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  1. Steve Taylor

    making painting track sexy - read "50 shades of brown"

    1. Michael Delamar

      Michael Delamar

      fifty shades of gravel

    2. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      Would any place where this kind of modelling takes place have to be called a sh*g?

  2. Steve Taylor

    new flat: now have a workroom and a garage with light and power. I may just have run out of excuses?

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Presumably the bog is in full working order.

    2. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      workbench is set up... in the workroom, but there is the emergency portable telly'n'throne friendly tray so in the spirit of another question elsewhere on here.............. i could try to do a wagon sat on the throne.

  3. Steve Taylor

    it is entirely possible that i may very well need a new job sooner rather than later. a small lottery win to tide me over for a few months while I find something more suitable would be helpful too.

    1. Trainshed Terry

      Trainshed Terry

      I know that feeling well, I am still trying to find a job that matches the skill that I have. Good luck in finding a job. don't forget to claim JSA.

    2. Tangoman69

      Tangoman69

      Ditto Steve, my get up and go, has got up and gone! I need something that hasn't got a 3 hour, 100 mile round trip commute!

  4. Steve Taylor

    having to do job applications again is proving a real chore - its getting in the way of building gearboxes for a start.

    1. muddys-blues

      muddys-blues

      Good luck

    2. Peter Kazmierczak

      Peter Kazmierczak

      I know the feeling..............

  5. Steve Taylor

    Today I have finished the first structure drawings for my model of Broomielaw. Starting simply I've reconstructed the coal drops in CAD. By complete coincedence, fifty years ago today, the original 1':12" version saw its last passenger service.

    1. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Sounds like a great project!

    2. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      Tomorrow is reserved for trying to carve rough stonework from MDF to make the cell partitions. I'm full of cold so its an ideal exercise for staying indoors. If it works I can move on to doing the bridge too. Just got to fathom out how to export/print from TurboCad

       

  6. Steve Taylor

    a very substantial work tray built, and now constructing tea to the sound of Hamish and Dougal - Mrs Nauchtie and the dance of the seven voles anybody?

    1. RJS1977

      RJS1977

      Ye'll have had your tea?

    2. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      ach nae, but I'll be saein that yeel huv been huvin it fae me.

  7. 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!

  8. Steve Taylor

    RSU set to mild stun. An hour to spend before lunch and work. This is how wintry mornings should be :D

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Fire up the Quattro!

    2. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      A proper audi? Yes Please - Kielder here i come. One J-72 dismantled and reassembled square and true. Now for th eboring eight hours of the day.

  9. Steve Taylor

    in all the confusion... I've lost a set of j-94 frames. Though I have to admit I only remembered them when i found a set of wheels marked j-94

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      *facepalm*

    2. hornbyandbf3fan

      hornbyandbf3fan

      Oh dear...

  10. Steve Taylor

    soledring iron warmed up for the first time this year.

    1. RJL

      RJL

      Have you got a copy of " The art of soledring"?

    2. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      no, sadly I make do with "The art of soldering" and a keyboard that seems to misbehave.

  11. Steve Taylor

    ooh my ultrascale wheels have arrived. I might not have ordered them if I'd known 4 months ago that I would now be self-employed, but they are possibly even more sexier than the "50 shades of Brown" that was track prep earlier. Is it wrong to think nomnomnom about wheelsets?

    1. Jon020

      Jon020

      :-) not if they're ultrascales. As has been said before, they are as value holding as Gold should you ever wish to sell them on!

    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      I must get round to waiting six months for 6 driving wheels for the Princess.....

  12. Steve Taylor

    self-propelled 4mm handrail knobs: the fastest thing known to man, with the best camouflage bar none. Perhaops they could be the basis for a UK moonshot attempt?

    1. richbrummitt

      richbrummitt

      I find that these things (not limited to handrail knobs) tend to be powered by my ineptitude with the holding device.

