Who decides what come's next??!

TonyW · Post by **TonyW** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 12:41 pm

Bill/Rubery:114067 wrote:I too tear out the rare items that interest me in SMT then throw the magazine into the bin when the next one turns up. I used to have bound SMT's going back to 1986 but thought after a while they were old news so into the recycling bin they went.....

Ebay could have been your friend!

Bill/Rubery:114067 wrote:A page at the back for 7/8" scale might work, however if you look at a average photo of a engine how do you know what scale it is?? There is very little difference size wise when you stand the two scales side by side!

Really?

laurence703 · Post by **laurence703** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 5:59 pm

They're not picked... they simply happen when we have someone to write them! At Present we don't have one lined up for next year cause no one has come forward to write it! Simple as that to be honest.

It is a broad church... If any of you read my article in the Last bulletin on the feedback from the last Peterborough show you will know this already.

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Sun Nov 01, 2015 4:36 pm

My article in "Battery Corner" in the last SMT has triggered an awful lot of interest and a rash of articles - maybe Bill's article might do the same for 7/8 scale!

Marquis DeCarabas · Post by **Marquis DeCarabas** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 9:09 am

Bill might just trigger a rash, TBH.

Bill/Rubery · Post by **Bill/Rubery** » Wed Nov 04, 2015 10:43 pm

Hello Tony (Willamore), Thanks for that picture of what I presume are some prototype locomotive and no doubt made to exact?? scale? However I am not bound by the two words I don't like in our hobby....'Prototype' and 'Correct'...my models are made to 7/8" 'Rubber Scale' and therefor there is not a lot, size-wise between 16mm...7/8"...1.12th. scales as far as I am concerned. I never work from a plan and use a model figure as a size guide....as people are all sorts of sizes, so are my scratch built stuff....Each of us do things our way. It must appeal to people world wide as I have currently over 88,000 hits on my web site......and rising all the time.....

rebelego · Post by **rebelego** » Thu Nov 05, 2015 7:28 am

I think I get a rash...

Bill/Rubery · Post by **Bill/Rubery** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 10:02 am

Irish Pete's message above made me smile! My wife's parents lived at the top of the Lickey Incline. There was a 'holding' siding at the bottom of their garden. My Mother-in-law used to put bottles on a beam for the train crews to throw coal at!...Free coal!!

Busted Bricks · Post by **Busted Bricks** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 12:56 pm

"Rubber Scale"´- I like that term. I don't care about correct scale, as long as it looks about right.

Bill/Rubery · Post by **Bill/Rubery** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 8:02 pm

Hello 'BB', I am surprised you have not heard of it before! It's what you could call a "great cover-all" as regards to scale...You don't have to worry about the straight-jacket of precise scale and the equal straight jacket of 'correctness'...Long live Rubber Scaling!!

Post by **-steves-** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 9:36 pm

I have to admit that Rubber Scale suits my needs too, I don't cant that one loco is a different height, length etc, just as long as it looks ok to me

Nice Scale

IrishPeter · Post by **IrishPeter** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 9:44 pm

My 1:19 wanders about a bit depending on what looks right.

Peter in AZ

stoker · Post by **stoker** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 3:35 pm

What have I let myself in for?

I've just joined you lot!

Peter Butler · Post by **Peter Butler** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 4:52 pm

stoker:115045 wrote:What have I let myself in for?

I've just joined you lot!

Don't despair! Occasionally the ride can be bumpy but most of the time it is good clean fun and friendly banter. Whichever way you look at it there is much to be learned from members and support when you need it. Welcome aboard.

stoker · Post by **stoker** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 8:19 pm

Peter Butler:115046 wrote:
stoker:115045 wrote:What have I let myself in for?

I've just joined you lot!
Don't despair! Occasionally the ride can be bumpy but most of the time it is good clean fun and friendly banter. Whichever way you look at it there is much to be learned from members and support when you need it. Welcome aboard.

Thanks,Peter...

I spent an entire evening learning about your railway,I doubt that my efforts will reach your high standards.

As an ex BMW owner(almost!)I understand banter!

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 8:47 pm

stoker:115049 wrote:As an ex BMW owner(almost!)I understand banter!

........... so has anybody told you when you should use the stalk on the steering column which controls the flashing amber lights ??

stoker · Post by **stoker** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 8:56 pm

MDLR:115051 wrote:
stoker:115049 wrote:As an ex BMW owner(almost!)I understand banter!
........... so has anybody told you when you should use the stalk on the steering column which controls the flashing amber lights ?? :sign5:

But my indicator switch is mounted in the boot,the mother-in-law usually uses it in a random fashion....

Lonsdaler · Post by **Lonsdaler** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:48 pm

MDLR:115051 wrote:
stoker:115049 wrote:As an ex BMW owner(almost!)I understand banter!
........... so has anybody told you when you should use the stalk on the steering column which controls the flashing amber lights ?? :sign5:

Seriously? I didn't think BMW's had them fitted?

Buses on the other hand - the drivers have apparently been told they operate a force field that makes room for them in the traffic flow

stoker · Post by **stoker** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 11:14 am

BaBBLR:115076 wrote:
MDLR:115051 wrote:
stoker:115049 wrote:As an ex BMW owner(almost!)I understand banter!
........... so has anybody told you when you should use the stalk on the steering column which controls the flashing amber lights ?? :sign5:
Seriously? I didn't think BMW's had them fitted?
Buses on the other hand - the drivers have apparently been told they operate a force field that makes room for them in the traffic flow

I used to be a bus driver as well....

There's a paragraph in the Highway Code that deals with your issue;

'When in urban areas,allow buses to leave bus stops' .... or something similar...

Lonsdaler · Post by **Lonsdaler** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 4:03 pm

stoker:115094 wrote:
BaBBLR:115076 wrote:
MDLR:115051 wrote:
stoker:115049 wrote:As an ex BMW owner(almost!)I understand banter!
........... so has anybody told you when you should use the stalk on the steering column which controls the flashing amber lights ?? :sign5:
Seriously? I didn't think BMW's had them fitted?
Buses on the other hand - the drivers have apparently been told they operate a force field that makes room for them in the traffic flow
I used to be a bus driver as well....

There's a paragraph in the Highway Code that deals with your issue;

'When in urban areas,allow buses to leave bus stops' .... or something similar...

LOL. I have no issues with that, it's just difficult to do when you're actually adjacent to the bus and it pulls out anyway

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