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Second posting in a row I've read tonight which is / can be based around a story or a bit of 'history shaping', if there's such a word.  It's interesting when someone mentions a character on a model railway by name.  Suddenly, at least for me, the layout or diorama takes on an added dimension.  John Flann mentions certain characters and companies by name on his lovely Hintock layout.  P. D Hancock pointed out Jock Armstrong and Angus MacTavish (and Jock's bicycle!) in the December 1967 Railway Modeller.  See; the things that stay with people when you personalise things!!

Thank too, Job, for posting the film about parcels traffic on the railway.  Always that bit more learned when we read your postings!

Second posting in a row I've read tonight which is / can be based around a story or a bit of 'history shaping', if there's such a word.  It's interesting when someone mentions a character on a model railway by name.  Suddenly, at least for me, the layout or diorama takes on an added dimension.  John Flann mentions certain characters and companies by name on his lovely Hintock layout.  P. D Hancock pointed out Jock Armstrong and Angus MacTavish (and Jock's bicycle!) in the December 1967 Railway Modeller.  See; the things that stay with people when you personalise things!!

Thank too, Job, for posting the film about parcels traffic on the railway.  Always that bit more learned when we read your postings!

 

Thanks for your nice comment.

Because it is not possible for several reasons to do some real modelling at the moment I'm working out my story telling idea.

Working this way gives me also the opportunity to build not directly railway based architecture.

But there is still a lot to do: puzzling, searching, starting again, taking a different route and finally writing the story and creating the three dimensional illustrations.

Hi Job,

 

now that's what I call proper modelling - not just the representation of a thing to scale, but combining it with a story to bring it to life and make it interesting.  Always a pleasure to read your blogs.

 

Mike

Hi Job,

 

now that's what I call proper modelling - not just the representation of a thing to scale, but combining it with a story to bring it to life and make it interesting.  Always a pleasure to read your blogs.

 

Mike

 

Thanks for your encouraging reply. 

I hope it will work out the way I have it in mind.

Thanks for pointing me to this entry also Job. Another good idea. It's basically the story writer's principle that there must be a protagonist for every story that you are using here. Interesting. I've sometimes thought it would be nice to do a series of layouts based on a private railway contractor's company, which is a bit the same thing. I look forward to seeing what you make of it.

 

Thanks also for the video. I'm intrigued by the accents of the speakers! And I wonder why Slough always seems to feature in BR films? 

 

I wouldn't want to be the cycling woman at 2:46 - doesn't look safe by today's standards!

Thanks for pointing me to this entry also Job. Another good idea. It's basically the story writer's principle that there must be a protagonist for every story that you are using here. Interesting. I've sometimes thought it would be nice to do a series of layouts based on a private railway contractor's company, which is a bit the same thing. I look forward to seeing what you make of it.

 

Thanks also for the video. I'm intrigued by the accents of the speakers! And I wonder why Slough always seems to feature in BR films? 

 

I wouldn't want to be the cycling woman at 2:46 - doesn't look safe by today's standards!

 

I think the same is still possible with your Farting Layouts.

That Slough is featured in BR movies is because the movies are probable made by the film studio of Gerry Anderson.

Ah, I see, and his studios were in Slough? Interesting.

 

Yes I've also been thinking about ways to tie the Farthing layouts together through stories. Through a character. Or a bird perhaps.

Oh no birds for a Charles Dickens fan. 

 

Let's start with a little information about Charles Dickens love for cats.

Dickens once asked,

Ah, a cat as a protagonist. Thanks for that idea. But as a dog person there will have to  be a dog involved too. Preiser seems to have a cat and dog set that could be used, perhaps. The only question is whether cats and dogs were commonly seen at a station like Farthing...

 

 

I'm not giving up on the bird idea though, Charles Dickens or not :-)