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I have a couple of 1:10 scale radio control 4x4s which like the real thing are a constant work in progress. There are competitions held for them but I prefer to just take them for a casual drive with friends who also build them.

On 01/04/2021 at 00:38, 009 micro modeller said:

 I’ve often thought about doing a follow-up layout modelling an 0 gauge garden railway, again using T gauge stuff to represent a model railway in the same way. Since this would be an outdoor setting, I’m wondering whether the reduced need for furniture and interior fittings would tip the balance towards 1:10 instead of 1:12. What sort of things are available in 1:10?

The 1:10 scale radio control car scene are quite into scale garages and accessories so a 1:10 scale garage/garden shed/garden would be do-able using parts sold for those folks. A google search brings up plenty of photos showing what's possible although just like model railways the examples can range from rather toy-like to very realistic.

On 26/10/2009 at 17:06, DonB said:

In RMweb3 there was a topic with the above title. The last post in the topic prior to the change-over was a Horsebox of (as yet) unidentified origin. First thoughts were that it was a GWR van, but that was discounted on two points, GWR Horse boxes didn't have a tumble-home side, and had a small extra panel at the end beyond the groom's doorway and window, compared with the photos below:- (taken on a rare day with clear sky and blazing sunshine)

 

I'm told that "it was there when we bought the house 25 years ago". Any views on it's origin? I have not yet found a picture of a LMS Horse Box.

I think I've found another one, currently being converted for "glamping" on a campsite and with a few extra windows added it seems?

On 09/07/2021 at 08:17, RJS1977 said:

 

Reminds me of one of  Tony Hawks's books (I think "Beating the Molodovans at Tennis") where he recounts having a meal in a restaurant in Romania with a beautiful Romanian actress when he noticed bear meat on the menu.

 

His question "Have you ever eaten bear in a restaurant?" didn't quite get the sort of response he was expecting!

 

It's Tony Hawkes, Tony Hawk is a professional skateboarder but it's a very common mix up. Appearently they used to both have links on their websites saying "If you were looking for the American skateboarder, click here" and "If you were looking for the British writer and comedian, click here"

On 08/07/2021 at 20:11, montyburns56 said:

Finedon 1979 by DeanM66A

 

 

Great photo. I love the smoke from the signal box and the snowy landscape.

I used to rescue unwanted pallets from work to burn in an outdoor chiminea. My breaking up technique was to put the prongs of the pallet truck between the top and bottom slats with the wheels on the bottom slat so that when I pumped it up to lift the pallet it would actually split it apart, usually a rookie error in pallet truck operation but for this purpose it was deliberate. I'd then finish the job with a crowbar.

The only issue was that you couldn't guarantee where the pallet would split/break. No problem for firewood but if you wanted to save the wood for re-use there was a risk you might ruin some pieces.

I've had a couple of calls recently from someone claiming to be from Microsoft or an internet provider that I don't use.

I once knew of someone who made a note of some premium rate adult phone lines and when spammers called he would tell them the person they needed to speak to had "moved offices" and would helpfully give them the "new" number and tell them to update their records!

The Cholsey and Wallingford railway is within walking distance of a campsite just over the bridge at Crowmarsh Gifford. Wallingford is also a short bus journey from Didcot Railway Centre.

The band "55 Deltic"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koWU8iCSnEQ&list=OLAK5uy_nfxu0fZ2Ma4RmqElF32Cilbr4dXVGGi48

On 15/05/2021 at 22:12, SM42 said:

Chop em up and make a scrap load for your wagons.

 

Andy

I remember a great article in an old Model Railroader where someone used real rusty metal that fell out the wheelarch of his Pontiac as scrap metal loads. Any steel cans could be chopped up and left to rust for a while to produce the same effect and I believe there are a few tricks to accelerate the rusting process if needs be. The ridged sides of some food cans could work as scrap corrugated sheets and I've seen aluminium foil screwed up and pressed into cubes to make scale bales of crushed metal.

It seems model scrapyards and their traffic are ideal for metal recycling, just like the purpose of the prototype!

I remember seeing a layout set on the Woodhead Line at an exhibition when I was a youngster which gave off a bleak vibe. The layout was mostly a dark grimy cutting with Class 76s under the wires, I seem to remember some comedian had placed a vulture on the catenary for visitors to spot!

4 minutes ago, ikcdab said:

I don't any free ones, but the scalescenes one is only £4. Does the budget stretch that far?

If not,  he may be able to draw up his own on the pc. 

I'd thought of the Scalescenes one but it seems the modeller I'm talking to is unable to make international payments (He's in Brazil). I might look into gifting him the kit as long as it doesn't go against Scalesenes terms.

Hi all,

I'm trying to help out a new modeller on a budget and am hoping I can point him towards plate girder bridge sides in OO/HO that he can print off and glue to the wooden sides of a bridge he is building to give a more realistic appearance. Does anyone know of something like this that he may be able to use?

