It's a miserable day down here in Cornwall - wet and windy so I'm spending the afternoon constructing farmland with fields and granite "Cornish Hedges".
Cornish Hedges typically are quite ancient and surround fields/roadsides in Cornwall. They are loose built granite walls that are covered in vegetation. I'm using Skaledale granite walls rolled in scenic scatter material (green) - looks quite realistic.
What are others up to today ?
Not a lot really as it's raining Datsun cogs up here. Have just watched the MotoGP from Germany and thought I'd catch up on posts while working up the right frame of mind for a pressing engagement with the ironing board :(
General house chores including hoovering and clothes washing. Had my fun yesterday on the battlefield preserved line (more on that later when I upload the photos on bucket then onto here), so im gonna have sunday dinner, play on the layout later have a few beers and get ready for top gear tonight (featuring the Great Central Railway)
Getting closer and closer to my move back to the UK.. today.. getting final vaccinations for the cat (she flies out tomorrow evening), sorting rubbish in the basement and *hopefully* selling my car (fingers crossed!)
Damn.. this moving business is way more work than work!
T - 17 days and counting!
Graham
Don't forget to put your winter woolies and brolly in your carry on luggage.
I've just watched the last two episodes of Eddie Stobart that were on tv, and have just popped on here to make sure that you trouble makers are behaving. ;)
I just did a 4 second snipe on Ebay. :computersmile:
i did have an afternoon planned with my layout after watching moto gp..
But my son has decided to go to sleep on me :'(
Please may I ask what is "a 4 second snipe" ???
Quote from: poliss on July 17, 2011, 03:49:11 PM
I just did a 4 second snipe on Ebay. :computersmile:
Waiting for the rain to stop so i can take my dog for a swim.......i mean walk
(http://i1096.photobucket.com/albums/g333/dockshunter/Picture.jpg)
Quote from: scotsoft on July 17, 2011, 03:53:45 PM
Please may I ask what is "a 4 second snipe" ???
Quote from: poliss on July 17, 2011, 03:49:11 PM
I just did a 4 second snipe on Ebay. :computersmile:
In E-Bay parlance, a 'four second snipe' is where one awaits the end of an auction with 4 seconds to spare before putting on a bid, thus winning it due to any rival bidders not having sufficient time to raise their own bids, hence sniping the auction.
Been to work (briefly) to prepare for tomorrow, went to the stores local dump with some bits and "retrieved" a mac laptop, spent the afternoon dipping in and out of here / reading / snoozing. Out tonight to a regular evening class. Pretty good for a wet Sunday in Belfast :thumbsup:
Well, As i have no layout at the moment, Still got the garage to sort out.. I've just built 3 Ex MR LMS van kits from N Gauge Soc..Also a Gresley brake kit and two Peco Bolster wagon kits. May as well catch up on stock building etc whilst I wait for wood.
Not a bad day ;D
Cudders
Today is a good day for me, I finally got rid of all the PA gear that belongs to our country band out of my train shed so today I will go and organize my work space back to what it should be, may even do a bit to the layout while I am out there but its Oh so cold and down to 18 degrees C.
planning what to do next on the layout ... i mean at work :smiley-laughing:
Waiting for that wonderful human being and politician, Liam Fox, to make the announcement that about 2000 of us are dreading, the closure of RAF Leuchars :(
All the best Lawrence. I hear they're thinking of getting rid of 17,000 troops in the Army too. :thumbsdown:
If the government used more of their time closing tax loopholes for multinational companies and multi millionaires so they paid fairly there would be a lot more cash in the coffers.
Quote from: scotsoft on July 18, 2011, 10:07:25 AM
If the government used more of their time closing tax loopholes for multinational companies and multi millionaires so they paid fairly there would be a lot more cash in the coffers.
Could not agree more, now its time to get ready for work, another shift at sunny Stansted Airport :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown:
Quote from: steamerdave on July 18, 2011, 02:12:55 PM
Could not agree more, now its time to get ready for work, another shift at sunny Stansted Airport :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown:
It could be worse .... I fight my way through the BAA Shopping Mall, aka Heathrow, every working day. Even the new bits there are staring to look tatty, and the powers that be have just had yet another rethink on what constitutes an "approved" bag for liquids, gels and creams going through security >:(
Today has been a bit different
Watching my wife in cap and gown getting her 1st class honours degree. Puts my Desmond to shame somewhat !
