SteveyDee68 Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 (edited) It occurred to me that my signature had grown somewhat clumsy, listing my layout threads but not anything else I have posted (which I might still want to easily find), so I wondered to myself “What if I created a thread which simply listed links to my pages, and then my signature simply referenced that page instead?” But where to put such a thread? “Modelling musings and miscellany” seemed the most obvious and natural place to have such a thing, so here it is! (Thank you to the Mods!) Steve S LAYOUT LINKS BLACKFORD BRIDGE - an O gauge “micro” using my late father’s stock and buildings, as a tribute to him BLACKFORD WHARF - inspired by the C&HPR and @Ruston‘s superb layout “White Peak Limestone & Tarmacadam”, this is my fictional exchange sidings connecting to the above BROADHAVEN - the big one - a reimagining of Newhaven as a major link to the continent featuring a terminus with a train ferry - in OO! BURNSTOW DOCK - a dockside layout inspired by Ipswich/Great Yarmouth CASTLEBROOK SIDINGS - having purchased many (many) industrial locos, including five of the awesome Planet Industrial “Victory” tank locos, I feel the need for some ‘bigger’, generic exchange sidings to allow me to shuffle longer rakes of wagons about! As I am slowly accumulating stock suitable for both mineral traffic and dock traffic (grain, fish, fruit, bananas, general merchandise, ferry wagons, petrol and even cement etc) for different micros, this should allow me to ‘ring the changes’ with what industry the sidings are serving, and the geographical location. As stated above, they need to be generic… maybe even incorporate an obligatory (but expanded) Inglenook (everyone has to build one - it’s the law!) DRS ENGINEERING LTD - named after my late father’s initials rather than the train operating company, this is currently a foamboard baseboard awaiting further development after several false starts, but will be a small engineering company servicing locomotives and rolling stock UNNAMED W&U MICRO - I have a couple of tram locomotives and W&U tramcars, plus a small assortment of Eastern region motive power that cries out for a micro to run them upon. This will be that micro. As yet unnamed. And unplanned. But one to be made. Eventually. Honest. WOODHEY QUAY - a rural, almost Colonel Stephens-like quayside layout heavily influenced by Wells-next-the-Sea (and the layouts of @NHY 581) OTHER LINKS Running In Loop - suggestions for a lightweight and easily moved/stored loop of track for running in locos Train Ferry Project in 1:76 ... previously ... Two (or more) Heads Are Better Than One ... or ... Too late! That ship has sailed! - rambling thoughts upon modelling a train ferry in OO scale Paired Nameplate Suggestions - ideas for the names for a pair of identical locos 1:76 Kit for Class 66 - discussion of Atlas Models static Class 66 loco Triang Big Big Train Track - Sunlight Degredation? - discussion of second hand plastic garden railway track SM32 “Clogher Valley” style loco - info/ advice on scale drawings Birds Eye Containers - discussion re: refrigerated containers used in dedicated trains for Birds Eye C&HPR Water Tenders - like it says on the tin! Into and Out of Gradients - advice sought regarding starting and finishing sloping sections of track Triang Blue Pullman - donor coaches/sources - detailing parts - as much as I can find about detailing the Triang Blue Pullman model 8 plank open ferry wagon in OO - information about modelling the ex-SR and BR ferry open wagons Bachmann limited edition Class 46 loco “Ixion” - advice sought on this particular model and why selling so cheaply* on eBay * at the time! Triang/Novo Big Big Train remotoring - seeking advice upon changing the motor/power source Hornby J83 locomotive - discussion upon the merits and otherwise of this model Hornby Rebuilt Bulleids - Merchant Navy, West Country/Battle of Britain locos - queries and answers about these models Re-motor a Hornby L&Y Pug 0-4-0 - exactly as it says on the tin Missing - O gauge Ivatt 2-6-2 2P tank locomotive - trying to find a missing loco from my late father’s collection DCC or not SC - that is the question (probably) - musings about the merits or otherwise of going DCC “Best” RTR Class 47 loco model in OO - opinions sought - like it says on the tin Multiple EMU formations - help requested - asking for prototype information Connecting foamboard baseboards - advice sought Gaugemaster Dockside Crane - merits and otherwise of new kit Lima Wagonlits as “Night Ferry” sleeper car alternative (abandoned project) - like it says! Triang Continental as “Night Ferry” sleeper car alternative (abandoned project) - like it says! Mid train power for Triang Blue Pullman - discussion of merits of providing motorisation in the middle of the formation 1980s article - PLA system - "The Millwall Circle" - help sought finding the above article Perfume Factory - advice - like it says on the tin! Heljan Class 07 - advice re: horns and couplings - like what it says! Replacement wheels for Ratio 4 wheel coaches - advice and help sought Murky waters… asking for advice for painting appropriate shades for dock water GWR Centenary stock to trans channel sleeping coaches - a flight of fancy whilst waiting for You-Know-Who to produce the Wagon-Lits Type F coaches! GWR Centenary stock - adding sliding vents to windows - asking if anyone produces kits/etches to “update” the stock into BR period condition Bachmann 4CEP to 4BEP - feasibility of converting one to the other Scalescenes PDF Default Print Size - discussion re: ensuring downloaded files print at 100% Rendered finish on card models - seeking advice and methods to model render Lifting Bridge - recreating the old Hornby/Pola model Douefstein - from French loco to industrial shunter - a record of my attempts to “Anglify” an old Jouef diesel loco into something believably British Suggestions as to causes of discolouration - asking advice about a damaged model for sale on eBay Hornby LWB Van - can the ugly duckling be