lambiedg Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 I do NOT want to start a frothathon with this! But as a long term subscriber I simply want to know if there is any real information on the date for the next Journal. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post queensquare Posted September 28, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2020 Its currently at the printers, who are still only working three days a week - its hoped that 280 will arrive in Didcot later this week. Jerry 10 12 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambiedg Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share Posted September 28, 2020 Many thank, Jerry 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Not Jeremy Posted September 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2020 Following on from Jerry's post, number 280 has now been printed and will be going out shortly. It should be in plastic wrappers rather than the paper envelope of the last issue which caused a few problems. I believe there is likely to be one more issue this year, 281, which will be the Christmas issue. Notwithstanding the issues that were not produced during the lockdown I believe this puts the MRJ more or less back on track date-wise. Some very sad news, which will affect some here I think, is that Shirley Rowe has passed away, hopefully the forthcoming issue will give more information. A fantastic character and modeller to boot, she has handled all the overseas subscription for MRJ since the beginning and will I think have been on first name terms with many subscribers. RIP Shirley MRJ is nonetheless definitely continuing into 2021 - despite the lack of quoted forward dates on the editorial page. Simon 5 5 4 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Popular Post AY Mod Posted September 29, 2020 Moderators Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2020 14 minutes ago, Not Jeremy said: Some very sad news, which will affect some here I think, is that Shirley Rowe has passed away, hopefully the forthcoming issue will give more information. A fantastic character and modeller to boot, she has handled all the overseas subscription for MRJ since the beginning and will I think have been on first name terms with many subscribers. RIP Shirley I had heard the news a few weeks ago; quite sad. Aside from her modelling credentials and her place within the business she was a tremendous character and I feel for Dave and the family. We saw a fantastic family album of Dave and Shirley pitching in with their daughter's barn conversion (Dave had the good sense to make a model before they transformed it) with pictures of Shirley hodding bricks up the ladder. Lovely, lovely people. 19 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Not Jeremy Posted September 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 29, 2020 43 minutes ago, AY Mod said: I had heard the news a few weeks ago; quite sad. Aside from her modelling credentials and her place within the business she was a tremendous character and I feel for Dave and the family. We saw a fantastic family album of Dave and Shirley pitching in with their daughter's barn conversion (Dave had the good sense to make a model before they transformed it) with pictures of Shirley hodding bricks up the ladder. Lovely, lovely people. Just amazing, I had never seen that model. One of the greatest pleasures of acquiring Wild Swan was the opportunity to get to know Dave and Shirley a little better, having admired their work from my teenaged years and the old Bristol show. I hesitate to have "announced" the information here, I heard as you did a few weeks ago Andy, but thought others better "qualified" than I might have said something. I last saw them at Mike Sharman's funeral and it is a real shock to think that she isn't still with us, they are/were an amazing and lovely couple in so many ways as you say, a very sad loss indeed. Simon 3 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Not Jeremy Posted September 30, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2020 (edited) Issue 280 has arrived here in Bath and is available for sale at https://www.titfield.co.uk/Wild-Swan/MRJ-Journal.htm This is my brief review of the contents, it's another good one I think. Edited by Martin Nield who muses slightly eyore-ishly on the usual subject for this year but thankfully also gives us a happy mix of articles. An inspiring account of how Peter Kazer built Talyllyn No 4 in 1/32 scale, Simon Fountain on the O gauge locomotives he has built for "Blackberry Lane Shed", John Thompson builds magnificent NER signals for "Port Solway", the editor reflects on his completed L&YR P4 "Eccleston" layout, Ralph Robertson builds Alpha Mill for "Slattocks Junction", while Stephen Williams adds an advertising hoarding to "Faringdon". This article features one of the nicest colour pictures of the steam era railway that I have ever seen, taken on the Severn Valley line at Bridgnorth - just lovely. A decent letters page contains a wonderfully indignant letter from one John Bennet in Towcester which had me re-reading Tim Watson's piece from last month while small suppliers forum has a fab picture of auto trailer enhancements. Dave Rowe marks the sad passing of Shirley with a beautifully written celebration of their life together. Moving, uplifting, funny and absolutely full of interest to anyone who has been in this hobby for more than five minutes, it brought to my mind the letter Dave wrote to Railway Modeller following the publication of some rather fulsome obituaries to the once ubiquitous Cyril Freezer. It was candid, insightful, down to earth and bloody funny but also kind to the memory of a man who had spread a lot of joy amongst us all in one way and another. RIP Shirley, you are much missed by many. Edited September 30, 2020 by Not Jeremy tidying up grammar 19 8 6 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barclay Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Very sad news. I don't really mind how long MRJ takes, it's always worth the wait, but is anyone else still waiting on their subscription copy? