Mumbles274
running from law and the press and the parents
I had to sell all my scalextric when I was skint. Had a ton of classic that could make epic 4 Lane layouts including double goodwood chicanes 
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Mumbles274
running from law and the press and the parents
Found a couple of pics. Was epic. Had a lot of outer curves so except for the hairpins it made really fast layouts. I'd also refurbed some old cars with decent tyres and neo magnets
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Wow. This guy makes mini graffiti for model railways!
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StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
I know that graffiti covered stock does exist, but IMO it is vandalism, often (usually) ugly and I know it costs ££££ to remove (also dangerous to apply,)Wow. This guy makes mini graffiti for model railways!
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Even heritage railways suffer from this.
therefore I feel this sort of thing should be discouraged !
Mumbles274
running from law and the press and the parents
I sense you're actually serious about this? The model exists to reflect the real world, it doesn't create it
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
partly.
my point is that it "normalises" the presence of something I don't think should be acceptable.
but I know that railway modellers as a group are not the same group that consider spray painting the landscape as a fully acceptable form of self expression.
the people at the Severn Valley Railway were seriously fed up with the graffiti "artists" that decorated some of their carriages a couple of years ago. I donated to the appeal to pay towards the repairs of the carriages, which needed repainting.
nogojones
spelling is overrated
I don't really care much about trains (or model ones), but I get much more joy from a graffiti'd one than one that has it's banal corporate branding all over it. It's just joyless corporate graffiti
teuchter
je suis teuchter
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
On the plus side, that white stuff on the ground is marking out the decapitated body of the graffiti 'artist'.
nogojones
spelling is overrated
When they finish it off I'm sure it'll look great
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
If some joyless person of dubious parentage spray-painted one of the carriages that I have restored, I know I would be extremely annoyed.
It takes a very long time and much money. materials and expertise to do the job properly.
To have some stupid little turd do that would boil my piss, to say the least.
It takes a very long time and much money. materials and expertise to do the job properly.
To have some stupid little turd do that would boil my piss, to say the least.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
People that do that need the fucking living shit kicked out of them.
Put yourself in the position of a preserved railway volunteer who's put heart and soul into restoring old rolling stock, and then comes in one morning and finds someone's decided to spray their 'art' all over it. How would you feel?
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
I haven't been quite in that position, but I know the bods on the SVR. To say they were p1ssed off is the understatement of the millennium.
I know I would have to be restrained from committing GBH if I caught anyone spraying ...
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Even if it’s an ordinary modern commuter train in company livery I’d rather not see them ‘improved’ with that shit. It ain’t fucking art, for the most part anyway- just a more elaborate and colourful version of a tag. They can go and fuck themselves.
I know the graffiti art vs vandalism argument is a subjective one with no clear answers- certainly to those of us who actually approve of and like some graffiti and describe it as art while condemning others as shite and vandalism. But for me there’s a clear red line in one respect anyway.
Anyone who simply graffitis their name, as opposed to attempting to create art or convey a meaningful message = cunt of the highest order. Regardless of whether they simply tagged it with a single colour can or spent hours creating a multicoloured elaborate effort.
I know the graffiti art vs vandalism argument is a subjective one with no clear answers- certainly to those of us who actually approve of and like some graffiti and describe it as art while condemning others as shite and vandalism. But for me there’s a clear red line in one respect anyway.
Anyone who simply graffitis their name, as opposed to attempting to create art or convey a meaningful message = cunt of the highest order. Regardless of whether they simply tagged it with a single colour can or spent hours creating a multicoloured elaborate effort.
Understandably so. Tagging is moronic and selfish at the best of times, but when it's all over something someone's worked on for the love of it then it's ten times worse.
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
No, it fucking doesn't.
tagging is an eyesore.
not only that, applying it is fucking dangerous.
It costs lots of money & time to clean that shite off, money that could be better spent on real improvements.
Add to that, in normal times the heritage railway movement are important financial gains into their areas.
(literally millions of £££s in normal years).
nogojones
spelling is overrated
Maybe the rail companies should prioritise real improvements instead of spending their money on turps then?
What difference would that make?
nogojones
spelling is overrated
Real improvements would be made and the trains would look prettier
And taggers care about what kind of trains they're vandalising, do they?
Ah, so you're admitting that taggers are selfish pond-life who don't care what they're spraying their shite all over.
nogojones
spelling is overrated
CCTV everywhere makes people feel safer. Should we have more?
nogojones
spelling is overrated
Not really I'm not that invested in what taggers do, just that it looks a bit more fun than your normal standard boring train
Let's wind this back to the start. Imagine you're a railway preservationist, you've spent untold time restoring an old coach to its best, and then you come in and find someone's tagged it. Are you going to be happy about that?
If not, why are you trying to defend the people who do it?
