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It's a busy one here in Break towers as we will have all four children here so need to balance the entertainment needs ranging from a 3yr old to a 13yr old, I've promised the biggest one an IKEA trip for some new shelves - which obviously i will then have to assemble and hang, there's a garage full of stuff which needs to be sorted and cleared, a job which i would put off except the garage is pretty inaccesible because of it and that's where the boiler lives. Why is the boiler relevant? Because it's been playing up (it's only 3 years old) and so I need to arrange for a boiler guy to come take a look and he'll obviously have to get through the garage to get to it!
So what's everyone else up to, and please tell me it's more exciting than mine :)
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Not a great sports fan, but I might watch the England v Scotland rugby tomorrow.
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Saturday night is works night out soo a few beers and a meal NOT hearing all the usual B.S. from fellow tradesmen.
Sunday depending on the hangover, A trip to Model Rail Scotland in Glasgow
Wasnie me, a big boy did it and ran away
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Barchester said
Sunday depending on the hangover, A trip to Model Rail Scotland in Glasgow
From “Post #289,748”, 23rd February 2024, 2:11 pm
If you go we'll want pictures please Matt

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New MIlls MRC are somewhat unique in not having a clubroom nor layouts - they just meet once a month in a local tavern for a social, quiz, talk etc, but then stage an annual exhibition over 2 days to raise money for local charities. This is their 48th in 50 years. 20 layouts plus a dozen demonstrations and loads of trade support so they clearly know what they are doing! Full marks to them.
For those of us who meet up in the NW around each others houses, this seems a structure that might work for us!!
Barry
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Dropped into the local butcher in the town for some sausages, then to the boat on her mooring, to get the sail tape to try and repair the old spinnaker I tore last week.
Next is to get back into the garage/workshop to continue with arranging/rearranging the shelving and workbenches brought down from the old house in Perth last week. Oh my… where did all the tools come from, and "can't throw that out" bits of timber, etc, etc.
…and then… if this post zips through as fast as I hope it will, I might update the Newcastle Emlyn thread, just to show the state of play. (Don't get your hopes up, there are too many house duties to take care of before I can get back into the layout in any significant way)
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There are those of us - well, me really, living in the middle of nowhere where railway modelling is as rare as hen's teeth so we really rely on you guys and your cameras to get our fix !! Please don't let us down ………………..

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Cheers Pete.
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I too have the MXULFA and the MXTAPS but alas, don't use either very much. I'm no fan of the dark art and certainly find electronic type soldering with my shovel like hands difficult - I think I ought to change to Gauge 1 to allow me more space to fit things in……………………..
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I fitted the decoder, large speaker and stay alive in the wagon, making sure that nothing could short, and it read back the address on the programming track. I then powered up the main and it drove and sounded very nice. I then fitted the loco body and put it back on the programming track and once again the address read back OK, so I turned on the main… nothing. Turned off and found the decoder was too hot to hold. I checked all the wires for any possibility of a short, eg trapped wires etc, but found nothing.
So it looks like it'll be going back to Austria again! It's all ready been repaired FOC. I have to say that I've not had so much trouble since the MS decoders replaced the MX.
I'll let you know how I get on.
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Claus Ellef said
This weekend I hope to find time to put down the remaining tracks around the turntable. There seems to be some issues with the worm gear, but I will stay positive and get it sorted.
From “Post #289,829”, 1st March 2024, 5:15 am




On our way to a family function my wife and I stopped in at Diamond Valley Railway in Eltham, Victoria. The queue for the train rides was very long and we decided to watch the traffic instead. Several passenger trains were operating at the same time.
The gauge is 7 1/4” and the railway is controlled by semaphore and daylight signals operated from a fully functionally signal box. It is not a model railway, but the rolling stock is scaled down copies of Australian (mainly Victorian) locomotives, carriages and wagons.
If you ever visit Melbourne, a trip to the Diamond Valley Railway is worth the (de-) tour.
Diamond Valley Railway Inc. | Eltham, Victoria, Australia
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