An absolute change-of-pace for me.

My favorite non-metal band.

Fate, Scrabble and the power of music led me to this band.

Saw these guys at the Strand in Key West FL. ~'85.


https://youtu.be/hTOEDAo9W0E

I should get an Oscar. Here's Bealman putting on a brave face while the reality is he's suffering the worst pain he's ever known

Quote from: Bealman on March 09, 2026, 01:35:56 PM

Quote from: Newportnobby on March 09, 2026, 11:36:45 AMLovely. Thanks for sharing that
There's absolutely zero dignity when you're in hospitals

Better than doing it in bed!

Maybe so but just imagine the attention you'd get from the nurses leaning over the bed if it happened. And as for the view from there   

Laying track to fit the plan of 'Bletchford'

https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?msg=879204

Another small revision today to avoid a batten just where a point was required. I looked at moving the batten but would have had to dismantle too much so I just moved the point so as to be able to fit underboard point motors

Quote from: middlefour on March 05, 2026, 11:32:44 AMSetting up the TT range has cost them a lot and talking to the owner of the model shop I use its not selling anything like what Hornby hoped for.

Do you have any facts/evidence to support the setting up costs and current sales levels?

It (Hornby TT120) does currently seem to be heavily promoted in Social Media, forums and magazines. And I get the impression they are providing support and product to a number of modellers and magazines to build TT120 layouts and have them featured in magazine articles and on model railway forums.

It'd be nice if N gauge got the same level of support and promotion. Still, hopefully it'll be a relatively short lived interest and marketing activity and the spotlight for small scale model railways will turn back to N.

Swearing a lot at some old track.

I had a space, a plan and a piece of board plus a pile of old Fleischmann piccolo track (Set track type stuff but not quite so set-track as Peco). Having assembled it all and started testing I've discovered all the double slip crossings I cunningly used to make the fiddle yard extra effective don't actually power route.

Going to have to do some rearranging.

Quote from: Bealman on March 09, 2026, 11:24:25 AMBeing completely unable to perambulate to the dunny, I thought I'd share this view of Bealman's night buddy in hospital 

Modelling opportunity

Quote from: lil chris on March 09, 2026, 06:11:52 PMYes  I agree with a lot of the comments here. I do not think Hornby did themselves any favours excluding dealers from selling the TT range.

Dealers would have killed their pricing. They know exactly what they are doing and I imagine like any business they'd love to get rid of all their dealers the day they are not adding enough value.

Quote from: Roy L S on March 05, 2026, 09:02:07 PMI think the reality is that TT120 is encountering economic "headwinds" just like any other scale.

Roy

I think everything is entering economic headwinds (and about to get a lot worse) but any new scale will take time to get traction. TT is a lovely scale and they've thought pretty hard about building a product range for it.

I do wonder whether it will just go the way of Z though.