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[Luke Piewalker]

With my hypothetical single articulated leg man, you could have the moving magnet describe a circle around the end fixed magnet and the little man would pivot around his articulated leg which would then resume it's swinging from magnet to magnet motion back down the row of fixed magnets... 

[guest311]

Any one remember Micheal Benteen's Potty Time on TV many years ago.

He always did some sort of scene in a sandbox where you could see footprints appearing when characters were supposed to be walking.

and the springboard bending under the weight of the 'diver' 

they don't make TV like that any more, perhaps they should rather than some of the drivel thats on there now.

[cycletrak9]

Any one remember Micheal Benteen's Potty Time on TV many years ago.

He always did some sort of scene in a sandbox where you could see footprints appearing when characters were supposed to be walking.

and the springboard bending under the weight of the 'diver' 

they don't make TV like that any more, perhaps they should rather than some of the drivel thats on there now.

Was it Potty Time or It's a Square World?

[guest311]

got me thinking now

[Jerry Howlett]

I think it began on "Its a square world" and years later became potty time. Why do I remember stuff like this but forget where I put my car keys ?

[Geoff]

I think it began on "Its a square world" and years later became potty time. Why do I remember stuff like this but forget where I put my car keys ?

Oh hec was that Michael Bentine.


Michael Bentine's Potty time

[Newportnobby]

Lots of Michael Bentine clips on YouTube but I can't find any of the 'flea' ones

[lil chris]

I couldn't find  any too, but did find phil cool doing the aquaphibian sketch, forgot about that one.

[Rabs]

I would sooner have long suffering passengers who never board a train.

Well, you are modelling BR so if I were you I'd just claim that it's prototypical.

[Trev]

I think it began on "Its a square world" and years later became potty time. Why do I remember stuff like this but forget where I put my car keys ?

Likewise 

[cycletrak9]

Thanks for all the replies.

I raised the subject to see what the general feeling was and it seems to be that we should be restrained in the placing of figures and avoid too many "action" placings. I suppose that the situation will be governed by the nature of the layout.The sleepy country branch line will need fewer people than a busy city terminus. It's probable also that an exhibition layout can justify cameo groupings to give the spectators some focal points.

A layout without people would be unnatural [Midwich Cuckoos?] and all the classic layouts in all scales have been populated to a greater or lesser degree.

[Newportnobby]

The 'North of England Line' layout features the classic Abbey Road album cover - John, Paul, George and Ringo crossing a zebra crossing in their town scene

[EtchedPixels]

A layout without people would be unnatural [Midwich Cuckoos?] and all the classic layouts in all scales have been populated to a greater or lesser degree.

You never visited Whatstandwell in the 1970s then.

There are lots of shots of Beeching era branch lines where the only way you know anyone is present is that the photographer must have been there.

[jamie]

Maybe I'm over thinking this... But there might be a way to incorporate the "Pepper's Ghost" illusion in certain circumstances.

The principle can be seen in this video of a lego display which I found on you tube. By using a sheet of glass reflecting a monitor you can superimpose graphics over a model.

There is no reason this couldn't be adapted to model railway use, although the circumstances you could use it in would be quite limited...


Lego Star Wars Special Effects