I love this channel, they're now showing this actual video:

You don't often hear anything from the Obscured By Clouds album but this just came up on NOW 70s (Sky channel 355) so I just had to put it in this thread:

Hi,
Any ideas for sourcing a small, sail powered fishing boat dating no later than the 1930's?
I've searched high and low, the usual N gauge makers, 3D printers etc but nothing.
It's beginning to look like I may have to make one myself if I can find some drawings.

Quote from: port perran on January 29, 2026, 01:27:49 PM

Quote from: Newportnobby on January 29, 2026, 12:10:37 PMJust had a call from Preston hospital saying they've had a cancellation so could I go for the MRI scan I've been waiting nearly a year for on Feb 12th at 08.15. Course I can, even though it will mean getting up at silly o'clock to avoid all the rush hour crap. In the meantime I need to get to Chorley hospital next week sometime for a chest X ray, the results of which are needed by the MRI team

I hope it all goes well.
Is getting to Chorley a problem?

It's not the getting there, Martin
Being (long) retired I don't tend to get out of bed before 8 - 9 ack emma* but to ensure I miss the rush hour and get a parking space I really need to be at Chorley hospital by about 08.00 so leave at about 07.30

*Especially if I have a rough night. Usually I can anywhere between 5 - 7 hours of sleep but not necessarily in one go. A stretch of bad nights can result in me sleeping for up to 10 -11 hours!!  

Quote from: Newportnobby on January 29, 2026, 12:10:37 PMJust had a call from Preston hospital saying they've had a cancellation so could I go for the MRI scan I've been waiting nearly a year for on Feb 12th at 08.15. Course I can, even though it will mean getting up at silly o'clock to avoid all the rush hour crap. In the meantime I need to get to Chorley hospital next week sometime for a chest X ray, the results of which are needed by the MRI team

I hope it all goes well.
Is getting to Chorley a problem?

Hospitals seem to be the in thing at the moment! I've been in for seven and a half hours and I'm still there! Oh, hang on.... wrong thread 

Good luck, Mick. Hope you get good news.

Cheers,

Chris

Just had a call from Preston hospital saying they've had a cancellation so could I go for the MRI scan I've been waiting nearly a year for on Feb 12th at 08.15. Course I can, even though it will mean getting up at silly o'clock to avoid all the rush hour crap. In the meantime I need to get to Chorley hospital next week sometime for a chest X ray, the results of which are needed by the MRI team

Quote from: will99 on January 25, 2026, 05:30:07 PMHi,

Looking at the Graham Farish Diesel Locos we seem stuck between the Class 47/0  D1601 for around £152  or one of the LMS1000/1 twins which are just under £100, in Black or Green livery.

Interested to know what others think of these two diesels, is either any better than the other and why are the LMS ones so much cheaper  ?

TIA.


https://railsofsheffield.com/products/graham-farish-371-825e-class-47-0-d1601-br-green-small-yellow-panels-diesel-locomotive?_pos=113&_fid=0c2be8d97&_ss=c


https://railsofsheffield.com/products/lms-10001-br-lined-green-late-crest-diesel-locomotive?_pos=14&_fid=4ce70a8a8&_ss=c

Simple answer is both are good models.   
Some have raved as to the twins being the best diesel Farish has done to date
At 100 squid each they're an absolute steal.

Quote from: Stuart Down Under on January 28, 2026, 12:45:37 AM

Quote from: Newportnobby on January 27, 2026, 01:56:55 PMThanks for that. I don't do Facebook. Perhaps they could update their own website

People that "do" Facebook don't realise that many of us don't. They should certainly have a progress line at the top of the "expression of interest" page. It would probably accelerate progress. If it's gone from 50% to 80% in a month, they should get there or thereabouts by March...

As someone who mostly uses this branch of the NGF but also, to a lesser extent, "does" the FaceBook branch, albeit sticking to only certain well moderated groups and avoiding the general melee, it is quiet noticeable how the NGF community is largely split into two separate "sections" with the overlapping portion of the venn diagram being relatively small....

Anyhoo, getting back to the topic, I do suspect we will get there on this project. In fact to some extent I might even welcome the possibility of a slight delay as I have so much on pre-order here and there right now that the prospect of it all coming in at once is slightly concerning...  .