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  1. Mad McCann

    I've got nothing to say but it's OK...

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    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Well said, that man.

    3. BoD

      BoD

      I'm glad to hear 'it' is ok. You will let us know if 'it' catches any nasty diseases

    4. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      Good Morning

  2. Mad McCann

    If someone can assist, I need a BR1b tender body for a loco drive Hornby Britannia. Can provide a BR- in return if needed, albeit painted in 'economy green'.

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    2. vitalspark

      vitalspark

      I'm sure there were Crownline w/m kits there also..I might even have one somewhere.

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Crownline ones I suspect were rebranded Dave Alexander castings.

    4. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Cheers lads.

  3. Mad McCann

    If there isn’t an etched replacement chassis for the Heljan 14, maybe there should be...

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    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Isn't that Mercian one out of production now? I thought he wasn't doing 4mm scale anymore?

    3. RedgateModels

      RedgateModels

      LOL not sure, still on the website, but that's never a guarantee ;)

    4. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Worst £120 I ever spent...

  4. Mad McCann

    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.

  5. Mad McCann

    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...

  6. Mad McCann

    Flying Duck Theory.

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    2. BoD

      BoD

      Hilda Ogden has a lot to answer for.

    3. Hroth

      Hroth

      Thought it was Muriel?

    4. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      That a sequel to Big Bang Theory?

  7. Mad McCann

    With all this dodgy mazak about, building replacement chassis in EM doesn't seem that bad a shout these days.

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    2. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      You had me confused for a moment until I realised you hadn‘t actually written Muzak... xD

    3. Barry O

      Barry O

      It is good for building chassis in OO as well. Just doing a rebuilt scot

    4. KalKat

      KalKat

      I just wish the wreckage/bodyshells were cheaper

  8. Mad McCann

    Think I'll be dropping back to part time work again; body telling me I'm 53 and already stopped shiftwork once for the same reasons! In other news, I've been removing snaphead rivets from a Bachmann Fowler 3500 gal tender tonight. Rock 'n' Roll, I f****n ain't...

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    2. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      I did wonder if it was the shifts bringing you down Dave

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      If you delete "f" from "shifts", it's probably that as well.....

    4. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      If you're not careful with how you eat at work, this can indeed be a consequence...

  9. Mad McCann

    Bill Bedford sprung axleguards on the HR Jones van, Giesl ejector recess created on the Austerity. Small steps in an evening but positive ones in the right direction. :-)

    1. Londontram

      Londontram

      I think you've hit the nail on the head there Dave, to many people start a project then realise how big it is and give up. There must be so many started projects up and down the country that will never get done. Modeling is like eating an Elephant just take it one bite at a time

    2. Mikkel

      Mikkel

      I Googled that, and so Dr. Adolph Giesl-Gieslingen of Tirol became part of my breakfast.

    3. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      I hope you didn't eat the poor chap!

  10. Mad McCann

    Good day!

    1. Free At Last

      Free At Last

      And a jolly good day to you too, Sir.

    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      A commendably positive attitude!

       

    3. Stevie

      Stevie

      Nah G day mate

  11. Mad McCann

    Wonder when the annual wishlist is due out?

    I'm going to vote for a BR Std 2MT mogul this year...

    1. John M Upton

      John M Upton

      I think it has been scrapped hasn't it?

    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      Delayed due to, well, whatever is on the line.....

    3. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      There's no fun in it now the F*ll's being done.

  12. Mad McCann

    Day three of trying to wrest order from the Shed of Chaos. The horror... the horror..,

    1. BoD

      BoD

      If you can keep many projects on the go when those around have only one, If you can lose tiny parts as easy as pie ......then you are a modeller, my son.

    2. locoholic

      locoholic

      Beware the Loft of Doom, then.

    3. Hroth

      Hroth

      And the Small Box Room of Disappointment!

  13. Mad McCann

    Here I come, baby. I’m comin’ to getcha!

    1. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      Who loves ya, baby?

    2. Tim V

      Tim V

      Foxy ...

    3. Hroth

      Hroth

      Completely inappropriate! (But the Trumper will forgive you...)

  14. Mad McCann

    With a bit of fine tuning, DJM’s Austerity is a fine thing indeed. Incomparable with the Danish joke I’ve wasted valuable time on.

    1. Porcy Mane

      Porcy Mane

      Ok on a one in thirty gradient with a free running trailing load too?

