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  1. John M Upton

    Has anyone ever managed to reassemble a Heljan Class 33 without swearing loudly and losing bits of glazing into the carpet never to be seen again?!?

  2. John M Upton

    I've just seen the first Christmas advert on the TV - ITS SEPTEMBER FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!! My grumpiness/humbug level just trebled and now I am in a really bad mood...

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    2. ozzyo

      ozzyo

      Easter eggs will be on sale soon!!!

    3. Mikkel

      Mikkel

      Hornby 2012 announcements due in a week, then.

    4. Ramblin Rich

      Ramblin Rich

      My work colleague just gleefully showed me an iPhone app telling us there's "101 sleeps to Xmas"... Arrrrghh!

  3. John M Upton

    RMWeb is crawling along very slowly at the moment...

    1. newbryford

      newbryford

      Just like the Bank Holiday traffic......

       

    2. Mikkel

      Mikkel

      I suppose that makes us all a bunch of creeps.

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      This is why I stayed at home.

  4. John M Upton

    Entering the minefield that is 4-BEP buffet car variations. Eeek!!

  5. John M Upton

    Last ever NOTW's are on Ebay at inflated 'Rare collectable' prices already!!! You couldn't make it up, unlike many of the NOTW's stories over the years...

  6. John M Upton

    I am going to give up on Ebay, it seems to be crammed with morons with more money than sense...

    1. John M Upton

      John M Upton

      Yes but a bad reason if you are a buyer!!

    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      eBay's fun to watch!

    3. DonB

      DonB

      Gave up using it 5/6 years ago. A look recently seemed to indicate that it's become an outlet for commercial dealers. Wasn't impressed!

  7. John M Upton

    The Gatwick Express Class 73 is here! Pity Hornby cocked up badly with livery errors... :-(

    1. Follower

      Follower

      Which loco did they choose -is it Royal Observer Corps? (Cruelly renamed & renumbered by SWT but now in Southern's hands!)

  8. John M Upton

    According to my Hornby Magazine calendar, today is Mothers Day. Could have sworn that was last month...

    1. Coombe Barton

      Coombe Barton

      Mother's Day - US (and others) tradition - Mothering Sunday. Mothering Sunday - Christian tradition celebrated on the fourth Sunday in Lent.

    2. trisonic

      trisonic

      It's Mother's Day in the 'States......

    3. darren01

      darren01

      It's mothers day every day with my mum!

  9. John M Upton

    Where are all my bits to reassemble my Hornby Class 56? You would have thought the obvious place to look first was the little plastic box marked 'Hornby Cl56 Parts' wouldn't you?!?

    1. slow8dirty

      slow8dirty

      Oh such refreshing childlike innocence..

  10. John M Upton

    Typically sickly vomit inducing trailer for the Royal Wedding coverage on the BBC just now. Bleugh....

    1. bcnPete

      bcnPete

      Thank God I am in Spain...

    2. Wellyboots

      Wellyboots

      Wedding? What wedding?

    3. bcnPete

      bcnPete

      The one that is being funded by the taxes!

  11. John M Upton

    I simply cannot believe someone asked me about Christmas today. It's APRIL for gawd's sake!!

  12. John M Upton

    Back from Ally Pally somewhat light in the wallet!!

  13. John M Upton

    There is nothing grumpier in the world than a workaholic with a day off...

    1. Jim49

      Jim49

      Workaholics? No that's one club I never came close to joining.

  14. John M Upton

    Frustration is having lots of projects planned but suppliers can't be arsed to make the bits anymore!!!

    1. ozzyo

      ozzyo

      Make them yourself then.

  15. John M Upton

    The list is up, the wallet is screaming for mercy and somewhere down in the west country someone is head butting their desk in disbelief I reckon....

  16. John M Upton

    Just had a really wild idea... This could get expensive!!

  17. John M Upton

    Reassembling a Hornby 56's cab end interiors after painting in Large Logo livery - It's like a challenge on the Crystal Maze!!

  18. John M Upton

    The Royal Mail tried to deliver a parcel, at lunchtime on a Sunday! Something very odd going on here...

    1. big jim

      big jim

      it happened to us a couple of weeks back too, clearning the backlog from christmas/weather etc

    2. John M Upton

      John M Upton

      But looking at the 'you were out' card, it's dated Saturday but they definitely called on Sunday!!

    3. Fairburn

      Fairburn

      Same with me a few weeks back. Ordered an Arriva Northern 153 from Signal Box and a Northern Rail 153 from Hattons - nowt for 2 weeks and then a knock on the door on a Sunday with one parcel. As I was unwrapping the stringed parcel, she knocked again with the second she'd, '...found in the van'? They've started to contract out by me, don't knock at the neighbours, card thru' the door. Last week I got one with no address on! Confused the life out of the lad on the d...

  19. John M Upton

    Pulling lots of steam locos out of storage that have been sitting in boxes for eighteen months!!

  20. John M Upton

    Looks like I might have to get to work on the scenic parts of the layout, I may be getting visitors!!

    1. Mattmaz

      Mattmaz

      There's nothing quite like the threat of visitors to speed up layout progress :-)

  21. John M Upton

    Looks like my faithful old netbook is about to be pining for the fjords...

  22. John M Upton

    One day of festive hell down, one more still to go. The sooner we run trains on Christmas Day and Boxing Day so I can avoid the 'festive' horror the better!!

    1. modfather

      modfather

      Glad I'm not the only one, I would much rather be in the fitters mess...

    2. beast66606

      beast66606

      I'd rather be out photographing your trains (mind you they'd have to come a bit further North, but any trains would do me)

  23. John M Upton

    Here we go, eyes down for a full house...

  24. John M Upton

    T-30 Minutes and Counting untl Hornby Day!!!

  25. John M Upton

    Bent down to pick something up and my head hit the workbench, realised ten minutes later I have a streak of NSE red paint in my hair!!!

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    2. DonB

      DonB

      Spilt blood or spilt paint?

    3. Ed-farms

      Ed-farms

      Don't you know you should do the white first so it does not show the red underneath?

    4. St. Simon

      St. Simon

      You are going to paint the rest in early or revised livery?

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