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Evening all Well, the last of the wardrobes has been assembled (had to wait for new carpet in mum and dad's room before assembling it) so next project will be sorting what they refer to as "the guest room" and I refer to as "the train room"... We have assorted used kitchen cupboards stacked in the garage, so need to clear the accumulated junk in there first then install them. Should have plenty of storage space! ***, the first essay went in yesterday (Friday) - seems pretty much everyone's finished it judging by my friend's comments, the due date's Monday so I can pretty much guarantee a very crowded office that morning! Second essay will be worked on over the coming easter break - term ends this coming Friday and we get four weeks off. Noah, the NRM is well worth a visit. I think admission is currently free, and though I've not been up to York for some years it still looks a good place to spend a few hours. They've shifted some of their exhibits to another site but I think these were mostly the ones that were either stored outside (and getting clobbered by our weather!) or were in storage where visitors couldn't see them. I know the Prototype APT (the 4-car gas-turbine one) has gone to the new site at Shildon. www.nrm.org.uk is their address. Hope this is of use! Flip, the home depot sounds like my experiences in PC World a couple of years back (before I found that I could buy the same kit online for about a quarter of the price...). Went in to buy a CD Writer drive, took me 20mins to find someone who was willing to fire up a checkout and take my money! Place was deserted at 10am on a Saturday. I have bought lumber from our equivelent of home depot in the past, but after finding piles of warped timber in the racks, I decided to buy it in our local builder's merchants - they supply both trade and DIY customers and are willing to cut timber to size for you - they also have a car park designed to handle trailers unlike the bigger chain stores! Jim, good luck with finding "wheels". Used to be one of the big pastimes when I was back in 6th form (last two years of high school, before university), perusing the local newspaper adverts for the more interesting vehicles. Never bought anything that way myself but there used to be some interesting debates about the cars we found! I started out with a Citroen ZX 2ltr diesel (no frills like power steering, etc, but big engine and manual gearbox - that thing was fun!) then was handed the keys to the Discovery when dad got his new company car. Used Discos are great value over here at the moment, though I dread to think what prices they go for over there! Well, still no loco parts - evidently the LGB wheelsets are a bit heavy for our postal service! Should be here Monday. Will be well worth the wait though. I'm thinking in terms of pushing on and completing my LGB collection this year - there's another loco and three cars I'd like to add, plus another two Zillertalbahn passenger cars that I'll have to get via ebay or as old stock as they're now out of production. Also need a loop of their 3rd radius curves as the starter 1st radius aren't good news for larger locos - my Zillertalbahn 0-6-2 has covered very few miles as it doesn't like the tight starter set curves! Welcome aboard to the new people, enjoy. This place gives the forums a more human aspect than some others to my mind - a place to share your experiences with like-minded people. Bye for now.
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