Alan
Quote from: EtchedPixels on July 18, 2011, 06:06:18 PM
Today has been a bit different
Watching my wife in cap and gown getting her 1st class honours degree. Puts my Desmond to shame somewhat !
Alan
At least it wasn't a Douglass :thumbsup:
Well thats it then, Leuchars to close as an RAF base, shame our esteemed defence secretary didn't have a flamin clue about defence :evil:
Isn't it amazing how when they cut huge numbers off the forces, they never seem to cut any of the dead wood at MOD [Ministry Organising Disasters].
In fact they'll probably need to take on thousands more to deal with the increased workload caused by the expansion of the TA [which if I remember right, they cut a few years ago] and who when they get called up seem quite often to find they no longer have a job to go back to.
suprised with these idiots they haven't come up with the idea to privatise the forces!
pass the bottle, I need a drink
class37025
I'm going waste all of today beating my head off a very solid brick wall, thinking I like it, and then doing it some more, just for fun.
I haven't been this p****d off or disillusioned for years. Not happy. :thumbsdown:
Quote from: lesmond on July 19, 2011, 07:10:45 AM
I'm going waste all of today beating my head off a very solid brick wall, thinking I like it, and then doing it some more, just for fun.
I haven't been this p****d off or disillusioned for years. Not happy. :thumbsdown:
Head now looks like a zombie who has been hit with a breeze block, spent most of yesterday in tears, but happier today!!
Isn't life wonderful?
Quote from: lesmond on July 20, 2011, 03:27:19 PM
Quote from: lesmond on July 19, 2011, 07:10:45 AM
I'm going waste all of today beating my head off a very solid brick wall, thinking I like it, and then doing it some more, just for fun.
I haven't been this p****d off or disillusioned for years. Not happy. :thumbsdown:
Head now looks like a zombie who has been hit with a breeze block, spent most of yesterday in tears, but happier today!!
Isn't life wonderful?
Hi Lesmond,
I don't know of anything to say to mak :wave:e you feel better, but suffice to say there are hundreds of shoulders on this forum and we'd all be pleased to help in any way possible (apart from spondulicks 'cos I haven't much myself!)
Quote from: lesmond on July 20, 2011, 03:27:19 PM
Head now looks like a zombie who has been hit with a breeze block
Well surely that's improvement for a start ;)
Today is the same every Thursday, I will be going to a mates place with a group of friends to play guitar and sing a few songs. :thumbsup:
Normal service is slowly being resumed - thanks to all for the support. I now owe loads of beer / tea / bacon butties. :beers:
You are all lovely people, and I'm sorry for going off on one :thumbsup:
Quote from: Lawrence on July 20, 2011, 05:26:47 PM
Quote from: lesmond on July 20, 2011, 03:27:19 PM
Head now looks like a zombie who has been hit with a breeze block
Well surely that's improvement for a start ;)
I'd post a picture, but you'd only moderate it ;D
Stressing out.
getting ready to move....
Finding out I have a job interview (YAY!)
on the day *before* I arrive back in the UK (BOO! :( )
very stressed.. waiting to see if the interview can be moved but I think not. *sigh*
and I can't fly back earlier as I have to travel with my wife and daugther and thier visa's are pretty tight on when
to travel, besides, we have a complex logistical puzzle that is now unfolding with the move and we can't really change any of our dates
B****R!!!
This feels like getting kicked in the nuts by a gorgeous brunette
Graham
Quote from: lesmond on July 21, 2011, 03:53:00 PM
Normal service is slowly being resumed - thanks to all for the support. I now owe loads of beer / tea / bacon butties. :beers:
You are all lovely people, and I'm sorry for going off on one :thumbsup:
Hi Lesmond - good to have you back :wave: Please don't send the goodies by DHL. No one will ever see 'em :smiley-laughing:
We all need to blow off some steam now and then :A1Tornado:
As the school holidays are looming, and I'll only have to work half-days, I've just made a huge Screwfix order for the jobs at home. The biggest on my list is to stop the back garden flooding again! My plan is to dig a huge trench in front of one of the flower beds, line it with concrete, cover it in galvanised steel mesh, have two small brick walls to funnel the water into the trench, where a pump will pull the water out and squirt it onto the railway! :evil: Will this short out the 3rd rail?!?!? :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing: I've just ordered some Armoured Cable and an IP66 socket to give the power.
