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  1. Skinnylinny

    Rigging up a surface-mount LED onto the desk lamp inside a 4mm signal box. Is this what they call masochism?

    1. HeeleyBridge

      HeeleyBridge

      Take your soldering iron from its holder

      And burn your initials in my shoulder

      Fracture my spine

      And swear that you're mine

      As we dance to the Masochism Tango

       

       

      - sincere apologies to Tom Lehrer

    2. Skinnylinny

      Skinnylinny

      Love it - you had me sniggering out loud at the workbench! Quick photo for them as is interested: https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10153929_649994431801585_1826200992251257977_n.jpg?oh=ba08742b694e6305158fe5893dadaf1d&oe=5624B07E

       

    3. yorkie_pudd

      yorkie_pudd

      Great piece of craftsmanship there fella, now you`ve seen the light...

  2. Skinnylinny

    Off for a weekend operating at the Summerlee Model Railway exhibition - if you're near Glasgow, why not pop along?

  3. Skinnylinny

    Got an interview in the morning that will determine whether or not I get to do a PhD in Railway Safety Systems - looking into fitting steam locos with ERTMS!

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    2. Skinnylinny

      Skinnylinny

      Dutch_Master: Interesting thought, thank you! Given that most locos run with support coaches, that's a possibility...

    3. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      Now there's a fascinating challenge - more like an impossible dream I suspect but good luck.

    4. mcrook62

      mcrook62

      Very much good luck

  4. Skinnylinny

    Built a kit, no trouble at all, now sitting swearing at handrail knobs. How do people manage?

    1. Worsdell forever

      Worsdell forever

      We swear a lot!

    2. Skinnylinny

      Skinnylinny

      Glad it's not just me then! Trying to do all the front-end handrails on an industrial tank engine - boiler side, tank front and smokebox front handrails all next to each other!

  5. Skinnylinny

    Drawing a track plan for Knapford Junction...

  6. Skinnylinny

    Worried about a loco that Hermes are apparently attempting to redeliver. I haven't had the first delivery attempt yet!

    1. AndyB

      AndyB

      That'd be Hermes! Named after the Greek god of speed and cunning. They're so quick you'd have to be cunning to spot them trying to deliver!

  7. Skinnylinny

    You know the student budget is tight when you have to start selling trains to pay the rent... Not fun.

  8. Skinnylinny

    Just lost the last M transfer for a 4mm wagon number. Painting it by hand with a very fine brush and a shaky hand...

    1. class"66"

      class"66"

      No the feeling!!

  9. Skinnylinny

    Dead chuffed with that - picked up a new Hornby A3 for

  10. Skinnylinny

    What is the world coming to? On mentioning that I am a railway modeller, been asked for a "modelling date" where we'll both sit and build things...

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    2. fursty

      fursty

      Don't use Super glue on the first date. If you go down that road you will be inseparable.

    3. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      has just found himself wondering how well soldering irons would lend themselves to SM plays...

    4. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      Probably best to stay away from gauge wars on a first date

  11. Skinnylinny

    Wow, I need to get some more of these Ratio wagon kits. That's an open wagon unpacked and completely built in the time it's taken SWMBO to go into town to go shopping...

    1. Skinnylinny

      Skinnylinny

      Just need another hour to get it painted. Sorted!

    2. steve22

      steve22

      Hmm, I've got one from about thirty seven years ago, still unfinished...

  12. Skinnylinny

    Removing hair dye from flatmate's hair. And I thought modelling chemicals smelt bad!

  13. Skinnylinny

    Delighted by the discovery that students get a free 3-year AutoCAD license!

    1. 69843

      69843

      It's brilliant isn't it!

  14. Skinnylinny

    Was gifted a Bachmann A4 chassis at the club in exchange for other odds and ends. 10 minutes with a dremel later and it fits a GBL bodyshell. Away we go!

  15. Skinnylinny

    Trying to remove the centre screw from a Bachmann RU. Have completely stripped the head, no movement of the screw... Any suggestions?

    1. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      without a picture we will struggle but try using a small screwdiver like a cold chisel and knock it round on the outside of the screw with a small tiny hammer.

    2. modfather

      modfather

      drill the head out then use some molegrips to remove the remains once it's apart

    3. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      that works too

  16. Skinnylinny

    Just noticed that the cosmetic buckeye couplings on my Hornby Railroad Mk1s a) actually couple and b) are mounted the opposite way around on each end of the coach!

  17. Skinnylinny

    Just built a (brand new) Dapol mineral wagon kit in less than an hour. Convinced the parts are far better moulded than last time.

  18. Skinnylinny

    Moving house... first thing to move was the layout!

    1. 3 link

      3 link

      So would I : )

  19. Skinnylinny

    Got my first ever kit-built chassis up and running. It's cogging a bit but otherwise smooth, just need a replacement bolt to hold the dummy bogie on (oops!)

  20. Skinnylinny

    Honours Project tproposal accepted - I get to build a model railway. Not bad for a computer science degree!

    1. 10800

      10800

      Congratulations!

  21. Skinnylinny

    Just submitted a proposal for a fourth-year university project involving model railways...

    1. tractionman

      tractionman

      You might want to check out the posts on this forum by Robert MacKinnon at Aber.

  22. Skinnylinny

    Managed to pick up a Bachmann short 20T brake van... in bright red! Think this might need a new paint job...

  23. Skinnylinny

    5 x Hachette Mk1 SKs... Check. One bottle of T-Cut... Check. Dremel? Where's the Dremel?

    1. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      If you can't find the Dremel head over to Lidl's on Monday

    2. Trainshed Terry

      Trainshed Terry

      That was yesterday

  24. Skinnylinny

    The wonderful moment when you open a kit that's a good two decades older than you, only to find a piece missing... And the relief when it turns up wrapped in the instructions!

  25. Skinnylinny

    Introducing another newbie to the joys of Metcalfe kits!

    1. Adamphillip

      Adamphillip

      great thing those kits

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