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  1. Also wondering how many railway gifts I will get this year - nil last so there is hope.

  2. Been buying US HO locomotives just to run on a mates layout. Am I mad??

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Not necessarily.

    2. AndrewC

      AndrewC

      Welcome to the dark side. :-)

       

  3. Been watching all the James Bond movies since Friday. Railway continuity is just awful on From Russia with Love

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    2. Barry Ten

      Barry Ten

      FRWL is one of my favorite Bond films but the train sequences are awful.

    3. Tim Hall

      Tim Hall

      Nearly got thrown out of a pub quiz for answering the question "How many James Bond films are there?" with the answer "Too many"

    4. sharris

      sharris

      Things could have been worse - you could have been watching The Cassandra Crossing.

  4. Currently dabbling in N scale US outline (thinking Appalachia PRR coal line) and enjoying not knowing anything about the prototype and having to learn the fundamentals, again.

    1. Barry Ten

      Barry Ten

      All part of the fun!

  5. Damn, my Pioneer CD player has just died, just dont make them like they should, this just like the Hornby mazak experience.Should see if the manufactuer will replace but need to find the reciept from 1988 first.

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    2. Tim V

      Tim V

      Used to be able to get that sort of thing repaired - but those places have gone as well ...

    3. Sturminster_Newton

      Sturminster_Newton

      As one what worked in theatrical hire. Medium quality CD players were on the company hire stock. Costed into £33/wks. IF it lasted for a year the unit was bought paid for and in profit. Some managed three or four years before needing minor repairs.

       

      It's usually components that fail, capacitors and joints dry out. The mechanical bits go on for ever it's drive bands and the electronic bits that die.

       

      Little known fact most electronic items are powered by smoke.

    4. neal

      neal

      My 1988 vintage technics is now in the attic, however I recommisioned my Yamaha tape deck last weekend. But I seem to have lost a box of cassettes!

  6. Discovered the joy of LED strip lights and a well lit layout

    1. RedgateModels

      RedgateModels

      That's my plan for Fourgig too!

  7. Dismantling layouts is not as much fun as building. Also how come you need 3 times the space for all the parts???

  8. Finally came up with a workable scheme to fit 2 layouts into a spare room. TT on the bottom and N on the top!

  9. Getting nostalgic about reading old articles in RM

  10. Grouting, the DIY equivalent of ballasting

    1. Hroth

      Hroth

      Nahhhh.... Grouting is more fun!

  11. has not set their status

  12. How can it be 28C at 10 oclock at night

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    2. Ian J.

      Ian J.

      Left the oven on with the door open?

    3. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      Not at all at this time of year?

    4. The Blue Streak

      The Blue Streak

      Because it's just cooled down from the 40c it was earlier !!

  13. How to justify a Bachmann GWR 04 and SDJR 7f - and I dont even model 4mm scale !!

  14. I like beer and I like cheese

    1. Mim

      Mim

      Can you make beer out of cheese? Can you make cheese out of beer?

  15. I miss my Lily

  16. i'm a triumph owner again just got my 1978 2500S

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    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      The Seventies are back in fashion again.

    3. Londontram

      Londontram

      A good choice, back in the day I had a TR6 Just watch those crank shaft thrust bearings, regular oil changes

    4. Tim V

      Tim V

      Tax and MOT exempt next year!

  17. Just discovered a TT narrow gauge field railway on ebay, 4.5mm gauge, jut right for a peat railway albiet non-working

  18. Just discovered that layout building is fun

  19. Just found an excellent Mk1 Triumph 2.5PI for next to nothing...might put a hold on the modelling budget for a while

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    2. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      Go for it, but look for a mark2 and swap the rear axle from that to yours. Wider track improves the handling! Oh and make yourself a brake adjuster tool for the rear brakes!

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Is it possible to replace the engine with one from an E36 M3?

    4. Sidecar Racer

      Sidecar Racer

      I agree with Jamie , I spent many an hour servicing them , and they were the

      Police ones too .

  20. Just realised, I have painted the house BR corporate blue, Blue doors, grey skirting boards and thin white window surrounds

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    2. Talltim

      Talltim

      You either need to paint the front yellow or fit high-intensity headlights

    3. Horsetan
    4. adb968008

      adb968008

      Yellow doors ?

  21. Just rediscovered that layout building is fun

  22. Just rediscovered that layout building is fun

  23. Just rediscovered that layout building is fun

  24. Looking for somone to blame for making the fiddle yard loops too short

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    2. MarkC

      MarkC

      Any mirrors to hand? :P

    3. TT3

      TT3

      All fixed now, planning wile you build works well sometimes

  25. Looking forward to running my new and one and only HO loco on a mate layout tomorrow - and I dont even model HO..

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