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    EBay madness

    in Ebay Topics

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    Re: Boxes in the loft.  I have logged all of my stock ( on the layout ) and boxes (in the loft) in a simple piece of software called Model Train Catalogue.  Thus when the time comes my executors have a fighting chance to match them up

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    Random encounter - model shop in Cologne

    in Overseas Modelling

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    Good evening all,

     

    On a trip to Cologne earlier this month, I happened upon a small model shop in Cologne which hadn't shown up in any searches.  It's on Trimbornstrasse which is the street linking the station of the same name with Bundesstrasse and the Arcaden shopping centre.  It's a small shop packed from floor to ceiling with railway models and plastic kits (mostly aircraft).  The railway stuff I saw is mostly second-hand continental HO but some of the displays are partially hidden by boxes piled up in front.  The owner speaks English and explained that it is more of an office for his eBay shop (sammlefreund-1, although I can't trace him on eBay) than a conventional retail shop.  It's hardly the biggest or best model shop in Germany, but that said, it's the kind of place where you might find an absolute gem if you were lucky!  The current opening hours are Monday to Friday 1400-1830.   Might be worth popping in if you're passing!

    THanks we are going to Cologne for the Christmas Markets ans i am going to be given some time on my own for good behaviour

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    The Official Rapido APT-E Thread

    in Rapido Trains

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    I do intend getting one of those. However as mine is going by train with us its got to come out of its box to fit our rucksack. It will be in the individual blister packs it came in the box

    Good job with the anti-macassar. I have a set waiting to go on. Any tips or problems encountered?

    Model Rail/Rapido Trains GER/LNER 'J70' 0-6-0T 'Project Toby'

    in Rapido Trains

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    Its even worse for me .My layout is a Southern Pacific LA  based switching  layout .Already an Oregon logger has crept in on odd days ,plus a Barclay and a blue  Peckett that switched Huntley and Palmers  US  subsidary .

    I shall be making creative use of the Channel Tunnel to allow one onto my European layout. (Well I already have an APT-E and Tornado + Pullmans).

    Selling book collection

    in Books

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    Just looking on the Linda Tinker books website which says “.........HOWEVER, AT THE MOMENT, WE ARE UNLIKELY TO BUY ANY UK RAILWAY BOOKS, due to our shelves being full, and due to the glut of these titles reaching the market. In 2016, we had well over 300 requests to buy books, and only bought 12 collections. “

    A discussion on railway art.

    in Modelling musings & miscellany

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    I met him and am familiar with both his railway paintings and wildlife images – I just find them incredibly cheesy, probably because they are pretty slick, which may be a very controversial view here. Cuneo painted a recognisable railway but at least there was a painterly drama to his work. Admittedly Sheppard could paint in such away that the images looked almost photographic but I don't understand what that style of painting has to offer beyond an immediate response of 'wow it's looks just like a photograph'. After that reaction there is nothing there for me – a technical tour de force that leaves me cold and thinking that I'd have rather seen a photograph of the scene. To me the raison d'être of paintings and painting is to explore the medium and do something that a photograph can't, as Turner's Rain, Steam and Speed and the Van Gogh image in this thread clearly demonstrate. Both show a technical ability that surpasses Sheppard's realism precisely because they can make a canvas resonate in a magical ways. I've stood in front of Rain. Steam and Speed for several hours of my life and am never board by it. It's an insight to a truly ethereal world. Imagine being Turner and seeing images like his canvases in his mind – it would be like being on a never ending hallucinogen. As an analogy it's a bit like the fact that there are loads of technically amazing piano players but very few have the real gift – to create original work and move an audience with their vision.

    That’s the joy of art, so many different but equally valid views. I really like his railway based sketches which are not photograpic in any way, imhave a number of his signed prints but have never been able to afford an original! Sadly i feel that prints, however good, never capture the feel fo an original such as “Oil, Muck and Sunlight”

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    EBay madness

    in Ebay Topics

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    Isn't that just with added "Can't be bothered to look for the best price" tax?

    Agreed, it’s a “taking the Micky” tax of about £55 if you compare it with a certain well known Liverpool based emporium!

    APT POP TRAIN Kit (under design & construction)

    in 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, CAD & CNC

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    OK Good times! I am now the proud owner of 11 bags containing many 3D printed parts which, when assembled in the right way, should give me my POP train. The detail is wonderful, a tribute to Paul's time and effort in producing the 3d files.

     

    I am indebted to Bob Gledhill, author of “Laser Cutting and 3-D Printing for Railway Modellers” who printed off the set of parts for me.

     

    Obviously most parts needed to be printed twice, one for each of the PC units, but some needed more than that and a few are specific to PC3 or PC 4 only. Bob printed the parts using a list that I created by scrutinising the magnificent manual that Paul and Kit produced. As I build the model I will check that I got the numbers correct and will publish the list as an aid to others who may wish to tackle a set of print runs. My initial check revealed one major miscount - you need 3 bogies and I only listed 2!

     

    More report as I start the build proper

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