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https://d63oxfkn1m8sf.cloudfront.net/5616/7342/6800/Hornby_HINT_CAT23_web-low_res_V2.pdf

I have to say "analogique" sounds very stylish in ze Fwench accent.

Thanks for that ... but really, Hornby should have provided pictures with the announcement, and we shouldn't have needed to use Google

Videos of locos with massive pistons, going into tunnels. Etc.

The FTSE dropped by 0.3 per cent. Hornby dropped by 15.5 per cent.

Trading in Hornby shares is usually quite light, so a sale of shares can push the price down disproportionately. Nevertheless, Hornby's been a pretty poor investment. The shares (dark blue line) now are actually worth less than they were in 1993. In comparison the main index of the one hundred biggest companies on the London stock market has nearly tripled.

Investors don't seem to agree, Here's how Hornby shares opened an hour or so after the announcement, and after a trading statement to the stock market about Xmas. .

Hornby shares plunged when they opened this morning.

Even car shapes are pretty similar, as manufacturers have converged on the most aerodynamic profiles.

As some postmodern philosopher said: "absence is presence". If a man says in a dating ad or app that he is "Thin good-looking, 30s, own hair, own car, good job" there's a good chance he's short, as he doesn't mention height.

I must admit I was not at all impressed by what the AI produced. And I do share your concerns about the dodgy provenance of the images that are used to train the software.

Thank you. Appreciated. Now, back to using genuine and not plagiarised human imagination again :-)

I never claimed to be an artist. I was just curious about what AI could "imagine". PS I think you're overreacting. An apology would be nice.

And here's the Flying Scotsman. I guess the AI wasn't shown many examples of steam locos when it was trained.

I asked Midjourney AI to create a picture of a "Bulleid pacific steam locomotive"

Your comments sound defamatory. I'd delete them if I were you.

Why does that make him "hardly independent"? Surely if he's buying the locos himself, he's completely independent.

You can judge how independent a publication may be editorially, by 1) looking at the range of advertisers and how much they advertise, and 2) seeing how much competition there is editorially. In other words, how much does the publication need an advertiser, and how much does an advertiser need the publication. In an extreme case, If there's just one advertiser, then that advertiser has enormous power over the publication. If it doesn't like articles/reviews etc then it can withdraw its advertising, and potentially put the publication out of business. And if there's just one publication in that particular niche, the advertiser may not have much choice but to advertise in that publication.

But if you modelled it that way, people would say it was inaccurate.

My new year's resolution is to learn to print in 3D First, I need to learn 3D software, so I'd be grateful for any advice on what package to start with, please. (Preferably free.) I'm using a Mac. Also, advice please on what items I could start with to design, and what sequence of things I could design to develop my skills. I'd like to be able to produce a something like this loco after a few months. (Not this actual loco, but an 0-6-0T looks like a good goal.) Thanks in advance, BB

Thank you for finding that for me. I did try searching but with so many posts over the years, the search engine threw up a lot of posts that weren't relevant, and I never found that thread. I do think it's worth asking questions again sometimes even if they've been asked in the past, as techniques develop over the years. Thanks again to everyone, especially 2mm dabbler BB

I've got some Hornby Dublo bits and bobs, and I thought some of them could benefit from a bit of detailing. I haven't done any soldering (apart from wiring) and I just wondered if it's possible to solder brass, or white metal bits to them? If not, what glue would be best (epoxy?), please? Grateful for any advice. Thanks in advance. Seasons greetings as well. BB

https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/2001/10/10/father-son-restore-locomotive/49024155/ Father, son restore locomotive Staff reportsThe Herald Times ASHLEY — She\'s big. She\'s 70 years old, weighs 40 tons and requires a whole lot of water.For about 40 years, until 1991 when she moved to Steuben County, she spent all her time alone in the woods in upstate New York. She was sold for scrap value — 2 cents per pound — because her owners didn\'t care much about her. She\'s so old it takes a while to get her day started — usually about three hours. She doesn\'t really have a name, but at least for now, she\'ll be called Ann.Barney Gramling has three life goals — to drive a passenger train, to own a steam locomotive and to farm 10,000 acres in Nebraska. Two of those goals he\'s already accomplished, but the Nebraska farming adventure is yet to happen.Gramling became interested in trains about age 12, when he went to work for the Little River Railroad in Pleasant Lake in northeastern Indiana. He started out as a car painter, then worked his way into a mechanic\'s position. And eventually, he began driving the train that made the four-mile run from Pleasant Lake to Angola on weekends. Now, he\'s an Amtrak engineer, making regular runs out of Toledo to Chicago and Pittsburgh.That takes care of one goal.The idea of owning a steam locomotive became reality in 1991, when Barney and his father, John, bought a 1930 0-4-0T locomotive built by Vulcan Iron Works in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.That\'s how Ann got from New York to Steuben County.It took the Gramlings five trips to get the locomotive back to their Indiana farm. They had to disassemble it and bring it home in pieces. In what became a 10-year father-and-son project, they completely restored it."It\'s kind of a hobby that got way out of hand," John said. "It\'s been interesting. It\'s really been enjoyable. It\'s too bad other fathers and sons can\'t do something like this.""We\'ve taken it to an extreme," Barney said.Thanks to an extensive farming background, the Gramlings know about mechanics, metals and hydraulics. They understand machinery. So, they say, it wasn\'t that big of a deal to restore an 80,000-pound steam locomotive."They\'re a very simple machine, once you get into \'em and understand \'em," Barney said. "How we basically learned is, we took it apart."Ann was fired up recently and ran on the 220 feet of railroad track laid down on the gravel drive in front of John\'s house. According to John\'s estimations, about 250 people showed up — some for rides and others out of sheer curiosity."It\'s awful gratifying after 10 years," Barney said. "The fun we\'ve had is restoring it. Now the fun is over and it\'s time to go find another one."They\'ve already found it. It\'s lying in John\'s barn in pieces. Restoration efforts will probably begin sometime this winter."This one will probably go a lot quicker," Barney said.In owning and restoring a steam engine, the Gramlings have met train aficionados from across the country and had much help with their efforts. They\'ve been laughed at by some. They\'ve even laughed at themselves at times, but they never gave up on their project."There\'s no way we could\'ve done it without the people who\'ve helped us," Barney said.One of those people was Eugene Reick. Barney met Reick during his days with the Little River Railroad. Reick was a conductor and the two became close friends. He was instrumental in the purchase of the steam locomotive, but died not long after the purchase."If it hadn\'t been for him it wouldn\'t have happened," Barney said.The Gramlings plan to honor Reick with a plaque to be mounted on the engine in his memory.As far as the name of the engine, she really doesn\'t have one. But John and Barney have considered naming her "Ann," because that\'s the middle name of both their wives.

Can you remember where it was? That would be helpful.

The shop Train Mall at Seoul, Yongsan-gu, Hangangno 3(sam)-ga, Hangang-daero 15-gil, 30 지하 1층 is empty. Its website seems to be working. Perhaps it's turned into a mailorder-only business. https://www.trainmall.co.kr/