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  1. Rich_F

    Starting work on another micro layout AND a confirmed new job. Happy Tuesday!

  2. Rich_F

    Never thought when I'd be job hunting/redundant I'd be so happy with everything else in life! 

  3. Rich_F

    What is it with Dapol coupling hooks? You do so much as look at them & they ping into outer space!! 🥴

    1. Pete Haitch

      Pete Haitch

      Or the entire coupling, 'droops'.

    2. Kylestrome

      Kylestrome

      They don't like being looked at.

    3. john new

      john new

      Fully concur. The modern plastic one's are useless from just about every maker - not progress back in the day when they  (as in t/ls in general) were metal with the hook on a rivet they rarely failed. The clip on idea for the hook is not fit for purpose.

  4. Rich_F

    Redundancy notice period has its perks: Getting paid to do no work, job hunt & browse RMWeb in between applications 😆

  5. Rich_F

    No model building/purchases UFN due to completely unexpected redundancy tomorrow 🙄

  6. Rich_F

    Apologies for lack of updates. Another loved one personal issue 🙄

  7. Rich_F

    Debating whether I need another shunter or a mainline Bo-Bo for my Presflo micro 🤔

  8. Rich_F

    Went on the Elizabeth Line for the 1st time (or Crossrail as it should be known 🤣) today! Was awesome!

  9. Rich_F

    When you're dating someone who's apartment overlooks the railway through Basingstoke! 🔥😎

  10. Rich_F

    Kernow did it to me again! Collecting a wagon order & came away with an additional Class 37 🤣

    1. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      Easily done, we've all been there.....

    2. St. Simon

      St. Simon

      The team is always happy to help! 😀

    3. Hroth

      Hroth

      Get them to post it to you rather than collecting it.  It's cheaper in the long run!

       

  11. Rich_F

    Call me late to the party but after acquiring an Accurascale model: OMG the quality is 🔥

  12. Rich_F

    I'm in beautiful York next weekend. Any good model shops in that neck of the woods? 🚆

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    2. Barry Ten

      Barry Ten

      A very good shop.

    3. john new

      john new

      Monk Bar Model shop in York, concur with the other posters.  If you are driving in from the south Hensall has a good one by the station and level crossing.  Also a Hobbycraft up on the Monks Cross shopping complex with regular bus links to/from the City centre if you have gone to York on the train.

    4. Rich_F

      Rich_F

      Thanks @Sitham Yard @john new @Barry Ten! A model kit & 2 wagons may have been purchased 🙃

  13. Rich_F

    Bathroom reading material arrival 

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  14. Rich_F

    Well. Modelling on a the backburner atm thanks to an abdominal tear & hernia. Typical 🙄

  15. Rich_F

    Look what I found at my local model shop! Guess that Flickr image post is coming 😁Compress_20230506_165750_0333.jpg.b79d8a2d47b9d2ecaf17e8a3965ee56a.jpgCompress_20230506_165749_9917.jpg.f6ad2ba4b01a8715b954280a91316527.jpg

    1. Rich_F

      Rich_F

      Don't have any Cargowaggons to hand, but we can pretend 😁

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  16. Rich_F

    Lock up your spare pieces of wood. 'Cos this happens when I find one spare! 🤦‍♂️😆IMG20230417220239.jpg.bf2ad550f3a9ddfa1a3793e8d24c2163.jpg

  17. Rich_F

    That's all the OO locos/stock sold. Time to expand the HO! 🙂

  18. Rich_F

    Why do old Wrenn products fetch such exorbitant prices on ebay & with used stock retailers?

    1. Northmoor

      Northmoor

      Circular logic: Wrenn models always were expensive, so they must be worth collecting as valued items tend to go up in value, so people collect them, there is a finite supply which drives the price up, so they must be worth collecting......

    2. Rich_F

      Rich_F

      Interesting. I've noticed it recently & couldn't fathom out why 😀

    3. Welly

      Welly

      I remember dreaming of buying a second hand Wrenn 08 shunter way back in the 1980s, they were that expensive back then!

  19. Rich_F

    What are people's loco fleet sizes like?

    I have 2 x shunters & 6 x big diesels to operate 2 micro layouts 🤔

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    2. woodenhead

      woodenhead

      The first rule about how many locos you own, you don't talk about how many locos you own!

    3. John M Upton

      John M Upton

      For a small Scottish branchline with two services a day each way, I seem to have an awful lot of Class 37's...

      Eighteen at the last count....

    4. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      Sounds about right

  20. Rich_F

    Finding a small box of N gauge in your parent's loft you forgot from childhood 😃

  21. Rich_F

    Trial run to see if I can hack & fit micro tension lock couplings to my older Lima/Hornby's.

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    Probably not perfect but they work!

    1. M.I.B

      M.I.B

      Bostik 60 second Superglue and some snips are your friend..... it's like a cross between UHU and superglue an great for this job.

       

      Been there.....done that..... and 90% successful.

    2. john new

      john new

      Be sure you want to before you do it. I have found the new one’s very poor and would happily swap the small one’s on my modern stock for older types that work. I have bought some Sprat & Winkles but have yet to start fitting them.

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