Glimer of sanity on the horizon

Mike Smith · 2010-01-25T08:39:55+00:00

Spent this weekend looking at the job and explaining about minimum radius curves, train lengths, point lengths and 4mm to the foot as a scale.The 'mountains' are now to be 'a hill or two' and we are starting with the high level oval running round the walls (lift up section across doorway). This will have a station that is actually the fiddle yard (4 tracks inside the building), a smaller junction station diagonally opposite, where the branch to the industrial lower level joins the main line.That way we can get the circuit up and running, adding the industrial bit and the quay to the lower part later, this means he will not be leaning over delicate stuff on the front of the board whilst 'doing' the upper level.It is all starting to look a lot more doable.He's keen on using a shop (wants to see what he is buying) and is now looking at the Hornby Elite controller. For the moment I have retrieved some old OO stuff for him to play with to get a sense of scale.He bought sopme 'large radius' curves, which give a 31 inch dia circle, which I would have thought was about as tight as they would go (apparently the chap in the shop told him there is an even tighter radius. Bit concerned as so many makes these days specify nothing less than 'second radius' - I wasn't there, not sure about this at all).Woodwork starting this week.RegardsMike

Jan 25, 2010 43 Replies

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Wolf K 16 years ago

"Clout" is a dialectical variation of the singular of "clothes".

cheers, wolf k.

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Wolf K 16 years ago

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Oh fer gawd's sake, qwitcherbitchin and get involved in your local party organisations. Or start your own party. The only reason such a bunch of crooked nitwits get to run the country is that the average geezer prefers to whinge and drink his beer instead of doing the hard work of politics and government.

cheers, wolf k.

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LDosser 16 years ago

Been said and done for decades. Makes no difference.

In process in the US - constantly.

Nope, it's because "he's Our crooked nitwit" on election day. Nothing will work but undermining their security.

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MartinS 16 years ago

A breechclout is a strip of cloth 15-24 inches wide and about 60 inches long. It passes through the legs, covering the groin and bottom, while the ends of the cloth hang over a belt. These ends form an apron both front and back, adding additional modest covering. They were commonly worn by native Americans.

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