RMweb Premium cessna152towser Posted December 11, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2023 2 hours ago, Sjcm said: Anyway, surely for those that strive for realism a musty smelling coach is prototypical for the steam age? Or a smelly restaurant car. The story may be apocryphal but I recall hearing on the railway modelling circuit some years ago of someone installing in a 00 dining car a coil of thin wire which would heat when current was picked up through the wheels, and was capable of burning a tiny piece of bacon placed against it.. 1 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted December 11, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2023 1 hour ago, John Besley said: Looks more like he's got a big one stuck.. Or snot rocket incoming? Mike. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkscratching Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 What about some authentic poo in the 4ft..? 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 11, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Porkscratching said: What about some authentic poo in the 4ft..? And the tomato plants? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted December 11, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Porkscratching said: What about some authentic poo in the 4ft..? Occasional brown streaks between the rails, particularly in a station where people didn't understand the instructions... 6 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: And the tomato plants? Growing merrily, particularly in stations... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted December 11, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2023 16 hours ago, cessna152towser said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276220910663?hash=item40500c9c47:g:ZxcAAOSwKNVlWMfr&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwPjSqwMK%2F44Ym3uus13JhdZuzdcNxR6xMebkvOs9q7ybc6IGIM8U%2F4iplck9C8aitAQ1gmlgudBkuaH%2BwK2%2BzpAa%2FcTfKJmgXf1kBuEbAXxgLSXTNRKJLvyb2FomRUIP9eWA5H2DGVt8F%2FFauqEh6Gy%2FOOsFh3oR2288FP9C5sk2ccABm5%2Bk3atwNpaby03TAT9iblLH9mJGzM%2FctX31eRSDJaw0ykSQlMAKxdKnMccXOUGC4FEZ0ZfrD1Z3l8cEoA%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR5aIj-CKYw "ITEM IS IN GOOD CONDITION. ITEM HAS NO DAMAGES." I wonder where all the wheels went. 'Cording to the 'item specifics', they are an ore wagon... 15 hours ago, MrWolf said: hey're also listed as being Lone Star brand, which would make them 1960s diecast toys. Which they aren't. They look to be Woodland Scenics white metal items from the 1980s, which would make them HO scale rather than OO as stated in the title. Agreed. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 1 hour ago, The Johnster said: 'Cording to the 'item specifics', they are an ore wagon... Agreed. The oldest profession?? 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted December 11, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2023 1 minute ago, Paul H Vigor said: The oldest profession?? Well, two of them are pickup trucks. 1 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 48 minutes ago, Hroth said: Well, two of them are pickup trucks. Shameless! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted December 11, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2023 Found the level, then. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Besley Posted December 11, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2023 6 hours ago, Porkscratching said: What about some authentic poo in the 4ft..? That can be arranged... Reminds me of the time when I was coupling up at Totnes Riverside as someone did just that ... that wasn't funny bearing in mind we'd been stopped for a good 10 minutes, so no excuse there 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted December 11, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2023 (edited) 7 hours ago, Porkscratching said: What about some authentic poo in the 4ft..? Just trying to work out how that would scale down (well someone had to I suppose) ): OO gauge would be less than 1 mm (40 thou) which makes N gauge less than 0.5 mm (20 thou) Hardly worth bothering :) No doubt there will now be comments about what prototype size the calculations should be based on. Someone please find some new Ebay madness quickly Edited December 11, 2023 by rab 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 30 minutes ago, rab said: Just trying to work out how that would scale down (well someone had to I suppose) ): OO gauge would be less than 1 mm (40 thou) which makes N gauge less than 0.5 mm (20 thou) Hardly worth bothering :) No doubt there will now be comments about what prototype size the calculations should be based on. Someone please find some new Ebay madness quickly A challenge for the 3-D printing community?? 😎🚽 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted December 11, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2023 29 minutes ago, rab said: Just trying to work out how that would scale down (well someone had to I suppose) ): OO gauge would be less than 1 mm (40 thou) which makes N gauge less than 0.5 mm (20 thou) Hardly worth bothering :) No doubt there will now be comments about what prototype size the calculations should be based on. Someone please find some new Ebay madness quickly An impression would be adequate, a brownish smear perhaps, there should be scraps of loo roll lurking too. If ultra realism is required, the coaching stock would need a bit of extra "weathering", underneath and around the adjacent bogie... 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 1 hour ago, The Johnster said: Found the level, then. Yes, rather low, be careful you don't trip over it.... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted December 11, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, The Johnster said: Found the level, then. 4 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Yes, rather low, be careful you don't trip over it.... So long as it stays level and doesn't suddenly lurch further downwards... BTW which particular level should we be concerned about? Just asking.., Edited December 11, 2023 by Hroth 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted December 11, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2023 2 minutes ago, Hroth said: So long as it stays level and doesn't suddenly lurch further downwards... BTW which particular level should we be concerned about? Just asking.., Level number 2 I guess? 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted December 11, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2023 4 minutes ago, Bucoops said: Level number 2 I guess? I was wondering which topic had levelled off, and mis-expressed myself... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 2 minutes ago, Hroth said: I was wondering which topic had levelled off, and mis-expressed myself... Is that a euphemism? It seems that the conversation has shifted from discussing eBay sh** to cutting out the middle man and simply discussing sh**. 1 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 31 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Is that a euphemism? It seems that the conversation has shifted from discussing eBay sh** to cutting out the middle man and simply discussing sh**. But is said modelled sh** finescale, or corse scale? Asking for a friend. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkscratching Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 5 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: But is said modelled sh** finescale, or corse scale? Asking for a friend. It would all depend on diet I'd think... 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted December 11, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2023 Depends on whether the *rsehole it came from was narrow gauge or broad gauge... When the service HSTs were first introduced on the WR back in '77 (I have no idea what happened on the ECML)_, their toilets flushed out on to the track in the traditional way by means of Newton's First Law, and in fact there was some comment that track pollution should be less as the 'product' is spread more thinly at 125mph. The outlet pipes were, however, bent towards the centre of the coach so that it could avoid the inner axle of the bogie they were sitting (S I T T I N G, no H) over. The HST was a wonder of engineering and a triumph in every respect, the train that saved BR, but the wonderful engineers had overlooked that, in some circumstances and particularly in tunnels the back pressure up the forward facing outlet pipe might result in, um, getting one's own back so to speak, and the trains had not been in service for long when this unfortunately happened to a rather sweet elderly lady who didn't in any way deserve it, poor thing, on a down South Wales train in Alderton tunnel. Oh, how we laughed... So the pipes were all removed over the next few days and replaced with straight-downers. That at least prevented the back-pressure problem, but meant that the discharge was on to the axle. A deposit of the product mixed with wet toilet tissue would accrue on the axle, and dry rock hard in the 125mph winds, and it was some poor 's job to go under when the set was being cleaned with a hammer and a chisel to chip it off. Lovely job! 2 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted December 11, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2023 26 minutes ago, The Johnster said: Depends on whether the *rsehole it came from was narrow gauge or broad gauge... When the service HSTs were first introduced on the WR back in '77 (I have no idea what happened on the ECML)_, their toilets flushed out on to the track in the traditional way by means of Newton's First Law, and in fact there was some comment that track pollution should be less as the 'product' is spread more thinly at 125mph. The outlet pipes were, however, bent towards the centre of the coach so that it could avoid the inner axle of the bogie they were sitting (S I T T I N G, no H) over. The HST was a wonder of engineering and a triumph in every respect, the train that saved BR, but the wonderful engineers had overlooked that, in some circumstances and particularly in tunnels the back pressure up the forward facing outlet pipe might result in, um, getting one's own back so to speak, and the trains had not been in service for long when this unfortunately happened to a rather sweet elderly lady who didn't in any way deserve it, poor thing, on a down South Wales train in Alderton tunnel. Oh, how we laughed... So the pipes were all removed over the next few days and replaced with straight-downers. That at least prevented the back-pressure problem, but meant that the discharge was on to the axle. A deposit of the product mixed with wet toilet tissue would accrue on the axle, and dry rock hard in the 125mph winds, and it was some poor 's job to go under when the set was being cleaned with a hammer and a chisel to chip it off. Lovely job! I should not have read that whilst having a drink. New keyboard please. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 33 minutes ago, The Johnster said: Depends on whether the *rsehole it came from was narrow gauge or broad gauge... When the service HSTs were first introduced on the WR back in '77 (I have no idea what happened on the ECML)_, their toilets flushed out on to the track in the traditional way by means of Newton's First Law, and in fact there was some comment that track pollution should be less as the 'product' is spread more thinly at 125mph. The outlet pipes were, however, bent towards the centre of the coach so that it could avoid the inner axle of the bogie they were sitting (S I T T I N G, no H) over. The HST was a wonder of engineering and a triumph in every respect, the train that saved BR, but the wonderful engineers had overlooked that, in some circumstances and particularly in tunnels the back pressure up the forward facing outlet pipe might result in, um, getting one's own back so to speak, and the trains had not been in service for long when this unfortunately happened to a rather sweet elderly lady who didn't in any way deserve it, poor thing, on a down South Wales train in Alderton tunnel. Oh, how we laughed... So the pipes were all removed over the next few days and replaced with straight-downers. That at least prevented the back-pressure problem, but meant that the discharge was on to the axle. A deposit of the product mixed with wet toilet tissue would accrue on the axle, and dry rock hard in the 125mph winds, and it was some poor 's job to go under when the set was being cleaned with a hammer and a chisel to chip it off. Lovely job! Also raises all sorts of biohazard concerns for PW staff? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted December 11, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Paul H Vigor said: But is said modelled sh** finescale, or corse scale? Asking for a friend. Coarse or not? Wouldn't that apply more to the toilet paper. Who started this particular thread drift anyway? Do we need another offering from Gostude, or is his stuff to similar to the current discussion? 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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