    2. Harlequin

      Harlequin

      Ah, that Danish sense of humour...

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Something rotten in the state of Denmark?

  15. Mad McCann

    "Thank you. As we all know, you just can't believe everything you see and hear, can you? Now if you'll excuse me I must be on my way. (T-waaaannnngggg)...."

    1. PhilEakins

      PhilEakins

      Has he gone yet?

    2. Brit70053

      Brit70053

      People say believe half of what you see, son and none of what you hear".

    3. PhilEakins

      PhilEakins

      Yes dad.

  16. Mad McCann

    Right; which one of you slags nicked Lion's nameplates? Nobody leaves here until I get a cough, got it?

    1. SHMD

      SHMD

      I nearly coughed! Will a hiccup do?

    2. davefrk

      davefrk

      It wasne me guv honest.

    3. DonB

      DonB

      It was the drink wot made me do it.

  17. Mad McCann

    "...and the story it told of a river that flowed made me sad to think it was dead..."

    1. Londontram

      Londontram

      Yeah but come on he could have give the horse a name its not as if it would have cost him anything.

    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      I know.Tight git!

    3. Dave John

      Dave John

      Och, I took my friends pup for a long walk on Sunday, Kelvinbridge to Dawsholm park, lots of CR and NB history along the Kelvin valley .(really , the NB viaduct arches are scottish bond brickwork ) Heron seen at the botanics stretch. A few trout rising on the Kirklee to Maryhill stretch, maybe I'll renew my ticket and put a dry fly over the water.... A river coming back to life.

  18. Mad McCann

    Fragments of Olympian gossip...

    1. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      'I hear that Zeus likes his sausages well done'...

    2. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      "Have you ever seen Pandora's box from the inside?"

    3. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Oo, saucy! ;-)

       

  19. Mad McCann
    1. pH

      pH

      Alternatively -

    2. 3 link

      3 link

      How can anyone be bored when you have a great hobby like we have...

    3. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Sometimes you just can't be bothered...

       

  20. Mad McCann

    D1733

    1. newbryford

      newbryford

      Too much blue.

    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      I think the red cab panels were both a lovely touch and a missed opportunity, given they weren't adopted. Taken me a number of years but I finally 'get' blue now.

       

    3. vitalspark

      vitalspark

      Saw it on the WR with the XP64 set back in the day when we were searching out the last GW steam at Old Oak Southhall and many more plus of course the obligatory pilgrimage to Barry docks.

      I was a schoolboy then but Jeez..am I really that old?

  21. Mad McCann

    So many nice kits to build. Surely there must be a tipping point where desire to build outweighs inertia!

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Yes, but only for a while....

    2. Londontram

      Londontram

      For goodness sake don't buy a Silhouette I seem to be drawing wagons quicker than I can ever build them.

       

    3. Londontram

      Londontram

      Buggor there's another one drawn now what next?

  22. Mad McCann

    Pssst! Wanna buy an Airfix 4F..? ;-)

    1. Londontram

      Londontram

      I actually like the Airfix 4F

    2. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      Er NO!

    3. davefrk

      davefrk

      What? you want to buy a 4F, I've got a few....

  23. Mad McCann

    Couplings installed safely. Weather going wrong. That was either a big rumble of thunder or Dave Frk dropping his wallet...

    1. BoD

      BoD

      We heard it over here - so it's probably the wallet.

    2. davefrk

      davefrk

      Yes it was my wallet, it's got 'liquid lead' in it to stop it floating away... So there.

    3. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      ;-p

  24. Mad McCann

    "Don't look for your chicken in a counting basket if the gift horse has hatched the eggs in its mouth."

    1. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      After 2 bottles of wine and a couple of single malts...I couldn't agree more

    2. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      I have a headache now but no pleasure from drink.

    3. RJS1977

      RJS1977

      That's a case of bolting the stable door after the horse has shut it!

  25. Mad McCann

    To Creetown, Kirkcudbright, Gatehouse Of Fleet With The Golden Bough on the passenger seat

    1. davefrk

      davefrk

      Lovely country down there too.

    2. Wheatley

      Wheatley

      Bit dodgy leaving it on the passenger seat, people have been drowned at the stake for having the wrong prayer book down there !

    3. petethemole

      petethemole

      All 12 volumes?

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