RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted December 25, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 25, 2018 Condiments of the Season to you and your family too Rob G Cranberry jelly? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted December 25, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2018 Well, that's Christmas (ish) done for another year. Now sat quietly digesting a couple of suitable books accompanied by a glass of Talisker Storm. Both were sourced by the Memsahib and I must say are living up to expectations. Rob. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted December 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2018 Cover photo on the first book is by Robin "I shoot through the trees" Sweet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted December 26, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2018 Cover photo on the first book is by Robin "I shoot through the trees" Sweet. Better shooting through them than talking to them....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold teaky Posted December 26, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2018 He's too busy talking to the sheep. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted December 26, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2018 Better shooting through them than talking to them....... Or hugging them..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Better shooting through them than talking to them....... Or hugging them..... or both! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted December 26, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2018 Now sat quietly digesting a couple of suitable books The New Radnor book is a real gem, isn't it, Rob? But if you want to know the real history of the New Radnor line and how it eventually did get extended towards the west, click here - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/122190-bethesda-sidings/page-1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted December 26, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2018 Oh and you're really going to need something that looks a bit like this, if you want to translate your interest into model form! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted December 26, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2018 I have never been to New Radnor, but about 20 years ago Deb took me to the Harp Inn at Old Radnor, where there were pics of horses she and others had ridden there across Offa’s Dyke and the Marches from Church Stretton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted December 26, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2018 Oh and you're really going to need something that looks a bit like this, if you want to translate your interest into model form! Hattons 14XX.jpg Absolument, Mon Capitaine. Essential. If I could be sure of a Hattons/ DJM 58xx that would work then I would eat my words and order accordingly.........however.... I mean, what if Hornby announce an example to the same standards as their H class........... You're right. The New Radnor branch booky thing is a corker. The 'somewhere in Wales' cameoesque idea is still fermenting......brewing......I now have all the buildings......boards, track, wagons, one pannier......... Then again is the unfinished matter that is Bleat Wharf......for which I have the boards, all the track, all the locos and wagons along with the buildings............in addition there is Lamb Regis ( terminus) for which I have half the boards, all the stock and most of the buildings.......... All are equally appealing.... And therein lies the problem....... Do I start building a layout for which the principle motive power is likely to be unreliable and not capable of running as I would want, out of the box, or do I build the layout for which the motive power is known to run as I expect...... Decisions...... Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted December 26, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2018 Running right is paramount surely? A layout that didn't work wouldn't satisfy, even if it looked wonderful (which it would if it was one of yours) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Absolument, Mon Capitaine. Essential. If I could be sure of a Hattons/ DJM 58xx that would work then I would eat my words and order accordingly.........however.... I mean, what if Hornby announce an example to the same standards as their H class........... You're right. The New Radnor branch booky thing is a corker. The 'somewhere in Wales' cameoesque idea is still fermenting......brewing......I now have all the buildings......boards, track, wagons, one pannier......... Then again is the unfinished matter that is Bleat Wharf......for which I have the boards, all the track, all the locos and wagons along with the buildings............in addition there is Lamb Regis ( terminus) for which I have half the boards, all the stock and most of the buildings.......... All are equally appealing.... And therein lies the problem....... Do I start building a layout for which the principle motive power is likely to be unreliable and not capable of running as I would want, out of the box, or do I build the layout for which the motive power is known to run as I expect...... Decisions...... Rob. Have a few beers, nod off and when you wake up do whatever comes into your thoughts first ? B.Eer-o'clock Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted December 26, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 26, 2018 Oh and you're really going to need something that looks a bit like this, if you want to translate your interest into model form! Hattons 14XX.jpg You mean the Hornby version...? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold teaky Posted December 26, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2018 Have a few beers, nod off and when you wake up do whatever comes into your thoughts first ? B.Eer-o'clock Isn't that how Stubby got started on the whole toilet thing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted December 26, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2018 Running right is paramount surely? A layout that didn't work wouldn't satisfy, even if it looked wonderful (which it would if it was one of yours) Perhaps you could do as I did - start a layout that really requires a 14XX or two, but which can get by on a diet of panniers and other viable GW motive power, until said 14XX(s) are available and reliable? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted December 26, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2018 Or hugging them..... What goes on the mountain stays on the mountain, Rob... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted December 26, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2018 You mean the Hornby version...? I think he means every RTR version so far produced; all have had their running issues. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted December 26, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2018 Running right is paramount surely? A layout that didn't work wouldn't satisfy, even if it looked wonderful (which it would if it was one of yours) Pressed 'agree' because there isn't an 'agree with a degree of absolutism that stems from the very bottom of my very soul' option. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted December 26, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2018 (edited) The Hornby model requires the addition of the ex Mainly Trains detailing pack to nod towards the detail of the DJHATTONS offering. The DJHATTONS offering needs a reliable gubbins. Therefore both have their issues. I want neither example. I simply want a well detailed model of a 14xx that works....... Perhaps you could do as I did - start a layout that really requires a 14XX or two, but which can get by on a diet of panniers and other viable GW motive power, until said 14XX(s) are available and reliable? That may well be the way one goes.......A Dean goods does appeal....... Edited December 26, 2018 by NHY 581 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted December 26, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2018 A Dean goods does appealThey do, don't they? Mine got a bit stroppy when a couple of Pecketts wouldn't stop arguing, so he appealed to me to tell them to be quiet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted December 26, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 26, 2018 (edited) Have a few beers, nod off and when you wake up do whatever comes into your thoughts first ? B.Eer-o'clock Go to the loo? Ivor Weak-Bladder Edited December 26, 2018 by St Enodoc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted December 30, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 30, 2018 It's all gone a bit NCB hereabouts............ Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted December 30, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 30, 2018 It's all gone a bit NCB hereabouts............ Rob Better than NBG! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted December 30, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 30, 2018 Hopefully that's not the National Bank of Greece....... Just checking the Peckett for size before opening up the end of the proposed engine shed.........to get a feel for it you understand......snug...but doable..ahem. Rob 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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