dibber25 Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 The very last Class 66 was named Evening Star in a special ceremony at the National Railway Museum yesterday. Look out for your CHANCE TO WIN a special Dave Lowery painted 'OO' gauge model of 66779 in its commemorative BR lined green livery in the next issue of Model Rail, on sale June 2. (CJL) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted May 31, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 31, 2016 Just arrived through the letter box and has a lovely spread of Paul Townsend's P4 layout 'Highbridge' modelled in the SDJR/GWR period. Also appealing to me is an interesting and informative article on creating convincing vegetation, foliage and grass. A good edition.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Just arrived through the letter box and has a lovely spread of Paul Townsend's P4 layout 'Highbridge' modelled in the SDJR/GWR period. Also appealing to me is an interesting and informative article on creating convincing vegetation, foliage and grass. A good edition.. My subscription copy didn't arrive today along with the usual post (having been put on a long term third class experimental delivery service by MR) so perhaps a contents listing would help whet the appetite and let me know what to expect. Thanks. G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted May 31, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 31, 2016 ...with pleasure... The usual news and reviews. Paul Townsend's lovely P4 'Highbridge' Railways off the beaten track parts1,2 3 & 4 Scrapyard challenge Vegetation, foliage and grass. (quality work) Build a canal Build a wooden baseboard Modelling cliffs Two Sisters Farm. Potato railway. Rails in the street. ...plus the other usual stuff.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share Posted May 31, 2016 ...with pleasure... The usual news and reviews. Paul Townsend's lovely P4 'Highbridge' Railways off the beaten track parts1,2 3 & 4 Scrapyard challenge Vegetation, foliage and grass. (quality work) Build a canal Build a wooden baseboard Modelling cliffs Two Sisters Farm. Potato railway. Rails in the street. ...plus the other usual stuff.. I'll post a cover and a few more details on Wednesday. Haven't seen a printed copy yet, as have been off sick today. Fine now - have built a pub and reviewed a 'Warship'. (CJL) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted June 1, 2016 Author Share Posted June 1, 2016 Just to add to the above listing: Dave Lowery demonstrates how to redecorate a Class 66 as 'Evening Star' and he's done an extra one that you can win! The only review is the new Bachmann anchor-mounted tank wagon. I should point out that what I've identified as a' brake cross-member' is actually the bottom discharge pipework. (should've gone to Specsavers?) The main layout feature is Highbridge (P4) which runs to 11pages The theme, this month, is "Off the beaten track" taking inspiration from railways in more off-beat locations, including waterworks, hospitals, scrapyards, military installations, distilleries and even farms. (CJL) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ardbealach Posted June 2, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 2, 2016 For the record in MR 223 page 98 the magazine states that 'The Great Orme Tramway near Llandudno may look like San Francisco's cable car system , but it is actually a funicular railway'. The Great Orme Tramway is not a funicular railway, but in fact just like the San Francisco system, being cable hauled. The ascending car counterbalances the descending car and both are controlled by an underground cable which runs through a drum in the upper level winding house. As for Paul Lunn's latest thoughts on 'Scrap Yard Challenge'. Are modellers really going to trash their rolling stock to create his ideas? And railway modelling seems to have reached new heights on page 40 with a Oxford Diecast low loader, a couple of pieces of set track, Smoky Joe. and a couple of Lego bricks. Wow! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Griffin Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 The low loader and lego ect was just a demonstration piece, and very good i thought. The article isnt asking you to trash your most prized loco, or go and spend £100+ but is perfectly feasable with the hundreds of defunct worthless old Hornby/triang and lima stock thats knocking about. The scrap and rummage boxes in my local shop have loads of non working scrap locos that could he used to make a scrap yard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
janner Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 For the record in MR 223 page 98 the magazine states that 'The Great Orme Tramway near Llandudno may look like San Francisco's cable car system , but it is actually a funicular railway'. The Great Orme Tramway is not a funicular railway, but in fact just like the San Francisco system, being cable hauled. The ascending car counterbalances the descending car and both are controlled by an underground cable which runs through a drum in the upper level winding house. I have to disagree, the Great Orme Tramway is a funicular railway. The cars are attached to the cable and as you say the the ascending car counterbalances the descending car - this is the definition of a funicular system. The San Francisco system is not a funicular as the cars are not permanently attached to the cable but grip it as required. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ardbealach Posted June 2, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 2, 2016 I apologise for getting the Great Orme wrong - should have checked it out before hitting the keyboard! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 I must confess to being slightly disapointed with the Miniature Railway section. As this is one of my particular areas of interest and as it was advertised so prominently in the last issue I was hoping for a tad more than a three page spread about how to stick Giraffes to a baseboard... That being said, the magazine in general was well worth its price and was generally good quality. My comments are meant more in the line of constructive feedback rather than me taking actual umbridge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadoak Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 I must say I am delighted with the superb job done with the article about my model Two Sisters Farm. Chris Nevard took the photographs last year, and made a superb job of it. Thanks to all concerned, I am so very pleased. Regards Peter M Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swisspeat Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Hello Edge, Sorry about your disappointment with the Miniature Railway piece. I have just looked at the published article again wondering if I spent too many words describing how to fix giraffes onto the baseboard! The piece was angled at "first timers" who wanted a fun model railway within a very small space. I tried to get four very different railways into a space few of us would usually not consider large enough for a model railway to inspire someone to have a go for themselves because of the increasing number of NG models coming on the market. That said I am aware it looks toy like but I wanted to use what was readily available rather than scratchbuilding everything such as the fences. Or the animals! :-) I am pleased you liked the rest of the magazine and thank you for your feedback. Best wishes Peter Marriott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Hi Peter, Thank you for taking the time to respond - its certainly very nice of you to do so. I am sorry if my comment about the giraffes came across as being tetchy about the article - I do appreciate that it was aimed at newcomers to the market. My issue wasn't so much with the article itself (which was well documented and informative accoutn of the build) but that the previous advertisement in the previous month's edition made it seem as though there would be a much more in depth look at Miniature railways around the country as well as a couple of ideas in how to model them. To be given your article in isolation was simply less than I was expecting. The giraffes were very well modelled, by the way Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swisspeat Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Thanks Edge. The two articles in Model Rail are distillations of the 5 articles covering miniature railways with fuller layout construction articles that appeared in the Bachmann Times (magazine of the Bachmann Collectors Club) a couple of years ago. The original idea for the layout came from Bachmann with a view to using their Graham Farish products in a different environment. Dave Lowery made a great job of converting the GF loco and carriages and those big Preiser figures came in handy! I did a bit of scenic work, took a few pictures and wrote some words. The layout was fun to build and has been seen at some shows. I promise to try and introduce many more giraffes into future articles I write! Sorry. I should have said Exmoor ponies! :-) Kind regards, Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
walrus Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 The first modelling magazine I ever bought was the August 1966 MRC which ISTR featured the very same Much Wenlock layout referred to in Backscene . My copy has long since disappeared but I can still remember the cover with a line drawing of a Hymek as one of the other articles was about creating a realistic O gauge model from the Triang Big Big train. I think there was another article by Chris Leigh about hybridised Triang / Hornby-Dublo models. Happy days - can it really be 50 years ago!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dzine Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 The low loader and lego ect was just a demonstration piece, and very good i thought. The article isnt asking you to trash your most prized loco, or go and spend £100+ but is perfectly feasable with the hundreds of defunct worthless old Hornby/triang and lima stock thats knocking about. The scrap and rummage boxes in my local shop have loads of non working scrap locos that could he used to make a scrap yard. Hi Dan, Many thanks for your kind comments. It means a great deal that readers benefit from what are concept ideas and appreciate that I'm always on the lookout for cost effective solutions, hence the use of life expired units, Dapol kits, the excellent items, very competitively priced, from Ian at Rustyrail and though not mentioned in the final script, those plastic OO loco's given away recently with Great British Locomotive Collection, Editor Paul Appleton, COMAG. Many thanks Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dzine Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 For the record in MR 223 page 98 the magazine states that 'The Great Orme Tramway near Llandudno may look like San Francisco's cable car system , but it is actually a funicular railway'. The Great Orme Tramway is not a funicular railway, but in fact just like the San Francisco system, being cable hauled. The ascending car counterbalances the descending car and both are controlled by an underground cable which runs through a drum in the upper level winding house. As for