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Not Jeremy Posted October 6, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 6, 2020 There was a delay on sending the subs copies out apparently, I believe they are going out this week. Simon 2 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Bought this morning in Lakeside, Smiths , first one I bought for ages. A article on NER signals something LNER related !! . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted October 6, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 6, 2020 Ordered mine this evening and taken the opportunity to order some back issues as well. I don't often go into my local town (only Smiths generally stock it) and given the current situation, much easier to order on line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted October 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 6, 2020 (edited) On 30/09/2020 at 15:23, Not Jeremy said: ..A decent letters page contains a wonderfully indignant letter from one John Bennet in Towcester which had me re-reading Tim Watson's piece from last month... I think I touched a raw nerve with this chap with my deliberately provocative personal opinions on exhibition layouts. I apologise if it seems to others that the MRC does not recognise and encourage high standards in exhibition layouts; that is emphatically not the case. However, the article set out to show why CF was built the way it is rather than following well known formulae. It is also worth pointing out that the standards which we espouse and are now commonplace were quite novel 36 years ago when we set out on the project. Mr Bennett finishes with some helpful criticisms of CF: “It is totally sterile and thus unconvincing. The scenic areas are too tidy, the street scenes are devoid of population, the baseboard gaps are ugly, the buildings are too uniform in build and colouration and the ballast is too clean.” I’m not sure if these are born out by the evidence from the pictures in the article, but we do need more animal droppings on the roads, one could use ruder expressions... Tim Edited October 6, 2020 by CF MRC 6 1 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 This aint the CF that I have been watching fof the last 30 odd years, it is anything but sterile 3 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted October 7, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 7, 2020 9 hours ago, CF MRC said: I think I touched a raw nerve with this chap with my deliberately provocative personal opinions on exhibition layouts. I apologise if it seems to others that the MRC does not recognise and encourage high standards in exhibition layouts; that is emphatically not the case. However, the article set out to show why CF was built the way it is rather than following well known formulae. It is also worth pointing out that the standards which we espouse and are now commonplace were quite novel 36 years ago when we set out on the project. Mr Bennett finishes with some helpful criticisms of CF: “It is totally sterile and thus unconvincing. The scenic areas are too tidy, the street scenes are devoid of population, the baseboard gaps are ugly, the buildings are too uniform in build and colouration and the ballast is too clean.” I’m not sure if these are born out by the evidence from the pictures in the article, but we do need more animal droppings on the roads, one could use ruder expressions... Tim Perhaps he needs to go to SpecSavers. Would the local streets have been heavily populated, except possibly at rush hour? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted October 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 7, 2020 It would be interesting to see the quality of this individual's work after having the brass neck to criticize CF.... if he has any to show of course! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted October 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 7, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, CF MRC said: Mr Bennett finishes with some helpful criticisms of CF: “It is totally sterile and thus unconvincing. The scenic areas are too tidy, the street scenes are devoid of population, the baseboard gaps are ugly, the buildings are too uniform in build and colouration and the ballast is too clean.” I’m not sure if these are born out by the evidence from the pictures in the article, but we do need more animal droppings on the roads, one could use ruder expressions... Tim If he put that statement on FaceBook they'd flag it as untrue.......... Edited October 7, 2020 by Gilbert Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted October 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 7, 2020 What a strange criticism that the "the architecture is too uniform". When modelling a real location, what is the modeller supposed to do about that? 