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General Category => N Gauge Discussion => Topic started by: GroupC on October 24, 2018, 03:29:58 PM

Title: New idea courtesy of Carlson car transporters
Post by: GroupC on October 24, 2018, 03:29:58 PM
As much as I admire layout-builders' creativity and skill there are only so many times I can see the vastly overdone railway-bridge-and-bus-going-over-it combo.

Instead, why not have an underbridge (if that's a word) and have a go at modelling this:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-45964816 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-45964816)
Title: Re: New idea courtesy of Carlson car transporters
Post by: guest311 on October 24, 2018, 03:33:03 PM
oooooopppps
that looks expensive, guess he won't get his bonus this month  >:D
Title: Re: New idea courtesy of Carlson car transporters
Post by: guest311 on October 24, 2018, 03:36:37 PM
guess you'll need to wait for the N guage version of this, for a start

https://www.hattons.co.uk/231690/Oxford_Diecast_76SCT003_Scania_Car_Transporter_Woodside_Motorfreight_Ltd/StockDetail.aspx (https://www.hattons.co.uk/231690/Oxford_Diecast_76SCT003_Scania_Car_Transporter_Woodside_Motorfreight_Ltd/StockDetail.aspx)
Title: Re: New idea courtesy of Carlson car transporters
Post by: emjaybee on October 24, 2018, 04:23:56 PM
I think everyone's being a bit harsh.

I mean they're from Land Rover, there's a fair chance they left the factory like that, if they didn't then it's probably improved the panel fit and stopped the sun roofs from leaking.

Oh, and it can't have made them any less reliable either!

:hmmm:
Title: Re: New idea courtesy of Carlson car transporters
Post by: acook on October 24, 2018, 09:06:45 PM
Must be a REALLY low bridge if a range rover won't fit underneath.

Alan
Title: Re: New idea courtesy of Carlson car transporters
Post by: Railwaygun on October 24, 2018, 10:37:06 PM
You could always copy Brunei's unique 3 bridges at SOUTHALL, with road over canal over rail.?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Bridges,_London
Title: Re: New idea courtesy of Carlson car transporters
Post by: GroupC on October 25, 2018, 01:47:57 PM
Quote from: acook on October 24, 2018, 09:06:45 PM
Must be a REALLY low bridge if a range rover won't fit underneath.

Alan

Not quite a Range Rover but there's this creation in Grimsby which is often hit...

https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/updates-van-smashes-underpass-wintringham-584305 (https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/updates-van-smashes-underpass-wintringham-584305)

It's a staggeringly low 2.4m, a height at which I duck my head even when cycling under it.

Favourite bit from the report is where they say "It is believed he had been transporting scrap." If he wasn't before, he is now.
Title: Re: New idea courtesy of Carlson car transporters
Post by: Railwaygun on October 26, 2018, 11:48:17 PM
Quote from: GroupC on October 25, 2018, 01:47:57 PM
Quote from: acook on October 24, 2018, 09:06:45 PM
Must be a REALLY low bridge if a range rover won't fit underneath.

Alan

Not quite a Range Rover but there's this creation in Grimsby which is often hit...

https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/updates-van-smashes-underpass-wintringham-584305 (https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/updates-van-smashes-underpass-wintringham-584305)

It's a staggeringly low 2.4m, a height at which I duck my head even when cycling under it.

Favourite bit from the report is where they say "It is believed he had been transporting scrap." If he wasn't before, he is now.

My Firefox (Quantum 63.0 Mac) flags this site as having tracking cookies.
Title: Re: New idea courtesy of Carlson car transporters
Post by: Bob Tidbury on October 27, 2018, 11:16:52 AM
Cheap way of doing a Range Rover convertible  .
Bob Tidbury
Title: Re: New idea courtesy of Carlson car transporters
Post by: ntpntpntp on October 27, 2018, 12:50:27 PM
Quote from: Railwaygun on October 26, 2018, 11:48:17 PM

https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/updates-van-smashes-underpass-wintringham-584305 (https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/updates-van-smashes-underpass-wintringham-584305)

My Firefox (Quantum 63.0 Mac) flags this site as having tracking cookies.

Your point being...? No big deal in itself, many web sites do it's nothing to be paranoid about.      It's a local paper website, they are always swarming with cookies, adverts and other rubbish to the point it becomes difficult to actually read the article.