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Thank you. That's really helpful.

Acrylics can give a less than smooth finish when sprayed if it's too warm. The paint dries in the air before it hits the model.

In the last two days I've been to Sainsburys, Tesco and Waitrose to do my weekly shop that I would normally do in Tesco. I needed all three visits to get what was on my usual list. Tesco was an 8pm evening visit as I thought they might have been restocking by the time I go there. Fresh produce left and plenty of meet but many shelves were stripped bare. I bought a few things for the freezer that I'd buy anyway about every two weeks. No loo roll but I have a packet of that, no cat food that I wanted to buy. Sainsburys was the same, fresh produce, meet and fish but I got very little there. Very little frozen stuff left, no cat food, loo roll etc. I bought a box of cakes that I'd never normally buy, almost out of frustration. Shopped mid-afternoon. Waitrose. I arrived just before 8am and waited as the first hour was reserved for older people. Only myself and one other waited until 8am before going. There were plenty of middle aged people already shopping. One woman had bought huge quantities and I hoped the shop staff refused so sell them all to her. As I walked past her I muttered 'selfish'. She must have been there at 7am to get so much and she was middle-aged. I did quick dash around and was able to buy the four things I needed, including cat food but I was lucky as I had the last bag of the type I wanted. Many shelves were bare and they were bringing palettes of loo-roll directly onto the shop floor and not even putting them on the shelves. It was chaos in there. No tinned stuff not that I was looking for any. I bought one luxury that I never normally buy as a friend suggested it to me as I'd never heard of it – non dairy ice cream. I'm can't have diary produce so haven't had ice cream for over ten years… There were no queues to get into any shop. My plan is to keep doing top-up shopping, a few items every now and then, if I'm passing a supermarket, rather than trying to do a weekly shop. All had good supplies of fresh produce and bread. In one store I over heard the staff (they all looked exhausted). They said that they needed to shut all their shops for three days and they'd be able to get back to normal full stock levels but they just can't keep up as it is. I've started eating less, has anybody else?

I'll add some Beatles tracks Please, please not me Run for your life Misery From me to you On a more positive note I feel fine

There are a lot of these myths circulating online. Whilst staying hydrated is always a good thing the notion of the virus being washed down by drinking water to be destroyed by stomach acid is simply laughable. https://www.england.nhs.uk/2020/03/nhs-takes-action-against-coronavirus-fake-news-online/

These sources state the ban will happen rather than might happen. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/03/13/mass-gatherings-banned-britain-boris-johnson-makes-coronavirus/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/13/uk-to-ban-mass-gatherings-in-coronavirus-u-turn

The released figures don't show the actual spread of the virus, only reported cases. It's possible that thousands of folks have it already or have recovered from it but with only minor symptoms so they are putting it down to a cold or another type of flu virus. The official figures may yet go up dramatically.

Green Onions – Booker T and the MGs

That looks superb in every respect.

I have limited experience of Methfix but I like working with waterslide. I can design the decals on my computer and have a sheet printed. This way all the alignment and kerning (letter spacing) is all done precisely then it's a case of applying one decal. Being waterslide you have an endless amount of time to get it positioned exactly. Using both Micro Set and Micro Sol gives a perfect result, that when done well looks as if the decal has actually been painted on the surface. I tend to notice when lettering isn't straight, well spaced or the baselines aren't correct. For example, the base of a cursive character eg an 'S' will sit slightly lower than a letter with a straight lower stroke like an 'L'. Using waterslide in the way I've described solves these problems.

643 for me – a gorgeous looking model and well worth the wait.

If you live in a listed building you can't.

That's a very long way off. Currently they are saying that no new petrol/diesel engined cars can be sold after 2035. That might change. Right now electric cars are too expensive for the mass market. I actually think by the time we get to 2035 it's possible that new petrol or diesel cars will still be sold but only if they are very low-emissions types so this 'all electric' will actually be phased in over a decade or more. In the next 15 years we may discover that the electric car actually isn't all that green after all. Rare metals needed for batteries and what about their life expectancy and disposal etc etc? I currently drive a 27 year old petrol engined car and whilst I know cars of that age aren't exactly common, if only electric cars can be sold in the UK after 2035 it'll take perhaps 10 years for them to become the most common type on the road, say by 2045. Then of course there might be companies springing up to import nearly new petrol engined cars from abroad, to exploit a loop hole in the legislation, all of course depending on demand. We might end up like Cuba and be running around in classic petrol engined cars, no VED or MOT required ; ) Modern cars built now might last say, ten years, due to the complex electronics that tends to kill them off by being uneconomical to repair but really if we were actually going green the whole design philosophy need to change. New cars should really be built to last say 30 years. I don't have any figures to hand but I should think the process of building a new car is anything but green, relative to keeping an existing vehicle on the road and even if it does kick out a fair bit of CO2. Another challenge for the government will then be deciding how to replace all the tax that is currently generated by petrol and diesel sales. Do they put a new purchase tax on all electric vehicles making them even more expensive? The situation might even turn out to be just like the diesel debacle where the government incentivise buying so called 'greener vehicles' only to then turn around as say 'we got it wrong and actually we are now against such engine types.' Then of course there are the constant advances in petrol engine technology giving better and better fuel economy which might slow the uptake of mainstream electric vehicles and which currently the manufacturers are still continuing with. I don't think the electric car is going to be quite as rapidly revolutionary as perhaps currently thought. At the moment for example, the technology has been jumped on by luxury brands looking for extreme performance at any cost rather than to build daily runabouts down to a price. As the OP points out the infrastructure hasn't been thought out at all. How are 100 people living in a road of terraced houses or a block of flats supposed to all charge their cars at night and who unpicks the charging lead spaghetti in the morning? The local councils will all have 'elf and safety apoplexy over the trip hazards caused by all electric cables, etc etc.

I like it! I have a similar motoring history.

The sad bit is the insurance may well be more than the cost of the car.

I never cease to be amazed at the sort of lumps of cash young people are asking their parents to stump up for cars and the such like. I don't know if they expect it or what. I was 28 before I could afford to buy and more importantly run the first car I owned. I passed my test age 19 but six years at university used all the money I could earn. My father said to me "you're the one who will benefit by going so you have to pay for it." Sorry back to trains – I'm saving up for the re-run of the SECR coaches.

Thank You Girl – Beatles

Is it though? How much would a similar kit build model cost assuming it's finished by a professional to the same quality as the RTR equivalent. £250? More?

Are these definitely new running numbers or an exact repeat of the original run?

I use stainless steel ball bearings in my Vallejo paints. I put a couple of 5mm ones in each bottle. When the bottle is getting near the end I remove them as they block the flow of paint in the dropper part. I think they do make a difference.

Love me Do – Beatles

I was lucky enough to have a behind the scenes view of Sanford and Banwell, as well as watching it from the usual position. It worked utterly faultlessly and I was surprised that P4 could cope with the curvature of the track.

It really is already looking very beautiful. The precision to which you are working is fantastic to see – I love really 'clean' builds like this – it's all very inspiring.

What a fantastic layout and thread. Some of the finest architectural modelling I've seen. I very much look forward to watching this develop. I'm not sure if the piece of sky you've placed is a segment of your intended version – I think you'll get a better result if the sky is much lighter, especially as it meets the horizon. I'd make it as high as you can. From memory that on the EM GWR layout Westcliff was about 30 or so inches tall and it works superbly.

The second one by quite a margin.