The clumsy thread

[daveg]

Wot!

No safety net!

Dave G

[railsquid]

They're not circus cows 

[D1042 Western Princess]

The railings have gone but the coos are still there

Coos ?     Well, I suppose it is the 'clumsy thread' 

[Sprintex]

Since George's layout is based on Beal in Northumberland, just ten miles from the Scottish border, I'm guessing "coos" was a deliberate spelling


Paul

[daveg]

They're not circus cows 

And how do you know that RS?

They may have been secretly trained and when you think about it, they are upside down! 

Dave G 

[Bealman]

Since George's layout is based on Beal in Northumberland, just ten miles from the Scottish border, I'm guessing "coos" was a deliberate spelling


Paul

Aye, quite reet, laddie, and no Dave, it's nowt to with them being trained or any gravitational effect of being down under.

They're super glued too 

[Malc]

Since George's layout is based on Beal in Northumberland, just ten miles from the Scottish border, I'm guessing "coos" was a deliberate spelling


Paul

Isn't George's layout based on Castle Eden in County Durham as well. Famous for the Nimmos brewery. So it could be an alcohol related misspelling.

[Bealman]

Malc you are correct... each section trying to capture a particular area.... an idea I got from Bruce Chubb's Sunset Valley layout in America, which I regard as a landmark layout much like Denny's Buckingham Branch in the UK. 

[Calnefoxile]

When I rewired my old OO layout, which was a depot layout, I had 16 isolating sections and they were laid out like this:

1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16

But when I did the control panel, I wired the switches thus:

1 5 9 13
2 6 10 14
3 7 11 15
4 8 12 16

And so was most surprised when I flicked isolating switch 2 on the panel, only to find the loco in position 5 started to move and then when I flicked switch 5, the loco in Position 2 moved.... 

Took me all of about 30 secs to go "Oh Ballcocks"  and then started to rewire the switches again....

regards

Neal.

[Bealman]

Ooha. 

[Malc]

In a similar vein to Neal's post. I had someone wire up a 512 x 512 video router starting from bottom right, instead of top left. Took 2 days to get it put right.

[johnlambert]

My latest clumsiness.  I was photographing my Dapol Dummy Class 121 (Green SYP) to sell it on Ebay.  I've got the un-opened bag of bits and an almost complete sheet of headcode stickers.  But I managed to drop the box, luckily without the unit inside but the sticker sheet has fluttered off somewhere and can't be found.  This is incredibly frustrating



Had another look - found it.

[daveg]

When I rewired my old OO layout, which was a depot layout, I had 16 isolating sections and they were laid out like this:

1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16

But when I did the control panel, I wired the switches thus:

1 5 9 13
2 6 10 14
3 7 11 15
4 8 12 16

And so was most surprised when I flicked isolating switch 2 on the panel, only to find the loco in position 5 started to move and then when I flicked switch 5, the loco in Position 2 moved.... 

Took me all of about 30 secs to go "Oh Ballcocks"  and then started to rewire the switches again....

regards

Neal.

Wish I was as organised as that! 

Dave G

[railsquid]

And here's one I broke earlier 



Got out of the shop, rearranged my purchases, and snap! What I assumed was plastic was actually foam, and by the time I got it back home half-way round the world, it was in 4 or 5 pieces.

[Newportnobby]

 
Looks like a piece (or 6) of Merkur walling, Squiddy