MrWolf Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) "I swapped it for some of the junk I'm never going to use" is another useful phrase for your arsenal. This works for a whole raft of hobbies and you generally find that SWMBO doesn't actually care that much unless you start asking awkward questions about the contents of her wardrobe. In return, you must be prepared to believe dismissive statements such as: "My friend / mother gave me those boots, she never wore them" or "It's a vintage dress I got from a charity shop". Edited March 10, 2020 by MrWolf 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Does not numbering your wagons count as a crime? Nobody's spotted that my wagons have indistinct white blobs where they should have weight, numbers etc. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 10, 2020 1 hour ago, HonestTom said: Does not numbering your wagons count as a crime? Nobody's spotted that my wagons have indistinct white blobs where they should have weight, numbers etc. At least no one can point out that its a wrong number. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Is it possibly a worse crime that some of my wagons have the same number? But consider this. If every aspect of our layouts and stock were perfect, what would we do then? We would have to fill our time with 'normal' hobbies like watching tv or football (or combining the two by standing outside Dixons on a Saturday afternoon and shouting at the televisions) or worse still, taking up golf... I have been assured by SWMBO that if I do, she will be cashing in my life insurance a good deal sooner than I think. 2 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted March 18, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18, 2020 (edited) So as I mentioned to @roythebus an explanation is required of the history of the warship motor bogie in as heinous crimes abound.... 25 years ago my Ex worked night shifts at weekends which meant I entertained the two lads on Sundays. My good friend of 50 plus years Brian Thomas from Worcester usually came down on the Sunday afternoon and we turned out to see 37403 Glen Cruchan on the afternoon Cardiff - Brum if the sun was shining - or if not we disappeared in to the garage to operate the railway - DC of course, 14 x 10 with a double track continuous circuit, high level terminus and carriage sidings, marshalling yard and MPD at the junction and low level storage loops. Plenty of scope for prototypical operations.... But no. The sessions degenerated in to parallel races on the double track main line. The Thomases always brought their fastest loco along which was undefeated - a Hornby Nellie! it absolutely flew - and something had to be done to wrest the speed crown from this upstart. But what? Various options were considered until we alighted on an old Mainline Warship. But how to uprate its speed capabilities? Lightness for sure - so the internal weight was removed, but not fast enough. So time to look at the gearing. By displacing the final gear on the axles and altering the order of gears in the bogie gear train the gearing output speed could be significantly uprated - inevitably at the cost of haulage capacity. But as long as the Warship - Highflyer most appropriately! - stayed on the track its top speed was untouchable. So crimes? Excess speed.... racing on parallel tracks - and running a freelance Nellie on a 60s themed layout. But great fun! One final confession however - many years later after the chassis ended up in the spares box look what happened to the bodies.... The motor is now winging its way to Roy to buy me redemption.....! Edited March 18, 2020 by Phil Bullock 4 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) As a crime this will take some beating [so will I if I try to justify it at the club....]. You can work out the components for yourselves. Tony Edited April 4, 2020 by Prometheus Change photo 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Is that a Met / Brill tramway engine on a Triang well wagon (can't remember what it was supposed to be but it's too short, still got one somewhere!) 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 29, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 29, 2020 11 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Is that a Met / Brill tramway engine on a Triang well wagon (can't remember what it was supposed to be but it's too short, still got one somewhere!) It looks like the static diecast I-O-M loco made by Oxford. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 An even greater crime than that. A repainted Oxford Diecast Isle of Man 2-4-0 on a surgically altered Triang Trestrol with a number of parts added from a broken Oxford Rail rail gun. Just waiting for some fine chain to complete the mod. A never-was GWR heavy Crocodile returning to mid-Wales a narrow gauge engine after heavy repair at Caerphilly works. Yeah, really..... Tony 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 And why the hell not? The loco looks neat in GWR livery, but then again, even a Mucky duck or a Q1 would! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Lord! Could you imagine a Q1 in GWR Green? They'd close the Severn Bridge for starters....! Tony 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 It would be as ugly as one of the Great Western's half assed streamliners! How the railway that gave us the Achilles and the Saints thought that they could get away with it I'll never know! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted March 30, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 30, 2020 I think the GW's narrow gauge locos (Vale of Rheidol, Welshpool and Llanfair) were overhauled at Oswestry, though of course the 'new' V of R loco was built at Swindon under the pretext of a heavy overhaul. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Correct, but as part of the fantasy I decided that the Trestrol would be too heavy to travel into the hills west of Oswestry, hence Caerphilly. i probably shouldn’t be taking this so seriously... Tony 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted March 30, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 30, 2020 12 hours ago, The Johnster said: I think the GW's narrow gauge locos (Vale of Rheidol, Welshpool and Llanfair) were overhauled at Oswestry, though of course the 'new' V of R loco was built at Swindon under the pretext of a heavy overhaul. Swindon in later life https://rcts.zenfolio.com/steam-gwr/2-6-2t/hA0F7C0B2 Hence I shant be committing any crime having one on a well wagon heading north through Abbotswood..... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 On 29/03/2020 at 13:09, Prometheus said: As a crime this will take some beating [so will I if I try to justify it at the club....]. You can work out the components for yourselves. Tony Nationalization as it should have been done, with the GWR taking over all the other railways in the kingdom (including the IOM)? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 1 hour ago, eastglosmog said: Nationalization as it should have been done, with the GWR taking over all the other railways in the kingdom (including the IOM)? Including Sodor as well? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 On 10/03/2020 at 00:14, MrWolf said: "I swapped it for some of the junk I'm never going to use" is another useful phrase for your arsenal. This works for a whole raft of hobbies and you generally find that SWMBO doesn't actually care that much unless you start asking awkward questions about the contents of her wardrobe. In return, you must be prepared to believe dismissive statements such as: "My friend / mother gave me those boots, she never wore them" or "It's a vintage dress I got from a charity shop". "I saved XXX pounds on this" is a similarly dismissive statement (and frequently used in this household). I've learnt to make approving noises. I didn't get where I am today by asking "But how much did you actually pay?" 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 12 minutes ago, KeithMacdonald said: Including Sodor as well? Of course! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastworld Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 34 minutes ago, KeithMacdonald said: "I saved XXX pounds on this" is a similarly dismissive statement (and frequently used in this household). I've learnt to make approving noises. I didn't get where I am today by asking "But how much did you actually pay?" And of course (surprised that nobody's mentioned it) - you can always lie. Stu 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted March 30, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 30, 2020 2 hours ago, eastworld said: And of course (surprised that nobody's mentioned it) - you can always lie. Stu SWMBO always knows when you're lying 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
choo1choo Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 10 minutes ago, Metr0Land said: SWMBO always knows when you're lying Only when I'm standing and breathing simultaneously. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Metr0Land said: SWMBO always knows when you're lying Usually the assumption is that if your lips are moving, you're lying. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 4 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said: "I saved XXX pounds on this" is a similarly dismissive statement (and frequently used in this household). I've learnt to make approving noises. I didn't get where I am today by asking "But how much did you actually pay?" I guess I am lucky in that my SWMBO comes from country manor stock and talking about money is considered vulgar But to be fair to her, she is very careful with money and is more impressed if you find her some gem that isn't worth a lot but means something to her. She also has a pretty good idea how much I spend on motorcycles and trains because she's usually with me when I am buying. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastworld Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 15 hours ago, Metr0Land said: SWMBO always knows when you're lying There's no future in your relationship. Stu 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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