    2. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      I fully agree that if those bloody small items must be self-propelled in the first place, they should at least propel themselves into their proper location! :-D

  13. Steve Taylor

    warning: sound from the process of re-spacing peco flexi track into NER 30'x11 sleeper panels may cause domestic friction. I can't vouch for other patterns though

    1. Blue Max

      Blue Max

      not given up on S4 I hope

    2. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      certainly not, can't back down now... ultrascale have taken my dosh, but a quick photo diorama and experiment board was called for and if its good enough for some esteemed members of the national media then who am i to argue!

  14. Steve Taylor

    Sorting, sorting, sorting, get those boxes sorted. Lots of stuff found, collated and filed. Dare i get any of it back out to make a mess and finish it?

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      You may have answered your own question there! :-D

    2. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      spoke to soon, the tide has changed and another wave of RCH gubbins sweeps across the desk

  15. Steve Taylor

    I love the smell of Evostick in the morning; smells like peace and quiet.

    1. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      Too much and you will be quiet, still and at peace.

    2. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      True, but now the Disney channel has fired up, there's little chance of that, just a dual front attack headache. Still 2 roofs and 6 BB axle guide units in place. :D

  16. Steve Taylor

    ....."for there is surely nothing more beautiful in this World than the sight of a lone man facing singlehandedly A half a ton of angry pot roast!"

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Out came the matador

      Who must have been potted, or

      Slightly insane

      but who looked rather bored.

      Then the picadors, of course,

      Each one on his horse;

      I shouted "Ol

    2. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      2 pts Mr Tan

       

      I cheered at the bandilleros' display,

      As they stuck the bull in their own clever way,

      For I hadn't had so much fun since the day

      My brother's dog rover

      Got run over.

       

      (rover was killed by a pontiac. and it was done with

      Such grace and artistry that the witnesses awarded the

      Driver both ears and the tail - but I digress.)

  17. Steve Taylor

    with an inverted A1 rattling away on the desktop testing facility, my attention is drawn to the fact that this office is sadly lacking in features such as "the wall of crisps"

    1. AndyB

      AndyB

      "Shelf of tat" is a must. No-one gets their expenses paid for business trips unless they bring back some tat.

    2. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      Hmmm, a bit more diplomatic term for that is needed, since the four shelves of stuff for model making could be, by some members of the household, described as shelves of tat

  18. Steve Taylor

    All hail GW Models - quartering jig a-go-go

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      It only does 90-degree right-hand lead. If your engine is left-hand lead, or has 3-cylinders, you're on your own!

    2. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      a fair point, but after today i shall console myself with the thought that unless picasso re-models my head..... I can only see one side at a time, and therefore all things shall be good

  19. Steve Taylor

    I may consider becoming Welsh: the beer is tastier and doesn't hurt the following day. Plus work keeps exporting me there. Greetings from Llandovery

    1. Danemouth

      Danemouth

      As I saw on a tee-shirt - "There are only two types of people - those who are Welsh and those that wish they were Welsh" :-)

    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      No mention of sheep?

  20. Steve Taylor

    Yippee, all hail the Iplayer and Happy Burling-Day to you all

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      "Cabin Pressure" LOL. Ah, but I have the Talisker Talisker...

  21. Steve Taylor

    Just consulted the original drawings for my prototype and compared against photos and it appears that even Victorian builders were not adverse to making it up as they went along when they got to site!

    1. 10800

      10800

      Yes, beware the difference between concept, planned and as-built.

  22. Steve Taylor

    1st pair of "c" switches successfully filed up, they fit up and wheelsets passover smoothly, now to trim switches and closures as a unit.... didn't notice that one had shifted on the template when marking up :( now got a "c" switch/closure unit that is 3mm too short. Time to add wine and remember breathing.

    1. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      aaaah but the third one didn't burn down,fall over or sink into the swamp, its not only a very functional "c" switch...... its a very tidy looking one too :D

  23. Steve Taylor

    ain't no fun waiting round to be a millionaire

    1. Michael Delamar

      Michael Delamar

      this time next year Rodney

  24. Steve Taylor

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

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Et tu, Brute?

  25. Steve Taylor

    I'm fitting my mind with a tin hat and the rest of me with kevlar... have you seen the size of the hail today?

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      How come we're not getting any of this relief from humidity down here!??

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