Postman Prat Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Bravo LC&DR My son, complete with degree, cannot find appropriate work so he's working 16hrs a week in a local supermarket. And by all accounts he's a real grafter (can't say the same about when he's at home, alas) As you know we are both the same age and I'm still working 2-3 days a week from about March through to November/December. Different to you, though - I get paid for it !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 Bravo LC&DR My son, complete with degree, cannot find appropriate work so he's working 16hrs a week in a local supermarket. And by all accounts he's a real grafter (can't say the same about when he's at home, alas) As you know we are both the same age and I'm still working 2-3 days a week from about March through to November/December. Different to you, though - I get paid for it !!My youngest son is a 'house husband' 06:00 to 18:00 hours while his wife, who is a care home manager goes out to work. When she comes home he then goes off and does two part time jobs, cleaning offices and a clinic. That takes him up to midnight Monday to Friday. They have two kids (3 and 8) so he has the school run and then child care duties all day. My eldest son and his wife both work full time too, but they choose to pay for childcare for their three boys. They take it in turns to do the school run adjusting working hours to suit. That is what a lot of couples with young families have to do. They claim no benefits, they have been brought up not to expect the state to cushion them. My eldest daughter who is disabled DOES claim state support, that is because she has difficulty finding a job that can accomodate her. She still applies for every job that comes up though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2e0dtoeric Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Where did my brushless motors post go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2e0dtoeric Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Ah! THERE it is - it seems to have gone into a new title in the General thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Models Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Maybe this? /media/tinymce_upload/1.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Models Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 A Caledonian Class 92?92033/media/tinymce_upload/11028539_10202644014701822_1935810117_o.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 It needs some symbol on the body side to break up a solid slab of blue. How about a simple line diagram representing railway tracks, two horizontal parallel lines with arrow heads indicating the direction of travel, a bit like these?? :-) /media/tinymce_upload/Two_76s_at_Woodburn.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postman Prat Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 No good, LC&DR It'll never catch on !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2e0dtoeric Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 How about a rake of mk 1 coaches in maroon livery, numbered, lined and labelled for West Coast, as in the tour trains? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 With the 2015 programme now announced I would like to get my suggestions in for new items for 2016 / 2017 .Firstly I will again stake my suggestion for a Merchant Navy Pacific in air-smoothed condition. A third batch version would be ideal.Next something special to go with the BR/SR Bo-Bo electric locomotive already announced, perhaps some CIWL sleeping cars and the French luggage van to recreate the 'Night Ferry' Paris to Victoria via Dunkerque / Dover train ferry service. Alternatively some BR and European Ferry Vans of the period. Some with the typical peak roof and end brake platform might add variety, but PLEASE in 4mm scale and not a warmed over HO model.Time to bring back the SR L1 4-4-0 I think.A useful new type would be the Fowler 2-6-2T especially with condensing gear 40022 to 40040 series. Would go well with the new LMS suburban carriages.BR welded body 21 ton coal hopper in both vacuum and unfitted varieties.A 'Lowmac' low machinery wagon, not the old Airfix Lowmac EU but one of the 'curly' GWR design Lowmac WN (Loriot N).A small Industrial 0-4-0ST or 0-4-2ST. Hawthorn Leslie or Andrew Barclay for preference. Well, well, well, so far so good! A Merchant Navy is to come!Let us hope that the Night Ferry stock and some ferry vans will miraculously appear now that both the 71 and the Merchant Navy need something special to pull! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_turner2 Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Why have Hornby stopped the run of class 43 125 HSTs? Yes, I know they have released the 'new' model but the remotored Lima shell was great at the price and is still much sought after. Since all the moulds have been made, why not put them back in production as typical Railroad range purchasers can't afford the super detailed models - that's surely what Railroad was all about. 2016? I reckon putting a blue/yellow original example in 2015 wouldn't be beyond them. PLEASE!