Sidecar Racer

Excellant Frank , looks like the real thing in daylight just needs a puff of 'faux' smoke from the loco's . :-)

Morning all , shaping up to be another nice day here , I keep looking at my back garden ( read 'mess' ) and looking away again . MI3 , what can be said , stunning , amazing and modelling that I will never achieve . Nice photos Dave , lovely scenerary and the work is paying off by the look of it . Time for breakfast I think , have a good day all .

A late good morning from a so far sunny Somerset , thats a nice house Mike , though I would'nt want to pat the bills on it . At one time I wanted to own a property where I needed a ride on mower to cut the grass , then common sense prevailed and I realised that if I had that I could afford to pay someone to mow it . Not sure whats to be done today , another coffee while I decide I think , good luck to those with problems waiting to be sorted , be they health or work or home .

I suppose to some extent it depends on what he said .

Morning all , lovely start to the day here , except I had a serious oversleep , oh well , at least I feel better for a good nights sleep . I seem to have missed being here over the weekend , will try harder . Hope everyone has a good day , even more so to SAC , I was lucky never to be in that situation , but I doubt it's very nice to have that in the background and try to carry on as normal .

Morning all , bright and sunny here , in fact so bright it woke me up at 7-00 am , I finished the loco repaints yesterday , still unsure about getting them dirty though . I intend to make a start on rebuilding an old K's kit today , broke it down in Nitromores to get it to bits . It will go back with solder . Enjoy your day all .

Hi Tony , I have tried some of the Green Scene powders on some buildings and did'nt get on very well , I have a spare pannier bidy I could give then a go on though , the problem is I dont reaaly know the best place to start from or how far I want to go , I'm doing a Buffalo pannier tank , so I would like it looking 'used' but not at the end of it's life . I suppose powders are the way to go as I assume they can be cleaned off if it go's a bit wrong . I'll have to bite the bullet and slap some on .

Morning all , dry here at the moment , high thin cloud with the sun coming through at times . Plans for today include finishing the paint jobs on a couple of kit built loco's , the big question is wether to weather . I've never tried it on a loco and dont really want to risk spoiling them by getting it wrong . But before that starts a trip out to the shops to get the papers and any food stuff required to top up supplies . Have a good day one and all .

Half a pound of Semtex ? Morning to all , one of irregular visits , must try harder . I hope everybodys day go's well .

I knew something had changed , I dont eat many snack type bars these days , being a pensioner and all that .

I thought they were called Snickers now .

Lucky with the weather Don , it's cold gray and damp here , and I'm up far to early , but thats the price to pay when travelling to an exhibition , enjoy your day .

Hi Carl , first off , glad to hear that you wifes eye injury is on the mend , second , to agree with Brian , post as often as you like , we have no limit here , and you have chosen an intersting area and time to base your model on , I have to admit to a GWR / BR WR bias in modelling so I'm really looking forward to seeing this progress . Regards . Mike .

I've got a spare tarpaulin you can have .

Two man playing golf were held up by two women playing in front of them. One man said: "I'll walk up to them and tell them to hurry up." When he returned he said: "I have a problem, one of the women is my wife and the other one is my mistress." The second man said: "I'll walk up to them and hurry them up." He came back and said: " We both have the same problem.â€

A brilliant young boy was applying for a job with the railways. The interviewer asked him: "Do you know how to use the equipment?" "Yes", the boy replied. "Then what would you do if you realized that 2 trains, one from this station and one from the next were going to crash because they were on the same track?" The young applicant thought and replied "I'd press the button to change the points without hesitation." "What if the button was frozen and wouldn't work?" "I'd run outside and pull the lever to change the points manually" "And if the lever was broken?" "I'd get on the phone to the next station and tell them to change the points," he replied. "And if the phone was broken and needed an electrician to fix it?" The boy thought about that one. "I'd run into town and get my uncle" "Is your uncle an electrician?" "No, but he's never seen a train crash before!"

One for the golfers on here . Ten Best Caddy Responses . . . . Number :10 Golfer: "I think I'm going to drown myself in the lake." Caddy: "Think you can keep your head down that long?" Number : 9 Golfer: "I'd move heaven and earth to break 100 on this course." Caddy: "Try heaven, you've already moved most of the earth." Number : 8 Golfer: "Do you think my game is improving?" Caddy: "Yes . . . . you miss the ball much closer now." Number : 7 Golfer: "Do you think I can get there with a 5 iron?" Caddy: "Eventually." Number : 6 Golfer: "You've got to be the worst caddy in the world." Caddy: "I don't think so . . . .That would be too much of a coincidence." Number : 5 Golfer: "Please stop checking your watch all the time. It's too much of a distraction." Caddy: "It's not a watch . it's a compass." Number : 4 Golfer: "How do you like my game?" Caddy: "It's very good . but personally, I prefer golf." Number : 3 Golfer: "Do you think it's a sin to play on Sunday? Caddy: "The way you play, it's a sin on any day." Number : 2 Golfer: "This is the worst course I've ever played on." Caddy: "This isn't the golf course . . . . We left that an hour ago." And the Number : 1 . . . . Best Caddy Comment: Golfer: "That can't be my ball, it's too old." Caddy: "It's been a long time since we teed off, sir." Bonus . . . . . An old favorite . . . . . about the Golfer who has been slicing off the tee at every hole . . . . . He finally gives up and asks his long suffering caddy. . . . . Golfer: "Can you see any obvious problems . . . .??" Caddy: "There's a piece of doodoo on the end of your club." Golfer: He picks up his club up and cleans the club face . . . . . Caddy: "No sir, its at the other end"

Morning all , sitting around today while 2 guys rip out my windows and fit new , good job the sun is shining and it's not to cold .

That would be a poor earth , says the man who was an apprentice mechanic from 1966 onwards and discovered a lot about electrical probs . :-)

Nice job Al , it really does make a noticable improvement .

Coming along nicely Frank , I really like the way the greenery brings out the colour of the slate by the tunnel , Keep up with this good work .

I rather like the new look , I think you can justify a slightly darker colour along the waters edge as the ground would contain more moisture , hence a better and healthier looking colour . Just my thoughts .

Makes perfect sense , thanks for that Les , You have made a nice job of blending the two sizes , it gives me a direction to go in for my layout , these are some of the best photo scenes I have come across , so much better than the Peco style 'impressionist' ones that are available . Regards and thanks .

Cracking stuff , some nice little cameo scenes too . Sorry to be a pain , but about the backscenes , are they the 9'' or the 16'' ones ? Thanks for the photo's keep em' coming .

Ooooppps , yes looks that way re-reading it , thanks David , looks like a trip to Specsavers is due . Apologies to John too .