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Thank you to all those who entered the competition. I am now free to add more Extreme products, and have done so, take a look. The results of the competition are as follows: WINNER, £30 shopping voucher. Scott Maze: Instant Accuracy ( 3 grades--Instant, Super Instant and Rivet Counter) Brushed or sprayed, Instant Accuracy corrects those little errors in the paint, lining, lettering, etc. Super Instant Accuracy corrects dimensional errors in the model itself, but takes several applications. Rivet Counter, the top grade, will elevate any model, no matter how badly bodged, to Competition level. Runners Up - 50% off next order (excluding P&P) up to a maximum saving of £10 Barry Smith: Instruction translator A Device for interpreting those very vague and unhelpful kit instructions. Could be future upgraded for other life applictions Ashley Pollard: Matrix Upload Virtual skill download, like the Matrix film, but now I know X, where X is an unknown supercool railway thing. Chris Mills: Pre-drilled holes Save a fortune on small drill bits; these holes are guaranteed unbreakable. Diameters from 0.1mm to 1.0mm in 0.1 steps. Depths of 0.2mm, 0.5mm, 1.0mm. Predrilled holes can be stacked to provide deeper holes, including undercuts if you use a large size at the bottom. Colin Earl: Comprehension Tablets Tablets to take that enable one to read instructions and understand what it is that they were intended to mean, even though they were not written that way. David Negus: Reset Button Computerised feature allowing any kit at any stage of construction to be returned to its original condition to start again Edward Sissling: Spirit Level Bubbles A pack of replacement bubbles suitable for all spirit levels. Ever tried to level an exhibition layout up with a bubbleless spirit level? Don't get caught out again!!! Jeffrey J Sydenham Cloning Plastic (Grow your own model) Simply take a shaving of your favourite model, Plant in the cloning plastic dust and add water. Prune when scale achieved. Michael Prince: Pipe Dreams. Various Diameters & Lengths Robert Else: Model Makers Personal Protective Equipment Worried about the ever changing health and safety legislation, worried about all the chemicals you are using, get the new Model Makers Personal Protective full body Bio-hazard, chemical proof, anti wife shouting at suite. This suite is made form fire proof and chemical resistant material and to full British Standard EN 471:2003 in an eye catching fluorescent Orange, it can also be worn when taking lineside photos, this full body suite will offer 100% protection when working on your models and the unexpected hazards associated. Tristan Maynard: Ping Sonar Another 'Must Have' device. Turns minute brass components into huge pieces of metal that can easily be found in the deepest carpet. Two versions - MkI is radar based and uses AA batteries; Mk II is an Oriental au pair with good knees - expensive, but makes finding those hand rail knobs so much more fun. For private single use and not to be supplied to partnerships, though.
Commended, winning free standard UK postage (£2.13 + VAT) on 1 order, or equivalent deduction if higher cost.
Eye solder A pair of magnifying goggles that have an outlining beam emitted from the centre which you train on to a seam to be soldered, when happy with that a soldering function follows the line all done/controlled with the eyes Andrew Ockwell: 48 hour day 24 additional hours solely for modelling (and ordering stuff from Eileen's) Andy Watson:
Bob How: Third Hand When two are simply not enough - now you can hold both parts and apply glue (but it requires a donor....) Bob Simmonds: Roboprod Plug in device for reminders which obviates the need for diaries, subscription renewals or any time-based future operations. Fits to the side of the head and picks up signals and monitors information from casual references from partners or your own thoughts. Brian Tulley: Trolley Dash Grab as much as you can from the Eileen's Emporium stand at any exhibition of your choice and fill a supermarket trolley. Certificate valid only on the holder's 100th Birthday and in possession of a telegram from the Queen. Brian Tulley: A Time accelerator Time always seems to slow down when queing for an exhibition. The better the exhibition, the slower it gets (Finescale expo's being the worst for this). This product will accelerate time considerably, but only for the product holder. Makes getting to the secondhand stand (or Bachmann Scrum) first a breeze. Chris Mills: Alignment tool for centring heaps of pre-drilled holes Chris Mills: Predrilled holes patch repair kit These indispensible patches make invisible repairs to any pre-drilled hole which has accidentally been positioned incorrectly. Chris Mills: David Long: A third hand For all those times when two hands are not enough, available handed ie RH or LH, addtional arm attachements are available please ring for details. Dennis G Edgar: Elbow Grease That elusive compound that is essential for the expeditious construction of models. Dennis G Edgar: Left hand screw driver The magic tool used by lefthanded folk for inserting and removing screws Duncan Wilcock: An extra '3rd' hand Have you ever wished for a 3rd hand to hold something whilst you attempt to solder/glue/cut/chisel/hack it?? Well now you can have it...at the not too unreasonable cost of £10 an hour. Please note this product comes with 'George' and cost does not include maintanence costs. New for 2010...4th hand available on request. Edgar Craggs: Right angled 3rd eye See what you're working on from 90 degrees without