I don't know. It's just that while strolling around York before breakfast, I noticed that there are stones laid along the roads. They are about four and a half feet apart, and presumably there to stop carts creating ruts in the roads.
I know no more, and I can't even work out where to go looking, so I toss this out to you lot for ideas.
"Hmmm. That's not right", I thought as I tacked the first one of Ivor's spalshers in place. The footplate, not a strong structure at this stage. After some head-scratching, I realised that I'd miss-read the instruction about a half-setch line at the back of the piece. I doesn't line up with the cab floor, but something else exciting, yet to come.
A bit of desoldering, which is why I tack things together to check the fit, and all is now OK. I just need to fit the other side.
Assembly of this kits was with Revell Contacta, which sticks the ABS material, but weakly enough that the joints break cleanly. This makes reassembly a lot easier. The clean breaks extend to the paint, which won't need a touch up either.
Half an hours work, and everything is as good as new. I've used Contacta again, with the odd wash of ABS solvent to speed up the joint drying.
The thing is, I really liked the look of the train behind Ragleth. Which is why there is a box with some more of these kits in the office now...
Last Saturday, we were due to have a steam session at the club, but the morning dawned bright, but very, very windy. Most people cried off, but I took Ragleth down as he's a good solid loco that I thought ought to be OK if the breeze dropped a bit.
Obviously no coaches, but some Binnie tippers have low down weight. And they look good. Up to the point a gust of wind deposited them on the ground! Some glue repair time is called for.
Another BRMTV video released to the wider population, this time weathering an N gauge wagon.
