He simply isn't interested in computers.
Railway Modeller - Brockhampton & Umbridge
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I think we need to concentrate on Peter's article and not another debate on the use or not of computers.
Now that Peter is back online.....
FLIPPING WELL DONE PETER........
Now that Peter is back online.....
FLIPPING WELL DONE PETER........
ROD
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Re: Railway Modeller - Brockhampton & Umbridge
Andrew wrote: โThu Jul 18, 2019 9:16 am Sorry, only just catching up, haven't been online much lately, but a belated congratulations on a fantastic article. The pictures were superb, particularly the full-page shot showing the whole layout. The combination of your article and the wonderful one by Andrew Crookall last month will indeed do wonders to show just how good modern garden railway modelling can be.
I should confess that the lack of garden railway content means that I can't justify the cost of buying RM each month, I read the articles while shopping in Asda (!!!), but I do have a big soft spot for the magazine, which I was flicking through before I could read. It was looking forward to the traditional August garden railway slot that first got me interested in going outdoors, so I'm delighted that you got the gig this year Peter!
All the best,
Andrew.
ROD
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Re: Railway Modeller - Brockhampton & Umbridge
Same here. I click through it in Smith's each month and only buy it when I feel it's worth it - which of course this month it was. I first subscribed to RM in 1965 and kept my sub until 1985 when marriage and a daughter changed my priorities. I too was lured into the garden by articles such as Peter Denny's Trepolpen Light Railway.Andrew wrote: โThu Jul 18, 2019 9:16 am I should confess that the lack of garden railway content means that I can't justify the cost of buying RM each month, I read the articles while shopping in Asda (!!!), but I do have a big soft spot for the magazine, which I was flicking through before I could read. It was looking forward to the traditional August garden railway slot that first got me interested in going outdoors, so I'm delighted that you got the gig this year Peter!
I subscribe to Garden Rail but get it as an electronic edition. My rationale at the time was that it gave me access to five years' back issues which could be searched through. Unfortunately, when they switched from Exact Editions to PocketMags access to all the back issues was lost. If I'd had hard copies I would now still have them....
Sorry, back to Peter's wonderful railway. I'm still hoping to get down there sometime to take some video.
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Now I have been 'immortalised' in print it would be wonderful to have a video of my railway being used for what it was intended. Rik has kindly recorded my Emetts running on the railway and has promised to do similar for the 16mm stock too. The railway is still looking tidy after the preparation for the RM photographer and is perfect timing for Rik's visit. I will PM you Rik to arrange a mutually convenient time.... thank you.
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As a result of this thread I've bought a copy of the August RM and enjoyed Peter's article and agree that it may challenge indoor or smaller scale railway modellers to have a go outside. The problem is, we know how much work goes into producing a convincing garden railway like this.BorisSpencer wrote: โTue Jul 16, 2019 11:41 am I haven't bought Railway Modeller more than occasionally since the 70s.
I still have some selected articles that interested me. I always had a hankering for a small, possibly modular, 009 layout.
I moved to 16mm scale from 009 years ago. If anyone has a copy of February 2007 Railway Modeller there is an article I wrote on my layout 'Newton Halt'.
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Andy McMahon
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If it moves, salute it. ย If it doesn't move, paint it. (RN sailors basic skills course 1968)
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Iโm definitely going to have to pick a copy up! Itโs always nice to see a garden railway featured in the โmainstreamโ modelling mags, especially one as high quality as yours is Peter!
Itโs also worth noting that the paper industry is one of the most highly regulated and efficient industries on the planet, especially if you consider the end product is highly recyclable. Thereโs probably less environmental impact in creating 100 copies of RM than there is producing one iPad....
Itโs also worth noting that the paper industry is one of the most highly regulated and efficient industries on the planet, especially if you consider the end product is highly recyclable. Thereโs probably less environmental impact in creating 100 copies of RM than there is producing one iPad....
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Do you work in the paper industry?
There is no point having both electronic and paper formats as the environmental impact is greater. Printed information generally becomes obsolete as soon as it's produced whereas electronic data can be updated.
You could easily argue with your iPad reference what's the point in using electric cars as building batteries is far more damaging to the environment than building a combustion engine?
There is no point having both electronic and paper formats as the environmental impact is greater. Printed information generally becomes obsolete as soon as it's produced whereas electronic data can be updated.
You could easily argue with your iPad reference what's the point in using electric cars as building batteries is far more damaging to the environment than building a combustion engine?
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If you look for minimal impact not doing things would have less impact but what would be the point of living. Who knows where this could end, we may have to get a special licence to burn fossil fuels in our locos in the future! The Ipad argument would be a lot stronger if it wasn't for the fact that people seem to keep replacing them with newer models and the magazine argument is weakened by those copies bought read once then discarded and who reads all the pages of adverts every month.
I would suggest there are ways to help without denying yourself the odd magazine. Turn down the theromostat and wear a jumper, take your hollidays in the UK (assuming you live here) you could be visiting the preserved lines and many more.
God help us if they realise every time we breath out we emit CO2.
It is a good article and if people see it on the sheelves of WHS it may attract them to the hobby a plus in my view
Don
I would suggest there are ways to help without denying yourself the odd magazine. Turn down the theromostat and wear a jumper, take your hollidays in the UK (assuming you live here) you could be visiting the preserved lines and many more.
God help us if they realise every time we breath out we emit CO2.
It is a good article and if people see it on the sheelves of WHS it may attract them to the hobby a plus in my view
Don
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Well put Don. This whole area of carbon footprint and climate change is a minefield of contradictory advice from vested interests. We should all do our bit as we see fit or are able to, but it's probably best to leave the whys and wherefores to another forum so we can focus on garden railways.
Dave Miller
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currently building the 5" gauge Circle Line
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Except it isnโt..... The paper industry has in the last few years become an extremely sustainable one.tom_tom_go wrote: โSat Aug 03, 2019 9:54 am Do you work in the paper industry?
There is no point having both electronic and paper formats as the environmental impact is greater. Printed information generally becomes obsolete as soon as it's produced whereas electronic data can be updated.
You could easily argue with your iPad reference what's the point in using electric cars as building batteries is far more damaging to the environment than building a combustion engine?
And yes, at present there is very little point in owning an electric car, for exactly the reasons youโve given!
But anyway. Like I say (and like we should all be saying!), congratulations to Peter on the article
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