Penlan

I had a word with the driver of vehicle pulling along this trailer, and he said.. "Tis a sample for some Captain bloke who's got a do up Taunton way soon.."... Looks a proper job that.

Not madness, but I wanted a CD, sold in the USA, but from an UK source, so picked on the items marked in £'s... Cost £8.07 - Free P&P, then after Buy Now, thought the delivery date (about 15 days) was long so checked origin... Kentucky... The CD is normally around $12 + $8 p&p from the USA, so in one sense I have a bargain, bar the delivery time has caught me. Oh, the CD - Roy Rogers (Blues Guitarist) and if you want to know what he's like try this track on YouTube

Technohead - The comfort was brilliant in the Diner, because it was LNWR not Midland .... Hi, John Miles, hope all's well with you .... I trust the Icon's out of mourning now...

True, and in the words of a long time modeller, "Buy them whilst you can".......

Well, in my Village in west Cornwall, the betting's Wales winning by at least a 15 point margin, but my friend (Welsh speaking) Tudor reckons around 17 - 11 to Wales. I haven't heard what Rick O'Shea thinks, I will ask his mother who lives in the Village.... I hope you've bought his book.

I'm told there is a 'Round Table' Charity Exhibition this Sunday in Monmouth, and that Newport MRC are taking along a couple of layouts, I'm also told it's a nice little show.... All E.& O.E. However, a search via Google didn't bring anything to light.... But as I recall Welsh exhibitions always seem to be a bit shy about advertising themselves. Perhaps they can't think beyond this Friday - 6 nations (OK,l 2 Nations), and no trains after 10pm .... I won't be there - to far from west Cornwall, and I've only just picked up this info., anyway from one of the Cardiff Show people. BR2975 - The reason a Cardiff Club member is going, is to look at what layouts are there, and if suitable for Cardiff Show.

I've had an exhibition or two where in spite of the detailed floor plan supplied showing the layout dimensions, viewing side - operator side, minimum space required behind and/or at end of layout and exit points (for breaks toilets, lunch etc.,), these dimensions have been ignored. The worst one was were we had 2 feet behind the layout to operate from. I could only just get along behind the layout, no chance of even Prieser people passing each other. My layout plan shows '4ft Minimum, please'

At one of our latter exhibitions we ran a 'quiz' to guess the speed of a train going through the scenic section for the visitors, most people under estimated it... It was doing a scale 30mph. Prizes - Oh.. Burtons chocolate 'Wagon Wheels' of course, with just the hint of a flange...

There was a useful table from 'Bullocks' on this thread http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/82715-a-speedometer-for-the-layout/ Post No. #25, there are other cross references too on that thread for various speed calc., sources. I have my own version in Excel, based on a 1/4 mile, as I have that distance (and more) on my 4mm layout = 17' 4"

6 K's, all from long, long ago - 1 with slopping smoke box front, 2 scratch built by third parties names lost in the mist of time. All have scratch, Gibson or LRM chassis' now. Mostly Gibson wheels, though there's still a few Sharman's in service, purchased when the Bristol Show was in White Ladies Road. I do have a few 0-6-0 Coal engines too, mostly M&L, but also a nice scratch built one by the late John Horton. - This is the same 'Horton', as in 'Horton Road' Main Goods Entrance to Bob Essery's 'Dewsbury'.

One of my son's has a Masters Degree in Electrical Technology and Communications - He's the worst solderer I've known, I tried to show him how, but still he's still the master of the dry joint. Annoyingly, I think I may well have to buy a Coal Tank too, though whether the other 8 on the layout will let it perform, I don't know.

I don't know what's shown on the Right Track 3 DVD, but the method I use for lining the LNWR mouldings is to do the whole width (old) Humbrol 24 (Trainer Yellow), then a single plum line along the centre. Phillip Millard showed me this method some 40+ years ago, and it seems to meet most standards. I have lost a load of files on my PC, this is the only one I have showing the lining, though I have posted many in the past on RMWeb. It's not the best, but the principles there. Edit, These two vehicles are etched zinc sides and ends - one Red Rose (P.Millard) and the other Trevor Charlton - no not the footballer. The bars on the windows are matt 'leather' red (Humbrol) paint on 5 thou glass 'Cover Slip' glazing.

Brian Badger did a lot of coach refurbishment and painting too. I think in the late 1980's. I was a regular visitor to his workshop, they were in the process of be 'worked on' then.

.... and in parts of France, if you have to pay for car parking, it's free between 12 and 2pm. (e.g. if you buy a 2 hour ticket at 11am, it covers you till 3pm... or it does in Brittany anyway).

These days I tend to say ".....I'm going to find a proper job, because I had more time to myself when I was working full time...".

I have to admit we don't get much banter from the other side of the barriers, but there's plenty amongst my operators, both the main one of 40 years, Tudor Watkins, and friends from Cardiff MRC, John Miles and Graham Tierney, even Mike Bird gets in on it some times - but there's an underlying respect for each other, so it works.... it's not cruel, but it can be sharp.....

I've had this remark on Penlan - I replied, "Well the LNWR did get into Windermere, which is almost next door"..

No, you can't, but visiting Lord & Butlers is OK.

Jol, In the 1880's the Coal Tanks were built with sloping smokebox front's and 1054 is shown as such on page 54 of 'Bashers, Gadgects and Mourners'., so not exactly as per Bachmann's, (.. when built..), agreed probably in plain black as the photo of No. 925, out shopped in Sept., 1889, was in plain black..,(page 61 of above book).

In respect of the different heights of people and (IMHO a good idea of..) mixing 3.5 and 4mm scale figures together, I'm reminded of a couple of instances where this seems to work (apart from Bernie Ecclestone stood between his Lawyers?). 1. Part of the history of Cornish Tin Mining that is related to visitors is that the low height of the tunnels created problems for new miners after WW1, as due to much better food in the Services (?) those who had served and servived WW1, on return to the mines found themselves much taller, they kept hitting their heads on the tunnel roofs. 2. Back in the 1960's, when I socialised in the New Forest area, myself at 5' 10" and my friends of a similar height, found when visiting 'country' pubs, that invariably all the locals did not even come up to the top of our shoulders, thus in a crowded pub, all we saw was a sea of caps around us, the advantage was the barman could see us easier.... Just a thought

Never the train shall meet ..... Ooops,'twain'.. You/we have to have been married to understand just how little you/we understand women, .... then again, how little they understand each other too.

1ngram, that's a neat idea, mixing 00 and H0 scale to give height variety. Or at least it neatly works with these figures.

I'm onto Mk3, but it doesn't mean there's no limits, yet.

I had a quick look through Grace's Guide, going into 'The Engineer Magazine' area, but nothing to reveal any drawings for your period. Graces guide is very extensive .... beware !!! http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/British_Wagon_Co Did the W&C.Rly buy the stock, or lease it, just wondering as they didn't have much capital. A lot of the Gloucester Wagon Cos wagons were leased.

$175 ? This seems to fly in the face of the impecunious nature of the Scots. However, I like the idea of a Puffer, though I don't recall Kinmundy having any docking facilities for a (Clyde) Puffer, but it could be the Vital Spark for the aroma from Kinmundy, and that would be Para Handy...! ! ! ! Time for a wee lie down, me thinks....