MJI

3 hours ago, Steamport Southport said:

 

Normal GWR coach buffers with the square shank. I take it they are the type with 18 inch buffer heads.

 

Comet and MJT do them.

 

https://www.dartcastings.co.uk/mjt/2334S.php

 

https://www.wizardmodels.ltd/shop/carriage/c38/

 

Some photos of the one being restored here.

 

https://kesr.org.uk/donate/gwr-railcar/

 

 

 

Jason

Thanks and i will move somewhere safer

17 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

The things motor mechanics find in cars.

https://www.boredpanda.com/interesting-car-mechanic-finds/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter_April&utm_term=April_21

9 looks like a Discovery

Does anyone know what buffers were fitted to later GWR railcars?

I have just broken off 3, 2 missing. So need new ones.

I was waiting on brighter weather to finish glazing.

Heads came off, only fell a little way as well, was parked up waiting for better light to complete glazing and transfers

If anyone has a STL I can 3D print as well.

I have had an accident and broken all the buffers on a GWR railcar.

Any recommendation please?

I think I will get some for my next BC rake, rather than mess with Lima or Airfix.

But when doing

ABC

CDEF

BDEF

Getting them matching is important

13 minutes ago, 34theletterbetweenB&D said:

Applies to all 'good books', even the most sensitive filmed adaptions are likely fail at some point, because we all bring our own interpretation of the text. After the Beeb's wild  stab at CLAVDIVS, I was glad  that they didn't proceed to attempt 'Count Belisarius'. That one is safe in my and Asimov's imaginations only...

Book adaptions vary.

I don't like obvious changes which derail believability (streamers do this), like changing gebders, ages, locations. Unless influenced rather than adaption.

A good recent one was The Martian. My internal version was not ruined by the film version.

After posting this it appeared

Some threads are missing from last posted.

Notably Wright writes.

Any idea please?

2 hours ago, 1471SirFrederickBanbury said:

I did once see a class 37 that had some character and an impressive "presence" on the rails.  I do fear though, they seem to be the last/latest locos that I get that feeling from in Britain. 

 

In America thankfully, many are old, loud, if unrefined locos, but some even have enough character that I take their number down.  they mostly serve as shunters, but those old EMD engines are great under the load of massive trains.  My favourite of these is an SD-40, CSX 8351, which seemed louder and more sprightly than the others. 

 

Newer locos (especially big GE ones) feel rather soulless, similar to some of the newer locos and passenger trains in Britain.  At least French TGVs still have some character, if not consistently.

 

Isn't it odd that newer locos are less exciting than older ones, by increasing amounts each time something gets replaced?  Maybe its because they're quieter and less idiosyncratic. 

Diesels which really stood out from first time.

Of course Deltics.

50s

First time on a HST.

Most EE stuff is good.

But Deltics, something else. More presence than almost any other locomotive.

I could hear 19 leaving Cheltenham race course while parked just south of Toddington.

One 1 power unit.

10 minutes ago, Tony Wright said:

Good afternoon,

 

'Streak', of course. Shouted at the tops of our voices when one of those famous front ends made its presence felt at Gamston, Retford, Botany Bay, Bawtry, Doncaster, Selby, Riccall, Thirsk and Darlington - all the places where I saw an A4.

 

I suppose the epithet was a 1950s/'60s schoolboys' phenomenon - Eric Fry once chided me for using it in his presence; 'Streamliner', he said, but he'd seen them in their pre-War heyday. 

 

Though I rather doubt it, wouldn't it be nice to hear '91'!, '91'! shouted in a pre-voice-breaking squeal at Retford today? 

 

Regards,

 

Tony. 

 

 

We always miss the old trains when they have gone, but I do feel we will not with the current ones, more like domestic appliances.

Look at the love shown towards the last few HSTs.

1 hour ago, Willie Whizz said:

What baffles us with our Samsung TV with Sky dish is that when watching “ordinary” programmes in real-time the sound volume is fine if set around 20. But watching a recorded programme needs turning-up to about 28-30 to be satisfactory, and using our connected DVD player means having to go right up to a volume setting of 40. Weird. 
 

I suppose I might be able to find a rationale and a remedy in the Instruction Manual - except that these days all you seem to get is a Quick Start guide …

With dvd i turn the tv sound to 0, or I get strange echos.

