Georgeconna

Cheers Angus. I had hoped to bring to ol fella to Scotland for a trip on the Vic 32 but I'd say he would not be able. they do some free runs too apparently, I love to have a blast at stoking the boiler for a bit! I have to do it before I get too old. http://savethepuffer.co.uk/holidays/ I've heard about this Para Handy lad I must look into the books, I think there was a TV program too I believe. I'd Love to stick a Live Steam unit into it but 1000 bucks kicks that one to touch, should of studied hard in school Eh!

Ah that Loco got me back into Railway Modelling after buy a set in the Old Beatties in Holborn in London whilst on Hols. I was blown away by the detail back then yet N gauge has come on leaps and bound. I don't admit that fact I bought an LMS Engine too lightly being in the totally wrong colour green! Fab work on the layout mate, I am blown away by all this automation stuff, Beyond my patience zone tbh.

Not at all , this out there on the net anyhow, STG430 for the kit Mr Midlands. foggy smoke unit STG50, Speed controller, Motor, Receiver and Battery will be under €200 and I have banged out another €160 on rigging and lights. Not Cheap by by heck you have some amount of Model for the cash and you get to go out to play too and it is quite pleasing on Sunday am down the Atlantic pond with the other lads having Tea and biscuits and talking to the passers by admiring your handywork or thinking you bought it in Smyths Toyshop!, (well in the old days when we were left out!)

Hi Shipmates, Full steam ahead on this one, the Hatch done, Hull Re Sprayed, Steering chains done, Handrails done and some other little fittings not that apparent. Just now waiting for the rigging gear and lights and some other little bit n bobs to enhance it. Sneaky Titanic in their too.

Thanks for that , Wallet just drained ...again..on my final bubble packs. Kegs bundle (sounds nice a cuddly) ordered in one sweep plus my RC FW-190D 33 inch Park flyer landed came too Horray!. Wifes car Insurance bill moments after...my short lived joy was sucked back out again. The 190 is begging for a repaint and of course the weather changes for the worse.

Class 73 for power and some Airfix Mk.2s for the Non powered yokes.

Love it, Bit of life left in her yet. Lovely work there to!

Some haul mate, Well wear!

Bloody hell that looks great, I like the how I did it pictures too. Where do you pick up that blue foam these days?

Just not my Cuppa. Too much messing for my liking.

some haul there DJ!!

Nice one Sean. looking forward to what you do with that! the Finish is still way to rough for my liking. Can these be improved by higher quality material ?

Sold 2 in the past two weeks, Need to finish one off now soon and never want to see one again!

Hi all, This was a pressie for my Fathers 70th, 5 years ago and he is just not up to the job due to MS and poor Memory, I did not want to push him to finish it as he is just not able so after some cafeful discussion he asked would I take it on so this is the next project. It is a bit model, There is a Mark 3 on the deck for size Comparison. In order to finish this I had to splash out on the follow bits and bobs and you though Trains were expensive!, Add to that Brass wire, replacement Handrail Stanchions and a Step up Converter plus a bit of paint! EF DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST QD20 1:24 Scale 10ft Clinker Dinghy 1 £15.65 / US$19.56 £15.65 / US$19.56 RB017314 14mm bottlescrew with 2mm dia thread fork ends 7 £1.12 / US$1.40 £7.84 / US$9.80 K65409 8.7 x 5.7mm Brass Stud-Link Chain 1 mtr 1 £13.91 / US$17.39 £13.91 / US$17.39 K62212 Brass Shackle 4mm wide x 7mm high (Pack of 2) 12 £5.10 / US$6.38 £61.20 / US$76.50 4125/20 Rigging Cord Natural Hemp 2mm 5mtr 1 £4.14 / US$5.18 £4.14 / US$5.18 GR632 Working 360-degrees lanterns: 17 mm high (Pack of 2) 1 £6.42 / US$8.03 £6.42 / US$8.03 34390 Rigging Cord Natural Hemp 1.25mm 10mtr 1 £2.88 / US$3.60 £2.88 / US$3.60 RB08230 Single derrick block 6.8mm long (Pack of 5) 1 £3.62 / US$4.53 £3.62 / US$4.53 RB01006 6mm dia drilled brass sheave 3 £0.52 / US$0.65 £1.56 / US$1.95 5664/23 360 degree masthead lamp,Dia. 12mm 1 £6.85 / US$8.56 £6.85 / US$8.56 RO1643 Nav lamp set lighting board 30mm long 6v 1 £11.58 / US$14.48 £11.58 / US$14.48 F643 Ships Bell 10mm high x 10mm dia 1 £0.83 / US$1.04 £0.83 / US$1.04 Subtotal £136.48 / Here is the current State of play this am, More done in the past 5 days than 5 years, To be fair he did most of the superstructure for the decks but that was it. I had to strip down a good bit in order to tidy up the splodges of Resin he dropped about the model. ( I hate working with Resin but it is a must) Here are some pictures of the boat. It should looks nice when done and the smoke unit is working away and the lights working. cheers for now. George. Sorry wrong shutter speed on the camera so bit blurry Arrgh.

Good Price on the Sound chips!

Any Prices Set?

man alive that's unbelievably nice!

Are these Gauge 1'ers for some lads estate to run on his Garden Railway network? Should look the Biz.

Sound cool, they are going to be a right Sod for Photograpers. I got 17 down here, Pretty well space out and not like the Video, plus 4 shooting Stars, The 2nd pass was not visible, tomorrow night again Times for Tomorrow are here. https://www.heavens-above.com/StarlinkLaunchPasses.aspx?lat=52.1428&lng=-7.9717&loc=Unnamed&alt=0&tz=GMT

Nice on DJ, Just down the road!!

Yep! A Train but not as you know it and it is not stopping at a Station near you though, they are up in Space. 2157PM West to East. 43 unit train - apparently https://findstarlink.com/#742;3 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2020/04/20/how-to-see-a-starlink-train-from-your-home-this-week-as-spacex-satellites-swarm-the-night-sky/#7fe2f33c26e8 Looks Like this:

Very Sad news indeed, I only knew him from the Exhibitions , It must be a hard blow to the family too losing someone that young and energetic. Sympathy to all his family and friends..RIP

There seems to be a proliferation of these kind of sites popping up everywhere, They will ship out to you but it will be a pair a shitty sunglassea or Scarf for a Dollar so they have a record of posting and your then snookered getting your money back. Facebook is the same, Be very aware.

Black 5 popping out RTR for £1000 sponds, only the cost 7 large OO locos really. Seems to be all the wrong Railway companies they produce..... https://www.ellisclarktrains.co.uk/collections/04-locos/products/darstaed-d11-16-7mm-finescale-o-gauge-stanier-class-5-4-6-0-black-5-lms-lined-45428-with-welded-tender-pre-order

Cause everyone thought later down the line you would be getting 300 notes a loco like the Lima 201 in thier Heyday but they are still @ 120-150 notes. I must admit Seamus Grahams did a good deal which tempted me where you bouught a few and got one Free, Cant remember the exact details. What I am going do with 14 + Babies is beyond me TBH. I did at the time think I was gonna concentrate on the Irish stuff as OO only as I had a good bit of N gauge UK but then the sound came out in OO and I delved into the UK stuff. Now O is calling, 009 is calling and German stuff (Harz stuff anyhow!) Gonna be much more sensible with the 121's