Also on the list is to sand down and paint three external doors. £22 for a tin of gloss paint. :o Mind you, it is guarenteed for 7 years.... ;D
Quote from: Tank on July 22, 2011, 11:00:39 AM
two small brick walls to funnel the water into the trench, where a pump will pull the water out and squirt it onto the railway! :evil: Will this short out the 3rd rail?!?!? :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing: I've just ordered some Armoured Cable and an IP66 socket to give the power.
Sounds like you'll be searching out N gauge versions of Underground Ernie :smiley-laughing:
Quote from: Tank on July 22, 2011, 11:00:39 AM
:evil: Will this short out the 3rd rail?!?!? :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:
Also on the list is to sand down and paint three external doors. £22 for a tin of gloss paint. :o Mind you, it is guarenteed for 7 years.... ;D
Could you make some arrangement of jump leads / transformers / crocodile clips and run your layout using 3rd rail power :smiley-laughing:?
Might save you a few quid...
22 quid for a tin of paint?? Is there gold in it, or something?
Quote from: newportnobby on July 21, 2011, 07:04:05 PM
Quote from: lesmond on July 21, 2011, 03:53:00 PM
Normal service is slowly being resumed - thanks to all for the support. I now owe loads of beer / tea / bacon butties. :beers:
You are all lovely people, and I'm sorry for going off on one :thumbsup:
Hi Lesmond - good to have you back :wave: Please don't send the goodies by DHL. No one will ever see 'em :smiley-laughing:
We all need to blow off some steam now and then :A1Tornado:
City Link are another parcel of useless b******s.. the Angry Thread may be taking a hit over them soon.
Would that be the same city link who put a card through my door at 09:26 saying they had tried to deliver a parcel, then came back about 14:00 with said parcel because it wasn't actually on the van this morning, this after I had arranged a 50 mile round trip to their depot to collect it.
p.s. said parcel contained a new graphics card for my pc, which, once installed, totally hung my pc. Old one back in, phoned Misco they said bin it we will give you a refund :o
Quote from: Lawrence on July 22, 2011, 06:59:14 PM
after I had arranged a 50 mile round trip to their depot to collect it.
phoned Misco they said bin it we will give you a refund :o
Quite poetic - bin there, bin it ::)
Same as every Saturday, I am off to my mates second hand model railway shop for a yarn with a few friends, a couple of cups of tea and to spend a few $$$$$, couldn't think of a better way to spend a Saturday morning.
Quote from: Lawrence on July 22, 2011, 06:59:14 PM
Would that be the same city link who put a card through my door at 09:26 saying they had tried to deliver a parcel, then came back about 14:00 with said parcel because it wasn't actually on the van this morning, this after I had arranged a 50 mile round trip to their depot to collect it.
That would be them - wonderful, wonderful people, no matter which depot you have to deal with :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:.
They always locate them in the a***hole of nowhere too - even in a tiny place like N Ireland it takes almost an hour to get to from my office.
Quote from: oldrailbug on July 22, 2011, 08:19:01 PM
Same as every Saturday, I am off to my mates second hand model railway shop for a yarn with a few friends, a couple of cups of tea and to spend a few $$$$$, couldn't think of a better way to spend a Saturday morning.
I don't suppose he ever gets any Japanese stuff in does he? Assuming your mate doesn't run the exorbitant Newhall Station store that is :o
Hi Lawrence, at the moment he only has one loco which is a Baldwin 0-6-6-0 steam articulated loco that was built for Japanese Railways, I think narrow gauge but its been made in N gauge, Newhall sells it for about $460us he has it in perfect running order for $100au which I think is about 70 quid, if he gets anything else in I will let you know.
Quote from: lesmond on July 22, 2011, 08:31:34 PM
They always locate them in the a***hole of nowhere too - even in a tiny place like N Ireland it takes almost an hour to get to from my office.
Sounds more like Sh***ylink then ;D
Quote from: oldrailbug on July 22, 2011, 08:44:20 PM
Hi Lawrence, at the moment he only has one loco which is a Baldwin 0-6-6-0 steam articulated loco that was built for Japanese Railways, I think narrow gauge but its been made in N gauge, Newhall sells it for about $460us he has it in perfect running order for $100au which I think is about 70 quid, if he gets anything else in I will let you know.
