Siberian Snooper

Have they based their layout on Little Muddle, with the lack of shed doors? Tongue pressed very firmly in cheek!

Off topic, but when I was in Washington, not Sussex or op Norf, somewhere, but DC there were operatives about with flack jackets on with Secret Service, written on them, I mentioned to one of them that I didn't think that he was very secret, as he was advertising the fact that he was supposed to be. He just laughed, I assume that, that had been pointed out to him before. I wouldn't have thought that Wrangaton was very secret, but far enough from Plymouth to avoid Adolf taking an interest in it, or for that matter Comrade Stalin.

Wrangaton?

Mine doesn't always cut 10 thou, it seems to vary between sheets. Not to difficult to break out at that thickness.

Nice to have some good news, for a change. I hope that you can now get back on the exhibition circuit again and I can get to see this amazing layout again.

Just managed to catch up since Friday, I was expecting to go and look for my old welding googles, after Friday's post, but I have been spared the need. I thank you. I hope you all had a good weekend at Stafford, whilst I attended Scaleforum on Sunday.

My meters are difficult to read, so I use the camera on the mobile phone and take a photo, it sometimes takes a couple of attempts to get the reading, but it's easier than trying to get under the stairs for the gas, and up near the ceiling for the lectric.

Mr Duck, Have you built the tall thin thing with waggly bits, for the train set, or are you modelling the station after a winter storm blew it down?

Can someone please weather that shirt, it's hurting my eyes.

They will probably get it done, before Oxford and Bristol.

I had a quick look around down there this afternoon, no photos I'm afraid. There seems to be more exhibits at the roundhouse, than my previous visit 7 or 8 years ago. A pity that I couldn't spend more time, but I'm sending this from the airport.

On the subject of 1923 liveries, Caerphilly Castle, with the Collet coaches in the 1922 livery, is another trick, so far, missed.

Should be ok, he doesn't appear to have any wellies.

Bodmin Moor is pretty bleak, like Dartmoor, I would say that you have pretty much cracked it. Well done.

I think the problem with doing Caerphilly in '23 livery, would be the requirement for a 3500 gallon tender. Easy enough as they have them for the 28xx and Star.

Those chaps sitting on the timber, reminds me of the Chaps sitting on a girder when they were building the Empire State Building.

Most of the pregrouping companies used equalized timbering, so not likely to be out of place.

GW, fitted wagons normally had instanter links, rather than screw couplings.

The grim shearer!!!

Just thinking out loud, completing the LHR line to Reading and electrifying the line to Basingstoke, would allow a single change at Basingstoke. I wonder what Sadiq would make of having to supply more trains to connect Basingstoke to Essex and Kent, via central London, but it would create capacity at Reading. I have donned my flak jacket and tin hat and I'm heading for the hills.

To back date the boy's,to the 60's they need to have duffel bags and in winter duffle coats.

I can do that, too! Although I'm a boilermaker and not a boilersmith, at least that's what my indentures say. The last inspection job I did was superheater headers.

A good excuse for a tram on a bridge, rather than the obligatory bus.

These days a boiler ticket lasts 10 years, I don't know what it was back in the day. There would normally be a visual inspection of the visible parts at washout, by inserting a mirror through the mud holes.

It might be a bit touch and go, with the V crossing noses, being that close to each other, for proper checking of each nose.