Catkins Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Rob D2 - Bottles of "champagne" that you refer to are more commonly found in lay-bys and other parking areas, including Motorway Service Areas, and they are left by more than just one nationality of driver. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryMeerkat Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 We see plenty of depot layouts, but I'm yet to see a single loco with a red/white 'DO NOT MOVE' flag on the lamp bracket. Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catkins Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Another thing I've not seen is a line of traffic following a (modern) refuse collection vehicle along a narrow residential street. Come to think of it I've not seen any fly tipping or waste to be collected either. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted January 14, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 14, 2015 Our former club President measuring up the footbridge at Welwyn North with a metal tape oblivious of the 25kV lines a few feet below! He survived because a railwayman spotted him. But there are other variants of this that are not life threatening: surveyors with theodolites, BT engineer down a hole or working at a green roadside cabinet (wuith green Morris Minor van if that period), enthusiasts measuring up a disused goods shed etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthesnail96 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Come to think of it I've not seen any fly tipping or waste to be collected either. Does the infamous Cortina on Black Country Blues count as fly tipped? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted January 14, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 14, 2015 (edited) "For Sale" signs For Sale on New Bryford - it's a copy of one of our local estate agents signs - the now-retired company owner is a friend of mine and he's well pleased with his free advertising! Photo by Andy Y Come to think of it I've not seen any fly tipping or waste to be collected either. Shopping trolley in the foreground - the white blob on the cutting side in the background is a cooker...... Cheers, Mick Edited January 14, 2015 by newbryford 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Our former club President measuring up the footbridge at Welwyn North with a metal tape oblivious of the 25kV lines a few feet below! He survived because a railwayman spotted him. But there are other variants of this that are not life threatening: surveyors with theodolites, BT engineer down a hole or working at a green roadside cabinet (wuith green Morris Minor van if that period), enthusiasts measuring up a disused goods shed etc. I'm reminded of a tale told by my former boss. He started his engineering career in the powerhouse of one of the mines in Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. One day, the powerhouse superintendent was asked for some measurements of some busbar arrangements in the switchyard. presumably he was distracted for some reason because, although he should have known better, he marched out into the yard and laid his steel tape across two live bars . The only reason he survived was because, subjected to such abuse, the tape basically evaporated before he received a lethal belt . Apparently the resulting flash, bang and torrent of expletives were something to behold, even in a town then used to rough language and the casual use of explosives. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted January 14, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 14, 2015 Another thing I've not seen is a line of traffic following a (modern) refuse collection vehicle along a narrow residential street. Come to think of it I've not seen any fly tipping or waste to be collected either. I must admit I've had a bash at refuse collecting in a narrow street! My old exhibition layout 'Wells Green TMD' had a scene with refuse collectors, using a HO scale dustbin lorry and hand painted collectors, the bin bags are all crinkled up tinfoil washed over in black! Forgive some of the crude detailing, the layout's just over 10 years old now!! 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted January 15, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 15, 2015 On Loftus Road I've installed a chap on the end of the platform photographing our occasional steam specials, keeping to the realism I made sure to place him the wrong side of the "Do not pass this sign" notice... I would have thought that previous threads about such activities (trespassing), isn't considered funny at all by professionals. Surely plenty of cameo scenes can be invented, without resorting to dangerous practices? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew F Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Anyone who can't see the light-heartedness in that, is surely looking for trouble in an empty house. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 15, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 15, 2015 On Loftus Road I've installed a chap on the end of the platform photographing our occasional steam specials, keeping to the realism I made sure to place him the wrong side of the "Do not pass this sign" notice... I would have thought that previous threads about such activities (trespassing), isn't considered funny at all by professionals. Surely plenty of cameo scenes can be invented, without resorting to dangerous practices? A few years ago the then operator of the East Anglian franchise together with the BTP had a layout specifically designed to demonstrate the dangers of trespassing on the railway. It was aimed at those of school age and questionnaires were handed out asking the youngsters to spot the figures/scenes were they shouldn't be. Those that spotted the most were allowed to operate the layout. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted January 15, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 15, 2015 (edited) I would have thought that previous threads about such activities (trespassing), isn't considered funny at all by professionals. Surely plenty of cameo scenes can be invented, without resorting to dangerous practices? Agreed it's definitely not funny, I'm with you on that! But inspired by the very same threads as you refer to, we see the hoards of steam fans foolishly trespassing on the railway trying to get that money shot...! What I model doesn't relate to what I necessarily like or agree with in real life - trust me compared to what I've modelled before this mild, I see this as an ironic nod to recognise the ridiculous current practice we do see from time to time...after all isn't this thread about seeing what isn't often modelled? Happy modelling Edited January 15, 2015 by James Makin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted January 15, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 15, 2015 After seeing the very swollen River Severn today: Flooded town centre with people being rescued by boat (but the trains continue to run, of course) Bridge washed out and temporary replacement in use (not having the replacement might be more realistic but it would rather restrict operation) Flooded water meadows (after all, that is part of their purpose) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 After seeing the very swollen River Severn today: Flooded town centre with people being rescued by boat (but the trains continue to run, of course) Bridge washed out and temporary replacement in use (not having the replacement might be more realistic but it would rather restrict operation) Flooded water meadows (after all, that is part of their purpose) Houses built on flood plains? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted January 15, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 15, 2015 Or on crumbling red sandstone cliffs? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 After seeing the very swollen River Severn today: Flooded town centre with people being rescued by boat (but the trains continue to run, of course) Bridge washed out and temporary replacement in use (not having the replacement might be more realistic but it would rather restrict operation) Flooded water meadows (after all, that is part of their purpose) I was in a shop some years ago just upstream of the bridge at Bewdley and it had ducks swimming around inside the shop! - the water was about a foot deep. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKPR Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 My contribution to this topic is... Ardwick, first station out from Manchester Piccadilly . Easily the most run down and grotty station in the country with a backdrop of a waste recycling plant on the site of the old goods yard. Now there's summat you NEVER see modelled. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Or on crumbling red sandstone cliffs? Or I suppose a scene depicting nothing but sea......and call it somewhere that was once in Norfolk or Suffolk. Bernard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted January 16, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2015 (edited) My contribution to this topic is... Ardwick, first station out from Manchester Piccadilly . Easily the most run down and grotty station in the country with a backdrop of a waste recycling plant on the site of the old goods yard. Now there's summat you NEVER see modelled. No, that's Old Trafford - the football ground. Edited January 16, 2015 by kevinlms Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted January 16, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2015 Or I suppose a scene depicting nothing but sea......and call it somewhere that was once in Norfolk or Suffolk. Bernard Conversely, modelling ships stranded by a rising land level, Cinque Ports style. Edited to fix up a combined answer of two threads. No idea how I did it! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Triang Paul Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Remembering the BR blue 58 in the Hornsby catalogue before it hit the rails for real, anyone dne a 800 yet... ?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Have these been done yet? A twitch? A group of birders, equipped with telescopes and binoculars focussing their attention on a clump of bushes containing a rare bird. A strike? Picket line at entrance to the shed, others sitting around the mess room and, of course, nothing running. A cab-full of trainspotters bagging a "namer". Fog? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted January 16, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2015 Fog? We've sometimes had that behind the layout on Sunday....... Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jol Wilkinson Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 A slightly run down model shop with "Closing down sale" "Everything must go" and "Huge discounts" signs in the window, with a scrum of people trying to get through the door. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 A slightly run down model shop with "Closing down sale" "Everything must go" and "Huge discounts" signs in the window, with a scrum of people trying to get through the door. A branch of DFS? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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