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  1. Steve Taylor

    an hour spare, wind up the dynamo, its RSU o'clock

  2. Steve Taylor

    annoy the cat, eat all the mackeral, annoy myself, do some work :(

  3. Steve Taylor

    another day in paradise?

    1. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      Oh, think twice...

    2. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      not a workers paradise

    3. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      hmm yes, ground floor shopper's paradise. I'm now feeling disturbed that I inadvertently started the day with a Phil Collins lyric in my head, albeit ironically given the weather.

       

  4. Steve Taylor

    another day, another hotel. On the plus side its not raining and I've sussed the ironmongery for another templot crossover plan.

  5. Steve Taylor

    another year, another cv. Still after this one a little CAD time beckons. The staircase arcading is slowly coming together and may see the light of day this year!

    1. yorkie_pudd

      yorkie_pudd

      Hope it`s a bright sunny day and the CV works wonders for you.

    2. trisonic

      trisonic

      Good Luck!

  6. Steve Taylor

    Armed only with this bottle of merlot, some drawings, card and the newsquiz on the i-player I have set forth on a quest for the 1/4 size layout mockup. There may be contours ahead, but while there's scalpels and spraymount and templot and maps, lets face the archive and guess.

  7. Steve Taylor

    Austerity modelling ago-go. In the spirit of the age of Jeffery Osborne, not the RA Riddles WD designs, its see what the fails box can provide to be cobbled together to provide viable projects. So far I"m down one J-72, but up another J-72 and hopefully a j-94 too when the frames turn up.

    1. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      frames now turned up plus three D&S kits I'd forgotten about. Now I"m torn. They're a little early for my period but very nice.... decisions decisions

  8. Steve Taylor

    awful weather. Fire up the soldering iron

    1. DougN

      DougN

      Weather is not bad on this Side of the earth... Still the soldering iron was going hard at a Finney kit!

    2. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      jealous - just finishing off the chores before i melt a bit of bradwell

    3. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      brew ready. Rob Newman playing on the i-player. Soldering iron warming. RSU excavated. I'm going in.

  9. Steve Taylor

    back from surgery with a sicknote too. Its time to get on with things :D

  10. Steve Taylor

    back in business again: templot and helicon safely installed onto new macbook. Time for a large sigh of relief and to get stripping and rebuilding the imac to sell it

  11. Steve Taylor

    bah - work in the morning, just got into the habit of this time off thing and its over

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    2. Crisis Rail

      Crisis Rail

      Good pub - used it it wash and brush up in the mornings when camping at Castlerigg :) - So your from John peel country then?

    3. Crisis Rail

      Crisis Rail

      .....surely not the Pennine big hill?

    4. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      yup - Darlington born and bred. In mitigation holidays from before I was born were staying in one of the ganger's terraces in Keswick

  12. Steve Taylor

    bah, Monday. Eeeeeugh

  13. Steve Taylor

    Balsa can rescue sanity. Progress restored. Bad, evil mdf consigned to a dark corner for now.

  14. Steve Taylor

    Birmingham. Engine room: standby to make revolutions for ramming speed.

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    2. steam-driven boy

      steam-driven boy

      Tee-Hee

      Brummieland: God's Wonderful Real estate - enjoy! Change?

      The Bull Ring not 'Bullring'

      Curzon Street not 'Eastside'

    3. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      hmm looking at the weather, I shall dress accordingly..... gold plated waders and a chrome sou'wester. Bring round my flagship and prepare to make smoke. Also, given the moist atmospheric conditions today have my zeppelin crew stand down.

    4. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      run away. A tactless retreat undertaken in the face of "chicken curry pasty"!

  15. Steve Taylor

    bodging in the wagonarium - now this is how a day off should be

  16. Steve Taylor

    brain meltdown resulting from trying to visualise 90deg r/h lead transfered t oan upright wheel press from an upside down chassis. THUNK.

  17. Steve Taylor

    Brass should be lime green: this way when all the handrail knobs fall off the desk they can be found again.

    1. Ozexpatriate

      Ozexpatriate

      So long as you don't have lime green carpet, though I don't suppose that's a problem for many.

    2. Ian J.

      Ian J.

      What's wrong with lime green carpet...? ;-)

    3. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      The landlord has.... tastefully..... gone with a beige scheme. Perhaps reverse chameleon brasswork so it singularly fails to blend in, whatever the background?

  18. Steve Taylor

    bridge to engine room: all stop.

    1. Worsdell forever

      Worsdell forever

      Left hand down a bit?

    2. N15class

      N15class

      I do know my left and right I am the navigating officer.

    3. Worsdell forever

      Worsdell forever

      Oh, Lummy...

  19. Steve Taylor

    bridge to engine room: make revolutions for full ahead. I've 4 chassis to do before I have to give back the techno jig. Best get a move on.

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    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Would that be Mrs. Trellis from North Wales?

    3. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      well lets be honest any fruitcake from anywhere would be welcome, though north wales's Mrs T and the ghost of Humph would be excellent. Clue vol3 has helped through 8 blocks and guides, 4 spacesavers and twelve min-blocks.

    4. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      question to self: always overstock on small stuff by at least 50% to one engines worth to allow for mangling and launching or glue everything to the desk before starting?

  20. Steve Taylor

    bridge to engine room: make revolutions for full ahead. I've 4 chassis to do before I have to give back the techno jig. Bet get a move on.

  21. Steve Taylor

    bring me the asbestos thimbles, I'm going in.

  22. Steve Taylor

    ccl, cc, cc, cc, ccr, s1, s1, s1, s1 (reversed)

  23. Steve Taylor

    Csb on ivatt 4 tender complete. Bemused by spring rates. To my mind looks to saggy but it matches the pictures. The test will be will it match the loco.

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    2. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      Aye thats the one. Its gone together not too badly considering my two left thumbs, but if this was a car i'd be saying stiffer/longer spring rates or up the coilover rates. Should it sit on the bumpstops?

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      I thought the whole point was to have the suspension allowing the engine to sit in mid-travel, not on the bumpstops.

    4. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      hmmmm, thought so. The j-72 was set at mid (ish) travel. This seems to have settled on the stops so off to ye olde-worlde shoppe of geetars in town on my lunch break tomorrow. From tens to 12/13s me thinks.also time to check Chris Pendleton's article in MRJ 175.

  24. Steve Taylor

    csb-ed j72 frames are now dry built with blocks hangin nicely. WEight of desk has doubled due to missing self-propelled handrail knobs hiding arund the place

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    2. Worsdell forever

      Worsdell forever

      Had a Wafer this afternoon...

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Still think Teacake is superior.

    4. Blue Max

      Blue Max

      coconut snowballs for me

  25. Steve Taylor

    cutting plastic. Dome off. Now, who hid the drill for opening chimneys up?

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Et tu, Brute?

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