Quote from: ewsclass66 on January 23, 2013, 11:36:50 PM
hi all the modern era layout was set in wales and i think it was indeed n gauge layout and was in the model railway magazines which one not sure but will check tomorrow.i know it was only about 3 foot long  with fiddle yards at both ends.and was put on ebay after been in mag.i think it sold for just over £300 pounds.  i was going to bid on it but wifey said no more layouts.  chris

You haven't thought this through properly have you?

Buy the layout, put wifey on Ebay!


Paul

Quote from: Jerry Howlett on January 23, 2013, 09:54:03 PM
Grandaughter Mia had  arrived that minute    ! 
NO CONSIDERATION THESE YOUNGSTERS !!!!!!!

Hearty congratulations, Jerry.
You and Mrs H must be well pleased. Hope mother and baby Mia are doing well

Quote from: Jerry Howlett on January 23, 2013, 09:54:03 PM
Happily watching this for the first 15 minutes only to be interupted  by Number 1 son to say that Grandaughter Mia had  arrived that minute    ! 
NO CONSIDERATION THESE YOUNGSTERS !!!!!!!

Congratulations to all concerned. May you all get loads of joy from the young lady

Huge congratulations, and when they cry you can hand them back 😉

Thanks All, flying over next Wednesday for a week to meet the new un. May just find time to sneek out to visit the odd model shop or 2. Will start practising my  "Honest I bought them for the baby" face.......

Quote from: Jerry Howlett on January 24, 2013, 12:12:50 PM
Thanks All, flying over next Wednesday for a week to meet the new un. May just find time to sneek out to visit the odd model shop or 2. Will start practising my  "Honest I bought them for the baby" face.......

Uh-oh
I have a feeling an outpatients visit will be forthcoming

I enjoyed the 'Joy of train sets' programme on BBC4 last night. It was well made, and for once wasn't a sneering put down of model railway enthusiasts.

It was certainly a good model history lesson up to the end of the sixties when the programme seemed to run out of steam (sic) and failed to finish on a high with the 'modern' era and what we enjoy now; highly detailed, high quality RTR, DCC, sound, etc.. Part two to be commissioned perhaps. I doubt it. But at least it put the hobby in a relatively decent light although it seemed to infer that it is the sole preserve of nostalgic steamy oldies.

H.

Quote from: H on January 24, 2013, 05:49:26 PM
I enjoyed the 'Joy of train sets' programme on BBC4 last night. It was well made, and for once wasn't a sneering put down of model railway enthusiasts.

It was certainly a good model history lesson up to the end of the sixties when the programme seemed to run out of steam (sic) and failed to finish on a high with the 'modern' era and what we enjoy now; highly detailed, high quality RTR, DCC, sound, etc.. Part two to be commissioned perhaps. I doubt it. But at least it put the hobby in a relatively decent light although it seemed to infer that it is the sole preserve of nostalgic steamy oldies.

H.

Very well said H

I totally agree. I found the guy who scratch built his own models rather interesting and a credit to the hobby with his open-ness and skills.
I think H is right in that there should have been more focus on the future including DCC.....

It definitely needs a part two to bring the viewer up to date with what can be achieved these days.

cheers John.

"Joy of train sets" - Dan Snow: watch and learn 

Agree with the comments on a part 2, unlikely but well deserved

Also nice to see Model Rails Ben Jones on there, looks older in his picture in MR 

i thought it was a good programme as well and agree with Lawrence re Dan Snows' offering,watched pt 2 and it wasn't much better than pt 1.might as well watch the last one to complete the agony.

Just watched this on IPlayer and most impressed. So nice to see a program about the hobby that doesn't depict us as social inadequates with poor hygiene 

Perhaps there has been a slight shift away from what might be called 'Ladism' towards recognising that it might actually be a good thing to be creative.

Sky+ remote record failed    I'll have another go for the re-run, or fire up iplayer, I guess..

Quote from: OwL on January 23, 2013, 10:24:01 PM
There was a modern image layout pictured near the end, im sure it was an N Gauge layout, and im sure i saw NGF written in graffiti under a bridge, it was the layout with a blue class 153 rolling over the top of it.
Bet someone with i player can check it out.

Sorry to dissapoint but it wasn't N Gauge....

It was infact Waungron Park which is 4mm scale...

See http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/46558-waungron-park/


On the program itself, it was well thought out and put the hobby in a positive light, but it did leave you wanting more; more in depth in some areas and to bring the story closer to the present day with the tribulations of manufacturers in the1970s/80s and the resurgence of the last 10 years.

If there is sufficient positive feedback, perhaps there is scope for a follow-up?