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I thought i would start a discussion on the mag that was not centered around DCC.
I thought generally it was pretty good. i thought it was a bit "Diesel" this time. the last ferry van haas arrived. albeit with the birdcage put together incorrectly (the kit is correct)!
One article i do take issue with is the airbrushing article. he suggests using tamia masking tape for large areas and using eurostar for the edges. this is not necessary and i note that the edges he has on the model are not particularly good (this would be far more obvious if it was a 4mm model but on the front end picture you can see that the lines are a bit feathery.)this is very easily solved and tamia masking tape is just as good as the eurostar.
His problem is leaving too long before removing the tape. he sais in the article he leaves 1 hour. this is much too long. as soon as you are sure the paint will not run, thats the time to remove the tape. the reason for this is simple. liquid will heal when its torn but cheese wont. if the tape is removed when the paint is still liquid the edge has time to heal before it gets to the cheese stage. after 1 hour it has already become cheese and when its torn it will leave edges like those seen in the article. if anyone is in london and would like a demonstration i would be happy to oblige.
The dapol article was interesting. it did seem a little more corporate than the hornby one. it felt to me like i was hearing dapol speaking rather than a person. but the answers were good and gave me a valuable insight into the workings of the company. a little dissapointed about the answer to the OO question but hay thats life.
The Fell article was interesting and its a nice model but i am not sure about the drive arrangement. the name heath robinson springs to mind!
Whe web master column was good reading. i actually like that column alot. it provides a link between the forums and the magazines. its amazing to think of just how much the world has moved on in 15 years. within my own lifetime the only way to respond to an article was to write in to the publishers. even then the chances of it being printed were slim and even then it couldnt possibly criticise anything. I wonder what models we would be getting now had the internet been around 20 years earlier. look at any magazine from 15 years ago or before and there is virtually no criticism of any model at all. i remember reading a review of the lima HST and the reviewer basically said "oah look its an HST. it has a lima mech and the coaches are the right length" but thats all.
It occours to me that despite peoples perceptions of an infringement of our liberties we are far better off now than we ever have been in the past. we can say what we think (within reason!) and have it published instantly on a forum that reaches the far corners of the globe. -I think thats fantastic!!
Peter
I thought generally it was pretty good. i thought it was a bit "Diesel" this time. the last ferry van haas arrived. albeit with the birdcage put together incorrectly (the kit is correct)!
One article i do take issue with is the airbrushing article. he suggests using tamia masking tape for large areas and using eurostar for the edges. this is not necessary and i note that the edges he has on the model are not particularly good (this would be far more obvious if it was a 4mm model but on the front end picture you can see that the lines are a bit feathery.)this is very easily solved and tamia masking tape is just as good as the eurostar.
His problem is leaving too long before removing the tape. he sais in the article he leaves 1 hour. this is much too long. as soon as you are sure the paint will not run, thats the time to remove the tape. the reason for this is simple. liquid will heal when its torn but cheese wont. if the tape is removed when the paint is still liquid the edge has time to heal before it gets to the cheese stage. after 1 hour it has already become cheese and when its torn it will leave edges like those seen in the article. if anyone is in london and would like a demonstration i would be happy to oblige.
The dapol article was interesting. it did seem a little more corporate than the hornby one. it felt to me like i was hearing dapol speaking rather than a person. but the answers were good and gave me a valuable insight into the workings of the company. a little dissapointed about the answer to the OO question but hay thats life.
The Fell article was interesting and its a nice model but i am not sure about the drive arrangement. the name heath robinson springs to mind!
Whe web master column was good reading. i actually like that column alot. it provides a link between the forums and the magazines. its amazing to think of just how much the world has moved on in 15 years. within my own lifetime the only way to respond to an article was to write in to the publishers. even then the chances of it being printed were slim and even then it couldnt possibly criticise anything. I wonder what models we would be getting now had the internet been around 20 years earlier. look at any magazine from 15 years ago or before and there is virtually no criticism of any model at all. i remember reading a review of the lima HST and the reviewer basically said "oah look its an HST. it has a lima mech and the coaches are the right length" but thats all.
It occours to me that despite peoples perceptions of an infringement of our liberties we are far better off now than we ever have been in the past. we can say what we think (within reason!) and have it published instantly on a forum that reaches the far corners of the globe. -I think thats fantastic!!
Peter
