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Your buildings look most impressive Aaron, it will be good to see them in situ. And of course, a thread on the build of the hotel would be most welcome. As if you needed to ask!

Looks like a great way to celebrate new year. If only we could guarantee cold clear nights every year!

Here's to a better year than last
I bought my wife a wooden leg for Christmas. It wasn't her main present. It was just a stocking filler...

Catching up after a prolonged absence. The water mill is very impressive Rod. An excellent build. The use of 'real' bricks just demonstrates how effective it is for producing a realistic appearance to brickwork.

Photo number 4 is the charmer for me Grant. I can just imagine the chat between the driver and the linesman.

Well, I must admit to being somewhat bemused - haven't really experienced anything like this since my days at Warmington with that man Wilson. I received a telegram from the director of the CHLR telling me to expect imminently the arrival of the Inspector, in his crate. Crate arrived last week, and,...

Thanks chaps, I think the finish could have been a lot worse. Certainly not enough to damage by stripping but We'll how it goes when elements and coal hit it. Great idea Phil, managed to get some heat shrink today. Just one question. This might sound a bit daft but did you heat it up or just attach...

More work on line saw an on the whim project which I had in my mind for a little while. A coal stage, taking inspiration of the likes of Hayling Island (For the record I'm an LNER man rather than Southern but the Hayling Billy holds a particular fascination) Here is a photo run down of the whole pr...

Sylvian Tennant wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 07, 2020 11:51 pm

A perfectly innocuous photo. But when you see it...

courtesy of my 18 month old.

Well... it took some seeing, but as you say, when you do...
I'll not spoil it for the others

I did wonder about weather I should try sealing the loco inside a container, but didn't expect the rice to work in any case. Was more of an act of desperation, to avoid another rebuild.. Those re-usable sachets, does one leave them in the sun to dry? Regards, Aaron Hi Aaron, if you have searing sun...

I did wonder about weather I should try sealing the loco inside a container, but didn't expect the rice to work in any case. Was more of an act of desperation, to avoid another rebuild.. Those re-usable sachets, does one leave them in the sun to dry? Regards, Aaron Hi Aaron, of you have searing sun...

Very surprised to notice a date on the beam of 1917. Would that be a build date, or just the date the component was replaced?

I've found Binnie skips almost impossible to propel, or maybe it's just small rolling stock that is the issue :roll: Often being so light doesn't help, partly why mine are on some spare Roundhouse wheels. Are your skips permanently-coupled with links? Regards, Aaron Mine have steel wheels (Brandbri...

Knob twiddling aside, that's a very good solution Rik. Have you used one of the "12v LED dimmer switches" off ebay? Not bad value for about £2-3 each. I'm currently using 4 in a non railway related project. The last time I built one from a Velleman kit, and it was not that cheap!

philipy wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 28, 2020 7:34 pm

Thanks guys. We are all looking forward with bated breath!!

Oh dear, don't do that, you may turn blue waiting...