Hal Nail

Presumably they have had the same problem if they are only just starting to save now, 3 1/2 years after it was announced!

I doubt there will be any requirements: The pitfalls are so obvious they clearly dont care. I've just watched someone ride one along the platform flat out as a tube pulled in. When the doors opened and people got off, he was still going full tilt on the edge of the platform leaving everyone to dive out of the way. Beyond moronic, that's wilfully being anti social.

I suspect I may suffer from a deficiency of this.

On the subject of e scooters, the BBC reported about a couple of weeks ago they are likely to be made legal shortly as they are seen as a solution to the reduction in public transport capacity due to covid distancing.

The dark bit is a blob of grease.

Cant see Johnny Depp advertising that somehow.

I assume this is all tongue in cheek but to me those 503s are about as attractive as Wayne Rooney. In contrast the Hampshire efforts are, well, a bit more Theo Walcott. Just sayin'.

Excellent thanks! Yes now you say that I should have realised the body side radiators would be smack in the way of a side corridor.

Hi, hoping for some class 33 help please! The back of the cab is different at each end - one has a door in the middle and one on the left. I cant remember which goes at which end? Thanks

Absolutely lashing down in West London. I had my heart set on a farmer's market pie but even I'm not that keen!

Why don't you just ring Jim up?

Speak for yourself- I'm just getting going! What I cant decide is whether the world is genuinely getting worse or if us old farts just instinctively think that. The former seems entirely plausible but history suggests society does naturally evolve.

One for the OP to ponder. A wagon in O is around 40 quid, and a brake van more. So the loco might be reasonably priced comparatively but other things will generally be more expensive.

Some low flying aircraft in west london would be nice. Might drown out the constant noise from peoples bloody builders!

It will barely open on my phone. Is everyone else having trouble or just me?

Ahh. I knew there was something stopping me sleeping... That new plan has resurrected a vague idea to do Birmingham New Street as a 7mm micro layout. A lot of trains terminated or reversed so a loco and half a coach* could appear, the loco detach, the coach eventually disappear etc. Maybe a single unit leave the other way occassionally. *If I make a mk1 BG out of two Dapol brakes cut in half, I could literally make a couple of 1 bogie dummy coach ends with the leftovers and keep the hidden section really short. Carlsberg dont make photo planks, but if they did.....

I'm pretty comfortable pretending they were sent down to Bodmin/Wadebridge area. I'm loose on some things, not on others. I like each model to be individually accurate and when I finally do a layout it will be c1959 but I have no issue at all having a few locos in early 50s and a couple of diesels in blue. I decided my stock would all be 1959 tho as I couldnt justify duplicate rakes just to have a white box round the wagon numbers when behind the diesels. I might make an exception and have a rake of china clay wagons with early flat covers and one with hoods but ideally I'm hoping I can have them share one underframe. More on this shortly!

An 08 will go round tight curves admittedly but a 90 degree curve in O isnt to be underestimated.

Ha. I didnt know that - might get some cheap ones for the rough work and just chuck them afterwards!

Sorry but I'm back and with no hint of irony... Is the join now one full brick width in - theres an odd line running for 3 bricks, every other 3 rows. What was wrong with the old method - I thought your corners were always thought to be pretty good?

I still think their 47 is the best of the various efforts including JLTRT and that 31 captures the look well for me as well. Were they behind the Tower warship? I've got one in my stash to do one day.

I went on a dolphin trip in New Zealand where you got a free tip if you didnt see anything. Needless to say it was grey and cold and after an hour of nothing, one fin appeared briefly as we re entered the harbour. Is there a radiocontrolledfishweb?! I should check...

You can actually speak to people at ebay. I'd keep it fairly brief: Ie seller has acknowledged a problem but I'm not getting satisfactory resolution. Is a partial refund allowable given these are repairable and if so would Ebay arbitrate or is a return for full refund the only recourse?

Are you suggesting the way to avoid panic stockpiling is for everyone to have a 6 month supply sat at home already?

Good job or he'd be mortarfied. I'll get my coat.