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On 15/01/2024 at 14:07, bootneck said:
sorry for sounding confused, still,
Mike what Ianj is saying is to use the Dapol pug kit (oo) as the basis for a conversion that utilise a larger, O gauge, cab (other changes such as a wider footplate may be required) to represent a narrow gauge locomotive.
In model railway parlance it would be known as On16.5 i.e. O (scale) narrow gauge with rails 16.5 mm apart. Other similar options, e.g. OOn9, exist.
Doesn't get you that mainline look though.
Rob suggestion of looking for a 'Big Big Train' or Lima loco was inspired. In order of accuracy I'd go Big Big Hymek, Lima 4F, Lima Class 33 then the Big Big shunter (either steam or diesel). If you're not set on UK loco's then Lima did/do a European electric loco and Rivarossi a European Diesel, both of which often get overlooked on e-bay.
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Mike,
Somewhere in the depths of memory I recalled seing this
@ 1:45 it would pass for O gauge (1:43.5) but, in my view, would need some work for it to pass as a UK industrial (not mainline) loco & least said about the coaches the better.
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Sorry to burst you're bubble but what you're looking for doesn't exist.
The O gauge market demands trains that run* and, i suspect, those are the loco's that you're finding in your searches. As for expensive that's relative, compared to OO gauge they actually very good value and O gauge modelling is probably cheaper than OO for a given space.
Until recently O gauge was 95% kit based and a large part of it still is as the range of ready to run (RTR) items is still limited. Kits are still available check out DJH, Gladiator to name two but don't complain about the prices as they fall somewhere between the burago type diecast kit and miniature engineering.
* despite having the ability to run many reside in their box or, at best, are on display on shelves or in cabinets. These day's model railways is a collectors market, often seen as an investment and the likes of Antiques Roadshow are to blame, that bubble will burst as theey start to die off.
Trust me I'm an O gauge modeller.
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Where I work we supply both the aerospace market, working to the AS9100 standard, and the automotive market, working to IAT 16949, If I were to ask the general public which was more stringent odds on that the majority of responses would be wrong. The aerospace market is playing catch up and has been for many years.
@dov you've over simplified the mathematics by assuming that all seats on the flight are priced at 30 euro each - thats not the case. Early seats & those in first/business class will cost substantialy more and as the plane fills the price of the seats will drop making it more attractive to the more casual traveller thus selling more seats and so on. At some pont in the process the costs of the flight are fully covered and every seat sold from then on becomes pure profit for the airline.
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21 hours ago, hairystick said:
After all that, getting back on the ground & being swamped with emergency services, etc, etc, missing the checklist item to pull the CVR breaker has been overlooked.
It seems pointless having a 2hr recording time in today's digital storage media environment. Resetting these devices to 24 or 48hrs (or something in this range) would be easy and simple to do.
Understandable in this case where the emergency shut down procedure was, apparently, lost during the depessurisation. From reading pprune however it's said that on a large proportion of flights where near misses have occured the CVR breaker has been overlooked even though checklists were present, Can that be just co-incidence?
Are Boeing trying to be too clever by using plugs where doors would otherwise be fitted but are not required by the customer. Should the fuselage structure not extend through?
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8 hours ago, AltcarBoB said:
It might have been a tiny shop at the front but if you went through the door it was pretty big. My dad was a VAT inspector in the 1980s and Hattons was on his patch. He said it was an absolute warren of little rooms stuffed to the ceilings with stock.
Visited a few times in the late 70's eary 80's it comes as no surprise Hattons had been trading for 30+ years by then. The shop was a treasure trove of long withdrawn items giving it a stock of, by then, unique items just at the time the collectors market & mail order started to take off.
Shrewd planning or just luck, makes no difference as Norman Hatton made the most of an opportunity that presented itself.
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Any retailer is only ever responsible for their own success & survival. Like the majority of model railway shops in the 70's/80's Hattons operated from what was a converted terraced house on the same terms as other model railway shops in the country. The difference between Hattons and other LMRS's is that they were not prepared to settle just for local custom and grew the business at first through magazine adverts and later through the web, opportunites open to the others.
Hattons survived through dynamic business practices, whilst others died through stagnation. Had others grown their business they too could have taken advantage of more favourable trading terms.
Hattons decision to withdraw from the market does little to improve the position of other small shops unless those shops are prepared for fight or ex-hattons customers. What is more likely to happen is that other large retailers will step to the void, take a larger market share and, given that there is now less competiton in the market place, increase prices.
As to retailers offering their own brand products the roots go back probably to the 90's, or before, when the main manufacturers offered retailers the chance to sell exclusive models, essentially current model with a short run livery. Mid to late 2000's saw the identities of Chinese manufactories revealed and initial approaches for new models from start up companies & retailers being made. The apperance of the first of these would coincide with the shortage of Hornby models in 2016/2018 at a time when they were switching factories in China from one controlled by their main UK competitor to other more independent producers.
Whilst Hattons will be missed world wide (until the market re-adjusts) regrets at the loss of a local model shop will remain just that - local.
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4 hours ago, bootneck said:
Didn't they also have a falling out with Hornby previously?
