DJ Dangerous

Love that 50!

Quite possible that some of our members either don't remember, or never experienced, the pre-social-media days of well-moderated internet fora, and the inevitable consequences of unmoderated chaos. God bless those internet cafes.

There's something very ironic about this whole thread, that I can't quite put my finger on.

Lovely stuff, as usual, @ttc0169, even if it's a few hours late. Tara Junction looking wonderful, and a great selection of stock, showcasing what a great year it's been for modellers - so far!

You big tease, you and your custom transfers!

Another non-container container-thread post, but a SAR mission this time. Sorry that the photos aren't great, but that chopper must have been at least 2km away. They were less than an hour before heading back to base, so hopefully they were successful.

I'll censor myself for tonight, so. Or this morning, if I'm being pedantic.

Forum members in general. By "your", I meant both you and @derek. By "ours" I meant forum members in general. By "theirs" I meant the admin / mod team. The impossible balance between free speech and moderation. You can get it just about right most of the time but it'll always be too far one way or the other for certain circumstances.

Probably best to move this post into @Gabhal Luimnigh's thread HERE, in order to keep both threads on-topic.

A lot of posts get removed. Sometimes, it isn't the post itself, but something like the timing, the wording, the context or lack thereof, maybe some innuendo, or even the interpretation. I've had a LOT of my posts removed, but sure it is what it is. Agree or disagree in the heat of the moment, we have to respect the moderators decisions. They have a lot of crap on their plates, both forum stuff and real-world IRM / A/S stuff, so sometimes have to make quick decisions. One piece of advice, for both @Gabhal Luimnigh and @derek, would be to speak with the mods in private. Even though it may not be your intention, starting a thread last week on censorship, then another this week, may be percieved by the admin as combative or gaslighting. I'm not saying that is your intent, and I apologise in advance if that's how this sounds, just that if you put yourself in their shoes, maybe you'd feel / do the same. Again, it's probably something best dealt with in private, for your sake, ours, and theirs.

Image upload now working! Courtesy of the Accurascale website:

Yup, now working.....

Yeah, bodywork looks way off, that's a shame. Thanks for posting, @Tarabuses!

Forum image-uploader seems to be broken today. Best option is to edit the body of both posts. If I may suggest an infamous forum line for each: "Always wash your hands after soldering". "Don't eat yellow snow".

You win the internet for today.

Stopped working about nine or ten last night, roughly. Last few successful image uploads were to the Bulleid Open thread and the H Van thread.

Yup! Tried several small images in different formats. Would post a screenshot, but, you know... Sorry, an unknown server error occurred when uploading this file. (Error code: Screenshot_20240718-123501.png could not be saved.)

Which switcher switched the wrong switch for that Switcher? Swish!

Oh Lord, not another pun-itive comment, dragging us down to the bowels of literary wit.

Yeah, the threads can get a bit, I dunno, rabid, at times, with people stamping all over anybody with different opinions etc, but this one is surprisingly pleasant, no tantrums nor attacks nor anything.

I don't think anybody's being disrespectful, yet, are they? Maybe at the weekend, that'll start. Not really that odd that it's only coming to light, now. I would guess that the width of the buffer faces themselves is why these stand out from Murphy Models' older locos and their coaching stock. The older MM locos and the MM coaching stock have relatively wide buffer faces, so the misalignment doesn't stand out. @Mayner has (very justifiably) prided himself on the accuracy of his models, and they have the older narrow buffer faces. You'd probably notice even more with one of his brakevans, but I can't verify this, it's only speculation. Combine that with such an about-turn from IRM on the details, and maybe that's why some folk are surprised. Again, to clarify, I think that they're savage little wagons, and standing alone, they look amazing to me, and I wouldn't be cancelling orders or anything rash.

How close are these to the Regents that worked for Dublin Bus and GNR? https://www.ebay.es/itm/335197937211 Can't post screenshot right now due to uploader glitch.

HN Rail 37405 now in stock! https://www.accurascale.com/en-eu/collections/in-stock-now/locomotive-class_class-37 Image upload facillity seems to be down so can't attach a pic, but they are lovely!

I feel like the key to most issues is prior communication. If people knew in advance about the likes of the missing cylinder lids on the 42' Flat re-run, the narrow UK buffer spacing on the Bulleid Opens, the narrow UK bogies on the NIR coaches, the change in distribution centre etc, they'd be able to make informed decisions. And, nobody would feel surprise or discontent if things weren't as they may have otherwise hoped. The forum is of amazing value to all of us, but also of a lot of value to IRM as it gives them a medium to communicate en masse, run opinion polls etc. @murphaph and @MAL are right, in my opinion, in suggesting that phasing out the narrow UK buffer spacing over time is the prudent path. It definitely makes sense to keep it if there'll be nothing with the correct spacing in the future, but on reflection, probably doesn't make sense when the subsequent project, the Park Royals, does have the correct spacing. I, too, definitely wouldn't have cancelled my orders in favour of scratch-building a hundred clunky pieces of rubbish! The IRM Bulleid Opens are simply stunning wagons. The detail, the correct width axles, the extras in the box, it all compliments an already wonderful wagon. Only had a very brief chance to look over the wagons yesterday evening, after one job and before the other, and I was blown away. I haven't looked in detail, but how hard is it to remove the buffers to reposition? Are the moulded into the chassis, requiring finicky and frustrating cutting? Or are they glued on, only requiring a little heat to remove? As @Warbonnet said, you're damned if you do, and you're damned if you don't. There are pros and cons to both buffer options. Just maybe, next time, we'll know about these little details beforehand.

What a very @BosKonay thing to say. Can't find my troll smiley.