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Mike Nomic wrote:Really, Claymore?!?
Bloody hell - who'd have thought it!!
And a precis in layman's terms would be ... ?
Mike.
Mike Nomic wrote:And a precis in layman's terms would be ... ?
DungeonMasterOne wrote:Fascinating post CW, really interesting! Thanks! It also explains the annoying "jaggedness" effect I've seen on videos of moving trains taken on modern digital camcorders (especially noticable with a train of Mk1s, with all the window frames, grab-handles, etc, going past at speed).
Claymore_wam wrote:DungeonMasterOne wrote:Fascinating post CW, really interesting! Thanks! It also explains the annoying "jaggedness" effect I've seen on videos of moving trains taken on modern digital camcorders (especially noticable with a train of Mk1s, with all the window frames, grab-handles, etc, going past at speed).
My pleasure D.M.O. - Education is the name of the game.
I know what you mean about the Mk1s too but I'd rather have those than the modern automatic door versions - the sound effects you get from genuine 1950s slam-door stock can't be beaten IMO - very evocative (...and there's the sliding windows just big enough to accommodate a camera too).
jammed06 wrote:plus how can you gunge a model hanging out of a mk 1 window travelling at 70mph??
Claymore_wam wrote:jammed06 wrote:plus how can you gunge a model hanging out of a mk 1 window travelling at 70mph??
Now *that's* what I call a challenge!LoL. I'm sure someone will find a way one day! (In fact, it sounds like just the sort of wacky plot that a certain Mr Shipton might have a go at some day!)
Richard wrote:For a high speed gunging you would need two neighbouring compartments. Put the model in the one nearer the back of the train and tell her to stick her head out of the window, you get in the other compartment and fire the gunge out through the window. Let the slipstream do the rest!![]()
Mike, don't they use Mk1s on steam hauled enthusiast's excursions?
Mike Nomic wrote:I think you will find that the vast majority of, if not all, B.R. Mk. 1 carriages are now to be found on heritage railways where the maximum permitted speed tends to be of the order of 20-25 mph. That should make it a whole lot easier.Mike.
Richard wrote:For a high speed gunging you would need two neighbouring compartments. Put the model in the one nearer the back of the train and tell her to stick her head out of the window, you get in the other compartment and fire the gunge out through the window. Let the slipstream do the rest!![]()
Mike Nomic wrote:Most of these are now Mk2s: there are but a handful of Mk1s on steam-hauled specials, primarily catering vehicles and the loco group's support coach - how long this can continue given the approval and ongoing main-line standard maintenance costs remains to be seen.
Mike.
Claymore_wam wrote:Strangely, the same thought had crossed my mind after I'd posted, though I couldn't be bothered to edit! The Light Railway Order might (or might not) make it easier to accomplish.
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