The fall outs were:
Hattons with Bachmann - due to competing class 68 loco's
Rails with Hornby - over competing terriers (not a dog fight, no need to call the RSPCA). The Spat was witnessed in one of the 'Hornby a model world episodes'.
Pity that Hattons have decided to call time as Hattons was my go to Model Railway supplier a much friendlier place than my past employer is now.
I can only see prices rising as one of the major players exits the field and competition reduces.
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On 06/01/2024 at 06:25, Kingsman said:
Maybe we will see a resurgence of payment by cheque by post!
But the Taxman can see what cheques you're paying in, or in these chequeless day's what bank transfers are occuring.
Cash anyone?
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On 06/01/2024 at 15:06, Mr T said:
One of my Christmas presents was this gem.
Forget the Lea & Perrins and other Worcester sauces, this is the stuff. It used to be made in a small factory near the University of Sheffield, and I recall going past the place when I was a student back in the early 1970s. It is still a family run business in a newer factory, and in our local Morrisons is about a pound cheaper than Lea & Perrins. Likewise, it is also apparently suitable for vegetarians.
A secret recepie reputed to be known only to the one man who prepares the brew. It's been around longer than the imposter and is not just suitable for vegies but is Vegan approved!
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16 minutes ago, pigsty said:
"Fred, what's that white thing on the side of your head?"
"Oh, come on, Bill, it's a - oh, hell, hang on, it's a suppository. How did that get there?"
"That's not the question."
"No?"
"The question is, where's your hearing aid?"
Pardon.
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12 hours ago, Mjwomack said:
One million kudos points for the pun bout over the hill ands hump shunting
Will take the points but the pun was not intended
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On 28/12/2023 at 19:54, Mjwomack said:
I'm so easily led! niumodels kit ordered, and being printed this very night according to the friendly Al there- seems Santa is putting in a double shift!
Familiar with all three with Tinsley being just over the hill from me.
Although only three were converted, at Darlington, all three were different on the outside (placement of the various euipment boxes on the footplate) and during their time were tried in various configuratons. For a class of loco's that were dedicated to a very limited sphere of operation (hump shunting in Tinsley yard) they did wander a little, heavy maintenance @ Doncaster works where they would run to overnight, later @ Swindon works & at least one hauled a passenger train in the Sheffield area.
Beware on that kit - from what i see on facebook it appears to be missing details in the open cab area, brake standard, cabinet in the rear corner, access doors on the main control cabin, no second jumper cable (not pipe) receptacle. Nothing that can't be rectified with a bit of scratchbuilding. Do a bit of research there's plenty of photo's online & time before the build starts.
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Never tried it but, having seen the insides of many laser printers at work, I would imagine that swapping black & (ghost) white toners would lead to cross contamination. Would it be best to have a dedicated printer?
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HO is Half O, i.e half 7mm per ft i.e 3.5 mm per ft (305.mm) thus thes scale is 1:87.
p.s its neither metric or imperial.
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Pair of tyres for the car and some headlight bulbs.
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Fuel prices
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Doubt it will greatly affect what we pay at the pumps as fuel is obtained from a mix of sources not just the middle east, hence the massive increase when the import sanctions were placed on Russian oil.
Prices are consistently dropping at the moment.
What annoys me most is that unlike say bread where I know what a 'branded' loaf will cost at any supermarket there's a distinct lack of a 'standard retail' price.
Living in Sheffield and working in Glossop, and ocassionally visiting other area's including passing through the rural area of the Hope Valley I've seen the prices of fuel differ by as much as 15p per litre (i.e. approx 10%) for the same brand. Not as you would expect dearer in the rural areas but more expensive in Sheffield - those drivers who don't go outside the city limits don't realise how much they are being ripped off for.
Currently branded fuel in Glossop is cheaper than supermarket fuel in Sheffield.
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9 hours ago, Ted A said:
i am sure is Akrotiri
Confirmed, the picture is the endpaper of "The wheels of the RAF" by Bruce Robertson (note the shadow fold running through the centre). No further details than Akrotiri 1970's & credited to RAF NEAF
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On 28/11/2023 at 13:51, Acky190 said:
Three local Aldi I have been to over the past few days and according to the girls on the till there's always someone there first thing in the morning that buys all the Cromwells they put out, I'm thinking it's probably worth looking on eBay or Facebook Marketplace for them to appear?
He can't be at all three at the sametime. Pick one - odds are he'll be at one of the others.
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50 minutes ago, Sabrejet said:
£100K for a Clubman Estate in ANY condition!
Read again £100K TOTAL (not each)
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defective mines self detonate
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1 hour ago, Sabrejet said:
I think only the Mini would fetch more than that now!
Not a watcher of 'Bangers & Cash' then. In the same condition you're looking @ a total of around £100K.
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9 hours ago, Bonhoff said:
I've been in a state of denial over the fact that I appear to have become a railway modeller
Nobody should be in denial about their hobby, boast about it, I do.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1157486347721489&set=pob.100003804052953
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I feel very old
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Most towns have them, trouble is that when a modern building replace a Victorian or edwardian buildind they dont last anywhere near as long and many 'now' pictures have also changed. Maybe we need a now, then & before the book.
p.s. just had the invite to start withdrawing contibutions from the NI pot.