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I've just come down with this 'Australian Flu'. Off to the doctor.... "Describe your symptons"; sez the Doc. "I keep saying G'day!, and a raging thirst for weak lager". "Aaah!! Sez doctor. You've got it bad! I'm going to prescribe some fizzy mineral water. Don't overdo it, it's a bit stronger than what you're used to....". D.R. Doolittle.

I absolutely agree John. However, I'm happy to note that a degree of 'sanity' has pervaded our happy bunch (help! I'm coming down with a dose of Henry V!). To that end, it appears that some producers will liase with clients to produce a top-notch model. If you've got an open-faced producer, then dialogue is fairly straightforward. And painless. However.... if your potential producer is not so 'open', then problems will surface. For example: Does anyone remember Fred, the office boy? He was sent out for toilet rolls, they never saw him again.... Sometimes, we create our own enemies. Happy new year, folks! Ian.

There will be some significant hoop jumping, if you think you can come in 'and whisk it away'. Australia has very strict rules about letting stuff go, once it goes past a certain age. I have an idea it's about 10+ years, but look it up. Pendennis Castle nearly came a cropper when it was repatriated. Canberra put a stop to it because white people were 'looting' aboriginal artefacts. Ian.

That would be 2 or 3 for Llantrisant. On a slightly different note, I wonder what the work involved to produce an early 27xx pannier? Ian.

One for the shunting plank, methinks. Ian.

Am I hearing this right, a van with sound? It's a nice idea, but what about the expletives? Things like 'Yeow! That'll do yer! Give us a squeeze, Louise". Plus, all of the naughty words which will give me a sharp exit off the forum. "Yer drivin' a loco, not bl**dy sheep." "Do me a favour son. go over there, sit down, and stop wasting my bl**dy time". The first time Hornby will release rolling stock with an age-related sticker... Ian.

Slightly disappointed with Hornby. I've been good all year, eaten all of my greens, even done the washing up! If that doesn't earn a early period pannier, nothing will. The longer Hornby continue to 'dole out' the 2721, the longer before they produce a high fidelity, high quality pannier. I can't eat many more Brussell Sprouts....

Don't eat the yellow snow!

I can think of a chippy in the locality where said establishment didn't need a trading name. The serving lady was well-known for her "cough" pneumatic qualities" cough". Enough to guarantee a full audience at lunch time. Ian.

I'm just wondering the geographical 'spread' of the atlantics. Redhill is a no-brainer, so is Gloucester Road. Getting a bit thin on the ground past there. I should qualify that by saying that I'm 100% Western. Well, that bit between London Bridge to Brighton....

It's always difficult to come up with a 'funny', when the chips are down....

I don't fully understand the sentences either, and I wrote it!

There is nothing like publicity. drop a wheel off, put a tender on back to front. It's all publicity. Get the tongues wagging! Take off the Peckett, put on the Connie. It's a doddle. Publicly put the prices up, and then drop them back a little. What nice people Hornby are! Put a fictitious number on the loco, and call it City of Truro, and, paint it red. Bright red. Nice orange coaches to go with it. Box it up, and call it "The Jaffa Junction Express". What! Hornby are doing what?! Nothing like a bit of froth.... I do like the yellow one. "Sir William .A. Wedgewood BRS". Happy weekend, everyone!

Lots of pigeons are called Walter....

Adding sugar to a cup of tea makes it tastes sweet. Adding sugar, flour, molasses, salt & finely ground pepper, make an ideal consistency to chuck it in the dustbin.

Bachmann continue to 'foist' a top feed onto the 57xx pannier, effectively putting the timeline between 1936-1965. Also, not all of the 64xx panniers carried topfeed.. Quite a few of the locomotive went their entire working lives without them. It seems such a pity to blatantly ignore a legitimate viewpoint. Of course, it's only a hop, skip & jump away from the 27xx pannier, which puts it into the same working era as City of Truro, amongst other earlier era locomotives & stock. Ian.

You must be the yearly recipient of Mallard, painted red, emblazoned "It's your birthday....." "It comes around, but once a year" "Give a smile, give a cheer" "We'll try not to notice, as you sing the song" "That the wheels are wonky, and the colours all wrong" Whaddya mean, you like trains, dontcha?

Happy new year! For heavens sake, give the bloke a break! It's wise to remember that if you've got the money, you can buy anything, at pretty much any time. Bleating about not having toy X, in colour Y is, quite frankly, laughable. The prevailing attitude about 'building & paying' can be looked at both sides, methinks. As a dyed in the wool Great Western person, may one enquire when are you liable to release your model of a Large Metro? Pushing doesn't help here: Polite discussion about future models pays dividends. Trolling isn't very productive, either. On a lighter note, if you fund up for a Large Metro, 1016, or say, a 'Stella', let me know, I'll put my name down for the first out of the box. Your cheque, sir, awaits..... Cheers, Ian.

Vary the cab & tender, and you've got a Taff Vale Railway 'K' or 'L' class. At least, it should be. London Road do all of the nice bits & pieces to do so. Cheers, Ian.

I agree! But, we made Austin Maestros, and Montegos. Specifically, the wheels which ended up on said cars. It would be interesting how many are left on the road.

The 100,000 rivets was also used to describe the Austin Maestro.

You need to look a bit further down the map, all the way to Camborne, methinks. Just imagine, from Richard Trevithick's locomotive, to a Great Western 'Star', all inside 100 years.... That said, the first & last Great Western locomotives were all Stephenson locomotives.

No! Spam's off! Bloody Vikings!

Your absolutely right! All the way back to Pen-Yr-Darren. Ian

Pie & chips, Chicken & chips Fish & chips Pizza & chips Egg & chips Curry & chips Cheese sauce & chips Mayonnaise & chips Pasty & chips Lasagne & chips "Oh, and no sugar in my tea, I'm on a diet....."