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Hello all, I need a bit of help towards a wee project I'm going to be working on. Basicaly I want to build a few (at least 6) modern fairground trucks. The models will essentialy show the rides in their packed up 'load' form. To give an idea, this is a link to just one of the trucks I want...

So, its international book week. Facebook and other forums are playing this little game so I thought we may as well jump on the band wagon. Grab the nearest book to you, turn to page 52 and post the fith sentence. You can post the book title too if you like. Here goes... 'The engines were...

Hi all, Later this week on Thursday my friend and I will be going spotting/photographing for the first time at East Midlands Airpirt. So I have a few questions, I hope you can help. So what is the best way to plan the outing? Where is the best place to find the arrivals and departures for...

So all this Olympic spirit. Its got me thinking. What if there was some form of motor racing in the Olympics? I'd like to see some form of single seat motor sport. Be it karting or something a little faster. Given the popularity of motor sport around the world, I think it would go down quite...

Hi all, I've got a slight question to do with the CD/DVD drive in my desktop, wondering if one of you with more pc knowledge than me could shed a little light on the problem. Basicaly, whenever I try to watch a DVD on here, the playback isn't very good. It often stops or freezes for a minute...

Full Story - http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4410096/Comedy-legend-Eric-Sykes-dies-aged-89.html Eric Sykes was a true legend of British Comedy and will be truly missed. RIP

Hi all, I've been reasearching the formations of HSTS. I found some infomation. Sonme of Mk3 abreviations I understand, such as TSO (Trailer Standard), TGS (Trailer Guards Standard) etc. There are some others which I don't understand; RMB BG BFK TRFB TRUB TRFM RFM Wondering if...

So let’s say time travel is possible, and you can safely go back to whenever you like, see whatever you want and not effect anything. Where would you go? Now these don't have to be railway related and you can have as many as you like. I'll start... I'd go back to 1996, to witness those...

Hi all, Does anyone remember this documentry from years ago? I think it was aired by Channel 4. I want to watch it again. Does anybody know anywhere where its avalible to watch online? I havn't had any luck in finding it. I've also checked YouTube, and it isn't on there. Cheers, Heinz

Hi all, I was wondering if you could perhaps help me out with a bit of reasearch. Just recently I've gained a big interest in the railways around Ilkeston, and I'm trying to find out more. At the moment, I understand there were three main stations at Ilkeston - Ilkeston Junction &...

A teenager aged 19 has had unprotected sex with eight differant men even though she knows she has the herpes virus. She seems to think its right to go sleeping with so many men without protection. She does say that most of them ask not to use a condom, so she actualy doesn't feel that bad...

This has got me thinking a little. I beleive acoustics* to be a very important factor of any building, more so in entertainment venues, like theatres. But as a sound guy, maybe its a little biased. So I thought it interesting to hear it from your point of view. So to the non-sound folk. How...

Hi all, We are going on holiday to France in summer, and we are stopping near the town of Lieurey. Do you know what is the nearest train station to this town, and what service(s) will get us to Paris and EuroDisney? Cheers, Heinz

So its Easter Weekend. For some of us it means two or three weeks off uni, college, school or whatever. For others it means a long weekend off work. Its also a time for DIY or a bit of hard core modeling. So, what disasters have you encounterd? Share them here! I'll get the ball...

What it says on the tin realy! Who is your favorite bus operator, and what is your favorite bus? Remember, it can be any bus, not necessarily one that your operator uses. To kick us off, my favorite operator is Felix (or should I say was after they called it a day were swallowed up by...

Just as the title suggests! Thought it would be nice to share what we all got for Christmas. I'll kick us off... I got a new soldering iron (temperiture controlled complete with fume extractor), one of those little cordless screwdrivers (For those jobs when my cordless drill driver is just...

Hi all, I am trying to book an anytime return ticket with Cross Country on the above route for next weekend. I select the outward journey time with an any time return, but it keeps asking me to select a return time. Why? This is supposed to be a any time return so I can go and catch a...

Hi, Quick question today. A few years ago now there was a programme, a documentry broadcast on the tv. Can't remember which side now. It was a documentry where youths who had never worked a day in there lives had to work some tough jobs. I remember one week they worked on traveling funfairs...

Try and beat the genie! Think of any character, singer, actor etc. And it will try to guess it. http://uk.akinator.com/# Its managed to get me every time so far. It'll keep you occupied for hours!

Hi all, I am in the middle of re-wiring my layout lighting (I had a few problems with the previous serial 'bus') So I have had a thought about having the lights essentialy 'automatic'. Would it be perhaps possible to include some sort of simple timer circuit to let the lights go on and off...