s.e. charles

i cannot think of a single reason why we wouldn't want to see more. this is fantastic!

i have lost hope . . .. and offered to suspend my remaining subscription to avoid further aggrevation on the part of both parties.some things are just not meant to be.

.... the hobby is not just for super finescale modelling... it needs the average modeller to get involved.

... the Model Railway community (may) have slipped away from understanding the term Scratchbuilt ...

I think these are both important and true statements. the Press, either printed or online content, obviously shows the 'best of the best' and a neophyte can easily become discouraged before he's started.

I remember reading Model Railroader Magazine (back issues bought from someone's damp basement) printed in pre-war years showing brass locomotives built at the kitchen table with files, soldering torches, and parts lathe turned from an eggbeater drill. all had to be put away so the next meal could be served.

we've become too sophisticated for those shenanigans now, and in some small way that is our, and the hobby's, loss.

I still don't have mine on the NE coast/ USA

certainly has the "all business" look

red becomes gray in the fog. that's why safety crews wear yellow.

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Saul Bass approves this railroad

....  constructive criticism is welcome!

 you were certainly paying attention to your Father's work.

not many will acknowledge the need to master the basics nor overdue the scene with distracting elements.

Nice to see the really tidy wiring. Note to self, when I get to wiring must try harder to make it tidy.

 

DaveC

yes; and some proper benchwork, too!

i believe that is mentioned in this episode of The Great War series:  

i can save you all that reading:  

i have always slept better with the head of the bed facing North. (living in USA). i don't know if someone in Australia would find a South orientation more calming.

....and I found a far more limited display of locos to pick from than my local store and refused to add the DCC for me. I'm okay adding the chip now but at the time as a new modeller having the service would have meant I probably would have bought something that day....

i never cease to be amazed at how many people spend hundreds of dollars advertising and fail to perform a little service like this. if they are concerned about the time invested, the few moments should be charged to their marketing budget. the rewards reaped would far exceed any print ad they could buy.

that carries over into everyday situations, too. want your landscaper to do a better job? bring him out a cold drink on a hot day and praise the work he has already done. want your mechanics to give your car a fine tune-up and maybe a wash & vacuum? bring them a box of muffins when you drop it off in the morning. it works, really. everyone wants to feel appreciated.

The problem with that, in the model railway world at least, is that the major suppliers require you to have retail premises before they will supply you. 

 

I suspect the "local model shop" will morph from the traditional "corner shop" variety, where the rents are increasing into something operating out of an industrial unit on a trading estate out of town. 

 also, major hobby-house suppliers often require the little shops to place a minimum (either dollar or quantity) order. this means the end user must wait for his goods. that's okay if the forethought has been put into the purchase, but it can reduce the impact of impulse sales for the vendor.

is there one among us who has never picked up a kit or "that cute goods wagon with the pretty pictures on the sides" on a whim?

...the sheer volume of products available on the net gives it an enormous advantage, and, it is available on a screen just front of you. ...the net is more expensive because of postage mostly, but it is so much more convenient ......

i also do most of my purchases (for everything except fresh fruits & vegetables) on the internet. any shipping or handling charges are quickly recouped by saved fuel, time, & frustration going store to store and dealing with people not educated in the products they are selling. and who among us has not had a sales clerk respond "we don't have that, but we can order it for you"?

i've often thought of marketing a T-shirt printed up with "Spoiled by the Internet". but then i would need to rent space or make up a website and the whole process seems a bit overwhelming ...

On 2), that's a chicken-and-egg story. Online box-shifters are (sometimes considerably) cheaper then a local brick-and-mortar store, so one would be a thief of one's own wallet if one purchases at the higher price. But that leads to the local shop closing down as there's not enough money coming in. Which causes complaints as one cannot get urgently needed spare/tool/item X from their local shop and one should wait for the courier to arrive, often at great expense relative to the value of the item. Who's fault is that? The box-shifter for selling under the MSRP, the local store for selling at, too close to or even over, MSRP? Or the modeller who wants to get more trains for their quid/buck/euro/whatever? Or perhaps the manufacturer who charges too much for their models?

 

Can't comment on 1) as I don't do UK outline, fortunately

my plan for 2017 is to move house & family to the neighborhood which contains an online box-shifter so i might have the best of all worlds.

did this whole layout get flushed?

wasn't the first moving picture of a horse running?

i've heard the Bragdon colors have adhesive incorporated.

https://www.bragdonent.com/weather.htm

no shortage of choices:

perhaps here:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXGIGXyH8-PX-NYE44qDDVQ

website here:  http://www.yutaatelier.com/

... the whole concept, was heavily influenced by a really cool Japanese micro layout that was featured on this site in a video. ..

duly noted.