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General Discussion / Re: AI Image ManipulationLast post by Bealman - December 05, 2025, 08:40:05 AM I never noticed that! #92
General Discussion / Re: AI Image ManipulationLast post by PLD - December 05, 2025, 08:26:39 AMBut it has managed to re-rail the loco for you!
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General Discussion / Re: Railway TicketingLast post by GrahamB - December 05, 2025, 08:12:59 AMI stopped using Trainline just before Covid when I got ripped off by them.
These days we only travel to/from London and talk to the booking clerk as the Southeastern app and website are confusing. He's often come up with a cheaper fare that wasn't offered online bringing it close to what we would pay if we'd bought railcards. #94
General Discussion / Re: AI Image ManipulationLast post by Bealman - December 05, 2025, 07:50:17 AMYeah, I'm over it. Not so smart, eh.
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General Discussion / Re: AI Image ManipulationLast post by chrism - December 05, 2025, 07:45:08 AMSince everyone else is at it I thought I'd better have a go so I fed Copilot this and asked for a snowy scene;
![]() and this is what it came up with ![]() It looks quite pretty until you look more carefully - not only has it downgraded the crane's capacity (and lost the builder's name) but, to add insult to injury, it's turned the steam locos in the background into a blasted weasel #96
General Discussion / Re: Where is everybody??Last post by chrism - December 05, 2025, 07:24:16 AMQuote from: njee20 on December 04, 2025, 08:43:19 PMI do disagree, personally I think things like 3D printing makes people more likely to do modelling, not less. Well, it's revolutionised my model making. Since the Club bought a 3D printer I've turned out some 20 locos and over a hundred coaches, none of which I'd have been able to completely scratchbuild - I'd tried before (in Orribly Overscale) and failed completely. I've also found it good for making the basic structures for buildings, to be finished off with brick/stone cladding, etc. and all sorts of odd little detail parts. I could have done the buildings from card, but probably not had them turn out as well as they did. If anything, being able to 3D print has made me do more, certainly not less. #97
General Discussion / Re: AI Image ManipulationLast post by Bealman - December 05, 2025, 04:58:26 AMLooks like something funny went on with the driver, too
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General Discussion / Re: AI Image ManipulationLast post by icairns - December 05, 2025, 04:51:48 AM@LASteve
Wow, thanks, Steve. Your suggestion of using Google Gemini has me fascinated! Here are two examples of colourisation. I like the very subtle colouring including the red buffer beam. I have no idea what colour the prototype loco carried. The second attempt was a little more problematical. I took the above photo of 70039 Sir Christopher Wren waiting to reverse onto Carlisle Kingmoor shed on 12 August 1965. You will note that for some reason the steam from around the front cylinders has been replaced by an incorrect smokebox design. Now why would it do that? I colourised another photo of me standing in front of LNER Class J27 number 65819 at South Blyth shed on 17 July 1965. I was wearing a grey windcheater, sweater, and blue jeans. The loco turned out alright but I was transformed into wearing a brown suit! Ian #99
General Discussion / Re: The angry threadLast post by Bealman - December 05, 2025, 01:18:32 AMIt's a joke, really. The world is mad.
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General Discussion / Re: Where is everybody??Last post by Ben A - December 04, 2025, 11:54:58 PMQuote from: Newportnobby on November 30, 2025, 03:26:16 PMI reckon it needs a good announcement to get everyone frothing again. Apologies, only just seen this. The announcement at Rails was the OO gauge Class 180 in EMR livery, which was already offered in N. As to other announcements; tbh we have decided to make 2025 a year of consolidation and catching up; we took on board criticism of our making new announcements when long awaited models such as the Class 66 and 313s were not here. (Note: I don't include the Class 120 in the list above as we were clear from the start that it would take significantly longer than most models due to the scarcity of drawings and lack of preserved examples. We are making slow but steady progress.) cheers Ben A. | Please Support Us!
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