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#11

Off Topic / Re: Time poor but still want t...

Last post by Hez - March 19, 2025, 07:21:15 AM

PS, Welcome!!!

#12

Off Topic / Re: GAAAAAHHHHHH Mk.VI: The Re...

Last post by rovingjack - March 18, 2025, 05:42:59 AM

with Texas doin what it'd doin I want to hear j.wilhelm and others report their safety.

#13

Metaphysical / Re: Resurfacing from the Depth...

Last post by Cora Courcelle - March 16, 2025, 06:35:21 PM

Things may be a bit quiet here now, but it's always good to hear from old acquaintances.

#14

Off Topic / Re: GAAAAAHHHHHH Mk.VI: The Re...

Last post by Cora Courcelle - March 16, 2025, 06:32:16 PM

Yesterday morning our neighbours seventeen year old daughter didn't wake up. No suspicious circumstances, no warning, no drugs or alcohol involved. She just didn't wake up.
It puts a lot of things into perspective.

#15

Aural-Ocular / Re: IMAGES OF STEAMPUNK (COG W...

Last post by Cora Courcelle - March 16, 2025, 06:18:35 PM

The quality of the program may get better, unfortunately the same cannot always be said about the content.

#16

Off Topic / Re: The Brassgoggles Model Mak...

Last post by The Bullet - March 16, 2025, 05:53:32 PM

The damaged flue on TIGERs boiler has been replaced.
Today I went for the test.
Took a bit longer to get the boiler back onto the frames as the pipework inside the smokebox is really hard to connect. The smokebox does not come off the frames with the boiler....
Had a good test run today.
Pump and injector worked fine, loco ran well with plenty of steam for spare.
Some minor adjustment needed on blower nozzle and smokebox.
I guess they were bent when taking the boiler off or putting it back on.

#17

Architecture / Re: That 'big project' I've be...

Last post by James Harrison - March 16, 2025, 02:43:07 PM

The first thing on the 2025 Programme to be completed is...



... taking the rendering off my side wall. 

Those bricks are pretty badly shot up, and would definitely benefit from being repointed in the short term and wholesale replaced in the medium to long term.  I don't much want to have to prop up the house to do that, I do have an idea how it can be done without either needling through the wall or taking the whole thing down and rebuilding it.  It just entails stretching the job out over at least several weeks.  But not yet, eh?

#18

Aural-Ocular / Re: IMAGES OF STEAMPUNK (COG W...

Last post by crypt-skip - March 15, 2025, 03:02:11 AM

I made this video using Hunyuan Video text to video. I swear the quality of these programs just gets better and better                                                                                                                 

#19

Off Topic / Re: The Brassgoggles Model Mak...

Last post by Madasasteamfish - March 14, 2025, 08:24:57 PM

... instead came home instead with a Hornby Stannier 8F.

"instead" does not count. "additinally" is the point.

And in that vein, guess who just bought a Great Northern 4-4-0 to go with some Great Northern carriages? 

I don't have the foggiest (said whilst trawling the 2nd hand section of a retailler's website  )...

Although I stand by previous comment regarding the use of illicit substances vs model trains.

#20

Off Topic / Re: The Brassgoggles Model Mak...

Last post by James Harrison - March 14, 2025, 06:13:16 PM

... instead came home instead with a Hornby Stannier 8F.

"instead" does not count. "additinally" is the point.

And in that vein, guess who just bought a Great Northern 4-4-0 to go with some Great Northern carriages?