SM42 Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 Obviously he needed a detail shot to finish his scratch build Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 5 hours ago, phil_sutters said: In our local newsagent's window. Not much railway, but the scale and perspective are all to pot, without getting into the the rivet counting, lamps or livery critique. Are Hollyhocks and cherry blossom out at the same time? Apart from it running wrong line at speed, it reminds me of a photo of a Princess class loco emerging from the tunnel at Edge Hill, Liverpool... Its a pity that that isn't a bus on the bridge! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 How to trigger another kind of "Serious Enthusiast" .. boastful broad gauge claims? "Cheltenham Flyer - World's Fastest Train" I'm told it also appears on jigsaw puzzles. https://www.pressreader.com/uk/gloucestershire-echo/20210826/281887301397644 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 4 minutes ago, KeithMacdonald said: How to trigger another kind of "Serious Enthusiast" .. boastful broad gauge claims? "Cheltenham Flyer - World's Fastest Train" I'm told it also appears on jigsaw puzzles. https://www.pressreader.com/uk/gloucestershire-echo/20210826/281887301397644 At least the perspective and livery are correct, and the claim was probably more or less true for the period indicated by the headlamp colour... And its a decent loco too! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 (edited) It was the World's Fastest Train. Had the record for highest average speed on numerous occasions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheltenham_Spa_Express Edited August 5, 2023 by Steamport Southport 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted August 6, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 6, 2023 On 30/07/2023 at 23:30, Hroth said: I once got a birthday card illustrating a Castle loco passing Sydney Gardens in Bath. Jolly realistic, apart from the red livery and the LMS on the tender... Sounds like someone imaginging what might have been if decisions had been different. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted August 8, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8, 2023 On 02/08/2023 at 21:34, MrTea said: Our mate Victor certainly seems to have a penchant for Gresley Pacifics in Crimson Lake doesn’t he? @AY Mod those Falcon jigsaws you’ve found are an abomination! I won’t be able to unsee them. Red Green Colour Blind? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyRule1 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 I was in our gift shop of the railway I volunteer at this morning and spotted this https://gibsonsgames.co.uk/products/off-to-the-coast When I showed it to the shop manager her reaction was that she wouldn't have stocked it if she had looked at the details. Two gauges in the platform. Very narrow platform with the passenger sitting on the bench having his feet at the platform edge and the steam loco running on rails at platform level. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted August 8, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8, 2023 Some of their others are fun, how about Crossing Glenfinnan Viaduct | 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle for Adults | Gibsons – GIBSONS (gibsonsgames.co.uk) featuring what appears to be a Brighton tank loco in Southern green, numbered 618 (0-4-2 Gladstone in fact). 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 A spookily gigantic loco it is too. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 7 hours ago, MyRule1 said: I was in our gift shop of the railway I volunteer at this morning and spotted this https://gibsonsgames.co.uk/products/off-to-the-coast When I showed it to the shop manager her reaction was that she wouldn't have stocked it if she had looked at the details. Two gauges in the platform. Very narrow platform with the passenger sitting on the bench having his feet at the platform edge and the steam loco running on rails at platform level. Nah. I would keep stocking them as the general public would probably buy it. Cheap present for gran/grandad! The clue is in the word "gift", you don't buy quality as a gift, you want tat. It's the thought that counts. Think of the stuff they bring back from Spain or Italy such as stuffed donkeys or porcelain models of the Leaning Tower Of Pisa. Look at the stuff the NRM sells. In amongst those limited edition models and quality books there is some right junk. But people buy it. Guess what they stock.... 😐 https://shop.sciencemuseum.org.uk/products/off-to-the-coast-jigsaw-500-piece Jason 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted August 9, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 9, 2023 4 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: Nah. I would keep stocking them as the general public would probably buy it. Cheap present for gran/grandad! The clue is in the word "gift", you don't buy quality as a gift, you want tat. It's the thought that counts. Think of the stuff they bring back from Spain or Italy such as stuffed donkeys or porcelain models of the Leaning Tower Of Pisa. Look at the stuff the NRM sells. In amongst those limited edition models and quality books there is some right junk. But people buy it. Guess what they stock.... 😐 https://shop.sciencemuseum.org.uk/products/off-to-the-coast-jigsaw-500-piece Jason I see that there are 52 Flying Scotsman items, of which only one is out of stock! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Jigsaw puzzles? What about the "Flying Scotsman" Steiff bear thats got a full page ad in one of this months model railway magazines*? From what I could see, it was to no modelling scale whatsoever! * Name omitted to protect the guilty. Oh ok, I just can't remember it at present... 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 5 hours ago, kevinlms said: I see that there are 52 Flying Scotsman items, of which only one is out of stock! Do they have that clock with the bendy Flying Scotsman that goes round the base? 🙄🤣🤣 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted August 9, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 9, 2023 4 hours ago, F-UnitMad said: Do they have that clock with the bendy Flying Scotsman that goes round the base? 🙄🤣🤣 You can do the search for them, it's B r a d f o r d E x c h a n g e. The last time I looked, Google came up with suggestions for them for 3 MONTHS! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted August 9, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 9, 2023 Who needs Jigsaw painters when you've got AI anyway: "flying scotsman in red passsing over the ouse valley viaduct while three spitfires fly overhead" 2 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 (edited) That AI ate cheese before bedtime. Its so disturbingly weird that it does almost qualify as surrealist art. Edited August 9, 2023 by Nearholmer 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 17 minutes ago, Nearholmer said: That AI ate cheese before bedtime. Its so disturbingly weird that it does almost qualify as surrealist art. It's only one melted clock away from being a Salvador Dali masterpiece! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattR Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Rugd1022 said: It's only one melted clock away from being a Salvador Dali masterpiece! Or Magritte! Edited August 9, 2023 by MattR 7 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 It was him I was thinking of. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted August 9, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 9, 2023 2 hours ago, Nick C said: Who needs Jigsaw painters when you've got AI anyway: "flying scotsman in red passsing over the ouse valley viaduct while three spitfires fly overhead" What kind of boiler pressure does that have, to be able to generate vertical thrust...? 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 (edited) 50 minutes ago, MattR said: Or Magritte! At least that was a rough impression of a Black 5 (allegedly, though the parallel boiler puts me in mind of a Royal Scot), unlike Galloping Gertie which has strange wheels and motion, a wide firebox and no cab or tender to speak of... @Ramblin Rich I think its just momentum and wishful thinking, though it looks as if its not going to work... Edited August 9, 2023 by Hroth 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 17 hours ago, Nick C said: flying scotsman in red passsing over the ouse valley viaduct while three spitfires fly overhead Three Spitfires? I can only see two, & on closer inspection they might be X-Wings.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 18 minutes ago, F-UnitMad said: Three Spitfires? I can only see two, & on closer inspection they might be X-Wings.... Dragonflies? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted August 10, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 10, 2023 19 minutes ago, F-UnitMad said: Three Spitfires? I can only see two, & on closer inspection they might be X-Wings.... Yes, I'd noticed that it can't count, and presumably doesn't know what a spitfire is, but of all the issues with it's creation, I thought that was fairly low down the list! The quote underneath is the 'prompt' I gave the AI to generate the picture BTW, not a caption... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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