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Doncaster Green Posted October 7, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Joseph_Pestell said: What a strange criticism that the "the architecture is too uniform". When modelling a real location, what is the modeller supposed to do about that? I am put in mind of an area in my old home town. Between the railway and the gas works a builder had put up 4 streets of 2 up 2 down terraces over a period of about 4 years in the late 19th century. As I remember them in the late 1950s/early 1960s they were all private rentals owned by the same landlord. Every single one was painted the same colour (a sort of s**t brown). 3 streets had a shop on one corner, the 4th had a pub on the equivalent corner - it looked exactly the same as the shops! The only way you could tell the streets apart was by the name board at the end. John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 17 hours ago, CF MRC said: Mr Bennett finishes with some helpful criticisms of CF: “It is totally sterile and thus unconvincing. The scenic areas are too tidy, the street scenes are devoid of population, the buildings are too uniform in build and colouration. Tim In my (very small) art collection I have a painting by Henry Silk. Now while it represents a scene a few miles to the east of CF (Bow) and is a few years earlier, it does to me capture the spirit of lesser known and more ordinary parts of London. I think Mr Bennett would view the painting in the same way as the model. I think it shows that both the people behind CF and Henry Silk exhibit a very high level of observance of detail. I bought the painting as my grandad worked round the corner near Bromley station and the figure could well be him. Bernard 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Zero Gravitas Posted October 8, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 8, 2020 Quick FYI - subs copy arrived this morning, so it’s on it’s way. 2 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted October 8, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 8, 2020 Indeed, arrived here today. With Martin Nield as editor and contributor of the principal layout article, it has an interestingly different feel - definitely into dark satanic mill territory, Simon Fountain's splendid grubby 1930s ex-LNWR locomotives epitomise the atmosphere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenser Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Quote the buildings are too uniform in build and colouration And here is the architectural critic Sir John Summerson, from Georgian London : "The Act contributed largely to what the later Georgians and early Victorians conceived to be the inexpressible monotony of the typical London street, a monotony which certainly must, at one time, have been overpowering and which can still be felt in the lonelier tracts of Islington..." So CF may have got it spot on.... If the gentleman knows a perfect way to disguise baseboard joints, perhaps he could share it with the rest of the world in the form of an article in MRJ...... 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted October 8, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 8, 2020 8 minutes ago, Ravenser said: If the gentleman knows a perfect way to disguise baseboard joints, perhaps he could share it with the rest of the world in the form of an article in MRJ...... "We need a bigger baseboard......." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 On 07/10/2020 at 11:28, Doncaster Green said: I am put in mind of an area in my old home town. Between the railway and the gas works a builder had put up 4 streets of 2 up 2 down terraces over a period of about 4 years in the late 19th century. As I remember them in the late 1950s/early 1960s they were all private rentals owned by the same landlord. Every single one was painted the same colour (a sort of s**t brown). 3 streets had a shop on one corner, the 4th had a pub on the equivalent corner - it looked exactly the same as the shops! The only way you could tell the streets apart was by the name board at the end. Back in the 1970's, I was doing some survey work in Ebbw Vale, and there were rows of houses (as above in John's note) on the other side of the Valley from the former LNWR Station, 'Row A', 'Row B', 'Row C', etc., I think these are now called 'Western Terrace', 'Colliers Row' etc., 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted October 8, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 8, 2020 16 minutes ago, Ravenser said: If the gentleman knows a perfect way to disguise baseboard joints, perhaps he could share it with the rest of the world in the form of an article in MRJ...... No names. But there was a club that proposed a exhibition layout on which the baseboard joins would be invisible. The only slight snag was that they needed to set the layout up 24 hours before opening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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