RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted May 22, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 22, 2019 Nice finish on the red livery. It suits the layout well ! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MarcD Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Good luck with the judging Marc 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted May 25, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 25, 2019 Well done Richard. This layout is an absolute triumph. Rob 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ52 Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Drove from West Sussex to see this today and wasn't disappointed. Superb modelling. Terry 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted May 25, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 25, 2019 I've not been following the competition but if you got second, how good is the winner gonna have to be? 2 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted May 25, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 25, 2019 Just now, Worsdell forever said: I've not been following the competition but if you got second, how good is the winner gonna have to be? That's an interesting question. I don't think any of the other Cameos on display quite matched Midland in Bristol for quality of modelling and attention to detail. I can only conclude that the august panel of judges wanted something with more action, which it has to be admitted the winning cameo did have. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 Good summary Stephen and great to meet you today. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 Well, about to get going for day 2 at Railex. This being the first time I have exhibited, I really don’t know how you do it over and over again...it’s exhausting! Will report more at close of play. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted May 26, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 26, 2019 Morning Richard. It is hard work, especially if you are a solo exhibitor. I tend to find I am chatting an awful lot ( sometimes to other people! ) that operating comes second. That and being on one's feet all day is a tad taxing.......not to mention the take down and drive home on the last day....but it is good fun..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcD Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Only second! what did you have to do to get first? The mind boggles. Now you have done one exhibition there is no going back. Marc 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenwolsten Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Brilliant and inspiring work. I would have awarded it First Prize! Congratulations. 1 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted May 26, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 26, 2019 3 hours ago, Furness Wagon said: Only second! what did you have to do to get first? The mind boggles I’ve always suspected judges on panels feel compelled to do something to justify their selection, which is why when faced with a no brainer, they so frequently get it wrong! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signalman Rich Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Congratulations! Following your build on RMweb and in your articles in MRJ has been an inspiration for me to pay more attention to details. It was a great pleasure to see your layout 'in the flesh' and to chat briefly about the potential for smaller batteries and their use in tank engines. Thank you for travelling up from Royal Tunbridge Wells and showing what I think will be considered to be a real milestone in 7mm building. I look forward to seeing more from your workshop in the future, maybe even a little Deeley 0-4-0 saddle tank that is radio controlled! Keep up the great work! Best wishes Rich PS Enjoy your book choice, it is well deserved. PPS Didn't the Midland have shunter's trucks (attached to their 0-4-0s?) - could be a great place for a battery! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted May 26, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 26, 2019 7 minutes ago, Signalman Rich said: Deeley 0-4-0 saddle tank that is radio controlled! Keep up the great work! PPS Didn't the Midland have shunter's trucks (attached to their 0-4-0s?) - could be a great place for a battery! The Deeley engines - 1528 Class - were side tanks, so even better for a battery. Unfortunately none were allocated to Bristol. though they were used at Gloucester docks. The saddle tanks were Johnson engines - rather more challenging to scratch-build and with less space for a battery - 1322 Class and 1134A Class. Again, none were further south than Gloucester. [Ref. Summerson, Vols. 3 & 4.] But history could be bent... As far as I can tell, shunter's trucks - converted from old 3-plank dropside wagons - were a very late Midland development and confined to the larger marshalling yards, where the shunters had some distance to cover. The tool box offers even less space than a saddle tank. How big are these batteries? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted May 26, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 26, 2019 Saw Richard and the layout today. Must say it looked absolutely superb, photos don't do it justice. Pity nothing was able to run due to RC interference but there was so much to look at that didn't really matter. Well done on the second place in the Cameo competition. 1 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signalman Rich Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Thanks for your expertise Compound. I have shown my ignorance of matters Midland! I was thinking of the pretty little Johnson saddle tanks which I wrongly attributed to Mr Deeley. I had in mind the photo (Plate 27 in Midland wagons Volume One by R J Essery) that shows a shunter's truck that has a large box that seems to go the full width and length of the body rather than the smaller central collection of boxes with lift-up lids. The deep footboards might go further in hiding any downwards projection of the battery. I don't think Tricky would have any problem in making either of the tank engines, given his quality modelling and his lovely Johnson 0-6-0 on the layout. Regarding battery size: I have next to no practical knowledge of radio control or of the batteries, but read Giles Favell's article in MRJ 271 and was impressed by their rectangular shape as fitted into the trailer of the mechanical horse. That might be suitable? Either way I am sure that Tricky will find a solution and hopefully write about it, too. Best wishes Rich 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted May 26, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 26, 2019 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Signalman Rich said: Thanks for your expertise Compound. My only expertise lies in owning a book and reading it. I am reassured by Dave Hunt giving me the tick of agreement, Edited May 26, 2019 by Compound2632 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 (edited) Well well well. What a weekend! It was really good to meet so may rmwebbers and thank you all who came up and introduced yourselves and stayed for a chat. Exhibiting for the first time is quite a steep learning curve I can tell you! Really pleased with Best Model (thanks Jerry, much appreciated!). Was thinking about radio control/dc/dcc driving home...still very undecided. Today was the better day strangely even though nothing was running. I put a sign up explaining the situation which meant I think most folk were understanding and kindly commented that there was enough visually going on to not matter too much. Thanks to the Scalefour chap (Bernie?) who lent me his 4mm clockwork loco as he thought it ‘might help’! He was quite pleased to take a photo of the comical arrangement!! All in all a fabulous weekend and very well organised. Hats off to the team. Edited May 27, 2019 by Tricky Scalefour not Scaleseven!! 3 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tricky Posted May 26, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 26, 2019 Many congrats to Wenlock in winning Best Railway, so deserved as all 18 feet of it is exquisite. My little GW 4 plank made its own cameo appearance...! 19 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post gwrrob Posted May 26, 2019 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 26, 2019 Very nice too and here are a few of my shots taken today at the excellent Railex. 20 2 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted May 26, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 26, 2019 We were looking at drawings of the dock saddle tanks a year ago here: 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MarshLane Posted May 26, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 26, 2019 (edited) On 25/05/2019 at 19:07, Worsdell forever said: I've not been following the competition but if you got second, how good is the winner gonna have to be? I was going to say the same!! Absolutely fantastic Rich, I am glad to see that all the hard work you've put into has been recognised, although like many other's, and no disrespect to the winner, I'd have given this first prize, operational or not! Truly stunning, and very inspiration. Rich Edited May 27, 2019 by MarshLane Missing word and spelling! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Middlepeak Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Rich, I'd like to echo the congratulations. Thoroughly deserved. I could have spent ages on Saturday drinking in all the detail - lots of cameos within the cameo! Just goes to show that there's much to be gained from a small project done to a high standard, from the view of both the builder and the viewer. Also that you don't necessarily need action to grab the attention. Looking forward to more progress on Monks Gate. Best wishes, Geraint 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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