Railway Modeller April 2018

[Robin2]

 I was disappointed with just two pages and limited text. 

It looks like what it is supposed to be and it works - how could you need more than 2 pages to say that.

 

If it was an article explaining how to build one from scratch I could understand the need for 2 or 3 pages.

 

...R

 

PS... I guess that's why I never got a job as a journalist

Edited March 13, 2018 by Robin2

[greatcoleswoodhalt]

It looks like what it is supposed to be and it works - how could you need more than 2 pages to say that.

 

Don't get me wrong, I'm not expecting an entire volume...

 

...perhaps just a little more fanfare considering it was frontpage (and mentioned twice)!

Edited March 14, 2018 by jafcreasey

[John M Upton]

I have been studying that 0757 conversion with interest and am wondering if you could do the other version, the 0756 0-6-0 by shortening the body rather than lengthening the chassis...

[grahame]

...perhaps just a little more fanfare considering it was frontpage (and mentioned twice)

 

What additional fanfare was you thinking of that could be more than front cover mention? I'd have thought a 2 page review was fair and reasonable. Anymore would mean something else would need to be omitted - what would you cull for a larger review?

 

G

[Ruffnut Thorston]

Nobody has so far mentioned the intriguing loco conversion by Ken Chadwick, who has created a surprisingly convincing PD&SWJR 0-6-2T from unexpected, but readily obtainable and budget-friendly source material. 

 

The Modeller demonstrating, once again, that some of the things it used to do so well in the past retain validity today.

 

I have most of what I'll need to emulate it and some ideas of my own that will lead to a couple of things being done slightly differently.

 

Excellent stuff. Thanks for the inspiration, Ken and thanks to Steve Flint for including it. 

 

John

 

PS. Geoff Helliwell's article on using Chinese motors and gearboxes is a must for those concerned about finding substitutes for Mashimas.

 

There are two  K. Chadwick books...

 

Volume 2 of "Model Railway Building on the Cheap", published in 2008 by Silver Link.

 

Along with the earlier volume 1, published in 2007, these two books take RTR models, and chop them into other locos, using some parts that were possibly easier to get "back then"!

 

Some of the models have now come out as RTR....but at a price.

 

It is still possible to get some fun from making your own!

[it's-er]

Does anyone know if RM's railway of the month, Langdon Beck, appears anywhere on RMweb, please?

 

John Storey

[Dunsignalling]

There are two  K. Chadwick books...

 

Volume 2 of "Model Railway Building on the Cheap", published in 2008 by Silver Link.

 

Along with the earlier volume 1, published in 2007, these two books take RTR models, and chop them into other locos, using some parts that were possibly easier to get "back then"!

 

Some of the models have now come out as RTR....but at a price.

 

It is still possible to get some fun from making your own!

I thought the name rang a bell.........

 

John

[WolfofBadenoch]

Does anyone know if RM's railway of the month, Langdon Beck, appears anywhere on RMweb, please?

 

John Storey

 

It's not on RMweb and I'm pretty sure it's nowhere on the web at all.

[96701]

This post is so wide of the mark its difficult to know where to start. It shows a significant level of ignorance of the modelling hobby regarding paint, manufacturers and its application across a host of different modelling genres..

 

Enamels are widely used across Rail/Military/vehicle and maritime hobbies. The paint is easily available from companies that do mail order, as well as good hobby shops on the high street. There is no 'stuck in the past' in this, some enamel paint products such as AK Interactive are at the cutting edge of paint use and techniques, particularly within the military genres. The majority of these are military shades, but simple colours are easily transposable, blacks/whites/greys etc. Specialist rail paints are harder to get hold of, the market is significantly smaller hence Humbrol Testors Floquil and others not making those ranges any more, but that's not recent.

 

Well known brands of enamel paint include Railmatch, Humbrol, Revell, Tamiya, Mr Color, Testors, Xtracolor, Colourcoats, there are some others if you bother to look. I've not included Phoenix/Precision as whilst I know their paints are oil based they themselves don't refer to them as enamel. Shipping (from Hannants for example) is by Parcel force as standard royal mail won't take them.

 

So less of the rubbish please about getting people 'moving in the right direction', and scare mongering that enamels won't be available in a few years or they're difficult to get hold of because none of that is true. If you don't like them fair enough, but do at least keep it factual.

Copied from Precision Paint's own catalogue:

PRECISION PAINTS & CHERRY PAINTS are suitable for all types of models, including live steam, as well as full size vehicles and locomotives. Precision and Cherry paints are made from the finest quality coach enamel and so are fully fuel proof (oil, petrol and diesel fuel). Gloss Precision Paints have also been used successfully on model aircraft powered by Glow, Petrol and Diesel engines, as well as working model boats.

[PMP]

Thanks for that, my initial search of their website didn’t find a reference to enamel, even though that what I’ve always understood them to be. At Ally Pally there were three different suppliers selling them. I bought precision enamel paint from two of them ..

[Oldddudders]

Good old RM. as long as it doesn’t turn into constant “ we show you how....” a la Modelrail which put me off that eventually.

As it happens “Shows you how” was an RM strapline back in the ‘60s.......

[Steamport Southport]

It was certainly used on the booklets and some of mine are in old money.

 

 

 

Jason

[Ruffnut Thorston]

In fact, the current booklets, such as that "Free" with the current issue on modifying RTR locomotives, carry on the series title of "Shows You How"....

 

'SHOWS YOU HOW' SERIES   No.28

 

CUSTOMISING R-T-R

LOCOMOTIVES IN OO

 

A handy guiide from...

RAILWAY

MODELLER

Edited March 29, 2018 by Sarahagain

[Pint of Adnams]

Seeing as we're doing Pecos marketing for them....

Just landed again on this first post and - noting what tomorrow's date is - I wondered what the connection might be with Jeff Arnold and Riders of the Range from the wonder comic of my errant youth, the Eagle? Weren't his adventures always somewhere, north, east, south or west of the Pecos?