Neil P

Sound fitted class 150 Provincial for £237 in the TMC Black Friday deals https://www.themodelcentre.com/32-929sf-Bachmann-oo-gauge-class-150-1-2-car-dmu-150115-br-provincial-original-sound-fitted

Great. Thanks. I'll have a look!

Looks excellent and I like the forced perspective of the higher ground towards the back. Do you have any tips or techniques you could share?

Finally got round to finishing the viaduct (5 arches) and painting it. I added a few small details that I’d forgotten during the design process using Plastikard.

Can't believe how busy it was today. My children's school was closed, so I thought we'd arrive at lunchtime to beat the crowds - and everyone else clearly had the same idea! Sadly, I only saw that BRM were renting step-stools for children to stand on as we left, but my boys enjoyed it anyway. Must say a special thanks to West Hill Wagon Works. I bought a replacement Hunt coupling for a HST and explained it was to replace an identical one I'd broken while fitting it, and they let me have it for free.

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Started work on the viaduct. This is the first section of 6 in primer. It was an 18 hour print, so not a quick job! The joins between each section will be covered by separately printed stonework strips which are proud of the rest of the brickwork. I have seen something similar on various real-world examples. I will also print some separate pieces at the top with low walls to contain the track. I’m finding mapping the stone textures onto more complex shapes a bit of a challenge, and can cause Blender to slow down and crash.

I agree. I apologised earlier in the thread for anyone I upset with my clumsy choice of words. I was surprised that there wasn’t an offsite backup. Hopefully it will all be smooth sailing with a new hosting provider.

At the very least you'd need a handful servers to run a site like this. It's a busy site, so you'd have to separate the databases from the web server. Plus at least one standby server ready to go. And you'd want a SAN with an array of RAID drives for your filing system. Plus a very good symmetrical internet connection and a very good backup connection in case someone drilled through the first one. And some air conditioning to cool it all. And so on... Or you could just outsource it.

I worked for a company where we used to keep a backup onsite in the fire safe, plus offsite backups which staff took home with them. We used to call them "the hamsters", because it was like taking the school pet home to look after, knowing there would be trouble if you lost it.

I think you've summed up my thoughts on the matter far better than I managed to with my somewhat clumsy posts last night.

I see your name twice on the left of your posts, and it looks like your avatar/profile picture has disappeared. If you re-upload it that might solve the problem.

Clearly I misjudged how personally my comments would be taken, which wasn't my intention, and I apologise for any upset I caused. I didn't say that nothing was done to avoid this or that not nothing would be learned from it. Clearly emotions are running high and some people are assuming I meant something more significant than I intended.

I meant lost from the forum. The photos that members upload, especially when they're explaining how they've modelled something are a great resource, as we all know. I agree that Dediserve should have done what they were paid to do.

Thanks, ColinK. As they're selling out, I think I might buy one and risk it. They're great looking models.