General Stuff(tm)

[PhilC]

I need to get one 😁

Hehehe!

Mine's only secret as I don't know if it's even going to arrive at the moment... though it should, but unknown when.

Same for mine but it should arrive this morning :D

[stephen_usher]

On the model railway front, I managed to complete the main structure of the island platform waiting rooms and offices. The glazing was pretty tricky.

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Things to finish it includes various signage, detailing and the lighting.

[felicemaggie]

There's been a new demo released for the QL if you want to add it to your collection (assuming you haven't already)

It's from SMFX.

https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=105884

[stephen_usher]

There's been a new demo released for the QL if you want to add it to your collection (assuming you haven't already)

It's from SMFX.

https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=105884

Thanks. I knew that SFX had released one but I hadn't seen a link.

[stephen_usher]

Having had a thought that if Terry Pratchett were still with us and writing Discworld novels we'd have one about AI by now. Probably involving Unseen University, Hex and artistic imps.

So, I thought it would be fun to see what ChatGPT could do with creating book cover art with it's artistic imps. :-)

Chasing imps through Unseen University.png

I'd buy that book. :-)

[JezC]

If it had read all his books, I'd also be expecting a reference to an anthill and maybe some hallucinations about the absence of cheese ;)
:roll:

[philbo34]

Or get DEATH to feed the imps to the luggage

[russellnash]

Stephen, did you ever manage to get rid of those streaks on your Mega ST cases that you retrorbrighted about two years ago? I had similar results, perhaps worse, on one ST about 4 years ago, which I put mainly down to putting it outside in much higher temperatures than ever before and it changing so quickly. It was also the brownest looking plastic I have ever seen.
I looked at it yesterday and it was much more yellow, but still streaky. I gave it another go yesterday in about 18 degrees air temperature, mainly sunny; It looks as bad as it did the first time. I think it probably can't be improved.

[stephen_usher]

Not really, but Atari plastics do seem to have not been mixed well with the plasticiser and flame retardant so you see a lot of plastic flow lines.

Now that it's retrobrightening season again I may try some gentle solar brightening (purely sunlight and no peroxide) to see if it can even out.

[russellnash]

At the time I looked for reasons for the problem caused by myself, because before it had always worked well. I think I won't try it again and just accept that it is how it is when you have a bad plastic mix. Thank you.