RLWP

1 hour ago, iL Dottore said:

 would react if their work was rated as "OK but lacks excitement..."

I'm sure they would say - 'yes, you're right'

They are not entering a competition on a TV show

Richard

37 minutes ago, Pacific231G said:

If you were televising a national ploughing competition (I'm not pitching that as an idea!) you'd surely film the competitors on their own farms

which is the opposite of how actual ploughing matches are staged?

Richard

4 minutes ago, JohnR said:

 

But how would the other teams feel if they knew you wernt trying? 

Successful?

7 minutes ago, AY Mod said:

 

I did see that you weren't there at the final scenes but only because I was looking out for you. They didn't make anything of it so I'm sure they're quite understanding that needs arise.

I imaging the production company has to. Managing three teams of railway modellers must be like herding cats!

44 minutes ago, Professor Yaffle said:

Mmm.. does a heat ray have recoil?

I guess is depends. If it is firing photons, no - photons have no mass

Richard

16 minutes ago, LocoLadies CF said:

 However.  Kathy really didn’t like it and said we should have wired all the joints. So yes going down that route works buts certainly doesn’t get brownie points from one of the judges. 

That's rather unfair. The objective is to have a running railway for the end of day three, if all the joints corrode and it won't run a week later - that's irrelevant

Richard

I have one on my keyboard, it's labelled 'Page Down' together with 'Page Up'

Grouped with 'Home' which does exactly the same as the 'Go to the Top of the Page' icon. You can guess what 'End' does

What's more, it works on any forum or web page

Not on my phone of course, but that's easier to scroll (and harder to see)

Richard

I've just checked, and LNWR drawings refer to the component as an arm

Which means the GWR component is probably a blade, finger, board, plank... anything but arm

Richard

I think the problem with the trees was, you'd limited them to a single forest

If you had (somehow*) extended the crochet theme across the whole railway you may have done better. Or totally alienated the judges, I'm not sure which

Either way, hopefully you have lost your free 'chauffeur' entry at exhibitions - you deserve better than that

Richard

*I have no idea too

On 25/09/2019 at 12:44, TheQ said:

What sort of line are you modelling, narrow guage lines were reknown for using all sorts of

really cheap materials!

2 minutes ago, rab said:

I know the Germans think we're daft but come on:

 

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.de%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F401901275257

Can you pay too much for the GWR... 

7 minutes ago, Aire Head said:

 

Unfortunately that tends to be the problem

2 minutes ago, melmerby said:

All the photos I have seen of US semaphores show them pointing to the right.

such as these lower quadrant ones:

https://www.shorpy.com/node/7451?size=_original#caption

Because we run on the left and they run on the right?

Richard

5 hours ago, Marshall5 said:

Springside do a model of Dot in 7mm http://www.springsidemodels.com/id155.htm

Cheers,

Ray.

This is probably bits of one:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KIT-BUILT-009-NARROW-GAUGE-LOCO-Job-Lot-White-Metal-Kit-Parts-and-set-Wheels/193104172563

Richard

4 minutes ago, Aire Head said:

The tripod is an analogy for Breech Loading Rifles, Machine Gun and Artillery.

They must have been bloody good at spotting an analogy

11 hours ago, LocoLadies CF said:

Bit nervous now. Our Heat The Best of British is airing tonight.

Your enthusiasm was wonderful, I must say I was rooting for you tonight

Well done on showing this isn't just a male hobby

Richard

This series is getting better by the week

Richard

28 minutes ago, grahame said:

 

 

although they might make good stable gun platforms.

Ray guns maybe, like in the book.

For projectile weapons you need an uneven tripod to deal with the recoil:

Not ideal for striding anywhere

Three minutes to episode 3

Richard

26 minutes ago, laurenceb said:

Wow!!

1 hour ago, phil_sutters said:

 That type of rope or cable as the heavier ropes are sometimes called might be represented by the cords used for pull-cord bathroom lights or on venetian blinds.

 

Hurrah -  an opportunity for a new piece of pedantry

Those are usually a sennit rather than the usual three strand rope. You can tell by the way the strands cross over each other rather than spiral around

Doesn't matter a damn in a model

I once found a broken piece on a beach about 5 metres long. I would have taken it for other uses, only it was about 4 inches in diameter and I couldn't carry it!

Richard

Something else. These small cords don't behave quite the same as the full size ropes and lines they are trying to represent. Basically, they are not as flexible or 'heavy' enough, so they don't lie flat or hang right

I've found wetting them with dilute PVA helps them to take the right shape and then set

Richard

21 minutes ago, RJS1977 said:

 

I'm pretty sure there was at least one episode of The Navy lark where Mr Phillips instructed CPO Pertwee to do a handbrake turn in HMS Troutbridge!

Oh lumme...

7 hours ago, wombatofludham said:

Can I just ask Jenny a question, what was that heat responsive vinyl you mentioned using for the landscaping?  Not come across that before.

This stuff?: https://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/show/item/1RGVM-GG

Richard