Thanks

A plan to add more housing and a small supermarket to my village in Oxfordshire (which hasn't yet gone ahead) got me thinking about where a railway could go to serve both the new supermarket (for deliveries), existing industries and provide passenger services for a growing population in a village which currently has no public transport.

The resulting branch line could make an interesting model with a few "what ifs". It would leave a nearby mainline, follow alongside an existing cycle route and stream (crossing both via a bridge and level crossing), then do some street running to reach a passenger halt where supermarket deliveries could be unloaded beofre continuing to some small industries at the other end of the village.

The Cholsey and Wallingford railway had an American Alco S2 switcher stored there for a while before it was sadly scrapped. If modelled in HO we could imagine this loco was saved for use on the new branch line and could power a mixed service consisting of a passenger coach and wagons.

When I was studying for my astronomy exam my tutor advised me:

"You don't have to learn all the constellations to pass, just make sure you know Ursa Minor. That's the bear, minimum."

I was browsing Ebay and noticed The Vatican are auctioning off some of the Pope's old robes.

I was going to bid....

But it's Papal only!

Interviewer:

"What skills can you bring to this job?"

Me:

"I'm good at performing under pressure"

Interviewer:

"Can you give me an example of this?"

Me:

"dum dum dum da-da daa dum..

dum dum dum da-da daa dum..

Pressure,

Pushing down on me

Pressing down on you...."

14 minutes ago, Torper said:

I find myself innately opposed to the concept of "hate" crimes.  First, I see no justification for the fact that someone who calls me a string of abusive names and then hits me over the head with a bottle causing severe injury and trauma should receice a lesser sentence than someone who gives a gay man some homophobic abuse and then hits him over the head with a bottle causing similar injury and trauma.  An assault is an asault and each should be treated equally seriously.  Secondly, it seems to me that the current "woke" agenda is rapidly eroding the concept of free speech that it has taken centuries to establish.  I entirely agree that intentional incitement to violence is wrong, whoever it is against, but other than that people must still be free to express their opinions however offensive these may appear to some others.

 

DT

I've been assaulted by some people who decided they didn't like the look of me. However as someone who doesn't appear to be any kind of minority I don't worry about leaving the house through fear of it happening again. Someone was drunk and wanted a fight and I was just unlucky enough to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. There are no facebook pages or newspaper articles questioning my validity as a human being or trying to stir up hate against me.

This is different to the experiences of minorities who are aware that bigoted views and campaigns against them exist and who see such hateful views being passed off as legitimate opinion online, in social media and sometimes in the press, leading to a society where the chance of descrimination or violence against them is higher.

The concept of "woke agenda" (a made up concept) eroding free speech is a nonsense. It seems there are just some people trying to push this concept beause they are worried they can't get away with saying certain stuff any more without being rightly called out on it, namely bigotry or outdated jokes that should have been left in the 1970s.

3 hours ago, Nick Gough said:

This week we had a new, insulated, roof fitted to our conservatory. This included new flashing so I kept the old one:

I reckon I now have a lifetime's supply of lead for extra weight in my locos and rolling stock!

Cut it into OO chassis width strips and sell some on ebay!

Good job there.

I have a couple of the tanker wagons which I'd bought second hand and had been repainted in matt black. I've never been sure what to do with them.

I've only just discovered this thread. I lived in Moulsford for a while and now work in Wallingford so have been reading this thread with interest.

Growing up with a father who already had a layout in the shed (and later a garden railway, O-16.5 so I could also run OO on it) I never had a first train set so to speak. But I remember a BR blue Hornby Class 25 and Intercity 125 set being what I mostly played with until I got my own loco, a good old Smokey Joe!

..and yes, like a lot of them it ended up being converted into a narrow gauge loco!

I remember hearing a story that people in the know would aim to get on the carriage with the whitest roof when boarding a train, as a coach with newer roof paint was likely to be the most recently overhauled and in better condition!

16 minutes ago, boxbrownie said:

Years ago when we were having a kitchen replaced and extension we used to pop around ASDA some evenings to the restaurant for simple meal with the kids, usually it was Pizza.....on Wednesday it was an “eat all you can” evening, we had what we normally ate but the kids had plenty of milk shake as I recall....but one Wednesday we saw a family of four at another table finish off their meal and then go up to the counter and load up the plates again with just as much, five minutes later they left the restaurant with their plates still full of the extra food remaining on the table, such a waste and the same mindset, it’s there so I’m having it and sod the rest........absolute morons, and most likely they are stock piling as I write.

I once worked with a guy who'd lived in Japan with his Japanese girlfriend. He said there were drinks vending machines that would sell different size cans for the same price. People would happily only buy the amount of drink they felt they needed. Only a little bit thirsty on your way to work? Just buy a small can.

We both agreed that it wouldn't work over here. People would buy as much drink as they could if it was the same price then throw the can away half full when they'd had enough!

This is looking really good. I look forward to seeing more of this.