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If the mods don't mind I'll be providing live updates here on the Olympic clay pigeon shooting competition.
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Ah Olympic clay shooting. Reminds me of my uni days when I joined the club. The club was sponsored by Hull Cartridge who also sponsored an Olympian. They offered us a few of the shells that this person used for competition. The club had 3 guns, and one had an occasional quirk where both barrels would fire at once. Can you see where this is going?
One "Olympic grade" shell makes a heck of a bang and you REALLY need to make sure you have the butt tucked in carefully to avoid injury. TWO shells? Flat on my back, couldn't move that shoulder for a few days and the bruise was still there a month later. "Pardon?" was my favourite phrase.
For the record, that clay was dust. And that gun got a proper service soon after.
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@Bucoops - no wonder I couldn't hit much, I didn't have special cartridges! I feel diddled.
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Those are the days when you wonder "why am I doing this". Experience teaches us that it will be OK later. The problem is that we forget! 🙂 The wagon looks superb though.
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Nice bit of deconstruction. You are basically starting over with the original kit, so this must be a new model. Which means, I suppose, that one kit can produce multiple models! But not at the same time. So time must be a factor. Never mind, my head hurts, back to the workbench 🙂
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It's not about quantity, it's about who got there first :-) https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=GB&NR=190221140A&KC=A&FT=D&ND=3&date=19030716&DB=&locale=en_EP -
Thanks for the tip on that book, Mike, a voice from a different age. The author is very taken with the drawing of the "Express Locomotive" in Plate E (p439), calling it "the finest examples of the kind ever executed". He praises the shading and I like his choice of words: "every individual line tells it tale." I also can't help but smile at the overly zealous man with the stamp in the New York Public Library, of whom I have now formed a strong mental image!
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A CR D37 twin wagon build part 3
Mikkel commented on Dave John's blog entry in Kelvinbank, a Caledonian Railway project.
Thanks Dave. I agree about sprung whitemetal buffers, hasn't worked for me either. -
No, don't worry, not mine. I wish it was though. I really like the look of it, regardless of the boiler.
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Ah, that makes sense. Thanks Stephen.
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If they can produce a loco half as stylish, characterful and exquisite as that one, they can do a 45 degree angled boiler for all I care 🙂
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No mouse? 🙂 It would be a nice trademark to leave in there. Do people do such things in VR modelling?
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They certainly are lovely sketches. I wonder if this one was originally coloured, and if so why? It's aestethically pleasing, but the advantage in terms of clarifying the content seems limited.
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A CR D37 twin wagon build part 3
Mikkel commented on Dave John's blog entry in Kelvinbank, a Caledonian Railway project.
They look good as always, Dave. Can I ask: I've been pondering the spring mechanism. Is there any functional reason why the spring wire is connected between the buffers, or is it only because it's simpler/quicker? -
My guess is that Dapol are aiming for full lining with the red frames, i.e.: https://swindonworks.weebly.com/517-instructions.html https://www.7mmloco.co.uk/2024/02/22/gwr-dean-517-class-0-4-2t-no-524/
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Posting in the forum will probably get you more views and likes, if that's a priority. Most people never make it to the blogs, or forget them, or don't like the format. I like the blogs because they provide a more structured format, and it's easier to go back and find things. But both formats have pros and cons, and I think RMweb is richer for having them both. You could also have a daily thread and an occasional blog, not unusual.
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Those close-ups are quite un-appetizing! The "before" ones, I mean 😄 The transformation of No. 148 really is impressive, Matt, hard to believe it's the same model. Well, I suppose it isn't actually the same model, as you have completely remodelled it. Philosophical question: When does a model become a different model?
