Lecorbusier

I just like making things ..... just saying

The current GWR isn't bad.

For me the main point which emerges from all this ribaldry and japing is that all the 'proper' liveries are so much better than the lion's share of contemporary offerings ... but then perhaps I am just overly nostalgic .... the old typefaces and posters were better too!

I love these photos .... what ever you have done they give a great sense of realism and atmosphere - perhaps that is because there is a feeling of old colour photos from the 70s when I grew up. excellent modelling an weathering too. Thanks.

I was 2 at the time! ..... nice to feel a whipper snapper for a change

I wonder if its also partly the rise of the internet? In the old days you had to get out there more to showcase your range. You also used to be able to get metal kits at model shops as well ... I remember buying my first Nucast kit in a rail model shop on the outskirts of Oxford in 1990 ... but the shop is long gone. if I remember rightly it also stocked SE Finecast and I bought a white metal wagon (I think ABS) to practice on (still have the remains somewhere which i use for scratch building).

Interestingly I saw 'up the line' at Stevenage earlier this year and spent quite a time looking at it. I found it interesting and educational. Fascinatingly I didn't react to it or view it first & foremost as a model railway .... unlike everything else in the hall - rather my reaction was to a piece of history presented in 3d that just happened to have a light railway as part of the subject. As a result I didn't find myself studying the track work, or the skill with which the stock was modelled, or the time table etc etc. I thought about this a fair bit afterwards. For me, I was pleased to have seen it and was interested rather than disturbed. So I didn't think it inappropriate for a model rail show. It is an interesting debate as to whether it actually constitutes railway modelling or military modelling .... as a hybrid I'm sure it will split opinion.

Any Help?

This might be of interest as well http://birminghamz.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/

Dave, It may not be of any help but Bill Hudson's book on the Peak line has some good info on Midland Goods sheds - both photographic and drawn. A google image search on the Bakewell goods shed turned a fair amount of info when I put it in. Regards Tim

Thanks .... much appreciate the comment .... pleased you like it. Tim

Ahh! The curse (fun?) of P4. I think we all might be justifiably described as perverse in some form or another. The last scaleforum show but one was the 40th Anniversary of the society and Iain Rice & friends, as part of the display, gathered together a rare grouping of historic offerings from the early days. On the majority the wheels had been scratch built due to a complete lack of availability. Whilst I hear what you say and can't disagree with any of it, I am still extremely grateful for both the price centre and the range of P4 wheels available under the AG banner. I shall keep my fingers crossed for the equivalent of Markits or Jol's suggestion entering the P4 market at some point ... but in the meantime am determined to enjoy the challenge as it stands.

Strangely ... I see the Gibson wheels as a challenge. I'm quite relishing trying to get them working well. Here's hoping I don't drive myself mad But then my trains will have a much lighter and more leisurely existence than Tony's behemoths.

succinctly put.

Unfortunately my Tender is compensated (using the Perseverance chassis) and whilst this ensures track holding, it fails to disguise the 'wobble'.

Interestingly I have read a fair few postings RE Gibson wheels suggesting that all new wheels should be tested for concentricity ... The general view on the Scalefour forum is that most are within acceptable tolerances but a fair few are out. Most of the time this is because of a molding pip on the plastic centre ... the advice being to pop the rim off, remove the pip and glue back on. Perhaps Jol has a view on this? My Barney has Gibson wheels and the drivers seem fine, but the tender set does have a degree of movement suggestive of issues on the concentricity front. Not sufficient to effect running but a tad annoying visually. edit ... of course these comments relate to P4 profiles where Romford/Markits are not an option.

Perhaps it included simpler models .... wagons etc? you could batch build a fair number of plastic models in a go?

I wouldn't claim to be a mathematician ... but isn't that an average of a little over 1 per month for 40 years. Respect

Can't comment on Markits, but there is a whole thread on the scaleforum dealing with problems of 'wobbly' plastic centred wheels and possible remedies. Quite a few involving the use of a lathe. The wheels do look good though!

..... But the wheels looked great Why do you think it nods up and down?

Tony, Sorry, I wasn't clear there. My understanding is there is no issue for non commercial usage as the images are simply cropped and enlarged details and as such unrecognisable. However, the originals are not in my ownership and have only been shared for non commercial/private academic usage and this should perhaps be made clear.

Could you post the link to the Midland Railway Forum ... I am not familiar with it. The later images posted by me are part copies (details) from NRM originals... so publication copywrite would I think apply.