RMweb Premium Flying Pig Posted September 7, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 7, 2016 Seen in the background on an RMweb thread: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/114670-Hornby-bulleid-coaches/page-2&do=findComment&comment=2425781 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovex Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Oh goody. But I do hope they do the full panallwd versions and not the steel sided ones. Otherwise it would be a complete waste of everyone's time and I for one won't be buying any. (Tongue firmly in cheek). Now how does it go, oh yes "hat, coat,etc." ☺ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Edwardian Posted September 7, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2016 Hope they bother to do a Brake Comp and a Full Brake this time! Oh look, that pig just looped the loop! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 7, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2016 Hmm, this thread links to that thread which links to this thread and nowhere can I see anything which looks like any sort of Toplight. Can somebody please direct me to the exact place as I'm clearly in need of spending a lot more time with Specsavers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 .... nowhere can I see anything which looks like any sort of Toplight. Can somebody please direct me to the exact place as I'm clearly in need of spending a lot more time with Specsavers.Mike, this is the clue: I would say that I'm surprised (but I would be lying) that a thread inspired by what seems to be a misunderstanding, has made it to two pages in no time at all. I particularly like the idea that Hornby will see what a popular idea it is and as a consequence will leap into action and make them anyway. On that basis I should start a spurious thread that Hornby are going to do some Suburban Colletts and Toplights and we'll get them by the end of the year. The whole thing is quite facetious (and humourously so.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Edwardian Posted September 7, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2016 The whole thing is quite facetious (and humourously so.) But, then again ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted September 7, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 7, 2016 I see you soon mastered that silhouette cutter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted September 7, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2016 Hmm, this thread links to that thread which links to this thread and nowhere can I see anything which looks like any sort of Toplight. Can somebody please direct me to the exact place as I'm clearly in need of spending a lot more time with Specsavers. Hatton's are advising they will be available in April probably the first. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted September 7, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2016 Hatton's are advising they will be available in April probably the first. Pre-order price of £20! Fill your boots! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Flying Pig Posted September 7, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 7, 2016 Hmm, this thread links to that thread which links to this thread and nowhere can I see anything which looks like any sort of Toplight. Can somebody please direct me to the exact place as I'm clearly in need of spending a lot more time with Specsavers.My apologies for any confusion. To clarify: Now what kind of extinguisher is indicated for a burning architect's model? Would it be froth? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 But, then again ... Well that's very nice. The suppliers need to be in a very stable financial condition with good supply chain predictability before attempting even a 'representative' set of four or perhaps five diagrams of Churchward toplights. I think they would be successful, but I don't see the time being 'right' for a while now. I have a serious question. Any toplight question is a minefield. Were the toplights themselves clear glass, or coloured glass or (as is often the case with toplight coaches) a bit of everything? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 But, then again ... Very nice indeed. But I am intrigued as to why there appears to be a panel at the end above the waist. Everything else about this coach indicates a Multibar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Edwardian Posted September 8, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8, 2016 Very nice indeed. But I am intrigued as to why there appears to be a panel at the end above the waist. Everything else about this coach indicates a Multibar. You would need to ask the, er, Hornby, designer .... https://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/gwr-toplight-passenger-coach/114374 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted September 8, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8, 2016 You would need to ask the, er, Hornby, designer .... https://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/gwr-toplight-passenger-coach/114374 I was going to ask where that render had come from. Not familiar with Renderosity. Is the idea that you can buy files and then 3D print for yourself? Has anyone here used it? With rivet-counter head on, the bufferheads look a tad small. Perhaps to get around Hornby radius 2 curves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbedford Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Very nice indeed. But I am intrigued as to why there appears to be a panel at the end above the waist. Everything else about this coach indicates a Multibar. It's to do with the need to have separate faces for each colour in the render. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbedford Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 I was going to ask where that render had come from. Not familiar with Renderosity. Is the idea that you can buy files and then 3D print for yourself? Has anyone here used it? These are models for SIMs, games etc. They will tend to have a lower facet count than is needed for 3D models leading to more faceted surfaces. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Edwardian Posted September 8, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8, 2016 Yes, there is a whole world out there creating these wonderful things just for viewing on a 'pooter, rather than in order to create a model. Though the fraternity refers to these designs as 'models'! If anyone saw the second of the rather extravagant Guy Ritchie Sherlock Homes films, there is a scene on the fictitious South England Railway, which, apparently, ran to Brighton. You can find the 'pooter images created for the train online. I think the film is supposedly set in 1890. Sadly the LBSC was not running rakes of luxurious bogie clerestories in 1890, but, the coaches and locomotives are attractive fin de siècle freelance designs. Some really beautiful stuff is produced by these guys, but, if you can't pick it up and put it on the track, what's the point?!? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted September 8, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8, 2016 In many films, a computer-generated image of the right railway equipment would be a big improvement on anachronistic Mk1 coaches on a preservation line. But a worrying future perspective for those lines who make quite a large part of their budget from film work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 If anyone saw the second of the rather extravagant Guy Ritchie Sherlock Homes films, In which GWR cabside number plates are quite visible where Didcot shed purports to be a German munitions factory. I don't remember which one figures quite prominently. It might be 6106 or 6697. In many films, a computer-generated image of the right railway equipment would be a big improvement on anachronistic Mk1 coaches on a preservation line. But a worrying future perspective for those lines who make quite a large part of their budget from film work. I think with period pieces there's a strong demand for station scenes. Close up scenes with people are harder to render in CGI. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovex Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 In many films, a computer-generated image of the right railway equipment would be a big improvement on anachronistic Mk1 coaches on a preservation line. But a worrying future perspective for those lines who make quite a large part of their budget from film work. I recall thinking at the start of the BBC's adaptation of "And then there was none" that the train taking the victims to the coast included a Hawksworth coach which wouldn't have been built pre-war when the film was set. Utterly ruined a brilliant adaptation Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbedford Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 I recall thinking at the start of the BBC's adaptation of "And then there was none" that the train taking the victims to the coast included a Hawksworth coach which wouldn't have been built pre-war when the film was set. Utterly ruined a brilliant adaptation Some people just have no imagination. What happened to suspension of disbelief? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovex Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Some people just have no imagination. What happened to suspension of disbelief? I do hope it was obvious that I was taking the p**s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Edwardian Posted September 8, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8, 2016 In which GWR cabside number plates are quite visible where Didcot shed purports to be a German munitions factory. I don't remember which one figures quite prominently. It might be 6106 or 6697. I think with period pieces there's a strong demand for station scenes. Close up scenes with people are harder to render in CGI. Yes, I'd forgotten that. I seem to recall a Collett tender. Very advanced, those German munitions manufacturers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 The problem with many of these film and television programmes is they could get it right with just a little bit of homework. There really isn't an excuse for getting it wrong in the age of the internet. You can imagine the uproar if they used the wrong plane or car in a period drama. People even notice when they have the "wrong trees" on certain live television programmes. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted September 8, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 8, 2016 Any toplight question is a minefield. Were the toplights themselves clear glass, or coloured glass or (as is often the case with toplight coaches) a bit of everything? The glass was "hammered glass", a thick clear glass with a strong rippled effect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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