Noel Posted November 7 Posted November 7 (edited) Yes, Robert Alexander Schutzmann had an infectious enthusiasm and a most pleasant manner about him on air. A gentleman of another era. Thanks for posting this wonderful youtube link. Edited November 7 by Noel 1 1 1 Quote
Fowler4f Posted November 7 Posted November 7 2 hours ago, gibbo675 said: Hi Folks, How about this for some modelling nostalgia from 1984. Good old Bob Symes ! Enjoy folks, Gibbo. I was fortunate to meet Bob Symes one evening on the District Line to Wimbledon in the early nineties. I said hello and congratulated him on his achievements and left it at that. 2 1 Quote
gibbo675 Posted November 9 Author Posted November 9 Yo Dudes, Here is the latest with the Mk1 Postal vans. They are not too far off finished requiring roof vents, transfers for coach end restrictions and the red letter box transfers which a friend of mine is to print for me sometime. The latest work has involved the extra battery boxes and underframe fittings and a VHF aerial on the roof of the POS Dia. 728. This coach was originally built as a POS Dia. 729 however the transfer set had a number for the Dia. 728 so I fitted the VHF aerial which I decided was easier than arranging small numbers and also gave a different roof profile which I decided was a feature worth having. POS Dia. 726, W 80367. POS Dia. 726, W 80367. POS Dia. 728, W 80325. POS Dia. 728, W 80325. POT Dia. 733, M 80456. POT Dia. 733, M 80456. In other works I have been building up coats of paint on various other models which will feature once enough of interest to report happens. Lots of masking tape to be removed on the APT project vehicles as they received the second coat of dark grey which was done in a friends paint shop to prevent bloom which occurred last week when they were painted out side. I shall wait until the paint is fully hard as they were only painted yesterday. Gibbo. 1 Quote
gibbo675 Posted November 11 Author Posted November 11 Hi Folks, I've been painting the POP II train this time around, it yet requires yellow ends the corridor connections painting black and transfers. I shall have to build some test cars to go with it now so that it may be coupled up to a locomotive, any excuse for more clutter. Gibbo. 2 Quote
commerlad Posted November 12 Posted November 12 Just keep an eye on fleabay etc for these. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/267043782124 Test Car 1 Hornby https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285682381905 Test Coach Mercury Hornby https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226442417680 Test Car 6 Bachman https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186758265335 Test Car 10 Hornby Just wait for a cheap one. Quote
gibbo675 Posted November 13 Author Posted November 13 13 hours ago, commerlad said: Just keep an eye on fleabay etc for these. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/267043782124 Test Car 1 Hornby https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285682381905 Test Coach Mercury Hornby https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226442417680 Test Car 6 Bachman https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186758265335 Test Car 10 Hornby Just wait for a cheap one. Hi again, Here is a website that shews various test train formations that the APT project ran in the late 1970's and early 1980's for various reasons. http://www.25kv.uk/APT.php Gibbo. Quote
Warbonnet Posted November 13 Posted November 13 Hi folks, Can we keep this forum for all things model trains and leave the provocative language and sniping outside please? We all come here to avoid such things. Let's leave terms like woke at the door, and talk about vac braking and soldering techniques etc instead. If that's too much to ask, then please find another website. Cheers! Fran 6 5 2 Quote
gibbo675 Posted November 13 Author Posted November 13 1 hour ago, Warbonnet said: Hi folks, Can we keep this forum for all things model trains and leave the provocative language and sniping outside please? We all come here to avoid such things. Let's leave terms like woke at the door, and talk about vac braking and soldering techniques etc instead. If that's too much to ask, then please find another website. Cheers! Fran My Dear Warbonnet, You have not read my post either and would appreciate that you do not remove posts from my thread especially when I have not insulted anyone except myself. I should be most pleased that you reproduce my original post in full pointing out where exactly I offended anyone other than those that wish to be offended by proxy. So that those with a modicum of intelligence may make up their own mind instead of you interloping. If you wish to administer this site then I suggest that you administer it both fairly and with impunity. Yet again I find that I am being penalised by those that seek to be offended, by proxy or otherwise, and also those that fail completely to understand the usage of words in context and also the correct use of grammar. By all means throw me off the site, you will be left eventually only with box openers and woke cretins and one less original creator such as myself. My most kind regards, Gibbo. 1 Quote
Warbonnet Posted November 13 Posted November 13 27 minutes ago, gibbo675 said: My Dear Warbonnet, You have not read my post either and would appreciate that you do not remove posts from my thread especially when I have not insulted anyone except myself. I should be most pleased that you reproduce my original post in full pointing out where exactly I offended anyone other than those that wish to be offended by proxy. So that those with a modicum of intelligence may make up their own mind instead of you interloping. If you wish to administer this site then I suggest that you administer it both fairly and with impunity. Yet again I find that I am being penalised by those that seek to be offended, by proxy or otherwise, and also those that fail completely to understand the usage of words in context and also the correct use of grammar. By all means throw me off the site, you will be left eventually only with box openers and woke cretins and one less original creator such as myself. My most kind regards, Gibbo. Hi Gibbo, You referred to people as numpties in your last post (which I hid, not deleted.) In the above you call people cretins. That is not in keeping in the tone of the website and community we share here. Not to mention posts dripping with passive aggression as above. I like your modelling, but the tone needs to be a bit more friendly. If that's too much for you, then you know where the door is. Cheers! Fran 3 Quote
