rob D2

It’s getting a bit boring isn’t it ? Despite Mr Horners attempts to liven it up with off track scandal

White paint pen and some masking tape , I’ve done a few

Would have loved an “ electric nose “ style review !

Saw it at Toton open day in 98, you could smell the paint….ah the glory days….

The phone number is Italy . I was expecting Nigeria for some reason

The irritation is all the stuff I have to un tick . Suddenly find myself offering evri next day delivery to Outer Mongolia for £2.99 , accepting offers above 10p I accidentally left offers on a couple of things , within an hour of listing I get offers about a quid over the starting price - why would I accept that ? 7 days is 7 days

Please god no .

Bagged clay, I think you’d have to go back 10 years or more…there was sometimes a cargowaggon added to the stoke train but along time back and par docks has been the big powder wagons for years, no idea when anything else came out . the whole scene is super dull compared to the 80s and fairly dull compared with the 90s !

Yes in this day and age there’s not really any excuse for taking naff pictures. I've sold a few things on eBay recently - I find the app overly helpful. Often suggesting postage options I then have to edit out . One thing I had to watch - I only sell stuff on the 80% off variable fees weekend. It auto relists ( another thing I didn’t ask for) If it then sells on relist it’s not covered by the 80%. Argued that one . And becuase , apparently , I’m a “ loyal customer “ I got £9 back .

Also some of my locos have been through several different incarnations - I don’t want the identity to be irreversible

I think cavalex are to be commended for name plate guides, I’ve not seen that before . JN, I use tamiya low tack masking tape as a guide on cab sides . I then use 2 tiny dots of “ glue and glaze “ ( cos it dries clear if I really cock it up ) and place said item on top. Can also use tiny drops of varnish - always applied minutely with end of a cocktail stick

Enough BBR, this isn’t your private thread. If you want to carry on, please direct message them or something

We’ve had this debate before , many times , and suffice I’m not going to start it again . With a large number of members touchy about “ labelling “ , “ pigeon holing”, it’s not where I want to go at all…because it requires such , ill self label myself. What it comes down to is …time…money….both are in short supply. So in modelling you choose what appeals to you and what you can afford. I build wagon kits - I don’t enjoy it much. I find it fiddly , frustrating and annoying. The only reason I’ve done it in the past is the wagons I wanted weren’t available RTR, then they were and I stopped ….Am I a “ real “ modeller then ? I change decals, I have done resprays , I change numbers - this is the part of the hobby that appeals to me …am I a real modeller ?who cares… I build layouts , mainly small. I get diminishing returns TBH. I only build them to have a realistic back drop for the fantastic RTR we have. I don’t have time to build everything … So I label myself as a collector , who likes to customise models , and run them in a semi realistic environment . At the end of the day if I enjoy it that’s enough , that’s the whole point of it and the only point .

Fleet looks good , although the grey and yellow wagons would not run together as a clam is vacuum braked and a Rudd is air braked

That debate has been done to death . And as we’ve just had a debate on “ labelling “ I’m happy to say that both RTR and kit building is modelling in my eyes . I tried to get the only train kit of a 12T crane before the hattons thing but it was sold out - am now on waiting list fir next batch

The Hattons 12 T crane was an example. I thought they’d be loads of interest - I didn’t realise you had to register interest - I didn’t , it wasn’t made .

Early teens ? Do your time lad ..😁 Thats a good call - I’d expect transrail, mainline and loadhaul all to appear . There wasn’t that many celeb liveries on the 60s back then so I’m also expecting the British steel duo , and the corus duo ( twin pack , model ship exclusive , remortgage my house job ). The dilemma I have these days is what to replace from my fleet - because I can’t afford to replace the lot

Interesting . The Heljan / EFE 58 hung around on the shelves a lot - might be it’s a dated model or maybe there isn’t enough following for a new super detailed one ? And I suppose cos they disappeared so long back there’s no current market . Personally though , I wouldn’t mind a couple . 58020 and 040 in faded mainline were the 2 I remember seeing . Anyway back to the 60 . IKB looks great - it was only a matter of time before someone did it ! Gotta watch all these pre orders though , I’m not Elon musk !

Having owned several of the original 47s, I’ve been put off the brand indefinitely , sadly .

Ah ok . I think I’m misquoting someone who said they flew off the shelves - not sure if that was keen modeller or a retailer . Edit - I’m sure a retailer said they sold stacks which surprised me - might have been our friends at trains4U IIRC

It’s been suggested before with other model manufacturers but blue box wouldn’t do it because in their view it doesn’t sell - there’s a large % of modellers unable or unwilling to add decals … worked for Heljan though with their unnumbered 47s

I’m not really into the current scene but I think the maroon is the best of these dog dinners … but TBH , modern GBRF looks best on these with big numbers as they bear a passing resemblance to the 70 s but are a modern concept . i can’t help that think conspiracy wise GB are on 10% of every wacky livery variation Bachmann sell

I admire anyone with the patience to create such a vista ! Well done

Is their not like an NMRA standard set of eras ?

As someone else pointed out , it’s an easy reference to when people were born. It’s not some “judgement “ on the relative merits of each group, so you can park your outrage .