RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted October 6, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 6, 2017 Thinking about it, ordinary card cake boxes seem a bit flimsy. Is it permitted to build your own cake box from 4mm ply? Or use that expanded blue foamy stuff that folk like for baseboards these days? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 I could just fit two items I need to scratchbuild for my Cameo Competition entry into that. Perhaps it's worth entering in case I don't get anywhere near finishing the Cameo layout in time. And it's a little diorama to practice some of the techniques for the layout on. It would be 7mm scale . Just as long as I don't need to buy a magazine, as I'm trying to get rid of clutter, not acquire more . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Phil Parker Posted October 6, 2017 Author Administrators Share Posted October 6, 2017 Just as long as I don't need to buy a magazine, as I'm trying to get rid of clutter, not acquire more . Just buy the magazine and take the pages out if you must, or even recycle the whole thing. Who do you think is paying for all of this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Phil Parker Posted October 6, 2017 Author Administrators Share Posted October 6, 2017 Thinking about it, ordinary card cake boxes seem a bit flimsy. Is it permitted to build your own cake box from 4mm ply? Or use that expanded blue foamy stuff that folk like for baseboards these days? The model just has to fit in the box, it doesn't need to live in it. The box is not structural. And you can use anything you like as a baseboard. I've used both foamboard and polystyrene so far. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Are we limited to just one entry, or is it as many cakes as can be consumed (with or without editorial assistance)? I've had ideas sleeting through my brain all afternoon, like Leonard da Quirm on a bad day..... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 (edited) Where's a TARDIS when you need one! I have a few ideas, whether I get the time/inspiration to do any is an entirely different matter. Edited October 6, 2017 by Kelly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Huw Griffiths Posted October 6, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 6, 2017 Just as long as I don't need to buy a magazine, as I'm trying to get rid of clutter, not acquire more . Just buy the magazine and take the pages out if you must, or even recycle the whole thing. Who do you think is paying for all of this? Umm ... not sure. Anyway, I'm surprised there wasn't a reference to one way of avoiding the clutter of printed magazines. (Cue someone from Warners, here to tell us all about subscriptions.) Returning to the challenge, I could imagine some people using it as a way of getting rid of clutter. Got some small bits and pieces lining a cupboard? Find a way of using them - and throw them in the box - well, that's the general idea, anyway! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Phil Parker Posted October 6, 2017 Author Administrators Share Posted October 6, 2017 Are we limited to just one entry, or is it as many cakes as can be consumed (with or without editorial assistance)? I've had ideas sleeting through my brain all afternoon, like Leonard da Quirm on a bad day..... Nope, there are no limits to the number of entries you can build. And as someone else mentioned, it's a great way of using up bits and pieces! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted October 6, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 6, 2017 Mmmmmmmm................. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted October 6, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 6, 2017 Mmmmmmmm................. Sheep Cake ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Huw Griffiths Posted October 7, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 7, 2017 (edited) Cake disposal services will be offered at all Warners shows. See me for details. I think I'll pass on that "offer". In all honesty, I can't see any visitors from my part of the world requiring this "service" when it comes to Welsh cakes. They're small enough to start with (and a tasty snack for anyone standing reasonably near certain magazine and demo stands at these shows). Anyway, being a similar height to a certain member of the Warners team, I know exactly how far away to stand. ... . (Only joking - I wouldn't dream of pulling a stunt like that.) More to the point, I wouldn't be too worried about the risk of disappearing "health foods" (so called because they make me feel good). Let's face it - I've got very quick reactions (even when I'm tired). On a more serious note, I can remember my industrial training with the CEGB (31 years ago - ouch!). An engineer told me how, a number of years earlier, he'd "sorted out" one guy who'd stolen some cakes he'd taken in for lunch. The next batch were put in exactly the same place as the previous ones. However, there was one slight change - the new batch contained an extra "mystery" ingredient (which turned out to be a laxative - oops!). For some reason, he didn't get any more bother ... . Anyway, I'm not suggesting for one second that anyone would need similar treatment these days. Turning to the challenge itself, it's encouraging to see that some people have already come out with viable ideas - which have every chance of being built. It's