rob D2

I think it’s called not taking yourself too seriously. The hobby grows out of trainsets - trainsets like I got when I was 5 .. then grew out of it . The public perception often is of Peter Pan individuals who never grew up - I’m not in the business of educating them , I’m confident enough to persue my own interests oblivious to their opinions … let’s face it , a large percentage of the population find thinking difficult . However , we are in danger of over analysing a pastime that we enjoy . So just enjoy it in whatever version it takes - whether you are running a Lego train set round the dining room table or waist deep in white metal parts to make a narrow gauge engine from Outer Mongolia in P4

The problem is what % of the population is either into drinking and/ or football ? Way way more than model trains….that makes us the odd one …the odd one out . Thats just life . I’m tolerant of other interests , as long as they repay the courtesy

Coco pops ?

They’ll always be a section of society that finds grown men playing with “ toy “ trains amusing . You won’t fix that regardless

Thank god for the Ferraris having a scrap. At least something interesting

I get your point , but you’ve been as patronising about other interests - IE football and drinking . To validate your opinion you’d have to be as accepting of other people’s choices ( no I don’t follow football , but a truckload of people do , that’s up to them …one man’s meat is another man’s something else )

Relax mate, take it easy . It’s not a competition it’s a hobby . If you struggle with the pipes - we all do at times . By design they have to be scale which is small ! As long as you are enjoying yourself everything is good

Forget the announcements . For the modern ones , you could have Francis Bourgeois laughing manically at the 56 ….like he did at the Colas log one

Never thought of it like that ! ” I have outsourced my loco construction to shenzen “. Good decision . ” I have outsourced my loco construction to Romania “ - BR , bad decision ;)

Disregard - didn’t notice you can pull the hook out and replace with another full detail one ….. as you were …. Anyway here’s my renumbered 20015

It’s getting a bit boring isn’t it ? Despite Mr Horners attempts to liven it up with off track scandal

White paint pen and some masking tape , I’ve done a few

Would have loved an “ electric nose “ style review !

Saw it at Toton open day in 98, you could smell the paint….ah the glory days….

The phone number is Italy . I was expecting Nigeria for some reason

The irritation is all the stuff I have to un tick . Suddenly find myself offering evri next day delivery to Outer Mongolia for £2.99 , accepting offers above 10p I accidentally left offers on a couple of things , within an hour of listing I get offers about a quid over the starting price - why would I accept that ? 7 days is 7 days

Please god no .

Bagged clay, I think you’d have to go back 10 years or more…there was sometimes a cargowaggon added to the stoke train but along time back and par docks has been the big powder wagons for years, no idea when anything else came out . the whole scene is super dull compared to the 80s and fairly dull compared with the 90s !

Yes in this day and age there’s not really any excuse for taking naff pictures. I've sold a few things on eBay recently - I find the app overly helpful. Often suggesting postage options I then have to edit out . One thing I had to watch - I only sell stuff on the 80% off variable fees weekend. It auto relists ( another thing I didn’t ask for) If it then sells on relist it’s not covered by the 80%. Argued that one . And becuase , apparently , I’m a “ loyal customer “ I got £9 back .

Also some of my locos have been through several different incarnations - I don’t want the identity to be irreversible

I think cavalex are to be commended for name plate guides, I’ve not seen that before . JN, I use tamiya low tack masking tape as a guide on cab sides . I then use 2 tiny dots of “ glue and glaze “ ( cos it dries clear if I really cock it up ) and place said item on top. Can also use tiny drops of varnish - always applied minutely with end of a cocktail stick

Enough BBR, this isn’t your private thread. If you want to carry on, please direct message them or something

We’ve had this debate before , many times , and suffice I’m not going to start it again . With a large number of members touchy about “ labelling “ , “ pigeon holing”, it’s not where I want to go at all…because it requires such , ill self label myself. What it comes down to is …time…money….both are in short supply. So in modelling you choose what appeals to you and what you can afford. I build wagon kits - I don’t enjoy it much. I find it fiddly , frustrating and annoying. The only reason I’ve done it in the past is the wagons I wanted weren’t available RTR, then they were and I stopped ….Am I a “ real “ modeller then ? I change decals, I have done resprays , I change numbers - this is the part of the hobby that appeals to me …am I a real modeller ?who cares… I build layouts , mainly small. I get diminishing returns TBH. I only build them to have a realistic back drop for the fantastic RTR we have. I don’t have time to build everything … So I label myself as a collector , who likes to customise models , and run them in a semi realistic environment . At the end of the day if I enjoy it that’s enough , that’s the whole point of it and the only point .

Fleet looks good , although the grey and yellow wagons would not run together as a clam is vacuum braked and a Rudd is air braked

That debate has been done to death . And as we’ve just had a debate on “ labelling “ I’m happy to say that both RTR and kit building is modelling in my eyes . I tried to get the only train kit of a 12T crane before the hattons thing but it was sold out - am now on waiting list fir next batch