Mundane News (Part 1)

[IDMark2]

i've just taken delivery of some Slaters Plastikard 7mm scale 8 spoked 3' 1" wagon wheels for the GWR Iron Mink Fs that I'm aiming to scratch build over winter.

You couldn't have made that any clearer really I suppose but I've read it three times now and have no idea what it means....

The very definition of Mundane must be 'I read the same post in Mundane News three times...'

 

[classic33]

You couldn't have made that any clearer really I suppose but I've read it three times now and have no idea what it means....

The very definition of Mundane must be 'I read the same post in Mundane News three times...'

Means he's planning on making one of these

from a kit. Its the wheels that have been delivered.

 

[Hover Fly]

Means he's planning on making one of these View attachment 73872 from a kit. Its the wheels that have been delivered.

 

[Hover Fly]

A robin has just flown into the boatshed and alighted on Hover fly's drawing board.

I've been giving him biscuit crumbs for a while so he's quite tame now.

 

[vernon]

You couldn't have made that any clearer really I suppose but I've read it three times now and have no idea what it means....

It means that I am going to create a 1:43.5 scale model of one of these:

From this:

And some styrene sheet, a set of wheels, some brass channel, a set of bogie castings and a lot of swearing.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Pretty much my experience, in times past. Hope you have one of those big illuminated magnifying glasses. What will you pull it with?

 

[Accy cyclist]

I'm listening to a programme on the local radio about paranormal experiences.

 

[vernon]

I'm listening to a programme on the local radio about paranormal experiences.

If you believe in telekinesis raise my right hand.

 

[Accy cyclist]

If you believe in telekinesis raise my right hand.

Has it moved yet?

 

[vernon]

Has it moved yet?

No but I'm getting a message from Betty from the other side. She's rather anxious about something that she left unsaid before she passed away.


Do you know a Betty?

 

[Accy cyclist]

No but I'm getting a message from Betty from the other side. She's rather anxious about something that she left unsaid before she passed away.


Do you know a Betty?

Yes she was my butler's bit on the side.

 

[vernon]

Yes she was my butler's bit on the side.

How old's your butler? Betty died forty years ago aged ninety-six.

 

[Accy cyclist]

How old's your butler? Betty died forty years ago aged ninety-six.

He's 90 and yet he still prefers the older woman

 

[Accy cyclist]

They're playing Christmas songs and jingles on the radio now. It's only the 9th of December!

 

[Gravity Aided]

Only a couple of weeks to go. They've been at it for a week or so already here. Luckily, I listen to the Public Radio, mostly symphonic, with a bit of plainsong thrown in for good measure every now and again. Maybe both Leroy Anderson and Frederic Delius' Sleigh Ride.