MrWolf

Thanks @Bucoops, I have always thought that the sniping system operated entirely without eBay's acknowledgement.

The only possible snag there is that Kevin is unlikely to be able to fit your house in his kitchen oven...

I was simply asking whether it violated any of eBay's myriad of rules, they seemingly being a law unto themselves, perhaps I should have been clearer about what I actually meant. Having attended, (or rather not attended) plenty of live auctions for everything from classic bikes, cars, antiques and militaria I'm quite aware of how the distance bidding system works. I generally put in my maximum bid and walk away. Getting into auction fever online or a t1t for tat battle with a rival in the sale room only ever results in busting any possible profit if you're reselling or regret if you're keeping an item.

Perhaps we should call it Lightning Cottage, given the speed at which it was built compared to the daily goings on in Little Muddle?

Ah, a bit before my time I'm afraid. I'm going to have to look and see if it's still in Roger's Profanisaurus. 😉

Interesting / worrying... I can resist anything but temptation!

We've all been hit with that at some point. I'm not even sure that it's legit?

That's a very Turner-esque sky. It really fits with the lighting and colours of the scene.

One thing that I would be interested to know is how the backplate of the level indicator was painted? Was it all white with the level markers painted on or was it alternate black and white bands as I have seen on a preserved example?

The look of that picture seems quite appropriate for what is the first cold damp morning around here. I hope they have the kettle on the stove somewhere in the gloomy depths of that loco shed!

JIT was adopted by too many companies. One company I did development work for made bespoke machinery and decided to cut their stocks back to the minimum. The sales team took a rush order from our major customer in Germany to replace a machine destroyed in an accident and promised to have a new one on the next lorry to Wesel as a contract with time penalties would be held up. Cue frantic machining, painting of castings and stripping the relevant parts from three other machines that were sat waiting for despatch elsewhere. Followed by management congratulating themselves that the system worked, never mind the losses!

Definitely not, she'd make a lousy MD as she doesn't like actual people very much, it's just the quirks of genetics that interest her. Any thoughts on the wheelie bin full of mystery objects?

I was tempted by a tatty 28xx at a toy and model fair recently, thinking it would be an easy model to upgrade. Then the logical brain kicked in and I reminded myself that I only have a single track branch line!

Schroedinger's train set? Sorry, been to pub!

I have a large mystery box of random items if anyone is interested, it smells nasty but does have wheels for easy transport.* *May contain incriminating body parts, as Miss R is now a doctor of sorts.

Fear of missing out perhaps?

I would offer you a rational and sensible response but we have been to the pub with friends, well six pubs in fact. The memsahib' went full dormouse within ten minutes of getting home, so it might be safe to say PM me with details. For now, I think she has the right idea. Zebedee time methinks

Yes, when everything is "blue sky thinking" and other such corporate fantasy. I've got some magic beans and a fancy Arab lamp if anyone's interested?

As in a mystery why anyone would part with actual money for it?

By next weekend that scene is going to look like it's always been there as part of the original plan. I have to say that it's possibly the most believable and realistic models of a domestic subject I've seen since I first went to Pendon nearly forty years ago.

Thanks, here's a picture of 3099 Earl Guillotine instead...

One of the many downsides of the much vaunted "just in time system", which means that it's always the other guy who has the allegedly dead money of carrying stock.

Remind me not to post any pictures of my old Tri-ang 3046 "Sir Daniel Bacon-Slicer"...

One of my friends went down to 21C156 with his long time girlfriend as they had both been offered a fantastic job opportunity. Their relationship crashed and burned shortly thereafter...

They look like they've been in the back of somebody's garage for fifty years. We all need to make a profit, but I'd be interested to know what they paid for that rusty junk.