tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post5506606330194086848..comments2024-03-28T13:56:50.590+00:00Comments on Phil's Workbench: Saving 2nd hand models in BRMUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post-6965601943330026322015-04-11T16:32:05.977+00:002015-04-11T16:32:05.977+00:00The idea for this feature has been kicking around ...The idea for this feature has been kicking around in my head for some time. It was also an excuse to use that Hornby halt, something I've always wanted to do as I think it's a cracking little model. <br /><br />Picking up other people's "junk" and doing something with it isn't a bad idea. We'd need to make them understand that the results might not be exactly what they were expecting of course...Phil Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673614093646938053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post-49727511008927035992015-04-11T16:25:32.256+00:002015-04-11T16:25:32.256+00:00I think the article will be worth the wait.
Howev...I think the article will be worth the wait.<br /><br />However, there is one potential problem - certainly for Phil, or for the magazine publishers.<br /><br />A lot of us have battered, "could be fixed if we get round to it", models, languishing at the bottom of junk boxes. (Some of these models probably are junk - but that's a different story.)<br /><br />Also, similar fare can often be found filling up secondhand boxes, at shows, or in the few remaining "proper" model railway shops.<br /><br />The problem with this is that it might not be too long before you get wishlists appearing on sites like RMweb. Some people might start extracting "thrashed and smashed" artefacts out of their hiding places - and asking you to show them how to fix them up (using their examples as testbeds, of course).<br /><br />Let's think - what's on my list?<br /><br />Lima multiple units with pizza cutter wheels (probably also pancake motors) - at shows, I've also seen lots of locos with stripped / cracked gears - I've also come across turntables that don't turn - and some people imagine that "second hand" equals "rubbish" ... . <br /><br />... On second thoughts, you'd probably rather not hear about my personal "Chamber of Horrors" - or anyone else's, for that matter.<br /><br />It probably wouldn't be too difficult to come up with a long (and credible) list of stuff which could be found very easily - fixable or otherwise.<br /><br />If you actually wanted such a list, I'm sure you'd have asked us on RMweb.Huw Griffithsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post-12887836083826292512015-04-09T15:05:32.392+00:002015-04-09T15:05:32.392+00:00Can't wait!
Though here in the Colonies we hav...Can't wait!<br />Though here in the Colonies we have a three to four week wait until BRM appears at the News Agent :(<br />ChristopherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com