RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted April 3, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 3, 2018 Cute as a button Clive. Belly or fly? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted April 3, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 3, 2018 Those who have bothered to read my previous comments on black engines of any pedigree will know that I am not a fan of black engines. The latest two featured may be the apples of their owners eyes but the problem is one can't see them very well because of the blackness. Modellers of US engines because most of them are black suffer the same problem and a lot of the time, a tiny amount of white is mixed in which makes it a sort of off black, where details may be more easily seen. I might cover them both in crud... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted April 3, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 3, 2018 Those who have bothered to read my previous comments on black engines of any pedigree will know that I am not a fan of black engines. The latest two featured may be the apples of their owners eyes but the problem is one can't see them very well because of the blackness. Modellers of US engines because most of them are black suffer the same problem and a lot of the time, a tiny amount of white is mixed in which makes it a sort of off black, where details may be more easily seen.Er, so that's dark grey, then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRUNFOS Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Still can't see them in the dark though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted April 3, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 3, 2018 This one is black but with a white stripe all down it's long round hot bit... 7811 painted plain black at Swindon in 1955. Photo by B. Morrison. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted April 3, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 3, 2018 Er, so that's dark grey, then? but not just one shade... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted April 3, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 3, 2018 There have been strange goings on in my model railway room. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted April 3, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 3, 2018 (edited) My mate uses Volvo Dark Grey spray paint when he does a black engine. Edited April 4, 2018 by Clive Mortimore Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted April 4, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 4, 2018 My mate uses Volvo Dark Grey spray paint when he does a black engine. bet the indicators work really... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted April 4, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2018 'Volvo Dark Grey is the new Black', but I'm troubled by how the internal dynamic of the biomorphic forms verges on codifying the accessibility of the work. Darling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted April 4, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2018 Codswallop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 (edited) 'Volvo Dark Grey is the new Black', but I'm troubled by how the internal dynamic of the biomorphic forms verges on codifying the accessibility of the work. Darling. Codifying accessibility by internal dynamic is soooo 2017. It's all done in the cloud now. (No, I've no idea either). But our 500-page odyssey is beginning to show signs of a spiffing layout emerging from the [*] *fill in as appropriate Edited April 4, 2018 by eastwestdivide Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted April 4, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2018 My mate uses Volvo Dark Grey spray paint when he does a black engine. I think volvo is Latin for ‘I roll’. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welchester Posted April 4, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 4, 2018 (edited) I think volvo is Latin for ‘I roll’. Not to be confused with ######. Edit: Well, I’m surprised. I thought that was a perfectly acceptable gynaecological term. It wouldn’t have been censored on Woman’s Hour. Edited April 4, 2018 by Bishop of Welchester Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted April 4, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 4, 2018 Bulleid used a Volvo. Ar$£ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted April 4, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 4, 2018 Bulleid used a Volvo. Ar$£ what for? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted April 4, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2018 Those who have bothered to read my previous comments on black engines of any pedigree will know that I am not a fan of black engines. The latest two featured may be the apples of their owners eyes but the problem is one can't see them very well because of the blackness. Modellers of US engines because most of them are black suffer the same problem and a lot of the time, a tiny amount of white is mixed in which makes it a sort of off black, where details may be more easily seen. https://youtu.be/wj84tfS7ag4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted April 4, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 4, 2018 what for? Getting to and from work? P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 'Volvo Dark Grey is the new Black', but I'm troubled by how the internal dynamic of the biomorphic forms verges on codifying the accessibility of the work. Darling. 50 Shades of Volvo doesn’t sound quite correct.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted April 5, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 5, 2018 A serious question. If I decide to start some N gauge (2mmFSFFS) will it look far away? B.I. Nocular Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted April 5, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 5, 2018 A serious question. If I decide to start some N gauge (2mmFSFFS) will it look far away? B.I. Nocular Yes, unless you are very close. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted April 5, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 5, 2018 A serious question. If I decide to start some N gauge (2mmFSFFS) will it look far away? B.I. Nocular Yes, unless you are very close. Yes, irrespective of how close you are... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted April 5, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 5, 2018 A serious question. If I decide to start some N gauge (2mmFSFFS) will it look far away? B.I. Nocular Without your specs you won't see it that's how far away it will be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted April 5, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 5, 2018 A serious question. If I decide to start some N gauge (2mmFSFFS) will it look far away? B.I. Nocular Mange Tout, mon Canard. Try putting some 00 track on the floor with a re built Bulleid and a couple of Maunsells on it. Get a step ladder, climb to the top and look down....... That should give you your answer. Percy Spective. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted April 5, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 5, 2018 Mange Tout, mon Canard. Try putting some 00 track on the floor with a re built Bulleid and a couple of Maunsells on it. Get a step ladder, climb to the top and look down....... That should give you your answer. Percy Spective. Try putting some 00 track on the garden / driveway with a re built Bulleid and a couple of Maunsells on it. Climb on the house roof, and look down... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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