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  1. Got my first disagree rating today, on a video???

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    2. Platform 6

      Platform 6

      What would Harry Hill do about it!?

    3. hornbyandbf3fan
    4. Nelson Jackson

      Nelson Jackson

      I had the same thing, a vid of our layout was disliked.

  2. Went to see Ken Dodd last night, what a fantastic evening!

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    2. shanks522

      shanks522

      Couldn't agree more.

    3. naturol

      naturol

      Ken Dodds diddy man died last night...........did he?

      No. Doddy.

    4. Bangor Lad

      Bangor Lad

      Ken Dodd's Dad's dog's dead you know.

  3. 19 years in the same job, just about to jump ship and start up my own company

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    2. JJGraphics

      JJGraphics

      I did it and only wished I'd done it sooner!

    3. muddys-blues

      muddys-blues

      Good luck .... it canbe rewarding, and it can be bloody frustrating as well !!!

    4. shanks522

      shanks522

      Thankyou for all the encouraging comments, been in forestry work for 19 years but also a qualified chippy so going back to building work.

  4. think i've just blown up a sound chip, great way to lose over a

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    2. shanks522

      shanks522

      Thankyou all for the useful advice, will try a few things tomorrow.

    3. JCL

      JCL

      Happened to me too, as mentioned above, it was ok the following day after a reset.

  5. Something black and orange on its way.

  6. off to catch a pair of black fives.

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    2. 69843

      69843

      "How'd you put your back out"

       

      'Well doctor, it's a funny story...'

    3. shanks522

      shanks522

      video on youtube later, off to see them again in half an hour.

    4. shanks522
  7. Oh dear, I appear to have bought two class 20's.

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    2. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      Always better to have 2. With one you don't know which way round to run it.

    3. shanks522

      shanks522

      2mm, also managed to accidentally buy 3 tank wagons and a couple of Mk 1's, looks like I have a weed killing train now!

    4. Boco_D1

      Boco_D1

      I did that once, these things happen.

  8. Alcohol really slows down modelling progress!

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    2. bgman

      bgman

      Use the empty to make a loco in a bottle, challenge on !

    3. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Best not to spill it all over the model, things progress much better that way.

    4. BoD

      BoD

      Especially a Thursday night.

  9. Few hundred yards of wire, plenty of solder and bad language, the layout electrics are almost done!

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    2. Tim Dubya

      Tim Dubya

      I read that as 'a few yards of wine'.

       

      A bit continental...

    3. shanks522

      shanks522

      I think a few yards of wine would have been a better option!

    4. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      … or a few yards of ale.

  10. Whatever happened to the likely lads?

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    2. Tim Hall

      Tim Hall

      Tomorrow's almost over, today went by so fast...

    3. BoD

      BoD

      Thelma won.

    4. Bezzy Oppo

      Bezzy Oppo

      One stopped talking to the other..

  11. Visit to an exhibition today and have thoughts on a small N gauge layout! oh no!!!!

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    2. shanks522

      shanks522

      I've got a large layout on the go, this is small enough just to run some trains in the short term.

       

    3. shanks522

      shanks522

      TT, If it was RTR i would

       

    4. shreives

      shreives

      Do it you know you want to !!!

  12. Anyone fancy scratch building me a SNCF 230b in ho?

  13. Canned laughter gets right on my t$ts!

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    2. sharris

      sharris

      Vicks gets on mine.

    3. bgman

      bgman

      Er.... What are t$ts ? Is it an American thing ?

    4. shanks522

      shanks522

      there is an english version too, t£ts

       

  14. Oven died tonight, on the plus side i've just had lovely ruby.

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    2. shanks522

      shanks522

      As it happens muggins here cleaned it last week, knew i should have left it alone!

       

    3. great central

      great central

      Get a halogen one, we hardly ever use the big one now. Only

    4. giz

      giz

      Ours went a few weeks ago. Found a new element online for

  15. I really need to stay away from ebay, sound fitted loco, Farish DMU, and Bachmann wagons on there way!

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    2. shanks522

      shanks522

      what 56 did you get? N or 00?

    3. Steve Purves

      Steve Purves

      its an N Dapol one, off to Digitrains tomorrow afternoon to get the lates soundfiles put on it...

    4. Steve Purves

      Steve Purves

      It was 56018, EWS livery but I have swapped bits about to make a standard DCC fitted 56018 and now I have sound in my Loadhaul 56003. I will now sell 56018 as its a bit modern for my current tastes!

       

  16. Colas 60! It's not April the 1st is it?

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    2. Jack374

      Jack374

      have you seen any piccys yet?

    3. shanks522

      shanks522

      No not yet. just a painted model, looked good.

    4. big jim

      big jim

      i'll believe it when i see them with my own eyes! but would be nice if its true

  17. How many times can you paint the same piece of wood to make a convincing road. ARGGGHHHH

  18. Is taking photo's of trains in Weymouth.

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    2. shanks522

      shanks522

      I should be so lucky, had to settle for 444's, 158's, a network rail 31, black 5 and a wcrc 47, could have been worse.

       

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Great, a stray apostrophe!

    4. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Wish I'd done that in 1967!

  19. I really should avoid ebay.

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    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      I really should avoid eBay when drunk.

    3. DonB

      DonB

      I have successfully avoided Ebay (and Paypal!) for more than 5 years!

    4. class"66"

      class"66"

      All ways end in "skintness"

  20. Merry christmas to all.

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    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      Ah, but there is a carrot, a mince pie and a large glass of something red in the way...

    3. SHMD
    4. class"66"

      class"66"

      Merry xmas ...

  21. Must remember to cut the copperclad before testing the layout.

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    2. darren01
    3. shanks522

      shanks522

      Its the head scratching and checking all the wiring that i really enjoy.

    4. shreives

      shreives

      Got there in the end though haha

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