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Sounds like a job for someone who is about to order his next load..... Jeff I think you are required here! Andy g

You set very loose goals if you are 6-9months early after 6 months... We could do with you on the real railway, where everything runs at least 9 months late! The van is NYW 884E, and is sounding (touch wood) much better now! I feel very poor compared with all you oldies with money to spare! I am very much doing things on the cheap at the minute as I have to keep the rest of the family in the style that they have become used to. (SWMBO is an ex-teacher too, but sadly nowhere near to retirement age, and her pension (in 30years time) won't be able to keep me in squalour! Andy G

Rob, Would it be possible to use your track in the shed yard as it is, but with a thick pouring of black paint over it... ? No I've not gone mad (Quiet at the back... I heard that!), but loco yards did have quite a lot of oil spread about. I realise you can't do it to all of the track, but you might be able to use it on some... The answer to removing the rest of it might be a screwdriver! Andy g

Funny enough SWMBO's dad did take a photo of me on the box steps back in the summer, now where is it? It's nice to be back at work tonight, while I've had my monthly weekend off we have had the frame oiled along with the gates, it's so much nicer to use that it was last week! Mind you its been one of those days today... The head gasket went on the van at 1030am. It did the usual BMC A series trick of burning through between the cylinders (in this case cylinders 1 and 2), but I still managed to get her home. I never thought I'd be happy to have a full 48bhp! Driving on 2 and a half cylinders was, errm, interesting and noisey! Anyway, got the head off, and a mate drove me to a Minor specialist who happened to have a gasket in stock, and then put it back together. It took longer to drive to pick-up the gasket than to get it running in the end! Cost for the job? £10. Oh, and a day lost making mince pies ;-{ Have you finished wiring up that track bus yet??? Andy G

Actually I wouldn't mind wearing something smart.... (we get issued with polo-shirts and cargo trousers).. it would be the short back and sides I would abject to... My mid-chest length hair is not getting cut for work! Andy g

Larry will be disappointed in the fact that I haven't done the lining with yellow edges! They should be ok then, the next MR coach should be ready for painting around feb! Somewhere I have a pair of MR 6 wheelers too, a scratchbuild (body on Branchlines chassis) of a full brake, and a Slaters all 3rd. I suppose they could come for a trip too? Would a Crab be ok to pull it all? Or would a 2P be better (Belper Fireboxed one)? Andy G

Ok, some time back (probably about 15 pages the way we prattle on here!) I mentioned about what was on the workbench (or the table in the box) well I thought I'd better show you lot two of them. They are S&C related being MR celerestories: The closest being a standard Ratio kit. This one is a Branchlines etched brass kit (my first Etched brass kit!). The painting didn't go too well, but this will get weathered down at some point. Jeff, your not having any Peco medium radius or smaller points / curves now are you? If you do this pair will buffer lock! So two out of the rake I'll be taking to the open day are finished (apart from the lettering, and that will be LMS) (the track is plonked on top of my locker in the box) Andy G

Chaz D, you are the winner, with a completely correct answer! You win..... wait for it................................... .......A lifetimes subscription to Luney Kirkside!!!! Do you want another? Andy G

So either no-one knows the answer to my teaser, or more likely no-one cares! Does anyone want to know the answer? Andy G

I don't think we could let you stall Jeff, where would WE be then?? ;-} No guesses at my teaser yet, I am disappointed! Answer tomorrow morning, where I'll set another one (if you want?!) Andy G

So Jeff what are you doing after lunch? Andy G

Just opening my latest Ebay purchases :-Prevention is better than cure 1924 LMS. very interesting photos of what could happen, showing lots of wagons in pre-grouping liveries. BR extracts from rule book 1950, fairly boring reading! BTC Standard codes for telegrams 1958. Quite interesting, I can now talk in code to you all! The Most interesting mind is a BR Naming, lettering & telegraph coding of Freight rolling stock, including containers, wagon sheets and ropes! 1958. The last four pages tells you what all the symbols on the side of freight stock mean. Do you know what the blue spot means on a blue spot fish van? (I didn't!) Andy G

Not starting on the platforms then? Andy G

Well, I go home for the afternoon, and come back and you lot have put up two pages of stuff! The loco collections are nice, but being the exccentric that I am, it's all too modern! Pre-Grouping and early LMS is the way forward you hear! I would love to put up photos, but as I haven't built them yet theres not much to see. I must say that i do like the Bullied airsmoothed locos, and I'll have to get one at some point as one turned up on the Highland Main line during the BR loco exchanges. It was even fitted with tablet catcher. Right Jeff, what's on the menu today? Andy G