probably just as well that I haven't recently come across any cheap secondhand bodyshells - of a stylized, blue, tank engine, with a damaged front buffer beam (and I haven't been looking). It might be a lot of fun attacking the things with a hacksaw - then finding somewhere to hide a flashing LED and a buzzer - but I'm not sure how many of BRM's younger readers would forgive me if I were to throw together a "Sodor Metals" diorama ... . (Don't worry, kids. I wasn't seriously planning on cutting up "Toby", "Mavis", "Daisy" or "Diesel". I like tram engines - and I've been told that the other three might be really useful.) Joking aside, even though I've never had kids, I wouldn't set out to do anything which might deter the next generation of railway modellers. No point in that, at all. It will, however, be interesting to see the entries that actually get built - I hope some of the best find their way onto the Warners stand at some future shows. Huw. Edited October 7, 2017 by Huw Griffiths Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted October 7, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 7, 2017 (edited) Any reason why we aren't allowed to ignore certain topics, like this one? Just as well smoking has gone out of fashion, or we'd soon be getting cajoled into building layouts in fag packets. John Edited October 7, 2017 by Dunsignalling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Any reason why we aren't allowed to ignore certain topics, like this one? Just as well smoking has gone out of fashion, or we'd soon be getting cajoled into building layouts in fag packets. John I'm sure there's a few who'd have a bloody good go at that! Z gauge in a fag box (or the box that a bunch of them come in, could work. Realistically I don't think you could get much smaller than the cake box size. I expect that really useful box size might have been better as they're clear and pretty tough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 I think I have an idea.... ....i may need to practice building it a few times before next November. You know, so I know I've got it right... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Phil Parker Posted October 7, 2017 Author Administrators Share Posted October 7, 2017 I'm sure there's a few who'd have a bloody good go at that! Z gauge in a fag box (or the box that a bunch of them come in, could work. Realistically I don't think you could get much smaller than the cake box size. I expect that really useful box size might have been better as they're clear and pretty tough. Cake boxes are a nice standard size and really cheap. I love Really Useful boxes, but you end up with quite an array of sizes to chose from and someone would buy the wrong dimensions but right volume and start arguing. Also, Cake Box sounds so much funnier. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Phil Parker Posted October 7, 2017 Author Administrators Share Posted October 7, 2017 I think I have an idea.... 20171007_082101.jpg ....i may need to practice building it a few times before next November. You know, so I know I've got it right... And to be honest, we deliberately haven't specified what materials should be used. While the assumption is plastic, metal, card & wood - chocolate trains are acceptable... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted October 7, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 7, 2017 Scrap yard diorama featuring chocolate loco. As the day goes on it gets smaller...... Rob 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted October 7, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 7, 2017 I think I have an idea.... 20171007_082101.jpg ....i may need to practice building it a few times before next November. You know, so I know I've got it right... Way ahead of you Matt, mine will feature action 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Way ahead of you Matt, mine will feature action Will it be a race? 'Who can eat their diorama first?' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted October 7, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 7, 2017 Will it be a race? 'Who can eat their diorama first?' Fruitcake cakebox challenge 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted October 7, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 7, 2017 Fruitcake cakebox challenge Don't forget the nuts. Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Ref the 2 railway related items caveat; could that be 2 sleepers, or would it need to be a sleeper and a piece of rail (Not attached to each other). Would a wagon on track count as 2 separate items? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Don't forget the nuts. Rob There should definitely be a warning label...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted October 7, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 7, 2017 There should definitely be a warning label......WARNING This model contains materials, known in the State of Madness, to cause frothing and dribbling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium dhjgreen Posted October 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 7, 2017 Any reason why we aren't allowed to ignore certain topics, like this one?... You may get a definitive answer from a Mod, but I believe you cannot ignore pinned threads Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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