RMweb Premium newbryford Posted October 25, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 25, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, br2975 said: . That someone is a 'past master' - yet another weapon in his very large ARSEnal, of which he woukld regale us, given the opportunity. . Which in turn reminds me how much I enjoy the aged term 'cockwomble' . . Although I much prefer the one you sent to me in a PM! Very reminiscent of our dear departed AndrewC Edited October 25, 2022 by newbryford 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, newbryford said: . Although I much prefer the one you sent to me in a PM! . . Obviously you mean the avian related analogy.................... . 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Oldddudders said: Reading his stuff he is reasonably educated, yet pontificates a good deal of bobbins, to use an RMweb friendly term. . Take it from someone who knows (through several years personal experience)...............your assumption is a tad wide of the mark. . . Edited October 25, 2022 by br2975 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted October 25, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 25, 2022 7 minutes ago, br2975 said: . Obviously you mean the avian related analogy.................... . There was that, but the bearded sack etc. etc was much more profane. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Here's something for the tram fans amongst us from Wroclaw Andy 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, SM42 said: Here's something for the tram fans amongst us from Wroclaw Andy Look there's more than one. Well I never would have believed it. Sorry Andy couldn't resist. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said: Look there's more than one. Well I never would have believed it. Sorry Andy couldn't resist. 😁 Well they all seemed slightly different to me and there was quite a queue ( defo more than one with a lonely bus stuck in the middle) heading towards the station. I'm sure our resident tram officiandoes will give us the gen cos I can't. Andy 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 (edited) 45 minutes ago, SM42 said: Here's something for the tram fans amongst us from Wroclaw Andy . Some rebuilt Konstal's lurking there; apparently not one of Polands greatest contributions to public transport, hence the rebuilding. . Personally, I like them, they're like "greenhouses on wheels" . . Edited October 25, 2022 by br2975 8 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted October 26, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2022 10 hours ago, br2975 said: . Take it from someone who knows (through several years personal experience)...............your assumption is a tad wide of the mark. . . It is only a matter of time before some of these characters find TNM (aka The School of Character Assassination) 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted October 26, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Happy Hippo said: It is only a matter of time before some of these characters find TNM (aka The School of Character Assassination) It might help if I had a clue who you lot are talking about or do I need to be in the right lodge. Jamie 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted October 26, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2022 8 minutes ago, jamie92208 said: It might help if I had a clue who you lot are talking about or do I need to be in the right lodge. Jamie It's a South Wales thing Baa Ram Ewe, Baa Ram Ewe, to your flock be always true! 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted October 26, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2022 A trip out to the garage this morning revealed the papier mache skin seems to have gone off quite well and I now have a slightly flexible and rubbery surface on which to continue the scenics. I now need to get the bridge and the roadbed in as well as fitting the coping stones and the brick parapets to the bridge. The north end, with the remodelled embankment on the rhs of the track: Three blue foam steps which hids the sudden drop in the access path. the Intentio ex GWR Pagoda (less corrugated skin), has been bedded into the ground behind the platform face. An overall view showing how far the contents of a split PVA pot will go on the surfacing stakes 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 26, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 26, 2022 What happens when they reach a low bridge? 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted October 26, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: ...snip... Hmmmm, I think that my ALCoC-630 and its load just might have a slight clearance problem there: Please note that it is now properly two-railed; no lobster-claw couplers or pizza-cutter flanges. 4 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DenysW Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 (edited) 31 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said: Hmmmm, I think that my ALCoC-630 and its load just might have a slight clearance problem there: At the risk of Schadenfreude (spell-checker useful there), I think you need to join the 200 years of UK railway operators and model designers in heaping posthumous abuse on George Stephenson for the small UK loading gauge. Nothing American is EVER going to fit under UK bridges or past UK station platforms. Even before you consider passing military helicopters. The abuse achieves nothing except to make you feel better, but there you go. Edited October 26, 2022 by DenysW 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 I suppose it helps that there is a heck of a lot more room in the States too. I have now formed an idea to whom the "Mystery Person" could be Is it The J*******? 2 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted October 26, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 26, 2022 Yeah but..... 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted October 26, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 26, 2022 49 minutes ago, DenysW said: At the risk of Schadenfreude (spell-checker useful there), I think you need to join the 200 years of UK railway operators and model designers in heaping posthumous abuse on George Stephenson for the small UK loading gauge. Nothing American is EVER going to fit under UK bridges or past UK station platforms. Even before you consider passing military helicopters. The abuse achieves nothing except to make you feel better, but there you go. It even works in model form despite US 0 Scale being 1:48 rather than 1:43. My 844 would run rounfpd Lo g Preston but the cylinders shaved some plaster of paris off the platform edges. 9000 won't fit uner the bridges due to a brakeman's hut on the tender and the overhang on 85' coaches fouls all sorts if things. Jamie 5 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 53 minutes ago, jamie92208 said: It even works in model form despite US 0 Scale being 1:48 rather than 1:43. My 844 would run rounfpd Lo g Preston but the cylinders shaved some plaster of paris off the platform edges. 9000 won't fit uner the bridges due to a brakeman's hut on the tender and the overhang on 85' coaches fouls all sorts if things. Jamie Do your French locos run round LGA? Bill 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 OK back to greenhouses on wheels. An increasingly rare sight that transported me forth to have a hair cut today A ride I got free due to some glitch in the prepaid card system on board that insisted I had yet to pay when I tried to tap out at destination. No 244 on a route 2 service at Ogrody, Poznan Andy 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted October 26, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2022 4 hours ago, J. S. Bach said: Hmmmm, I think that my ALCoC-630 and its load just might have a slight clearance problem there: Please note that it is now properly two-railed; no lobster-claw couplers or pizza-cutter flanges. You might get away with it as long as you aren't humping. 2 1 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 24 minutes ago, BoD said: You might get away with it as long as you aren't humping. Well it is hump day 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted October 26, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2022 4 hours ago, simontaylor484 said: I suppose it helps that there is a heck of a lot more room in the States too. I have now formed an idea to whom the "Mystery Person" could be Is it The J*******? As I mentioned to Jamie. Happiness is a big Johnson..... 1 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted October 26, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 26, 2022 15 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: As I mentioned to Jamie. Happiness is a big Johnson..... By which, of course, he understood: 1 1 3 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Not a John Hancock then? Andy 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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