Semi-scale BR: Strictly Bulleid*
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Don't get me wrong Bert, I do like music and your videos are brilliant, but with all the programs on the TV now that has music that it seems to try and make what is being shown more dramatic or meaningful doesn't in my opinion work. There are loads of people who are also in the same frame of mind. The BBC are getting so many complaints, has are other companies.
Don't let me detract from how you produce your videos Bert, if music is what you want, then carry on mate. I just like seeing your trains on the videos which are always brilliant.
Maybe turn the sound down a little.....
Don't let me detract from how you produce your videos Bert, if music is what you want, then carry on mate. I just like seeing your trains on the videos which are always brilliant.
Maybe turn the sound down a little.....
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: Semi-scale BR: Strictly Bulleid*
I'd missed this before, lovely video, thanks. I particularly enjoyed the banked goods train featuring both locos. And, for me, the music and sound effects work well...
Your locos reminded me of a letter I saw in an old magazine, possibly a Garden Railway World from 30-ish years ago, where the writer submitted a photo of a Mamod he'd modified to look "as if Bulleid had bought it for his grandson". It had a tender, air-smoothed casing and Malachite Green livery with yellow stripes... I may have said it before, but I reckon an N or U class mogul would look great in "B Scale"...
Anyway, a belated thanks for the video,
Andrew.
Your locos reminded me of a letter I saw in an old magazine, possibly a Garden Railway World from 30-ish years ago, where the writer submitted a photo of a Mamod he'd modified to look "as if Bulleid had bought it for his grandson". It had a tender, air-smoothed casing and Malachite Green livery with yellow stripes... I may have said it before, but I reckon an N or U class mogul would look great in "B Scale"...
Anyway, a belated thanks for the video,
Andrew.
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Thank you. Absolutely.
I did have a go at a sort of, ‘generic’, distantly Southern inspired, mogul a few years ago, though I really ought to have tried a bit harder – most of the effort went into the smoke deflectors! But it looks OK trundling round the garden...
There’s the Schools class, too - which I’ve always thought actually looks (especially in profile) like a full-size toy train, if you know what I mean.
Round topped firebox, parallel boiler, four enormous driving wheels and lots of ‘space’. Sourcing an appropriate motor block (and / or wheels) a bit of a challenge though.
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Nice! Especially the smoke deflectors...
Yes, the Schools is a great idea - would you consider tender drive to be cheating?! Playmobil Wild West loco?
Cheers,
Andrew.
Yes, the Schools is a great idea - would you consider tender drive to be cheating?! Playmobil Wild West loco?
Cheers,
Andrew.
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No, I certainly wouldn’t. That’s a neat idea. I even have a suitable motor block. Hmmm...
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Excellent - just start with the smoke deflectors and everything will fall into place!
Actually, is it "Repton" that ran without them recently? Looks all wrong to me...
Anyway, happy building!
Andrew.
Actually, is it "Repton" that ran without them recently? Looks all wrong to me...
Anyway, happy building!
Andrew.
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Re: Semi-scale BR: Strictly Bulleid*
Very impressed with your Southern Mogul. Captures the spirit of it nicely. The N is probably my favourite standard guage steam loco.
I always thought that the Schools class looked not quite right but you've put your finger on it precisely.
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She does look a beauty Bert...
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: Semi-scale BR: YouTube trailer thumbnail
I changed the YouTube thumbnail for the ‘channel trailer’ today, to something more literal and obvious, just to see if it makes any difference to the number of viewings.
Not so much on this forum obviously, where everyone is presumed to be interested in garden railways but out there on YouTube, who knows? The internet is, like, weird…
(It's on the first page of this thread, or: https://youtu.be/wDrd4SwZHEM )
Not so much on this forum obviously, where everyone is presumed to be interested in garden railways but out there on YouTube, who knows? The internet is, like, weird…
(It's on the first page of this thread, or: https://youtu.be/wDrd4SwZHEM )
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Well, that'll teach me... It's a slight decrease in viewings per month.
I'll try the cat now.
I'll try the cat now.
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Oh dear. Dropped by a further 25 per cent!
Back to historic station signage I guess. Still, I expect it’s Nothing To Do With The Thumbnail. It’s been up for some time and everyone who’s interested has seen it...
Back to historic station signage I guess. Still, I expect it’s Nothing To Do With The Thumbnail. It’s been up for some time and everyone who’s interested has seen it...
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Re: Semi-scale BR: Strictly Bulleid*
Always keen to see new developments on your line (or from your workshop).
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I somehow hadn't - but I have now! I'd watched lots of the videos before (through this forum), but hadn't visited the site, which I think is fantastic, refreshingly different from so many other railway websites. I must give mine an update, haven't for years...
By the way, I guess you've seen that Hornby have moved up a scale or two - would this be anywhere close to "B" scale??? It runs on 45mm track, can't find any dimensions though. The price doesn't look too bad?
See: https://www.hornby.com/uk-en/lionel-rem ... press.html
Cheers,
Andrew.
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That’s very kind of you. Thanks. I’m afraid I seem to be getting increasingly swamped with grown up responsibilities right now, you know – work, kids, endless DIY home maintenance horror... But my notebook is filling up with ridiculous garden railway notions to pursue. And boxes of foam-board and plasticard have been delivered. Cheers!
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And thanks very much for your take on the website. Like the videos, not to be taken at all seriously – but fun to do. I think.
My last 'YouTube Thumbnail' posting may have been clumsily worded and appeared a bit snotty (I've subsequently edited it), which wasn’t intended... It’s all rather beside the point but the weirdly inconsistent and surprising YouTube and website data can be nerdily fascinating: how long viewers can put up with which video; favoured stuff; what OS and browsers; grotty mobiles or Mac Pros; location (Austria! India! Cheam!); how many are (probably) viewing at work; and so on.
I didn’t know about the Hornby Harry Potter set. Strewth! I’m a bit thrown. What size will it be? Will it make scratch-built GWR locomotives pointless? Should it be cannibalised to make something else? Ooo-er!
I imagine, judging by the width of the locomotive to the track, it must be loosely Gauge 1, which would be too small for me. But we'll need to get some dimensions!
Cheers. And thanks for letting me know.
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Yes, I wondered if it was too small - could it be the basis of a B Scale "Manor", Churchward Mogul, or "small Prairie"??? All lovely, but the tapered boilers could be a pain...
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I’ve just been Googling: as you say, Hornby’s site says Gauge 1 but Lionel (the US manufacturer) appear to suggest on their (hopelessly ambiguous) website that it’s 1:24 ‘scale’ though they won't actually admit to what the gauge might be. I read elsewhere that they’ve sold it in the US in two gauges(!), 45mm and 55mm. Gosh!
Trouble is, there aren't any toy shops anymore (at least round here) where you could go and measure it. But just look at all those rivets! And I can't help but notice (I do it too) that Hornby have been crafty in their choice of photograph (as you posted). Profile pictures online show a slightly awkward front end with fairly dodgy leading wheels - offering just the excuse one needs to get out the wallet, a razor saw and start doing something provocative to it... (not quite yet though)
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