Melly

Hi all. I used to periodically get DVDs from Jon, his excellent Rail Reflection series he produced. His website is (Sadly) no longer active so hoping he's okay. Cracking reference material for 1985-2005 modellers. Thanks M

Good to see Bachmann continuing to produce products throughout this difficult year. That said - with Loco's now at the £200 for a diesel that is firmly into 'mini-engineering' territory and for that price I will no longer accept non-concentric and wobbly wheels on locos and stock. Time to up the QC in that arena Bachmann.

David was going to say it sounds like you're confusing your General Aviation (GA) flying routines with those of Commercial IFR Operators. A GA VFR / Visual approach is not restricted in following the same rigid procedures as an Instrument arrival. If you want to fly a 6 deg approach with all whites on the PAPIs and then round out that's you're call as a your the Pilot in Command. Whereas a commercial flight is operating to their Air Operators certificate and Ops manual; where they mostly state that instrument approaches are mandatory as they are the safer, preferred option. As RobD2 says, "stabalised approaches" are mandatory, if your not stabalised by 1000 or 500 ft you go around and do it again. Within ATC we have specific instructions to adhere to when vectoring aircraft, instructions that are changing again as we (UK CAA) harmonises with ICAO. Each approach has a platform level - 1800 ft for us. Unless the aircraft is operating IAW a published CDA profile, the aircraft must be vectored to establish on the final approach track 2 miles before the descent point (5 miles on a 3 deg glide path for us). Accordingly, from 7 mile final for the runway the aircraft will be routinely overflying the same spot at the same levels. Often the aircraft are clean until just before descent and the aircraft uses the drag of flaps and gear to decelerate. Modern Aircraft types as so much quieter and no where near the noise nuisance of 10 years ago let alone 20. The Embraer 195 is the largest thing we operate from our 1500m Runway and from the Twr you can't hear it land. Safe flying :-) M

Judging by the video above - me thinks the answer is NO !!! :-)

I don't think it's beyond the realms of the probable that there will be a significant social and economic backlash at the Chinese for being the catalyst of, and for the lack of transparency about, the current Coronavirus situation. Another change in manufacturing location for the companies to manage?? Perhaps it will give us all time to catch up with those items we liked yet did not need. :-)

Yeah - looked but couldn't find them listed :-(

Double post slow connection !

I'm not being funny but this sort of thing is not new ! I've had to remove and reset an axle (normally more than one) off almost every diesel locomotive I've bought. One aspect I've always found annoying as wobble screams TOY not model. It's via having to get additional wheelsets from Bachmann that I discovered the wheels of the first issue 37 are smaller than the latest!

Rob - I read it as humorous and TBH, I think the chap is probably worried about bigger things than a few key-stokes on this place. Move along no lefties here :-)

Nice need work - looks really good.

Looks nice and 'gungy' Rob. Cough . . .ahem . . paint them rails . . . :-)

What type? Always use Tamiya myself and plastic bags - for large areas.

Flippin heck Rob - that's not too good. I guess Bachmann wont send a replacement as you've renumbered it? If it were me - I'd attack it with some paint stripper and re do it myself. There is a lot of cracking in various areas which would perhaps indicate a bonding issue with the under-coat. I'll have to lend you some Heljan Duffs . . . time to come to the dark side - albeit a bit chubby :-)

Andy - just a thought. If you have some BH Peco track available perhaps change the sidings to that. Better suits the concept of disused sidings than Fb rail. Good job thus far :-)

Or from Scale Model Scenery - laser cut. https://www.scalemodelscenery.co.uk/lx177-oo-mod-20ft-side-opening-shipping-container-kit-pack-of-2-oo4mm176-1858-p.asp

Did you see Charlies video on the kit? Very useful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbyDcy7GDos

Excellent choice and covering dual era's as well :-)

You're not alone. . . . Thus far I have resisted the urge to send "I searched for Bachmann. . . .why am I seeing your Lima S**t ; SPAM listing !" Just scroll past and put it in the FIB :-)

Chris - top tip for sleeper replacement for joins. Get a spare sleeper and cut the inner chairs only off with a scalpel. Then cut sleeper next to chair underneath where rail sits. Slide into position from either side and you have a sleeper in situ missing only the inner chairs. This helps maintain the uniform appearance of a chaired sleeper at all times when viewed from the side :-)

Hi Chris. Most WRDs for your era are old steam shed type constructions. Theres some great shots on Flickr from inside Toton WRD. An older style shed with more space either side of the track may look more prototypical. Alternatively, model the front 10m only of the shed and have a small FY on the left fir the wagons to disappear into. Good luck.

Top bloke to deal with. We had lots of good comms regarding my bespoke order and everything went together perfectly. My only niggling doubt . . . if I can do them justice ! :-)

A Portable pin cushion for the misses. Is it DCC ready :-)

Then again . . . it looks like a thick cantrail stripe ?!?!?!?!? https://www.flickr.com/photos/mick_page/8392583845/in/photolist-dMCbMt-cev8eu-LkettR-bv7B12-ksrwnk-mm34Vf-cAz6UQ-29vPM8v-du11Dy-p38isz-o1W7et-9CYpd4-UXTvhS-hnE8R4-29DdqrB-9DQAsv-9LYgFj-kwMguZ-KL5and-LuB6H4-L1RZ9J-LTFB8L-7nQT9g-bP6wcg-pWmk7s-aLM58B-9LYgK1-HvgJun-sdGDZd-9Gn6dU-2cguroc-mvbw2x-Uqbb5G-dc1aCR-bEefoi-juRXLA-ocpuAH-2aw1fbG-dCVAkf-e1qTkw-mveVUM-STveVc-ngsQsD-Qq4N9C-52vECh-d8BH9E-dN9SGY-28UYEzW-2a97C2q-e6g4xe

When I saw the picture I thought I don't remember it with that livery . . . but then again . . . https://www.flickr.com/photos/actonwellsjunction/8530287305/in/photolist-dZMXe4-kLNRDg-6LwUAj-Qq4N9C-28UYEzW-CfJ6W8-9fqYtE/

Hey Andy . . . .are the team from Hatton's there ??? JOKE :-)