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  1. Dagworth

    The lettuce won! 

    1. Hroth

      Hroth

      But it just threw in the towel, and didn't have the decency to go to the country.

       

    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      My used Pants have lasted longer.

  2. Dagworth

    Converting all my XpressNet from DIN plugs to 5pin XLR

    1. Clive Mortimore

      Clive Mortimore

      Yeah, what ever. 🥴

    2. john new

      john new

      Also experimenting with XLRs from my power box up to the layout.

    3. Clive Mortimore

      Clive Mortimore

      Just looked at the label of my shirt......that says XLR.

  3. Dagworth

    D:Nightmare - Things Can Only Get Worse

  4. Dagworth

    Glasnost

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    2. Clive Mortimore

      Clive Mortimore

      From Attila the Stockbroker's facebook page.

      "RIP Gorby. In the GDR we thought you were the Messiah. You weren’t. You weren’t a very naughty boy either, just a good socialist who trusted your supposed ‘comrades’ too much."

    3. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Я сказал тебе, что я болен

    4. Allegheny1600

      Allegheny1600

      Он жил долго

  5. Dagworth

    Gapping copperclad sleepers before painting them makes fault finding a lot easier.

  6. Dagworth

    My new Antex XS25 is a lot hotter than my old one. Both still work, both same model. Is this a change to reflect lead-free working? 

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    2. Tim V

      Tim V

      That could just be dirt/corrosion leading to reduced heat transference on the old element.

    3. SHMD

      SHMD

      Was your original one made for 240v and the new one correctly rated for the now 230v mains?

    4. Dagworth

      Dagworth

      Both say 230v 25w on the handle. Not that the mains voltage actually changed in most places, a quick check with the multimeter here says mine is 241 volts 

  7. Dagworth

    In lower quadrant signal areas do banner repeaters go the opposite way? 

    1. St. Simon

      St. Simon

      You could get  both upper quadrant and lower quadrant mechanical banners, to match the signal they repeat.

       

      If you have an colour light banner, then they are always upper quadrant (as far as I know!)

  8. Dagworth

    Another 500g reel of solder finished... 

    1. Hroth

      Hroth

      Annnnnnnnnnnd......  Breathe out!

       

  9. Dagworth

    Short 503 error on the site just now, phone and laptop

    1. AY Mod

      AY Mod

      Yep, just a couple of minutes.

  10. Dagworth

    Perfect day for laying track, never going to have to worry about it buckling in hot weather!

    1. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      Just that you'll end up with some rather big gaps fduring the cold season (if we ever get one again)

  11. Dagworth

    Filing insulation gaps in copperclad sleepers on a 4ft long piece of three track pointwork is tedious

    1. Rowsley17D

      Rowsley17D

      I gap mine with a half-round file beforehand if possible as it leaves no gaps as such to fill.

    2. ozzyo

      ozzyo

      Slitting disc to the rescue.

    3. Dagworth

      Dagworth

      I use a small round file, and then go over all the sleepers with fine wet and dry so there are no sharp edges to the gaps and once painted they can’t be seen 

  12. Dagworth

    Back to building points for Ipswich

    1. admiles

      admiles

      Any photos of the layout? (Ipswich born and bred so interesting subject matter for me)

    2. Dagworth

      Dagworth

      The photos disappeared in the recent problems on the site and I haven’t got round to re-uploading them yet. The station area boards all exist with track complete in p2,3&4 and the carriage/loco sidings, the London end helix is also finished. I’m working on the first board north of the Ancaster Road bridge at the moment. Currently 24 feet of what will be scenic boards are built, still a lot to go though. 
       

      I was a second man at Ipswich in 1985 and that is when the layout is set. All the loco changes etc. 

  13. Dagworth

    Peace 
    Is a counter-attack
    A white flag
    Is a fight back
    A flower
    Is a weapon
    Used in self defence 

  14. Dagworth

    Yay, got my cat avatar back 

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    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      The neighbours didn't feed it?

       

      :whistle:

    3. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Lovely Pu$$y

       

    4. Clive Mortimore

      Clive Mortimore

      Yo Daggers, you are lucky I got some ugly punk rocker.

  15. Dagworth

    Can someone feed the poor hamster again. RMweb seems to be on a right go-slow today

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    2. Dagworth

      Dagworth

      Who's Redo?

       

    3. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      Not sure - but I think I might have met him a few hours ago, when I had to print out some web pages.

       

      Firefox had changed all the printer settings - so everything printed out in miniature.

       

      Took ages of hunting through "help" files - and looking online - to work out how to fix it.

       

      Ever wondered why there are lots of "search engines" - and rather less "find engines"?

       

       

    4. Regularity

      Regularity

      Fewer, not less…

       

      (Pedantry isn’t funny, apparently, although to be pedantic, not everyone agrees with that.)

  16. Dagworth

    Peco code 83 track (SL-8300) doesn't actually say Peco anywhere on the sleeper moulding

    1. truffy

      truffy

      That's because sleepers are incognito.

       

      Did you see the 1991 TV miniseries? Marvellous stuff!

    2. Tim V

      Tim V

      That is because it's spelt PECO!

  17. Dagworth

    Whitby jet

  18. Dagworth

    On busy trains I take great pleasure in asking people to move their bags to make seats available for sitting. 

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    2. Liam

      Liam

      I’ll admit that often I do have my bags on the seat next to me, although that’s normally because the train is quiet enough to allow that. Any time I’m asked to move my bags, or if the train gets busier, then I will do so, although one time in July 2020 going from Carlisle to Glasgow a request to move my bags came rather rudely. 

    3. Davexoc

      Davexoc

      Similarly turfing people out of reserved seats....

    4. jsp3970

      jsp3970

      I used to do the same on buses, but then I was the driver and if they didn't do as I said the bus went nowhere!

  19. Dagworth

    Chips

    1. truffy

      truffy

      Potato or silicon?

  20. Dagworth

    Anyone ever modelled slab track?

  21. Dagworth

    Code 75 FB looks far too small next to bullhead track... might have to see if my local shop can get me some Peco code 83

  22. Dagworth

    Frustrated that my order from ****** ****** hasn't arrived yet.

    1. truffy

      truffy

      Have you tried *** ***** as an alternative? I’ve always found them to be reliable. 

    2. Dagworth

      Dagworth

      Having moaned about being frustrated yesterday my parcel arrived this morning… when I don’t have time to make use of its contents 

    3. truffy

      truffy

      That’s when mine arrive in general 

  23. Dagworth

    Why won't my Youtube link show the thumbnail, just a play button grrrr. Hope it will come up properly in due course.

    1. Dagworth

      Dagworth

      Now it has corrected itself. Strange

  24. Dagworth

    Really wish my order from *&* would arrive...

    1. Dagworth

      Dagworth

      And this morning it did, now to try to get my head round Templot!

  25. Dagworth

    Signals with 14 route options...

    1. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      Is that a record?  Technically feasible I would think although the route indicator principles keep changing!

    2. Dagworth

      Dagworth

      It only has JI4,5 & 6 and two stencils for the sub, but the stencils apply to two routes each, one of the JIs can apply to two different paths across the points. 

    3. St. Simon

      St. Simon

      14? Is that it? CF2324 at Cardiff Central technically has 48 routes from it, although there are only 7 destinations.

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