chris p bacon

1 hour ago, rodent279 said:

I like Gresley's wooden stock, but find the teak a bit monotone. 

Teak stock predates Gresley by several decades.
For the GN, varnished teak was not only cheaper but meant coaches could be in traffic much faster as it cut the painting timetable by some 2 weeks. 

10 hours ago, jonhall said:

are you sure you are looking in the right place, because my Google Earth suggests 'yes'

 

So it is..what a muppet!

I think I wandered off the plot when looking.

Just now, Jesse Sim said:

We haven’t discussed payment yet for two days work…..

Have you said what you're willing to pay?

2 minutes ago, KeithMacdonald said:

Is the turntable still there?

A quick look on Google Earth says 'no'

46 minutes ago, E100 said:

 

I'd agree and go further and say that's a success in making sure you have a viable market before spending the big money.

The failure was in purchasing the CADS from the receiver of DJM without actually checking that it would include the tooling which was owned by the factory.

The factory had offered the part completed DJM product to several parties.

It’s just the trims, the window looks fine, if it had ‘sagged’ you’d have to ask what was above it to create enough force to do so, the fact it opens and closes ok means it’s sitting where it was when fitted. 
If it’s a first floor window the wall plate above is on the inner course of brick/block so the window won’t be carrying any weight. 

6 hours ago, Darius43 said:

I also recall that DJM was alleged to have indulged in some international travel to attend air shows, presumably using the proceeds of his enterprise to do so.  As far as I am aware KR Models has not indulged in that kind of behaviour.

 

Cheers

 

Darius

I don't recall there ever being any accusations of funds being used for other purposes, rather a case of poor business practice in not seeking the best advice or help, even refusing it when offered.

3 hours ago, GWR-fan said:

 

There may have been a "research" trip to the National Railway Museum back when the GT3 was in development.

The (full) drawings obtained claimed to be in the NRM, were prior to launch of the GT3

For info, KR stated back in 2019 that shipping was to be £4.50 for the UK.

6 hours ago, Chuffer Davies said:

Hi Brian,

there are a number of Retford videos on YouTube. I used ‘Retford Model Railway’ as my search argument to find them.

Enjoy,

Frank

Does Youtube fight back when you use it...😀

12 minutes ago, rembrow said:

Not when you order the item, I've been caught out a few times when placing an order, with the initial price being tax exclusive, without showing that it is.

Again, I've not had that issue. Are you using a VPN? it could be their site has no idea of your location.

I just tried ordering again (class 30/31 page) and the price clearly states 'inc VAT'

13 minutes ago, rembrow said:

I get a similar issue when ordering from Accurascale as the initial price is without relevant sales tax until you insert country of destination.

That is not the experience I have had so checked. Just looking at locomotives, the prices displayed  clearly state 'inc vat' 

Back in 1991/2(?) one of the vehicles was at the Northampton & Lamport Railway. A visit was made mid week when there was no public so that we could take some photographs and details. It was in a pretty dire state then and must be much worse now.

I have a few photos from that visit, but it wasn't a primary interest to me.

3 minutes ago, Bucoops said:

 

I notice the kit was designed by Paul Craig - is that perhaps @Paul Cram as you seem well versed on some of the LRM kits?

 

I don't think Paul Craig is a member here (stand to be corrected) but he can be found on LNER forum as 'John Coffin'

Is there any chance we can get back to the thread drift……🙄

Start with Tinkercad and do some small components (getting more complex) and print them as you go. 

Tinkercad is a very basic person of Fusion 360 so could be a stepping stone.  I have tried Blendr and found it a very difficult program to get on with.

1 hour ago, KeithMacdonald said:

 

I offer some anecdotal evidence for @The Johnster tragic tale.

 

I'm of an age now where I won't be "troubling the selectors" by competing in such events. Rather, I help with organising and marshalling cross-country ultra-marathons and solo running events instead. Which is how come I've experienced events & situations like @The Johnster describes, but fortunately without the fatalities.

 

Event briefing beforehand (with compulsory equipment checks) we make it clear to all competitors that they are solely responsible for themselves and should not expect any outside help, and should carry their own water, and enough of it. The nature of the event means all the competitors are risk-takers (we expect that to be calculated risk). But a few competitors take more risks than others, including lightening their load by throwing away bottled water - in the hope of being able to get water from streams. Usually fine, if you can get away with it, but asking for serious trouble when the streams have run dry.