Blimey Squire, you must have a lot of cases! I have my stock either in my locker in work, at my parents (under a bed) or under the bed, with wagons in a bedside cabinet! I have one item in an ex PBX (private Branch eXchange (telephones again!)) case that is now a bookshelf in the living room. What is that one item?? A rebuilt triang Caley Grampian 12wheeler! I have no idea where I could put even a diorama! I have thought long and hard about it too, as I'd like to build (all in plastikard) the Tay or Tummel viaduct on the Aberfieldy branch. Would be handy to bridge two bookshelves, but I don't have any that would be suitable! http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/bridges/gallery/logierait.html Andy G

Rob, It's good to see that not all of us are blessed with the space that Jeff has, but yet we can still produce something. I'm very much stuck with not having anywhere to run any of my stock, but I take the opportunity that at the minute I can build stuff in work (so therefore get paid to do so!), but that isn't going to last forever (we're due to close in about 5-10 years time), and then I will have to do whatever I can, whenever I can. Jeff, Is it platform day today then? As I guess the postie hasn't been yet, and you will have been up for about 2 hours already.... Andy g

There not at the minute, but they will do soon. I may well get a chance sometime this week to paint the blinds, and then I can fit them and then the nude (I think I'll only put one in, but that leaves some for other sleepers!) in too. ETA for completion? Sometime in January I think. Now Jeff, why haven't you been building things like platforms? ;-) Andy G

Big bags of thanks heading towards North Wales. My original intention was to paint on the inside of the glazing, and now I certainly am going to do so. The semi-open third class (with nude behind) will be fun to paint! Hows the cross-over coming along? Andy (Will I ever stop thread Hi-jacking?)

Larry, what humbrol number is chome yellow? Sounds easier than printing an varnishing! Andy G

http://www.e-paint.co.uk/BS_Colourchart.asp?pType=&pFinish= Is it like Maori brown / Nectarine on this chart? or any on this one? http://www.e-paint.co.uk/RAL_Colourchart.asp?pType=&pFinish= or any on here? http://www.e-paint.co.uk/BS2660_colour_chart.asp note this one has stone on it! This website has it listed, does it look right? http://www.e-paint.co.uk/BS2660_colour_chart.asp Now if I print them on the computer, how can i get them colourfast? Can I varnish the paper? Andy g

Ah, thanks for that. I need to have a think of how to reproduce it for some blinds. Lets hope that Jeff's physics study help is better than, ' it's a goldy colour, in an old style'! Andy G (had enough now, just can't get back into modelling today ;-{

Moi? I've had a couple of days off, and then back stuck here for early turns. Todays 12hrs, but I seem to have lost the modelling imptus after a couple of interruptions (Balloons on the overheads, visit by the mobile management etc). Got another 5 hours to do, so I might get round to doing a bit of glazing soon! What sort of colour is 'old gold'? Andy G

Blimey Larry, I hope you don't rip up your external running lines as much as this! The p-way had our crossing ripped up overnight, lets hope you don't leave as much mess as they did! Andy G

Watch out Larrys upto his old tricks again! Which part of Greenfields is getting ripped up this time Larry? I too have coaches on the bench (Well signalbox table), my WCJS compo sleeper (still - although it's almost done now!) a Ratio 48ft express brake third, and a Branchlines 45ft full brake. The van is just in for a bit of lining to be finished on the celerestory, and the third now needs buffers, couplings and lettering. The WCJS needs just the glazing, lettering and the curtains fitting. The nudes have turned up and will be fitted too. All after I've finished doing my rule book amendments! Andy G

Sorry Jeff If I've spouted off too much about lamps! It was only meant as a general thing to help try and show that some things you can buy are not quite correct! You are correct in that rule 1 aplies and after spending £200 I'd want to re-use them too! Anyway, back to the job in hand. I asked in work if I could get hold of any drawings of the portals, and the result was a deathly quiet! Ah well, I did try. Rob, the keys on the track can be put in either way round. They tend to be put in on the side that the rails moves away from (as the rail gets dragged with braking etc) so that they get forced into the chair more. Andy