Paul Lunn's latest thoughts on 'Scrap Yard Challenge'. Are modellers really going to trash their rolling stock to create his ideas? And railway modelling seems to have reached new heights on page 40 with a Oxford Diecast low loader, a couple of pieces of set track, Smoky Joe. and a couple of Lego bricks. Wow! Hi, It would appear that I must have offended you in a previous life. You might like to have a look at my comments to Dan Griffith, hopefully it answers your concerns. Regards Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold griffgriff Posted June 2, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 2, 2016 There have been some rumblings about the 'themed' issues over the past couple of months and I have to say I'm not convinced either. It seems to me that there isn't enough of this material to fill a whole magazine IMHO. Simply I think there needs to be either more articles or more detail - perhaps even both. I always liked the 'masterclass' articles and I always enjoyed the various modelling features but I'm less intrigued by the 'armchair modelling' articles where 'might have been' modelling scenarios are discussed. I'm sure most of this information could be gleaned on line (particularly on here - or should that be in here?) I have been a long term purchaser in the past but nothing in the magazine has floated my boat recently (please don't take that as a request for maritime modelling) so the latest copies have remained on the shelf. Circulation figures are of course the business of the publisher (I hope they remain buoyant) however this customer has, for the time being, is looking elsewhere for my magazine fix. I wish the team no malice (so please don't attack me) I just wanted to share my reasons to why I'm no longer buying. Griff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 2, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 2, 2016 For the record in MR 223 page 98 the magazine states that 'The Great Orme Tramway near Llandudno may look like San Francisco's cable car system , but it is actually a funicular railway'. The Great Orme Tramway is not a funicular railway, but in fact just like the San Francisco system, being cable hauled. The ascending car counterbalances the descending car and both are controlled by an underground cable which runs through a drum in the upper level winding house. As for Paul Lunn's latest thoughts on 'Scrap Yard Challenge'. Are modellers really going to trash their rolling stock to create his ideas? And railway modelling seems to have reached new heights on page 40 with a Oxford Diecast low loader, a couple of pieces of set track, Smoky Joe. and a couple of Lego bricks. Wow! I have to disagree, the Great Orme Tramway is a funicular railway. The cars are attached to the cable and as you say the the ascending car counterbalances the descending car - this is the definition of a funicular system. The San Francisco system is not a funicular as the cars are not permanently attached to the cable but grip it as required. The Great Orme Tramway is a cable car, the same as San Francisco. Whether or not the cars are attached to the cable they are both cable tramways. A Funicular railway has a fixed beam between the rails to assist in traction and braking. Two examples here in the UK is the Snowdon Mountain Railway and the Snaefel Mountain Railway (and before anyone complains I know that the Isle of Man is not part of the UK). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheatley Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Janner is correct: 1. A railway (especially one on a mountainside) operating by cable with ascending and descending cars counterbalanced. 2. Relating to a rope or its tension. (OED) From the Latin funiculus meaning relating to rope. The SMR is a rack and pinion railway, not a funicular. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Griffin Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 One question i have, unless its dejè vue, but has the miniature raikway with class 24 been published before? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Grafarman Posted June 2, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 2, 2016 I've actually enjoyed the last couple of issues with the slightly quirky subjects covered. I think the rusty loco on a low loader was a good inspiration piece which could easily be developed with old Airfix/Dapol kits and non-runners from Ebay etc, as could the rest of the scrap yard. The 4-scene miniature railway does look a bit toy-like, but an average modeller could take the premise and develop it to something more finescale at minimal cost I would have thought... The Great Orme Tramway (my local attraction as a kid) is a street funicular - see http://www.greatorme.org.uk/tramway.html also: http://www.greatormetramway.co.uk/ And yes, I've sent off my answer to win the '66 Good stuff David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swisspeat Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Hi Dan Griffin, Well spotted sir. Please see my posts above. I wrote the Miniature Railways modelling piece in this issue of MR but as mentioned above it is an edited version of a series that appeared in the Bachmann Times a couple of years ago. It fitted in with this month's theme in MR. Dave Lowery's modified Class 24 is a distinctive beast. So are the giraffes! Kind regards, Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share Posted June 2, 2016 One question i have, unless its dejè vue, but has the miniature raikway with class 24 been published before? See post No. 15 (CJL) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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