jcm@gwr Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Raucous laughter, if there was two or more of you, also tended to keep 'em out!... I would have thought, if you were on your own, the raucous laughter would most certainly keep them out! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfwit Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Ah yes, 'The Slate Railway to Churchwater' (Buddle Press)... (can't find my copy at the moment, think I've lent it to someone... ) There's a copy on Amazon for £20... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted February 24, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2012 There's a copy on Amazon for £20... Incredible price!! Mind you, I think I loaned it to Castens, if that's him trying to make a quick buck, I'll 'ave 'im!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinWalsh Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Yup, I'm up for wearing a ball gown to a model railway show, I'll even wax my chest for you. Pass the bleach, that an image I need to scrub from my mind 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scots region Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Father Christmas doesn't exist What?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Triang Paul Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Swimming trunks....................or worse ........!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scots region Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 How about a layout with all stock being "Never Weres" set in an entirely fictitious location. Or one were Rompsons pacifics haul endless scrapies of A3/4s? ScR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfwit Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 To which you then respond, 'No? It's lucky I thought to bring my Coleman stove then. I'll just pop out and get some petrol for it from the car. I don't suppose you've got a plastic cup I could borrow, have you?' Prefer the Kelly Kettle myself - lots more entertainment. Could use it to burn, well, anything that annoys you... http://kellykettle.com/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted February 26, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 26, 2012 (edited) How about the Sodor Railway modelled realistically, appropriate loco classes but NO faces; liveries applied in a less cartoonish way with narrow lining and less gross numbers, preferably in a serif font. Thomas would be a real E2, Edward the appropriate Furness 4-4-0 class and James, well what was he based on? You'd have to match Gordon to his back story and as for Henry, either kit/RTR-bash a Gresley-style loco or do the later quasi-Black 5 rebuild. Ignore anything introduced by the TV series, but include a bit of the narrow gauge. The kids would be SO disappointed at the lack of faces! I wonder what the other visitors and public would think? Personally I think it's a viable alternate reality concept and would look good if done well. Would any EMs book it though? And no, I'm not doing it. Pete Edited February 26, 2012 by petethemole 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewC Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 How about a table full of Superquick buildings and call it a deep level tube layout? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldgunner Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 What you described Pete is near enough what Awdry actually did. Another way to get lynched: 1. Attend said model rail show 2. Lead uprising against shows organisers 3. Install dictatorship 4. Make all (model) trains run on time 5. Instigate forced washing for all visitors 6. Watch people revolt against you 7. Actually get lynched... Either that or you could just state incredibly loudly that Brio is the future of finescale modelling... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 .... The kids would be SO disappointed at the lack of faces! I wonder what the other visitors and public would think? ... I saw a woman at the Severn Valley Railway once asking a member of Staff where the engines were with faces on them??... it wasn't a designated "Thomas" weekend; this woman had several disappointed-looking children in tow, and she was getting quite irate that none of the engines had faces, insisting to this Staff member (who must have dug deep into his reserves of patience that day) that "Steam Trains have faces!!".... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Either that or you could just state incredibly loudly that Brio is the future of finescale modelling... Of course, there is always the option of a Lego layout [touted as finescale!] 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 (edited) I donno about getting lynched at a show, but one way to ensure you kept a compartment to yourself (in the old days, when most trains had 'em! ) was Raucous laughter, if there was two or more of you, also tended to keep 'em out!... Ma train hame frae Glesga an Frydee had a party a' 9 weegies an it. Twas one a the hens fuftieth bathday 'n' a party wuz wit they wuz hevvin -They wuz an the champers, an' red 'n'white wine fae the hale trup tae Inverniss - Raucous jist wasnae the word fae it! Jist glad ah didnae ha' tae stay in the same hotel that night! Rab C Nesbit Edited February 26, 2012 by shortliner 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted February 26, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2012 Get on a large box at the front of the hall and shout loudly "you've never had it so good" 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Jason T Posted February 26, 2012 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2012 On a completely separate (but slightly related) note, I was once on East Croydon station waiting for a train (obviously) and as one left, a woman came running down the ramp shouting 'Wait for me, wait for me'. I shouted 'It's not Thomas love, it can't hear you'. If looks could kill............. 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted February 26, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 26, 2012 not at a model show but while on the mid hants to day at alton waiting for Tornado to run round a took a picture of the 450 EMU in the station got some strange looks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Of course, there is always the option of a Lego layout [touted as finescale!] Finescale Lego http://www.flickr.com/photos/bricktrix/6921424149/in/photostream 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highpeak Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Finescale Lego http://www.flickr.co.../in/photostream Live steam Lego would be even more fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixteen 12by 10s Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Ban operators from using the phrase “it doesn't usual fall off there†2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted February 27, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 27, 2012 Ban operators from using the phrase “it doesn't usual fall off there†Onlookers should immediately ask, "where is the usual place that they fall off, then?". Kevin Martin 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davknigh Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Onlookers should immediately ask, "where is the usual place that they fall off, then?". Kevin Martin Operators should have the option to reply, "you built many layouts, then?" (trusting to luck that the onlooker was not a competent builder). Alternate response; "I was modelling a derailment that took place here in 1947" Cheers, David 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Lean across the layout and helpfully push the stock from the carriage siding towards platform 1. Didn't reach, as the pick up goods was leaving the yard and they met on the single slip. Happened at one of Paddington Pauls shows so, of course, no barriers. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Hale Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 At any S4S function, casually suggest that Iain Rice was the best editor that MRJ never had. Tim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixteen 12by 10s Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Walk up to a P4 layout with your Triang Polly that you have just purchased from the second hand stall, plonk it on the track and say “i think you have overdone the gauge widening on the curves†2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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