reevesthecat Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Website now update with whats in next issue must be due today or tommorrow including 'honest' review of Heljan 86! mark edit as predicted arrived today reviews of Heljan/Dapol 86 falcon modelled in its final days bit of news and thats it really main mag fasline freight focus and regulars Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 In the thread on REx165 I wrote that they seemed to be having trouble generating enough feature articles for the prototype magazine. Looks like Jarvis' misfortune might be REx's gain: they have a good author and I imagine that the Fastline story would make a pretty interesting article. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 30, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 30, 2010 Looks like Jarvis' misfortune might be REx's gain: they have a good author and I imagine that the Fastline story would make a pretty interesting article. Jim i was hoping to have a few "insider" photo's in that article but unfortunatly i only used my nokia N95 for taking photos so when they tried to use some of them they weren't a high enough resolution, which is a shame. i did help out a little bit with the article though, i've read the finished text but not seen it in print yet, looking forward to it. wonder if there are any photo's of me? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reevesthecat Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share Posted April 30, 2010 Hi Jim I did wonder if you were on a picture but I don't know what you look like- I suspect that avatar isn't you (unless you were on psychoville) mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdseyecircus Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 I look forward to RE especially the picture quality, however the model section seems to be struggling, with more advert pages than articles. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 30, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 30, 2010 Hi Jim I did wonder if you were on a picture but I don't know what you look like- I suspect that avatar isn't you (unless you were on psychoville) mark i'll let you know if its me when i get my copy!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted May 1, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 1, 2010 My sub copy has also arrived. Although not an overhead electric man (my traction runs on 750 DC from a third rail - proper way to operate ) I did read the Heljan 86 review with interest and boy does it not pull any punches, basically its a crock of cak. Funniest article was the ongoing (and admittedly sometimes tedious) Mostyn series where a number of major failures at Ally Pally were finally blamed on interference from the TV mast on the roof - sorry but I find that explanation/excuse to be a load of dangly reproductive organs. Lovely article on FastLine I must say. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 My sub copy has also arrived. Although not an overhead electric man (my traction runs on 750 DC from a third rail - proper way to operate ) I did read the Heljan 86 review with interest and boy does it not pull any punches, basically its a crock of cak. That's the good thing about the internet- the slightest "areas for improvement" are known within hours of the initial photos being released that those in the know might not have spotted. But surely they must have found one positive aspect of the model...? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37510HellFire Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 The Heljan 86 review was shockingly bad. I can't belive that Heljan have made so many mistakes. Im still getting one, but the panto will be tweaked so it can be put down, rather than sprung up all the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reevesthecat Posted May 1, 2010 Author Share Posted May 1, 2010 I don't think the Heljan review mentions anything not already said in the thread on here, was puzzled by the mostyn problem explanation but stranger things have happened I suppose. God feature on fastline freight and also election special with the views of each party on the railway but considering we have to cut public spending and apparently network rail is overspent I can't see how any will deliver what they say. Editorial mentions the mremag poll and do we need a D&E poll. eeerrr yep mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 But surely they must have found one positive aspect of the model...? They're very complimentary about the underframe equipment. Not about the whole underframe - the bogies come in for a proper kicking - but the underframe equipment. In fairness, the compressors etc. do look rather nifty in the photos. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 They're very complimentary about the underframe equipment. Not about the whole underframe - the bogies come in for a proper kicking - but the underframe equipment. In fairness, the compressors etc. do look rather nifty in the photos. Jim I have a feeling the framework where the second compressor was only has one cross member when there should be two. It wouldn't be difficult to put right, but it's not as if it's the only mistake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 i'll let you know if its me when i get my copy!! It's difficult to tell, but I think you might be in one or two You're mentioned in the text at the end, anyway! cheers jo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 2, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 2, 2010 It's difficult to tell, but I think you might be in one or two You're mentioned in the text at the end, anyway! cheers jo not going to see my copy til tuesday, the excitement is killing me!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdfaulkner Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Funniest article was the ongoing (and admittedly sometimes tedious) Mostyn series where a number of major failures at Ally Pally were finally blamed on interference from the TV mast on the roof - sorry but I find that explanation/excuse to be a load of dangly reproductive organs. John, You clearly have a technical ability and a knowledge of EMI issues way in excess of both mine and other members of MERG (who considered the explanation entirely reasonable). I wonder, can you offer an alternative explanation? Regards David Faulkner Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted May 3, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 3, 2010 John, You clearly have a technical ability and a knowledge of EMI issues way in excess of both mine and other members of MERG (who considered the explanation entirely reasonable). I wonder, can you offer an alternative explanation? Regards David Faulkner I have a simpler level of understanding and all I can say is we didn't have problems with Charlotte Road* and some of the the chips are a lot older (and some are the same 1025s) in our kettles. I was also bemused as to how the EMI only choose the down line to affect, presumably because its "down sarf?" Strange that no one else has had their decoders affected - must be bad luck I guess * we did clean all the stock thoroughly before we attended. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.A.C Martin Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Funniest article was the ongoing (and admittedly sometimes tedious) Mostyn series where a number of major failures at Ally Pally were finally blamed on interference from the TV mast on the roo I find the idea of the TV Mast affecting Mostyn's trains in this way to be amusing - imagine your DCC sound Deltic coming out with Jeff Stelling from Sky Sports News brings a whole new meaning to "Sky Digital" Seriously, can the DCC chips really be affected in this way? There's tons of phone masts/TV dishes scattered about the roof of the Birmingham NEC and I didn't hear of any of the layouts at Warley having problems like this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdfaulkner Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 And yet, after eliminating dirt or faulty components / connectors as the cause, I’m still to hear an alternative explanation. Cheers David P.S. Nice to know people are reading the articles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.A.C Martin Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 And yet, after eliminating dirt or faulty components / connectors as the cause, I’m still to hear an alternative explanation. Cheers David P.S. Nice to know people are reading the articles. I would prefer to see some proof that they did affect components in this way. If you must put a portion of blame anywhere, at least back it up with the relevant facts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennine MC Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 P.S. Nice to know people are reading the articles. Ah, the old 'any publicity is good publicity' fallback And yet, after eliminating dirt or faulty components / connectors as the cause, I’m still to hear an alternative explanation. I would prefer to see some proof that they did affect components in this way. If you must put a portion of blame anywhere, at least back it up with the relevant facts. “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.†Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted May 3, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 3, 2010 And yet, after eliminating dirt or faulty components / connectors as the cause, I’m still to hear an alternative explanation. Cheers David P.S. Nice to know people are reading the articles. I think you need to consider logic - the mast is unlikely to just affect one line, and is even more unlikely to only affect the scenic section - how does it know ?? - sounds like a power district fault to me but as I wasn't involved in the diagnosis then I can't say much more and nothing with certainty. PS - Insomnia needs a cure Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigwelsh Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 How in depth is the article on Falcon? I'll get this issue if its a good one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 How in depth is the article on Falcon? I'll get this issue if its a good one. I'd say not bad at all. If I wanted/had a model of said machine to rework then I'd have bought the magazine for that fairly brief feature though a few more prototype pictures would have been useful. The rest would go in the recycling almost immediately. This is not to disparage the magazine, the photography and repro' is excellent, I'm simply not all that interested in the present-day content/analysis. Adam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
magic_monkey09 Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 YEY!! glad to read that REX will be uncluding more realistic snowploughs for their Heavyweight sets and different buffers for each model B) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.A.C Martin Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.†There is that, yes, but normally that's reserved for the completely unexplainable...like Steven Gerrard's back pass in the last Chelsea-Liverpool fixture Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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