BG John Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Designing for gauges other than OO is a huge step forward. I suppose it's logical for a manufacturer based in a country where OO gauge is 13½" under scale, rather than the 7" different we have. I wonder if it will have any effect on manufacturers based outside of Ireland. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 ...The assumption that progress in quality and fidelity is positive and continuous has proved flawed in recent, bountiful, years, because the rush to market, particularly by some new players and projects, has fairly regularly resulted in a falling off, particularly regarding accuracy, and particularly where inaccuracy was not a necessary technical compromise but a result of uncorrected mistakes and, ultimately, not caring enough to get it right. What has concerned me most has been the often complacent response to this by hobbyists and less-than-exacting reviewers... Actually, the situation is yet worse, and has been going on since shortly after we got the 'better' product from China. Some significant improvements in mechanism design and construction standards seen early on, have been abandoned on later introductions: usually without getting any notice in the first place! The problem is that the OO hobby base is pretty much non-technical. All the techie types using 4mm long ago went off to do EM/P4 and barely take notice of RTR, is my favoured explanation, other interpretations are possible. Not to be too pessimistic, the standards overall in OO RTR are better than ever, but could have been higher yet had the occasional retreats been avoided. To this end, the arrival of new entrants intent on pushing standards up is very welcome. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Accurascale Fran Posted December 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 8, 2017 Hi everyone, A couple of weeks back I alluded to a simple short survey to hear your views and what you would like to see come from a manufacturer such as ourselves. We want to hear from you about locomotives, rolling stock and accessories would you like to see? What are your feelings on gauge and finescale modelling? Hopefully this will give the RMWeb mods a break from froth and wishlisting! Complete our survey and you will be in with a chance of winning one of our first models as a prize! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/accurscale-survey Thanks, Fran 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BMacdermott Posted December 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 8, 2017 Hello Fran Many thanks for this - I have submitted my entry. Can I suggest something if you run the survey again? Consider... 1. Splitting Locos up into Steam and Non-steam 2. Coaches into Passenger-carrying and Non-passenger-carrying 3. Wagons into Freight and General Railway Service. Thanks for listening. Brian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 I only got one choice on each question, but needed to tick several boxes on each, so I gave up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Accurascale Fran Posted December 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 8, 2017 Hello Fran Many thanks for this - I have submitted my entry. Can I suggest something if you run the survey again? Consider... 1. Splitting Locos up into Steam and Non-steam 2. Coaches into Passenger-carrying and Non-passenger-carrying 3. Wagons into Freight and General Railway Service. Thanks for listening. Brian Thanks for the feedback, Brian! Will keep it in mind for future reference! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Accurascale Fran Posted December 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 8, 2017 I only got one choice on each question, but needed to tick several boxes on each, so I gave up. Sorry about that John, I guess just go for one of the options you like? There is only a couple which involve box ticking, the suggestions are mostly boxes you type into. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Hi everyone, A couple of weeks back I alluded to a simple short survey to hear your views and what you would like to see come from a manufacturer such as ourselves. We want to hear from you about locomotives, rolling stock and accessories would you like to see? What are your feelings on gauge and finescale modelling? Hopefully this will give the RMWeb mods a break from froth and wishlisting! Complete our survey and you will be in with a chance of winning one of our first models as a prize! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/accurscale-survey Thanks, Fran Brilliant idea, though you made a couple of assumptions (a) that I'd know what an EMU or DMU was, and, (b) that I'd care! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Sorry about that John, I guess just go for one of the options you like? There is only a couple which involve box ticking, the suggestions are mostly boxes you type into. Too complicated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daltonparva Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 (edited) One specific question about which emu/dmu you prefer? Can I make a wild stab at what you're considering producing? PS. I don't care about them either. Edited December 8, 2017 by daltonparva 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 One specific question about which emu/dmu you prefer? Can I make a wild stab at what you're considering producing? I wouldn't make a wild stab at it, it looks bloody vicious to me. Michael Parkinson still gets flash-backs, apparently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil gollin Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 . There is ONLY one type of EMU worth producing ! ( Hint, see below. ) . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Storey Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Just completed it - found it very simple and easy to use. many thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BMacdermott Posted December 9, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 9, 2017 Thanks for the feedback, Brian! Will keep it in mind for future reference! Thanks for listening, Fran. I based my comments on the fact that DMUs/EMUs were separate headings whereas - arguably to be in context with the 'compaction' of Locos, Coaches and Wagons - they should be combined. By splitting up, you get nine extra suggestions with much more focus. Over the years, The Poll Team has tested out many ways of getting such data from itself and we found that restricting it too far didn't serve any real purpose. However, I fully understand that you are looking at matters from a slightly different perspective and hope it achieves your aims - if contributors play the game in the spirit it is intended, I'm sure you will get some useful results. Brian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted December 9, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 9, 2017 Easy to fill in - for ones I wasn't interested in I just said not for me. Although I'd love a 309 so may have put that down. Might be a stretch of rule 1 though 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ghost of IKB Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Whats all this moaning about the survey? Done, easily and quickly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted December 9, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2017 All done and a easy survey to complete from my point of view. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Done! Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 9, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2017 Whats all this moaning about the survey? Done, easily and quickly. Because it doesn't mention items that require coal to be burnt to boil water to make it move................................. Cheers, Mick 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBRJ Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Survey done - its a good idea. I am verily converted to your style of marketing now 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold scottystitch Posted December 9, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 9, 2017 I wasn't going to bother, but something made me have a look and there is mention of N Gauge and so I filled it in. A simple process. Can I suggest, if you are serious about N gauge, it might be an idea to clarify that the survey isn't just for OO gauge? Just a thought. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonas Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 I completed the survey earlier making a point of mentioning n gauge - please don’t forget us n gaugers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Lets see, what have i just got in my to do pile? Bits for a 309, bits for a 123/124, a 313 kit. So sods laws says these will be the models announced. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Lets see, what have i just got in my to do pile? Bits for a 309, bits for a 123/124, a 313 kit. So sods laws says these will be the models announced. Well I put a 124 down. Totally out of my usual area of interest. But I used to travel on them regularly so I would buy one. Jason 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ghost of IKB Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 I put down for a cl.103, somehow i think i might be a voice crying out in the wilderness. :-( 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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