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Rob F

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  1. In C21739 we see concrete sleepers, flat bottomed rail and pandrol clips but jointed, not CWR. How common was this?
  2. This is the million dollar question, I think. Ability to look at early CAD drawings is a move from manufacturers that I appreciate but it is not the only research resource that they will use. So long as criticism is offered in a constructive manner it can only be for the good of all concerned, we get better models and the manufacturer sells more of them because they are of higher quality, win win. Personally, the number one thing that matters about a model is its basic shape. If that is wrong, the finest detail in the world cannot retrieve the situation, so I really hope it is not too late to do something about this as coming from Nottingham the class 45 is THE railway image of my childhood. Rob
  3. Fran I think you have made the right choice. Compromises are inevitable at times so it is a case of finding the best one. Looking forward to owning one of these. Rob
  4. Model is looking fantastic in my opinion. Did we get to the bottom of how it will get around corners? I seem to remember (BICBW) that there were three choices: Distort the nose shape like the Heljan DP2. What I can see of the images this has not been done. Use undersize wheels. Is this what was done with the Bachmann prototype Deltic? Increase the ride height. Is this what Bachmann did with the production Deltics? Of the three, I think the Bachmann prototype solution looks the best but I would be very interested to know how Accurascale have tackled it.
  5. I am not sure the slightly confrontational and defensive tone to this reply was really required. I simply asked a question and the way it was phrased implied that I believed it to be too difficult to implement. I will almost certainly buy an APT as I have wanted one since I was a child and I will definitely enjoy it, just like the ‘rest’ of you. However, full tilt at a scale 5mph is definitely not prototypical and I cannot understand why it is a problem to mention it.
  6. Would it be true to say that any sort of speed related tilt system would be just about impossible in OO? I assume the Rapido APT tilts to the same degree no matter how fast it is going, is that correct?
  7. I'm afraid you are wide of the mark with regard to my own preferences and motives. Much more detail about the accuracy or otherwise of any model comes out as a result of friendly discussions between people who I believe can rightly be called experts, on forums such as this or several others, blogs etc. No magazine review could ever match the in-depth knowledge that is available from a disparate group of well informed people who are willing to share it due to simple interest in the subject matter. Your second paragraph is a pretty good summation of why I have stopped taking magazines although I suspect you didn't mean it to be! Your last point doesn't have much merit, in my opinion. All I want in a review is something that tells me what is good but is also able to tell me what is not so good. I am interested if a window is slightly the wrong shape or even if there are not enough rivets (!) but I don't think truthful comments about fidelity should ever be described as 'slagging off'. Just because a model has inaccuracies does not mean I won't buy it but I don't see why I shouldn't be allowed to know about them. It is all about personal preference and ,as I said before, I have no desire to see magazines fail. I also have absolutely no desire to try and convince people that they should do what I have done. If you still enjoy them, buy them. Simple.
  8. I suspect we will have to agree to disagree!
  9. I have no desire to see the end of print, but I do not necessarily think it is a binary choice between print and digital subscriptions. As I said, I have stopped all but one of my magazine subscriptions but I have not felt the need to replace them with digital versions. I still have an avid 'thirst' for information but find it can be slaked by other means. A prime area of dissatisfaction for me is with magazine reviews, which I find are often overly kind to the manufacturers. A similar trend is visible here where critical comments often get censured by the mods and others accuse people of 'rivet counting' and the like. I am INTERESTED to know how accurate a model is. I accept that all models are a compromise and will have inaccuracies but I still like to know what they are. It does not mean I won't buy it but I like feel that I am informed on the matter. We have lost contributors to this forum who had a vast of amount of knowledge because people objected to their 'tone', which usually translates as being overcritical. I think that is a shame.
  10. Had a ride on a 144 from Leeds to Castleford and back yesterday and a I can honestly say it was a better experience than being on a 150. The engine noise was less obtrusive and the view out of the window was far superior. Even the ride was acceptable on what I assume was well maintained track.
  11. I am (or was) a self-confessed magazine junkie. I had subscriptions to: Model Rail Rail Railway Magazine Modern Railways I stopped taking Railway Modellor nearly 20 years ago and apart from that the only magazine I have ever stopped taking was BRM. However, I have come to realise that I was actually reading them less and less. My house is filling up with back issues and my head finally overtook my heart over the Christmas break and I cancelled them all, apart from Modern Railways. It was a sad but also a strangely liberating experience. I just get my information fix online these days. It maybe that in the future my resolve will leave me and I will have a relapse but at the moment I am quite happy with my choice. I would be interested to know if others habits have changed over the years or maybe I was just an odd case in the first place!
  12. Interesting, thanks. So other than the above restrictions it would have been all 75mph between Honeybourne and Cheltenham. What do you think the limit would be today, if maintained to modern standards?
  13. Sorry to resurrect an old thread but a recent visit to the GWSR prompted this question. What was the linespeed of the Honeybourne line in BR days, before becoming freight only?
  14. I also thought it was good livery, only spoiled by the stripe around the light clusters for me. Excuse the terrible image editing but I thought it would have been better if the green stripe around the lights had been blended into the green on the body, something like the below:
  15. Thank you, very useful. When I move into my stately home I am sure I will follow your advice.
  16. A real shame I just can’t live with fixed trailing truck. The model looks great but that fixed truck with flangeless wheels looks daft going round tight layout corners. Just a foible of mine I suppose......
  17. C13941 is good as it has Swallow, Executive and Blue/Grey all in the same train.
  18. Is it just lighting or camera angle, but on those pictures the Hornby model looks wider than the DJM one?
  19. I have seen this argument more than once and I still can't get my head around it. Surely this is not how capitalism works? Companies get larger and can exploit economies of scale to lower prices, thus selling more, becoming more successful, making more profit and growing again. If the overheads of large companies inevitably lead to higher prices there would be no large companies as they would automatically lose out in a competitive market to smaller companies. I may be completely wrong here (it has been known, more than once!) but using the size of a company (be it Hornby or anybody else) as a justification for higher prices just seems completely wrong headed.
  20. Let's hope July 83 wasn't a scorcher as those aircons are going to get quite hot behind a 45/0.....
  21. I was never a particular fan of DJ and found some of the praise lavished on him when he started his venture bordered on the sycophantic, however, it does seem that people are revelling a little too much in his misfortune. I feel for the crowd funders and the loss they may suffer but there is a human element here. I suspect we have an individual here who is under a great deal of stress with great concerns over his and his family’s future. I know his current position is largely self inflicted and some would say he is reaping what he sowed. Maybe. I just hope someone is looking out for him and giving him the emotional support he almost certainly needs.
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