On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 21:56:03 +0100, you wrote: Brian, ... Check your email. Jim. PS Anything to set his feet on the road to Crewe (or anywhere, other than...
Hi John, Your query about caulking is a sensible one. I think the answer must lie in the availability of a crew on a ship to keep recaulking the deck boards...
Hi Geoff, I haven't had to take any of the wheels off any of them. Looks to me as though they are a force fit but I would be very wary. Why do you need to...
... Bragdon ... adhesive. ... you do not ... powders sticks ... coloured carpet ... Bruce Have investigated same, sounds just like what I am looking for. I ...
From: "John Turner"
Subject: Re: [7mm] Re: Mike South of Calgary
> Yahoo seems extremely slow & unreliable at the moment for some reason.
Just to prove me...
Bruce/Bob, Will investigate these powders; Googling produces nothing concerning them on this side of the pond so will probably have to order direct. I have...
Bless you Jim. The truth is that my library/reference material is almost entirely books and I have long since disposed of piles of magazines. It will warm...
One would have thought that, by now, Australians had been the butt of enough crass and inaccurate generalisations to know how valueless such comments are. It...
Hi Graham, It was just that I needed to add something to the axle so needed to pull one wheel. I looked at them and they appear to be press fit or perhaps...
Hi All, I noticed that over the last few days - some bits get through like lightening and the others seem to enjoy cyberspace!! They eventually end up...
... A message from inside Yahoo: "Apologies folks. A server apparently went down Friday night late, and the usual systems that are supposed to page the ...
Graham, The ends turning up is exactly the problem I have with Prolene brushes but I called it the bristle tips curling. It only affects the last 1mm or so of...
Hi all Just to prove you don't need to completely butcher or discard half a kit to make a decent model in ScaleSeven; the only difference between this Parkside...
Came in here Weds. AM [UK time], message no. 20970, I replied Weds. PM, message no. 20987. [to save repeating ] Regards, Derek. ... From: "Robert Kosmider"...
Dear all Catching up with emails, so not doing as Re- please accept apologies. On rust in the 1960s I bought a xylene based 'rust' colour paint. This picked up...
... Gidday John The problem was that the linseed oil used as a medium in most roof dopes accelerated the rotting of the canvas cover, rather than protecting it...
Paul I suspect you're probably referring to Floquil whose 'rust 'paint is indeed excellent. Still available from Metalsmiths I believe. Bill ... From:...
... G'Day Graham Maroon & Cream???? BR "Blood & Custard" was Crimson & Cream which Maskelyne described as Carmine! Much brighter than the later Maroon which...
... one ... roof ... canvas- ... G'Day Kevin Thanks for pointing out what it was that was wrong with the roof dressing The LNWR and GWR both experimented with...
G'Day Andrew My first imppulse was to sya "keep yer wig on!" but as an expat of 45+ yrs I feel that quoting a couple of instances from Oz will give flesh to my...
... I should mention - I forgot last night, Ade - that I chucked out the kit's brake lever guides in favour of some Ambis etched brass ones. I had intended on...
Hi Trevor, I 'm not that good at it!. On BR mixed traffic livery, I put on thin cream lines using the bow pen for straights and small brushes for curves. When...
But Andrew, it is a national sport. Do you not recall there was an article in the 'Sunday Times' puzzling over the plague of wasps that hit the UK? It said...
Brian, wasps do have a use and for that reason I try not to kill them; One wasp is said to eat 20.000 midges. If you lived in the west of Scotland you would...
AH! I see an equation looming here - hereinafter called George's Law. 1 wasp = 20,00 midges. 20,000 midges = 1 Scotsman? So why don't we take the midges out...
Try confining 12 railway operators in a loft containing a wasps nest. We managed to carry on operating all afternoon one day last year, with spray and fly...
I have been reading with interest the thread on the subject of etching. I have been considering producing an artwork for some rolling stock components. Initial...
