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Because some people think it is ok to do it, they can't see that it is a crime that can have serious consequences, If you don't think it is as serious as other crimes mentioned above, you might wish to look at the theft of images in the catfishing case associated with the Delphi murders, horrific! Image theft is a crime, no better than breaking into a house and steeling from the owners.

Evening Apollo, If that is the case, why have you set your images to C All rights reserved on your Flickr settings? Wouldn't under creative commons be more appropriate, if you don't mind people using your images? Do you know how to change you settings?

People don't take image theft seriously, until something serious happens. In cases were photographs of peoples family, kids and Grand kids have been taken without permission and digitally manipulated, people suddenly have a much better appreciation for the law. Just recently in America, there was an instance related to a famous case, were a man stole online photographs from a trendy young mans website. He then used the photographs to pretended to be that young man, in order to set up a catfishing operation to lure young girls. I'm sure that there are plenty of fans of Roberts work, such as yourself, who would supply him with free photographs if he was to actually ask for them.

Good Afternoon Robert, I don't wish to embarrass you by physically pointing out were you are not using public domain images. I've just looked at one of your images and found were you have got the original image from. The person that originally posted it holds the copywrite and makes it very clear that it is covered by 'All rights reserved'. At the very least, you must seek permission of the copywrite holder if you wish to use the image and provide a credit. It's simple with copyright images, illegal, don't use it. Legal, provide a credit. The responsibility is yours to check if the original image is genuinely in the public domain or not. This particular image makes it quite clear it is not. All i'm asking of you, is if you use copywrite images, seek the permission of the copywrite holder and provide a credit. Some people will say yes, others may wish a payment, some will say no.

Good afternoon Robert, I'm not keen on the way you do things rather than what you do, you sometimes take other peoples artwork, other peoples photographs and other peoples paintings and coble them together and claim it as your own work. I can see were you are getting some of your material from and it is not right. You provide no credits for sources and I doubt that you have asked permission of the copyright holders. I'm a working artist who has had his work stolen in the past and used to advertise somebody else's digital services. I can tell you now, I sued their asses. The pandemic has been a difficult financial time for many creatives, especially freelancers. Their work is their income and their reputation. As for those who support what you are doing, no doubt they are in financial clover but the shoe would very quickly be on the other foot if it was their work that was being misappropriated. Perhaps you would consider crediting the artwork and photographs that you are using or at least provide reassurance that you have received the creative persons permission to use their work. Expensive stock photography may not be an option for your hobby but I'm sure that if you can't do so yourself, those who support you would be willing to go out and take suitable photographs for you to use. Tony or others may be able to help in this regard.

Good morning Tony, as you wish.

Good morning David, that's far more than just a photo of a RTR loco.

Good day Chas, I have a soft spot for the SEF V2, yours displays a great deal of craftsmanship and skill.

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That's and interesting wagon, should I be triggered?

Afternoon Mick, you can pick fault with anything. However, I would much rather look at your V2 or Tony's V2 or any of the other stuff that people build, faults and all. This thread is rather rapidly becoming just another display cabinet for RTR loco photography, kind of boring.

Afternoon Andrew, it seems like you have a similar situation to myself, I will use RTR quite happily when I want to. Though being inspired by the real railway rather than wish lists, the major manufactures rather surprisingly don't deliver that much of use to myself. Once a decade they do and I snap it up. I found myself in a similar position to yourself with the Bachmann V2 but concerning the Hornby A2/3. It was bought as a quick fix, mainly as a B16 backup loco but had a number of assembly issues that required a rebuild. It also needs a repaint so swapping it out for a replacement was pointless. It will probably stand idle for sometime as I have also decided to build the last few of my kits. Having seen the Bachmann effort, a Comet Trice Crownline V2 will probably displace the A2/3 anyway. I haven't given up on RTR locomotives completely, I will try the new A5 tank but if I am dissatisfied in anyway it will go back, no more adding to the cue.

Good morning Andrew, it's far too clunky looking for a V2 IMO. My own impression, in addition to your own comments, is that the running board valance on both loco and tender looks to thick. There is also some ill defined ugliness going on with the underside of the boiler, this area is so open on the prototype and hard to get right on a model. The LNER livery looks mostly good, excepting around the spectacle plate firebox band as you mention. I's a shame that Hornby couldn't have applied the same finish to the A2/3, it would have been the finest mass produced 4 mm LNER loco in my opinion. Based on photographs only of this model, I think that there are plenty of kit built V2's about that are better than this loco. I am rather pleased I ordered two of the Mike Trice bodies while the opportunity presented itself. One caveat on your review, are you taking measurements from the written instructions on the isinglass drawing or measuring the drawing itself? If the latter, this is a no no, the isinglass drawings are not accurate enough to do this. Even on a works drawing, you should go by the written sizes and not measure the drawing itself.

Good morning Tony, I understand your point but your original question was, why don't you get involved with Hornby? I'm only trying to answer the question. Your points are probably doing a better job of answering your own question.

Good evening Tony, Not a criticism, but worth noting how the case of the 'sci-fi bogies' leaves me outside the mainstream and the orbit of the RTR manufactures. The 'sci-fi bogies' are a good example of this, because I don't need an extravagant design solution, that side steps but doesn't necessarily deal with the real problem. I would never need to produce such a complication, because I was taught that good track work is paramount before any stock starts to roll. Get the track right and everything else gets a whole lot easier.