Tales from The Room of Doom. Dipping a toe in various bucolic backwaters.

[Vaughan45]

I must admit there is something strangely alluring about that, although I don't know why!

 

[simond]

Interesting approach at the rear suspension, trailing axleboxes but no axle...

AI is not a good name for what these programs do, as there is clearly very little intelligence, and absolutely no understanding involved.

"Automated generalisations" might be better?

 

[SteveyDee68]

I have been resisting the Accurascale Class 30/31 but the pictures of your example in BR green with the small yellow warning panel took me straight back to being 12 years old and getting the (Triang) Hornby version of that loco for Christmas … and suddenly I find myself craving one for my collection.

Powerful emotion, isn’t it, nostalgia?!

Looking forward to seeing your layouts develop in due course, Rob

Steve S

 

[Pencarrow]

Hallway? Could be, but I meant halfway.

Yes, it's Gemini again, but she's hopeless at drawing a proper pannier, but did get the number right though.

I mean, it's not far off a 15xx is it?
Tony

Best looking pannier ever...

 

[NHY 581]

Best looking pannier ever...

And of course, being the expert that you are, you'd know..........

 

[Captain Kernow]

Best looking pannier ever...

It's an abomination!

 

[Pencarrow]

It's an abomination!

Ah, you've finally seen the light CK

 

[John Bruce]

Morning John,

Funny that. I am thinking of that but the stumbling block is that I'm not sure of just how long I'll retain the Kerr Stuart. He's such a big chap and whenever I give him a run, he kind of dominates proceedings.

As tank engines go, he's a monster.

Rob

Yes I thought so too, but then I went and bought a second one...it was a bargain guv, honest! Then of course the EM gauge Society came up with a conversion to EM gauge, doh!

 

[NHY 581]

It's a funny thing but roughly twenty years ago it was all about large engines. I was building quite a stud of locos applicable to the S&DJR in the 1950s and, as an alternative, the South Western section of the Southern Region up to early sixties ( I had quite a few Bulleids ).

Now, it's all about small engines, dictated not only by my building of small layouts but by the absolute plethora of previously unavailable, but very interesting small locos from the rtr boys..

I do occasionally, VERY occasionally, hanker after a return to running a Bulleid Pacific with eight Mk1s dangling from it or a King Arthur with same number of Maunsells running after it, as I did before but common sense does prevail.

That's why, when you have a large tank engine, such as the Kerr Stuart, it can be a bit of a surprise when it appears. Nothing really comes close to it until we start looking at things like a 94xx Pannier, which again is a bit of a brute.

So, small locos will remain the currency of choice, including small tender types ( bring on the Rapido 01 !) for now at least and not withstanding some rather larger green diesels.

Rob

 

[SimonT]

Sorry, a little late but (and I won't repeat the image),

This could be a hallway option.

Despite what the Billionaire Tech Bros say, the laws of Binomial distribution still apply. Under that bell curve there are more wrong answers then the correct answer.
Simon

 

[NHY 581]

Sorry, a little late but (and I won't repeat the image),

Despite what the Billionaire Tech Bros say, the laws of Binomial distribution still apply. Under that bell curve there are more wrong answers then the correct answer.
Simon

Er.........what ?

( please do not explain..........)

Quite frankly, those kind of images don't appeal to me in the slightest so I'm thankful you didn't repeat it.

Rob