40152 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 A day without some cheeky overpricing from these folk is like a day without sunshine: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115504620829? 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted December 12, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, 40152 said: A day without some cheeky overpricing from these folk is like a day without sunshine: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115504620829? An appallingly ill-proportioned piece of ****. And the PRICE!!! Has the vendor been over imbibing on seasonal tipples? I posted on a Tablet, the ebay mobile format is rubbish too, and I didn't realise it was our old "friends" from Rocket Railways vending the ****.... Edited December 12, 2022 by Hroth Slight update in italics. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Hroth said: An appallingly ill-proportioned piece of ****. I did at first glance think it homemade, possibly from a plastic tent peg... 1 hour ago, Hroth said: And the PRICE!!! Has the vendor been over imbibing on seasonal tipples? Weren't these the folks who wanted to make model railways affordable for everyone or some such spiel on the Hornby programme? 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieGuyRob Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 15 hours ago, Il Grifone said: I did see that listing but passed on.... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204144120849 Here's the link anyway.... Your welcome! 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 12, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2022 5 minutes ago, PieGuyRob said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204144120849 Here's the link anyway.... Your welcome! brian may’s let himself go! 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted December 12, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2022 4 minutes ago, PieGuyRob said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204144120849 Here's the link anyway.... Your welcome! Oh my EYES!!!!! The thoughts it provoked were completely uncharitable, though if it were that cold, why did she go topless? 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted December 12, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2022 2 hours ago, MrWolf said: Weren't these the folks who wanted to make model railways affordable for everyone or some such spiel on the Hornby programme? Clearly they are full of the nature of most of the stuff they sell. Cheers Darius 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 21 minutes ago, PieGuyRob said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204144120849 Here's the link anyway.... Your welcome! Fantasy? I'm pleased (and seriously relieved!) to say that isn't like any fantasy I ever had! The question is - Had the sculptor ever even seen an actual woman? That thing is going to start turning up in your dreams, you know it... 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 3 minutes ago, Darius43 said: Clearly they are full of the nature of most of the stuff they sell. Cheers Darius Amen to that brother. 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jol Wilkinson Posted December 12, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 12, 2022 It is remarkable what some people think is realistic modelling, weathering, etc. I am not sure whether to feel sorry for them or the person that might actually buy this tat. Possibly the impact of the reduced mental health care available in the UK. 1 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted December 12, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2022 17 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Fantasy? I'm pleased (and seriously relieved!) to say that isn't like any fantasy I ever had! The question is - Had the sculptor ever even seen an actual woman? That thing is going to start turning up in your dreams, you know it... The hairstyle is remarkably similar to Roman styles of the late Flavian period I have seen this style described as a joke, introduced by a hairdresser with a cruel sense of humour... 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, Hroth said: The hairstyle is remarkably similar to Roman styles of the late Flavian period I have seen this style described as a joke, introduced by a hairdresser with a cruel sense of humour... And foisted upon us again in the 1980s by the likes of Whitney Houston, that alone should have been a red flag over her drugs habits. As in "What's with the Crystal Tips and Alastair hairstyles?" Just as bad as those Princess Diana hairstyles that were also sported by men in the first half of the decade which were clearly a punishment from the gods. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 20 minutes ago, Jol Wilkinson said: It is remarkable what some people think is realistic modelling, weathering, etc. I am not sure whether to feel sorry for them or the person that might actually buy this tat. Possibly the impact of the reduced mental health care available in the UK. I'm not a patch on some of the modellers on here, but I try my best to keep it at least plausible. I remember back in the 1980s there was a junkyard of sorts near Uttoxeter which contained two very decrepit traction engines. Growing up out of the motion bracket box of one was a sizeable Elder tree, but had anyone tried to model it, the results would have looked contrived, if a little absurd. Some things just don't translate well into model form it seems. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted December 12, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2022 4 hours ago, PieGuyRob said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204144120849 Here's the link anyway.... Your welcome! 4 hours ago, Hroth said: The thoughts it provoked were completely uncharitable, though if it were that cold, why did she go topless? It then struck me that the figure had attributes similar to the "Camp Accessory" created by Maisie Adam in episode 3 of the current "Outsiders" comedy show on Dave.... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coppercap Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) "as restored on Sam's Trains, Salvage or Scrap" Tri-ang Hornby GWR 57xx sold for......... £130.99 and it wasn't even boxed! 😂 (hardly "restored" either, just got working again...but you did get a signed thank you card!) Edited December 12, 2022 by Coppercap 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6990WitherslackHall Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 3 hours ago, Jol Wilkinson said: It is remarkable what some people think is realistic modelling, weathering, etc. I am not sure whether to feel sorry for them or the person that might actually buy this tat. On the subject of weathering, I've got a couple of weathered stock from Bachmann on my layout. Plus a Hornby brake van that someone weathered themself and fitted a working tail light. I think they look more real with weathering. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 12, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 12, 2022 4 hours ago, Hroth said: The hairstyle is remarkably similar to Roman styles of the late Flavian period I have seen this style described as a joke, introduced by a hairdresser with a cruel sense of humour... Medusa? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 42 minutes ago, 6990WitherslackHall said: On the subject of weathering, I've got a couple of weathered stock from Bachmann on my layout. Plus a Hornby brake van that someone weathered themself and fitted a working tail light. I think they look more real with weathering. Definitely. Provided that it doesn't look like 90% of the offerings on eBay that are allegedly weathered. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 31 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: Medusa? Vera Duckworth. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 9 hours ago, 40152 said: A day without some cheeky overpricing from these folk is like a day without sunshine: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115504620829? Lyddle End - sounds strangly suggestive?? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, big jim said: brian may’s let himself go! Quick, someone get the 'weathering clumps'!! - or a policeman's helmet!! Edited December 12, 2022 by Paul H Vigor to add information 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 1 hour ago, PhilJ W said: Medusa? No, she did it of her own accord! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 1 hour ago, MrWolf said: Vera Duckworth. How much is a Duckworth?? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 19 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: How much is a Duckworth?? It's on the bill....... 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 On 11/12/2022 at 16:57, MrWolf said: Come, let us leave Camelot RMWeb, it is a silly place... I refer you to my comment of the eleventh of this month... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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