You can set the sort order of messages? Just click on the link in the date column. Your preferences will be remembered, so you don't have to do it again when you return.
Seems PRS have been visiting building sites too. The odd inspector or two encased in concrete plus the advertisers realising their audience is diminishing...
Hi chaps, In steam this morning on the BBC news. Shots of it actually in motion later this morning. It looked brilliant. I went to Didcot at the weekend . The...
See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7536023.stm Unfortunately it does not include an iPlayer link to the clip shown on the news this morning:-( More on BBC...
Ade As far as the Club is concerned, they have a PPL, the TV is for sport only and the jukebox is owned by a company specialising in the rental of these...
... Hi Bob, with reference to blackening the wheels do you apply any primer to the face of the wheel before the acrylic is applied ? I have just acquired an 8F...
Why do laymen, especially those in the media, insist on talking about a "Steam train".when they mean Locomotive or Engine? It grates with me, am I being...
Adrian I wouldn't expect then to have got any further than the buffer stops at Waterloo!!!!!!! Particularly in LSWR days, but later you never know, someone no...
Can anyone give me some guidance please? I've just acquired a beautiful rake of Jannick LMS (ex-MR) fully lined clerestory coaches (four bogie vehicles plus...
I have just watched live from Darlington the first move of Tornado. The reporter seemed to know a bit more than the average hack. Wonderful Living as I do a...
Hello Adrian et al, When I was playing in a duo, a few years ago now, some of the jobs we did required providing a written programme. I played clubs for...
Hi All This looks like a case of the PRS wanting to have their cake and eat it too. Being the BBC I am sure that they have paid for the right to broadcast the ...
You lucky chap - so that explains why you aren't answering my e-mails! I note George's comments and replies, I will say that the interviewer in the film clip...
Greetings George, For what it’s worth my big gripe is the description of a locomotive as “unrebuilt”. It suggests it was rebuilt and then returned to the...
At least 1500 for the rake. You might not get that if sold but you would have to pay at least that to get them replaced to the same standard John Hobden ...
... about a "Steam train".when they mean Locomotive or Engine? It grates with me, am I being unduly sensitive. ... on, they have little or no knowledge...
Hi all, On the lunch time news. Marvellous. What a achievement. One of the model engineers flashed up his "Sweet Pea" ( 5" narrow gauge engine with a marine...
Hi all, What sort of price would LMS coaches made from Westdale shells go for. They were nicely made and painted in LMS livery by Ian Allan some years ago. I...
From: "christopher240868" Subject: [7mm] Re: BBC News - Tornado ... I gave up worrying about it years ago, anyway it's not just our hobby which gets...
... I thought it was: Football: Hooligans watching gentleman Rugby: Gentleman watching hooligans Anyway, life it short. We should also be able to laugh at...
Folks, Does anyone have an old Lima 4-wheel shunter going spare? In reality I only need the body, so just the body or a non-working model would be fine. Any...
Yes we must not take it to heart!-but I have to say the last laugh is often for me when I give them my webpage and tell them to look at the photographic builds...
Hi John, Remembering the superb standard of Jannick's MR coaches for insurance purposes first thoughts were they must be valued at least 500 each for the...
Hi, I should also point out that IIRC in 1992 Ian Longdon was charging 395 for one of his clerestories built and painted - he was using a YTS girl he had...
From: "John Berry" Subject: Re: [7mm] Jannick Coaches addition ... Yes, your latter point regarding the lining is quite correct, but the end result is still...
Hi Tony, I "might" have one. I certainly have a box of LIMA bits. I will go and have a look. I know there is a Big Big train shunter up there but I want to...
Hi all, I'm always being asked how many trains "sets" I've got. I've a good mind to name my steam engine after my mother in law as she had no time for trains...
