Circloy
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Heard the car factory near Derby is to close for a deep clean due to possble Corolla Virus.
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Heard there's been a run on toilet paperin the Supermarkets.
Personally prefer mine un-used.
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6 hours ago, Avereda said:
a bottle of Henderson’s Relish
Hendo's - best of the lot!
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On 29/02/2020 at 22:17, Tzulscha said:
An American pilot is flying a small plane across Australia.
Pilot of the first TWA 747 to cross the Pacific calls up ATC
"Sydney ATC , TWA flight 228 non-stop from San Fransisco we have your little island in sight. Requesting direct to Sydney Airport and permission to land"
To which Sydney ATC replies.
"TWA 228 sorry were a little busy with a medical flight at the moment. Give me three laps of the island and we'll be ready for you"
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On 02/10/2019 at 11:53, GordonD said:
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United Kingdom
18 May 1991
Helen Sharman
Soyuz TM-12
(The UK is the first country whose first astronaut is female)
Helen Sharmen's most infamous moment happened less than two months later
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O2DlC_zxMs
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20 minutes ago, Acinonyx Jubatus said:
Why is this in Nurnberg Toy Fair thread ? Nothing to do with the toy fair directly and needs to be moved to chat threads
Comments are likely to become political and lead to arguments and post would be best deleted
Agreed.
Although even in 'chat' customs discussions quickly decend into politics and this one seems to have a head start.
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On 03/02/2020 at 23:52, dnl42 said:
Truth be told, I naturally write dates as year-month-day, e.g., 2020-02-02 which is the ISO format I cited in my post.
I do so because sorting routinely puts the dates into chronological order. Month-day-year scrambles years while day-month-year scrambles months and years.
For a number of years I was the international sales contact for a large US metal company & handled orders from the rest of the world (i.e. anywhere except USA, Canada & Mexico) and had to translate English english, European english & Internatonal english to American english (via Yorkshire english) dates were a perenial problem - is 02/03 the 2nd March or 3rd Feb so now always name the month. When naming files including date to indicate the version the date is always included as yyyymmdd as it is the ony method that sorts correctly.
Did the job for so long I used to find myself looking @ prices on supermarket shelves & going $2.95 that's expensive.
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Check either your local DIY superstore or builders merchants for constructional insulation sheets.
Usually comes in 2.4m x 1.2 m sheets of 25mm 50mm or 100 mm thick.
Various 'densities' can be found.
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On 08/12/2019 at 08:33, BIG X said:
Me - correct - that doesn't happen often
it looks a bit 'clumsy' though - so I might just leave it & put it down to bone idle drivers - mind you Tamiya don't help - let's refer back to the box artwork...
These 2 muppets have clearly lost whatever they were towing
I'd always (mis)understood the triangle was a 'convoy' marker so diid some digging and came across the following on missng link that confirmed it is to indicate a trailer is being towed but also ponts out that it wasn't always used as intended. If you find it bothering why not include one of the small trailered AA guns parked at the side. Some interesting pics included at the end of the link .
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missinglynx/opel-blitz-convoy-sign-t56092.html
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2 hours ago, alt-92 said:
those who merely do those aggravating one word replies to up their post count do not always benefit from that
Perhaps a minimum word count should be required before it counts towards the post total. It would have to be automated though so it doesn't stop the Mods doing other things.
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Beware what you glue it in place with there are issues if you use PVA
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A failure's a failure whenever it's discovered.
No one would claim the original windows on the Comet were a success would they?
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4 minutes ago, Rickoshea52 said:
incorrect torque being specified or applied
Failed practice either at design level or application.
5 minutes ago, Rickoshea52 said:material specification
Failed Practice either at design, purchasing or manufacturing.
5 minutes ago, Rickoshea52 said:missing manufacturing processing
Failed practice either at process design or during manufacture.
8 minutes ago, Rickoshea52 said:human factors
That's why practices are in place to eliminate 'human factors' as much as possible.
11 minutes ago, Rickoshea52 said:The company I work for sometimes experiences disclosures from suppliers about parts that have escaped the quality system - not all (actually very few) pose a safety
Good to see, hope they are relayed up to your customers.
All escapes pose an increased risk they just need to be understood and managed
We too experience escapes and due to the nature of our products report them direct to the Design Authorities (i.e. Engine Manufacturers) for a full and proper risk assessment.
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21 hours ago, Slater said:
Loose bolts would appear to be a critical but easily corrected issue
If only!
The loose bolts are a symptom of failed practices either at Airbus or one of its suppliers and points to potentially more serious failures. The loose bolts have been found but what else has been missed? As pointed out above what's been left behind that shouldn't be there, is everything as it should be, have the correct & genuine components been used in it's construction. As Airbus's sytems have clearly failed It's all got to be in doubt.
Military or Civil lives are at risk.
I've just completed a three day course on pre-delivery inspection so am aware of the risks of not ensuring everything is done, done correctly and in the right order.
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On 07/11/2019 at 18:32, Adam Poultney said:
I do hope that no one is fired. Whoever did this deserves a medal not the loss of their job for a mistake
Didn't one of the recent workbench articles reference a P45?
Couldn't this 'announcement' be related?
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Many railway modelllers are using building insulation sheets upon which to build scenery. It's basically expanded polystyrene, denser than that used for packing, extruded into boards of various thicknesses, 10 & 25 mm being common sizes, and readily shaped using houshold tools.
