Quote from: cmason on Yesterday at 02:15:18 PM@Bealman
 is that van the Polizei visiting the club looking for you?

Sadly, no. I have it on good authority from the Wollongong Mental Health Authority that, far from George being released to go home he did, in actual fact, go AWOL when permission was given for a mercy visit to the bowlo. They haven't seen him since so have assumed George has gone on the run and a BOLO has been put out. The ambulance in the pic has been readied for a rumble on him being sighted loitering at a bus stop

The Dapol Class 22 is a very nice model (I'm strictly an analogue modeller, by the way...). I have had mine from new for around two years; it is a lovely runner!

However, I have found a minor, though rather irritating snag with this model. The lights worked for only 3 months before going out on a permanent(?) basis, (fortunately, I am relying on headcode discs). I have been told by fellow modellers that that is about "par for the course" with many of Dapol's diesel loco models, particularly this one: it seems that Dapol's electrical connections are sometimes a bit "iffy" (some of their tender locos have a very "delicate" electrical connection between loco and tender...).

Despite my little gripe, I would still recommend this model - it is a beautifully powerful, smooth, highly controllable, and quiet runner!

@Bealman

George,

is that van the Polizei visiting the club looking for you? I guess they have been warned about a Sunderland supporter being back out on the loose...

Seriously, its good to see that you are getting out and about - and are able to cast a critical eye over the work of (un)civil engineers :-),

Colin.

@Moonglum Love the Zappa quote but not, as you said, the tune shown

@kusojiji I'm OK with ELO in small doeses. If you want lyrical oddities try...........

The creek that runs right by the bowlo overflows regularly in periods of heavy rain, which in turn floods the club.

Work has been done recently to supposedly stop this, but don't ask me how this is supposed to work!



It seems to me that this ramp will facilitate the flow of water right to the door of the club!



...which is just at the top of the ramp. The ambulance is not for Bealman, incidentally.

Quote from: Michanglais on Yesterday at 07:41:31 AMI was kinda hoping for more, being new to N gauge and wanting to add to my stock.

As I've posted "in another place" Bachmann/Farish can't win: they switched to quarterly announcements so that they were only announcing things that were to arrive on sale very soon, rather than an annual "everything" announcement of vapourware with long lead times, and they get criticised because the smaller quarterly announcements aren't exciting enough!

Also: the summer announcement is always small. This is a dead time for model railway sales. Normal people are spending money on holidays and DIY. They are better saving the bigger announcements until the "hobby season" starts in the autumn, and for N this also ties in with TINGS and other big autumn shows.

If you're looking to build up your stock quickly then it's the secondhand market I'm afraid.  New product announcements in the UK N market are going to be 2/3 new locos a year per manufacturer if we're lucky plus assorted rolling stock across all eras. Given modern batch production lead times, you have to plan over several years to build up your stock.

(It also means that for me, approaching my mid-sixties means that I have to accept that what has already been announced or in production is "it" as far as making future plans is concerned: there's no point waiting for any more of my wishlist to be announced as otherwise I'll run out of active life time to build the layout before they're produced.)

Martin @port perran , FZ will frowning down on me as I misquoted him, he actually said "Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny". IIRC he said it in the introduction to "Be Bop Tango" from the "Roxy and Elsewhere" live album.

I don't recall listening to much Manfred Man but "Blinded by the Light" is a good "un" @kusojiji .

Tim

 

Quote from: port perran on Yesterday at 07:53:58 AM

Quote from: kusojiji on May 07, 2026, 11:21:36 PMHere's another one that had me wondering.
Manfred Mann - wrapped up like a douche?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWqBTAk0Qk8

I've often wondered about that too so I asked Mr Google :

The famous, widely misheard lyric is actually "revved up like a deuce" (referencing a 1932 Ford "deuce coupe"), but it famously sounds like "wrapped up like a douche".

Incidentally, and it's just occurred to me that the Beach Boys also had a very famous song about a deuce coupe.

My all time favorite song from '74. Kept hearing it on the radio, but never knew the name or the singer. Finally found out who in '85.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKAuhbAeztA

Quote from: kusojiji on May 07, 2026, 11:21:36 PMHere's another one that had me wondering.
Manfred Mann - wrapped up like a douche?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWqBTAk0Qk8

I've often wondered about that too so I asked Mr Google :

The famous, widely misheard lyric is actually "revved up like a deuce" (referencing a 1932 Ford "deuce coupe"), but it famously sounds like "wrapped up like a douche".