Cheers Dave - anything electric or diesel may be of interest :thumbsup:
City Link. Know all about them. Waited ages for a parcel, nothing came. Entered the details in their website, Said no one was home and they had left a card. Oh no they hadn't. Turns out the driver couldn't find my address and had entered the 'left card' bit in the computer. That's what the driver said when he eventually turned up, after he asked another driver for directions.
I've just taken out the four sets of glass on my workshop, and have replaced them with double glazing. These were hanging about where I worked, and when I measured them I couldn't believe they were the perfect size - with a little modifying to the frames. :) A little more work to do, then I can hang up the green (almost Southern Railway) curtains and rail that I also found. :D
I've also just made an NGF Shop, so we'll see how that works out. :)
Im just getting ready to go out for my stag party.. not sure where i will end up.
i guess you should all look out for me in your area. im the guy thats been painted green and stripped naked :thumbsdown:
A Stag-Do starting in the late afternoon?! Wow, you've got it easy!!!!!
Quickly building test etches and starting some baseboard woodwork. Todays modelling purchases being some timber framing, glue, screws and the like.
Mind you I'm quite happy about the test etches except I got the step position wrong
(http://www.etchedpixels.co.uk/Gallery/NGF/bz-test.jpg)
and I've been taking some photos as I built it which I'll put together later. Right now its letting various bits of glue set while I try and work out which buffers to fit and then add the white metal bits for the generator and vacuum cylinders.
Alan
Im sitting on the dock of a bay, watching the tides roll away... I've just left my home in georgia, and im heading for the frisco bay.......
What am I talking about????.............Im really awaiting farish to make and release a decent class 31, looking a bit like this: :Class31: :smiley-laughing:
That looks great Alan. Something I'd love to learn to do.
having a go at making a cutting out of cork sheets, but at the moment it my end up with a bit of det cord round it :evil:
cloughie
Just got back from little Model Exhibition in Thirsk. I bought a couple of mk 1s.
Apparently Mrs Kirky says we're going shopping (again) but I'd rather watch the cricket (I missed Broad's hatrick yesterday because I was trailling Mrs Kirky round the shops ...grrrr)
Kirky
I was marking some old curtains on the lawn, ready to cut them. I stood up, and my back is killing me. I had to slowly go onto my hands and knees, and took ages to get indoors - on all fours. In agony. I hope this clears up, as I hate calling in sick at work, although I might have to go to the dreaded doctors tomorrow. :thumbsdown:
Quote from: Tank on July 31, 2011, 02:29:25 PM
I was marking some old curtains on the lawn, ready to cut them. I stood up, and my back is killing me. I had to slowly go onto my hands and knees, and took ages to get indoors - on all fours. In agony. I hope this clears up, as I hate calling in sick at work, although I might have to go to the dreaded doctors tomorrow. :thumbsdown:
Oh dear - welcome to my world. I have, it seems, a weak back and was forced to take 2 weeks off work last year which brassed me off 'cos it's the only time I've had off work in 3 years. The firm sent me to a physio who bent me in half amid much screaming with no clear result. Plenty of Anadin Back & Muscle pain later I was OK, but I have to be careful (sorry about the advertising but they do work). Hope you feel better soon :thumbsup:
Thanks mate. I've taken two Co-codemol's that we had in the cupboard, and some of the pain has eased off. I can lift my legs enough to get up the stairs to the bathroom now! :D Sorry to hear you have a bad back too. Sadly, I think a lot of people do.
Quote from: Tank on July 31, 2011, 04:56:39 PM
Thanks mate. I've taken two Co-codemol's that we had in the cupboard, and some of the pain has eased off. I can lift my legs enough to get up the stairs to the bathroom now! :D Sorry to hear you have a bad back too. Sadly, I think a lot of people do.
Your doctor can prescribe sessions at a chiropracter,been reduced from twelve down to nine this year at my PCT,but it's free.
Not got a lot of time for physiotherapists myself,but the chiropracter I go to is brilliant,as soon as my hip replacement is fully healed I'll be having another nine sessions.You can do this each year.
Allan
Quote from: Tank on July 31, 2011, 04:56:39 PM
Sorry to hear you have a bad back too. Sadly, I think a lot of people do.
