Railpassion Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Tonight we were let into Tony Archer's secret hobby. He's gone DCC and it's GWR. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisf Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Yes, he was complaining that Aberdeen Angus cattle are not available in OO gauge. He painted a Friesian black instead. Chris 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted April 15, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 15, 2021 Sounded like a typical GWR nut. The Archers is like the GWR, boring, repetitive, goes on forever and never changes! 1 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Surely he's modelling the Felpersham railway line? Change at Hollerton Junction for Ambridge. Has Eddie Grundy found that buried treasure yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted April 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2021 (edited) 15 hours ago, Dava said: Sounded like a typical GWR nut. The Archers is like the GWR, boring, repetitive, goes on forever and never changes! If you've found a winning formula, why change? 17 hours ago, Railpassion said: Tonight we were let into Tony Archer's secret hobby. He's gone DCC and it's GWR. It would have been more intriguing if he had joined MERG and started installing Cbus... Edited April 16, 2021 by Hroth Just noticed a spelin error. Grrr.... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibelroad Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 He didn’t look hard for his Aberdeen Angus cattle, I found some Ten Commandments ones online in a few seconds. I didn’t think much of his solution to derailment by adding weight either. Check your B2B man !! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheatley Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Your map is wrong. I know the line went through Borchester because some bloke built a model of it. Hornby black and white cows, despite having been painted by someone who's never seen a cow, don't look too bad if de-horned and painted black. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Wheatley said: Hornby black and white cows, despite having been painted by someone who's never seen a cow, don't look too bad if de-horned and painted black. I know an O gauge railway that has a camel with its hump filed off waiting in the cattle pen. 1 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philou Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Hmmm ...... the road numbering on the map is all to pot - eastern UK and Scottish numbers. I thought it was supposed to be 'sort-of' west Midlands/Herefordshire area. The map certainly has a Ledbury/Hereford feel about it. Cheers, Philip 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welchester Posted April 16, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 16, 2021 3 hours ago, Philou said: Hmmm ...... the road numbering on the map is all to pot - eastern UK and Scottish numbers. I thought it was supposed to be 'sort-of' west Midlands/Herefordshire area. The map certainly has a Ledbury/Hereford feel about it. Cheers, Philip There's also an easy connection to Cheltenham, where Lilian had her 'Brief Encounter' moment. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted April 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2021 3 hours ago, Philou said: Hmmm ...... the road numbering on the map is all to pot - eastern UK and Scottish numbers. I thought it was supposed to be 'sort-of' west Midlands/Herefordshire area. The map certainly has a Ledbury/Hereford feel about it. Cheers, Philip That's ok, you won't be able to link anything to the genuine Herefordshire/Worcestershire road patterns, though that then knocks out the "fold in the map" location device! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Aberdeen Angus https://tencommandmentsmodels.co.uk/product/aberdeen-angus-cows-x-6/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted April 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2021 5 hours ago, Wheatley said: Your map is wrong. I know the line went through Borchester because some bloke built a model of it. Perhaps Borchester was one of those places which shunned the railways when they were being built in the mid 19C, and only later had a branchline when they realised that they were losing out in trade and influence. I can see it running to Hollerton Junction to connect to the rest of the world... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Yes, Borchester is a notoriously snobby town, like Sidmouth. A branch line like Cirencester Town perhaps? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 16, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 16, 2021 4 hours ago, Philou said: Hmmm ...... the road numbering on the map is all to pot - eastern UK and Scottish numbers. I thought it was supposed to be 'sort-of' west Midlands/Herefordshire area. The map certainly has a Ledbury/Hereford feel about it. Cheers, Philip Also 3s & 4s. There aren't any first or second tier roads either (A1, A10 etc.) so it must be a very minor location. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philou Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 27 minutes ago, melmerby said: Also 3s & 4s. There aren't any first or second tier roads either (A1, A10 etc.) so it must be a very minor location. Having lived in Ledbury it sort of sums it up really! The closest first tier road was the M50, but on the scale of motorways, it was/is quite minor. However, tying railways and the Archers with Ledbury, at least it was mainly GWR-land. Cheers, Philip Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tim Hall Posted April 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2021 Sorry, keep thinking of Hancock and "The Bowmans". Has anyone fallen in the threshing machine recently? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted April 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2021 Yes, I remember Ambridge- Because, one afternoon Of heat the express-train drew up there Unwontedly, it was late June. The steam hissed. Someone cleared his throat. No one left and no one came On the bare platform. What I saw Was Ambridge- only the name And willows, willow -herb and grass, And meadowsweet, and haycocks dry, No whit less still and lonely fair Than the high cloudlets in the sky. And for that minute a blackbird sang And close by, round him, mistier, Farther and farther, all the birds Of Gloucestershire and Borsetshire. With my sincerest apologies to the late Edward Thomas. 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted April 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2021 7 hours ago, Michael Hodgson said: I know an O gauge railway that has a camel with its hump filed off waiting in the cattle pen. Humphrey? Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 9 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Humphrey? Mike. Humphrey was the Downing Street cat when John Major was there. A camel should have a good Islamic name though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted April 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2021 1 minute ago, Michael Hodgson said: Humphrey was the Downing Street cat when John Major was there. A camel should have a good Islamic name though. How can a cat be hump free when it never had one in the first place?!! Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 9 hours ago, Wheatley said: Hornby black and white cows, despite having been painted by someone who's never seen a cow, don't look too bad if de-horned and painted black. Like these ones in the Midlands ? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheatley Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Not even that realistic. What breed of cow has 4 spots and a diagonal stripe ? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hornby-R7121-Cows-Accessory-Multi/dp/B07N89D63J Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Yes, I remember Ambridge- Because, one time I made the daft mistake of tuning there Unwontedly, it was just after lunch. Joe Grundy wheezed. A posh bloke cleared his throat. Some horses got delivered, and one was lame. On the wireless it was. What I heard Was "Lynda Snell"- and several dozen other names Some Archer, Hebden-Lloyd and Carter, Others Aldridge, and Pargetter, No whit less dull and tedious there Than seeing magnolia paint grow slowly dry. And for that quarter-hour I got enmeshed In that quotidian tale of agricultural deeds, Father and son, and all the wives and daughters, and all the cousins of Borsetshire. (With apologies to Edward Thomas, and TomParryHarry) 1 2 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said: Like these ones in the Midlands ? They are not in The Midlands. At least, they weren't when I cycled past them this afternoon. They do, however, appear in this railway-related short film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bNxsaJZktY Edited April 16, 2021 by Nearholmer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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