Darius43

A ver pleasant day out from Worthing yesterday.  Train to Bournemouth and the No.50 bus to Swanage.  Superb lunch in the Bankes Arms in Corfe Castle 😀

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Darius

I typed “Tralee and Dingle Decals” into Google and got this:-

H&A Old Time Workshop OO9 decals

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Lewis Hamilton: FIA head Mohammed Ben Sulayem has never had my backing

Nuff said.

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39 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:

I suspect there are ways around that.

Especially if you want to put Russian donor friends in the House of Lords…

Alas funds need to be sought from different sorts of people now…

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Presumably his Dad and Dad’s money are still banned so no team is likely to give him a drive if no money comes with it.

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EU ban on Mazepin overturned

Mazepin to Mercedes in 2025?

Probably not…

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Tottenham Hale this morning.

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West Worthing this morning.

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It’s time for a Winston Churchill quote:

“A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.”

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Darius

If you want absolution, I think you are on the wrong forum - and you can quote me on that.

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2 minutes ago, NotofthiscenturyTim said:

I have no interest in any company. 

I'd just like any facts please. Not more speculation. 

Cue sound of crickets chirping.

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No rucksack no bag search just walk in…

It’s a discourage-rucksack measure.

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1 hour ago, DOCJACOB said:

I suspect it’s Waverley in Edinburgh. 
 

Salisbury Crags in background 

Thats what it says on Flickr when you click on the photo.

NLS Maps Edinburgh Waverley

The buildings do look Italian though.
 

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We got the W3 bus near Wood Green station.  I already had a travel card as I had trained it up from West Worthing so it didn’t cost any more.  We would have got to Ally Pally earlier but we spotted a Turkish Cafe near the bus stop and popped in for an impromptu breakfast.  That way there were no queues to get in when we did arrive at Ally Pally.
 

Seconded on the friendliness of the Ally Pally stewards.

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A few pics from today 😀

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Early morning sunshine at West Worthing.

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…off to Ally Pally 😀

Got the loco test box working in DC mode today.  Removeable jack plugs connect the DC controllers to each test track.

For DCC the DC control plugs are removed and separate DCC supply cables are plugged in directly to either Track 1 or 2 with the other end of the cable connected to a DCC supply.

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A ready made model but of an unusual prototype.

Michelin Citroen PLR “Mille Pattes”

My Dad worked for Michelin and did a training “stage” at their French HQ in Claremont Ferrand in the late 1970s.  We visited him during that time and I saw the Michelin Test track where this car operated / although not the car itself.

Very Gerry Anderson.

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Before returning to model railways I spent many years as an aircraft modeller building plastic kits of mainly UK and US aircraft both military and civil from the birth of flight to the present day.  I made a conscious decision not to model German WW2 aircraft based on what I felt they represented.  Participating in US model aircraft web forums I couldn’t fail to notice the keen interest of a number of modellers in German WW2 “Aces” and their aircraft (mainly FW190 variants) - an interest that frequently seemed to verge on hero worship for some modellers.  That is their choice but it did seem somewhat disturbing to me at times.

Nonetheless I enjoyed the “Bridge at Remagen” thread here on RMWeb and like watching “foreign” layouts at exhibitions.  
 

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28 minutes ago, RAF96 said:

Reminds me of those on line pleas from folk doing a degree/masters/phd asking for other folk to supply them with enough material so they can throw a thesis together to pass their exams.

Haven’t they got AI for that now?

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I did slice off the light, as it was a tad overscale, and filled in the resultant hole.

The moulded box behind presumably contained the bulb but was empty on my example.  I was going to remove the box but needed to remove the roof to get at it.  The roof was well glued in place and I was fearful of breaking it on a removal attempt.  I painted the light box black to make it less noticeable.

The model had plastic tension locks with solid webs connecting them to  the chassis - looks like it dates to 1981 with this feature.

It is really satisfying to restore old models back into service.

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2 minutes ago, NotofthiscenturyTim said:

Sorry to hear that. I've used 20+ LaisDCC decoders with no problems. Here's some info about what to do if a product you've bought fails: https://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/advice/what-do-i-do-if-i-have-a-faulty-product-aTTEK2g0YuEy#who-is-responsible-for-the-fault

 

And a gentle reminder that this thread isn't about subjective views and experience of these decoders. It's a request for facts and evidence. 

It strikes me that you are asking for ironclad information to justify your purchasing of cheap decoders with others having to do the grunt work to get this information for you.  Having read the responses above (and those on the linked thread) in my view there is reasonable information to form a conclusion.  
 

Given the legal ramifications involved, it is unlikely that anyone is going to provide you with chapter and verse on a public web forum, your frequent demands for facts and specifics notwithstanding.

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Just arrived from Kernow 😀

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I acquired this brake van with a group of assorted wagons off eBay - it came along with the wagons I wanted.

It has been hanging around the place for a few years now so I decided to improve it in order to get my Mojo back into MTK mode.

I replaced the plastic wheels with metal ones, carved off the chunky tension locks and replaced them with NEM versions and removed the chunky moulded brake gear from the chassis.  A repaint followed with decals added from the spares box.

Not strictly accurate but hopefully better than the original.

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Very much looks like a power struggle between the Austrian and Thai sides of the Red Bull company ownership.  The Thai side has the majority holding so will most likely prevail but it may end up being somewhat of a pyrrhic victory if they are left without Verstappen as a driver.

Its almost enough to make you feel sorry for them…

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