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  1. Skinnylinny

    Trying to find old, no-longer-produced products is fun... anyone seen any of the old GEM ground signals kicking about recently?

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      I didn't even know GEM made those!

    2. Skinnylinny

      Skinnylinny

      Yup, used to make 00 scale (ish!) working ground signals, I presume to work with their Mercontrol system!

  2. Skinnylinny

    Trying to fit detailing parts to the new Hornby Schools is terrifying!

    1. Bill

      Bill

      Perhaps better to leave them in the box where they belong :-)

    2. Barry Ten

      Barry Ten

      Two of my Schools ended up having to go back to the service center after damage to the loco-tender electrical connection (way beyond my ability to solder - I'm not a microsurgeon). Lovely models, though.

  3. Skinnylinny

    Wondering if anyone in Edinburgh has a static grass applicator they would lend him - a bit expensive to buy just to do a couple of square inches on the shunting plank!

    1. Skinnylinny

      Skinnylinny

      Payment offered either in the form of a pint or ballasting services!

    2. Baggie

      Baggie

      http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Static-Grass-Applicator-/230725764431?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item35b853c54f
  4. Skinnylinny

    Anyone else remember those GEM working ground signals? Trying to get hold of a few. They're rare enough to make me wonder if I just imagined their existence!

    1. TheSignalEngineer

      TheSignalEngineer

      Still got one.

    2. Skinnylinny

      Skinnylinny

      So they *do* exist! I swear, if I could ever find them on eBay... I want at least two!

  5. Skinnylinny

    $!*&! Messed up applying LSWR lettering from the HMRS pressfix sheet... and there's only one set of each size of lettering per sheet... Another £7.50 to get another sheet of mostly Southern lettering I won't use!

    1. devondynosoar118

      devondynosoar118

      Maybe try and find a southern modeller with the LSWR half to trade with?

    2. RedgateModels

      RedgateModels

      PM me the sheet number, I might have some spare ...

       

  6. Skinnylinny

    Messing about with a laser cutter at the local Hackerspace and evaluating it for producing wagon bodies...

    1. nick_bastable

      nick_bastable

      check these

      http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/uploads/monthly_08_2016/post-1480-0-57970000-1472225212.jpg

       

      if it works in 2mm 4mm plus is a doddle

       

    2. Skinnylinny

      Skinnylinny

      Interesting, thanks!

       

  7. 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!

  8. Skinnylinny

    Just spent fifteen minutes (and three springs) trying to replace a "sprung" Kadee coupling spring. >.< Now I see why they pack so many spares in a packet!

    1. class"66"

      class"66"

      There not easy to fit buddy!! realy pull your hair out over them....

    2. JCL

      JCL

      I'm with you there! :)

  9. 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

  10. Skinnylinny

    Introducing another newbie to the joys of Metcalfe kits!

    1. Adamphillip

      Adamphillip

      great thing those kits

  11. Skinnylinny

    Just received my first package from Narrow Planet. Very impressed at the quality and the service!

    1. Jintyman

      Jintyman

      I totally agree, quality is excellent and the service outstanding.

      Just about all of Talyllyn's station signage has been done by them. ;)

  12. Skinnylinny

    Sometimes it just takes a chat with a fellow enthusiast to bring the modelling mojo back!

    1. BlueLightning

      BlueLightning

      :)
  13. Skinnylinny

    Building my second kit from Petite Properties, and delighted so far!

    1. Jonboy

      Jonboy

      They are very nice kits.

  14. 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!

  15. 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!!

  16. Skinnylinny

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

    1. 69843

      69843

      It's brilliant isn't it!

  17. Skinnylinny

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

    1. 3 link

      3 link

      So would I : )

  18. Skinnylinny

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

    1. 10800

      10800

      Congratulations!

  19. Skinnylinny

    thinks his cunning plan may have fallen through...

    1. Worsdell forever

      Worsdell forever

      just like all 'cunning plans', doomed to faliure...

  20. Skinnylinny

    Amazing what a lick of paint'll do, isn't it Gromit?

    1. Skinnylinny

      Skinnylinny

      Painting the wheels of a Mainline loco to remove the big chunky silver rims makes a heck of a difference!

  21. Skinnylinny

    Building a Revell BR02 kit with my flatmate. Neither of us had realised that it included inside cylinders, complete with cranked axle!

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Your next challenge is to make it all revolve and reciprocate! The Br.02 was a 4-cyl compound, just to heap further misery! Deutsche Reichsbahn had them rebuilt to 2-cyl "01" form.

  22. Skinnylinny

    Well, that's another siding laid... and the last connected up, ready to respace the sleepers. I can finally run things!

    1. SHMD

      SHMD

      Which came first, the Siding or the Mainline?

  23. Skinnylinny

    Just listed his first items on eBay... Scary stuff!

    1. gridwatcher

      gridwatcher

      You will never look back!!

  24. Skinnylinny

    is trying to cut brake shoes out of plastikard. It's very fiddly...

    1. beast66606

      beast66606

      Halfords ?

  25. Skinnylinny

    has just managed to get his hands on a Dapol 14xx - they're becoming like hens' teeth, it seems!

    1. DonB

      DonB

      Mine's been in store for about 4 years. took it out to club last week , it ran beautifully, BUT it's lost it's safety-valve cover.

      Asked Hornby if spares available,awaiting a reply, but not hopeful! Any suggestions?

      (will post again in "Help" area)

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