 

The good news? Events like these are far better organised now than they used to be, with better checks and controls.

 

 

We have this one

https://thespinerace.com/events/2018/1/14/montane-spine-race-5gsj5-86ezg

On our doorstep in 2 weeks time, The finish line is outside and the state of some of the competitors is unbelievable, and they are the ones that finish!

At this end of the Pennine way (the Cheviots) people can (and have) died of exposure in the warmer months so it's takes some mental stamina to enter an event such as this.

13 hours ago, Din said:

It also continues to amuse me that the Fell is such a woeful disaster according to this forum... when they're planning a second run due to demand from other customers!

No one has stated publicly how many they made on the first run, but the Fell thread noted several who had paid up front and not received and were offered one from the 2nd run.  Quite how you could not produce enough models to satisfy those who had funded is only known to KR, although there are several reasons why this could easily happen.

As a couple of others have posted, it's a dry ridge and verge system. If fitted correctly they are far superior to cement fixing.

Regarding fake chimneys I can't stand them. I had a planner in Beds Borough insist on a chimney on a property in one of the North Bedfordshire villages, I refused to fit one and had a woodburner and external stack put on the plans. The planner said that the rest of the building was fine but he wanted a chimney as that was the 'vernacular style' for the area. I took 20 photographs of surrounding properties that showed that it wasn't, and that only 45% of houses had chimneys (1970's & 80's houses tend not to have them)  He insisted that he wanted one, and sent details of the 'fake' chimneys that are available.  I asked him to provide me with some examples of houses that had chimneys that were set 450-500mm in from the gable. I also sent some pictures of a development on the North side of Bedford asking how a chimney could also be in line with a bedroom window, and included 2 examples of houses with fake chimneys along with external woodburner stacks. The application was approved without the fake chimney.

I can't stand the things, they are nothing but a waste of time and materials and they expose an area of the roof to leakage where they have been incorrectly fitted. Many are assembled on the ground and then fitted with the aid of a crane, many are fitted too quickly to gain the most from the crane hire.

I was asked for a second opinion on 2 and noted that both had been simply nailed to 2 trusses with no more than 8x 90mm nails (not even ring shank). With the chimney overhanging the trusses (600mm centres) the adjacent batten was floating in the air with the tiles sagging and making the flashing ineffective. Both made claims against NHBC who admitted after a lot of pressure that neither had been fitted correctly and arranged for their removal (they offered to repair but both owners wanted them removed) the owners were asked to sign an agreement not to discuss with the surrounding house owners which they signed. They never asked me to sign anything ..... eventually some 20(ish) of the chimneys were either repaired or removed.

Mine arrived in the Borders today.

In theory with it having spent 4 weeks in the post it will only be another 4 weeks before the next one is on the way....(I did say 'In theory') 

11 hours ago, Tony Wright said:

Wooden railways?

 

In the days when I was a 'scale' modeller, I made these as Christmas presents for our younger son, John, when he was in his pre-school years............. He's now 40! 

 

 

 

 

The scale? He could sit on the carriage roof with ease.

 

The gauge? I don't know; I never made any track! 

 

All I know is that he had hours and ours of fun with these (I made lots of others), which is what it's all about

Looking at the wheel centres, were they early Romfords....

3 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:

Ask a member of the relevant line society: @chris p bacon, what was the livery of Great Northern horseboxes in Great Northern days?

Oh Lord, now I have to fire up the brain cells....

I've always understood them to be 'Brown' (similar to Teak) as they would run with passenger stock, but I'll check my notes ....when I can find them!

You're not alone as mine hasn't turned up yet either.

I'm going to check that the lasts subs cheque was cashed in case that went adrift in the post.

7 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Chris you are one little old boy from Bedford who is going to be missed.

 Too true. 

I got to know Chris 20+ years ago at our local (East Beds) show and Stevenage Loco society/LCGB  talks, I found him a lovely chap to talk to, full of knowledge and like me able to moan about things, although Chris had more style when doing so. (I always told him that coming from Bedford he had a lot to moan about). Covid has changed many things, and it wasn't until I saw the thread that I realised it's probably 2 years since I've seen him, Very sad to think that.