Andy C

There will always be room for two on the layout of various versions Anyway it means you can get on with building the push pull set now!

Do I or don't I !! Might use this with my already built London Road Chassis as the body is pants. Looks to have made jason happy though. i hope Bachmann warm to the theme and do an A class now!

Then theres always this as a measure: Received in the post today, I'd forgotten it had been filmed! Somehow doubt its the start of a Holywood modelling career though. Back to constant improvement methinks.

I had this brilliant posting composed in my head as i started to read this thread, got as far as PMP's and found the b*gg*r had nicked most of it !! To sum it up, like quite a few who have posted, I have "been there, seen it, done it, got the T shirt". But I haven't made it - whatever "it" may be - because I know I can do a hell of a lot better.

Why not go for the jugular "that Fell is almost as ugly as the owners (wife/ girlfriend / boyfriend / sheep*) " *Delete as appropriate, this is an equal opportunities thread.

If its a trade stand lynching you want, you could try asking Charlie for some discount. Or with certain other trade stands go up to their owners and say "Go on, give us a smile". But the absolute real clicnher with traders - and this happens all the time at shows which close at say at 5 on the Sunday and give out the layout expenses after 4pm, approach the stand wanting to spend a very small amount of money just as they are preparing to pack up!

I was going to mention something along these lines myself but i already have a fatwah imposed on me by an Ayatollah of the GWR Taliban

Dead easy this one, just put a show on with absolutely no diesel/electric content whatsoever and watch the b*gg*rs moan.

Well there you go. Top that Bachman / Hornby. I do love it when the game gets raised.

More chance of the trams Larry, and theres little chance of that. Still a nice thought though, would make a night out on the soup with my fellow musicians at Boarshurst band club http://www.boarshurstband.co.uk/boarshurstband.co.uk/Home.html a damn sight easier to get back to Rochdale from!

Whilst the decision is to be applauded the cynic in me cant help feeling a tad suspicious about this. For a start funding is mainly dependant on getting pensions schemes to invest in Infrastructure rather than the quicker and often more lucrative wins of the bond market. Now would someone who has a stake in a private pension be happy about that? worth thinking about, they haven't invested in this sector before, why would they now? its a bit like PAC announced this morning re the new aircraft carriers, 2020? - 2030 more realistic. Funnily enough Vulcan and myself were discussing the merits of juicing up the Calder Valley on Saturday on our way over to Wakefield on Saturday - would they bother with the section from Milner Royd junction - Halifax - Bradford?or just do the section via Elland and Briggus? And while we were at it how about pushing through the stops at Bradford Exchange and on through the void that currently exists between there and Foster square? Too many questions, many possibilities, no money! (Edit - PAC = Public Accounts Committee)

If they are suitable for the 21/29 then count me in for 2 P4 sets!!