St. Simon Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Hi, Having read an article in the Railway Modeller, where the author says he doesn't like funny layout cameos, I thought what funny cameos are out there on layouts? So, what funny layout cameos have you seen? They can be on your layout, or someone elses, but please no rude ones Lets have a light-hearted look at our hobby! Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted September 17, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 17, 2010 ive put a few on warmington, funny or not, its up to the viewer!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Sooper! What is the woman doing at the back of the first photo next to the wall?????????? Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted September 17, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 17, 2010 she's the "care in the community woman" looking at herself in a mirror!! also in the background of this one is the local soak having a wee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 2mmMark Posted September 17, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 17, 2010 Sorry but I agree with Graham Hedges in the Modeller. It's the prosaic & everyday that convinces. I find the humour in frozen action cameos somewhat forced. I'd make a possible exception for a clever word play placed very subtly on a poster or billboard. With a bit of care, these could be easily refreshed. Mark. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLD Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 What about this scene at Wickhill? Avoids the 'frozen action' trap, but still frequently raises a smile... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Hull have done the best one of the lot, IMHO, and the main protagonist isn't even there. I think it might be 'Wintringham Haven'? The fallen painter. If anyone has a photo it would make me chuckle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted September 18, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2010 What about this scene at Wickhill? Avoids the 'frozen action' trap, but still frequently raises a smile... That's very nice. I'm not sure if it's funny, but it's a great cameo all the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Jim, If you can just let me know where warmington is, I won't ever go there. Small station with half the passengers drunk, perverts or fruit loops !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PhilH Posted September 18, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2010 Any more photos of Wickhill? If the rest is to the standard of that shot it looks good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 It's better known (round here) as the Stealth Bomber Phil. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted September 18, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2010 Jim, If you can just let me know where warmington is, I won't ever go there. Small station with half the passengers drunk, perverts or fruit loops !! it must be based on wrexham central then!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jim s-w Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 ive put a few on warmington, funny or not, its up to the viewer!! I am a bit more concerned as to why there's a bus stop on the platfrom TBH While I dont like cameos and much prefer 'everyday' for realism, I do think there is a place for a few now and then in the context of a whole show. Its like Television - we cant all be entertained by Discovery channel all of the time, Some times people just want to watch Nickelodeon. Cheers Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plarailfan Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 See my photo, on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/41294071@N02/4995671013/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 I Its like Television - we cant all be entertained by Discovery channel all of the time, Some times people just want to watch Nickelodeon. Cheers Jim Or you have a 13 year old daughter and she force feeds you with TeenNick - I'd rather watch SpongeBob, frankly. I refuse to have more than one TV in our house.......... Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buhar Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Funny or even action "frozen moment" cameos to me are like running specials all the time, life's not like that, and what I like to see is a recreation of what was the ordinary. Posters, shop names, that bloke having a break, a hole in the road, they're help me enjoy a layout, even someone relieving themselves behind a tree would be OK if it was really discreet. Obviously a lot of people like them and think they liven up the scene, and certainly we are often encouraged by articles to create cameos, but they don't do it for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PhilH Posted September 18, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2010 While I dont like cameos and much prefer 'everyday' for realism Isn't that the point though - 'everyday' is all about cameos, amusing, sad, traumatic, mundane. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jim s-w Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Isn't that the point though - 'everyday' is all about cameos, amusing, sad, traumatic, mundane. You missed off 'boring'! The chap taking a break from the fence building is an everyday cameo. I cant see why anyone would find it amusing and I doubt that was ever the intention. That's the beauty of it though. I have touched on this in one of my blog entries - see http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php/blog/358/entry-4555-real-but-undesirable/ Cheers Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Years ago in RM there was a layout which borrowed heavily from a couple of photos taken by none other than Wilbert Awdry. The layout naturally had a cameo of a vicar with a camera on the footbridge. Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Seriously my view is: Something that is a surprise is funny but if there are many of them then it is tiresome - an exception is the "Sin City" the Toronto diorama that works because it fits rundown North American cities of that era - but it is not what even New York is like nowadays. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted September 18, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2010 it must be based on wrexham central then!! You need the local walking in front of the video camera then - despite being asked not too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted September 18, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2010 I am a bit more concerned as to why there's a bus stop on the platfrom TBH the bus stop has gone now, from a distance i wanted it to look like one of those passenger information/help points! the flasher is only stuck down with blacktac so he tends to move round the layout at different shows. must admit the "frozen in time" view on cameos tends to work on my layout apart from the one of the woman hitting the kid with a brolly, most other people on the layout are in standing poses the thing with my layout is i share it with my 6 year old when its at home so i get all sorts of cameos appearing while im not looking, the car park sometime hosts "lightning McQueen" and currently the platform has R2D2 and darth vader waiting for a train (i say they are off to a star wars convention nearby! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Cameos are like pun names; okay if they're quite subtle and not too contrived. Some are just far too common on layouts... the one of the man with the "The End is Nigh" sandwich board who's been knocked over is just tiresome now (and how many times have you ever seen anyone like that anyway?). I'm not too keen on 'blue' ones especially at exhibitions; in the middle of a show was not the place to have to explain to my 5-yr old why the caravan was rocking on Dainton Bank, for instance. I saw a subtle one once (can't remember the layout now); there were skid marks approaching a bend in the road, and a demolished fence on the corner, that's all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpeo Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 there were skid marks approaching a bend in the road, and a demolished fence on the corner, that's all. Was it a U-Bend? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted September 18, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2010 A couple of silly ones , from Porth St John , seen at Exeter a while back . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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