RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted December 1, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2019 I do hate it when manufacturers mix up gauge and scale. Does this mean our EM and P4 friends cannot have them on their layouts? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 1, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2019 15 minutes ago, Rowsley17D said: I do hate it when manufacturers mix up gauge and scale. Does this mean our EM and P4 friends cannot have them on their layouts? I must admit I’d not noticed it said OO scale instead of OO gauge I think items marked OO/HO is worse, it’s either one or the other 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 1, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2019 1 hour ago, chuffinghell said: I think items marked OO/HO is worse, it’s either one or the other Sadly, that's a legacy of the British railway modelling tradition, as we use 1:76th scale (4mm = 1 foot) vehicles on 1:87th scale (3.5 mm = 1 foot) track. But then you have the other problem, that most plastic kits and accessories are nominally 1:72nd scale which is actually 1 inch = 6 feet, which is slightly larger than 4mm. It's a nightmare, really... Al 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julia Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 7 hours ago, chuffinghell said: I must admit I’d not noticed it said OO scale instead of OO gauge I think items marked OO/HO is worse, it’s either one or the other Yes and no. For things like animals and humans, the two are kinda interchangable. A 1.7m tall human in 00 scale is just a 1.9m scale human in H0. How big are rabbits? J 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 2, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 2, 2019 8 hours ago, Julia said: .......How big are rabbits? Were-rabbits are quite big 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted December 2, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 2, 2019 My beef is that 00 is a gauge not a scale (okay a variable gauge between 16.2 and 16.5mm) so only stuff that runs on the track should be described as 00 gauge, the other things are 4mm scale. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post chuffinghell Posted December 2, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 2, 2019 (edited) My beef is with....... .....which I believe is 'Ahh' gauge But you only get an 'OO' with....... ...Ty-PhOO Edited December 2, 2019 by chuffinghell 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted December 3, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 3, 2019 14 hours ago, chuffinghell said: My beef is with....... .....which I believe is 'Ahh' gauge But you only get an 'OO' with....... ...Ty-PhOO Are you sure that the second one isn't T gauge Chris? 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 3, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 3, 2019 (edited) I've been thinking about more fencing, I'm assuming I've got to use post and wire again so I've sketched it out with a few options The red line is the fencing recently added (I only have an older photo to hand that shows a full plan view) Options Yellow line, all the way round following the landscape Cyan line, break between the back of the engine shed Green, broken between a hut (part of the ratio ES kit) shown in grey Thoughts? Edited December 3, 2019 by chuffinghell 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted December 3, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 3, 2019 Hi Chris, there wouldn't usually be a fence at the top of an embankment but at the bottom. The railway company would have had to buy the land to make the embankment so any fence would need to be near the baseboard edge, if I remember your topography correctly. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 3, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 3, 2019 (edited) 52 minutes ago, Rowsley17D said: Hi Chris, there wouldn't usually be a fence at the top of an embankment but at the bottom. The railway company would have had to buy the land to make the embankment so any fence would need to be near the baseboard edge, if I remember your topography correctly. Ah so in effect I don’t really have to bother with fencing that side, it can simply be assumed that the fencing is ‘off the board’ so to speak You're saved quite a bit of time and money there. Thank you Edited December 3, 2019 by chuffinghell 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfaZagato Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Fencing nearside would also likely be a regular victim to unaware bodies. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 3, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 3, 2019 (edited) So basically the removable section is finished (short of a few tweeks here and there) I had thought of adding another tree on the open grassed area maybe? but other than that I have no excuse not to do some work on the rest of the layout Edited December 3, 2019 by chuffinghell 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfaZagato Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Nope, get to it. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 4, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 4, 2019 (edited) I’ve decided to have a look at the low relief Station Building. I’ve got some Peco buildings I got cheap on Ebay so I’m going to have a go at kit bashing. Luckily I can do what I like as Warren isn’t based on a real place. It will give be a better idea on the platform shape at the back We’re using the ‘layout room’ as a dining room over Christmas so I’ve promised to keep it tidy and make sure to put all my toys away Edited December 4, 2019 by chuffinghell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Just now, chuffinghell said: I’ve decided to have a look at the Station Building. I’ve got some Peco buildings I got cheap on Ebay so I’m going to have a go at kit bashing. Luckily I can do what I like as Warren isn’t based on a real place. Good choice. Peco kits are a kitbasher's best friend. You can make loads of really nice stuff with them as I know from experience. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 4, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 4, 2019 1 minute ago, RedGemAlchemist said: Good choice. Peco kits are a kitbasher's best friend. You can make loads of really nice stuff with them as I know from experience. I’ll certainly have a try, plus being low relief I only need to use half the parts so if I mess up the first try I can have another go Have you got any links to photos of the stuff you’ve done for inspiration Chris 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 4 minutes ago, chuffinghell said: I’ll certainly have a try, plus being low relief I only need to use half the parts so if I mess up the first try I can have another go Have you got any links to photos of the stuff you’ve done for inspiration Chris Sure, man. All my buildings are on my town building thread, which is linked to in my sig. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 4, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 4, 2019 14 minutes ago, RedGemAlchemist said: Sure, man. All my buildings are on my town building thread, which is linked to in my sig. Thank you, unfortunately signatures don’t show when viewing RMWEB on my phone but I’m sure I’ll find them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 4, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 4, 2019 (edited) I’ve tried to paint one of the 4mm Scale Rabbits You'd look startled too with a cocktail stick up your bum Say hello to Lola Buggs will join her shortly Edited December 4, 2019 by chuffinghell 10 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 40 minutes ago, chuffinghell said: Thank you, unfortunately signatures don’t show when viewing RMWEB on my phone but I’m sure I’ll find them Ah, in that case: 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 4, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 4, 2019 Unfortunately once Buggs joins Lola I’ll have a lot more bunny’s to paint 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 4, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 4, 2019 27 minutes ago, chuffinghell said: Unfortunately once Buggs joins Lola I’ll have a lot more bunny’s to paint Female rabbits can be strangely attractive... Al. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 5, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 5, 2019 I felt that the blue-tac used last year for the drawing office Christmas tree didn’t do it justice So when I got home I updated it for this year Who knows next year I might upgrade it further and have a flashing LED, office decoration budget permitting of course Merry Christmas 4 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 6, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 6, 2019 (edited) Lola has been joined by Bugs now More bunnies on the way no doubt Edited December 6, 2019 by chuffinghell 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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