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  1. TomJ

    Latest gem from my 3yr old pushing his Brio Thomas forwards and backwards 'I'm just testing. This point is dodgy. I think it must be wired wrong'! I don't know where he gets it from......

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    2. admiles

      admiles

      I remember my then 3 year old daughter asking if "B*ll*cks" was a "choo-choo" wagon!!

    3. hornbyandbf3fan

      hornbyandbf3fan

      And how did you explain that (admiles)

    4. Jawfin

      Jawfin

      Have toddlers these days got built in voice recorders or something? If they do, I am in some deep excrement...

  2. TomJ

    Latest gem from my 3yr old pushing his Brio Thomas forwards and backwards 'I'm just testing. This point is dodgy. I think it must be wired wrong'! I don't know where he gets it from......

  3. TomJ

    I have successfully wired up a three way point. A first for everything!

  4. TomJ

    I have successfully wired up a three way point. A first for everything!

  5. TomJ

    Do you think SWMBO will notice the baseboard is a 'little' longer than previous?

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    2. DonB

      DonB

      Comes under the same heading as "You are wearing odd socks!"

      Get a steel helmet!

    3. lyndonsdad1

      lyndonsdad1

      Mine wouldn't even notice?

    4. Judge Dread

      Judge Dread

      My wife would notice, make a note and present it in about ten years time.

  6. TomJ

    Do you think SWMBO will notice the baseboard is a 'little' longer than previous?

  7. TomJ

    Wirign complete. And it seems to work!

  8. TomJ

    Wirign complete. And it seems to work!

  9. TomJ

    The points and track on one board work, the points but not the track on the other. I think three out of four isn't a bad start!

  10. TomJ

    The points and track on one board work, the points but not the track on the other. I think three out of four isn't a bad start!

  11. TomJ

    So proud of my 3yr lad. He has taken the tender from his Brio 'Henry' and put it in front of 'James' - to make a garrett just like we sae on the Welsh Highland. Is this his first kit bash?

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    2. Coldgunner

      Coldgunner

      Best get those Brio finescale standards set in stone.

    3. TomJ

      TomJ

      Well we have serious scale issues! The garrett and Mallard are about the same size and run on the same track. And the flat crossing (again copied from the WHR) has both tracks the same gauge!

    4. Grafarman

      Grafarman

      The new Madder Valley Railway then...?!

  12. TomJ

    So proud of my 3yr lad. He has taken the tender from his Brio 'Henry' and put it in front of 'James' - to make a garrett just like we sae on the Welsh Highland. Is this his first kit bash?

  13. TomJ

    A great day mountain biking round the Hope Valley. Sunshine, great trails AND trainspotting. Perfect

  14. TomJ

    A great day mountain biking round the Hope Valley. Sunshine, great trails AND trainspotting. Perfect

  15. TomJ

    Parting (with my layout) is such sweet sorrow

  16. TomJ

    Parting (with my layout) is such sweet sorrow

  17. TomJ

    Spending the afternoon playing with the Hornby 'Thomas' with my son. I'd forgotten his much fun an oval of track on the floor with one siding and four wagons could be!!

    1. Castle

      Castle

      It's how many of us started! From little acorns...

  18. TomJ

    Do you think SWMBO will notice if I move a rug to cover a soldering iron burn in the carpet??

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    2. Happy Hippo

      Happy Hippo

      The first question will be why have you moved the rug? have you been cleaning?

    3. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      agreed, what the hippo said

    4. steve22

      steve22

      It reminds me of something Alan Downes wrote years ago. Something like: "The wife soon got to know about it - and the mother in law knew about it before it had even happened."

  19. TomJ

    Before cutting out the windows of your class 37 make sure you haven't lost the replacement etch. Major fail....

    1. Trainshed Terry

      Trainshed Terry

      Buy a replacement and then find the original one.

  20. TomJ

    Before cutting out the windows of your class 37 make sure you haven't lost the replacement etch. Major fail....

  21. TomJ

    The advantage of having a train mad toddler is that I can play trains for an hour AND get brownie points from SWMBO!!

  22. TomJ

    Does anyone remember the advice on old Farish locos; 'Do not dismantle out of idle curiosity'? Now I know why!

    1. Wherry Lines

      Wherry Lines

      What have you dismantled?

    2. TomJ

      TomJ

      A Farish class 31 (split frame chassis) to find out why it was jerky. A bit tricky to get the driveshafts back in and the bogies connected!

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      BEMO electric locos are a bit like that as well....

  23. TomJ

    It was Friday night, SWMBO is out, the toddler's fast asleep. So what did I do? Re-organise my modelling bits and pieces drawer! Rock and Roll, living the high life!

  24. TomJ

    First track laid.

  25. TomJ

    Please stop releasing so many lovely models Mr Dapol. My children will have to go without shoes this month.

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    2. Trainshed Terry

      Trainshed Terry

      And I shall have to go hungry

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      A searing indictment of deprivation in modern Britain, etc.

    4. Trainshed Terry

      Trainshed Terry

      Pardon !!!!!!!!!!

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