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Gary and across the road from the George you have one of my favourite wee shops in Inveraray the Loch Fyne Whiskies http://www.lfw.co.uk/ Eddie

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A magician was working on a cruise ship. Since the audience was different each week, the magician did the same tricks over and over again. There was only one problem: The captain's parrot saw the shows each week and began to understand how the Magician did every trick. Once he understood, he started shouting in the middle of the show, "Look, it's not the same hat!" or, "Look, he's hiding the flowers under the table!" Or "Hey, why are all the cards the ace of spades?" The magician was furious but couldn't do anything. It was, after all, the Captain's' parrot. Then one stormy night on the Pacific, the ship unfortunately sank, drowning almost all who were on board. The magician luckily found himself on a piece of wood floating in the middle of the sea, as fate would have it ... With the parrot. They stared at each other with hatred, but did not utter a word. This went on for a day... And then 2 days. And then 3 days. Finally on the 4th day, the parrot could not hold back any longer and said... "OK, I give up. Where's the f******* ship?"

Great pics of your layout Mark thought I would add one of you great to see it up and running well worth the wait eddie

This wee hedgehog visited us last year And this year he came back and enjoyed a piece of ham

A great wee book; for information on The West Highland, which is available second hand by doing a Google search is Author: DOW, George Title: The Story of the West Highland Summary: LNER booklet originally issued in 1944 and then enlarged in a second edition in 1947. This included fold-out diagrams of a typical station; gradients; carriages and locomotive details. The booklet was reprinted, uncredited and without the fold-outs and in my mind has poorly scanned photos Prices from £1.99 to £10.00 2nd edition includes WW11 port and traffic information Eddie

Hi Mark was at Crainlarich that Saturday 13/02/2010 doing a wee reckie did not know 66728 was on its way up was told by the driver of the Oban train it was coming up with a load of EMU's the reason was GBRF was taking over the Alcans contract and this was a training run for their drivers I also saw EWS 66114 with their last run of Alcans going up to fort william at 12.33 at Crainlarich the photo below was taken at 16.17 well worth the wait

Coming along nicely Ian

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Looking good Ian and enjoyed the Facebook page eddie

Now finished the guttering used plastic u channel and rounded off the edge fixed the downpipes but still have to connect a pipe from the gutters will wait till I decide if I am putting a lights or interior in or no as the roof is not glued in place. I also fitted new chiminy pots which for me look a lot better also put in the glazing eddie

I was given a snow shovel for christmas and have been waiting for the "big Snow" to arrive to try it out .. we have only had a flurry and it did not stay need to find something else for exrcise !!

hi Trevor if I was doing it again scale etching would be the way to go If you are scratch building the windows I would use ready cut strip and a lot of patience The detailed plan I Have shows the windows at 2ft x 5.6ft and there are 30 of them plus 4 7ftx2ft windows and 10 3ft x1 ft door lights and 10 doors nearest I could get to shingles was a fancy roof tile in 4mm would be okay if it was 2mm there is a proper measurement below eddie Forgot to mention for the shingles I used Wills rounded Tiles ssmp207 OO scale would look better if 2mm

Hi will5210 when I came to build the station I found the etchings of the windows oversize for my plans so could not use them I ended up making my windows out of stip plastic but did use the doors and the end window etch. I made a practice run of the roof in card which worked out okay then made the final roof in plastic sheet covered in paper tiles. Making the roof was not as bad as I thought and I think it looks about right on this model having made this on I will make another using brass etching for doors and windows just have to master CAD Hope your roof works out

A typical West Highland Station I did build a West Highland Station in N Guage in 1985; still have it but it needs a little TLC While going through the various forums on RMweb I came across Rannoch MoorWest Highland Line Modern Image Project Started by MRDBLUE17 This kindled a little fire in my head and I just had to have a go I managed to get a set of window and door etch done by Pete Harvey to Marks design ; I think they sat beside my printer for a year. In the meantime I searched the WWW for as much info as I could I also had some old photos taken for the first model of Arrochar and Tarbert which had a little detail in them but the best plans I could come up with were from the 1944/7 booklet by LNER The Story of the West Highland the plans are to be found in Appendix A; these were not printed in the later reprints of the Book It should be noted that although the West Highland Stations are of a similar design; based on Swiss Chalets, each one is different in length and internal layout this one was built as a typical West Highland Station with no particular station in mind. The plan was scanned and reworked to as near 4mm as I could get it it was time to buy some of that plastocard and a bottle or two of plastic weld I bought most of my materials at the Perth MR Show and invested in a Chopper ( I wish that had been a 1000cc one in royal blue) and a balsa stripper both made life a lot easier I used various thickness of plain plasticard and for the shingles I used Wills rounded tiles in OO it would have been better if this was N guage but I could not find any. A copy of the plans were made and I started with the ends The first problem I encountered came when I started on the sides the etched windows were oversize as were the doors. I decided to go ahead and use the etched doors and make the winows out of strip plastic my method of construction was to cut a strip of 40th plasticard to width and glue the embosed plasticard to this cutting out the windows as I went along following the drawing. First side done shown with both ends To make the windows I made up a sheet as a template to build them on; I used glossy photographic paper big mastake as the windows stuck to them had to soak them off in luke warm water I used plain paper and used a gray background which made things a lot easier End on view notice the glazing this happened by accident as I knocked over a bottle of plastic weld!! I used foam board top and bottom to hold the structure together I made a mock up the roof in card when I was satisfied that it was correct I dismantled it and used it as a template to make the roof in plastic sheet Ready for a coat of Halfords white primer Next time I make a building I will paint the station at this stage and glaze the windows, as it would be a lot easier to mask off Once sprayed I left it in the greenhouse to dry overnight Underside of roof I still have to do a little filling, touch up the paint, and to find suitable guttering as well as glaze the window’s For those intrested I still have plans in 4mm scale and the following mock up of the window and door template which needs to be done in CAD to make up for brass etching any takers please contact me. I have added gutters which were plastic u section which I rounded of a corner added micro strip to look like joins the downpip is plastic agein with micro strip for joins I also added the glazzing and new chiminy pots I am pleased with this attemt the painting leaves a lot to be desired but the station does look the part

