Barry Ten
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Status Updates posted by Barry Ten
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Spratt and winkling. Reckon I can do about two pairs a night before my brain turns to mush.
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I'm so excited by the Bachmann Shillingstone models that I'm in danger of doing one of those "anyone know when model X is going to be released" posts.
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Intrigued by Busch's Feldbahn range of HO narrow gauge industrial equipment. The basis of a micro-layout?
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New issue of Model Railroad Planning in the local newsagents today - yay! Best model railway publication of the year in my view, but since we're off on hols I've given it to my wife and told her not to let me look at it until we're there.
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Spotted a man reading the Gauge O Guild Newsletter on the tube yesterday. I pointed him out to the other passengers and we all had a good laugh.
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A bit thanks to Redgate Models for helping me out with a spare mechanism - super fast service, much appreciated.
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Really impressed with Bachmann USA's service and spares department.
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Used my model railway superpowers to fix a fault on my telescope. What looked like an expensive repair job turned out to be as simple as securing a gear wheel to an axle with a grub screw.
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Picked up a copy of the Pete Waterman book on his layout from Ian Allan for only 4 quid. Bit of a missed opportunity unfortunately; nice photos (especially the Chris Nevard ones) but with a very thin text (reads like it was transcribed straight from Pete talking), appallingly proofread for what should be a prestigious hardcover, and with little to set the layout in context. Can't believe there isn't a track plan.
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Starship Troopers is on. No early bedtime for Barry Ten.
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Never seen a rambling trail and not thought "that would look better with a narrow gauge railway running up it."
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Picked up a Dapol Class 22 from my local stockist. What a fabulous model! Beautifully packaged, too, in a very smart box.
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Bought a new Manfrotto tripod in Belgium, which will make layout photography a bit easier. memo to self: don't build another layout at eye-level if you have a choice.
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Glad to see that my prediction that Hornby definitely wouldn't be doing a plain black goods engine was unerringly accurate.
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Avoid the hassle of noisy tender drives and expensive sound decoders by playing loud rock music during your operation sessions. I recommend Kasabian but other rock combos are available.
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Bunged a cheap as chips Hornby decoder in a tender drive 2P with the Airfix-style mechanism - really wowed by the excellent slow speed control.
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Enjoyed "Super 8" on DVD. First (and possibly last?) film to mention "dry-brushing" in the context of weathering model trains?
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Discovered that the reason I was getting less than optimum performance from one of my decoders was that it was a blanking plate, not a decoder.
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I still believe in the RTR dream.
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When I read posts written in italics, I can't help but hear the voice of Whispering Bob Harris
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Working on the Blue Pullman again. Such a long and tedious project but I mjust finish it before the Bachmann one comes out or I'll lose all enthusiasm.
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No Xmas for John Quays
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Been spending the week doing one of those boring wiring jobs which, while tedious, makes the layout a lot more fun to operate. Going through miles of wire, though...
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Is it me or are there more than the usual number of totally pointless threads going on at the moment? Perhaps I just need to step away from the keyboard for a bit before the red mist descends.
