RMweb Gold Argos Posted October 15, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 15, 2017 I agree with your reasoning, but did you mean “character” and not “caricature”? Indeed Regularity, poor spelling and not checking the resultant spell checker alteration is to blame (not me of course...........) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Colour pictures of Garsdale Road! Where did they come from? I still have the Railway Modelleers this appeared in, inherited from my school model railway club. A truly inspirational layout! I’m modelling Great Western ‘cos, of course, all that lining is scary..... I rather suspect Edwardian is raiding a book called "Model and Miniature Railways" for his pictures. Indeed! Imagine a boy in the 1970s who liked trains, who had a stack of his father's 1950s Railway Modellers and 4 tickets for the village library, but really nothing else between annual visits to the Dart Valley to inspire him! This book I must have had almost continuously on loan. I then grew up and forgot about the book, and even its title, and much later returned to a hobby by now bereft of much of the colour and variety it once seemed to have. Recently I have suffered nostalgia pangs and, so, I went in search of this book, discovered its title and found a copy online for a suitably bargain price. It has just arrived and I am glorying in it! Sheer indulgence? Yes. But I have enjoyed reacquainting myself with these half-forgotten images of some really inspirational models, and, I felt moved to spread the joy! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted October 15, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 15, 2017 Indeed Regularity, poor spelling and not checking the resultant spell checker alteration is to blame (not me of course...........) I get that all of the Tim... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted October 15, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 15, 2017 Recently I have suffered nostalgia pangs and, so, I went in search of this book, discovered its title and found a copy online for a suitably bargain price. It has just arrived and I am glorying in it! Sheer indulgence? Yes. But I have enjoyed reacquainting myself with these half-forgotten images of some really inspirational models, and, I felt moved to spread the joy! If it inspires you, then why not? I always return to a late 70s “coffee table” book, the “Encyclopaedia of Model Railways”. Mine is under the imprint of Marks and Spencer’s, but I think it was available without “The St. Michael...” prefix to the title. This had input from, inter alia, CJF and David Jenkinson, but has some lovely exploded diagrams showing one how to go about building things. General editor was Terry Allen, and copies are available cheaply on-line. Plus, it introduced me to Robert Hegge’s wonderful 1:48 interurbans, but that is for a different part of the forum... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted October 15, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 15, 2017 I rather suspect Edwardian is raiding a book called "Model and Miniature Railways" for his pictures. Indeed! And a quick google search found a copy on Amazon for 50p!!!! So that is now on it's way to me. Many thanks gents!! Gary 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen 28 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 If it inspires you, then why not? I always return to a late 70s “coffee table” book, the “Encyclopaedia of Model Railways”. Mine is under the imprint of Marks and Spencer’s, but I think it was available without “The St. Michael...” prefix to the title. This had input from, inter alia, CJF and David Jenkinson, but has some lovely exploded diagrams showing one how to go about building things. General editor was Terry Allen, and copies are available cheaply on-line. Plus, it introduced me to Robert Hegge’s wonderful 1:48 interurbans, but that is for a different part of the forum... Yes a wonderful book which introduced me as a six or seven year old to Buckingham, the Sherwood section and many others. These have influenced my modelling interests consciously or sub consciously ever since. My original copy fell to pieces through being read so I bought a replacement (for my son) a few years ago and it is a wonderfully nostalgic read. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 If it inspires you, then why not? I always return to a late 70s “coffee table” book, the “Encyclopaedia of Model Railways”. Mine is under the imprint of Marks and Spencer’s, but I think it was available without “The St. Michael...” prefix to the title. This had input from, inter alia, CJF and David Jenkinson, but has some lovely exploded diagrams showing one how to go about building things. General editor was Terry Allen, and copies are available cheaply on-line. Plus, it introduced me to Robert Hegge’s wonderful 1:48 interurbans, but that is for a different part of the forum... Yes a wonderful book which introduced me as a six or seven year old to Buckingham, the Sherwood section and many others. These have influenced my modelling interests consciously or sub consciously ever since. My original copy fell to pieces through being read so I bought a replacement (for my son) a few years ago and it is a wonderfully nostalgic read. Me too! While we're at it, more Midland red ... 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted October 15, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 15, 2017 While we're at it, more Midland red ... One can't have too much of a good thing - though that still looks a bit on the bright side to me. It'll be interesting to see how the Bachmann engine turns out. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 An excellent book, considering that it was clearly aimed at a very broad market, probably as much mums, wives, aunts etc buying presents as directly at potential railway modellers; they secured good authors, who took their commission seriously. I got my copy when I was already quite a long way into the hobby, so I can't say that I learned a great deal from the core text, but there was a lot to be learned by 'reading the pictures'. So why did I get rid of it in one of my periodic library-downsizings? Shelf space, IIRC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 More from Model and Miniature Railways, recalling a time when most of the great model railways were set in the pre-Grouping or Grouping eras. Time the Premier Line had a look-in in the form of Aylesbury. I think this one is still going. I was pleased to discover that it features houses built in perspective. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Thanks for reminding me of this book- just ordered one! If it’s the one I remember from when I was in short trousers does it include a layout called ‘Winton’ (the same layout was in Nov 1972 Railway Modeller, my first model railway magazine, which I still have!). My mother offered to buy this book for me at the time , but I chose something else which is now long forgotten.