MrWolf

Smart move, didn't want to get their nice clean coaches trashed again like they did during Edward VII's Coronation after party...

I can make out the hands and the white helmet, that's all. The helmet won't be much use if he ends up with a car as a suppository at 60mph. Not to worry, it will still be the car driver's fault regardless and there'll be plenty of screeching on X and various cycling forums. Speaking of helmets, he is one. Maybe purple is more his colour? Paired with a pink roll neck sweater to keep warm... Be what and who you are, as the media never tires of telling us!

Very nice job on the van. I think that I have one somewhere, I definitely have a "C" or two. I suspect that I will have the same issues to improve/ fix on those. Thanks for the real world version of the instruction sheet! It might just inspire me to clear the decks if I have some wagon builds to look forward to!

Difficult to make out on my phone, is that some brain donor on one of those electric scooters?

All I have to say to you on that subject Mr Besley is: "Clack valve"...

Obviously the people with the blue boxes strapped on the back don't care about that, nor do their employers, or rather the people said cyclists sub contract to.

In eBay news, someone has just made me a special offer, lowering his buy it now price from £15 to £13. Now I have absolutely no problems with someone picking up a model at a car boot or toy fair and flipping it for a little profit on eBay, I expect most of us have done it. But it helps if you remove the handwritten price sticker from the roof that says "£8". Because he probably chipped the seller down to £6 or £7...

And mentioning your steam injector might be considered a little forward even to the most liberal of potential mates...

I suspect that you could if you are a handsome, 6'4" billionaire, otherwise it's best left until about the fourth date and definitely after the first sleepover, just in case...

And I do know that it's actually wooed!

I could well believe that someone, somewhere has been arrested for being very woo'd with trains, as others have been with goats etc...

I can understand why you might fear being lambasted by the lycranazis for having the gall to criticise them. I remember nearly flattening a work colleague who rode competitively, sponsored by a couple of local bicycle shops. He came down a side road on the inside of traffic, hopped up onto the pavement to avoid a cement truck turning left and dropped onto the main road in front of me without a glance behind. I had to swerve and jam on, as did a black cab coming the other way, otherwise we'd have met head on. When I told him what a near miss he'd had, all the arrogant twunt could do was retort loudly with "Haven't I got the right to be on the road then?!" No point trying to tell him that the only rights he'd be getting if a Bedford CF mashed him into a London taxi would be the last rites... All of our ancient bicycles (eleven at the last count.) have old school dynamo or battery lighting, some have both, except my racer which has modern LED lamps. These have steady, or two speeds of flash. I keep the front one on steady because it's eye level for anyone not driving a 4x4, I find it makes it harder to see where I'm going if it's strobing and because I don't like other bicycles with flashing lights for the same reasons. A flashing red rear is much less of a distraction and quite a good idea though. Worse are the morons with no lights, dressed in black and hooded, paying no attention to any road rules. Perhaps they don't want to be seen for some reason? In a similar vein, why do I see so many electric bikes (the size of mopeds!) with no lights on? There's no excuse for that, unless you're delivering something other than takeaways? Also, how come I can ride a motorised bicycle with no licence or a ban anywhere I please at up to 40mph, yet if I fit an old fashioned cycle motor to a bicycle I need a license, registration, tax, insurance, helmet, lights etc to do 18mph under power?

Not much has changed. When I first started driving you could buy halogen H4 bulbs that weren't legal for road use, intended for rallying only. Lots of POS beige MK2 Escorts ended up fitted with them.

Tricky when your family already has at least one full size train of their own. I think that Phil had to rely on charm...

That's a neat personal touch. If I were modelling the same era, I'd be tempted to include a two tone blue Victor 337 RUR for the same reason.

My caliper is a "Raydou" (No, I've never heard of them either...) Cost two fags and a balloon from eBay. It's accurate enough for the modelling bench. My other one was a real bit of luck. I was working for that little firm who make everything from Vauxhalls to Cadillacs and asked if I could get my personal set calibrated. They failed dismally by their standards* and I was given a brand new pair from the tool stores on the understanding that I put my old ones in the vice before they went in the bin! *I suspect that some bright spark had used them for an adjustable spanner.

I've found that Railmatch GWR carriage cream covers really well. Not so well with the chocolate. It needs several thin coats to cover.

Fair point, I quite fancy whatever new that comes along which is relevant to my interests and I am all for supporting the small manufacturers who are setting the bar so much higher. Unfortunately, once the bills are paid, it's a case of: Many interests, one wallet!

Signed by both of us. It's particularly dangerous for motorcyclists as you get whited out at night and can't see anything at all on the road ahead but the oncoming lights. It's bad enough in an old car that only has H3 lamps.

Perhaps they're trying to imply that £1934 is what you'd expect to pay retail for this random pile of old junk collector's items. Thereby you're saving 1/3 off RRP! Or maybe it's just more chiseller's word salad?* *That's more likely.

Not to mention the safety cordon, hazmat suits, explosives permit, never mind endless questions about whether you are qualified, competent and above all authorised....

Just a bit on the expensive side, to the extent that it would probably be me getting thrown off the roof*.... *Sometimes I am a little concerned that I taught Miss Riding Hood some truly nasty ways to defend herself.

We did too. The trick being to bury everything except the fuse. Bigger bang, bigger splatter.

Good idea, haven't chucked anything off our roof for ages...