Mundane News

[Reynard]

Overcast and blustery here chez Casa Reynard today, but it is warm and humid.

Still not feeling terribly chipper, but it's an improvement on yesterday. Have been puttering around in the kitchen mainly, and then did some measuring of things in the garage.

Lunchtime shortly, then it'll be off to the garage to see to a bottom bracket.

 

[Reynard]

Today's theme in the photography challenge is "Oops"

 

[woodbutcher]

Someone wants to buy my Olmo bike.....hurrah ! They want it shipped to their home in Thailand ...boo !

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I've just sent a set of 4 alloy wheels to California wasn't a deal of hassle

 

[Andy in Germany]

There are some beautiful models out there with digital proportional control and all the literal bells and whistles. It is a rich man's game now, at the higher levels. I took all my trains to a swap meet some years ago, sold them all when it became too much to afford.

Always was a rich mans game in Germany if you bought Märklin, oir even if you didn't with HO/OO scale. One advantage of working in a scale so obscure no-one bothers making ready to run models: it's dirt cheap.

 

[woodbutcher]

I've just sent a set of 4 alloy wheels to California wasn't a deal of hassle

no hassle except for the cost .....its a non starter !

 

[MontyVeda]

only one more cycle commute before i'm walking to work

 

[Deleted member 26715]

no hassle except for the cost .....its a non starter !

Buyer paid all the costs including the timber to make the container to send them in

 

[Reynard]

Sorted the BB on my project bike. Feels weirdly satisfying.

Need to decide what to tackle next...

 

[fossyant]

Just done my P87 online to update my professional fees tax relief (goes up each year) and added the £6 per week for home office. Should get some tax back on the £609 annual amount, so might buy me a few extra coffees.

 

[Cycleops]

I'm working on something a bit technical. My friend has dropped round a Hornby Merchant Navy class loco to repair . My friends layout is as smooth as a ploughed field. . It would be no problem for the old Triang or metal bodied Hornby locos but not very good for the highly detailed modern stuff. It seems as there is too much sideways play on the driving wheel axles allowing them to go sideways willy nilly! When one axle decides to go one way and another the other the connecting rods don't seem to like it and get all tangled up . I am trying to straighten one connecting rod at the moment . I have got it straight in one plane , it needs straightening bin the other now . I'm wondering if the axles could be shimmed with plastic washers to take up some slack or would it mean that it won't go round bends very well ?

Thanks @Gravity Aided , I don't do much these days and used to concentrate on American and European outline.

If this is a model made in recent years I'm surprised you're having problems with the chassis. Model rail enthusiasts today are much more discerning than those of yore and demand accurate well running models. Perhaps this one had had a hard life. Maybe try and find a replacement chassis from eBay or similar. Today's models are less tolerant of poor trackwork than the old Hornby steam roller wheeled locos.
Good luck with the fettling but I'm afraid you might be fighting a losing battle until the track gets fixed.

 

[Andy in Germany]

The washing has dried. Actually, it's baked...

 

[Reynard]

Having a nice and deciding what to cook for supper.

I have tomatoes, mushrooms and four eggs that need using. I suspect that an omelette of some description might be in the offing.

 

[fossyant]

Freezer surprise again. Getting there, I'll have the freezers empty by Christmas !

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I ran out of deodorant so started one I was gifted a couple of years ago. Fresh out of the shower, I now smell of watermelon. Why would you want to make people smell like that?