Rich_F

Making the most of my free time in between interviews & job applications. 

Cue a trip to the Natural History Museum on Monday. The only dinosaur that matters - the Stegosaurus 🙃

Also took a stroll around Hyde Park & the surrounding area as it was very quiet! 

6 minutes ago, Melangoose said:

The Police are after Del Boy for the “In the Post” sticker over the car tax and parking in a disabled bay.  Very naughty

 

 

"Midwife on emergency call"

On 16/03/2024 at 19:30, Ruston said:

192 throbbing horsepower of Rustonness.

Making me want to get another Ruston! MUST RESIST! 😆😆

Loving all the little additions that keep appearing!

27 minutes ago, DanielB said:

The 50' Penn Central cars arrived this morning so I've spent a little time patching them out. I'll fade them a little as the next task before adding the LOAM reporting marks, then they'll get some weathering to make them suitably battered.

As someone who often dabbles in US HO,  find that weathering & patching freight stock is surprisingly fun to do. 

- 9 x spoked wheels 

- 4 x Bachmann disc wheels 

Already have a large stash of disc wheels so these aren't needed. 

Postage only please. 

12 minutes ago, hexagon789 said:

Is it not just a faded NSE logo sticker, applied upside-down?

See this class 47. That' s probably what it is...

Yes I was born in the wrong decade. I wish I was a teenager/20 something in the late 80s/early 90s. Alas I was 10 years later. 

Still a banger for a c. 40 yr old track!

3 hours ago, montyburns56 said:

Smithywood Coking Plant 1986 by Gordon Edgar

 

 

Nice weathering guideline pic. So I can trash my little 4 wheel wagons 😈

Giving inspiration for a hidden platform-type micro of my own! 

Lovely little cameo layout.

That's a good deal. I've bought one of those in the past & I couldn't get one for under £45 in as good a condition as the example you picked up! 

If you're inclined give it a service & clean & it'll run nicely as a nice little switching/short train loco. 

43 minutes ago, melmerby said:

Always worth a look

I saw that come up the other day on my subs list! Definitely a scene I'd like to model in the future!

My current gf introduced me to Creeper. A lot of their stuff is quite punky/emo, but their latest album 'Sanguivore' is very enjoyable. Lots of Meatloaf/Rammstein-esque tracks with some electronic beats. 

So Accurascale have done 31s AND modern liveries AND keep the price "down"? 

Is the only reason these are so extortionate is because of the auto-coupler thing? 

The price of that bogie tanker has me worried that large rolling stock will soon be approaching £100. That's simply unacceptable for something that isn't a loco. 

Suzanne Vega vs DNA - 'Tom's Diner'. STILL an absolute banger! 

Hunts Point Local shoves through the clutter with just the caboose. Hunts Point, Bronx, NY:

South Shore freight runs down the middle of E 11th Street in Michigan City:

RSSX SW1200 802 pulls a cut of outbound tank cars down the alleyway of AdvanSix Chemical Plant in Philadelphia, PA:

PVRR CF7 2647 and GP9 7030 lead the train with only two empty scrap gons past trucks and traffic down Water Street:

10 minutes ago, jjb1970 said:

On eggs and breakfast, the traditional breakfast in Singapore is boiled eggs with kaya toast. Doctors would feint at the kaya toast, the butter is applied in slabs, literal slabs.

Butter makes lots of things better....

Have class 20s & Class 43s ever worked together on a freight? 

On 21/01/2024 at 16:25, kevo said:

Hi to All . Just three side ings is a 71cm long by 21 cm deep  and has a 50 cm fiddle stick run off . its mainly recycled layout from a gave up project  and i just wanted  some thing to shunt a few wagons around  and have a bit of enjoyment  with out to much  fuss of setting up . asort of plug in and play . its really basic  just a pipe bridge  some back ground warehouses  and at the end of the side ings  is a rusty old  wall with gates to a pretend scrap yard  . chuck in  a few bushes weeds and spiled piles of coal  . there you have it . i have used a ply  for the back sceen and added a removeable  lid with led lighting  . all  insperation  comes from James Hilton and his cameo type layouts and his excellent books  . more to follow  soon 

Is that pipe bridge the Kibri kit? Would love to have something like that over the hidden fiddle yard entrance on my WIP layout!

I've watched a couple of your micro O gauge layout videos, ironically before you posted a link to your channel on here.

Being someone with an interest in American outline & cameo layouts in general, I'm looking forward to seeing it progress!

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