adrian
Flying Squad
There must be some dark psychological reason why you picked a sweet where blue is a notable absence and black is the best flavour!!
Hi All
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Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
Isn't that dimming headlights when trains meet?
[QUOTE =Tony]..the only model railway forum with padded walls !!!![/QUOTE] and straightjackets are de rigueur.
Welcome to WT.
Dog Star
Western Thunderer
So true... every colour in roughly the same proportion
.Not so sure that WT can convince Nestle to rename the product as "Western Rainbow".
Tony West
Western Thunderer
....and we all know what COLOUR Heinz beans cans are !!!!!At least the are not like a can of Heinz beans 57 varieties and full of Wind
mickoo
Western Thunderer
ROFLMFAOOr, quoting Blackadder... " "Bob". It's short... for "Tom" "
Dog Star
Western Thunderer
Hey, speak for yourself.... most of us are not strange at all, just plain nuts.
WellThatDiddntGoToWell
Active Member
Bet you all thought you had scared me off! Very nearly but not quite, a few sniffs of the cellulose thinners and I think I'm ready for more, keeping the bottle handy just in case though. Ok I'm going to try and cover all but be warned, I did loose the plot halfway down the 1st page!
Scale:
Now before I go any further, please turn off any hot soldering irons and put down or move any sharp instruments you may have in or to hand. Courser than course would be the best way to describe it, 1/32 - 1/22 running on G scale track in both LGB and Tenmille form. It's a very long story how this came to be, which starts in the mid 70's, continues with a tragic family accident in the late 90's and into the early 2000's, by which time it I had accumulated a mass of trackwork and it was deemed to late to make a change. There's not much call for second hand 1.5 metre length's of bent Tenmille G Scale track and I have plenty of it! To cover the scale discrepancy I have a cunning plan (Opps, did I mention Black Adder there?) which is that no one else gets to see it in the flesh, therefore avoiding the hanging, drawing and quartering I deserve. Lineside wise I have settled around 1/24 except for platforms which are a compromise. Personally, I look upon it as no different to running dual scale but with a twist or two.
Locos & Stock:
Best I dont go into that for fear of my life but I am working on improving things, which is what drew me to this dark place of insanity in the first place.
Interest:
Varied to say the least but mainly all things Diesel with a hint of steam. Growing up, I was lucky to have Ealing Broadway close by, which meant I used to see a huge variety of DMU's, loco's and stock but being close to all the London termini, I'm not fully restricted to the old Western Region in my interests.
The profile pic:
I have a particular penchant for the humble class 121, I grew up with them and even went to and from school on them. The image in this instance is at South Greenford Halt (the halt word is no longer used), my old local station and apart from the NSE livery, Blue and Grey was the best, it's just very apt for me.
So there you are, that's about it really and now I shall put on my blindfold, stand against the wall and await the 1st volley of copper and lead.
Scale:
Now before I go any further, please turn off any hot soldering irons and put down or move any sharp instruments you may have in or to hand. Courser than course would be the best way to describe it, 1/32 - 1/22 running on G scale track in both LGB and Tenmille form. It's a very long story how this came to be, which starts in the mid 70's, continues with a tragic family accident in the late 90's and into the early 2000's, by which time it I had accumulated a mass of trackwork and it was deemed to late to make a change. There's not much call for second hand 1.5 metre length's of bent Tenmille G Scale track and I have plenty of it! To cover the scale discrepancy I have a cunning plan (Opps, did I mention Black Adder there?) which is that no one else gets to see it in the flesh, therefore avoiding the hanging, drawing and quartering I deserve. Lineside wise I have settled around 1/24 except for platforms which are a compromise. Personally, I look upon it as no different to running dual scale but with a twist or two.
Locos & Stock:
Best I dont go into that for fear of my life but I am working on improving things, which is what drew me to this dark place of insanity in the first place.
Interest:
Varied to say the least but mainly all things Diesel with a hint of steam. Growing up, I was lucky to have Ealing Broadway close by, which meant I used to see a huge variety of DMU's, loco's and stock but being close to all the London termini, I'm not fully restricted to the old Western Region in my interests.
The profile pic:
I have a particular penchant for the humble class 121, I grew up with them and even went to and from school on them. The image in this instance is at South Greenford Halt (the halt word is no longer used), my old local station and apart from the NSE livery, Blue and Grey was the best, it's just very apt for me.
So there you are, that's about it really and now I shall put on my blindfold, stand against the wall and await the 1st volley of copper and lead.
Dog Star
Western Thunderer
Copper and lead? Much too expensive, maybe an used Earl Grey tea-bag.... or an empty bottle of Birchwood Casey (the blue bit of the response). Seems to me that you are just like the rest of us so no need for lessons or admonishment, just get going, post pikkies and ask questions as necessary.
ceejaydee
Western Thunderer
Nothing wrong with that. My 45mm gauge track (albeit temporary) which is a mixture of Tenmille, LGB and Trainline 45 sees everything from 1/32 through to US 1/29.
My 32mm sees O Gauge through to 16mm as I have an oval of Peco SM32 that I put down on occassion.
Variety is the keyword here
mickoo
Western Thunderer
The more anoraks in the closet, the more balanced the person is my finding, I find those that can diligently and single mindedly model one branch line between date x and date y (example) slightly unnerving LOL. All the power to them, but I often wonder what they are missing by being so obsessively focused in such a small variety of subjects with scant regard to other railway aspects.
Anyway, pictures please, I like pictures, ohh and welcome.
Anyway, pictures please, I like pictures, ohh and welcome.
Dog Star
Western Thunderer
There has been a change in the advertised program for later today, tonight's "Book at Bed-time" after the "World at Ten", is:-
"How I wish that those over-there did not wish" by Mr. Frothers, read by Jordan.
