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andytrains

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I totally agree regarding the diorama that has been exhibited recently regarding this crime.

And let us not forget that it was and still is a significant and serious crime.

I personally have avoided the abomination in the tent at exhibitions.

It may well be a good model exhibit, but I find it totally distasteful to exhibit a model depicting the scene of this crime.
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N15class

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So it is distasteful to remember our history, How many Jack the ripper movies are there etc etc. It happened and we best not forget it so we can stop it happening again. But I was always amazed that you could be sentence to longer in prison for theft than murder. I thing that tells you something about society.

 

A model is nothing to get upset about it shows a point in history just as the way any model layout does. 

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Horsetan

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Hi,

Whilst as a former railwayman I hold the despicable scum who commited the crime beneath contempt we need to keep to the facts.

 

Driver Jack Mills did not die of injuries sustained during the crime.

He died several years later of a medical condition that the doctors stated was not connected with the head injury from the crime.

 

Whilst the unnecessary violence he suffered did effect his health it did not directly lead to his death.

 

Please keep to the facts out of respect for Jack Mills.

 

I do agree with you however that the advert is in very poor taste - as was the diorama built by a model railway club - whilst the crime was a significant (but in the greater scheme of thing a minor) event in our railway history I feel we should not in any way 'publicise' it within the hobby by exhibiting a model.

 

Regards

I suppose someone out there will probably be recreating the Ladbroke Grove accident in 4mm next...

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Bodmin Bob

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Hi,

Whilst as a former railwayman I hold the despicable scum who commited the crime beneath contempt we need to keep to the facts.

 

Driver Jack Mills did not die of injuries sustained during the crime.

He died several years later of a medical condition that the doctors stated was not connected with the head injury from the crime.

 

Whilst the unnecessary violence he suffered did effect his health it did not directly lead to his death.

 

Please keep to the facts out of respect for Jack Mills.

 

I do agree with you however that the advert is in very poor taste - as was the diorama built by a model railway club - whilst the crime was a significant (but in the greater scheme of thing a minor) event in our railway history I feel we should not in any way 'publicise' it within the hobby by exhibiting a model.

 

Regards

Thank you for the clarification.

 

I seem to recall that there was a high degree of outrage when the feature film 'Buster' was released in which the train robbers were seemingly portrayed as some kind of 'loveable rogues' - I certainly don't think that building dioramas of the scene or selling  sets of stock to recreate the actual train do much to dispel that myth. It was after all, a very violent and despicable act.

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'CHARD

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This Limby Warship is so uncomfortable at its asking price, it's trying to thrust itself off the track:

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/R3282-Hornby-OO-Gauge-Railroad-BR-Cl42-Maroon-D853-Thruster-Weathered-By-TMC-/251673224543?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3a98e4a55f

 

 

And as for this, I sure as hell wouldn't have the patience to build one, to this or any standard.   But, finescale....?

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/0-GAUGE-KIT-BUILT-FINESCALE-2-CAR-DMU-52148-/221602626266?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item33988bbada

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sp1

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Note really 'madness', but what about this for extra realism? (Edit - and poor taste, too - I just noticed a couple of the items. Sorry) http://www.ebay.com/itm/N-Scale-Roadkill-Etched-Brass-Flattened-Fauna-Gold-Medal-Models-160-60-/351224357880

(And read the disclaimer!)

It's not poor taste (except for the snake - I like them, and have just a few .....)

I think the American version of conservative and liberal might be different to ours though: what about an etch for certain UK politicians as roadkill: I think those just might outsell an Adams Radial..........

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TheWeatheringMan

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This Limby Warship is so uncomfortable at its asking price, it's trying to thrust itself off the track:

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/R3282-Hornby-OO-Gauge-Railroad-BR-Cl42-Maroon-D853-Thruster-Weathered-By-TMC-/251673224543?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3a98e4a55f

 

 

And as for this, I sure as hell wouldn't have the patience to build one, to this or any standard.   But, finescale....?

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/0-GAUGE-KIT-BUILT-FINESCALE-2-CAR-DMU-52148-/221602626266?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item33988bbada

Hi,

Had to wonder if your comment about Thruster was rather more subtle than perhaps some might guess.

The locomotive hauling the train that was derailed at Didcot, Foxhall Junction in the late 1960's due to exesive speed over the Down Relief to Down Main crossovers was none other than Thruster.

Whether very subtle on your part or purely accidental its turned out to be rather clever anyway.

Regards

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Il Grifone

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Note really 'madness', but what about this for extra realism? (Edit - and poor taste, too - I just noticed a couple of the items. Sorry)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/N-Scale-Roadkill-Etched-Brass-Flattened-Fauna-Gold-Medal-Models-160-60-/351224357880

 

(And read the disclaimer!)

 

Apart from the question of taste, real roadkill does not look like that.

 

$26.25 seems a little OTT for shipping too.

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RhBBob

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Note really 'madness', but what about this for extra realism? (Edit - and poor taste, too - I just noticed a couple of the items. Sorry)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/N-Scale-Roadkill-Etched-Brass-Flattened-Fauna-Gold-Medal-Models-160-60-/351224357880

 

(And read the disclaimer!)

 

Amazing land - Walmart will not sell alcohol but they will sell you a hunting rifle.  And the middle word here - Chorlton-***- Hardy was removed by a website as being offensive - I substituted the word 'come' instead, which doesn't sound much better !!

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RhBBob

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I think it might be called 'madness' if these models - from the '0 gauge'* section of Ebay.de were to turn up here with the RM....

 

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Felina-Bugel-BH-Passion-Spitze-/351239735325?pt=DE_Modellbau_Modelleisenbahnen&var=&hash=item51c785081d

 

 

*perhaps I should have said 'Spur 0h' as they certainly do; now if only I can remember why  :jester: 

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Guest Belgian

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Note really 'madness', but what about this for extra realism? (Edit - and poor taste, too - I just noticed a couple of the items. Sorry)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/N-Scale-Roadkill-Etched-Brass-Flattened-Fauna-Gold-Medal-Models-160-60-/351224357880

 

(And read the disclaimer!)

I must say I like the look of a flattened Lawyer :triniti:​  and mustn't say what I think about the Feminist. Poor little cuddly* animals though . . .  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:

 

* as I'm sure the Feminist would describe them - was she trying to rescue them? :angel:

 

JE

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Guest Belgian

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This person has to be an optimist..

 

 

 

ebay id = sunshineincardiff.

18 people per hour are looking at it and 12 are watching it - I bet none of them are actually watching it with the intention of buying!

 

JE

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N15class

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Note really 'madness', but what about this for extra realism? (Edit - and poor taste, too - I just noticed a couple of the items. Sorry)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/N-Scale-Roadkill-Etched-Brass-Flattened-Fauna-Gold-Medal-Models-160-60-/351224357880

 

(And read the disclaimer!)

My wife, a feminist, conservative, lawyer feels she has no chance, so she is staying in the hammock today.

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