next on the list

  20. Been painting a 7mm BR blue Duchess and a 4mm Glasgow Standard 'Caur' today. :-)

  21. Yep Ronseal varnish definitely is the best for a gloss finish on a model.

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    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Aye. As cliches go it's pretty bob-on!

    3. Ian J.

      Ian J.

      Doesn't the model complain that it's sticky when she moves? ;-)

    4. Mad McCann
  22. "The hypocrites are slandering the sacred halls of Truth. Ancient nobles showering their bitterness on youth..."

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    2. John B

      John B

      Conform or be cast out..

    3. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      "In their own image, their world is fashioned. No wonder they don't understand..."

    4. railroadbill

      railroadbill

      The most endangered species the honest man will still survive annihilation

  23. Feels more and more like he is living in Alasdair Gray's Unthank...

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    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Indeed. Read it in mere days!

    3. Barry Ten

      Barry Ten

      I mjust give it a re-read. I was living in Scotland the last time I read it...

    4. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      His depictions of 1950s Glasgow in books 2&3 are marvellous.

  24. Cause I am Jack, from a burning ring. My face is slack, and I think, think, think...

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    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      And talking about Frankie Lymon...

    3. Bob Reid

      Bob Reid

      And there was me wondering if you had moved upmarket there Dave with visions of Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker" :)

    4. Hroth

      Hroth

      Rowche Rumble, thats Rumble!

       

      (The lorry arrived the next day)

       

  25. If peace were to spontaneously break out across the world I would experience a dramatic upswing in modelling mojo. Gonna be a quiet workbench for a while then...

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    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Or Capitalism.

    3. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Or at least the oligarchal variety.

       

    4. 60159

      60159

      or "extreme" railway modelling views! .... but lets start with religion.

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