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Right, there has apparently been a sighting in the wild, so it's time for those of us who like this sort of thing to discuss the contents free from interference from those who like that sort of thing...

P.S. I happen to like both. Although I can now feel a Venn diagram coming in...

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Editor Gerry Beale

 

Contents:

 

Semley for Shaftsbury   -  Martin Finney

SR Queen Mary Brake van  -  Philip Hall

Cattle Wagon Compendium - Gerry Beale

Anchor Mounted Tank Wagon in 4mm - Gerry Beale

A Britannia for Worcester part two - John Darch

Rods for a King - Mark Humphries

Letters

Mount Woodville Works - Rob Milliken

Diary

Cameo Layout Competition - Simon Castens & Iain Rice

 

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I had a brief look on Tuesday night, and look forward to properly reading my own copy when I get it.

 

I am intrigued by the Cameo competition, so will be interested to see when more information is available on the Titfield website. My current project I think fits within the scope, and I am aiming to have ready for September 2018 currently so should be able to bring that forward a bit. Aiming for Railex (May 2018) would be doable, but presumably the layouts need to be finished and judged some time before then!

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Ahem, the entry form will be appearing on the Titfield web page very soon.

 

Timing-wise, as observed above, the schedule is pretty "tight" and so it is likely that the "finish exhibition" will drop back to Railex 2019, with the judging having taken place before and with some "Cameo content" appearing at the Railex 2018 show to keep us all going.

 

Exact details to be confirmed and all the above courtesy of David Lane and his organising team. This will all get properly written up, you otherwise heard it first on RMweb!

 

The competition is however definitely "on" and I know there are several interesting ideas already being worked on….

 

Simon Castens

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I enjoyed the extensively illustrated coverage of Semley, such a top quality pre-grouping layout  It was a shame that printing errors caused major damage to pages 94 & 99. I don't know whether all copies had the colour smudged from top to bottom, but all four copies in Seaford's WHS were affected.

The Mount Woodville Works reassured me that not everyone wants their trains to move about. When you think about it it is a bit unrealistic that, with a few exceptions like motorized road vehicles and the odd animated vignette, everything except the trains remains static.

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 It was a shame that printing errors caused major damage to pages 94 & 99. I don't know whether all copies had the colour smudged from top to bottom, but all four copies in Seaford's WHS were affected.

 

 

That's bad luck Phil as these pages are OK in my copy. Can you get a refund and purchase a copy elsewhere ?

 

 

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My particular interest is BR Western Region, circa 1948 - 1975, so I find it hard to get excited about stuff from much earlier eras. I have to say though, that Semley is very well executed indeed and with a bridge of my own to build, I was particularly interested in the skew overbridge on page 94.

 

The rest of the magazine looks to be worthy of an in depth perusal as time allows too!

 

 

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Another excellent issue, with some good and informative articles on 4mm RTR wagon improvements, amongst others.

 

I looked at the photos of Semley and wept.

 

The comparison photo of the 'then' prototype and the 'now' model was so precisely matched and I don't think I've ever seen a prototype view reproduced with such precision and exactness in model form.

 

I am in awe, no, more than just 'in awe', of the commitment and self-discipline required to produce models and model engineering to that consistently high standard over a period of time, on a layout of that size, with no dilution of quality and no lessening in the consistency of the excellence that results.

 

I couldn't do it. I know that I haven't got it in me. Not because I wouldn't want a layout of that standard, not because I don't enjoy the modelling and not because I don't want to improve my own standards. No, I think it takes a certain strength of character and self-discipline and single-mindedness, which frankly I have never possessed. And no, I don't know Martin Finney at all, never even spoken to the gentleman concerned.

 

Amazing stuff.

 

 

 

 

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That's bad luck Phil as these pages are OK in my copy. Can you get a refund and purchase a copy elsewhere ?

 

 

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It is unfortunate but as with most magazines, in a week or so it will get stashed away, only to get looked at very occasionally, if at all in future. There is so much to see and do that I can live with a couple of mucky pages. Fortunately the article was so well illustrated that there are still plenty of excellent photos of a truly brilliant layout. But thanks for your concern, Mike.

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What's to say? Anoher brilliant number!

 

Semley is beyond superb; this is museum-quality work of the highest standard. And the Cameo layout competition looks interesting; I certainly won't be having a go - far too much else on my plate - but I look forward to seeing the results.

