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18 hours ago, cctransuk said:
That is not direct advertising in my book.
Not by the meaning of the term, but it's targetted advertising. Anyone who frequents these pages sees your strapline, and hears from time to time about new sheets. You also pop up now and again to recommend ways of applying transfers or other modelling ideas, and those posts of course always have CCT at the end.
I put it to you that you are an influencer ... 😄
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44 minutes ago, McC said:
In simple terms
- We match the email address you ordered with at Hattons with our database
- If there is a match, the order(s) get added to your existing account
- If there is no match, a new account is created for you at accurascale using the details from the Hattons order
You'll then be emailed an order confirmation, and the order will be visible in the usual way in your accura account.
Thank you. I had a hunch it would be by email, but I can't be the only person who uses several email accounts for different purposes! All sorted ...
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The question I'm not clear about is, how do you know which account has ordered something? or put another way, how will you link the accounts on your website to the accounts that have the Hattons pre-orders?
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53 minutes ago, Edwardian said:
Along with the time it took you to share that gratuitously negative sentiment. Sometimes manufacturers must wonder why they bother.
With regards to the donation, should I put you down for a "no"?
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1 hour ago, Edwardian said:
....only voting with your wallets will count.
If someone donates me the money I'll be happy to add it to my Museum of Pointless Wastes of Earth's Resources
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14 hours ago, John M Upton said:
The fact remains that in this Internet age, high street retail is dead, we have become a nation of coffee shops and very little else.
Oh ye prophet of doom fear not for a light of hope shineth yet in the darkness ... people are still shopping in towns and cities with stuffed shopping bags in a way that suggests they haven't noticed your total lack of "very little else".
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2 hours ago, Mallard60022 said:
I stand by my view that a true 'professional reviewer' would test several of the type before rating the item.
2 hours ago, Mallard60022 said:So called on line 'Influencers' are not for me I'm afraid. I prefer to read stuff on here and in genuine Model Railway journals.
Out of interest, how many samples are usually reviewed in the model railway journals?
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2 hours ago, Tony Wright said:
A K Class has run on LB (it could even be K's), though who brought it and when are lost in the mists of time.
Regards,
Tony.
It is a K's K, with "lots of extras", built by Andy Jones.
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On 16/08/2023 at 11:05, Philou said:
Was it not the GC that was built to a more continental standard?
It wasn't. Although it's a compelling idea, it's just a long-standing enthusiasts' myth.
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Jonathan is correct - it's not a model railway show as such, I think three layouts, including our Bishop's Castle circa 1932 model of the town's station, and a military vehicle group in the yard. In the town - separately provided - there are likely to be half a dozen or more traction engines in steam. If the steam crane is out, there probably will be a lifting demonstration. The weighbridge also has a GWR banana van which houses our second-hand books. And of course the restored weighbridge, the last remaining building in town from the Bishop's Castle Railway.
David
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20 minutes ago, HExpressD said:
I haven't ever purchased a KR Models, err, model however I have signed up for the Class 40 EOI, which came hand in hand with all their other ridiculous marketing fluff. If I were to email to ask a question about it, should I expect the same curt reply as to them I am not a customer either?
Slightly flippant suggestion .... but I'd study the posts on Facebook that get the friendliest KRM responses, and adopt the same tone in your email ;-)
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9 hours ago, Ribird said:
Well I was one to comment on their Facebook post about their May newsletter asking about Leader, Big Bertha, and Bellerophon, in which they said to email them (instead of answering there). I emailed them (a copy and paste from Facebook), [...]
Whilst on the face of it, Keith's reply seems unnecessarily hostile (surely any sensible business sees a non-customer as a potential customer?), to best judge the tone of the response I would need to understand the tone of your contact with them.
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On 19/05/2023 at 08:52, JSpencer said:
Also are we now to be divided into believers and non-believers? Us vs Them?
It's been happening for years, and mostly with the willing connivance of the customer. And not just in model railways.
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My experience of the reformulated Klear, applied onto dry ballast, with the subsurface being plywood, was that it flaked off quite quickly. I use watered down Copydex now.
So, applying transfers to wet Klear - does this allow for repositioning/fine-tuning, or is it "get it right first time"?
