Brass0four

Don't. - there are Laws... I visualise Jaz, cackling over her cauldron and texting the RSPCA (just thought I'd mix a few metaphorical emoticons before my PC goes down with a hexed virus)

Ah, Bless! the image of our Toby. (with my foot up his arse)

There are a few kicking around. Having seen one in the flesh tin, I think they are some sort of (Chinese?) ornamental pastiche. As such. I quite like em - in a steam-punk sorta way.

... slinking

Morally speaking - you are going to return it, with a letter of apology? (Why Oh why, have the emoticons I've just familiarised myself with, suddenly become unavailable. They are ticked. WTF! Back to the 20thC. - I wish!)

Me neither... KL page 6.

I saw "KL" mentioned by several people in another thread - Jaz and Kal's Arboretum Valley to be specific, so I typed it in search, not thinking I'd get a result, but I did! That's fame for you. However... Have I got enough life left to read the ruddy thing! Tony.

I must admit I'd forgotten your contemporary modelling, probably because I think of Goathland in more traditional terms rather than modern. Anyway, it is good to have a play with the stuff. One pro point is the exact nature of hand-made turnouts which can be made dead right whereas Peco (which I use) is always some sort of average geometry. Many people - Sandside for example - discover a real pleasure in track construction. For myself, I've simply too much track! - plus I've a collection of older locomotives with coarser flanges, so code 100 is a must. I look forward to your play-time views. Tony.

Trouble is, my local cobbles/setts are fairly small, rectangular - not unlike 7mm bricks but round edged - and I've found nowt to match. (Must photograph them ) If I'd time I'd make a master and mold it I would. It would have to be resin or - better - Linka style plaster - but, time. time, time. The nearest to mine BTW is Scalescenes. I might stick some to balsa and emboss them - just for front-of-layout pieces, though. BTW - If you lived in a cobbled street in my neck of the woods you'd be doing very well. It's all the poshest, listed stuff. Tony.

Go for it, Kal. Given the daily increase in quality visible in Jaz's scenics, that extra edge would be worthwhile. I think you have a sneaking fancy for the change, and you have the technical skills. And - for what it's worth - there's the mainstream RMweb kudos of such excellence! Me? Donald Ducked. Family health bull-ox as usual! Hence my non-response to your last on DCC, etc. Sorry. Tony.

Hi Jason, In agreement with the above. Is the material you use: Stone Setts Square Dark Grey Redutex 043AD112 ? I've no experience with Redutex but it's one hell of a range! Importantly, are the street ones a smaller, more realistic size than the likes of Wills? Up till now I've not found anything correct for this purpose. Cheers, Tony.

The Pathe films are well worth a watch. I swear, human beings were built rather differently in those days! As for the commentator's voice... Thanks, Tony.

Hi Kal, No, the fault was mine for being so vague. But guess what? - under the domestic cosh again. Forgive me till later. ;-) Tony.

Hi Kal. Q: Would you be comfortable running such a layout with steam-locos, especially 0-6-0s... ? Given that diesels are so much better runners, and have less purely decorative moving parts. When I asked you about E-link, I'd forgotten the free DVD regarding Hornby e-link I received with BRM. I'm becoming curious. Tony.

I should have realised from what you've posted before. (*blush smilie) Under those circumstances, and with the undergrowth yet to be done, it's going to be brilliant! *must enable emoticons.

Hi Jaz, Just a thought. Might you use plaster-bandage for the joints? - or will you need the individual panels to be removable for detail work? Coming along very well, though - and speedily. I tend to waste far too much time staring and dreaming. Must break that habit! Tony.

Thanks! That thread is absolutely heart-lifting - might never of found it - I'm getting quite excited. New camera to fiddle with, too. :-D

Wow!- that was way back, but thanks. :-D Actually, I've had a Eureka moment, laterally. There's nothing to stop my Games Workshop stuff manifesting anywhere they feel like on my conventional layout (Quantum Entanglement!) ONCE I get the thread up and running. Don't hold your breath, 'tho. ;-)

I take your point, but monsters like this maraud through quarries, plunging through lakes of mud one minute, then kicking up dust the next. Also, explosively indelicate loading and unloading can alter gravitational mud-slithering, etc., so they aren't average vehicles weathering-wise. I agree about the wheels, though - a sandy colour might be better. Otherwise, a damn sight better than out the box, easily progressed further. Talc, blown over wet washes can give a matt, dry effect. Tony. EDIT. Way behind due to domestic cosh. Posted as I read but I see you mention talc, later. It's very good for when roads, etc, need matting.

Thanks, Jaz, 'Tempers through the roof so I'll paste your advice into Word alongside Kal's technical stuff, for use at a later date. :-D (You'll have noticed before now that I am in too much of a hurry to use the available emoticons, simple though they are. 'Says a lot about my state of mind ;-) Brass0four. PS: I do understand why it is wise to use avatars rather than personal names online in this worrisome cyber-world but I'm too old to break the habit, added to which my user name - applicable once - totally sucks in current use.

Hi Kal, I tried the simplest of tasks - adding two pictures - but even with two different addresses, separated by []s it only added one! And this is why I hate this bloody stuff. It's my fault, no doubt, but why did it keep happening after several time-wasting attempts! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!! Try: *Wright writes..... #214* and see for yourself - it's well *worth while. Tony. EDIT so long as you don't need to uncouple separate coaches automatically, which you shouldn't unless you are adding kitchen cars, etc.

Kal, I'm not familiar with the term *E-link* ? Is it the rating in amps? Tony.

Hi Kal, I'm pasting your pieces all together into Word and pondering. I'm not entirely dumb but I erected barriers when I was at School: Art, English language and literature = Good, everything else bad. An absolute dreamer! Essentially, my DCC does what I want it to do but it might as well be magic. Still strapped for time L8r Tony.

Not boring at all, Kal - I wish you'd been my physics teacher! But I'm totally strapped for time for the rest of the day, so please forgive me till later. :-D Tony. EDIT. For the record I am DCC with a very simple four-track mainline layout. One bus for each track. Dead easy, other than that I use 13amp flex for the buses which was a challenge for soldering till I bought a decent soldering station that could really pile the heat on short and quick. L8r

Achilles Heel... Regarding post 1511 - I'm technophobic - don't understand a word! LOL Tony.