Something to bear in mind when setting the height of a layout - YOU WILL AGE! :'(
Hi all
Later today i will be working on my etched pixels/electra graphics class 175 coradia....
Regards
Mike
The back of my layout is at the point when reaching over is at the exact point that causes a crick in my back. Very painful. :'(
Quote from: poliss on July 17, 2011, 03:49:11 PM
I just did a 4 second snipe on Ebay. :computersmile:
Hey dude,
Can you please tell me that what is a 4 second snipe on Ebay????
Hi Joseph,
If I remember rightly from Poliss, a 4 second snipe is where you leave your final bid until the last 4 seconds on the clock so that no one else has time to place a higher bid - thus you win the bidding. :thumbsup:
And you have to pray that your computer doesn't freeze/crash, or your internet connection drops. The latter is a regular occurence here!
The new clock on the bidding page helps. I used to have two pages open at once, one with the clock and one with my highest bid. The problem was that if you missed clicking the other page you lost because you ran out of time, so I had to bid with 8 seconds left.
Some people have managed a zero seconds snipe.
I like that new clock as well, like you I used to have two pages open at the same time.
No bidding for me for a while though saving my cash for the N Gauge show in Sept ;)
Quote from: scotsoft on August 02, 2011, 01:15:48 PM
I like that new clock as well, like you I used to have two pages open at the same time.
No bidding for me for a while though saving my cash for the N Gauge show in Sept ;)
Me too! :thumbsup:
cudders
I just had an old friend round to murder the wasps that are living in our loft! Fingers crossed they'll be gone by tonight.
Quote from: Tank on August 02, 2011, 02:08:41 PM
I just had an old friend round to murder the wasps that are living in our loft! Fingers crossed they'll be gone by tonight.
I'm still waiting for the council exterminator from reporting the wasp nest in my shed on Thursday last week.Tomorrow is the last of the five working days they told me it would be taken care of. :thumbsdown:
Allan
Oh no, sorry to hear that. :thumbsdown: Should I tell you that I rang my friend Paul, he arrived five minutes late, and 15 minutes later he left?! ;) He did charge £40 though, but I'm guessing the council does it for free? ??? Or do they still charge?
The council hit my debit card for £59.00 immediately and then the lady told me they are very busy.
Not sure what happens when they come,but I hope they put a sheet or something to collect the dead bodies in,I don't want to get stung by a wasp corpse lurking amongst the stuff under the nest.
Allan
The only way the council will come out for free is if your on income support or over the age of 60.
Then (round here) they call out a local pest control firm to do the job for them and pay them..(we are dealing with rats from next door here and getting the 'free service'.
Wasps sometimes take some time to die but will fall dopey from the nest and craw about on your floor/furnature......beware of dieing ones ......they still sting and a sting underneath the foot hurts like *%"* and comes as a shock
Had to go out and do a bit of shopping. Went to three shops. First shop, the till was closed until I was stuck in the second queue of course. Second shop, I got stuck behind someone that disagreed with the price of cat food, (I am an iams cat), assistant went away for 10 minutes to check the price and when she came back the customer didn't want it. Third shop, I got stuck behind someone that wanted to report the assistant to head office. It rained too. :(
Quote from: jonclox on August 02, 2011, 04:19:35 PM
we are dealing with rats from next door here and getting the 'free service'.
Not a nice way to talk about your neighbours, but if there is such a free service I'm sure others would be interested ;D
The wasp exterminator came this afternoon and did his job.
Things I learned....
The wasp nest was in the shed roof space between the inside hardboard and the roof,they'd built it there and then made holes down through the hardboard lining and spread out on the inside of the roof.
They start building in May and at the beginning of August there are around two thousand wasps in the nest,at the end of August this would have increased to three thousand. :o
They never use the same nest twice.
Allan
Heard on the Steve Wright show today - if you have 1 insect in your house there will be another 200 of the same somewhere else in the house.
Who comes up with this stuff? I mean, if I see a spider I'm not going to think "Ah - there's another 200 somewhere"
If it is true,then going to live in Oz I am not :o
'They never use the same nest twice.'
