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This week in history

On Saturday 28th August 1909, the inaugural aviation race for the Gordon-Bennett Trophy is held in Reims in France. The race is won by American aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss, narrowly beating Frenchman Louis Bleriot into second place. Curtiss was flying his own No.2 biplane and was recorded at a speed of 47mph. Not to be outdone, on the same day Louis Bleriot set the fastest lap of the same circuit, setting a new aviation speed record of 47.81mph.

Tool for thought

This week's tool for thought is the Expotools aluminium mitre box. This is a practical tool for those modellers who have a need to accurately cut items by razor saw, such as railway track sections or plastic shapes for scratch-building. The base of the mitre has a series of longitudinal groves in which items for cutting can be firmly secured. There are three cutting groves, each of which will allow the modeller to precisely align a razor saw in order to achieve a clean, burr-free and accurate cut. Sure to be of great use to modellers with a regular requirement to cut track segments of any gauge, plastic and metal strips, rods, tubes and other shapes for scratch-building.

More OO gauge humour

After the response to our recent newsletter featuring humorous cameo scenes, it's clear that we Brits love our humour. We also love our animals, so putting the two together is an obvious marriage and one that works!

Animals are always up to something that makes us smile, and our furry friends can often be found wreaking havoc or inflicting their own brand of four-legged mischief upon us. Luckily for us, some of that mischief has been beautifully captured in model form allowing us to include it in our scenes.

Busch's range of HO/OO gauge animal-related cameo scenes are particularly well thought out and usually include a couple of props to complete the scene. This attention to detail can be seen in sets such as their 'Two Peeing Dogs & Benches' set. There are no prizes for guessing the theme of the set but it's the included signposts prohibiting dogs from fouling the street that induces the smiles. Another take on the theme is their 'Dog Pooing' set which consists of a frantic owner trying to keep up with her mutt's morning movements. This set includes a very relieved dog, a frantic owner, a poo bin, benches and the many presents produced by the star of the scene! The list goes on to include the slightly less yukky but just as funny 'Dog Chasing a Cat' set which includes a hay bale, a 'Wild Boar Attack' set that includes a family of boars inflicting revenge on a hunter, a 'Postman On The Run' set featuring a bench, lamp post and a postman just doing his job (while a dog just does his) and from Noch, a 'Pig Transportation' set which includes a cart, a farmer and two pigs doing what comes naturally!

When it comes to humorous cameo scenes, Busch's résumé is far from being confined to just animal-related scenes with crime and punishment both being fair game for poking a little fun at. Their 'Wheel Theft' set features a rather expensive luxury car on blocks thanks to some toe-rag making off with its wheels. Their 'Bicycle Theft' set includes a bike, railings, signpost and a thief mid-theft and their 'Clamped' set features two parking wardens, a no parking sign and a three-wheeled Piaggio pick-up van complete with wheel boot for comic effect.

Other sets that will bring humour to a layout include Noch's 'Beer Garden Drinkers' set for use in a park or pub garden, Woodland Scenics' 'Graveside Service' set featuring a gravedigger who has fallen back onto the coffin causing the grieving widow to faint and Busch's 'Dispute' set depicting a supermarket scene where two panic buyers fight over toilet rolls of all things!

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