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Staying on the thread Kevin.
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Unforttunately my sister, whom I lived with, passed away from cancer on the 1st August this year, so my time is taken up with sorting out everthing she left.
We've already filled up two skips of rubish as well as stuff that's gone to the charity shops.
I'm now tring to sort through 50 years worth of paperwork, as it looks like she never threw anything away.
Model railways ain't going to happen for me for some time yet!
Ed
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Staying on the thread Kevin.
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I’m very sorry to hear of your sister’s recent passing. I know it’s not easy and keeping yourself busy helps. It seems you have much still to do at home and I take it you at least have some help with the heavy lifting.
Take your time to do what you need to do and when the time is right, come and tell us what you’re up to.
I hope everything goes well for you Ed and that you have some family and friends happy to help.
My very best wishes and take care of yourself,
Bill
At 6'4'', Bill is a tall chap, then again, when horizontal he is rather long and people often used to trip over him! . . . and so a nickname was born :)
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Staying on the thread Kevin.
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Best thing to do at the moment is take it easy and keep warm
Ed
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Staying on the thread Kevin.
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Just a quick post to let you know I’m still around and enjoying reading about the current projects.
I’m still unsure as to whether I will be moving to smaller accommodation, especially with the current rise in interest rates and increasing inflation, and am therefore reluctant to commit to any type of large modelling project which may then have to be moved in the next 12 to 18 months.
However, as I have been suffering railway modelling withdrawal symptoms, I thought I’d experiment with something small, just to get back into some sort of modelling mode.
More to follow in a new thread as and when I get started.
Ed
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A shunting puzzle can be fun to build and even more fun to operate. :roll:
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I'm sorry to hear that the current uncertain times are taking a toll on your modelling activities, but good to hear that you have a little new project bubbling along. It will do you good to exercise the modelling muscles gain and help bring a smile to your face.
Take care and let us more when you're made a start.
Best,
Bill
At 6'4'', Bill is a tall chap, then again, when horizontal he is rather long and people often used to trip over him! . . . and so a nickname was born :)
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Just been catching up with this thread…
I looked at both your ideas and wondered if the following plan might give you the 'best of both worlds". I built something similar to this on an 8x5 when I was a teen in HO and had a lot of operating fun with it with plenty of shunting and 5 spots where trains in opposing directions could cross. The minimum here is about 9 inches but this is not drawn to scale.
Sorry about your losses and ill health but I am sure you will find some sympathetic ears on the forum,
Regards from Oz
Trevor
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