John57sharp
Western Thunderer
Thank you all for the kind wishes. I can confirm that Savlon is a great healer and that there has thankfully been very little pain since the initial AAARGH!
Progress on t’Mill:
John’s workbench - a miscellany.
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Progress on t’Mill:
paulc
Western Thunderer
Hi Ian , in a former life i had a job fitting car exhaust systems . Once installed we would oxy acetlylene weld the joints which would result in the occasional bang as the tip got too close to the weld , this in turn resulted in a shower of sparks some of which would invariably end up going down your back inside the overalls . Grin and bare it are words that come to mind as there was nothing you could do about it .
Oh i also have the membership card for grabbing the soldering iron by the wrong end .
John57sharp
Western Thunderer
Thanks Paul, new respect to the exhaust fitters out there! What fun that sounds.
Cheers
John
jonte
Western Thunderer
Here, I can definitely recommend the use of bicycle clips….
paulc
Western Thunderer
Yes Simon i have that membership card as well . I once , only once managed to set light to the back of a dust coat that i was wearing and was totally unaware until one of the other guys started pulling it off me . It was made of a nylon type of material so didn't go up in flames as much as started with a small hole which kept burning and got larger .
I laugh about it now but i suppose it could have ended a lot worse .
simond
Western Thunderer
Back in the days when smoking was normal, an old pal stopped at the tobacconist to get his fags and morning paper. Queues for, and gets on the bus, upstairs, lights fag, flicks out match, starts reading the paper.
he’s telling the tale in the pub, he’s a very scouse scouser, you can imagine the accent.
”an, you know ’ow the nutter always sits next to yer on the bus? Right, so this bloke sits next to me an leans in close an ses ‘ere mate, do you know your trouser leg’s on fire?’ An I says ‘you wot?’ …. But he was ****’in right!”
apparently, the match had not fully extinguished, had fallen into his turn-up (remember them?) and had ignited the tinder and fluff that had collected, which was smouldering nicely.
”I was late for werk, as I ‘ad to go ‘ome an’ change me keks”
lovely bloke, I wonder where he is now, not seen him for probably 40 years.
he’s telling the tale in the pub, he’s a very scouse scouser, you can imagine the accent.
”an, you know ’ow the nutter always sits next to yer on the bus? Right, so this bloke sits next to me an leans in close an ses ‘ere mate, do you know your trouser leg’s on fire?’ An I says ‘you wot?’ …. But he was ****’in right!”
apparently, the match had not fully extinguished, had fallen into his turn-up (remember them?) and had ignited the tinder and fluff that had collected, which was smouldering nicely.
”I was late for werk, as I ‘ad to go ‘ome an’ change me keks”
lovely bloke, I wonder where he is now, not seen him for probably 40 years.
jonte
Western Thunderer
The adorable Geoffrey Hughes came to mind here. Sadly missed.
Was going to post a piccie to remind you, but didn’t want to upset the copyright police around these parts, so you’ll just have to go with: Onslow from ‘…Appearances’ and Twiggy from ‘The Royles..’.
Jon
John57sharp
Western Thunderer
.. And all round nice guy. Here he is compering the Cropredy Festival, my photo 
John
John
simond
Western Thunderer
Ah, Wallasey. The archetype for dormitory towns. I think it was John Denver who said “I spent a week there one night” 
(actually my Mum was a Wallasey girl, and when I was a kid, my Nan had the corner shop on Cleveland Street and Vittoria St - sadly it’s all gone now, and I never got any photos)
(actually my Mum was a Wallasey girl, and when I was a kid, my Nan had the corner shop on Cleveland Street and Vittoria St - sadly it’s all gone now, and I never got any photos)
John57sharp
Western Thunderer
Small World. My late Dad grew up in Vittoria St just down from the Park gates. That house is still there.
Cheers
John
Cheers
John
The consequence, I suppose, of being betwixt two estuaries: Ribble and Mersey.
Dog Star
Western Thunderer
I think that you are a tad off target there... JD had a song "Saturday Night in Toldeo" with the lyric "Well I spent a week there one day".
Of course there is a similar comment by Harry Chapin about his song "A better place to be"; there are online quotes which are alleged to be by Harry such as:-
<<quote>>
This is probably the favorite thing of mine, at least to me, that I've written. And um, it's about a small town upstate New York, called Watertown, New York. That's more than it deserves. I spent a week there one afternoon. And um, I came away with this story which is a rather, well, strange tale of a, of a little midnight watchman, a rotund waitress, and a girl he picks up one night. And it's called "A Better Place to Be."
<<end quote>>
Again, a similar comment by Harry at a live show where he said that he spent a week (in Scranton Pennsylvania) there one afternoon although that was an introduction to the song "thirty thousand pounds of bananas"!
rgds, G
simond
Western Thunderer
Thank you Graham, the sentiment was precise even if I was playing fast and loose with the geography…
I can’t help with the bananas, absolutely loathe the things.
Simon
2FS - Back to the Mill
John57sharp
Western Thunderer
Having caught a dose of 2mm inspiration via these pages, and from t’other place too, I have spent a few days pondering how to bring Coales Mill into a small layout that will fit into a standard plastic storage box. This is where I am up to, 4 turnouts give me the 2 sidings in front of the mill as per prototype, 2 angled entrance roads which can go to a fiddlestick with curved lines, and 3 sidings in the yard, with half a run-round loop available.
Leaves some foreground available too. The thin blue lines are centre lines, just need to check that the curves work.
All constructive thoughts gratefully received.
John
Leaves some foreground available too. The thin blue lines are centre lines, just need to check that the curves work.
All constructive thoughts gratefully received.
John
John57sharp
Western Thunderer
So here it is with some loose track laid atop, and lo! I'd confused myself into thinking I had 3 roads in the yard, but its just 2, so this was worth doing! On the whole it seems to have legs.
Edit: oh yes, the photo.… there's 2
Edit: oh yes, the photo.… there's 2
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jonte
Western Thunderer
John57sharp
Western Thunderer
Here we are with the latest progress. The baseboard is built bar one end which is pending the sector plate arrangement. That won't be finalised until the track plan is. The plan has been simplified so that the cost is reduced, and the time to construct, by moving the turnouts off board to the right and having the s3ctor plate deal with those.
The blocks represent unknown buildings (wood) and trees (polystyrene). The left hand side is still working on it in progress.
John
The blocks represent unknown buildings (wood) and trees (polystyrene). The left hand side is still working on it in progress.
John
2mm 08
John57sharp
Western Thunderer
The wheels on this shunter don’t go round and round….
Some fine tuning of the cranks has lead to this issue being, at least partially, resolved.
They now turn reasonably well, but only one way, so tomorrow we’ll look into that.
Meantime, a short video.
Some fine tuning of the cranks has lead to this issue being, at least partially, resolved.
They now turn reasonably well, but only one way, so tomorrow we’ll look into that.
Meantime, a short video.