PhilJ W

May day was once celebrated in America more than in the UK. http://www.treehugger.com/culture/happy-may-day-which-used-be-green-instead-red-2015.html

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Bit of an earlier riser than normal this morning, blearily looking at my watch I mis-read the time and thought I had overslept whereas in fact I was three quarters of an hour early, of course I didn't realise this until after I was washed and dressed. I decided last night not to do the Corringham Light Railway walk today because of the weather and I'm still tired after yesterdays exertions. Sorting out the goodies I snaffled at the show yesterday from the Oxford stand, a total of 22 models for less than £50. Actually I only bought 21 home, one of the models the model vehicle club chairman offered me a fiver for and I accepted. This was a model bus from one of the Oxford 'Goody bags' which contain four or five models RRP value at least £25 for £10 which Oxford sell at such events. They also sell damaged and imperfect models for £1 each, I found one model van where the damage was confined to the box, the model is perfectly intact, bargain! A couple of the others have disintegrated due to being dropped and are a 'box of bits', one in particular will be an ideal source of wheels for a code 3 project. I noted this morning that Carol delivered the weather forecast from the Truckfest that looked very empty before the gates open, yesterday the place was heaving. Thats it for now, be back later. Oops forgot to mention, hope the move goes well Rick and that we hear from you as soon as.

Goodnight all.

The Granada coupe was German made. Several, like their saloon counterparts were lengthened to make limousines but only a few lengthened Granada limos survive as they were a favourte for demolition derbys.

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Had a good day at the Peterborough Truckfest only marred by the massive queues to get in, queuing right down to the A1, about 3 miles of traffic gridlock moving at about 1.5 mph. Fortunately the fact that my parents lived for a few years in Peterborough meant that I new a few avoiding routes and it only took me about half an hour to get in. I raided the Oxford Diecast stall and came away with four bagfuls of goodies. I spent some time chatting to the chairman of the model road vehicle club of which I am a member discussing various modelling hints and techniques. If getting there was bad enough the journey home was horrendous. A car had caught fire on the M11 southbound at about the time I left the showground leaving traffic stationary for almost an hour. This bought the hen/cockwombles out in force, firstly the henwomble in front of me was holding her car on the footbrake and dazzling me with her brake lights, after about ten or fifteen minutes I had to get out and tell her to use the handbrake. When the traffic did start moving it was in fits and starts, until we reached the burnt out car then it started moving normally. Of course the cockwombles have to gawp. I was put off gawping before I'd even passed my test, I was passenger in a car when we passed a fatal RTA just after it had happened, not a very pleasant sight so now I keep my eyes on the road ahead. It depends on how big yours is.

Nice modelling.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Up early this morning, not as early as I intended though as I was up last night later than I should have been. The problem was Facebook deciding to throw my 60 odd groups into sh1t order again. I thought the problem had passed but apparently not so. Strangly it only seems to occur on Saturday evenings and starts suddenly and stops just as suddenly. Now I have to go, a two hour journey beckons via the M25/M11.

Goodnight all.

Did anyone spot the MTB at about 2:54?

TMI!

Evening all from Estuary-Land. I once broke up an old wardrobe and burnt it because it had woodworm. Not all the larva had pupated and thet were forced out by the heat only to shrivel up from said heat. They looked like small maggots. Before disposing of an upright piano now its advisable to look for bags of gold.

If you are modelling the London conduit system look for the older Peco Streamline code 100 flat bottom track. This had a central groove on the underside which makes a good representation of the conduit when placed upside down between the rails.

Also the AEC had wider front wings, this is the version made by EFE.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. The weather forecast for the bank holiday is looking good, at least for the events I intend to visit. Never having been married its one subject I can't comment on. A couple of relationships that were heading that way didn't reach that far, just as well perhaps. The same distributor, BRILL has always arrived in the shops a day or so before Bylines, almost certainly printed on the same machines.

Goodnight all.

Evening all from Estuary-Land. I phoned the publishers of Railway Bylines for a replacement copy and one is duly winging its way to me. The young lady on the phone was very helpful and when I asked about payment she told me that as a subscriber there was nothing to pay. In fact she seemed relieved that I wasn't calling about none delivery as a batch has not been delivered yet despite them all going to the post office at the same time. I hadn't ventured into the general election thread until it was mentioned by Ivan. I saw one post by another ER and I gave an agree to that post as it followed my thoughts on Brexit.

What department store was it? Not that I expect them to have any left.

Unless someone quoted one of Ivan's deleted posts then you might still be able to read them.

They were air operated, the three cylinders between the locomotive bogies were air reservoirs, described as 'dumping reservoirs' in the drawings above.

The drawings are of the locomotive as built and a few modifications took place when in service. The single roof mounted headlight replaced by two headlights and the change of buffers I mentioned before. There was also re-railing beams on the outer ends of the bogies that are not visible in the photos. EDIT The re-railing beams are still there, hidden in the shadows.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Congratulations to Debs and John and hopefully Ivan will be trotting about soon. Bank holiday weekend coming up, Peterborough Truckfest penciled in for Sunday and an organized walk over the remains of the Corringham Light Railway on Monday but that depends on the weather and if my legs feel up to it. Thats it for now, have a good POETS day all those working, be back later.

The Bedford Workabus was the one with the wooden slatted seats in the back. I had a former Workabus in the 70's, the wooden slatted seats had been replaced by a pair of front seats from a Mk. IV Zodiac. Nothing wrong with the steering, it was the gearchange that was sloppy. One little niggle, the battery was under the floor, just inside the passenger door. Martin Walkers installed a step in that doorway that prevented the battery from being removed as it had to be slid sideways and then up.

Goodnight all.

Airfix do a range of unpainted resin buildings for wargamers, including a ruined Belgian church.

Evening all from Estuary-Land. :banghead:Tuesday my May copy of Railway Bylines arrived, just as I settled down to read it the phone rang. Once I had dealt with the call I forgot about the magazine until this afternoon. I searched high and low for it but couldn't find it, then it dawned on me, when I went to answer the phone I put the magazine down on to the pile of newspapers and magazines for re-cycling. Last night I bagged up the newspapers/magazines as todays bin day. Needless to say by the time I'd realised that the recycling bags had been collected. I will now have to contact the publishers for a replacement.