bluebottle Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I believe that Turkish and Persian carpet weavers deliberately weave at least one imperfection into their incredibly finely made carpets as trying to achieve complete perfection was seen as competing with the Almighty. Always unwise to challenge the gods - when Arachne's weaving skills outshone those of Athene, Arachne, terrified by the goddess's wrath, hanged herself and was turned into a spider. The rope became a web up which she escaped to safety. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted November 12, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 12, 2011 trying to achieve complete perfection was seen as competing with the Almighty. Not much of a risk for some of us..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Modeller Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I don't know... with 8 legs we might be able to model a bit faster - and making the wires for OHLE would be a doddle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Are spiders on layouts a cliche? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
£1.38 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 (edited) Are spiders on layouts a cliche? One large spider is a cliche - lots of little spiders is a creche Edited November 12, 2011 by £1.38 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckley Wells Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 So why the sarcasm? I'm not an expert on PPE but I remember all-orange coming in as the first day in our brand new kit we all looked ridiculous! Head to foot in incredibly bright, clean orange . Never a good look... And this is very much a part of the modern day railway scene and seeing similarly dressed figures on a BR Blue layout set in the seventies looks very odd indeed. Many people won't know about this though and some won't care. To me it's no different from someone painting their Hymek in triple grey. Never mind the seventies.....I remember being allowed onto the York to Scarborough line as a non railwayman - I wont bore you with the back story - sometime around 1987. The PPE for the time was a bib that ended at breastbone height! As usual it entered my stock of kit, joining the flying gloves and hard hat. I think my Dad used it for years afterwards to walk the dog on dark nights! Now there's an idea you never see, somebody doing everyday stuff in acquired clothing, be it an NCB donkey jacket or rail bib! Does that put me back on thread? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Something I've never seen on a layout ..........someone walking a dog (on a lead!). Paperboy? Someone eating chips in paper, drinking from a can, eating a pie/pasty, changing a tyre................ list goes on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted November 18, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2011 Something I've never seen on a layout .......... [] drinking from a can, Widnes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jim s-w Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Drinking from a can is one of the standard figures from one of the suppliers, can't remember which on though Cheers Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennine MC Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Something I've never seen on a layout .......... ................ list goes on You know sometimes when you get your shirt cuff caught on a door handle? I've never seen that on a layout. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted November 18, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 18, 2011 Drinking from a can is one of the standard figures from one of the suppliers, can't remember which on though Cheers Jim Monty's Models http://www.dartcastings.co.uk/montys/MNV2.php Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Drinking from, as opposed to holding. Nice figure tho, Heineken or Carlsberg....? Probably. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oldlugger Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Thugs in hoodies; traffic wardens; youths throwing up outside pubs; wheel clamps; motorcycle couriers; trendy cyclists with iPods; white vans (with white van man inside); boy racers and the souped up Vauxhall thing; Indian restaurants, etc, etc... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Fast forward to 2014 and an exhibition near you. Three of the four transition era layouts, set 'somewhere in the home counties' count a class 16 and Lion amongst the staple motive power. It's coming.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oldlugger Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 What's a class 16 when it's at home? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 What's a class 16 when it's at home? How pertinent is that! Check post 31 on this thread: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/47744-Heljan-class-16/page__fromsearch__1 You've made my night! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oldlugger Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Ah... yet another dull failure from the annals of BR "modern traction" history! Couldn't we have a more exotic BR loco like the Rheidol narrow gauge 2-6-2 in RTR form? Now that would start a revolution... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Jumpers for goal posts.................... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinWalsh Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Jumpers for goal posts.................... I'm sure a certain STUBBY47 of this parish could come up with acceptable examples in a variety of scales Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted November 19, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 19, 2011 Thugs in hoodies; http://www.dartcastings.co.uk/montys/MNV1.php Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jim s-w Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Generally people tend to muck up their roads (especially the markings) but I haven't yet seen a model road with road humps Cheers Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 I'm not surprised road markings get mucked up - they're really difficult to do! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Looking ahead a few months, I suspect a cliche will become Blue Pullmans trotting around all over the country from the Scottish Uplands to Much Pidling-in-the-Marsh. And the poor b*gger actually modeling the Peak District mainline will get it in the neck for having one too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted November 23, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2011 Generally people tend to muck up their roads (especially the markings) but I haven't yet seen a model road with road humps Cheers Jim Generally folk do their road markings (lines and gaps) to short but too thick. I've done them a couple of times. The first time I did them dead to scale (following the dimensions used at work in the TSRGD) and they looked wrong - way to big. In the end I used some compression (about 85% of scale) and they looked much better. This was also applied to the carriageway and lane widths - probably a good idea as many road vehicles are HO. Can't find a photo of the results though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 something to go with that, you rarely see realistic model roads, (i.e.) pot holes and patched up tarmac where sections have been dug up to put pipes in and replaced, or dug up to put posts in Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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