RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted March 15, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 15, 2015 Cold as ice cream, still as sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted March 15, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 15, 2015 That's Victoria Sponge, if I'm not mistaken!... Well she's not Flora Finching that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted March 15, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 15, 2015 Well she's not Flora Finching that's for sure. I don't expect there is much chance of finding either on the beach at Strete. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted March 16, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16, 2015 That's Victoria Sponge, if I'm not mistaken!... Hats off to the W.I for that one, I must say...It would be an interesting competition to find the best one of those. ........ Off for a lie down now..... Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cary hill Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 ANTB 2nd Birthday Celebrations (20th March) get off to a disappointing start as "The Reasonably Priced Hornby Autocoach from Hamleys Prize Raffle" is cancelled at short notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted March 16, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16, 2015 You've actually stolen my thunder on this as I had planned on posting something new on Thursday evening.Two years, where's it gone. Those couplings hark back to when Blondie were in their pomp the first time ! Utter crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 You guys seem to have better luck with pretty girl pictures than trains recently. Is Jenny forsaken; thrown aside like an expensive Autocoach? Brian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted March 16, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16, 2015 You guys seem to have better luck with pretty girl pictures than trains recently. Is Jenny forsaken; thrown aside like an expensive Autocoach? Brian. Never Brian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted March 16, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) ............. Brian, did you call? Quackers. Edited March 17, 2015 by Mallard60022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted March 16, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16, 2015 Never Brian.and this bunch of characters. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 You're asking me to judge both line ups! Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welchester Posted March 16, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 16, 2015 Those couplings hark back to when Blondie were in their pomp the first time ! Utter crap. Blondie were never utter crap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted March 16, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16, 2015 Can I ask a serious question.Does anyone know the spacing for streetlights as I have these to fit on Station Approach.Modellers licence applies as a photo in the Middleton Press book doesn't shew any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted March 16, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) As shown, they are probably too close... Found this : In 1937 reflectors for sodium lights were introduced, throwing more of the light downwards and the Ministry of Transport issued a comprehensive set of guidelines on the positioning of street lights. These recommended (amongst other things) that single-side lighting be avoided other than on bends (road lamps mounted in the centre of the road were allowed, presumably this refers to dual carriageways), lamps on important roads carrying through traffic (in built up areas) should be about 150ft or 45m spacing, the distance between lights on either side of a road should be no more than 30ft or 9m, the light itself should be at a height of 25 ft or 7.5m and the overhang onto the road should be no more than 6ft or 2m to ensure the pavement was well lit. For side streets the suggested height of the lantern was lower at about 15ft or 4.5m and staggered lighting was recommended with a spacing of about 120 ft or 36m, special care being taken to ensure that junctions were properly lit. Having said which on one quite important local road in the 1930s the sodium lights were mounted on the existing tram wire masts, these were spaced at about 100ft intervals and the lights were on every alternate post, giving a separation of about 200ft.From ... http://www.igg.org.uk/gansg/00-app1/light.htm Edited March 16, 2015 by Stubby47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Can I ask a serious question.Does anyone know the spacing for streetlights as I have these to fit on Station Approach.Modellers licence applies as a photo in the Middleton Press book doesn't shew any. As shown, they are probably too close... Your surely didn't expect a serious answer first time round? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 And there's also this http://www.simoncornwell.com/lighting/timeline/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Robin Have you seen this one? http://southbrent.co.uk/fileadmin/user_upload/SBPC/publications/other/South_Brent_Conservation_Area.pdf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted March 16, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) The documents in this link would tell you http://www.simoncornwell.com/lighting/publications/standards/index.htm Modern practice is a deal more scientific, but my reading of the standards in place in 1947 for highways would suggest a spacing between 6 to 10 times the height of your column. If you are talking about platform spacings, 60 feet seems to be the spacing at Savernake station, selected at random from OPC An Historical Survey of GW Stations edit to say Spook! Coombe Barton, great minds google alike Edited March 16, 2015 by colin penfold 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Hmmm Looking at this one http://www.francisfrith.com/south-brent/south-brent-church-street-c1955_s360003 I can't see any street lights. Just up the road, in the 1945-55 period Ashburton (whole station) had two Tilley lamps. Lighting was not a priority. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted March 16, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) I think the lamps are 85mm tall.Inspiration taken from this. Edited March 16, 2015 by gwrrob 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cary hill Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) Oh yes and I'm partial to a blonde... Probably not what you had in mind but: Sir Robin, I would have loved to have attended ANTB's 2nd Anniversary celebrations, as I haven't seen much high quality GWR modelling in the last 530 years. Alas circumstances have conspired against me yet again, and I have been sealed in my lead ossuary over the weekend and I won't now be able to make it to Coventry after all. Yours etc. Richard lll Rex etc. etc. P.s. Do you like my new hair colour I think it suits me. Edited March 16, 2015 by cary hill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Surely as modellers we should take into consideration space available. It would be nice to be super proto but probably we wouldn't need very many. Same with telegraph poles. Brian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waraqah Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Is one of these guys Robin (or robbin')? From the forthcoming album How to fund your Hamleys Autocoach by Robin Banks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted March 17, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 17, 2015 (edited) Surely as modellers we should take into consideration space available. It would be nice to be super proto but probably we wouldn't need very many. Same with telegraph poles. Brian. As road lamps you may want to 'create' a sense of perspective as well, depending on the 'view' you get with them receding or whatever. Quackers. Edited March 17, 2015 by Mallard60022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted March 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2015 images (10).jpg............. you called Brian? I don't think she's called 'Brian', Dr Quack... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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