2 hours ago, Chuffer Davies said:

Whilst I would have to agree that the clarity of dialogue on many recorded broadcasts is poor we should recognise that as we age our hearing also deteriorates. In particular it is typically the high frequencies that are increasingly attenuated and it is these frequencies that are required to decipher consonants.  Although I can still function day to day quite well without hearing aids I decided I would invest in a pair none the less.  I now not only hear birdsong and music clearly once more, of relevance to recent comments here, I can better decipher tv dialogue than without them. 
Perhaps it is time for some on ‘hear’ to consider a hearing test?

 

Now back to some modelling…

Regards,

Frank

I find I can hear BBC OK most of the time, but ITV is not easy, because their bit rates are too low, and too much background noise under speech. Especially daytime TV.

2 hours ago, 34theletterbetweenB&D said:

I too will be in that position soon enough, but no worries. So long as the TV speakers manage effective solo voice production, that's good enough for news and serious documentary productions.

 

Everything 'entertainment' is routed through the stereo system, the primary role of which is music reproduction.

 

(I tried surround systems years ago; rejected because there were too many weird artefacts, which it appears those involved in production simply cannot resist. The resulting garbage made of what might have been fine theatre and opera perfomance recordings was a great disappointment.)

I am not running a subwoofer, just five full range speakers. Hifi is the front stereo pair. For films full DTS or DD. Normal TV is just TV speakers.

4 minutes ago, 34theletterbetweenB&D said:

The first essential in any sound replay system is the ability to reproduce the human voice accurately; because this is the primary  function of our auditory system, and it is typically initially 'calibrated' by parental input, mother's typically dominant. In an ideal world we would all possess some good quality recordings of people we know speaking, and for the most effective evaluation among competing voices, as that quickly identifies whether the replay system is good enough.

 

Entertainment is to the fore, the facts can take a running jump! Take another recent film from this era: 'The Imitation Game'. Terminally flawed by the savage misrepresentation of Alastair Denniston; for any that know the scale of what he, with Gubbins and de Wiart - among many nameless others - achieved, in making the deciphering operation possible.

I am in the unenviable position of TV getting old and needing replacement in next couple of years, I have a 14 year old LCD panel TV which sounds fine for TV usage.

Ultra flat TVs have worse speakers and they try to flog a sound bar.

And smart suffer from software going out of date.

Not looking forwards to the time.

And of the main broadcasters only BBC uses surround sound for my 5.1 system.

I had colleague upset as i reckon Aardman do better animated stories than anyone but some Japanese (Ghibli).

And best dog of course is Gromit.

48 minutes ago, Tony Wright said:

Good morning Andy,

 

Could you make-out all the dialogue?

 

That was the weak point for us. Looking at all the buttons on the TV's remote, which one turns on the subtitles?

 

Regards,

 

Tony. 

Depends what the source is.

Each device has its own button.

12 hours ago, Tony Wright said:

Good evening,

 

And I thought paying a thousand pounds for a lens got me a 'best' one!

 

Regards,

 

Tony. 

I once spent £800 on a video recorder.

I find that films are easier to listen to, if the centre speaker level is boosted a bit. Something like 20% louder than the front stereo pair.

Also decent quality speakers.

Mine are Castle Acoustics pre going bump. With upper mid range Sony receiver.

I found the colour balance and tube pickup on my first video video camera looked really cheerful.

BTW dumped that domain as it was costing me money!

Bow pen might work.

26 minutes ago, Tony Wright said:

As part of my series of articles for BRM on 'budget modelling', I've just completed fiddling with an old Palitoy/Mainline BR Standard 4 4-6-0 75XXX.

 

 

 

Considering the initial outlay was merely £5.00, and it still runs................. Not bad?

 

 

The wheels warped on my Bachmann version, I do need to get the spares for it.

3 MCV in paint. 1 MXV 10 in paint, 1 MXV 10 complete, 3 MCV in works, 4 MXV 9 in works.

I need to print more MCV brakes, 2 more MXV 10, and work out MCVs still required.

More wheels and buffers soon.

I have used the odd drop of engine oil.

Plastic  compatible one.

Still seems ok.  Well the plastic cased injectors have sat in it over 20 years.

But only used on axle bearings steel and brass.

Apart from domestic video, I do not know of any Sony lenses.

My HDV is Carl Zeiss vario sonnar.

The 4000P was Sony branded.

Not sure where I put it as the tube has worn out.

The recorder still works. 42 years old design.