Stove R discussion.

[Stuart Down Under]

I still find it odd that they use the NGS Journal to bemoan the lack of response, but not use it to canvas an opinion, bearing in mind that it is the only media which is accessible to ALL members.

Here here!! If the Society wants to canvas the opinion of members, they should always ask via the Journal, available to ALL members, and then perhaps direct them to a poll on the Society website. Using the website alone to receive responses would also make it possible to direct people from Goroups.io (I'm not a user and in fact had never heard of it!) or from this forum or elsewhere, thus avoiding double counting and removing the opinions of non-members.

[Bingley Hall]

The whole issue is an outrage! I think the relevant authorities should be informed immediately.

[njee20]

From what I could see it's not actually a poll or anything, they were requesting an email specifying which liveries people would like. So risk of double counting should be zero, even if they'd advertised everywhere.

I agree that if they want to ensure they've reached all of the membership then the journal is the obvious place to advertise.

[nookfield]

From what I could see it's not actually a poll or anything, they were requesting an email specifying which liveries people would like. So risk of double counting should be zero, even if they'd advertised everywhere.

I agree that if they want to ensure they've reached all of the membership then the journal is the obvious place to advertise.

No quite correct. Adrian (NGS Shopkeeper) was asking which liveries members thought would be popular if a rerun was commissioned, not necessarily would they would buy.

Personally I would buy a Blue liveried Stove R but have no idea whether it would be popular with other members so did not reply (I would guess that very few members would have any information on what would be popular). The question was probably not the correct one to ask

As far as I am aware the whole question of a re run of Stove R's came about because the society has now run out of the chassis, the only way NGS can get more chassis produced is alongside a rerun of the Stove R with a minimum order of 1000 Stove R units which can be spread across 4 liveries

[Dickydcc]

I'd order one in blood & custard. Am happy to order in advance if that helps?

[njee20]

No quite correct. Adrian (NGS Shopkeeper) was asking which liveries members thought would be popular if a rerun was commissioned, not necessarily would they would buy.

Splitting hairs, they're trying to canvass opinion on potential sales (or popularity, they're essentially synonymous here) using one source. It's self defeating. As I said, the risk of double counting votes was essentially non existent because it wasn't an online poll, they were simply inviting 'expressions of interest' via email, therefore surely you publicise it as widely as possible, with the journal being the most obvious place. The one source you know all members have access to.

[ten0G]

 

Does anyone know whether the Stove R will negotiate 9¾" radius curves please? 

I think I need to know the minimum radius before I can decide whether to buy one or not. 

[emjaybee]

Does anyone know whether the Stove R will negotiate 9¾" radius curves please? 

I think I need to know the minimum radius before I can decide whether to buy one or not. 

I have a few of the chassis and they happily trundle round my 10" radius test track if that helps.

[CarriageShed]

Does anyone know whether the Stove R will negotiate 9¾" radius curves please? 

I think I need to know the minimum radius before I can decide whether to buy one or not. 

I have a couple of very tight curves on my layout and the Stove-R is fine on them.

Although the Stove-R itself is a little late for my modelling era, the chassis certainly is useful. If I could get hold of any more S&D carriages for reasonable prices them I'd be using more Stove-R chassis like this: