Angst Lesspork

[Hugh Norwood]

A light has gone out.

[Graeme Dunbar]

http://time.com/3742565/terry-pratchetts-last-tweet-twitter/

[Andre Anderson]

Greetings,

AS one who is not familiar with the books referenced in the humor part of this thread, I was hoping that some one could point me to one of his books which will give me a taste to see if I want to read them all. It saddens me greatly to see some one of this caliber of people pass before they write every thing that they need to write.

Andre Anderson
Portland Oregon

[Hugh Norwood]

I'll send you an email!

[Graeme Dunbar]

He is/was quirky and very British. A flavour of his wit:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/11469176/Terry-Pratchett-50-best-quotes.html

Of course there are as many 50 best quotes as there readers. A favourite passage of mine (the Hogfather is not so much the American Santa Claus as the somewhat fading British Father Christmas or an incarnation of all three of Dicken's ghosts of Christmas. I understand Father Christmas dressed in green and the red garb is an invention of Coke Cola):

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/66591-all-right-said-susan-i-m-not-stupid-you-re-saying-humans

A master of reverse bathos - a story can rattle along apace, full of silliness and then swerve and pull you sharp, often bringing a lump in the throat.

He is best known for the Discworld series, but there are some Discworld books for "younger readers" and then there are the non-discworld children's books, plus other books. He is also a master of parody and takes plagiarism to a level where it becomes uniquely his own. The Nomes are the Borrowers (Mary Norton), the Carpet People could be Flatlanders (Edwin Abott) and it is great fun spotting all the references in Discworld - Cohen the Barbarian for one! Puns abound too as the last example shows.

Sorry - I'm hijacking Hugh's thread, but is it any wonder he chose to make his own homage in layout form?

[Hugh Norwood]

Angst will be at Keighley next weekend. Do drop by if you are in the area...

[Hugh Norwood]

Had a good time at Keighley last weekend. Thanks to Ian Drummond for co-piloting on Saturday.

Quite a few Pratchett fans dropped by to chat.

I found a suitable support for the dragon, from a local trader at the show - a piece of 1mm brass tube, which he reminded me was stiffer than a solid wire. So the dragon spent Sunday "flying" over the rear of the layout.



(I've air-brushed out the support)

[Hugh Norwood]

Goodness, what a gap since my last post....

I was very interested to see (at the Members' Day at Mansfield) that Chris Ward had brought along his infillings for 009 track and points. After a bit of thought as to whether I needed a left-hand or a right-hand insert, I bought a right-hand one.

I've got around (at last) to installing it on Angst-Lesspork

Here's the eyesore as was on the dockside:


After very little fettling the inserts (which were all I required) fitted in nicely.
Each insert has a couple of little blocks on the underside, which fit snugly between the sleepers and are stuck to the baseboard; I lightly sanded the underside of these to give a "key" and applied a smear of Roketcard glue an allowed it to dry. I then applied a bit more glue and inserted the pieces into the point. I held the inserts down until the glue had gone off, then left the layout overnight.

Here is the result


They have had only a single coat of paint for the moment; a bit of weathering will do the trick. The result actually looks better than the photo shows - we all know how critical the camera can be!

(Usual disclaimer - I'm just a satisfied customer)
It's certainly saved me a lot of bother...

[Brian Mosby]

2nd photo not showing for me

[Hugh Norwood]

Try that...? let me know, please - there was a typo
(Interestingly Firefox was forgiving, which was why I didn't pick it up)

[Brian Mosby]

Thanks working fine now

Like the look of it how much are the parts

[Graeme Dunbar]

The inserts meld in very well and finish off the track.

Mixing my SciFi/fantasy genres.... it appears you have a problem with the holodeck projectors in the area below the wharf in the second photo. By the looks of it one of the characters has noticed and is pointing to it.

[Hugh Norwood]

 :laugh: :laugh:

[Hugh Norwood]

I think I ought to say that you get the "side" pieces in the infill kit - I just did not need them. Here's a picture of what comes in the pack

[jimowers]

When I did the trialling of these tram track point kits I found, like the straights and curves, were great as long as you take time to fettle each piece in before fitting. A bit of time making the odd adjustment and offering each piece up before gluing makes all the difference. Certainly on Lochsanda Tramway they really look the part and do not affect the running at all. I have never been as successful using other methods.