moving your head! (Please specify left or right handed view) Frank Sharp: Octopus with Asbestos Fingers Holds everything in place whilst you solder it all together, useful for etched kits where the locating tabs don't align with the slots Geoff Gauntlett: Special Formula Lining Paint. A specially formulated paint for linining out your locomotives and coaches. This unique paint contains electrostatic sensitive pigments and is applied with a charged, ebony handlled, paint brush. So it is now possible to apply complex, multi-coloured, lining in a single brush stroke. Please state scale when ordering. ( Note this product was previously known as \ Gerco van Zetten: Spare time tins Each spare time tin contains two hours undisturbed hobby pleasure Gordon Walker: Easy Weight Sticky backed lead to add weight to rolling stock and balance the locomotives (essential for best performance Graham Evans: Tin of elbow grease to assist those long jobs where mundane repetition is involvedGraham Woodruff: Invisible Carrier Bags - to get my new stuff back into the house without SWMBO seeing them! Kerry Viney: Striped enamel or acrylic paint Striped paint purchased by the tin or bottle in various liverys would do away with masking up and one application would finish the coach or loco. Lee Davies: Expert advice Advice from all those armchair experts, now on Forums who never seem to have anything to show but always advice you. Mark Kendrick: Asbestos Fingers for those who solder frequently, and who don't wish to burn their fingertips off Mark Tatlow: A spare one ...........of what ever the small component that you have just sent into orbit. Michael Prince: Armchair Perfect for the less active modeller. Cushion and cup of tea extra. Michael Prince: Bottle of hot air Can be used for steam engines or in conversation. Michael Prince: Back of Cigarette packet (empty). For writing Grand Ideas on. Michael Prince: Automatic baseboard thumper Device for getting train moving without being seen Michael Prince: Grand Idea. Not to be confused with grand piano, grandstand or grandad. Can be posted with back of cigarette packet to write grand idea on for visual aid to others. Michael Prince: Cold soldering iron as demonstrated once by George Norton Michael Prince: Hand of God Not the Diego Maradona one, but for use at exhibitions to uncouple stock, prod locomotives and place wheels back on the rails. Mick Bennett: Plug Ole the ideal thing to plug that extra ole Mick Bryan: Striped paint For creating all those stripes, only available in yellow/black for diesel shunters and orange/black/orange for BR Standard steam locos, but more combinations in development Mike Paddock: Asbestos Fingers A helpful soldering aid Paul Nacmanson: Cantilevered extending neck kit Adustable neck extension to allow close viewing of layouts and trade stands from the second row of people. Especially useful when there are groups of people clustered along the front of a stand talking to each otherwhilst completely ignoring the stand itself. Paul Willis: Spouse gift vouchers Gift vouchers to be purchased by wives or significant others that give hours or days to husbands to work without interruption on their chosen hobbies. Includes optional tea breaks fully catered by wife or signifacant other. R. Harris: A magnetic apron. A magnetic apron so designed so as to catch any small metal object that you drop when doing model loco's. Rich Christon: Left handed bogoling spanner The perfect tool for undoing left hand threaded thingymajigs. Richard Marshall: Heat Resistant Fingers For holding small components whilst soldering them. Can also be used to hold broken windows because of their pain resistance. Richard Ward: Self aligning bolt holes bolt holes which automatically align themselves to avoid time consuming fiddling about poking wire or cocktial sticks through to align them. Russell Warner: Magic Carpet Fits snug under your workbench and funnels all those dropped detailing parts into one safe place Tony McSean: Capilliary action intensifier Place this electronic box on your workbench and its special waveform intenisifier action will greatly increase the natural effects of capilliary action. An invaluable aid to painting and weathering, it will ensure that your light grey-brown wash runs neatly along the edges of the strapping and planking. Say goodbye to irritating and unsightly tide marks across neatly painted coach and wagon bodies, and the hours of tedious frustration as you gently scrape off unwanted say way lines from your model with a flaking fibreglass brush. This device, only now available on general sale to the modelling public, has been used for years by model railway journals and finescale gurus worldwide. Now you too can achieve those neat rings around rivet and bolthead detail and the famouse \ Tristan Maynard: Smarty Pants Remover Essential for all exhibitionists - Removes rivet counters & nerds. Keep product on a loose chain, 1cm longer than distance to nerd. Service with 'Chum'. Tristan Maynard: Intuition (Female Thread) - the 'Must Have' Life Product for 2010. Avoids: "I could have told you it wouldn't work like that. You only had to ask me". Intuition (Male) not available due to scarcity. Tristan Maynard: Warm Feelings Infra-red based and fits into any 13 amp socket. If used for only 30 seconds at the end of any modelling session, gives a nice warm glow that simulates a great sense of achievement - regardless of how frustrating, costly and infuriating the actual modelling process has been. See also, our "Ping Sonar" product to ease away those sore knoees.
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