RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted November 12, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 12, 2013 Turn up with: a huge rucksack, a baby in a front carrier thingy; a triplet double decker buggy (fully inhabited); another child of some description (on a lead); shorts; welly boots; some second hand gentleman of the road upper body clothing; twa Bull Mastiffs (unmuzzled - on expanding leads); no dog poo bags; a golfing style umbrella; SWMBO with similar attachments; no cash, only a cheque book; one's own food from a well known farce food outlet, to be eaten whilst walking; a camera with a lens the size of the international space station; I Pod earphones in position; no sense of humour. That should do it......... Aha, so it was you at Spalding!!! Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted November 12, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 12, 2013 (edited) walk up to a S4 layout and ask "how did you get Peco track to look so good?" then leg it!! or - as happened once long ago a guy came up and said in a loud voice " the bolt heads on the footboards of that Highland coach are the wrong shape" (in O gauge(!) edited for spellung... Edited November 12, 2013 by Barry O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted November 12, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 12, 2013 (edited) Viewer - 'That HO scale layout looks a bit small' My reply - 'Thats because its TT scale' Edited November 13, 2013 by roundhouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted November 12, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 12, 2013 Aha, so it was you at Spalding!!! Mike. Nah, I would have asked for a track plan as well. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69843 Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 (edited) Walk up to a Victorian Railways modeller and admire their beautiful locomotives and rolling stock, then ask why it's all running on 4' 8 1/2" track and not 5' 3". Edited November 12, 2013 by 69843 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted November 12, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 12, 2013 Nah, I would have asked for a track plan as well. P naughty naughty you'll get locked mentioning trackplans. Jamie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR-Fanatic Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Hi all. Well it seems I've survived another year without the concept of being lynched for railway modelling misdemeanours, though I still seem to drop the odd "clanger" here or there. Might have been one or two this year, but off the top of my head can't think of anything directly to hand. Still I can say I've survived and am just as enthusiastic about the GWR as ever. As always most of all "Churchwood's" designs ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific231G Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 (edited) Go up to a layout representing a European railway and complain in a loud voice that the trains are running on the left and if they can't even get that right the rest of the modelling can't be up to much. Hold your annual exhibition in a public event hall during the midwinter festival season and arrange for tickets to be sold from the same box office as the Christmas family show (I assume this was at the venue's insistence but it was very frustrating) Put the postcode of your clubhouse/ hon. sec. on your exhibtion publicity/website instead of that for the hall. You'll soon hear the throbbing of the tom toms. Edited November 12, 2013 by Pacific231G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzie Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Or publish a different address for the exhibition to the previous year even though it is at the same venue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 For those of us who like "Foreign" Railways...... pass by all the UK-outline layouts, raising eyebrows and muttering loudly "huh.... it's not an American ( or Nationality of choice) layout..." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium OnTheBranchline Posted November 13, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 13, 2013 Just comment on all the empty coach stock workings on the layout... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fitness Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Find a nice big DCC layout with all the sound fitted diesels ticking over sounding like a load of untuned FM radios. Ask nicely if you can take a close up picture and once permission is granted, carefully rest your metal cased compact camera on the track for that ultmate shot..... JF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fitness Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Stand next to an S7 layout and comment loudly to someone "the extra 1mm width has made all the difference to the appearance of this O gauge trackwork..." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Ask the operator if they are a member of RMWeb, then introduce yourself as Cromptonnut... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted November 13, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 13, 2013 Find a nice big DCC layout with all the sound fitted diesels ticking over sounding like a load of untuned FM radios. Ask nicely if you can take a close up picture and once permission is granted, carefully rest your metal cased compact camera on the track for that ultmate shot..... JF I once rested my Canon EOS digital SLR on the rails on one of my layouts to take a shot. The layout is DCC. I could smell burning plastic - the camera now has two grooves in the bottom of it 16.5mm apart. The serial number labal was slightly conductive but didnt short the DCC system! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted November 13, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 13, 2013 That Canon is obviously the new track power tester; a marketing opportunity for a multi-function item. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted November 13, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 13, 2013 Walk up to a Victorian Railways modeller and admire their beautiful locomotives and rolling stock, then ask why it's all running on 4' 8 1/2" track and not 5' 3". My clubs' exhibition is this weekend & since there are going to be VR layouts there, you're welcome to come along and ask! http://croydonmrc.com.au/new/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69843 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Bullet proof armour, baseball helmet and baseball bat optional? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Ask the operator if they are a member of RMWeb, then introduce yourself as Cromptonnut... No, announce yourself as Kenton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I once rested my Canon EOS digital SLR on the rails on one of my layouts to take a shot. The layout is DCC.I could smell burning plastic - the camera now has two grooves in the bottom of it 16.5mm apart.The serial number labal was slightly conductive but didnt short the DCC system! And now you have a track back to back tester and camera all in one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted November 13, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 13, 2013 And now you have a track back to back tester and camera all in one! Needs to grind an end down to use as a track gauge, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steven B Posted November 13, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 13, 2013 Find a layout that's recently been published in Model Rail and ask where the smoke is..... Happy modelling. Steven B. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5050 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 At Harrogate MANY years ago I was helping operate a Midland layout when a spectator took a great interest in a Midland Horsebox parked in a siding. His praise was effusive for how good it was. He then asked if it was scratchbuilt. I replied (honestly) that it was Jidenco. Spectator gasped, pulled an anguished face and walked off in disgust. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davknigh Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 At Harrogate MANY years ago I was helping operate a Midland layout when a spectator took a great interest in a Midland Horsebox parked in a siding. His praise was effusive for how good it was. He then asked if it was scratchbuilt. I replied (honestly) that it was Jidenco. Spectator gasped, pulled an anguished face and walked off in disgust. I can't see why that would have upset him, a Jidenco kit might as well be a scratchbuild. Perhaps he was in awe of the builder? Cheers, David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom J Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Ask, pointing at the notice inviting you to do so, if the operators would mind your flashing at them. And then do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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