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleidboy Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 With the M/N on the horizon - I need nothing that has not already been announced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postman Prat Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Hi BB (as in Birthday Boy) I wish I could say the same !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilux59721707820819 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 A brand new GWR Manor class 4-6-0. Bachmanns is way passed its time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_solley Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 I wish........With the promises of an original MN and the HA electric, I would dearly love to recreate a Night Ferry so the CIWL sleepers would be a winner; I would need at least four and the associated baggage vans would be a bonus! Have explored scaling up the Joeuf/Playcraft item or buying several of the MARC models brass models but the first would present too many compromises and the second would cost more than £500!!Whilst hoping for the impossible how about some 1950s Pullmans for a "Golden Arrow"Keep dreaming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick_ Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 How about a DCC Decoder with a bult-in stay alive having enough power to get any Hornby locomotive with limited pickups over the insulated frog of a hornby point or cross-over at slow speed and designed to fit in all Hornby DCC ready locos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4091Dudley Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 given the advent of a set of four silver A4s, a proper set of matching carriages...Given articulated coaches are already made for eurostar and the pendolino sets, you'd have thought could be done at a decent price. If they can sell 1000+ boxed A4 sets, I'm sure they could sell same amount of Silver Jubillee carriages at c£300 per set! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rup1 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 How about a Bullied Z class, has a manufacturer ever done one of them?GWR railcar - maybe even a banana streamlined one / BR BubblecarOne of the Poppy branded LU trains, or some LU trainsPrototype HSTLarge Prairie 4110 - work with West Somerset, or Eddystone with SLL as an overhaul fundraiser, etc.Milk tankersK Class mogulBeattie Well tankLarge pannier, e.g. 9466 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted June 13, 2015 Author Share Posted June 13, 2015 How about a Bullied Z class, has a manufacturer ever done one of them?GWR railcar - maybe even a banana streamlined one / BR BubblecarOne of the Poppy branded LU trains, or some LU trainsPrototype HSTLarge Prairie 4110 - work with West Somerset, or Eddystone with SLL as an overhaul fundraiser, etc.Milk tankersK Class mogulBeattie Well tankLarge pannier, e.g. 9466The Southern Z 0-8-0T was in fact a Maunsell design. There is a resin kit for one to fit on to a Hornby 8F loco drive chassis made by Golden Arrow productions. The Beattie Well tank can be purchased from Kernow and Bachmann will be making the 94xx pannier tank. Hornby and Dapol both make milk tank wagons or did until recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fazy Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 How about a DCC Decoder with a bult-in stay alive having enough power to get any Hornby locomotive with limited pickups over the insulated frog of a hornby point or cross-over at slow speed and designed to fit in all Hornby DCC ready locos. I would like it if the could hard wire one in to a dc loco which worked even when a chip was fitted or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fazy Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 How about a DCC Decoder with a bult-in stay alive having enough power to get any Hornby locomotive with limited pickups over the insulated frog of a hornby point or cross-over at slow speed and designed to fit in all Hornby DCC ready locos. I would like it if the could hard wire one in to a dc loco which worked even when a chip was fitted or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 How about a DCC Decoder with a bult-in stay alive having enough power to get any Hornby locomotive with limited pickups over the insulated frog of a hornby point or cross-over at slow speed and designed to fit in all Hornby DCC ready locos. I would like it if the could hard wire one in to a dc loco which worked even when a chip was fitted or not Wouldn't a decent size flywheel on the motor shaft do the same job without the extra electronic complications? I find kit built locos with flywheels run much more smoothly and are less prone to stopping on short gaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 I have the tiny Beattie Well Tank and it negotiates my points without a falter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBSCR K Class 2-6-0 Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 k class mogul all the way but with a user name like mine well it don't take a genious no dose it :Pplus they come in pre grouping to the big four and british railway colors happy days as i would pick up 1 of everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModelerXYZ Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 DCC ready 0-4-0s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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