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Thanks for reminding me of this book- just ordered one! If it’s the one I remember from when I was in short trousers does it include a layout called ‘Winton’ (the same layout was in Nov 1972 Railway Modeller, my first model railway magazine, which I still have!). My mother offered to buy this book for me at the time , but I chose something else which is now long forgotten.... Yes, it does; LNER, Yorkshire, 1930s 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Yes, it does; LNER, Yorkshire, 1930sThanks, I’ve ordered the book I remember then! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted October 15, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 15, 2017 More from Model and Miniature Railways, recalling a time when most of the great model railways were set in the pre-Grouping or Grouping eras. Time the Premier Line had a look-in in the form of Aylesbury. I think this one is still going. I was pleased to discover that it features houses built in perspective. Indeed - as seen at RailEx in 2016 - with great interest from the local press. I believe it's now in the care of the Risborough and District MRC. It looked every bit as impressive as when I first came across it in a second-hand MRN from c. 1968 that I was given in the late 70s. The perspective street seen from the level crossing has to be the classic shot. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Model and Miniature Railways contains only a single section on some classic model railways. It is otherwise taken up with other matters such as the history of commercial models, miniature railways, collectors and, as has been mentioned, a section of select prototypes with drawings. But, the layout section contains some gems, as we have seen, and the volume is perhaps worth acquiring for the Mike Sharman layout feature alone. I wonder what happened to it? We rarely see the like nowadays. 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted October 16, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 16, 2017 Please be wary of the drawings: some of them are by Roche. Not sure of the provenance of the J69 drawing, but even my untutored eye can see errors - some simply by comparing to the photo of the prototype (cab entrance “keyhole”). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotcent Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 I was privileged to see Mike Sharman's layout at New Lanark in 2002, and it could only be described as mind boggling, not only for the weird and wonderful collection of locos and stock, but also for the absolutely perfect running over some of the most complex (mixed gauge) trackwork I've ever seen. He even had baseboard joins running through the middle of the pointwork! I believe Mike doesn't exhibit now, which is a great shame. Allan F 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portchullin Tatty Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I was privileged to see Mike Sharman's layout Sorry Allan, but I can trump that! Oxford Publishing Co ran an one off exhibition in maybe about 1980. Mike had brought his layout for the day but had no one to assist. As a spotty 14 year old I got roped in to assist and after a while I seemed to prove myself as reliable so I was left to myself for around 3 hours. It was just as good (and idiosyncratic) to operate as it looked. It remains one of my highlights of my "playing with trains" experience and I only regret I did not take a camera or have an opportunity to repeat the experience. I hear that Mike is far from well, so I am afraid you are unlikely to see his layout again. Mark 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 I hear that Mike is far from well, so I am afraid you are unlikely to see his layout again. Mike and Hilary must be deep into their late 80's so even if health were good, frailty would make exhibiting difficult and possibly unwise. I do know Mike has not felt able to answer letters earlier this year. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
5050 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 (edited) Mike and Hilary must be deep into their late 80's so even if health were good, frailty would make exhibiting difficult and possibly unwise. I do know Mike has not felt able to answer letters earlier this year. That's sad to hear. Mike was a great inspiration to me - I still use his 'Flexichas' ideas for my P4 locos and I will always remember manning a demo stand at a Scaleforum with him showing a 'Starting in P4' theme. 'Little Western' - a layout that spawned a track system. I've got a quantity of the fibre track bases (including a crossover) in my 'black museum'. 'Winton' - isn't that the layout that featured the 'Silver Jubilee' train which was hand held in one fiddle yard while the loco was wound up to full speed then released so that it would pass the station flat out? If it wasn't then caught properly in the other fiddle yard mayhem ensued! Edited December 16, 2017 by 5050 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR8700 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 A scaleseven layout called Gupworthy. Absolutely incredible so far. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Edwardian Posted April 1, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2018 At York yesterday, London Road, LNWR c.1907, P4 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 He's Alive!!! Glad to see that you're well, sir. And what a beautiful layout 'London Road' is - I am slowly being lured into attempting some more LNWR subjects in the future... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted April 1, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2018 I spent more time watching London Road than anything else at the last exhibition I saw it at - a marvelous variety of LNWR (and other) stock. I hope Jol won't be offended if I say I am a little reminded of the remark made about another superb layout, Kier Hardy's Wibdenshaw, by a friend who was an avid spotter in the 70s - he wished he'd been able to find somewhere with such a variety of locomotives. In short, "not enough 47s". 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted April 1, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2018 And what a beautiful layout 'London Road' is - I am slowly being lured into attempting some more LNWR subjects in the future... As one who is too familiar with the lure of the dark side, I say: keep struggling to resist! Surround yourself with pictures of red, green, yellow or even blue engines! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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