A downside is that it is readily attacked by solvent based glues & paints. This can be overcome by coating with PVA glue as a barrier.
This is the type of thing https://www.diy.com/departments/jablite-insulation-board-1200mm-450mm-25mm/26817_BQ.prd
(other DIY shops are available)
have a look here to see what can be achieved
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydPRLghjbnU
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Search for brick card on
& look at the Slaters, Faller or Wills products
There's also Southeast finecast
Thinking about it is there anything in the Plastruct range - it may be more readily available in Canada
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Many of the early Tamiya kits were initially realeased motorised and this is oft cited as a reason we ended up with miliary kits being 1/35 & not 1/32.
You can tell those that were by the various 'extra' openings in the chassis.
Don't think they did a Crusader before the mould share with Italeri in the last 10 (?) years
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On 8/25/2019 at 12:21 AM, ptmvarsityfan said:
Apart from the ancient Airfix loco kits are there any kits out there? Is there a market for static kits?
railway modellers seem to need them to run. Not sure why.
In plastic there used to be a few others - Revell have a few German & US loco's that are released occasionally & Ratio springs to mind with a couple of UK locos but theres been few others however most loco kits were produced in white metal by the cottage industry for the railway modeller.
They're 'needed' to run because that's what railways were about & it can be done.
On 8/25/2019 at 7:33 AM, Scimitar F1 said:I have long thought that Airfix are missing a trick in not creating a 1/32 A4 Pacific.
Much easier to display than an aeroplane, smaller than the 1/24 lorries that you see.
Someone will do it.
Not quite as a 1/32 A4 (71 ft long) would be about 10% larger than that 1/24th scale lorry (about 48 ft long). I'll admit the A4 would be more impressive though
On 8/29/2019 at 10:13 PM, cmatthewbacon said:Personally, if I was starting a range of static plastic railway kits, I'd do 1930-1960 British prototypes in O Gauge (more or less 1/48). They're a good size, but not HUGE like the 1/35th WW2 German locos; they'd work as static pieces on O Gauge layouts; but they'd also be compatible with 1/48 armour and aircraft for slightly-more-wieldy-than-1/35 diorama possibilities; and they're close enough to 1/43 to work with diecast collectible cars etc... 1/48 would be big enough for decent detail, and also big enough to make assembling the running gear so that it all turns and works more or less realistically less of a pain than it is in OO/HO. If I was moulding such a kits, I'd also do all the mechanical workings in ABS rather than regular styrene to give you a better chance of a working mechanism that won't break...
It can be second range from Pistonhead Plastics, following on from the 1/24 classic British sports cars...
best,
M.
UK O gauge is 1/43.5 (7mm = 1 ft) & differs from 1/48 in size by over 10% which is more than most would consider an accepable difference. Compatable with diecast cars yes, but not lorries which are 1/50 so even worse.
If you're looking at providing kits in O gauge then last weekend the O gauge guild had their showcase trade show @ Telford which would have been a good oportunity research the market. Not many of the major 1930's to 1960's locos not already kitted. Talk to the kit manufacturers & if they were being honest they'd admit they're happy if any kit sells 25 andsales of 50 is considered a good run. Would that be worth tooling up for in plastic?
Honestly think you'd get better returns if you put your money on England winning the Ashes.
On 8/25/2019 at 12:21 AM, ptmvarsityfan said:Is there a market for good plastic kits of locos?
Seriously doubt there's sufficient call in the UK market. Ask Pete Waterman how much he 'pumped' into his company to keep it afloat before calling in the receivers.
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1 hour ago, pigsty said:
The most (in)famous example is Ford merrily supplying vehicles to the German Army and taking whatever profit there was home to America. Goodness knows where the morals of that are.
Double standards at the very least! Henry Ford was a pacifist cancelling a number of contracts Ford of America had signed with British companies (e.g. RR - Merlin) but still readily accepting profits made by the 'oversea's' subsidiaries (UK, Germany, France).
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Halifax Modeller World stock Bison & Star decals
https://www.halifaxmodellersworld.co.uk/135th-accessories-61-c.asp
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1 hour ago, robw_uk said:
this was my fist armour build after 30+ years... goes together well and makes a great kit... as to eyesight -try taking your glasses off? i am short sighted and find that that makes life easier on smaller/closer work....
Snap!.
Not keen on varifocals So I've a pair of distance glasses, A pair for 'computer use' and eyeball mk1 for close up.
The computer use ones are not normal readers which are optimised for around 300/500 mm but are set for around 1000 mm which allows screens to be placed in a better position.
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Theres an old adage - 'Red and Green should ne'er be seen' the reason being they clash too much to produce good balance.
The wording's not bad, probably because of the expanse of white, but the logo's unbalanced.
Try turning the red 'sun' white and turn the green phoenix red, may prove enough.
If not then consider one of the three colour options under the split complement in the linked chart.
However at the end of the day it's your Whif to do with as you please.
737 Max
in Real Aviation
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That's not as re-assuring as it sounds.
London - New York approx 3500 mile one way and approx 7 hours flight time which is short enough for a plane to do a round trip of 7000 miles each day.
At that rate one million miles would be achieved in less than 150 days flying time which, frightlingly, implies a failure, and potential loss, for each airframe within 6 months of first flight!