 

I gather though that Iain's interests have now moved on a good old roundy-roundy of the sort that the Modeller use to feature back in the day.

 

From that to Semley - the whole gamut of railway modelling! What fun!

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....I looked at the photos of Semley and wept.

 

The comparison photo of the 'then' prototype and the 'now' model was so precisely matched and I don't think I've ever seen a prototype view reproduced with such precision and exactness in model form.

 

I am in awe, no, more than just 'in awe', of the commitment and self-discipline required to produce models and model engineering to that consistently high standard over a period of time, on a layout of that size, with no dilution of quality and no lessening in the consistency of the excellence that results.

 

I couldn't do it. I know that I haven't got it in me. Not because I wouldn't want a layout of that standard, not because I don't enjoy the modelling and not because I don't want to improve my own standards. No, I think it takes a certain strength of character and self-discipline and single-mindedness, which frankly I have never possessed. And no, I don't know Martin Finney at all, never even spoken to the gentleman concerned.....

 

There was something for everyone in 4mm scale.

 

What interested me most was what Martin Finney had to say about Tony Wright's Little Bytham, and he managed to say it without making borderline snide remarks about OO. Such a contrast to Tony Wright's attitude to P4.

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Semley - Yes a lovely layout, but I was surprised to see a dumb buffered wagon in the coal train,

although, no longer approved by the RCH from 1908, it still had a couple of years (< 1914) before being banned.
The passenger trains look a treat.
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Mental check !! My layout, set in 1910, has a few dumb buffered wagons too, so I had better keep quite...
PS - MRJ was in Penzance on Tuesday, too.

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Ahem, the entry form will be appearing on the Titfield web page very soon.

 

Timing-wise, as observed above, the schedule is pretty "tight" and so it is likely that the "finish exhibition" will drop back to Railex 2019, with the judging having taken place before and with some "Cameo content" appearing at the Railex 2018 show to keep us all going.

 

Exact details to be confirmed and all the above courtesy of David Lane and his organising team. This will all get properly written up, you otherwise heard it first on RMweb!

 

The competition is however definitely "on" and I know there are several interesting ideas already being worked on….

 

Simon Castens

 

Hmmm...

I wonder...

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There was something for everyone in 4mm scale.

 

What interested me most was what Martin Finney had to say about Tony Wright's Little Bytham, and he managed to say it without making borderline snide remarks about OO. Such a contrast to Tony Wright's attitude to P4.

I read that, I wondered why there would be such a piece written within Martin's article and thought it might be because of the negativity that is raised about P4. A shame that a response was thought necarsary but a well written one none the less. Sadly the P4 vs OO will raise its head again at some time in the future. :no2:

Excellent edition.

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I read that, I wondered why there would be such a piece written within Martin's article and thought it might be because of the negativity that is raised about P4. A shame that a response was thought necarsary but a well written one none the less. Sadly the P4 vs OO will raise its head again at some time in the future. :no2:

Excellent edition.

 

I think we are getting the wrong end of the stick over Martin's comments over Tony Wrights efforts, the point he was making that both he and Tony are aiming at the same thing. A dream project with the clock ticking against you of your time on this mortal coil. Nothing to do with gauge wars.

 

I am following this thinking myself working on my last project and with a narrow vision of only that project. No side line projects, however tempting they are. I also know that the  editor of this issue is following this way of thinking. Maybe a few more would do well to look at this rather than sitting around waiting for the next box to arrive from China.

 

It does not have to be a big project, even small projects can provide years of entertainment as your modeling skills improve.

 

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I think we are getting the wrong end of the stick over Martin's comments over Tony Wrights efforts, the point he was making that both he and Tony are aiming at the same thing. A dream project with the clock ticking against you of your time on this mortal coil. Nothing to do with gauge wars.

If you read Martin's article against that of Tony Wright's, I think you'll notice the fact the latter couldn't resist having a pop at P4, something which he's been doing for years - see, for example, his MORILL book on loco kit building, particularly the caption underneath a photo of a Finney A3 built to P4 - though I note he's more subtle about it these days (rather in the way that Anjem Choudary planted quite a lot of ideas in impressionable minds).

 

....Maybe a few more would do well to look at this rather than sitting around waiting for the next box to arrive from China.....

I feel that's not really going to happen in the "want it now, want it yesterday" culture that the Internet and RTR world have combined to develop.

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