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The link is to what appears a genuine model-railway supplies retailer, and its catalogue does list various materials like Humbol Paints and other general products by names well-known in model-making. Though I sighed into the monitor when I saw they have listed gears as "cogs", and offered no apparent purposes. Nevertheless I agree with Jeff that whoever is using the Basset-Lowke name in the background, is merely cheapening it. In this case it could also give very widely-distorted views of old-time engineering. Although the O-gauge Hornby and similar tin-plate train-sets were no more realistic...

ef37a » Thu Apr 15, 2021 8:31 am Airfix, do you live in the Bornean jungle? I have XLRs and jack plug going on 50 that have not corroded, dullish yes but not corroded. Jack plugs benefit from a spin with a plastic scouring pad MOISTENED with a little WD-40 once a year. YES! WD friggin FORTY. I have a pair of mics in my garden and there is a total of 8 XLR connections. After six months or so, depending upon the weather, the system gets hummy/crackly. I split the conns, soak with WD and I am good to go again for another six months. I also treat the power co ax and BNC to the camera the same....

Six things middle-aged people probably shouldn't be into 6th April 2021 IN your 40s but with hopelessly childish tastes? These are the hobbies that you need to drop to grow the f**k up:  Collecting action figures Shelves full of action figures, whether Princess Leia in her Hoth outfit, French Resistance Action Man or Funko Pop! Orko, are a great way of saying ‘my school bully threw one of these in the canal and I have never recovered. For the really stunted, build up a My Little Pony collection worth 30 grand. Fixating on the food of your childhood You’re an adult, free t...

Hornby: A Model World from Rare TV for Yesterday The new UKTV Original series is an observational documentary following iconic British miniature model maker Hornby. Currently in production, the 10-part series (pictured) follows Hornby’s staff of engineers and model makers as well as collectors and model shop owners. Based at the company’s HQ in Kent, Hornby: A Model World is a nostalgic look at the modelling company, home to Hornby Railways as well as the Corgi, Airfix and Scalextric brands. The UKTV Original series has been commissioned by senior commissioning editor Helen Nightingale ...

Andy Saunders didn't have much time for girlfriends as a young man; historic aviation was (and still is) a huge part of his life... I grew up very much in the era of Airfix kits, Biggles books and war comics – and it is fair to say that both model aeroplanes and ‘ripping yarns’ influenced my interests as a young lad. Feeding into that were family tales which were triggered by the latest aircraft model. For instance, my mother’s account of seeing scores and scores of B-17s heading out on daylight raids which was set off by seeing my 1/72nd scale model of the aircraft. Or an uncle viewi...