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  1. Stüzpunkt 211...

  2. It's easy to face the music if you like the style...

  3. Can't get my head around how you attach operating hornblocks squarely to a chassis with only two hands.

  4. RIP Harry Grout

  5. Well, hopefully I'll get that humongous G scale 66 off the workbench tomorrow night, which might well let me get some more finishing touches done on the long running saga of 54477... :-)

  6. Suddenly, scratch building rolling stock with plasticard looks somewhat less daunting than it once did.

  7. Fifty years ago tonight, D5329 pulled out of Platform 5 at Buchanan St with the 23:25 to Inverness and that was it for the Caley's northern Glasgow terminus and 65B. Their tea was well and truly oot!

  8. 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'.

  9. I really need to get a kit started, but which one..?

  10. Definitely gonna go for a wood burner ASAP. No more being scr*w*d by piratised energy companies!

  11. Definitely gonna go for a wood burner ASAP. No more being scr*w*d by piratised energy companies!

  12. Who the h*** throws kittens at trains? I think i'd like ten minutes in a room alone with them.

  13. Well, returned safely from EXPO North, and for Horsetan's info we achieved a staggering 70mpg over the trip, all the gear for the trade stand, two people and the luggage, not complaining one bit.

  14. After the decorating comes the cleaning of rollers and brushes.

  15. KILL YOUR TELEVISION!

  16. Why do I get the feeling I shouldn't have called my hospitalised mother in law 'the old bat'...

  17. Just got the report and quote for repair to the two stuck wheel cylinders which have burnt the nearly new discs and pads too. Won't be lunching out for a while....

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      vitalspark

      On a more serious note I have a guy in EK that attends to my van and is very reasonable and also very competent.

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  18. Just got the report and quote for repair to the two stuck wheel cylinders which have burnt the nearly new discs and pads too. Won't be lunching out for a while....

    1. vitalspark

      vitalspark

      Your fellow Jetta owner and mechanic Mr N could do that job for you in jigtime..perhaps barter a chassis or a few buffers.

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

  20. 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.

  21. Up from The Skies...

  22. Finished painting my engine today, lovely shade of duck egg green.

  23. Finished painting my engine today, lovely shade of duck egg green.

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