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3 hours ago, great northern said:

that soulless blue livery

When dirty, depressing.

15 hours ago, johnhutnick said:

Lidl(UK) has a 3 table set

Thanks for letting us know!  There's a Bargain Hunters thread where you can post that sort of useful information.

6 hours ago, Hal Nail said:

I can't help feeling some sort of magnets in the wheels would pull it to the track

You're thinking of DCC Concepts PowerBase

2 hours ago, great northern said:

suitable figures seem very hard to find

Have you looked at ModelU's range of figures?  Even at 1:76 scale, they have recognizable features, superior to white-metal cast people.

We took advantage of their scanning service to obtain figures of friends in their West Somerset Railway working outfits.

You could have Clive driving a bus over the bridge!

There are several Class 73 locos in BR blue at Kernow for £85.

2 hours ago, Ravel said:

EFE Hymek in Green £101

Also Kernow have a couple of EFE Hymeks at a marginally lower price.

1 hour ago, Oldddudders said:

It would look magnificent sitting in a siding, ready to go on site. But how often do such things happen in one location? 

Less often than a bus on a bridge.

Excellent lighting!

Your photos are excellent -- the result of good lighting.  What's your technique?

J Class Tank

There's a well-built J class on eBay.

On 31/12/2022 at 12:50, Tony Teague said:

LSWR Drummond S11

PDK recently announced etched kits for the S11 and L12.

On 22/10/2022 at 17:01, teaky said:

Where can I buy decent salted peanuts?

Roast your own...

• Buy 1kg raw, shelled, peanuts
• Create a salt solution with, say, 1 tablespoon of salt in 1L water
• Soak the peanuts in the salt solution for about 20 minutes
• Drain the peanuts
• Heat your oven to about 200 degrees C
• Put the drained peanuts in a baking tray
• Put the tray in the oven for about 23 minutes
• Remove and cool

3 hours ago, KNP said:

Do you want to see a bedraggled cottage dragged through a hedge backwards?

Will the cottage have a name?  May I suggest 'Boris'?

13 hours ago, great northern said:

Two chances of a cop

Perfect lighting!

8 minutes ago, Combe Martin said:

Does anyone know if there's a bus service from Castle Cary

There are 3 ways to get from Castle Cary to Royal Bath & West Showground: visit this guide.

On 26/01/2022 at 08:55, great northern said:

under the roof

Perfect lighting!

On 22/12/2021 at 19:27, MrWolf said:

the dynamo will generate enough power to be able to see safely where you're going at half that speed

If the bike electrics are 6v, then it's more likely an alternator, with a large selenium plate rectifier to convert a/c to d/c.  The alternator is good for 12v, and you can substitute the selenium rectifier for a solid-state one with less electrical loss.  A 12v supply will help improve your lighting and you can substitute LEDs for some bulbs, such as the flashers and side-lights.

On 31/12/2021 at 11:39, great northern said:

Many thanks. Confirms what I suspected. Powerpoint is different. How to get round that remains a mystery at present though.

Use print to PDF, then attach the PDF here.

My computer has a 'Print to PDF' option when I choose to print a document from Office.  If that doesn't appear on your computer then there are free PDF printers available.  A PDF printer is not a physical printer, but a piece of software that converts your Office document to a PDF file.

2 hours ago, Ray H said:

I seem to recall the New Year's Day holiday was a relatively recent thing

1st January 1974.  I think it was chosen by Ted Heath as a reward to the electorate for choosing to enter the Common Market (now the EU).

I need some brass bushes for proprietary (e.g. Hornby) loco axles.  I think they are 3mm diameter.  There are plenty of sources of 1/8" top-hat bushes, but I can't find any for 3mm axles.  High Level make hornblocks in several sizes, including 3mm, but what about plain bearings?

Am I searching in vain?

2 hours ago, KNP said:

On a cold Misty morning

The blurry background reminds me of the black & white photos in Railway Modeller in the 1950s and 1960s.

On 03/07/2021 at 20:05, Tony Wright said:

a fag getting inside

Just add a No Smoking sign to each window.

On 01/07/2021 at 14:39, KNP said:

you can make it feel even bigger if you use the wide angle of the iPhone then crop

That plays tricks with the apparent gauge of your tracks.  In your second photo, the mainline looks broad gauge with a converging standard gauge branchline.

1 hour ago, Clive Mortimore said:

... it is a reserve means of audio torture should the bagpiper not get enough wind up. 

One definition of a gentleman is someone who knows how to play the bagpipes, but doesn't.