Well those 2000 wont anyway :thumbsup:, but wasps from other nests might :thumbsdown: (experience of many nests)
I'm fine then. I live in a flat. :thumbsup:
hi all
today i have been building some CR Signals kits
one was a 2 aspect signal that went together quite quickly with the minimum of hastle
the other was one of the modern yard lamp kits. (boy are the leds small in this kit)
anyway the upshot was i used a bit to much heat and melted the second of the leds so i will have to send for some replacements.
and also save up for a temp controlled soldering iron
if anyone has built any of these kits and has any useful tips on building them it would be a great help
dave
Today I started packing all the model related kit away in preparation for our move from Cardiff to Llanidloes.
On the plus side that means I'm only 9 days away from a dedicated 4m x 4m railway room in the warm .....
On the down side my wife has discovered just how much gear I've acquired over the past 5 years in readiness for the day. Threats have been rendered ........
It's a lonely, cold environment chez moi just at the moment .......
Still .... :beers:
Ask her if she's hired the extra large removal van to take her collection of shoes.
It has just been discovered by scientists that, while men are descended from apes, women are descended from centipedes. It's the only logical explanation.
:D Good one Poliss!
Good luck with the move Griffo49. :thumbsup:
Quote from: griffo49 on August 03, 2011, 10:32:43 PM
Today I started packing all the model related kit away in preparation for our move from Cardiff to Llanidloes.
On the plus side that means I'm only 9 days away from a dedicated 4m x 4m railway room in the warm .....
On the down side my wife has discovered just how much gear I've acquired over the past 5 years in readiness for the day. Threats have been rendered ........
It's a lonely, cold environment chez moi just at the moment .......
Still .... :beers:
Been there, done that. It's like living in an igloo when they find out. Still, I just told her that every time she brings home shoes/handbags the equivalent dosh would be spent on N gauge stuff. It didn't stop her, but it meant I could accumulate a lot.
It never helped that I always told her - yes, your bum does look big in that. Needless to say I'm single again. :)
Ouch.. nasty situation there. I keep most of mine in work, well out of the road :thumbsup:
Good luck with the house move, though.
Centipedes eh, what goes 97, 98, Bonk.
A centipede with a wooden leg.
Ha Ha Ha :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Has to rate as the corniest joke posted on the forum.
Only because I haven't posted my corny jokes........yet. :evil:
Enjoying looking through a second hand book found in the Oxfam shop - "The Heyday of Old Oak Common and its Locomotives". Great colour photos of the engines and coaches around 1955 to '65. Just the era I am modelling :thumbsup:
I have been watching my Kato Santa Fe F9 A + B units pullling my Kato Santa Fe Car sets A + B, 8 cars in total, and they look great ;D
This afternoon I am off to hospital for another torture session on my right leg :thumbsdown:
John
Day over Down Here (2113hrs Lima as I type) so just the weekend to look forward to. That, hopefully, will involve continuing progress on my 2mm GER Cattle wagon and my Etched Pixels Stroudley coaches.
Quote from: Sithlord75 on August 05, 2011, 12:14:53 PM
Day over Down Here (2113hrs Lima as I type) so just the weekend to look forward to. That, hopefully, will involve continuing progress on my 2mm GER Cattle wagon and my Etched Pixels Stroudley coaches.
Hope it goes well. Send us pictures :camera: when you've done. All the best mate, OwL :thumbsup:
Quote from: newportnobby on August 02, 2011, 09:38:51 PM
Quote from: jonclox on August 02, 2011, 04:19:35 PM
we are dealing with rats from next door here and getting the 'free service'.
Not a nice way to talk about your neighbours, but if there is such a free service I'm sure others would be interested ;D
Ha ha ha.. That is really a pretty smart answer given to him...!! :D
I rescued a young rabbit from the jaws of our 9 month old kitten! It is the 2nd one she has caught ::)
Going to play in the oldies 6 a side soccer this evening against neighbouring village, lots of pride at stake, I'm useless, maybe I've been picked so I can bring everyone home from the pub tonight?
Quote from: Lawrence on August 13, 2011, 02:32:52 PM
I rescued a young rabbit from the jaws of our 9 month old kitten! It is the 2nd one she has caught ::)
She sounds like a cracker - well done rescuing the rabbit, though :thumbsup:
I'm building a Scalescenes signal box,the steps have been a nightmare to do,after two reprints to start again I finally fixed the steps in position,the treads are slightly out of level with each other but at least it's fixed to the side of the signal box now.
