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I’ve only ever had problems when using the Trix/Gaugemaster brushes where the pick ups have been less than perfect in the first place. On locos with really dirty wheels then a slight wiggle backwards and forwards will usually make contact and a hand on the loco helps to keep the contact until the wheels have made a couple of rotations. Andi

Why would they want to though remains a mystery! Andi

Oh no, poor Bagpuss!

I wake up to find Jessica has brought me her toys, and then when she's brought all them she'll bring me some cable ties, or a screw, a bit of wire... all deposited IN my bed! Andi

If someone tries to sue me for copying their model of Ipswich I'd tell them where to go as I'm copying the GER, the LNER and BR, not anyone else's model of it. Andi

I think the big acquisition was revealed in this morning's Hattons email, the Hattons email database has now passed to Rails Andi

DEMU ran a Minories competition a few years back. Andi

I hope that if someone else is building a model of Ipswich they will be willing to share their research. Andi

An Cat Dubh - U2

Wondering what Photoshop is called in France... Andi

You can sometimes tell when you are in the same room as these kinds of people, just listen and you can hear them talking to themselves. If you get close enough you'll hear what they are saying. "Breathe in" "Breathe out" It's not wise to get too close though, they tend to be unvaccinated Andi

I'm glad that Ipswich is all Mark3 and headspans so reasonably easy to scratchbuild. Ravensclyffe is Mk1 and portals, fortunately I've got just about everything I need for that layout with the winding down of N-brass making the etched portals no longer available. Hopefully someone will bring out a new range of Mk1 to take over from Nick's work, I am not convinced that laser cut or 3d printed will be strong enough for tensioned wire systems. I have no use for the new GWML type equipment but it's good that it may be becoming available to make modelling OLE of different styles possible, I wouldn't want to try to scratch build the GWML stuff! As for the Peco portals, will we ever see them? Andi

Looking at Google maps satellite view there is a crossover from 3 to 4 (as we'd know them) and then from 4 to 5 and onwards around North Kent East Junction. the big crossover from 3 to 6 at Spa Road no longer exists. https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4862825,-0.0459426,251m/data=!3m1!1e3?authuser=0&entry=ttu Andi

When I heard of this it was that they were going to be producing the heavy type stuff used on the GW main line. Andi

Which services stop at St John’s now? It used to be the Hayes trains in the later 90s but before that it had been the Bexleyheaths. Andi

Dog Food - Iggy Pop

Ask Lord Bullock of Abbotswood @Phil Bullock Andi

In my experience of the Peco side mounted motor the failure mode is different to the old type under board motors. I had a faulty capacitor that caused a 24v feed directly through one coil. First sign of issues will be the smell! Secondly rather than burning out the coil it melted the armature into the plastic coil former so the thing wouldn't move at all. The coils were both still intact. Andi

But CV29 is easy to set up so they always go the right way! Andi

No Memory - Scarlet Fantastic

You've mentioned access to a z21 a few times in the topic, have you tried the 31 on that? Andi