transformed into a swan? - discussion about improving the less-than-generic LWB van foistered upon modellers since the late 1960s by Hornby Edited January 10 by SteveyDee68 The topic misled a few seeking GWR wagons Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 9 hours ago, SteveyDee68 said: It occurred to me that my signature had grown somewhat clumsy, listing most (but not all) of my threads, so I wondered to myself “What if I created a thread which simply listed links to my pages, and then my signature simply referenced that page instead?” But where to put such a thread? “Modelling musings and miscellany” seemed the most obvious and natural place to have such a thing, so here it is! Or, rather, here it will be, once the Moderators say yay or nay and I add thread links into my post! As the old maps used to say when the edge of the map makers’ knowledge was reached, “Here be monsters” Steve S Monsters, eh!? 😎 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted December 23, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 23, 2022 ISTR a Monster was a particular sort of bogie van, possibly GWR. Your title will attract those who like such things. 'Ere be dragons' is more familiar on the edge of olde maps. I do wonder if the community of Earby in Lancs calls its footie team thus. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Worth mentioning that some people (me included) turn off all signatures to reduce the clutter on screen. The on-off switch is in Account Settings / Signatures. 1 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold melmoth Posted December 23, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Oldddudders said: ISTR a Monster was a particular sort of bogie van, possibly GWR. Your title will attract those who like such things. 'Ere be dragons' is more familiar on the edge of olde maps. I do wonder if the community of Earby in Lancs calls its footie team thus. 1. Yes, I came in search of Swindon NPCCS. I feel slightly cheated. 2. In my bookshop, the volumes relating to pre-1914 warfare are on a shelf labelled 'Here Be Dragoons' 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted December 23, 2022 Author Share Posted December 23, 2022 (edited) Apologies to anyone seeking GWR built vehicles - have changed title to stop any misunderstandings in future, with apologies to anyone disappointed to discover this thread is full of dragon-poop and not what they expected! MERRY XMAS!! Edited December 23, 2022 by SteveyDee68 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 13 hours ago, SteveyDee68 said: BLACKFORD WHARF* - inspired by the C&HPR and @Ruston‘s superb layout “White Peak Limestone & Tarmacadam”, this is my fictional exchange sidings connecting to the above https://www.rmweb.co.uk/topic/161152-blackford-wharf-was-castlebrook-sidings/ That reminds me that I ought to do something about replacing the lost photos on WP. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted December 23, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 23, 2022 (edited) 19 hours ago, SteveyDee68 said: Apologies to anyone seeking GWR built vehicles - have changed title to stop any misunderstandings in future, with apologies to anyone disappointed to discover this thread is full of dragon-poop and not what they expected! MERRY XMAS!! Exactly so that you should be apologising. The Dragon wagon was a LSWR one. Drawings for them appeared in Railway Modeller 1990 April. Corrected year. Edited December 24, 2022 by kevinlms Corrected Year 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 23 minutes ago, kevinlms said: The Dragon wagon I've got Les Dawson on line 2, something about wanting his joke back! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 So we are talking about the Merioneth and Llantisilly Rail Traction Company? 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted December 24, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 24, 2022 17 hours ago, eastwestdivide said: I've got Les Dawson on line 2, something about wanting his joke back! Actually, the reference is quite serious, there was an article on a LSWR Dragon wagon, but I typed the year wrong. It's 1990, not 1980 as I originally stated. Drawing and article by Derek Fox. But yes, Les would want a joke back - but where is his reference to his Mother in law? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 (edited) Retitled again, due to my reference to “dragons” unwittingly referring to yet another wagon type! I toyed with the idea of calling it “Layout Wormholes” but worried I might attract the attention of pest control officers or those suffering damage to their baseboards… ”Portals to Elsewhere” similarly had me worried … folk might think I was referring to the 1980s medical drama set in a hospital of the same name, or perhaps “portals” might turn out to be a type of brake van… So a boring title but which does exactly what it says on the tin … “Links to my stuff (on RMWeb)” Now, what’s the chances someone thinks it is a discussion on the merits of 3 link couplings versus tension locks? To all, a very Happy New Year! All the best Steve S Edited December 31, 2022 by SteveyDee68 Extra clarity!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted January 29, 2023 Author Share Posted January 29, 2023 (edited) Links to stuff I m interested in… And I’m going to use this page to put links to stuff I am interested in … because sometimes “following” a topic isn’t enough, especially when nobody posts on it for a while!! LAYOUTS next IMPROVING MODELS Triang L1 detailing - by @cabbie37 Triang L1 mods - by @longie Hornby Freightliner flats - by @Darius43 FGA / FFA Freightliner Flats - by @Gibbo675 Lima UKF Palvans- adding a little variety - by @jonhall Hornby VIX ferry vans - by @dasatcopthorne Improving running of Bachmann Class 66 (and similar older diesel models) next PROTOTYPE INFO Southern Railway Ferry Wagon Buffers next Edited September 26, 2023 by SteveyDee68 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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