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Looks really good Tom, As you know I've just done the craftsman version and all the ref material I looked at had the sliding vent on the cab roof behind the whistle.

I wonder that there is a locked door in Mallards house, when you put the key in the door and turn it a voice in the room says "Daddy....my Daddy"...

Welcome to my world......it doesn't get better either...

Pulls pin from grenade......

I'd agree with you there Steve but as Horsetan noted it's not the same typeface, so although a nasty organisation it is someone having fun at their expense. . . . good isn't it

I scored 12. . . .the question "can you keep a conversation going" was the clincher . .or what is known at the club as "FFS shutup"

I have to clean the screen again. Lady bacon says it's my fault for licking it too much when I'm here....

As remarked upon by many members on Saturday at a GNRS meeting.

Ooooh it could be me that's misunderstood....

Sorry Tony, just a tease about the man himself not being the most popular of engineers. Don't worry at the club they look at me with blank faces a lot of the time, Bern especially. The difference in the paintwork between the Klondike and the V2 says it all, if the builder is known then a model can achieve a more realistic price, but for modellers who aren't aware of some of the good builders names when they see "professionally built" on sites such as Ebay it can mean nothing to them. You then throw a few models like the Klondike into the mix and buyers can become very sceptical even if the model is from a top quality bona fide builder. I have an N2 Comet chassis on the bench at present but this has reminded me to dig out the Klondike I have that needs rewheeling after.

This thread yesterday was the one I read it in. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/110254-dcc-concepts-oo-gauge-bullhead-turnouts/&do=findComment&comment=2274283

So there is a buyer somewhere. For info this is what to expect sometimes on Ebay, listed at present is http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DJH-K74-KIT-BUILT-LNER-ex-GNR-4-4-2-CLASS-C2-ATLANTIC-LOCO-3990-HENRY-OAKLEY-ng-/331825390384?hash=item4d4255a330:g:GN0AAOSw8RJXBqEh It says "professionally assembled and painted" and yet if you zoom in on the pics there is paint on the rail face of the tyres and the lining is . . . .I'll let the pictures tell the story. You have no idea how it will run if at all and as a minor point to note I can't believe that a "professional" would not put some sleeving on the pickups. All for the princely sum of £450, the seller will pay the postage though so there is a bonus.

There's still a Tesco's though.

I think this was identified as a mistake by the builder and was later rectified.

Yes I am, and I'll say that it was meant as a tongue in cheek joke as the owner of Sidmouth, a superb P4 layout by a club member that was at our exhibition earlier this year was an attendee at Little Bytham. Sometimes there isn't an agenda Bedfordshire dialect.

I suspect that Richard Harpers may of had trouble, seeing as they are that broad gauge P4 malarky.

I'm guessing an Anoraknophobe is a fear of Trainspotters...

I'll accept your SE finecast and raise the stake with a Craftsmen C12** which is just on the finishing straight. ** I did post this a day or so ago on my thread so apologies if you've seen before.

Many thanks for the offer Tony, I shall certainly bank that for the future, I get periods of time between projects where "me" time is easier to find and I'm more than happy to tag along with any other visitors you have. Ebay - it can work very well but occasionally you wonder that the seller rides a horse and wears a Stetson, there are some good purchases to be made and I used it as well as Buy & Sell for the estate without any problems and raised a significant sum of money for the Widow, but all it is, is a description and a few photographs and a lot of trust. My analogy of the bungalow actually works for the commisioned build too. If I have a parcel of land that I put permission on and build a property to my own (architects) design it will sell for what the market decides, when the purchaser takes ownership apart from the structure which is guaranteed by warranty, it becomes theirs with no expectation of "snagging" by us. If though someone comes to us to have their own design of building on that land then a contract is agreed for specification,quality, timescale and price beforehand and a contract is drawn up. When completed and the purchaser takes ownership there is an extended period of time where any faults or niggles are dealt with by us until they are fully satisfied that the contract has been met. For this they pay a premium which may not bear any relation to the market price of the property. I also get the trades to sign their work somewhere as they are always proud of their work, although it's usually hidden in the roof or behind plasterboard. The price of the locos is probably very reasonable but for me the next project is either an N2 chassis (RTR body) as I now have all the wheels,motor etc, or a GNR G1 which I've played a very small part in prepping for 3D printing (JCL, M Trice & A Sibley are the ones who deserves the credit)

Some of us have a Kubota 1.5T digger...

Fair enough, I'm of the view that when I'm gone.....I'm gone, and whoever's left can do what they want with it all........so long as they don't sell it to buy Great Western....

Selling an estate last year I came into contact with quite a few, I either didn't respond or worked out a price with the widow that she was happy to accept and pushed them to it, If they took it her attitude was that she was happy with the cash in bank if they wanted to risk their money getting more for it. I must admit that I don't quite get why you would want to destroy your work because it might not fetch the amount that you perceive to be its worth, that's akin to me knocking a house down because people offer me less than I want for it.

Hi Tony, Unlike Bern etc I have to go to work still and unfortunately can't make it. I was down for tomorrow with Alan C and Richard Harper but just too much to do and Saturday is a GNRS meeting. When I purchase items from somewhere like Ebay I've no idea who's built the kit or how it runs so can't take the risk on paying more than if I brought the parts to build it (badly) myself, hence why I never pay more than the constituent parts. If the builder is known and it looks a good price, I know when I listen to others that it is hard to find large amounts of disposable income (over £100 for example) and there aren't many that will admit they can't afford something. Personaly I wouldn't buy anothers work at full value simply for the reason I enjoy building it myself and would miss out on those burnt fingers and swearing. In the case of these locomotives you've also to find someone who wants a Thomson Pacific. . . rare as hens teeth They look to be very good models but trying to find the one buyer who is willing to pay for them can be quite a task. When I sold the P4 estate I was really surprised what some items sold for and other items that I thought had value, didn't really fetch anything and took 12 months to do so. I do compare most things to work, when I build a house I have an idea of what it might fetch on the market, but until it's finished and purchasers walk around it and make an offer, only at that point do I know its true value and that is only for that point in time. One of the last builds was a bungalow, we had 15 viewings of people wanting a 2 bed bungalow in that specific location (Little Paxton) and of those, 3 made offers all within £5000 of each other, So out of the potential market there were only 20% interested in buying and they all put a value which was 8% under guide price. A chap that used to work for me used to say I ought to feel insulted that they offered less than I was asking but I replied it was the money in the bank that was important. (he went self employed and now has the same attitude)

I don't think its anything like buyers "trying it on" but more that there are few who will have the disposable income to handover £350 for a single item. As much as I'm happy to spend on my hobby I wouldn't pay that much for a single model, I'll buy kitbuilt but only for the cost of their constituent parts.

Nearest one to sandy is Connington between Huntingdon and Peterborough on the Up side. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.4422369,-0.2305635,2283m/data=!3m1!1e3 It's over a large area and it's not until you get close do you realise just how high it is compared to the ground level around it. I wouldn't be surprised if we "mine" it in the future.