A Nod To Brent - a friendly thread, filled with frivolity, cream teas and pasties. Longing for the happy days in the South Hams 1947.

[2ManySpams]

2 hours ago, gwrrob said:

The counselling obviously works well then.

 

To be fair, for them what don't know, I was subtly thanking Rob for his work in making and turning the chimney up for 1368. The kit originals were absolute rubbish. Great example of the help that goes on behind the scenes.

[gwrrob]

2 hours ago, 2ManySpams said:

 

To be fair, for them what don't know, I was subtly thanking Rob for his work in making and turning the chimney up for 1368. The kit originals were absolute rubbish. Great example of the help that goes on behind the scenes.

 

A lot of water has flowed under the viaduct since that was made, not least the company I was at going into liquidation.🙄

[Captain Kernow]

9 hours ago, Oldddudders said:

would be somewhat toothless. 

That's just sucking up...

 

[Captain Kernow]

9 hours ago, Oldddudders said:

 

 

 

Edited August 29 by Captain Kernow
Duplicate irrelevance.

[St Enodoc]

3 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

Duplicate irrelevance.

We just take that in our stride.

 

We just take that in our stride.

[BWsTrains]

8 hours ago, gwrrob said:

not least the company I was at going into liquidation.🙄

 

Where can we buy their beer?

[BWsTrains]

....and now for something completely different.

 

Synchronised swimming has nothing on this trio of departures, clearly all at same time. Love the spacing and the perfect harmony of their exit as seen here

 

 

But where? Leaving which Station? which Railway?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 30 by BWsTrains

[St Enodoc]

41 minutes ago, BWsTrains said:

....and now for something completely different.

 

Synchronised swimming has nothing on this trio of departures, clearly all at same time. Love the spacing and the perfect harmony of their exit as seen here

 

 

But where? Leaving which Station? which Railway?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japan? Kyoto Station? JR West?

[BWsTrains]

4 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

Japan? Kyoto Station? JR West?

 

✔ ✖✖

 

that should narrow it down a bit!

 

A little clue, the hotel where I took this and the Railway share their name (not uncommon in Japan 😈)

Edited August 30 by BWsTrains

[BWsTrains]

The Station is Umeda Terminus, Osaka and the Railway is the successful Hanku Railway Company (Wikipedia has a useful topic).

Admittedly a real toughy of a question, worthy of Tom Gleeson's "Hard Quiz" final round for us in Oz.

 

How all the various private railways mesh in with JR is remarkable to see and use to get around in Japan. My first experience of Hankyu was to hop on the Local from Kyoto to Osaka paying the princely sum of Y500 (around A$5!) back in 2016. I see it's crept up to Y564 today; hmm seems they have inflation!

 

As to the detour, you can't have too much SPAM, or so it seems.

Edited August 30 by BWsTrains

[St Enodoc]

1 hour ago, BWsTrains said:

The Station is Umeda Terminus, Osaka and the Railway is the successful Hanku Railway Company (Wikipedia has a useful topic).

Admittedly a real toughy of a question, worthy of Tom Gleeson's "Hard Quiz" final round for us in Oz.

 

How all the various private railways mesh in with JR is remarkable to see and use to get around in Japan. My first experience of Hankyu was to hop on the Local from Kyoto to Osaka paying the princely sum of Y500 (around A$5!) back in 2016. I see it's crept up to Y564 today; hmm seems they have inflation!

 

As to the detour, you can't have too much SPAM, or so it seems.

Thanks. I had thought about Kyoto but it didn't look right. Not familiar enough with Osaka to pick that.

[gwrrob]

On 28/08/2024 at 07:46, Siberian Snooper said:

That's some transformation, from the bag of bolts previously seen. No wonder, Not Enough Panniers has been quite recently. Top Job!!!

 

 

 

More on the build here courtesy of @Simond

 

https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/threads/simond’s-workbench.9440/page-70#post-309433

 

[2ManySpams]

18 hours ago, gwrrob said:

 

More on the build here courtesy of @Simond

 

https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/threads/simond’s-workbench.9440/page-70#post-309433

 

 

And fighting the 1366 for winner of the longest running project I also have this...

 

 

Decided I really should put windows etc in the 3 big openings. The first is underway...

 

 

Edit. Having done some digging last night it seems that I first drew up a plan for the grain store on 19th June 2015... And building it started 3rd July 2015. Phew, not quite 10 years yet but an embarrassingly long period!

[Graham T]

That looks great!  Could you tell us a bit more about it?  Show some more pics please?

[2ManySpams]

12 hours ago, Graham T said:

That looks great!  Could you tell us a bit more about it?  Show some more pics please?

 

As long as @gwrrob doesn't mind the diversion...

[gwrrob]

3 hours ago, 2ManySpams said:

 

As long as @gwrrob doesn't mind the diversion...

 

I won't complain chum, you know I love that building and someone on here called me an ignorant Hornby hater yesterday.🙄

[Tim Dubya]

1 hour ago, gwrrob said:

 

I won't complain chum, you know I love that building and someone on here called me an ignorant Hornby hater yesterday.🙄

 

but they was put right 😉

 

[2ManySpams]

2 minutes ago, Tim Dubya said:

 

but they was put right 😉

 

 

I hope so too!!

[Ian Hargrave]

1 hour ago, gwrrob said:

 

I won't complain chum, you know I love that building and someone on here called me an ignorant Hornby hater yesterday.🙄

Parts of the Hornby thread have become somewhat overheated recently. Why this has to happen is beyond me.

[Captain Kernow]

3 hours ago, Ian Hargrave said:

Parts of the Hornby thread have become somewhat overheated recently. Why this has to happen is beyond me.

Bearings running hot. Need lubrication.

 

[St Enodoc]

2 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

Bearings running hot. Need lubrication.

 

There was, of course, a way to cool them in an emergency when no water supply was available.

[Northroader]

I’m told by practitioners that doing it this way put a “skin” on them, not quite case hardening, but all very scientific.

[St Enodoc]

2 hours ago, Northroader said:

I’m told by practitioners that doing it this way put a “skin” on them, not quite case hardening, but all very scientific.

It did but that was the lesser of two evils.

[MrWolf]

On 01/09/2024 at 14:33, gwrrob said:

.....someone on here called me an ignorant Hornby hater yesterday.

 

Wow, that's serious. Usually one is only accused of being an ignorant hater (often, but not always, "uneducated" too) if disagreeing with someone else's political POV and backing it up with rational argument.

 

I didn't know that it had spread over into toy trains, sorry, scale railway models.*

 

 

*I must take my hobby seriously, I must take my hobby seriously, I must take my hobby seriously.

 

Bad doggie!

Big.

Bad.

Doggie......

 

 

Seriously though, I can't understand the logic which arrives at the conclusion that you "hate" a particular manufacturer of anything, let alone a maker of harmless models.

In fact the more I think about it, the more insane it seems.

 

Nul illegitimi carborundum old chap.

[gwrrob]

On 31/08/2024 at 22:01, 2ManySpams said:

 

And fighting the 1366 for winner of the longest running project I also have this...

 

 

Decided I really should put windows etc in the 3 big openings. The first is underway...

 

 

Edit. Having done some digging last night it seems that I first drew up a plan for the grain store on 19th June 2015... And building it started 3rd July 2015. Phew, not quite 10 years yet but an embarrassingly long period!

 

Chris is far to modest to post this so I'll do it. Bloody good show I say.