Edwardian Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Steampunk? Hat ... coat 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philou Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) Ooh ooh..... please sir? How about a signal box theme? Any sort of box (including ground frames) on any track - single, main-line, siding ..... whatever. Saw a 'box competition at Meursault (topic under the French part of the Continental section) - quite a few and all different. Cheers, Philip Edited January 10, 2020 by Philou Just checking my 'r's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Phil Parker Posted January 10, 2020 Administrators Share Posted January 10, 2020 We're going to rest the competition for a few months and come back with something new. Don't think you have seen the back of Cake Boxes though! 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 3 hours ago, Edwardian said: Steampunk? Hat ... coat Naughty boy!! That was my thought too!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Phil Parker Posted January 11, 2020 Administrators Share Posted January 11, 2020 23 hours ago, Edwardian said: Steampunk? Hat ... coat Presumably a Victorian frock coat and a hat with goggles on it... 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Phil Parker said: Presumably a Victorian frock coat and a hat with goggles on it... Don't forget the gears .... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 7 minutes ago, Edwardian said: Don't forget the gears .... And some glue. Thats important! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 Just now, Hroth said: And some glue. Thats important! Yes, of course. And apparently that's all you need! Finally a challenge easy enough for me! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 3 minutes ago, Edwardian said: Finally a challenge easy enough for me! Hmmmmm..... Convert a "Nellie" into a Steampunk Battlespace Turbo Car? 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Huw Griffiths Posted January 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 11, 2020 (edited) On 10/01/2020 at 18:26, Phil Parker said: We're going to rest the competition for a few months and come back with something new. Don't think you have seen the back of Cake Boxes though! I certainly haven't. The ones I'm looking at have got Lidl top iced Christmas cakes in them. They're called "health foods". That's right - they make me feel good (even better if they're washed down with a decent Weißbier). (They're also called "single helping packs" ... but the less said about that, the better.) Now I come to the real cake box challenge - taking at least a whole day to empty one of the things. Seriously though, I suspect we've all got our own ideas of what sort of challenge we'd like to see next (and if it even involves a cake box). I think I'd prefer to wait a month or two for an official announcement. In the mean time, I'm hoping to find the time to make a start on a railcar build. (This one would actually fit into an 8 inch cake box, even in O. Of course, the biggest challenge for me right now is finding time to build it ... .) Huw. Edited January 11, 2020 by Huw Griffiths Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marly51 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 On 10/01/2020 at 18:26, Phil Parker said: We're going to rest the competition for a few months and come back with something new. Don't think you have seen the back of Cake Boxes though! I still have a couple of ideas and parts for some additional Cake Box projects, so will post progress in this section when I get round to them. It’s been good fun so far. Marlyn 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
4wDH Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 I have been looking through the different cakebox themes on this part of the forum. A lot of members seem to enjoy and produce some lovely pieces of work. Would it be worth just leaving this section for anyone who wants to have a bash at a cakebox build. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Phil Parker Posted January 17, 2020 Administrators Share Posted January 17, 2020 12 hours ago, 4wDH said: I have been looking through the different cakebox themes on this part of the forum. A lot of members seem to enjoy and produce some lovely pieces of work. Would it be worth just leaving this section for anyone who wants to have a bash at a cakebox build. I agree. Cake Box is one of the things I'm proudest of in my toy-train journalism career because it's got people modelling - so I don't want to see it go away. We'll leave the section of RMweb for anyone who wants to start build threads. I might even have another go at one myself. I just need to empty this particular box... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
4wDH Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Phil I think it’s great leaving the section for any members who want to build a cakebox layout, I for one will be having a go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegavs Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Cannot help but think that with covid 19 and social isolation if not forced isolation that might be coming now is the time to start a new competition? thoughts? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Making things out of hoarded toilet rolls and baked bean tins? Jason 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharris Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 On 15/03/2020 at 10:56, thegavs said: Cannot help but think that with covid 19 and social isolation if not forced isolation that might be coming now is the time to start a new competition? thoughts? Indeed, I suggested something similar on one of the other threads (either the proper Covid-19 one or the Ally Pally one, can't remember now) last week. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
5050 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 On 15/03/2020 at 17:41, Steamport Southport said: Making things out of hoarded toilet rolls and baked bean tins? Jason Oooh, very GMRC! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Reichert Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 I trust there isn't a minimum scale? Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 On 15/03/2020 at 17:41, Steamport Southport said: Making things out of hoarded toilet rolls and baked bean tins? Jason I noticed this evening our local Tesco has run out of both baked beans and toilet roll. Maybe there's a connection right there - nothing to do with any virus!! Anyway all this speculation about the amount of free time people will have whilst isolated ignores the fact that SWMBO will have a list of jobs around the house that need doing. It's the same list that has been in existence for years, but this time there'll be no excuses... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 Slightly annoyed by all this Golden Acres of Endless Leisure talk. If I have more free time it will be because I have no work. If I have no work I expect that I will be somewhat preoccupied staving off Famine and Eviction. In other words, contrary to what Radio 4 fondly imagines my position to be, I will, in common with the vast majority of my fellow citizens, be absolutely f-----d. Then again, if there is no bread left in the supermarket, let us eat cake and do something interesting with the box! 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKPR Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 On 11/01/2020 at 17:22, Edwardian said: Don't forget the gears .... 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Sorry - that HAS to go on the Jokes Thread. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKPR Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Together with Hornby's 'Basset Lowke' so-called 'steampunk' collection ?! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 1 hour ago, CKPR said: Together with Hornby's 'Basset Lowke' so-called 'steampunk' collection ?! Part of the inspiration for this, no doubt. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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