Siberian Snooper

What you call a Charlie was known as a flying dustbin, when I was a kid in Sussex.

I'm with t-b-g, I have times 3 prescription glasses for modelling, I found that using an optivisor for any length of time was uncomfortable. I use it occasionally with my x3 glasses when I'm working with small bits.

Thanks, got it now.

Not being aux fait with Southern NPS, would a stove fitted BY have a chimney on the roof? I can only see the periscopes and vents.

I bought a Silverline 60 watt iron a couple of years ago and a set of bits, not used the other bits yet. My Weller 40 watt temperature controlled iron bit is getting a bit long in the tooth, but as I'm soldering white metal at the moment, it's hanging in there.

Mr Duck, Not only Whiteball, but Somerton, the one between Castle Cary and Frome (I can't remember the name of it) and Savernake.

I would be interested in your approach to regarding. If there is still available when you have found the pitfalls, I will invest in one.

Yes it will undo 188C solder. I don't know how hot a hair dryer gets, as I don't need one.

When I go to visit the girlfriend, who lives just outside Reading, or go to gigs in London, I catch the 09.15, they tend to run to time, until arrival at Exeter. From a usual 2 or 3 minutes late departure, it tends to lose time, between 5 and 10 minutes down by Taunton departure, I now expect to be at least 15 minutes down on arrival at Reading. I usually catch the "14.29" back, I regard anything less than 10 minutes late as an ontime departure, if the 14.37 to Newbury leaves before us, we will lose time until it arrives in there and then continue to lose time all the way to Plymouth. I assume that the late departure from Pad, is that the crew have arrived late and need to have their required break, or the stock arrived late in Pad. The 80*'s don't have the get up and go of the HST's, to recover time and with big brother watching, there's no opportunity for the driver to give it a bit of extra, here and there.

Is it being sent to your address?

Soldered construction can be deconstructed, by using a hot air paint striping gun, or possibly a hair dryer, I don't have enough hair to warrant one, so I can't give a definite answer. The only warning is don't get the brass red hot.

It may be because the original line was single track and it was the best that could be done to get the best alignment in confined space between the cliff and the sea, without a prolonged line closure.

The edit definitely has my support.

Your nipple height or Chesty Morgan's? I suspect that many on here won't know her, Google is your friend!

Mr Duck, The weekend sessions have tutors, CF MRC and T-B-G of this parish are two of them. Just remembered, Queens Square.

Mikkel, Do one side in one livery and the other in the other livery, on the grounds that you only see one side at a time. I model the mid 20's, most of my coaching stock has the Lake livery on one side and post '22 livery on the other, I just need the time to finish them. PS. The 2021s suffered a set back when I dropped the saddle tank yesterday.

Possibly a case of signing up for a Missenden Abbey course or two, in the 4mm loco building course. Coach building has been known to take place.

My mum lives in Stourport, much better than Kidder, at least 2 decent pubs, the Black Star and the Holly Bush. I believe the Swan is good for live music, but I have not visited it. There's an excellent chippy in Brinkley Street.

It's just been on the Spotlight news, that it's the 10th anniversary of the washout!!! I can't believe it was that long ago!

I bank with Lloyds and I have to approve online purchases, other than Amazon or Paypal. Before Christmas I had a message to approve a purchase for a few Euros, as it wasn't me, I rejected it. It did come back to bite me, when I tried to book a couple of hotels, using that card, as the transactions failed. I phoned the bank to find out why and they told me that because I had rejected the fraudulent transaction, they had put a stop on it, for internet purchases. I haven't tried to use it since the embargo was lifted.

Some prospective scrap metal above, where's Cashmores when you need them?

Many thanks John, just what I needed. It has saved me from making an enormous faux par, the drawing in the bible shows 12 planks for the sides and the photo shows only 10. Which makes a difference to how the end looks.

That looks like it might be a foot step, as it's black, it could be from a buffer beam.

The missing bit could be the motion bracket. I would disconnect the motor and the tender, put a meter to the motor wires and see if you get a circuit, if no, reconnect the tender and repeat the test, if you still don't get a circuit, you don't have a short. Next, connect the meter to one of the motor wires and connect to one of the pickups, do you have a circuit? No, try the other side pickups. Still no! Repeat for the other motor wire. If you're not getting circuits, then the wires have a break in one or the other or both. Whilst the motor is out, put power to it. You will now know where the problem lies, if any.

Any progress on this layout, CK?