Regularity

I agree. I just don’t think it was worth what I viewed as a somewhat heavy handed response.

I never it would stand up in court, Phil. I doubt something this trivial, which was explained between the parties and the photo was removed. Neither do you know what I want. If you did, you would have kept your fingers away from the keyboard. In fact, if you look back at past reports, you’ll see that now and then, I do report posts with blatant copyright breaches. My point was that there was a genuine error followed by misunderstanding, and I was trying to point out the practicalities of the situation: as John has said, there are risks involved. But the biggest risk is in administrators wading in and judging people, and simply peeing everyone off. Still, nice to see that the spirit of Mod2 is still around on here.

West Coast Joint Stock: through trains from the LNWR (which was a major shareholder of the CR, I believe). A lot of the goods stock would have also come from the LNWR, also the MR and the LYR.

I was thinking more about the sheer amount of stock required, including WCJS.

No point in starting small, eh?

Whilst true, that’s a touch draconian, Phil. The issue here was that Rob had found the image via search engine, and which had either not identified the original source, or he hadn’t clocked it because he downloaded it for his own use. Ironically, the original, source was on this forum, but pictures can and do get downloaded from here (and elsewhere) only to be uploaded on another site without credit, and it can be difficult to know where something came from or if it is public domain. Whilst copyright may still exist de jure on photos, as has been said, control of that copyright is very difficult once it has been posted on the internet. This doesn’t excuse it, but it does explain it. Personally, I try to embed links to photos if they are not from my own collection and/or not out of copyright, but it’s all a minefield. Two examples. When setting up a forum with a couple of friends, I created a slightly whimsical introductory page about conduct. 3 weeks later, someone I know copied it verbatim for a forum he was administering at the time. I didn’t mind: if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then outright copy (plagiarism) must be some form of compliment. Not bothered, except that it has been copied by many other sites (which is also fine) but the original copyist is happy to be given the original attribution (which isn’t). Unfortunately, that original site has disappeared into its own fundament (having set it up, I rapidly wanted nothing more to do with running it!) so it’s hard impossible to prove. Well known modeller Geoff Forster produced a map in support of his layout Penhydd, and Railway Modeller did a graphic of it for publication. With their consent, he has used it on his blog. It has been copied by a Facebook user without attribution, who when challenged about it (by me, not by Geoff) answered that since he had edited it (removed the extension from Presteigne further west into Wales), the copyright was now his. Obviously someone who doesn’t understand the word “substantive”. I raised this with the FB group admin. That was a waste of time: same person!

Years back, people used to turn the old Triang M7 into other things, including CR tank locos: a fair bit of styrene sheet was probably used, and that many have been easier due to inaccuracies in the original moulding. That said, Drummond had previously been in the CR and the NBR, and given how notoriously conservative loco designers could be, the basic dimensions might be close: same for his T9. The other point is, they may be close enough for your purposes if the look is more important than dimensional accuracy.

No, that’s a different brand of model figures…

What I love about the Peter Barnfield drawings is that in addition to the whimsey, the locos and stock are not simply generic, but have an obvious design heritage.

It would help considerably if you could tell us what scale and what skills you might have, e.g. can you build kits, etc?

Looks very much inspired by Wantage! (But 3’ gauge.)

That’s a very good point.

Would it be possible to use a different BT-enabled controller, such as a home made on? Are the protocols going to be made available? I prefer a tactile hand-held unit, and also have no need to be using most of the functions most of the time. Happy to use a phone or tablet to change settings, but essentially as I am not into having a large roster, a simple rotary switch for selection, a knob for speed, a forward/reverse switch, and few other buttons to set the “load” (direct control, light engine, medium load, heavy load) and do things like operate a brake, whistle and switch the WAB pump on/off, and I am happy. Something like Geoff Bunza’s home-made controller: Simplified Customisable WiFi Throttle

I think it’s up to you, to be honest. A bit of flicker might be interesting, but it might be distracting. If the weather was cold enough for the fire to be on, would the doors be open? Regardless, the point here is that if you want to depict wood panels or tongue and groove, you probably can get away with painting the surface and then adding plank lines with a pencil, and the suggestion of panelling with a bit of shading - 2 different pencils, of different grey shades and hardness.

Should that last word be capitalised?

During the day, the inside of buildings tends to be darker than the outside, and the glass tends to reflect more light than passes through: you can’t see much. During night time, the only places you would see into are those without curtains, blinds or shutters. You might therefore see something of the inside of a waiting room, but they weren’t known for blazing light prior to modernisation (which happened after Helston closed). By all means indulge yourself in lots of interior detail if you wish, but a simple two-tone colour scheme with just a few details will probably suffice, even if you intend to light the building for simulated evening operating sessions. If you make the roof removable, or the whole building detachable from its floor, you can always come back and add more detail later.

Ah yes. An idea introduced initially (in modern times) in 1938, IIRC….

The prototype (details also found here, which was used as source material for Warwickshire Railways - with my consent and cooperation) had 5’6” drivers, and 4’ leading wheels. BP built smaller versions of this same basic design, minus the outside leading axleboxes, for the Isle of Wight Railway and a smaller one for the Isle of Wight Central Railway.

Are you attempting to recreate one of those accident photos?

But that wasn’t a proposal for an update, but a new book. Based on the audience here, maybe not, but it isn’t representative of the whole potential market.

I hope none of them are avid followers of this area of the forum, then! https://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/228-radio-control/

Quite possibly, but if so, in response to a number of accidents involving idiots who don’t understand that (a) trains can’t swerve; (b) they can’t stop in a short distance; and (c) they can really hurt/main/kill. A consequence of point (a) is that passing trains can be close together, and peering around the back of the one you just got off to see if something is coming in the other direction on a double-track line is about as dangerous as stepping out into the four-foot to have a look. Unfortunately, a sensible approach of “don’t be an idiot” has been replaced by “I am an ambulance-chaser lawyer, can I help you sue some organisation so that no one has to take personal blame?” which is why we get such nonsense.

Good to know: I had a recent order, and only the pending closure was mentioned.

He is retiring at the end of the year, so if you want any more, get your order in now!