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    Darwinism

    Of course nothings changed! If you write to the sponsors they know people are watching their adverts, money well spent. But if you write to the papers, radio stations, be polite & KIS that you & and a few of your friends no longer watch such a station/program etc, the advertising people start...
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    Do you remember when...?

    OK Squidbait the gloves are orf, be out the back of the shed in 5 mins, iffen I'm not there start widout me :wave: Yes most outdoors do run large rails, but even then that is about a tad under1/8" or 3.2 mm, alot smaller than 1/4".Some rail is a round head while others are flat on top. My...
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    Darwinism

    You know, once a upon a time we could point & snigger, "Only in America" we would say. Well now its everywhere. What happened to plain old common sense? yes I know, I don't have to take responsibility as I can sue someone for my stupidity. Actually if lawyers & judges were a little bit honest...
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    Do you remember when...?

    Why not, it would actually be better than the graphite grease, it was handy & I knew it worked OK outdoors, in other projects. Tony
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    Do you remember when...?

    I tend to disagree with you! I have been using Brass track for 40+yrs! I don't have a problem with brass. OH did I mention I use it OUTSIDE less than 600yds from the beach, where salt spray should cause electrolysis between the rails (when wet from the 12v pos & neg powered rails). yes the...
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    Signature info... does it interest you?

    No! It's like my kids say to me, shut up we are talking about you NOT to yousign1 tony
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    How old are you? Revisited

    Ralph no disrepect but it I think it went over peoples heads sorry. My posting was not for deleting the message. It involves deleting the idiots who see a problem ( from their point of view in everything:cry:) & spammers who demand the world conform to their ideas. Ynot
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    How old are you? Revisited

    Ok just voted to boost the born in the early 50's group. It's people :curse: who don't or can't see anyone elses POV that make it hard, do you think clicking on them, would remove them? Tony
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    trains in movies

    Too lazy to reread all the old posts, OK I can't reed, sew I'll jist post wot I got. :mrgreen: Ned Kelly 1970 Night of the demon 1957 Oh! Mr Porter 1937 british comedy Lawrence of Arabia 1962 Titfield thunderbolt Dumbo 1941 Tony
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    RN type 23

    Posting this for a chap on a plastic site. any clues? "Does someone know if there is a paper model set for the modern Royal Navy Type 23 warship ?" TIA Tony
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part IV

    Just wandered in here.:cry: AND find this! "Bride bought a bunch of clothes for the baby.....I think she wants to go back to China for another one too." Gawd you out sourced trains & everything else to China NOW Babies?? No wonder the US is in such a bad way.sign1 Tony
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    Size Creep

    railohio did speak out of turn "There have not been railroads for three centuries, let alone models of them" 1800's 1900's 2000's thats 3 centuries, maybe not 300 yrs of model trains as we know them but over 3 centuries! The first full size railways with wooden tracks & horse or manpower...
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    Size Creep

    Well 45mm track that the 1/20th size stuff runs on has been around for 3 centuries, back in 1880 Marklin pulled the game together* & promoted 3 track sizes G1 45mm (1/32-1/30 scale standard gauge trains) G2 & G3. In the 1930s all these HO-rrible & f-00-L gauges turned up.:mrgreen: Lgb...
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    what kind of train is this??

    From google Translated version of http://www.histoire-en-ligne.com/article.php3?id_article=22&artsuite=1 The accident Le 22 octobre 1895, eut lieu un accident hors du commun. On October 22, 1895, an accident took place out of the ordinary. Le Granville - Paris composé de douze wagons et...
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    1/25 scale figures?

    If you look at these items on fleabay #260202440362 & 300186699257 Differet sellers, similar items. go to the list & see the 1/24 people they have the 1/30 people are ok for 1/32 (actually I think they are 1/32 in size) but too big for 1/35 1/72-1/87 H0/00 scale people will do then we get to...
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    Why racing trains doesn't work.

    Looks like real life copies model trains. Germany? or Poland area going on the hook & loop coupling,(oops it's not LGB is it) sorry screw link, & buffers. Tony
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    What season do you model?

    My set is outside in the weather. I suppose I model them all? In sth Oz at the moment there is only 2 seasons hot & dry or not so hot, & dry. Tony
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    Gun Turret HIJMS YAMATO 1:100

    sir that is good!
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    Gun Turret HIJMS YAMATO 1:100

    Superb excellent, but you soon run out of adjectives to describe this work of art . I'm going to have to get a lot more practice & patience. Tony