PhilJ W

President George W. Bush had an I.Q. of only 86! Bit frightening as it was his finger on the nuclear button. (But who had their finger on his button?)

The Commer 'Express' van carries a 'Brush' logo. The car behind the Dormobile is an early 30's Ford model 'B' which could have been made in either Dagenham or Dearborne. Centre right behind the red Mini is an Austin Gypsy that looks almost new.

Neither could I at first but I worked out it as 1600, the only number that is divisible by all the numbers he likes. (I tried it again and it came out at 136 is that enough for MENSA?)

I've had a good chuckle at some of the incidents recorded above. Will I pet-sit? no way!

Try this test (I scored 122) >> http://www.free-iqtest.net

Its possibly a lifting axle placed ahead of the driving axle to prevent an excessive overhang when lifted. (I have never seen a lifting axle anywhere but between fixed axles or in the case of a trailer the fixed axle(s) and the tractive unit.)

Try asking on the 'Great War Forum' you might well get an answer in minutes!

Am I mistaken but is there a point on a baseboard joint?

You could lay your own miniature railway or have a garden layout.

Now days refuse collectors have to have a certificate IIRC called an ONC to qualify them to empty bins.

Which end is the front of a Sentinel? I always assumed that the boiler end was the front and the bunker the back.

Should have read the small print.

Sorry if I've upset anyone with regard to the fencing.I would point out however that I have never seen it done correctly and as I said in my post the same mistake was made by a professional model maker so your in good company.

ERM... Did you know that if your security fencing if it is for the depot is facing the wrong way? The type of fencing depicted the barbed wire should be inside the fence line overhanging the property being protected. Don't be disappointed a well known modeller made the same mistake in a magazine article. The reason is it is harder to climb over such fences when the barbed wire is angled away from the intruder.

I have a Hyundai i10 which is basically a slightly upmarket version of the Kia Picanto (same engine/body shell etc.). As others have stated it is a reliable, comfortable and economic car and very easy to get in and out of especially if you suffer from arthritis like me. The only down sides I have found is that it is impossible to lower the back seats without pushing the front seats well forward, which means in effect that only the passenger side can be folded down. The other one is that if you have the air-con on it uses a lot of fuel. Other than that I have found it to be an excellent car for what I need.

They were 1/75 scale, as was the Trojan van that preceded it in the range. Most Matchbox vans of this type were about the same scale including a Commer TV repair van that was based on the ice cream van. The Morris J2 pick up and the Volkswagen van were also 1/75 and the Thames minibus was actually 1/76. Most of the other models are either to small or too large for OO scale or less suitable such as American cars and trucks.

My job was to pay their wages. Despite it being a large London borough it employed only six or seven paviors and the department was closed down almost 30 years ago.

The laying of paving slabs is a skilled job something akin to a bricklayer, the job title is actually 'Mason Pavior' and most were employed by local authorities. Nowadays paving is done by outside contractors and the laying of tarmac is both cheaper and requires less skill.

In the UK woe betide the utility company that does not restore the existing surface after digging it up. They hate brick pavers as they are the hardest to replace properly. Concrete is also compulsory under a dropped kerb but often it is covered by a thin layer of tarmac. This is the case with my own dropped kerb.

During the building boom during the 50's and 60's many streets were laid in concrete but most have now been covered in tarmac. Public roads and footpaths in the UK are the responsibility of local authorities and they are legally required to be built to a standard. Concrete footpaths are most often found in 'Plotland' type areas where during the 1930's areas of marginal farmland were sold off in plots for self builders, a good example is Jaywick on the Essex coast. Many such roads had the word 'unadopted' attached after the name meaning that the maintainance of both street and footpath were not the responsibility of the local authority.

There are some very good drawings available of the railcar(s). A R-T-R one would be even better. The possible liveries of the early articulated ones are LMS maroon, LNER teak/red-white/green-cream/wartime grey or khaki, JER dark red and JR which was a light colour judging by b&w photographs with a darker waist stripe. Does anyone know what colours the JR painted their two railcars? All except the JR which was 3' 6" they were standard gauge but as most of us accept 16.5 in OO it works out only another half inch error on the gauge.

Dressed as a WPC?

A lot of motorcyclists do not. (But this takes us into the grumpies thread territory.)

Dipped headlights that is.

I've noticed that among your road vehicles there is what looks like a Ford Transit Connect van marked up as a taxi. Does it have a manufacturer marked on it? and can you please tell me from where it was obtained?