RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted March 3, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2011 hehe Chris...but how many could you fit in a cauldron??? B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted March 3, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2011 I seem to remember hearing that penguin eggs are delicious. Why not start a farm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennine MC Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 All layouts should have penguins. Chocolate biscuit factory, specialised wagons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 All layouts should have penguins. Chocolate biscuit factory, specialised wagons Bar'd from certain routes.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Chocolate biscuit factory, specialised wagons I sense a cross-over to the unusual layouts threads. Willy Wonka's chocolate factory as a rail served industry anyone? ... milk tankers, liquid chocolate tankers, open wagons loaded up with sweets. Oompa-Loompas instead of penguins. Then of course the Cadbury factory in Bournville was rail served, with very distinctive industrial locomotives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamouti Ben Yafo Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Raw chocolate originally went to Cadbury's by canal. Liquid chocolate tankers did/do exist - for transport from chocolatiers to bakers, for example, but the only vehicles I've seen were lorries. There was one in Vintage Roadscene (IIRC) not long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sheep Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I sense a cross-over to the unusual layouts threads. Willy Wonka's chocolate factory as a rail served industry anyone? ... milk tankers, liquid chocolate tankers, open wagons loaded up with sweets. Oompa-Loompas instead of penguins. Then of course the Cadbury factory in Bournville was rail served, with very distinctive industrial locomotives. indeed, the canal and railway lay next to each other, my plans for future railways do actually include Bournville. there is a scale model of the factory and it's canal and sidings, but it is a very very small scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted March 24, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 24, 2011 As far as I can tell, the low wagon with parsnip has not yet become a cliché. But perhaps some day every layout will have one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karhedron Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Then of course the Cadbury factory in Bournville was rail served, with very distinctive industrial locomotives. As was the Fry's chocolate factory at Keynsham. One regular visitor was the GWR Terrier "Portishead". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22xx Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 A man lying down with a newspaper over his face is a nice touch, but I've seen one otherwise excellent layout that has half a dozen of them spread around the place. It looks as though there's a serial killer on the loose, with a quirky 'trademark'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobi323 Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Whitewashed cattle wagons (with black and white cows in the yard!), on the other hand, are common errors, not cliches. Sorry, Am I missing something here? What are the errors with whitewashed cattle wagons and black and white cows in the yard. Maybe I can see that black and white cows are dairy cows and would only take the train for their final trip to the great pasture in the sky but I can't see the problem with the whitewashed cattle wagons. Nearly all pictures I've seen of cattle wagons in the pre-WWII era have whitewash splashed rather haphazardly on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted March 30, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 30, 2011 Sorry, Am I missing something here? What are the errors with whitewashed cattle wagons and black and white cows in the yard. Maybe I can see that black and white cows are dairy cows and would only take the train for their final trip to the great pasture in the sky but I can't see the problem with the whitewashed cattle wagons. Nearly all pictures I've seen of cattle wagons in the pre-WWII era have whitewash splashed rather haphazardly on them. I believe we have been told that whitewash ceased to be used as a disinfectant before 1920, apparently because it wasn't very good for the next lot of animals to use the truck, and black and white cows (Friesian/Holstein breeds) were not a common sight in the UK until the 1950s. I am not quoting references, because I cannot, but I think these are the generally accepted wisdoms. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Russ (mines a pint) Posted April 2, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2, 2011 -between this and the 'pet peeves' thread we should have successfully scared off any newcomers from taking up modelling as a hobby, and more specifically removed there possible interest in showing their stuff on here ?? I think there is a place for self-criticism of the type of what you might do differently in your next layout (whatever level you model at) but this and the other thread referred to are possibly so negative it just doesn't bear thinking about! I honestly think some of the cliche items mentioned here draw in the 'non-railway' types into being interested in layout, but also the some of the views on the threads will drive people away who just want to have a 'no-stress' trainset. Many folks just want to recreate a bygone era or something special to their memories without having to go through a whole 'nitpicking excercise' of what might be wrong/right/other. To myself historical research is a big part of the 'FUN' and some other aspects aren't, each to their own I'd say. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Yes, I agree, Russ,it is possible to so "overthink" a subject as to make one wish to take up Stamp Collecting. Sometimes you just have to get on with it and make a start. Best, Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jim s-w Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 I honestly think some of the cliche items mentioned here draw in the 'non-railway' types into being interested in layout, but also the some of the views on the threads will drive people away who just want to have a 'no-stress' trainset. Do you think those types would ever join a model railway forum though Russ? each to their own I'd say. indeed but that kind of negates your moan about the thread doesn't it? Cheers Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific231G Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 A man lying down with a newspaper over his face is a nice touch, but I've seen one otherwise excellent layout that has half a dozen of them spread around the place. It looks as though there's a serial killer on the loose, with a quirky 'trademark'. Now there's an idea, a layout based on Midsomer county- a place that makes Juarez seem a nice spot for a quiet vacation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Do you think those types would ever join a model railway forum though Russ? Cheers Jim Jim, quite a few "part one" extensions of "train sets" (as I term them: a big circle or oval, maybe double-tracked plus one station and a few rudimentary sidings) have popped up on here recently. I'll not embarrass anyone, the threads are easy to find and difficult to criticize as the owners are obviously happy. Best, Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 "All the layouts are stocked with rtr locos and rolling stock. Only the scenery is different..." Not my words but I'll bet most of us are guilty as charged. The 1960's cliche of Great Wester branchline termini rule has simply re-formed into something else. Anyone hazard a guess as to what tomorrows cliche will be? 'Blue Pullmans' rule....? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jim s-w Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Jim, quite a few "part one" extensions of "train sets" (as I term them: a big circle or oval, maybe double-tracked plus one station and a few rudimentary sidings) have popped up on here recently. I'll not embarrass anyone, the threads are easy to find and difficult to criticize as the owners are obviously happy. Best, Pete. Then this thread has certainly not put them off then has it? Cheers Jim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Not at all! Best, Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jim s-w Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Exactly. People are probably more likely to be put off by the top end modelling threads than a discussion like this. Not sure why that should be though Cheers Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 I dunno, Jim. I believe that most people are inspired by good modelling - I think that 99% of the "I give up" comments are just hyperbole. Best, Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jim s-w Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 I hope so Pete Cheers Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Jim SW : People are probably more likely to be put off by the top end modelling threads than a discussion like this. I doubt the people that would be put off ever enter "top end modelling threads". I'm certainly not put off by bottom end modelling threads even though I am not looking for 00/HO figures of Dr.Who and his Daleks at this particular moment. I think most modellers, and indeed those people who buy things because they like them, do so because they admire quality workmanship. Just because I avoid building buildings and structures like the plague doesnt keep me away from threads by Peter Gravy Train and Ron Heggs, master builders both. I keep abreast of your threads too Jim. The scale of your modelling is mammoth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennine MC Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 ...- I think that 99% of the "I give up" comments are just hyperbole. I'd think so, otherwise it infers that folk are only in the hobby to be the 'best', over and above all competition. IMO all that's necessary is to do the best that (preferably) you are able, or alternatively that you wish to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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