chris p bacon

There's always someone who beats you to it

We use boxes of those cheap sterile gloves, they don't have to last long and sometimes you only want it on one hand so they last twice as long. Handy when you spray locos etc too.

That's a good purchase, for years I muddled by using scaffold bandstands and planks to make a table up on site, but when I had to change the saw the offer was a saw and stand. It's made tasks so easy I couldn't understand why I'd never brought one before.........oh yes maybe it was the £880* price tag ! *Saw and table.

Thanks for that. With the video as a guide, I think Mike should choose cherry red for his nails........

Looking good. Everyone has different ways of building, the way we do things is to mark and construct the stud on the flat base than stand it upright but you do need more pairs of hands as it gets very heavy. Having said that the current project which is a pool, has to be done the same way as yours as there is a big hole in the ground where the slab would normally be !

Thanks. Luckily the previous owner was very organised and additional parts are in their boxes or in marked boxes associated with each lathe. I have thought about splitting them up but there is a time limit as the house has been sold. Both are going to be pick up from the Bedford area.

Really appreciate the help. Yes the weight is an issue especially for the Hobbymat, I'm not sure which courier/carrier would take that except palletwise (or similar) so expect the listings to be pick up only. I've got an idea from previous listings but wanted to get a second opinion from others with specialist knowledge.

I've ventured into new territory for some advice. I'm helping to dispose of a friends estate part of which is his workshop with 2 lathes with milling attachments, A Unimat 3 and a Hobbymat BFE65. Can someone give me a rough guide as to their worth ? I shall sell each one with all its tooling and probably through Ebay (although I'm not a fan) unless someone can point me in a better direction. Unimat 3 Hobbymat BFE65 Thanks for your time, any help is appreciated.

That was an initial thought, but I've tried a few things on some scrap and might try it with a bow pen.

Yes for me the value is in the building. I'd never heard of these before, I purchased a Mailcoach Coronation set from John Edgson in 2006(?) for £79 inc the wheels, and he even hand delivered it from Barnet to Sandy! although he was on a Priv so I didn't pay for delivery . The difficult part of that kit is the painting with the clear sides but I've thought of a few things to try and it's been bumped up the queue (after 2 loco chassis and a couple of wagons and coaches)

Thanks for reminding me to see my brother this Sunday...

I'm looking forward to watching this one. But I have to say that no matter how good some builders are, there are some kits out there capable of defeating the best. . . although I wouldn't worry about this one as it's usually me that buys them I wonder that it is not a kit we have seen much of because due to it's size and volume of parts, it would of been an expensive thing to purchase ?

Does it model aircraft ?

I dunno, I've sent the odd thing flying against the wall.......... I sort of see your point but unless someone tries to build a kit how would we ever know they are any good ? in pieces it may look like it has promise but there are quite a few kits in the past which have defeated the best builders. I say build it, modelling skills are just that irrespective of how and where you attain them.

That doesn't benefit Ebay, so it's never going to happen.

When we were children we lived in Japan and had to learn Japanese, looking back I now realise how easy that was in comparison to taking a photograph I now know why my pics look a bit rubbish in comparison,.........I've been looking through the wrong end.....

I've been looking at those too Mike, Steve White had one at Ally pally and the layers look superb. Any idea what you're going to do with underframe ? ( I realise I'm asking a bit of a silly question there.....) I'm working my way through my pile of wagons and did think about one of these 3D's afterwards but I do have a few locomotives to do and I do have all the parts for them......and there is an A5 and a G1 to do........

Not sure I'd want to find a "log" floating in a pool.. ..........actually it's going to be an indoor one, but there are a few more days of odds n sods before I start putting the timber frame up. Lady CPB asked if it showed any signs of injury, I said only if it's speed had been reduced to 50mph as that's how fast I seemed to be chasing it at! We are quite lucky that our garden is a 1/4 acre in the middle of town but thats no where near big enough for a hedgehog, so I've cut holes in the bottom of the fence at front and back and they use us as a through route.

Ok so slightly off topic from "Birds" but a few weeks ago I posted some pics of the Great Tits that fledged and then unceromoniously dropped 5 feet beyond ground level and ended up in the pool we are building. Well the pool blockwork is finished and other things are being done in readiness for the brickwork to go up on the workshop, so today I step outside and just walking past the pool notice some movement, I look in and now we have a four legged visitor. So I climbed down the ladder and tried to catch him/her, ended up cornering him/her and popping into a bucket. Looking at the sand screed they did a fair few laps trying to figure out how they ended up in the Sahara. Popped into a full shrub bed with lots of cover. I reckon I'm going to have to fence this at this rate!

As someone who suffered a burglary a couple of years ago I know exactly how a lot of stuff ends up in cash converters (jewelry that time).

I'm still waiting for a decision on whether it's a long or short tank of tea.......... Allan and I reckon I can get away with a Met version as light engine on the way from Doncaster to the Capital, at least it only needs a short siding in the fiddle Looks really good Jason, I'm trying to clear the workbench of wagons so I can think about picking up the A5 but I'm still not sure whether to make a chassis as the Single I have keeps stalling on the bench over the same issue.......it will probably be the caley then......

Happy birthday and all that malarky. I seem to remember at school being given "the bumps" but I suppose we have to check for medical insurance now.....

Good luck there........

Thanks Phil, That's along the lines I was thinking of. I've looked at the kits a couple of times and although the construction is straightforward enough I didn't want them hanging around while I tested out some painting options. I figured I would mask up the large area of glass with low tack tape and then using maskol (or similar) for the tops, that way it would all have a coat of primer, then mask the entire window for topcoating and a pen for the silver frames. I did think about painting them all on the bench before building but there is too high a chance of damage doing it that way for me. I reckon I'll move them up the build list looking at yours, although they're still behind another 5 wagons, 6 coaches, an N2, C12 and I really ought to finish my single before Rapido ! ......Oh and finish tracklaying.....

Hi Phil Like the thread, you can't have enough GN/LNER. I'm interested in the finish you have on the Mailcoach Silver Jubilee set, how did you achieve it ? did you mask up and spray or paint by hand. I have a set on the "to do" list but until I figure out how to finish it I won't start it. Dave........Chris.......Dave