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  1. Happy New Year RMWebists

  2. Practicing soldering

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    2. will5210

      will5210

      Fingers crossed! I'm getting the feel for it now

    3. SHMD

      SHMD

      Burnt your fingers yet! ;)

    4. will5210

      will5210

      Yes! And I've melted a white metal casting. All part of the learning process though :-)

  3. Merry Christmas to all. May your jumpers be bright & your sprouts be bearable.

    1. mozzer models
    2. will5210

      will5210

      Me too. My Brother eats just one every year - my mum forces him too!

    3. 46444

      46444

      Love sprouts-No dodgy Christmas sweaters though!

  4. Watching & enjoying the Tony Wright Loco building DVDs I bought myself as an early Christmas present. Got to start wrapping soon though....

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    2. trisonic

      trisonic

      I need to get those - I wonder if they (the DVD's) would work in the USA?

       

    3. will5210

      will5210

      Yes they seem very good! I've got a Comet J39 chassis which I'm going to have a crack at in the new year

    4. will5210

      will5210

      I got them from the DVD publisher of ebay for about

  5. Enjoying building a Metcalfe signal box with the Cricket on the wireless

    1. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      Is that Jiminy Cricket? I didn't realise he was still around. He can do the fiddly bits for you.

  6. hoping the Hornby rumours are true!

  7. Trying to pluck up the courage to rewheel the K3. I just know a vital component is going to go AWOL

  8. rolling my first boiler

    1. will5210

      will5210

      now on hold to watch Italian Job

  9. Actually I think its got plenty more things right than wrong!
  10. Bought The Gresley Society photographic special on The P2s at Warley & now I want one! (if not all of them!)

    1. Jon020

      Jon020

      Sounds interesting!

  11. Fantastic info on the Thommo pacifics from Mr Wright. Really interesting to hear from people with first hand experience of them.
  12. Don't Panic!

    1. waggy

      waggy

      They don't like it up em. Sad day R.I.P. Clive Dunn

  13. Enjoying a glass of Wine & watching The Kinks on the tele.

  14. Have found a Glasgow-Fort William-Mallaig cab ride video on youtube! 4hrs30mins!!! :)

    1. will5210
    2. sixteen 12by 10s

      sixteen 12by 10s

      My missus says she wants a quiet night with a film and a bottle of wine, just the job

    3. will5210

      will5210

      I'm planning on spending an hour on Rannoch Moor later

  15. That would be an ecumenical matter

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    2. CWJ

      CWJ

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      FECK!

    3. 009matt

      009matt

      Yes, Oh yes!

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      I thought the Holy Stone of Clonrichert was in Fermanagh?

  16. Just got back from Manchester show with the usual paper bags of dreams... :)

  17. Fantastic photos! Thanks for sharing them.
  18. Just received Ian Futers' Scottish Layout Projects. Should be a pleasant read for lunch time.

    1. Bon Accord

      Bon Accord

      Are his books worth a read? I'm wondering whether to purchases, as I fancy an NBR/GNSR wayside station layout.

    2. will5210

      will5210

      Yes they're good. His ttrackplans tend to be simple affairs

  19. I just notice Apple Green Engines can supply a P2 front. Might be worth a punt for less than a tenner? http://homepage.ntlworld.com/applegreenengines/PARTS.html
  20. N gauge is too tempting. Might have to dabble

    1. Grafarman

      Grafarman

      Don't dabble; Plunge in!!

    2. richbrummitt

      richbrummitt

      Beware. Toe dipped in water leads to drowning.

    3. Debs.

      Debs.

      The 'Captain Picard' gauge..... :-)

      "Make it so No.1; engage!"

  21. Congrats on a superb thread. Really inspiring to read and a real eye opener as to what a bit of lateral thinking can achieve! cheers Will
  22. Cricket cancelled so off to Accrington show

  23. What a brilliant job on those open wagons! I'm really enjoying the daily updates on this great thread
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