Quote from: Pellson on March 11, 2023, 07:33:05 AMFollowing a very rapid delivery indeed, I received this decal sheet yesterday. It'll come in handy when I'm completing my Super Sabre as well as a few other planned projects.

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It looks good in the envelope, so I'm looking forward to try it out on a model.

That looks nice. Bookmarked their web site and saved their eBay page too 

Gondor

Quote from: Gondor on March 11, 2023, 08:19:44 AM

Quote from: Pellson on March 11, 2023, 07:33:05 AMFollowing a very rapid delivery indeed, I received this decal sheet yesterday. It'll come in handy when I'm completing my Super Sabre as well as a few other planned projects.

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It looks good in the envelope, so I'm looking forward to try it out on a model.

That looks nice. Bookmarked their web site and saved their eBay page too 

Gondor

 

I'll keep you posted on how the decals are "live". 

I came home from club night with The Mystery Plane !

It's the 1/48 Monogram F-19 Stealth Fighter and it was free 

One of our members was clearing out his Dad's stuff and giving away several old and hard to find kits. It would have been rude to refuse.

Someone else is selling a 1/48 Airfix Tornado GR1A but it's not my sort of thing. Does anyone want me to grab it for them?

Nick you lucky bugger ..that kit was a bif favorite of mine ..it was so ultra modern looking ..even tho it's got F-18 landing gear but still...epic score mate   
I've never had a GR1 Tornado but honestly I'm not sure what I'd do with one..what's he asking for it ?

Quote from: Snowtrooper on March 09, 2023, 10:20:23 PMEDIT: having typed that, the story plays out almost like the infamous "why is the standard railroad gauge 1435 mm".

It isn't, it's 4' 8.5". 

Quote from: PR19_Kit on March 11, 2023, 02:50:11 PM

Quote from: Snowtrooper on March 09, 2023, 10:20:23 PMEDIT: having typed that, the story plays out almost like the infamous "why is the standard railroad gauge 1435 mm".

It isn't, it's 4' 8.5". 

Love the Imperious reply Kit 

Well, we invented here, didn't we? 

Quote from: PR19_Kit on March 12, 2023, 05:37:43 AMWell, we invented here, didn't we? 

I should have said, An Imperious and Measured reply Kit, but you probably got that anyway 

well  things went well at the Aldersly show today.
15 pots of Tamiya paint for a tenner, mix of colours ill use em all eventualy
a hellar boxing of the 1:48 Airfix Harrier GR3 again a tenner  worth it for the load of SNEB pods,
I then spotted a Tamiya 1:350 Tirpitz for £ 40 and couldn't resist  so got that
They Gent i got the Tirpiz wondered  past the table a little later and said " they've got an Enterprise kit over there" and pointed to a stall at the other side of the hall,
I couldn't see any harm in asking the price  and for £80 i nearly too the sellers arm off     Nuke E for around half price  colour me happy.

Quote from: PR19_Kit on March 11, 2023, 02:50:11 PM

Quote from: Snowtrooper on March 09, 2023, 10:20:23 PMEDIT: having typed that, the story plays out almost like the infamous "why is the standard railroad gauge 1435 mm".

It isn't, it's 4' 8.5". 

Cannot guarantee the truth of this, but legend has it that "Standard Gauge"   is originally derived from the distance between Roman cart or chariot wheels...............which in turn would be derived from the width of a Roman horse's backside.        In the case of Irish 5'3" gauge, it's possibly the  length of the sword arm of the High King of Tara; or something similar.

Quote from: Rheged on March 12, 2023, 10:19:44 AMCannot guarantee the truth of this, but legend has it that "Standard Gauge"   is originally derived from the distance between Roman cart or chariot wheels...............which in turn would be derived from the width of a Roman horse's backside.       

I too believe that. There are files in the NRM that provide some evidence that the original tramways were that width because they fitted the grooves in the Roman roadways of umpteen years before.

Now you can bet that some JMN will claim that as the grooves were Roman in origin, and therefore Italian, they MUST have been Metric!

Sadly for them the Metric system didn't exist back then. 

Quote from: Nick on March 11, 2023, 10:33:04 AMI came home from club night with The Mystery Plane !

It's the 1/48 Monogram F-19 Stealth Fighter and it was free 

One of our members was clearing out his Dad's stuff and giving away several old and hard to find kits. It would have been rude to refuse.

Score!    Very rude indeed.

Quote from: PR19_Kit on March 12, 2023, 12:27:15 PM

Quote from: Rheged on March 12, 2023, 10:19:44 AMCannot guarantee the truth of this, but legend has it that "Standard Gauge"   is originally derived from the distance between Roman cart or chariot wheels...............which in turn would be derived from the width of a Roman horse's backside.       

I too believe that. There are files in the NRM that provide some evidence that the original tramways were that width because they fitted the grooves in the Roman roadways of umpteen years before.

Now you can bet that some JMN will claim that as the grooves were Roman in origin, and therefore Italian, they MUST have been Metric!

Sadly for them the Metric system didn't exist back then. 

So what side of the road did the Romans drive on?
It was a while ago and my memory isn't what it should be but ISTR that in the UK (former Southern Region anyway) the trains drive on the left.

Quote from: zenrat on March 13, 2023, 04:27:46 AMIt was a while ago and my memory isn't what it should be but ISTR that in the UK (former Southern Region anyway) the trains drive on the left.

Inbound or outbound?  Or is it all double track?

Quote from: scooter on March 13, 2023, 04:47:54 AM

Quote from: zenrat on March 13, 2023, 04:27:46 AMIt was a while ago and my memory isn't what it should be but ISTR that in the UK (former Southern Region anyway) the trains drive on the left.

Inbound or outbound?  Or is it all double track?

I think that the official terminology in Britain is trains go UP to London and DOWN away from it...................but there are people here who know more than I do about such things