Sounds like a pint or two is in order

A decent 2251woukd also be most welcome and I think very popular.

Thanks Tim ,

I wish I was a Kitchen fitter, then what I'm doing would stand up to closer inspection     

All best wishes

Kevin

 

Excellent work Kevin @Phoenix , are you a kitchen fitter in your spare time!

Tim

Hi All,

I's been a bit rainy here, so I've been getting on quite well in getting the workbench built. 

To give me more room, most of the stuff has been piled up at the opposite end of the room I'm working in



Now I've been putting things together at the "bussiness" end 



Apart from the weight of the worktop making it really hard to move around, the hardest part was getting all the different units the same height without affecting the drawers and cupboard doors, and also getting all the drawers to work ok .

All seems to be fitting together well, so I've got a whole bunch of brackets and stuff to hold it all together,



When everything is secure I can think about what I need on the back wall along with a couple of organizers I have 

Incidentally, one side effect from all this is having a cupboard full of polystyrene to carve hills and valleys from     



All best wishes

Kevin

 

Quote from: ScottishModeller on September 13, 2025, 03:01:00 PM

Quote from: Hightower on September 13, 2025, 02:42:41 PMIf you didn't see it on the TINGS thread, new versions inbound:

https://tinyurl.com/t2y6m2ma

Looking forward to getting a pair of LUMO versions!

Not sure if I heard Mr Kato correctly on the expected dates.....

Christmas this year!

Phil H

The posters said Spring/Summer 2026.

Quote from: Chris Morris on September 13, 2025, 06:16:39 AMI think the more important Dapol development is the GWR 2-6-0. The GWR built more of these than any other tender loco and they were truly "maids of all work". They could be used on some branch lines but were mostly main line locos. They were regularly seen on both passenger and freight duties and often with slightly shorter trains than the expresses. They could be used on an express if needed but the smallish boiler wasn't meant for such duties. It really will be the most useful GWR model yet when it comes out. This loco was the unsung hero of the GWR.

I agree. A go (almost) anywhere loco that we sit equally on a mainline layout or a branchline. It might be me but I've noticed lately that all we are getting are big mainline locomotives and no go anywhere locomotives. I know there are a couple of announcements but nothing to get me all worked up on.

Just an FYI, I made an order from Rails of Sheffield that arrived August 27...and DHL held the shipment demanding about 25% of the value of my order for "duties and fees" before they would release it to me. If I didn't pay it, they would return the shipment. I went ahead and paid it, confused as why this was charged as the de minimus exception was still in place. When I looked up the shipment paperwork on DHLs website, it showed no tariff was charged by US CBP. I haven't had time to call DHL to see why I was charged, but I never had to pay extra like that before and the shipment value was well under $800 US.

I have a few sets of Revolution's 1938 Underground stock preordered and paid for...this is gonna hurt...if I can even get them.

Quote from: geofff on September 13, 2025, 10:04:58 AMWhat's a reaction?

To the Bristol City fan (sorry can't remember your title) - please be gentle today.

A reaction is what you get if you call @port perran a Brizzle Rovers fan 

It's also something you can do to each comment made by anyone on the forum using the thumbs up/down, smiley face, heart etc below their post.

A TPE one for me.

Assuming I can get it into. The US.

John P