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43 minutes ago, Colin_McLeod said:
The EEC became the EU 1993.
Erm ... 😁
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2 hours ago, cctransuk said:
The previous poster, to whom I was replying, is in Spain - which, when I last checked, is IN the EEC.
CJI.
Last checked in 1993, presumably? 😉
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2 hours ago, NHY 581 said:
Great news and quite acceptable. I appreciate that the artwork, production etc is probably past the "advanced stage" but......
What about those used on the Bishops Castle Railway ?
Rob.
There are so many of the Ratio van available second hand, it's dead cheap to modify them and repaint rather than cut up/modify a nice new Rapido Mink. The transfers are black anyway, so a sheet of transfer paper in the laser printer doesn't need any special inks. And they come in two colours - "stone" or "white" (plus rust and dirt), but we're not really sure when each colour was applied to which ones ... and because they were hand lettered, the transfers aren't ... quite ... any known font. So my transfers are something of a compromise.
But Rapido, if you do ... please do have a word with the Bishop's Castle Railway Society, keeper of the only remaining railway building in Bishop's Castle! I'm sure we can sell some, or even take a small donation for every model sold. Hint Hint :-)
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On 25/02/2023 at 11:18, The Stationmaster said:
do people really use builders' pva sold in larger cintainers for model railway purposes without testing it first to see if it's suitable?
Yes. I'm pretty sure this is one of those things where until someone tells you, you blithely assume they are all much of a muchness. It's only obvious then.
It's obvious that people use unsuitable materials, often because that is what is to hand ... and you only have to look at any house over a few decades old to realise that even professionals don't know which materials are suitable for certain applications. Well, that's assuming it was a professional that put in our wiring ...
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12 minutes ago, Colin_McLeod said:
@Jenny Emily did't you get a look at this locomotive in motion at one point? If so, can you throw any light on this discussion?
You're playing with fire 😁
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Has anyone done any research on modelling forums to find out how many posts are required before any given topic turns into a wishlist?
A railway version of Godwin's Law-
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On 03/01/2023 at 03:43, FranksLad said:
And happily representing them on their stand at Warley and Milton Keynes, and doing marketing videos on your YouTube channel which no doubt does zero harm to either party. Come on, it’s a bit more than being a van driver, let’s be honest 😉
A more accurate description would possibly be, "I'm not an employee of ..."?
As a freelance, doing one-off but varied and obviously ongoing work (taking payment or goods for creating social media videos is still "work"?), @Jenny Emily have you obtained professional indemnity insurance in the (hopefully very remote) instance that the relationship with KR Models sours?
(I can think of a couple of nightmare scenarios where you'd not necessarily have to fall out with them: some of your repairs have to be redone, causing them to pursue costs; or worse, a van incident where they sue you for loss of/damage to goods, etc.)-
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1 hour ago, Axlebox said:
Surely, if you were starting a range of steam punk models you would discuss with the steam punk community...weekend in Whitby anyone?
Assuming enough of the steam punk community actually have a model railway to make the marketing effort worthwhile, from a chat with people at Whitby or the Asylum/Lincoln, I think you'd get enough conflicting ideas on the aesthetics of steampunk transport to confuse your designers for a year!
But the pros and cons of the Hornby steampunk range have been done to death elsewhere on RMWeb, no point going too far down that particular clockwork rabbit hole again ...-
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2 minutes ago, wombatofludham said:
Because I would like to buy Hornby if they made the right product. I have fond memories of buying Hornby and still have many Hornby items. I'd like to buy more 87s and HSTs but unlike some it seems, I don't feel it is right to spend some of my quite large annual expenditure on model railway kit with a company who plays hot and cold with their retailers [emphasis added]
I'm confused ... are you not buying Hornby because you're taking a moral stand against their treatment of retailers or because they haven't tempted you with new products recently?
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53 minutes ago, aureol40012 said:
You’ll then have everyone else pile on because they’ve learnt that it’s what you do if you like railways.
What I've learned from model railway forums is that if you criticise railway staff, then you get an even bigger pile-on against you. So it's a smart move to play the trump card preemptively ;-)
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KR Models - New Class 40 EOI
in KR Models
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I don't feel so bad now about burning smokeless fuel at home.