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Evening all Currently watching our open fire trying to set fire to the carpet - guessing the log that was put on isn't dry enough, so there's the occasional shower of sparks - carpet seems pretty fireproof though, judging by the melted patches! The Spectrum Doodlebug's a great little railbus, Mine's now around 2 weeks old, it's awaiting DCC installation which should be happening soon. It's had an hour or so of running on my test oval and is very smooth. I was a little worried about it only having the front truck driven, but it's a decent motor with flywheel and the frame is diecast, so it pulls pretty well. I'm trying to work out what sort of coach to get as a trailer - it's noticably lower than the cars I already have, was considering one of the new Walthers Trainline 60ft heavyweights but I think it would tower over the doodlebug and look silly - are the Bachmann heavyweights closer to the roof height? I've run into a minor snag with installing DCC - my latest eBay aquisition arrived today (Fleischmann Br.211 diesel loco) but I've found it seems to be near-impossible to isolate the motor properly so it won't be getting a decoder just yet. I've put in an order for replacement end footsteps to replace the broken originals, along with new "Profi" couplers - it'll be in superb shape when they're fitted. The problem now is how long the parts will take to arrive - the supplier has to order them (probably direct from Germany), so there's no saying how long it'll take! Greg, we have a great hardware store - has been open for over 100 years and they seem to stock pretty much everything - we've had new cast iron grates for the fireplaces "off the shelf", you can buy oil lamp wick by the metre, even parts for power tools long-discontinued. You can tell the regulars as they tend to make a beeline for the basement where they keep the more oddball stuff (they still sell nails by weight down there!). Well, now watching The Truman Show on DVD - interesting idea, seen it a few times before but still well worth watching. Bye for now!
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