RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted October 19, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 19, 2018 As a lurker, can I point out that 2019 is the 100th anniversary of the first parliamentary Bill being brought for the Stockton and Darlington railway, and that (as a forexample of something that might be S&D related) Locomotion No 1's cylinders were 9 x 24in... I'm sure it's a typo, but you mean 200th anniversary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Build a diorama on a penny*. A less obscure reference than the size of Locomotion’s cylinders although there could be other issues... I do like the idea of a 9”x24” layout contest though. *An old penny, obviously. I wasn’t suggesting it should be that small. Does my profile picture count as a diorama? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Cockburn Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 I must say I like TurboSnail’s “penny” concept, though maybe this is pushing the modelling boundaries a wee bit! Or maybe something could be done in Z scale, even just a very short siding or two? Possibly then a bit of food for thought! Slightly off-subject, I just thought that viewers of this site/my fellow modellers in general, at least those who may live where I do, i.e. in North East England, might be interested to know that my OO Gauge interactive shunting layout, “Short Street Sidings”, which features elsewhere on this site, is appearing at the Durham Locomotive Preservation Group’s annual model railway exhibition on the 27th & 28th October 2018. The venue is Whitworth Park School, Spennymoor (DL16 7NL), 10AM - 4PM on both days, so if any of my fellow “cakebox” modellers or modellers in general were able to get to the show, it would be great to meet up with them, and they could possibly also try their hands at a spot of shunting! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackRoomBoffin Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Are you sure? I always thought it was a maximum fare - although the rules appear to have changed somewhat over time … . Huw. Er, ah, that's what I think I thought I meant when I thought it... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackRoomBoffin Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 I'm sure it's a typo, but you mean 200th anniversary. Same as I said to Huw … clearly I wasn't having a good evening for sentience. I think of my two proposals, I'd personally, as someone who studied Victorian political history (ie so I'm weird) prefer the 1844 Railway Reform Act … with a general brief to do 'something' related to it, based on a scene located somewhere in the UK (not Ireland, which had its own railway legislation) in a period anytime _after_ 1844. You could then have liberty to do anything related to third class travel, carriages with roofs, the sale of tickets or the carriage and stowage of luggage (the act allowed people to up to a certain amount of luagge for free). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009 micro modeller Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Just voted - very difficult to decide though. How many non-competitors do we think have voted so far? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper John Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 I have 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Just voted - very difficult to decide though. How many non-competitors do we think have voted so far? I've just been for a quick nosey and just over 240 people have taken the time and trouble to look through and cast votes which is pleasing. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper John Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 It certainly was time consuming Andy but enjoyable my 'short list' wasn't very short, then i had to go through short list and award points from 0-10 resulting in 5 x 10 out of 10 and the rest nothing below 8 out of 10. Picking 3 out of 5 was hard and even harder was puting 3 in order of preference. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlight Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) Wonder if a cakebox gathering might be organised at some point? Pete Ps not sure what the collective noun for cakeboxes would be Edited October 21, 2018 by moonlight 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted October 21, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2018 A glutton of cakeboxes? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009 micro modeller Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 A batch? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Wonder if a cakebox gathering might be organised at some point? Maybe the BRM team are planning a little display at Warley? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Huw Griffiths Posted October 21, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2018 not sure what the collective noun for cakeboxes would be A glutton of cakeboxes? … Perhaps it might just be called a FILL. (Not sure if I spelt that right - but then I have got a cold.) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_J Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 I've just been for a quick nosey and just over 240 people have taken the time and trouble to look through and cast votes which is pleasing. A quick and dirty calculation shows that more people have cast votes than started a cakebox entry, let alone finished and entered one. That's surely already a good result, and an indication that dioramas and micros, as a challenge in general, are a good thing. For many, I am sure, attempting an entry has been an exercise in trying new techniques or materials. For others, an ideal showcase for their talents and particular interests Many of the entries would grace a coffee table, shelf unit or sideboard as a conversation piece - a "this is what I like to do". Some of the entries, in my opinion, works of art. Well done to the organisers for setting this challenge, and well done to everyone that has taken part. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bergmann Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) The good thing is that such a cake box model can even be transported in hand luggage on the plane. I have a bit longer way to the UK. One reason for the participation was for me that I could use the finished model for marketing purposes for our "Monastery Studs" Association and by the easy transportability it can be used quickly and everywhere. I was able to make a first Test at the annual meeting of the Working Group narrow gauge in Gmünd Austria, where I am also a member. Edited October 21, 2018 by Bergmann 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffinOz Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 I would have a bit further than Bergman to travel but it sounds good. I could combine it with visiting Family and friends in the UK. I really enjoyed entering this comp as I did not have to send in or bring the entry to a point, well done BRM. I learned a lot about composition of cameos for my layout and techniques to model scenery and felt the other competitors were very helpful and encouraging to each other. Well done everyone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Any cakebox, containing cake, wouldn't if it were near me for any length of time! So, I propose a "crumb" of cakeboxes..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Cockburn Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 In response to moonlight’s point re a collective noun for cakeboxes, how about the following suggestions: A spread of cakeboxes? Many slices of cake? A feast of cakeboxes? Cakebox collection? Cakebox compilation? Cakebox consumption? Just a bit of “food” for thought - and as for whoever ends up winning the competition, they may well say that it was a “cakewalk!” 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickon Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 And a 'crumb of comfort' for the winner?? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted October 23, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 23, 2018 A "Phil" of cakeboxes ..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Cockburn Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 (edited) Whoever does eventually win, maybe it will have proved to have been a case of (cake)"boxing clever", but winning first prize will surely have also been "the cherry on the cake" .... Edited October 23, 2018 by Andrew Cockburn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ427 Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Wow. Some fantastic modelling. It was very difficult to even narrow it down to three let alone pick a winner. In the end I limited myself to a shortlist based on one each of overall scene setting, innovation and modelling. Well done to everyone who entered. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy McV Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 Not long left to vote, folks, so please follow the link at the top of the page to make your choices. I've made mine, although I couldn't possibly say what they were. Meantime, it'd be great to have a few of the top choices at Warley. We'll bring some of ours along, if only to prove the original concept that anyone could have a crack at a cakebox! Cheers Andy 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 I just hope the time between the closing of voting and the declaration of the winner isn't artificially extended to increase the tension.......... (Hey, I'm just glad to be in the top 49!!!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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