John Besley

Seeing as Little Muddle is a real place can I place an order for real coal to be delivered to my coal bin at home.... apparently you cant buy household coal any more... but I can see some fir sale at LM

Saltley Firing Days, has a wonderful account of trips on the footplate over the Settle and Carlise including one in a thunderstorm on a Black 5 I think it was

He needs to study the difference between how a steam engine weathers and a diesel... both different

Even the weathers changing, it's gone a bit overcast judging by the lighting and grey clouds... how does he do it...

So 4589 can pull the Toad back to Encombe Central..

Good old 45's my favourite engines 4588 was my regular engine back in the 70's on the Paignton line, shame it got sold and gone to the Peak District ... 4588 hauled the very first train when the Paignton line opened on January 1st 1973, fir the first 9 months the DVR had to run as a comuter line to fulfill an obligation from BR to provide a daily service - so guess what we had steam hauled comuter trains with 4588 and 6412 - little known fact lost in the most of time

Just a minute.... did the flask have tea in it or was it empty...

Did any preliminary sketches appear?

Baint' wet and mizzable yer this week, sun bin splitting the paving slabs

Looks spot on, reminds me of mid Devon around Okehampton / North Tawton... Funnily enough I thought about the thatching today when we had a meet up with our service engineers... some now have grown quite extensive thatch

The best place back in the day used to be George Savages place in Ellicombe Torquay for all Manor of bits new and used, out of date magazines etc....

Demolish and build an IKEA on the site..

Thanks Jeff It's the same with wind turbines.... to me the most notable "giant" is as you approach Reading on the M4 heading east

Silly question why does the moon look huge when on the horizon?

While your about it check the set up on the front boige as it doesn't look right, might be better off with one from a Castle .... and adjust the splashers as they need to be above the wheels, what type of boiler are you proposing, it might be better with a boiler off a Princess, bear in mind the length of the firebox for hand firing...

That trailing truck will be in the way of the rear ashpan damper for cleaning out the ashpan... should the tender have higher sides?

Correction, :- paints well stocked Humbrol, etc. Paint brushes, and good range of small tools etc.

Sorry not anymore, might have a few bits left buts that's it

Ok been over to Bekra and picked up KS tubing, Plastistriut, sections, Milliput, .... To update the model railway has gone as it was taking up space they wanted to use for stock, they are in the process of building a 0 gauge top shelf height layout to go round the back part of the shop. They are not going to stock masses of Hornby, Bachmann, Humbrol, etc. etc. But concentrate on core items, ordering every two weeks from Gaugemaster, Peco, Woodland Scenics. There is a section of old stock that once it's gone it's gone.... basically packs of scenery items from odd manufacturers (didn't really look) They don't want to compete with the Paignton Model shop so dont expect vast amounts of rolling stock

He had a rival.... must have been a SR man

Beam me up Scotty

A card shop...or Doctor's surgery ?

I think so... I'll update you later

Bekra has changed hands and been brought out by the Teignmouth RC model shop people, still much the same inside as it always was... Hope to stock up on KS metal parts etc. This weekend

Is that a cement works judging by the dusty grime?