gibbo675 Posted November 13 Author Posted November 13 6 minutes ago, Warbonnet said: Hi Gibbo, You referred to people as numpties in your last post (which I hid, not deleted.) In the above you call people cretins. That is not in keeping in the tone of the website and community we share here. Not to mention posts dripping with passive aggression as above. I like your modelling, but the tone needs to be a bit more friendly. If that's too much for you, then you know where the door is. Cheers! Fran My Dear Fran, Only those that display such would be termed such, and as such, if the cap fits, wear it. Wearing such a cap is by the consent of those that place it upon themselves or does that point escape you ? I have not anywhere on this site directly cited anyone in a derogatory fashion, neither would I do so, for I am both polite and proper in my conduct towards all except those that directly attack me. As is usual for such sites, I left RM web for similar abuses directed at my honourable behaviour, I find that the moderators are far too quick to chastise the victims of such abuse. The trouble is that I find that language skill are so lacking these days that any humour that is posted with the intent to amuse is so misunderstood that the misunderstanding turns into the bigger joke in and of itself. Pathetic ! I again challenge your skills as a moderator to produce any evidence at all that I have directly cited anyone, other than myself, in a derogatory fashion and post it below. This has been registered already as a complaint via private email with @BosKonay previously and yet it happens again at the instigation of others not myself. Ordinarily I would converse via private email however I feel that poor representation of victims of those that claim abuse by proxy is somewhat of a problem that completely lack a sense of humour . I do not wish any further correspondence upon this matter from you or anyone else less I get offended at the disruption of my thread. Colin. 1 Quote
Warbonnet Posted November 13 Posted November 13 7 minutes ago, gibbo675 said: I again challenge your skills as a moderator to produce any evidence at all that I have directly cited anyone, other than myself, in a derogatory fashion and post it below. I do not wish any further correspondence upon this matter from you or anyone else less I get offended at the disruption of my thread. Colin. Hi Colin, So you want me to produce evidence, but do not to engage further? Right. Okay. Just give up using the provocative and confrontational language, and nobody will have a problem. Talk to people as you would talk to them if you were visiting them in their home. That's all we ask. Cheers! Fran 4 1 Quote
gibbo675 Posted December 8 Author Posted December 8 On 13/11/2024 at 5:06 PM, Warbonnet said: Hi Colin, So you want me to produce evidence, but do not to engage further? Right. Okay. Just give up using the provocative and confrontational language, and nobody will have a problem. Talk to people as you would talk to them if you were visiting them in their home. That's all we ask. Cheers! Fran Dear Fran, I see my ban has expired and you have removed all of what I said to make me look like Mathias of Deuteronomy, so I thought I would post this: I've been really busy and built some lovely models, the POPII train is finished, and to go with it the Test and laboratory cars are well on. The APT project is looking good with the transfers applied and satin varnish sprayed over to seal them. these will look good marshalled into place with the HST-P power cars which are best part painted also. I won't be posting my work because your site doesn't deserve it, most of the contributors yes, but you NO ! Gibbo 1 Quote
LNERW1 Posted December 9 Posted December 9 I’m not sure if the Invision Community forum software has built-in thread locking, but I know it’s a feature available to RMweb mods. Maybe it would be best to lock this if you can, mods. Anything added beyond this point will be opinions on the above quarrel/argument/spat/exchange of ideas/battle/fight/whatever terminology floats your boat, as Gibbo seems to have shut off the modelling avenue. @Warbonnet @Garfield @BosKonay Best regards, LNERW1. 1 Quote
irishmail Posted December 9 Posted December 9 34 minutes ago, LNERW1 said: I’m not sure if the Invision Community forum software has built-in thread locking, but I know it’s a feature available to RMweb mods. Maybe it would be best to lock this if you can, mods. Anything added beyond this point will be opinions on the above quarrel/argument/spat/exchange of ideas/battle/fight/whatever terminology floats your boat, as Gibbo seems to have shut off the modelling avenue. @Warbonnet @Garfield @BosKonay Best regards, LNERW1. No need for thread locking, if you don't like it just ignore it or not look at it. 2 Quote
LNERW1 Posted December 9 Posted December 9 To be honest I don’t think that’s a great outlook. Out of sight, out of mind is not an effective way of dealing with things. This shouldn’t be a platform for arguments about anything unrelated to railways. 1 Quote
Horsetan Posted December 9 Posted December 9 20 minutes ago, LNERW1 said: ....Out of sight, out of mind is not an effective way of dealing with things. ..... ...and yet that's basically how antisocial media works. Quote
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