MarkC

Perhaps he'll use the back of a ute...

Thanks, Peter That never came up on a Gurgle search when I looked

Interestingly, his website seems to have disappeared www.pdhdrawings.co.uk So I rather think that he's closed down?

M'yes, but it was after Beeching, so...

Your issue with the Romford wheels not fitting to the axles easily is not uncommon, if there's the tiniest burr or raised edge on the squares of either the wheel or axle. It's been discussed elsewhere; just a very light touch of a needle file usually sorts that out. Are the wheels running true, now that you've tightened up the axle nuts? I'm presuming that when you talk about there being a lot of movement, you're talking about side to side movement in the frames? If so, you'll need to fit spacer washers between the wheels and bearings to limit it. Looking at the motor/gearbox assembly, you shouldn't have any 'balancing' problems which are often found with 0-4-4Ts, especially if you can get some more weight into the boiler at the front once everything else is assembled. Lead pieces secured with epoxy - not PVA - works for me. If you can tilt the motor/gearbox assembly up a little, that will minimise the amount of material you will have to cut from the boiler skirt. That's quite a large motor/flywheel assembly you're using, which is good for haulage, but does make installation a little more tricky. A light spring to press the bogie down gently, even if you have got the weight well forward on the rest of the model, will help with keeping it on the track properly when running bunker first. I've built a couple of these kits, as well as other 0-4-4Ts, including a Jidenco/Falcon Brass Kirtley 0-4-4T, and this has worked well for me. Closing off the cutout for the original motor can be done once you have assembled the running plate and arranged how you are securing it to the frames. IIRC it's a slot arrangement at the rear, and one bolt at the front? Keep going though - it's looking fine, and they do build up into nice models. Mark

Crossing Batty Moss Viaduct (aka Ribblehead ) on the S & C

This topic is raising temperatures elsewhere on t'Interweb too - it's keeping moderators & admins very busy, with bans and suspensions being handed out to those who cannot comment appropriately... There are now images of the proposed museum circulating too - it all looks very well thought out. Scroll down on this page https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/60009.692045/page-20 to see for yourselves

Been there, done that... as, I suspect, have many of us here. Can't find something, buy replacement, missing item turns up. It's known as one of the corollaries of Sod's Law...

There's the other classic, of course - "The batsman's Holding, the bowler's Willey"...

Well well - for once the right decision was made about Vettel - a 5 second penalty last week wasn't adequate.

Indeed so. Even if we go to 3-link and screw couplings, we then overlook the "hand of *insert deity of choice here*" that reaches over with a long shunter's pole to operate them...

Whatever they are, they certainly aren't worth the asking price to anyone with any savvy...

Good grief - that could SO easily have gone horribly, horribly worse than it actually did. There's a few folk who shouldn't bother buying any Lottery tickets for the foreseeable future, methinks.

Spoof number ID - another menace these days

Written on the back of your hand? Before you posted it here, of course... Seriously - what a barsteward

Sadly a scene to be replicated frequently and in many locations these days

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/372292068630?ul_noapp=true How much???

What a petulant chap you are. This is nothing to do with "Internet etiquette" per se; it's to do with general good manners, courtesy and respect.

It's the ill-informed and/or partisan outbursts of some, especially if witnessed by people outside of the railway fraternity, that give ammunition to those who deride and dismiss us as simply a bunch of, well, cranks. You see plenty of that on Facebook... Also, joining a group and immediately 'going off on one' isn't exactly the best way of either introducing oneself or garnering support. IMHO

Still bad...

You do realise how bad that sounds, don't you?

Good points, Clive - and I can relate to them, as I have an adult daughter who is an Aspie. She tries her best, and we have always tried not to make allowances for it, behaviour-wise, but it can be <interesting> at times (Interesting aside - apparently only 1 in every 20 Aspies is female)

Thanks for letting us know. A speedy recovery wish is on its way to John from me.

Sorry, but why should other people dictate what someone does with their own property? There's a name for that sort of thing which eludes me at present... Thanks to Mr Cameron, we have had the pleasure of seeing and riding behind Number 9 for many years; indeed I have had two trips down the ECML to London behind her, plus a York-Low Fell-Carlisle- Hellifield-York. Marvellous. I've also experienced the K4, on one of RTC's Wansbeck trips. Wonderful. However, ultimately, they're Mr Cameron's property, to do with as he sees fit. We owe him and his support crews a great deal of thanks, and I for one wish him a long and happy retirement.

Possible incendiaries in this bloke's rucksack might well have been in the forefront of the minds of those nearest to him, tbh...