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  1. Ian Simpson

    Is there any way to upload photos to an existing blog entry without having it show up as a newly published post?

    1. Corbs

      Corbs

      I think that the website recognises any blog editing activity and then puts it to the top of the list, I've not found a way around it.

    2. AY Mod

      AY Mod

      No, it's one of those weird glitches in the software.

    3. Ian Simpson

      Ian Simpson

      Many thanks! As long as it's not just me, I don't feel so bad about it!

  2. Ian Simpson

    A drastically reduced service running on the layout over the next few days.

    It's not a strike, we just can't afford the electricity 📈

    1. Hroth

      Hroth

      Hope there's going to be a Replacement Bus service?

       

    2. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      I guess one might turn up, a few hours late ... .

    3. Ian Simpson

      Ian Simpson

      😄

      To be fair, Thameslink and Southern always do an excellent job with the replacement buses on the Brighton line. (They've had a lot of practice, I guess.) 

  3. Ian Simpson

    Currently planning Jacob's Folly, a dystopian steampunk diorama of a fracking site on the Fylde.

    At least I won't need to hide the gap between the boards.   

    1. Tim V

      Tim V

      Shouldn't that be on the River Chew in North Somerset?

  4. Ian Simpson

    Curse the exchange rate!  Every time Boris does something stupid, I have to pay more on Shapeways ...

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    2. Kylestrome

      Kylestrome

      Just be thankful that it's not your pension payments that get reduced.

    3. admiles

      admiles

      Be thankful it's not your business (like mine) that gets screwed every time

    4. truffy

      truffy

      And my daughter's education.

       

      (We live in Switzerland, her school's in Bojo's playpit)

  5. Ian Simpson

    Has anyone used Dapol's N gauge magnetic couplings on 009 stock? And if so, did they work okay?

  6. Ian Simpson

    Interviewer: Mr Simpson, you've promised to build a new layout. So let me ask you again: when are you going to deliver what you've promised?

    Me: Well, I want to do it.  But let's get Brexit done first...

    1. AY Mod

      AY Mod

      Excuse list:

      a) It's a bit more difficult than I thought so it might not be ready when I say it is.

      b) I know I told you it would be 2FS pre-grouping but I've decided it's O gauge D&E.

      c) I don't know what I want to do really so I'm going to ask everyone to have another vote.

      d) I've just realised it's going to cost a packet despite what I said on the bus.

      e) It'll be just wonderful when it's done, I know I told everyone it would be dead easy but it's the other modellers, they keep telling me they don't like it.

      f) The Muricans have told me it's got to be HO now.

       

      Get modelling done.

  7. Ian Simpson

    Well, I'm usually Unlawful, Void and Without Effect myself.

    1. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Ian for PM. (Or P4 if Andy is reading this)

       

    2. Liam

      Liam

      Let’s hope the site doesn’t get prorogued.

  8. Ian Simpson

    Does anyone else judge a townscape by whether they'd want to live there?

    1. sem34090

      sem34090

      Sometimes, but not always - If it's a model of a grim corner of some city or other then I probably wouldn't want to live there, but it might be beautifully modelled and very evocative of the locality it seeks to represent.

      I offer here Harford Street, by a friend of mine:

      image.png.428039087e921be358024285f5bf0959.png

      A beautiful, in my opinion, recreation of Post-War North London - Full of rot and decay. I wouldn't really want to live there but it's nicely modelled!

       

      It's suddenly occurred to me that you might mean 'in real life', in which case I agree with you!!!

       

    2. Ian Simpson

      Ian Simpson

      Thanks, Sem, I appreciate such a full answer. Yes, that is lovely modelling!

      I guess I usually ask myself something like "Are there the appropriate facilities in this townscape that I would be happy living there?", e.g. is there a corner shop at the end of an Edwardian  terrace? You're right, it's not the quality of the modellling that matters, simply whether it looks as if the area would work as a neighbourhood, especially given the layout's period and location.

  9. Ian Simpson

    I have now adopted mindless optimism as my perferred approach to modelling over the next few months.

    1. Harlequin

      Harlequin

      If it's good enough for Boris...

  10. Ian Simpson

    Drawing up my list of Chinese New Year Resolutions, I'm a bit embarrassed to see it contains 20 modelling jobs that will each take less than an hour. All of them were on December's NY resolutions list as well :unsure:

  11. Ian Simpson

    It's 10.30 on Monday morning, and I still don't have any Warning Points!  :declare:

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    2. Broadway Clive

      Broadway Clive

      I hope you haven't been tagged by some algorithms as a potential offender now, Ian! 

    3. Ian Simpson

      Ian Simpson

      Well if they haven't logged the OP, they'll certainly have spotted the dodgy company I keep now Clive! :)

      EDIT: I've just spotted there's a Edit button on status updates now. That is a nice touch!

       

    4. Boris

      Boris

      Running through the forum naked does it.

  12. Ian Simpson

    Thameslink, Crossrail, HS2 - not exactly delivered smoothly to time and budget. So a genuine question: did British Rail do any better on large projects such as the WCML?

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    2. adb968008

      adb968008

      If they were fully costed, the cost of the assessment alone would make it uneconomic

    3. Ian Simpson

      Ian Simpson

      Thanks, everyone! I had forgotten the Channel Tunnel link started in BR days. I loved Orion's comment on costings and will now quote it in all sorts of non-railway contexts!

    4. 47164

      47164

      Let's face it we don't need hs2, all it will do is make the south east even more crowded and can we really afford it!

  13. Ian Simpson

    Out of interest, has anyone ever made a transparent plastic autocoupler?

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    2. RJS1977

      RJS1977

      Yes, I've often wondered why nobody's made a transparent tension lock coupling!

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Maybe people just don't see it.

    4. Stubby47

      Stubby47

      I'm sure Peco used to sell flexible transparent strips to pin between the rails with a slight hump.

  14. Ian Simpson

    Finally visited the Brighton Toy and Model Museum, after 30 years living in the town. Very impressed, an amazing collection.

    1. chris p bacon

      chris p bacon

      I said the same about the 'Museum of Erotica' in Copenhagen....

    2. Ian Simpson

      Ian Simpson

      But did the Museum of Erotica have too much early 20th century clockwork?

      Actually, no, don't answer that ...

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