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  1. richbrummitt

    wondered if anyone knows where I put my handrail bending jig last time I used it?

    1. richbrummitt

      richbrummitt

      Panic over. It was in the box where it should have been hiding under something else.

    2. nick_bastable

      nick_bastable

      that a be the last place you look for it

    3. RedgateModels

      RedgateModels

      Must get one sometime

  2. richbrummitt

    This plastic wagon body was 8 planks and now 7, currently 17'6" o/h soon to be 16'.

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    2. Mikkel

      Mikkel

      You're supposed to build them up, not make them disappear :-)

    3. 69843

      69843

      Don't make a mistake, otherwise you could end up with a 1-plank!

    4. richbrummitt

      richbrummitt

      69843, that wouldn't be a problem per se because there were plenty of one and two plankers running around circa 1920. That said I already built a DC2 chassis which would need to find another mate.

  3. richbrummitt

    spent all of yesterday evening looking for the most important part of my minidrill - the chuck key! Grrr.

  4. richbrummitt

    To my swollen and sore thumb please give me a break.

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    2. richbrummitt

      richbrummitt

      It's my carpal metacarpal joint. I presume the swelling following injection is normal and things will improve tomorrow. At the moment any thumb movement is extremely painful.

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Friend of mine had a similar problem - I think hers was the carpal tunnel, and she ended up having an operation.

    4. richbrummitt

      richbrummitt

      How did that end? I am worried about the use of my right thumb. At 30 I am hoping to have a great many more years of happy pain free model making. They say it is quite probably arthritis but a bit of internet doctoring leads me to suspect de Quervain's tenosynovitis.

  5. richbrummitt

    A first for me: going to an exhibition by train today.

    1. class"66"

      class"66"

      Sounds great day out!!

  6. richbrummitt

    Where do I find a thread for the layout pictured on the right hand side of the banner image?

    1. Andy Y

      Andy Y

      It's Pendon's Vale scene Rich, there's no specific thread to it as the image was in MI.

    2. richbrummitt

      richbrummitt

      Thanks Andy. It screamed Pendon but I couldn't recognise it as such.

  7. richbrummitt

    Footplate ride booked: MHR 17th Feb. :-D

    1. Castle

      Castle

      If you haven't done it before you will no believe the sense of power a that regulator is opened - have fun!

    2. Manxman110

      Manxman110

      You will really enjoy it. I did it 5 years ago and the booked engine had failed so had to "make do" with "Bodmin" the West Country Pacific - awesome.

  8. richbrummitt

    Given up trying to post.

    1. richbrummitt

      richbrummitt

      Problem solved

  9. richbrummitt

    It's good to be back at the modelling bench, if only for a short time.

    1. 46444

      46444

      Hope to see some blog entries soon then Rich :D

  10. richbrummitt

    Lots of 2mm/N blog content to read today. Thanks guys!

  11. richbrummitt

    Treated myself to a new, more comfortable, chair to sit in at the workbench. Might be able to start using it soon too.

    1. halfwit

      halfwit

      Not an armchair modeller then?

       

      (Hard wooden chair here - too much comfort is bad for the soul.)

    2. richbrummitt

      richbrummitt

      Its not exactly luxurious but the existing one was too low really. Once my wrist is properly checked out I'll be back at it - armchair modelling is lame.

  12. richbrummitt

    pictures fixed

  13. richbrummitt

    Wants stripey pasta as featured on Nigellissima yesterday.

    1. Phil Copleston

      Phil Copleston

      Yummy. But could you handle the chef who cooks the pasta?

  14. richbrummitt

    Off to see Kevin Bridges tonight. **** yeah

    1. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      Forty quid?

    2. richbrummitt

      richbrummitt

      Er, probably, plus the bar bill.

  15. richbrummitt

    Can use CAD left handed. I might still be productive whilst mending!

    1. N15class

      N15class

      but will you be able to assemble a left hand kit?

    2. richbrummitt

      richbrummitt

      I'm trusting that normal operation will be resumed by the time the etches are drawn, ordered and delivered. I've got a few things on the go (as per usual).

  16. richbrummitt

    I called. You weren't there.

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    2. jamie92208

      jamie92208

      Funnily enough rich I was also washing my hair after they repaired the boiler.

       

    3. richbrummitt

      richbrummitt

      Guys, this status isn't about you.

    4. bcnPete

      bcnPete

      LoL - then don't share it then (re washing my hair)

  17. richbrummitt

    Struggling on with one handed life. Thankfully it's only temporary.

    1. Phil Copleston

      Phil Copleston

      Then be content to build just one side of the model for now. At least it's progress! :P

  18. richbrummitt

    After spending a huge chunk of today waiting in the fracture clinic the dislocated thumb is ruled out in favour of a scaphoid fracture that they haven't found yet.

    1. bcnPete

      bcnPete

      :-(

    2. richbrummitt

      richbrummitt

      I've got to become cack handed until at least mid-December. Not easy.

  19. richbrummitt

    Isn't the point of an RSU that I can use it with one hand ;-)

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    2. N15class

      N15class

      Yes the RSU can be used with one hand, you still need the other 3 to hold everything in the right place!!!!

    3. martin_wynne

      martin_wynne

      Only if you have a footswitch. Otherwise you need two hands. The procedure is -- 1. apply electrode to parts firmly. 2. switch on current. 3. switch off current. 4. wait a second. 5. remove electrode.

    4. richbrummitt

      richbrummitt

      I made it with a foot switch.

  20. richbrummitt

    has spent two hours in A&E acquiring a wrist splint and an appointment at the fracture clinic.

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    2. devondynosoar118

      devondynosoar118

      Like wise. Hope that wasn't a modelling injury, no wonder they call 2mm "the dark side!"

    3. bcnPete

      bcnPete

      ooh eck - what happened Rich? Hope you feel better soon...

    4. richbrummitt

      richbrummitt

      I'll find out more tomorrow. It would seem that I have what approximates to a partially dislocated thumb from a fall several weeks ago and that it is unlikely to fix itself.

  21. richbrummitt

    Fun times at Farnham today watching the trams go round Hall Quay. Pics in the 2mm section.

  22. richbrummitt

    Bogie brakes all assembled awaiting fixing with a touch of solder. Time to distract myself to a different ongoing project ;-)

    1. bcnPete

      bcnPete

      You mean the one involving the 150 :P

    2. 2mm Andy

      2mm Andy

      So that's where all the 2mm coach bogie brake etches have gone! ;o)

    3. richbrummitt

      richbrummitt

      No Pete, and not guilty, Andy. I wanted to pick up a few more at the AGM but the peg was empty. My shopping basket was rather small actually: 40 buffers, 30 axles of wagon wheels, 3 packs of top hat bearings, A mink C kit, and a GNR cattle wagon etch. I think the brakes actually came with the coach kits over a year ago, perhaps two.

  23. richbrummitt

    Mass bogie manufacture update - still on the brake etches.

  24. richbrummitt

    OMWB tonight: 20 coaches worth of bogie brake etches and 17 pairs of bogies. Where did the other three disappear to? I'm sure I put everything in the same box.

    1. Trainshed Terry

      Trainshed Terry

      Someone else has the black that moves.

    2. Castle

      Castle

      Another miniature black hole! Are those guys at CERN sure that they know what they are doing?

    3. richbrummitt

      richbrummitt

      Actually I'm not sure that the brakes came with the kits. I might have enough bogies for the number of coach kits, but I haven't counted them up yet. I thought I had more than 20 though. :-/

  25. richbrummitt

    Having read some of the S4um thread I'm disappointed I missed it and glad I don't model in 4mm

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