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A cowboy, who just moved to Wyoming from Texas , walks into a bar and orders three mugs of Bud. He sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn. When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders three more The bartender approaches and tells the cowboy, "You know, a mug goes flat after I draw it. It would taste better if you bought one at a time." The cowboy replies, "Well, you see, I have two brothers. One is in Arizona , the other is in Colorado . When we all left our home in Texas, we promised that we'd drink this way to remember the days when we drank together. So I'm drinking one beer for each of my brothers and one for myself." The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there. The cowboy becomes a regular in the bar, and always drinks the same way. He orders three mugs and drinks them in turn. One day, he comes in and only orders two mugs. All the regulars take notice and fall silent. When he comes back to the bar for the second round, the bartender says, "I don't want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my condolences on your loss." The cowboy looks quite puzzled for a moment, then a light dawns in his eyes and he laughs. "Oh, no, everybody's just fine," he explains, "It's just that my wife and I joined the Baptist Church and I had to quit drinking." "Hasn't affected my brothers though."

Eerrrr that looks like sheathing ply, or is it just the board you are working on that is. Sheathing ply is poor quality and can (and does) de-laminate. just thought I'd mention it.

I'd be more than happy to give you a fiver :mosking: To be honest it's like anything else, if there are a couple of bidders then it depends what they are prepared to pay, I have seen the same kit (not yours though) go for £15, 25 &40 over a period of a year (not in that order), I personally don't bid much more than they cost new, sometimes the auction ends with me paying less.

As an infrequent buyer (but not of HD), it says everything when an experienced seller does not include a photo, but will send them to you if you give him your email address.

Well everything went quiet in the garden a couple of days ago. This would appear to be the reason why Looks to be a Juvenile on closer inspection hung around for a few hours sitting patiently, then disappeared for an hour returning for several more hours in roughly the same spot. I was convinced I could hear the Blue Tits going "ssshhhh, it'll see us"

I'll second that.

Bit of an easy one on the steam front, has to be a B1. . .no wait make that a V2. . . . . but then you can't leave out the A4 or 1 or 2 or 3...... I know lets look at diesels Easy again it's a Deltic. . . . . . . . .Hang on I meant 52, yep 52 but then what about the Hymek. I give up.

GWR-Fanatic I realise this is going to perhaps be somewhat a little controversial, especially after reading several comments through out this thread, but I am going to say it any way and that is the fact that I quite like a model of the Fell, and I'd like to see an N Gauge version of it. I actually think it's a rather nice looking diesel. I would also love to see a Leader Class model in the same scale (yes, and that's coming from a GWR enthusiast, considering the Leader was designed by Bulleid, of the Southern). I do have at least one prototype diesel in my collection of N gauge, which was at the time, a special commision I believe for the NRM in York. I can't begin to say how ecstatic I was to actually get one for my collection. But did Churchwood design these ?

He'd probably "lightened" himself in your living room !

Yes probably is, but at that temp pretty much everything else is toast. Not thought about metal mesh before, would think it a bit to rigid to sculpt.

A Rep explained that part of the smell came from the fireproofing of the foam, whether that is true or not ??, I do know that it is supposed to be safe for a domestic/ habitable rooms, mind you my wife moans about the smell of the Gripfill I stick it down with ! (the railway room is off the living room).

Same here, I have been using offcuts of Celotex/Kingspan which can be carved with a breadknife or plasterboard saw and then covered with plaster bandage, or the white expanded polystyrene that comes as packaging, again covered with bandage. I do have a cheapo Wickes £30 vacuum that I have running when cutting it to avoid the inevitable "snowstorm" I probably shouldn't have started reading this and the Peterboro North thread as before, I was quite happy with my Peco code 75 (which was better than anything else I have done) but find that as I add to the layout my eye is drawn back to the Pway and the thoughts of ..........what if............ Oh lord what do I do.

I'm sure I've seen some plans, but it was very very thick crayon.......and I may of been at infant school...

Paddy goes into a florist and says, I would like to buy a bunch of flowers for my girlfriend. The florist looked at him and said, "Certainly Sir, what is it you're after?" Paddy replies "A sh*g"

So in theory if plans were found for the Fell.................is 18 months too long to wait........

Yep it's a Jackdaw. Digging the veg plots over the weekend I had 6 robins hasseling me to hurry up, which means we have 3 nests in the garden or just over the fence. so far we have had Dunnocks fledge and some sparrows, Blue tits are about but don't seem to using the nestboxes in the garden.

Yes it's too thin, to be honest any ply/chipboard without bracing is going to flex too much, even if you only lift it and lean it against a wall as soon as you pick up one edge the board will curve/flex and track can "pop" off. For ease try the insulation board approach that Gordon s suggested or make some braced boards, it really is easy.

I saw 2 minutes of that once......it took 1.55 to find the remote....

Best you keep it that way, after listening to Ms Bradbury being interviewed on the radio a while ago I thought she was rather arrogant and boring........ awaits rotten fruit.........

I remember watching that exchange, IIRC it was the Lima "Police" 37. Hilarious

Try googling Knauf or Kingspan for the insulation details, they are for houses but it gives you an idea of what level of insulation is required for todays standard of living. You can use either a thicker (90mm) stud and put say 75mm of insulation between or use a smaller stud with say 40-50mm inbetween then put a layer of 25mm over the top with taped joints (draughts), you then counterbatten this with some 25mm roofing batten and top off with a layer of 12mm plasterboard, a bit more toasty and the plasterboard gives you an element of fire protection (although not complete unless skimmed). The more insulation you can pack in and the less draughts you have from doors and windows then the better it will be, and whatever you put in the walls double it for the roof, the more you do now the cheaper in the long run, electric bills are not coming down and it will give you a nice year round enviroment.

Are you battening insulation to the inside of the walls? 45mm cavity between uprights doesn't allow for much insulation. The current spec I am working to has been calculated to 170mm (in a timber frame) for bedrooms that require 18C, living rooms and bathrooms are calculated for heat loss at 20-21C. If you only have 45mm to play with I'd wrap up warm. I have a Dunster house depot at Bedford 7 miles away, they are average quality and expensive for what they are. I would still ask a local chippie to quote you for what you want, you should get it cheaper or a better spec.

Redwings systematically stripping our holly tree of berries in the front garden, and great tits investigating nestboxes in the back. Numbers are up to normal in the garden and on the feeders, Methinks "Nookie time" approaches.

Saw this in Lerwick, Shetland Islands a couple of years ago.

New changer installed in the car yesterday so just loaded Ok Computer and the Wall Live for starters