Disappointment

[ScottyStitch]

Pfft, for a piddling 1,000 posts you should be thankful for the little baggie of vintage Farish split gears now on their way to you.

I think you will find Bachmann already reward long-term modellers with split gears included randomly in all powered releases. 

Ain't that the sorry truth!

Yeah, despite being less than 2 years into this I already have a sick class 46 . And a couple of other models bought 2nd hand (albeit at reduced prices) due to the same issue. If it's any consolation I also have a German Brawa DMU suffering from the same problem.

Luxury! I bought two 44s from Hattons and both had split gears out of the box.

Mind you we used to dream of being able to afford our own split gears. Our dad, he'd make us scratchbuild our own locos from lumps of coal and whatever the cat bought in. Still, we were happy.

Ee, you were lucky you had coal. We used to have to fit wheels and bits of old pocket watches to mums discarded egg cartons and try an balance them precariously on tracks made of spent matches. That were real modelling.

[colpatben]

Pfft, for a piddling 1,000 posts you should be thankful for the little baggie of vintage Farish split gears now on their way to you.

I think you will find Bachmann already reward long-term modellers with split gears included randomly in all powered releases. 

Ain't that the sorry truth!

Yeah, despite being less than 2 years into this I already have a sick class 46 . And a couple of other models bought 2nd hand (albeit at reduced prices) due to the same issue. If it's any consolation I also have a German Brawa DMU suffering from the same problem.

Luxury! I bought two 44s from Hattons and both had split gears out of the box.

Mind you we used to dream of being able to afford our own split gears. Our dad, he'd make us scratchbuild our own locos from lumps of coal and whatever the cat bought in. Still, we were happy.

Ee, you were lucky you had coal. We used to have to fit wheels and bits of old pocket watches to mums discarded egg cartons and try an balance them precariously on tracks made of spent matches. That were real modelling.

Is there a record and reward for nesting the most posts?
One way of getting your numbers up.
(Cheque in post without signature and dated 1st March 2015).
Mad as a March Hare.

PS why is 'Change Colour' spelt Color?

[ScottyStitch]

Pfft, for a piddling 1,000 posts you should be thankful for the little baggie of vintage Farish split gears now on their way to you.

I think you will find Bachmann already reward long-term modellers with split gears included randomly in all powered releases. 

Ain't that the sorry truth!

Yeah, despite being less than 2 years into this I already have a sick class 46 . And a couple of other models bought 2nd hand (albeit at reduced prices) due to the same issue. If it's any consolation I also have a German Brawa DMU suffering from the same problem.

Luxury! I bought two 44s from Hattons and both had split gears out of the box.

Mind you we used to dream of being able to afford our own split gears. Our dad, he'd make us scratchbuild our own locos from lumps of coal and whatever the cat bought in. Still, we were happy.

Ee, you were lucky you had coal. We used to have to fit wheels and bits of old pocket watches to mums discarded egg cartons and try an balance them precariously on tracks made of spent matches. That were real modelling.

Is there a record and reward for nesting the most posts?
One way of getting your numbers up.
(Cheque in post without signature and dated 1st March 2015).
Mad as a March Hare.

PS why is 'Change Colour' spelt Color?

I'm not sure, but we could go on forever and never have a winner........

[GeeBee]

PS why is 'Change Colour' spelt Color?
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A Microsoft Americanism I suspect

[talisman56]

-Philip

That'll never get out of the sidings - the Guard's union won't be impressed by the lack of accommodation for them...

[colpatben]

PS why is 'Change Colour' spelt Color?


A Microsoft Americanism I suspect

Definitely true. '
If you were unfortunate enough to buy your children the early learning aid called 'Speak and Spell' to help them improve their spelling, when I heard the dam thing speak "Spell Colour" and you entered - Colour.
It replied 'That is incorrect the word colour is spelt color" Grrrrrrr. Shouted and screamed at it but the daft machine never learned how to spell colour correctly