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Apparently there are 21 of us for our Christmas meal this year.

And, no turkey for us!

Yes, we are going for a Christmas curry

Pass the crackers ...

but the thought of taking a ride in the caisson was truly one that gave me the shudders. You have got wimpy! You used to think nothing of driving a steam traction engine of weight exceeding by double a certain bridge loading. Age caught up ? Have you read the technology of the caisson? The box was ...

That was October 1986!

We effectively 'took over' Chesil for an exhibition, here is my Ivatt 2 (subsequently stolen) in the station.

I dyed mine with Colron dark oak ( I think), about 25 years ago, it was quite dark when new, but faded to a lighter grey.

I don't remember where I got this from, and it's WR anyway!

The reason why I chose the 1826 date (before Stephenson's Rocket), was because an early steam engine was tried along the line. Surprise, it broke the plates. However, I can have a go at building an engine, the horses - well you'll have to see ...

Interesting read, a pity BANES does not give more regard to the historic character of Radstock, merely designating it as an overspill housing area for Bath - 10 miles away.

Thanks for that, all information is useful.

Outram proposed a standard gauge of 4'2" for the country - if he had succeeded (instead of Stephenson), there wouldn't be a standard gauge of 18.83mm, but a gauge of 16.66mm - which is pretty close to another gauge we have all heard about ...

In case you have missed any updates on the workbench, I have been busy building my new layout :P which I'm featuring on RMweb, as it's part of the Cameo Layout challenge. It is not P4, but it does have scale flanges L shaped ... http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/122704-radstock-midfo...

Nothing like getting there early Danny

Your editor will be there on Sunday.

Bachrus for me as well. Covers 18.83 down to 9.42mm.

Umm no

It was because of the lack of competition announcements post exhibitions, I made a point of noting down - at the time - the winners.

Your fearless reporter had his notebook with him, and a bit of time to write it down

Luckily, as Editor, I was writing the results down! Scaleforum Competitions There are four completions at Scaleforum, results were: ● The MRJ Chalice was awarded to a whole layout – Kerrinhead ● The Eileen’s Emporium award went to the broad gauge trackwork on Paul Townsend’s Dartmouth ● The Unsung H...

In W10 I use an app "basic photo viewer" which has a rotate function
(different Tim)

If you are coming to Scaleforum, you could have a look at the traverser on Burnham.

I use a smooth DC controller based on a LM317 chip http://www.ti.com/product/LM317?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=lm317&utm_campaign=app_ldo_ww_p_e_ldo&utm_content=e910e69e-fea0-49b2-8b1e-6312360a3ce5&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0Nqzqfi33QIVzpPtCh2CPgXGEAAYASAAEgLv-fD_BwE# circu...

Remember to wear your name-badges ...

Here is the underside of Caerphilly Castle, pictures taken in 2003. I believe this engine was not painted in preservation, but at Swindon works.

chrisf wrote:While we decode and ponder Bernie's options, curry lovers will wish to know that the Bengal Blue is apparently already full with the Bristol crew.

Chris

Thanks for revealing that inside information Chris ...

No 'like' button, so I'm going to say - very impressive!

I believe the last survivor was on Speech House Road signal box, seen here in about 1962.
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3390650

I always tried to make cab roofs on tank engines removable, aided painting and putting crews in. I used to put some clips, so the roof was held in place.

I trust the very last train was accompanied by the traditional branch-line send-off, with brass bands and detonators on the rails (all in 4mm and working, obviously!) I recall once asking you what you'll do when Clutton is finally complete, and you replied "rip it up and build another layout!&...

At 4.30 this afternoon, the hall was empty apart from the crowd that had assembled to watch the final (public) trains on Clutton. The occasion was marked with headboards on both trains.