Barry Ten
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Can a man have too many Wainwright C Class models? I think the answer is no.
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That thing where you've got a tiny, fiddly, irreplaceable bit of model between tweezers and think "I really must not drop this on the floor, or I'll never find it again" - and then drop it on the floor.
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Hey Mr Kit Manufacturer - you've made your kit, so presumably you know where all the bits are supposed to go? Would it kill you to include a diagram, rather than telling me to look at prototype photos?
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The great thing about going to the doctor's surgery - I get to read all my old train mags in the waiting room.
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Terrific! While drillinga new hole in my control panel for a toggle switch, with the power drill, I managed to snag the end of the drill on the existing wiring behind the panel - result, instant spahetti bolognese, wires ripped out of switches etc! Why do I never learn?
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Top stuff - lots of useful polystyrene packing material left over from the B&Q shed. Suspect only modellers get excited about polystyrene packing.
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Building a 12" to 1" plastic shed - surprising how much model kit experience helps with the assembly. Run out of Airfix glue very quickly though.
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Just been to Miniatur Wunderland - can I have a bigger train room now?
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Got those run out of orange wire and can't find me no orange wire in no model shops blues.
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Popped down to Cardiff to visit the Cardiff Model Railway Exhibition. Only problem is, it's not on until next weekend. Doh!
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Thoroughly enjoyed Jonathan Glancey's Giants of Steam - it's a cracking read digging into the careers and connections between Gresley, Stanier, Bulleid, Chapelon and so on. Fascinating stuff - Chapelon reckoned he could get 16,000 hp from a reworked Big Boy.
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Saw Tornado twice today (my first time) - once from the Heathrow Express into London, and then a bit later on the train out of Paddington. Fantastic!
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Bought the Polar Lights 1/350th kit for the Starship Enterprise but every time I open the box my brain melts at the size of the thing and the vast number of huge decals.
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Off to the Severn Valley Railway and West Midlands Safari park - trains for me, animals for my wife - both happy.
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Just put my Blue Pullman back in its box after 8 months of fun. Fantastic model, but time to run something else now...
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Lovely cycle ride through the two tunnels, over Midford viaduct etc. S&D heaven!
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The age old dilemma - drive to the model shop and back and buy stuff, or spend the time modelling with stuff I bought last time?
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Back from an enjoyable time in Paris avec une Pacific E22 de Chapelon et une CC diesel 72000. Je imaginer les plans over-ambitieus pour une layout grande de Francais.
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Hit another excellent train shop in central Paris - Au Pullman, near the Clichy metro. Fabulous and friendly shop, stocked with an amazing selection of French stuff.
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In Paris. Already visited two nice train shops within easy reach of Metro etc, and there are a couple more on the list - it's a shame London can't be like this.
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Yes, I visited that one last time but not sure which one it was now. Today I went to Opherline, by the Mitterand library - fantastic, well-stocked shop, very bright and modern, in a nice location by the Seine! Also revisited Central Train which is smaller and more like a traditional model shop, but also very good.
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Your new swear words for the day are "Spratt" and "Winkle".
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