Georgeconna

Fully staged photo of people enjoying veiwing my layout..

dumping the NCE was the best thing I ever did. Dunno how people use that Archaic yoke.

excellent demo. never seen one live so no idea what these sound like but certainly the presentation captures the essence of what if shoud be. Love the fan, gonna enjoy that. The lighting affects are lovely especially the dimming when switching ends. The oomph of the diesel is quite nice too, braking is a tad on the weak side? The track gap in that film though! I suspect it flipped off it they were well misaligned!

do make sure to introduce yourself Bob

had two chips, one in a HST 125 and the other in a LNER D49. Used to swap them out then to other locos when I fancied something different! Still have the two locos and they still run.

Got a call about some weathering and DCC installation from a gent earlier today. Asked him his location and he was literally 100 metres from my house. Said call over and he brought these beauty's along, Rhodesian Railways Locos. Turns out has an African Layout complete with mud huts etc. Lived here for years too. Anyway gonna help him out and stick a headlight and try to fry some suitable sound decoders for them Conna is becoming a hot bed for continental modelling it seems!

confirmation money went on a Zero one lad. all gone. See ya there lad.

Fitted in the motor, just need to loose about 6 inches of girth as the seat is pushed up to the max. Reassembled it and 2 lights not working as the wires came away now sorted. Here it is now in expo mode

Cheers, it actually white but I should have done it like the loco livery. Can always re do it. I am not in the City but out near Fermoy so if you are passing more than welcome for a cuppa.

Getting Connafeld ready for its 1st outing.. Hope it fits in the car!!

some size parcel of land too. I'd fill this with oaks.

Or Air BNB with the two buildings on offer.

Just in the door today was a Alpine backdrop. Printed on PVC, guy does paper ones too and can be done to any dims. Ordered through ETSY. just need to mount it to the back board which is detachable.

Back doing some small detailing work and some play. Bridge railing in place, Flower bed, Climbing rose on the hotel, Bus shelter lit. Extra trees added. Waterfalls added and the river is being filled! time too. Little vid. VID_20260303_234753.mp4 VID_20260303_235001.mp4 VID_20260303_234536.mp4

A Classic 200 ! Love that Scheme!

This might help Noel? Never liked the NCE PC. Got rid of it sharpish. How the Recall Button works – Welcome to the NCE Information Station

man thats bomb proof!

development today.. Hornby steers sale of 70 year old Scalextric for £20m

As a kid I never got one for as a present despite being annually listed on the Santa list but while courting my now wife gave me a nicely wrapped big box that contained an F1 set with Jordan and William cars!! After a lot of racing the front wings and rear wings detached and about 2 kilos of super glue added over time! Planning to have a bundle of sons to play with the best way to expand was to buy sets in Argos, ended up with about 150ft of track which needed power droppers. Then digital came along which enhanced the racing big time with crossovers and braking. Fantastic system especially with two transformers powering each track so no spikes in power when another car comes off. Every so often I invited a few friends come along and have race nights with a few beers, All good fun The planned sons turned out to be into daughters when the missus popped them out and in the end the sets were never used and were sold off to a lad in Carlow that buys and sells them. Had a nice collection of cars, my favourite was the Subaru 4wd stuck like glue to the track and a Ford Focus Police car with lights and siren which was re wired so the siren only came on when the car moved instead of all the time. Also had the motorbikes which were pure shite and the old stuff and track you cant give away Great fun though and good memories and a cracking toy. The new cars are so expensive and delicate its a tough call to drive them! Always fancied the TCR stuff, the adds sold it really but I understand in practice they were not that great.

just look at the you tube videos highlighting this carry on around European cites. Underlying common denominator. I am flabbergasted the authorities and residents put up with this nonsense but hopefully there seems to be some pushback now. Apparently the ladies even pretend to be pregnant so the cops wont touch them.

Bit on the arrangements on the link below. British Model Railway Club of Montreal: Lamps on Goods Brake Vans

Inside looks ace. Cherry on the top would of be lit tail lamps. Maybe one day!

Hi Folks, A quiet of late, Cold in the shed, Car cost over a grand to fix so funds are low so just doing some small details around the layout. On the plus side I got news from the Austrian supplier that sold me a lovely ROCO steam set with sound about the busted sound decoder. The sound decoder packed in after 2 weeks of intermittent use and was posted back to the Shop. I received this email below yesterday to say the a replacement decoder was coming back to me but the lad funded it out of his own pocket and ROCO had zero interest in helping For me these are Premium models and perhaps am I a bit naïve to expect a premium service when things go wrong but I feel really sorry for the Supplier in Graz as the decoders are not cheap. Really disappointed to hear that ROCO had no interest in coming up with a solution, I expected more from these Continental Companies really but then again Heller (plastic kit company) also ignored a plea for missing parts for about 5 months (an Email to the MD managed to get someone attention and then the parts came through) Then you look at Accurascale / IRM and the service you get there. Miles apart.

Cripes shocked to read this Noel. At least your family is safe and you can hopefully get back to normal as soon as possible.

More fun and games coming down the line. 11 February 2026, the Council formally approved new customs duty rules for items contained in small parcels entering the EU, largely via e-commerce. The new rules respond to the fact that such parcels currently enter the EU duty free, leading to unfair competition for EU sellers. The agreement abolishes the threshold-based customs duty relief for parcels valued at under €150 entering the EU. Customs tariffs will therefore start applying to all goods entering the EU once the EU customs data hub – under discussion as part of a broader fundamental reform of the customs framework – is operational. This is currently expected in 2028. Until that time, EU member states have agreed to introduce an interim flat rate customs duty of €3 on items contained in small parcels valued at less than €150 sent directly to consumers in the EU. As of 1 July 2026, the duty will be levied on each different category of item, identified by their tariff sub-headings, contained in a parcel. Example: A parcel contains 1 blouse made of silk and 2 blouses made of wool. Therefore, due to their different tariff sub-headings, the parcel contains two distinct items and €6 in customs duty should be paid. Next steps The interim flat rate customs duty of €3 will be levied on each item category contained in a small parcel entering the EU from 1 July 2026 to 1 July 2028 and may be extended as appropriate. Once the new EU customs data hub is operational, this interim duty will be replaced by normal customs tariffs. Even your beloved 0% train stuff will be hit so you need to be savvy with your order.