matt_uk

Interesting comments re the photographing of railways, many thanks.  Like I said, I only took pictures of trains I had travelled in / about to travel on or were in the station.  Maybe it was just an over-zealous station master / security person at the time.

Maybe I ought to consider Portugal...

The Spanish have suffered some nasty terrorist attacks on their system, however.

 

Best, Pete.

Hi,

Yes, I understand that is the reason behind it ,unfortunately.

I've just found this post and was looking at all the pictures of Portugese railways (the real ones!) earlier on in the thread.  But here's a question (which may be a bit off-topic): I've travelled on Spanish Railways and took a few pictures of the trains I travelled on or in the station, but last year in Ronda, after taking a couple of pictures, an announcement came over the information system (in English as well as Spanish) that customers were advised that it was not allowed to take photographs at any time.  Needless to say, I put my camera away (it's not a large SLR or anything like that) but I assume that someone saw me and put out the message.  I've since found out that it is illegal to take pictures of railway installations in Spain.  Now, does anyone know if it's the same in Portugal?  Presumably, the picture takers in this thread did not receive any trouble.

Thanks Matt, the mirrors are simply short lengths of 0.3mm nickel silver wire soldered to scraps of leftover etch. You can get an etch of various shape mirrors from Scalelink (I'll try and link to their site when I've got a minute to find it - EDIT, see here: http://www.scalelink...__Varieuse.html item no. SLF137 - which are good but the etched on arms are better replaced with wire to make them more durable.

 

Hope this helps

 

Adam

Many thanks for that information and a really useful link, Adam. They certainly look the part.

That looks really good! I like the RTI parts as well - very versatile and have built a couple of models using his parts. Can I ask where you get / how you make the wing mirrors?

My SR two pack arrived yesterday and these were ordered when they were first announced ( can remember when that was).They really are nice models and look good running with the recent Hornby Horseboxes

 

The TMC Birdseye conflat set that I ordered came about 2 weeks after it first appeared on this site that they had been released.

 

Maybe TMC despatch the orders in rotation of customers placing their order with them.

Thanks for that info, petee19. I'll wait and try to be patient for a while!

I pre-ordered one in May but haven't had any communication from them yet how long should I leave it before contacting them, or just ordering it from their website?