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02 Jun, 2015
An informative and useful chronological survey of Robinson's locomotives.
I've recently developed a (very late!)interest in model railway locomotives and decided to concentrate on the LNER. Having read and enjoyed Brian Haresnape's book on Gresley locos which I bought to check on various details as well as learn more on the subject, I didn't hesitate to buy his volume, co-authored by Peter Rowledge, on John George Robinson's products for the the Waterford and Limerick and then the Great Central Railways, the latter of whose engines were inherited by the LNER after grouping.
Haresnape has a very readable style for what many might consider a rather dry subject and his sense of humour peeps through in places (authors with no sense of humour are a must to avoid in my book) though very subtly and without intruding. This, allied to a very comprehensive set of photographs and specifications of all Robinson locos in date order makes the book an interesting and invaluable addition to a railway reference collection.
26 Apr, 2016
Looks reasonable and gets hot
We wanted something in the kitchen to dry our towel and tea towel occasionally and this fitted the bill as being small enough to fit the available space. The 'instructions' received with it were a single small sheet of uninformative illustrations of another model but common sense allowed me to fit the heating element without losing any of the oil and to drill three holes in the wall in the right locations. Quite refreshing in these days of Health & Safety not to have a few pages of dire warnings about risks to life.
Anyway, it gets nice and hot but as it's small you can't hang a towel very far over the rails at the back as it has three wall fittings behind it so anything but a very short towel will slip off due to the heavy front overhang. In fact, obviously I suppose, the lower rails are just for heating and attaching the wall fittings and you can really only use the top one.
Funnily enough too, although it gets very hot, it doesn't seem very good at drying our towels. This might be due to my installation and it could be great, if perhaps expensive, at drying a small hand towel in a cloakroom.
PS As this was submitted a picture came up on screen and I realised that I've fitted my upper two wall fittings to the middle tubes rather than the top ones as illustrated. If you fit them at the top you can't hang a towel over the top rail at all (unless it's very narrow)..
04 Jul, 2019
Rather big sheets but very effective - and soft.
1 of 1 found this helpful I've always been worried about using conventional wet wipes due to their failure to degrade in the sewer system but continued to use them despite that as they're so very effective. (In the old days I remember an Arab friend who had not long been in the UK saying, incredulously, "You wipe it with pieces of dry paper!") Anyway, these Natracare wipes are soft and effective, their only drawback being that they come in very large folded sheets which, ideally, I find need to be reduced in size by judicious tearing before use. If you're prepared to make that modification as you go along they're great and you'll be helping to save the planet - and the sanity of sewage engineers.