Adrian Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 I actually enjoy the surprise factor in the arrival time. Life can be so dull and predictable sometimes. Agreed - and the reference to Roy Jackson in the Trade Grapevine made me smile! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted October 24, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2015 All this fuss re the MRJ..........The bible it aint........re the flanges....with static grass or without? It depends on who's flanges we're talking about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisf Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Postie brought my subscription copy a little while ago. A brief skim through reveals much of interest. It will get a proper read in bed tonight once I have dealt with the clocks. Subject to that, I have a few comments. "Tales from the Chitting Shed" by Iain Rice is as fine a piece of his lyrical prose as one could desire. Irrespective of the subject, the man can write entertainingly and I would not dissent from the view expressed by others that he is perhaps the finest communicator in the hobby. Gerry Beale has done one of his proper jobs on the new Parkside cattle truck and I will pay careful heed when I tackle one of the two that I have awaiting their fate. I am glad to learn that the rumours are true, namely that Richard Harper's Sidmouth will be featured in issue 243 and if the preview photos are not enough to set the mouth a-watering then nothing will. There is, so far, only one downside. Rodney Cooper's exquisite coaches always look fine in glorious technicolour but the fully panelled vehicle is mis-described as a D95. As it is in fact a 70 ft Toplight brake third I hope that Hornby do not fear that they are making the wrong thing. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hughes Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 At last - the postman delivered it a few minutes ago, and I fell on it like a starving man on a steak! Looks to have some really lovely stuff in it - well-worth waiting for, to be honest. But I bet the next one won't be out in less than four weeks as promised! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted October 24, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2015 Sidmouth - Richard Harper Now that's a proper trainset, brilliant! Still no sight of it at 71G though... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Tom Mallrd's B2 is ingenious and lovely, but am I alone in struggling with some of the captions? They seemed, at times, to refer to photos which were not included, and I couldn't follow the description of setting the return crank: a drawing might have been a better way to explain it... You have to remember that these things are only meant to tease. If Stella Artois revealed his secrets, people might do it for themselves instead of paying him up to five figure sums for masterworks like these. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 I picked my copy up on Thursday in PZ..It feels like many of the early editions with the range of articles etc., This one I've enjoyed reading all the way through, which is not something I have been able to say for a few years. Perhaps it's Iain Rice's article that's given me this 'comfortable' homely feeling. A good edition, I believe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Ian Rice, Barry Norman and Martyn Welch were(are) my favorite contributors, excellent articles, always well (and simply) written and great knowledgeable modelers to boot. The Three wise men perhaps? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 The review of Modelu3d point rodding stools, was perhaps a little ahead of the game, and an error in the pricing. When I went to the website http://www.modelu3d.co.uk/ there was no mention of the Stools, however a very quick response from Alan to my email gave me the details I required and the website being updated.The cost by the way is 10p per roller, not 5p.I took the view that my requirements which included, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 roller stools to a total of just under 200 rollers, at £20 was far better value for my time than trying to assemble various etched brass kits available (I have the etches, just can't be bothered to spend time making them, let alone see what I'm doing). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bigcheeseplant Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 "Agreed - and the reference to Roy Jackson in the Trade Grapevine made me smile!" I added that to the end of the press release, I thought it might not get printed, I just hope Roy sees the funny side! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kylestrome Posted October 24, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2015 An Update on Llanfair - Roger Lycett-Smith An article by Roger Lycett-Smith instead of a letter, is this a first? Edit: I'm doing Roger an injustice, as I've seen that he has actually written 9 articles in the past. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 2mmMark Posted October 25, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2015 That poor deer must have been doing a hell of a speed when it hit Barlow's shed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted October 25, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2015 All this fuss re the MRJ..........The bible it aint. The bible is fiction, MRJ ain't. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted October 25, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 25, 2015 The bible is fiction, MRJ ain't. Mike. You mean Atkins, Beard & Tourret made it all up? My world is shattered. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 The bible is fiction, MRJ ain't... Beware false gods. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dan Randall Posted October 25, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2015 "Agreed - and the reference to Roy Jackson in the Trade Grapevine made me smile!" I added that to the end of the press release, I thought it might not get printed, I just hope Roy sees the funny side! I laughed out loud when I read that - nice one David. Regards Dan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete55 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 I laughed out loud when I read that - nice one David. Regards Dan So Did Roy when I told him over the phone before his copy arrived!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigw Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 You have to remember that these things are only meant to tease. If Stella Artois revealed his secrets, people might do it for themselves instead of paying him up to five figure sums for masterworks like these. Possibly true, but if he wrote an article that relied on the use of a vertical mill, lathe, custom etching and casting and maybe even a pantograph then people would complain about that too. Just enjoy them for what they are, very nice models. Craig W Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 but if he wrote an article that relied on the use of a vertical mill, lathe, custom etching and casting and maybe even a pantograph.... But he already has. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Gerry Beale has done one of his proper jobs on the new Parkside cattle truck and I will pay careful heed when I tackle one of the two that I have awaiting their fate. Indeed - but he did omit to mention something that I discovered by looking at the prototype photos in his article. Parkside have moulded the independant brakegear back-to-front. Don't, (as I did), assemble it detailed side outwards - and if you do, don't wait, (as I did), until next day to discover your mistake. Taking a pair of pliers to a nicely completed model to extract the errant brakegear is not conducive to a calm disposition - and I have my pacemaker to consider !! The annoying thing? Mr. Beale must have realised this as HIS model is correct in the brakegear department. Regards, John Isherwood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davknigh Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Indeed - but he did omit to mention something that I discovered by looking at the prototype photos in his article. Parkside have moulded the independant brakegear back-to-front. Don't, (as I did), assemble it detailed side outwards - and if you do, don't wait, (as I did), until next day to discover your mistake. Taking a pair of pliers to a nicely completed model to extract the errant brakegear is not conducive to a calm disposition - and I have my pacemaker to consider !! The annoying thing? Mr. Beale must have realised this as HIS model is correct in the brakegear department. Regards, John Isherwood. Thanks for the warning, now my cattle trucks go back to the end of the line until MRJ 242 swims the Atlantic. Cheers, David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 I've only just picked up a copy from Smiths and the immediately striking thing, from my perspective, is the quantity and quality of road vehicle photos in conjunction with Iain Rice's piece on Bob Barlow's layout plan. These, as well as being superbly evocative, will prove very, very useful. Paul Karau's Bedfords, which are not, strangely, on the contents page, are also rather natty models. Perhaps all these are insufficiently 'railway' to attract comment? Adam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted October 26, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 26, 2015 Paul Karau's Bedfords, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted October 26, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 26, 2015 But which gives greater pleasure: reading MRJ when it actually arrives or reading the RMWeb thread while we are waiting? Thanks for the warning on the cattle wagon. I'll make sure I get mine right. Jonathan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Another good un. I like the trailer for Tollesbury Quay. I love the typical MRJ caption about a building being "still there" when referring to a fictional layout. To continue the theme, a photo taken fro a few yards to the right of the photographer's position in the first shot. For those not familiar with the real thing the railway crossed the road a few hundred yards to the left and curved away to reach the coast, rather than heading for the quay. Bernard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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