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Do you mean "the bunny hug"? One of a craze of "animal dances" from around 1912 - 1914, dances by "young people" and scandalous to their elders. The "bunny hop" was early 1950's in the USA, but peaking in Europe via Finland in the early '60's

As a dance craze, the Charleston is a bit late for this locomotive (unless it's a retrospective nick name). Off almost the top of my head, I'm going to suggest the Maxixe, maybe slightly too early, but the 1925 and 1941 recordings on the Wikipedia page https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxixe_(dance) do sound very locomotive like me. Also, as the GNR's first 4-6-0, being nick named the Maxixe seems appropriate. Or I could look harder into 1918 - 1922 dance crazes (because pre-Charleston is unfamiliar to me) Hope this helps

I can't comment on the dilution, but possibly certain types of carpet adhesive is a suitable and cheaper alternative, if you run out of copydex. See at various points on this linked page. (can certainly remember my dad sticking down carpet tiles with a glue that smelt similar to, but much stronger than, copydex)

Probably not a question that can be answered, but I'll ask it anyway : What are the prospects of Hornby releasing a GWR Terrier? Thanks

So (iirc) for anything rtr with wheels made in the last 20 years you might actually need 14.4 to stop one wheel dropping...

Wow I have to ask: which decoder, which speaker and which sound project?

There is another picture of 2493 surprising Mr & Mrs Lemon https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-mr-and-mrs-lemon-of-brooklands-street-battersea-had-a-surprise-when-20616531.html?pv=1&stamp=2&imageid=58F239B9-F361-4F9D-B8D2-6D756121D22E&p=62486&n=0&orientation=0&pn=1&searchtype=0&IsFromSearch=1&srch=foo%3dbar%26st%3d0%26pn%3d1%26ps%3d100%26sortby%3d2%26resultview%3dsortbyPopular%26npgs%3d0%26qt%3dmr%20mrs%20lemon%20brooklands%20street%26qt_raw%3dmr%20mrs%20lemon%20brooklands%20street%26lic%3d3%26mr%3d0%26pr%3d0%26ot%3d0%26creative%3d%26ag%3d0%26hc%3d0%26pc%3d%26blackwhite%3d%26cutout%3d%26tbar%3d1%26et%3d0x000000000000000000000%26vp%3d0%26loc%3d0%26imgt%3d0%26dtfr%3d%26dtto%3d%26size%3d0xFF%26archive%3d1%26groupid%3d%26pseudoid%3d%26a%3d%26cdid%3d%26cdsrt%3d%26name%3d%26qn%3d%26apalib%3d%26apalic%3d%26lightbox%3d%26gname%3d%26gtype%3d%26xstx%3d0%26simid%3d%26saveQry%3d%26editorial%3d1%26nu%3d%26t%3d%26edoptin%3d%26customgeoip%3d%26cap%3d1%26cbstore%3d1%26vd%3d0%26lb%3d%26fi%3d2%26edrf%3d%26ispremium%3d1%26flip%3d0%26pl%3d with extra info in the caption

Have you looked at this thread IIRC the video linked to on page 3 does cover the air ministry tanks. Hope this helps.

This seems a bargain to me: 38-100 Bachmann 34 Ton PNA Ballast Spoil Wagon £7:76 Temporarily out of stock but you can order it (Kernow have always delivered in the end in similar instances) http://www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/p/12412/38-100-Bachmann-34-Ton-PNA-Ballast-Spoil-Wagon

On my side yes, on the side that borders the rear neighbour's, no. I was given some guttering which is on the ground in the picture (and I hope to add to the rear side). The inside pics are from the side with the gutter.

I dug it out to about 6 inches below, in a trench about 10inches wide, lined with paving slabs, then got worried I'd taken too much away, so put sand and then gravel on top of the clay, to just below the floor level. The 10 inch width of the trench was determined by some large slabs that were already there.

After maybe 90+ years it's not doing such a bad job. Perhaps I need to revisit the outside of the wall, as damp is still coming through at the bottom

Actually I was wrong :the damp proof course is not slates but a 2mm thick very dark brown almost black substance (bitumen?)

There is an attempt at a damp proof course (slates I think). If I had the money to pay people to do it, it might be cheaper to knock it down and rebuild!

Hope I never need the rope trick! That's why I stopped trying to pull the most resistant ones out. Clay on my side removed - I guess it came from when the previous owners block paved most of the garden and it was left over from levelling out the garden. On the neighbours' sides there are a few inches that could do with removing.

I am the apprentice!

BTW the round cable a computer kettle type lead being used to power an old pair of laptop speakers so I can play music via my phone. I just tucked it up there out the way while I worked. (yes, but how many fires end up starting like that?!)

Thanks chris p bacon, I am used to seeing your good advice on here. I will leave the gap. Re the cables and nails: I will clip them up. Those remaining nails have so far resisted efforts to be removed (they are like old-school twisted shank ones and go in deep!). On the opposite side I ended up sawing one off and hammering the remnant in to avoid hitting my head on it.

A photo...

Hi. Please see posts 2 & 3 on page two for new questions. Now also about the trench... And on page 3, my adventure with lime mortar, replacing bricks, and re-pointing... I have a single brick built garage that dates from the 1920's (same age as the house). At some point parts of it have moved, and some timber has rotted. I have replaced parts of some rafters. There were big problems with damp because of rotted facia at the top and two feet of clay soil piled up against one wall. Currently repointing on the inside so stepson can use part of it as a gym... There is a gap between the reinforcing brick columns and the wooden wallplate. Question: should I fill this gap with mortar? With something else (what?) ? Leave it as a gap? Thanks. (I could have posted this under "Layout Design" but conversion to being suitable for model railway use a hope that is years away) Thanks

Hi. Has anyone else read this news story? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-53332103

From Rails of Sheffield, bundle of four Hornby LMS non-corridor coaches in LMS livery £99.50 https://railsofsheffield.com/bundles/86/set-of-four-lms-period-iii-non-corridor-57-coaches?utm_source=Mailing+List&utm_campaign=17f4000626-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_07_06_03_29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_74d01bc2ed-17f4000626-5765273 Also available in British Railways maroon. Kernow's price maybe the same, it certainly used to be

When I changed all my plastic wheels to metal ones a couple of years ago, I had exactly the same thought! I remember buying "converter" couplings to change them over to big ones! Ended up with just one Lowmac on original couplings. I can't believe I threw the originals away, but can't find them now (some 36? years later!) or else I would have put them back. I did search 'tinternet' for any small couplings that would just clip in, but found nothing... Strange the craze to replace the originals back when I was a teenager...

Do you actually need to remove the bogies? Carefully prise and lever out the old wheels on their axles, insert the replacements... If need be you can ream out the holes (and the angle at the bottom of each hole) with various tools made for the purpose, add some graphite (soft lead pencil) and "prise-in" the replacements When I did this myself I was very worried something would break, but nothing did. I did very carefully warm the plastic slightly with a hair dryer first. Needed to use a small flat banded screwdriver as a lever, out and in. Thanks to Phil and Brossard and others for the help doing mine!

Thank you!