[Piermaster]

Fuel Pad (previously 'Physiotherapy Project') made its first public appearance today at the Harwich and District Railway Society exhibition - This Society has only 7 members of which only 2 are modellers and organised a superb show with4 traders and at least 12 layouts! They had over 500 attendance - Not bad for a bienniel exhibition.

There was a fair amount of praise received for Fuel Pad, especially for the reasoning behind this idea and to my surprise, I got an exhibition booking for the Colne Valley Railway on 28 June!

Dave

 

[BobB]

Looks nice, maybe a bit limited operationally though.

Is your arm better now ?

 

[Piermaster]

QUOTE (BobB @ 22 Feb 2009, 08:05) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Looks nice, maybe a bit limited operationally though.

Is your arm better now ?

Yes Bob, it is limited, but it is different and the idea behind it (physiotherapy) caught a lot of interest. My arm is OK, but doesn't like the British Winter! It's the best it'll ever be - can do most things but not heavy lifting nor contact sports - can't play the piano either, but I never could!!!

Dave

 

[upnick]

Hi Dave,

Excellent layout glad to see your showing it with plenty of interest ............. i have the kits still and am going to try and incorporate them into Novahill somehow

 

[BobB]

Hi Dave

After a few years down south, I don't think any part of my body could stand the English winter, especially the one you're in the middle of now !

Glad to hear the arm is working again.

Bob

p.s. I can't play the piano either but I once got a tune out of a mouth organ !

 

[Brian Considine]

Glad it was a success Dave.

 

[Chinahand]

Well done Dave. Glad to see your efforts have been justly rewarded.

I can't stand the British Winters either (too cold and wet) having spent the last 32 years in far sunnier and warmer climes. Hence (partly anyway) my decision to retire to Guilin in SW China where it never gets below about 8ºC even on the coldest Winter night and the Summer temperatures are in the high 20s/low 30s. It's currently 21ºC there incidentally, though it has been raining overnight.

 

[neil_s_wood]

Good to hear all went well.

 

[7113]

Nice one Dave

always good to hear of a future booking.

Regards

 

[Piermaster]

Sunday in the garage and took more photos:

I'm beginning to like this layout!!!!

Dave

 

[Piermaster]

I put this up for sale and it looks like the sale will fall through, so I've decided to 'exhibit and be damned' and will soon be bringing 'Fuel Pad' back into action - just needs a little bit of tweaking.

Watch this space over the next few weeks!!!

Dave

 

[Madkitten]

Hiya Piermaster,

Im so pleased you have taken it to exhibition,

looks good and i think it doesnt matter what you build as model railway layouts are not all about the trains, i think people forget that sometimes......

Nikki

 

[Piermaster]

Well the sale of 'Fuel Pad' did fall through - thanks to a timewaster, every cloud has a silver lining and 'Fuel Pad' has just been booked for Colne Valley Railway exhibition on 27 June 2010.

Plenty of time to tweak it!!!!

Dave

 

[BobB]

Hi Dave

I'm surprised that you were contemplating selling it but then I can't imagine parting with anything that I have made mine by either building it or at least modifying it.

Enjoy the exhibition !

Bob

 

[Piermaster]

I want to put this up for sale some time in the 2nd half of 2010, but can't remember who else on this forum expressed an interest in buying it. Would he or she please stand up and make themselves known to me?

Many thanks,

Dave