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  1. Dec 31, 2022 #1
    paul_l

    paul_l Staff Member Administrator

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    :hismiley: and a warm welcome to the forum from Dundee

    Great to have you onboard, and look forward to hearing about yourself and your modelling adventures so far.

    Pull up a beverage of choice and dive in.

    Once again welcome to the forum

    Paul
     
  2. Dec 31, 2022 #2
    Rob Pulham

    Rob Pulham Happily making models Staff Member Administrator Feature Contributor

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    :welcome:to Platform 1 Minorman, from a cold and wet Wensleydale
     
  3. Dec 31, 2022 #3
    Toto

    Toto I'm best ignored Staff Member Founder Administrator

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    :welcome: aboard Minorman. Hope you enjoy the forum.

    Cheers for now

    Toto
     
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    Vinylelpea

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    G'day :welcome:

    Phil from Australia
     
  5. Jan 1, 2023 #5
    Gary

    Gary Wants more time for modelling.... Staff Member Administrator

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    G'day Minorman,

    Welcome aboard from Sydney. Plenty to read about among the pages here with interesting topics and great models and layouts. Looking forward to reading about your modelling adventures. Enjoy your stay.

    Cheers, Gary.
     
  6. Jan 1, 2023 #6
    Wolseley

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    Welcome to the forum.

    You don't drive a Morris by any chance?
     
  7. Jan 1, 2023 #7
    York Paul

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    Hi and :welcome: to the forum Minorman from Yorkshire, glad you joined us.

    Cheers York Paul
     
  8. Jan 2, 2023 #8
    Minorman

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    Thankyou very much for the welcome from a cold and wet Masham, i have just retired so hoping to get back to my modelling, i like to model in 4mm em gauge
    Colin
     
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    Minorman

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    Not driving it at min, but restoring, it may take a while
     
  10. Jan 2, 2023 #10
    Wolseley

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    I see, so we have more than one classic car enthusiast and railway modeller on board now. The name I use is a bit of a giveaway as regards the make, but my old car is a Wolseley 15/60. I don't have any recent photos, but here's one from a few years ago (I've had the car since 2004) showing it in the company of a number of other BMC and Nuffield vehicles:

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    Rob Pulham

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    Hi Colin,
    I am not that far away from you, in Newton le Willows.
    We are regular visitors to Masham, we get most of our meat from Beavers.
     
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    Keith M

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    Welcome to the forum from the East Midlands.
    Keith.
     
  13. Jan 3, 2023 #13
    Minorman

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    Hi Rob, are there any good model clubs around here?
     
  14. Jan 3, 2023 #14
    Rob Pulham

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    Hi Colin,

    I have no idea, I am not really a club man myself. There is a York area group but it's 7mm scale

    I know that the Skipton Club have just lost their premises so are likely to wind down but as to any others in the area I can't say, sorry.
     
  15. Jan 17, 2023 #15
    Andy_Sollis

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    Welcome Minorman. Sorry for my lateness in posting!
    Best wishes from a frosty Nottinghamshire

    Andy
     
  16. Jan 17, 2023 #16
    Andy_Sollis

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    Your not the only one..

    This is my 1977 triumph Spitfire.

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    Kind of a rolling restoration and sadly been off the road since 2020.

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    This is the father is laws TR7 which we did a 4 year restoration on with engine out twice. Standard 2 litre.
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    And this one also belongs to the father in law, but lives in my garage. Another 1977 TR7 automatic which we think is one of only 3 left from that year!
    I have a 1976 non overdrive Spitfire 1500 in dads garage that was the first car and started all this going.. but sadly, had never been in the road in 15 years of ownership and has at times been a donor car to keep the red one on the road…

    best wishes

    Andy
     
  17. Jan 22, 2023 #17
    Wolseley

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    Nice. The funny thing about the styling of the TR7 is that I didn't like it when it first came out (I was in the UK when it was launched, so I saw and heard a fair bit about it at the time) but I have since grown to like it. It's a design that has aged well. I think that Harris Mann's work is greatly underrated.
     
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    Andy_Sollis

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    Very true, but I often curse the design internally for inaccessable parts (Distributor) or bl**dy sharp edges on stuff that didnt need to be.
    I have no interest in them till John bough the yellow one (was white then) and we did all the work on it... I quite like them now !
     
  19. Jan 23, 2023 #19
    Wolseley

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    You ought to try getting to the distributor on a Wolseley 15/60 or the equivalent Morris/Austin/Riley/MG. If your arms are long enough you can reach it, but you can't see what you're doing.
     
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    Andy_Sollis

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    It’s the bolts to release the dizzy on the 7 that is a bind. It bolts to the top of the engine against the bulk head, it either needs a special spanner to undo or baby’s hands with the touch of a midwife to do it.. as well as being able to twist in three different directions! :D
     
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