The only thing is,I now realise the steps are upside down and the treads should have been glued under the risers,not on top, ;D
Allan
Just got back from me hols down South at Holmfirth. Going through the photos. Visited the Kirklees narrow gauge railway and the NRM at York. The NRM was a good visit as they have the Mallard on display as well as a Japanese bullet train. Will post some photos tomorrow.
Alex
Just spent a very pleasant hour or so running branch passenger and freight trains to and from Port Perran. Plus a little yard shunting.
Playing guitar and singing in a country music band at a local venue.
Washing, ironing, tidying and a run to the local supply depot dump for a look round :thumbsup:
Quote from: galway on August 13, 2011, 03:27:13 PM
Going to play in the oldies 6 a side soccer this evening against neighbouring village, lots of pride at stake, I'm useless, maybe I've been picked so I can bring everyone home from the pub tonight?
Don't be shy. Tell us if you're still in one piece and what the result was. Is your pride still intact? :wave:
Adding new stock to the web site and desperately trying to get rid of the fishy smell from the kitchen. My wife doesn't like fish smells so I had kippers while she was away, unfortunately the kippers may have departed but the smell has not.
What are you adding EtchedPixels? Always good to hear of new products. :)
Quote from: newportnobby on August 14, 2011, 09:16:36 AM
Quote from: galway on August 13, 2011, 03:27:13 PM
Going to play in the oldies 6 a side soccer this evening against neighbouring village, lots of pride at stake, I'm useless, maybe I've been picked so I can bring everyone home from the pub tonight?
Don't be shy. Tell us if you're still in one piece and what the result was. Is your pride still intact? :wave:
Match postponed (last minute) til 2 weeks time, other team realised they were all on holiday ??? have to give boots back and reborrow next time. Still looks like I'm driving though!
Quote from: Tank on August 14, 2011, 12:59:30 PM
What are you adding EtchedPixels? Always good to hear of new products. :)
Stuff coming back into stock (Coradia centre car, 323 ends etc) and the next Thompson BZ - still have to build check it, sort out the couplings and write instructions for that though.
Only other new bit getting sorted is from Dapol, and that's a small box that looks like Sir Nigels hankerchief (it's full of Gresley bogies 8)) as I had a very productive chat with Dave at Dapol a while back about getting supplies of some of their bogies for kit building etc.
And right now I'm supposedly making baseboards but more demonstrating my ineptness at carpentry.
About to go to bed (2200hrs) prior to taking about 100 kids on a school trip in the morning...
Not much railway done over the weekend but I have got the hang of making DG couplings which is a plus. Also tidied up and found the buffers I had put "safely" away for the GER Cattle Wagon mentioned previous on this thread (the pic which can be found on my blog). Haven't fitted them yet, but they are now in another safe spot - which I can find ;D
Quote from: Lawrence on August 13, 2011, 02:32:52 PM
I rescued a young rabbit from the jaws of our 9 month old kitten! It is the 2nd one she has caught ::)
Good job kitty - mind you rabbits are bounty hunted out here as they are a bloody menace. Bit like Kangaroos. Our pair tend to go after the mice, which is a good thing as having had the drought break we ended up with the inevitable mouse plague - fortunately the drought broke late so the plague was late and it got too cold for the next plague to turn up - that of the snakes, including the inland tiapan and mates (Just to put the willies up you all, 1 bite from a tiapan can kill 250,000 mice... or a 200lb bloke in roughly 10 minutes), or birds - got a pigeon the other night while it was asleep - turned up with the branch still in its claws. Pigeons are stupied - they haven't had much luck chasing the gallahs around here which is a pity as they are noisy and there is about 100 in the flock.
On holiday this week catching on some projects among them Journeys end, if i can get the long layout cleared run some trains hopefully like to try some coaches i fitted lighting to :thumbsup:
Tax return (gahhh), kitchen cleaning (joyous), packing outstanding orders, carpet measuring, fitting doorhandles/
Not all bad I also finished the Thompson six wheeler instructions and put it up on the web site, and did the test assembly of my baseboards so they can now be glued as units ready for final assembly in situ. Also gave the folks at Swansea Timber & Plywood the cutting list for the strips to go underneath to stop it being tempted to bow and for the next baseboard bits.
Need to have a nice chat with the chippie when he's doing the toilet woodwork and get him to stick some round holes in a few bits of board (one turntable and some for the spiral)