A Lawyer And a Senior Citizen A lawyer and a senior citizen are sitting next to each other on a long flight. The lawyer is thinking that seniors are so dumb that he could get one over on them easily. So, the lawyer asks if the senior would like to play a fun game. The senior is tired and just wants to take a nap, so he politely declines and tries to catch a few winks. The lawyer persists, saying that the game is a lot of fun...."I ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you pay me only $5.00. Then you ask me one, and if I don't know the answer, I will pay you $500.00," he says. This catches the senior's attention and, to keep the lawyer quiet, he agrees to play the game. The lawyer asks the first question. "What's the distance from the Earth to the Moon?" The senior doesn't say a word, but reaches into his pocket, pulls out a five-dollar bill, and hands it to the lawyer. Now, it's the senior's turn. He asks the lawyer, "What goes up a hill with three legs, and comes down with four?" The lawyer uses his laptop to search all references he can find on the Net. He sends E-mails to all the smart friends he knows; all to no avail. After an hour of searching, he finally gives up. He wakes the senior and hands him $500.00. The senior pockets the $500.00 and goes right back to sleep. The lawyer is going nuts not knowing the answer. He wakes the senior up and asks, "Well, so what goes up a hill with three legs and comes down with four?" The senior reaches into his pocket, hands the lawyer $5.00, and goes back to sleep. You know you're going to send this one on I did

Nice Photos lads some of my own a basic plan showing the water supply and track layout A couple of shots taken in 1982 (scanned from prints) the remains of the main water tank can be seen on the hill in the first shot shots of the yard taken in february 2010 Another view taken in 1982 Notice how the old Parrifin store has been recycled to the garden of station masters house when the platform was enlarged

I look forward to seeing the "load test" for this construction work a lot of cans me thinks regards Eddie

Made me smile 1. My neighbour knocked on my door at 2:30 this morning, can you believe that? 2:30am? Luckily for him I was still up playing my Bagpipes. 2. The Grim Reaper came for me last night, and I beat him off with a vacuum cleaner. Talk about Dyson with death. 3. Paddy says, "Mick, I'm thinking of buying a Labrador. "Really?" says Mick "have you seen how many of their owners go blind?" 4. I saw a poor old lady fall over today on the ice!! At least I presume she was poor - she only had $1.20 in her purse. 5. My girlfriend thinks that I'm a stalker... Well, she's not exactly my girlfriend yet. 6. Woke up last night to find the ghost of Gloria Gaynor standing at the foot of my bed. At first I was afraid then I was petrified. 7. The wife has been missing a week now. Police said to prepare for the worst. So I have been to the charity shop to get all her clothes back. 8. A mate of mine admitted to being addicted to brake fluid. When I quizzed him on it he reckoned he could stop any time. 9. I went to the cemetery yesterday to lay some flowers on a grave. As I was standing there I noticed 4 grave diggers walking about with a coffin, 3 hours later and they're still walking about with it. I thought to myself, "These guys have lost the plot!" 10. My daughter asked me for a pet spider for her birthday, so I went to our local pet shop and they were $70. "Blow this," I thought, "I can get one cheaper off the web." 11. Statistically, 6 out of 7 dwarf's are not happy. 12. I was at an ATM yesterday when a little old lady asked if I could check her balance, so I pushed her over. 13. I start a new job in Seoul next week. I thought it was a good Korea move. 14. I was driving this morning when I saw an RAC van parked on the side of the road. The driver was sobbing uncontrollably and looked very miserable. I thought to myself, "That guy's heading for a breakdown." 15. I just met a fat, alcoholic, transvestite. He wants to eat, drink, and be Mary.

Hope all goes well with the house move remember to take the layout or will that be going by car!!

there is a flat light fitting on the ceiling this gives enough light reflected off the ceiling to use the room in darkness also there are side lights; see above photo, each side of the sofa bed works okay as these side lights are wired to a remote control which allows them to be on when the layout is down

Grace hase been pottering about with her layout trying to fit things in her river is coming on but for me the most interesting thing is her hills ( now then major ) she found some FlexiLiner; used as a substitute to moss for hanging baskets, in our local Homebase 1.5m x 0.6m for £4.99 To make the hills all she did was to crumpled some newspaper up and put the flexiliner on top and without a lot of mess the results below. The edges of the flexiliner can be frayed and I am sure it has a lot of other use's combined with flock etc.

Morning all here in w Dunbartonshire its Sunny at the moment but rain clouds not far away geting ready to catch a train from Helensburgh upper to Oban hopfuly the 9.06