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Pressed the Nuclear button there on a Bundle. Broke but you only live once....

Chill out lads.....first we fall down...then we get back up again.....

Hey DJ, Play that song looks like they were not there for long.

ta mate, yeah 5 last have flown by. Wayne the chap who replaced me left 2 weeks ago. new chap there now. Got the sea done so must stick a picy up on that when I get a mo.

Great Sounding British name there 'Avanti'. I spose Go West Coast sounds a bit cheap!

Interesting John, I read that Minatur Wonderland in Hamburg have not done a UK Scene as the models just wont be up to the stress! I'll look forward to see Dave's Master Piece when its done though!

Lovely Job on the layout Dave. It will be interesting to see the how long the new Modern RTR produced Locos and thier motors will last with the demands with lots of public running on this one.

You will get that lovely burning smell off the brushes.. Ah the romance of 70 era models...

Good price, Same for Accurascale have a few bob off of thier wagons. I hit the Buy a GT3 with sound button the other day so I am snookered for a bit. Just need a good reason of how it reached 'down south'

LOL - Yep Solo with the boys. Marriage build on a Steady Rock. 5 time next year. heding over there in December with the family for the xmas markerts No Sister I'm Afraid, 3 Single Brothers If your bothered. Hamburg next may will be Paddle Steamers, Steam Launch, Steam Ice Breaker trips with a bit of luck. We are usally Anaesthehised enough with Astra not to be tempted by the 'other' Delights.

Hi Lads, Any of you lads been on German Rail tours? What are they like compared to UK and Irish ones? Was looking at one from Koln in Feb 2020 to the Harz Mountains. Seems to be an Epic journey starting at 421am an getting back past 1am on the Sunday, Pulled by a Diesel first and then Steam on the Harz which is a place I love to Visit. This is the Website I was looking at.€134 notes for the day, 50 quid return on Ryanair to CGN airport. Pretty Reasonable weekend away. only down side is going the Dublin Airport. https://www.nostalgiezugreisen.de/29-02-2020-auf-in-den-harz-nach-wernigerode-oder-blankenburg-neu/ Experience the wintery resin in its breathtaking beauty! Travel with us in the comfortably heated, pulled by the diesel locomotive 218 455 in the DB look of the 1970s special train "Brocken Hexe" either to Wernigerode or to Blankenburg in the Harz! Probably won't make it this year as we lads are off to Hamburg on the Ran Tan on May the 7th for the Port Anniversary so maybe 2021 with the other half. (mind you when I showed her the Itinery she went FXXK that so good chance it will be a solo run, Result Looking at Frankfurt in Novemeber 2020 though, some good looking Steam tours available.

Mostly old gear way past it best before date by the looks of it. Might interest some others though especially the Continental bits. the airfix wagons are pretty good for thier day too.

Pity Mr Graham ain't about some savage deals on the baby GM's years ago. Hope he is doing ok these days.

Nice Happy ending to the thread Dave.

"as said before, we're looking to see if we can top up the run a little. Hope that helps!" Good News if it comes to pass. I will certainly stick and order in for a bundle. when you might know if this will happen?

Mmm. Hopefully the new announcement won't be that modern!

ooh I loved Linlka back in the day, Nice building there too.

Did not get any myself!, Not too worried, I imagine they will be round again at some stage. Looks like I'll be building Whestys ones for the time being. For lads that may be stuck Is there any being allocated to Marks?

Glacial progress here too. Managed to bang in about 7 cobalts and tidy up the birds nest of wiring I had underneath once I had everything working. I had issues when a short occured and 5 of the cobalts each kept dropping thier addresses. To combat this I stuck is a PSX-1 circuit breaker which came with a Mamoth Manual but it was preset to a certain AMPs to stop the short and hey presto it works too no more lost addresses and the points are now on a seperate bus. Over the week end I buit up the tunnel lining which being on a curve and presented its own problems! When the ballast is laid and the 3rd rail stuck in on this part of the layout the tunnel will be stuck in place and the scenery started on this section first.. I also stuck in some under the track magnets and had some fun with kadees with my 08 and class 24 moving wagons about. all good fun though.

Did some MIR Bogie Cements Recently..

Evening chaps. whilst off Recovering over the last six weeks I managed to nearly get this done. One of the last kits I bought before I left Marks Models some 5 years ago! I picked up an etched set and a laser cut deck which is the dog you know what. Altogether a nice little model but a lot of Scratch built items to give it that big ship look I will set this into the foam and make a sea dio for it eventually.

Turns out they were perhaps not Irish After all. I still believe you Amdaley!

Did someone sneakily laser scan there Ex ol Dolls By any chance or is this a new IRM under the Radar Release? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HO-Gauge-4-naked-irish-standing-woman-for-Hornby-train-layout/233388461320?hash=item3657094d08:g:4BcAAOSwgV1dpHR8

Vids dont work for myself, I get a Message looking for some code for £0.79, Can hear the sound though. I'll wait til Monday, Looks like I'll be bringing my own sandwhiches. G

Looks like I can't afford it then....