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by Jim 70036
Wed Feb 12, 2014 10:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Image Test Post
Replies: 10
Views: 14378

Re: Image Test Post

It's a bit complicated but I think I'm getting there using the add attachment tag then clicking place inline which of course is what the instructions say.....oh dear. :oops:
I resized the image using the Resize Images Online site.
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by Jim 70036
Wed Feb 12, 2014 10:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Image Test Post
Replies: 10
Views: 14378

Re: Image Test Post

Hope you don't mind Mike but following you effort I thought I'd give it a go to see how the resizing site works.

Image

At 350 pixels it looks like I could use the custom settings rather than the presets.
by Jim 70036
Wed Feb 12, 2014 11:42 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Painting a Smoke Box
Replies: 4
Views: 8692

Re: Painting a Smoke Box

Hi Andy, Having had the paint blister and peel off my 3" Burrell SCC's chimney ( red oxide primer with a top coat of Hi Temp Engine spray enamel) I was advised by a member of our club who'd worked in the paint industry, to forget the primer which was the cause of the blistering and just spray the Hi...
by Jim 70036
Wed Feb 12, 2014 11:06 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello fom Australia
Replies: 6
Views: 11190

Re: Hello fom Australia

First my apologies to all for being so tardy in replying. Thank you Richard for answering your own question because it reveals details I had no idea existed. I made my bracket based on a photo in the FrazerKerr collection and guessing the dimensions by comparing the bracket I was trying to make with...
by Jim 70036
Mon Dec 09, 2013 11:17 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello fom Australia
Replies: 6
Views: 11190

Hello fom Australia

I have lived in Canberra, the national capital form many years and where I'm currently building a 5"gauge model of 70036 'Boadicea'. I'm a member of the Orange Model Engineers Soc. a 5" gauge club with members interested in predominantly scale New South Wales rolling stock and locomotives. I managed...