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Offline Orctrader

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Re: Model Railway Challenge on Channel 5 in the UK
« Reply #15 on: October 02, 2018, 07:24:10 PM »
I'll be watching.

Gets a good write-up in Radio Times.  Feature article because RT is 95 and they had a team - I assume from the series - recreate a scene from 1920s'

I think this may be part of "Slow TV" trend.  James May fixing stuff.  The Repair Shop.  An interview I heard last year with a Channel 5 exec explaining that they would move away from "shock" programming because its popularity was waning.


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Re: Model Railway Challenge on Channel 5 in the UK
« Reply #16 on: October 05, 2018, 08:27:26 AM »
I work for one of the main sponsors of the show - we supplied most of the scenic items and control equipment used by the teams on their layouts.
I can honestly say that after our initial meeting with the producer his aim is for an affectionate portrayal of the hobby, and a focus on the skill involved to complete the tasks in the allotted time rather than a hatchet job on a load of nerds - hopefully this translates into the finished programme!

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Re: Model Railway Challenge on Channel 5 in the UK
« Reply #17 on: October 05, 2018, 08:59:12 AM »
I was going to watch it anyway but that sounds quite promising.

Beats watching out of sequence Big Bang repeats  lol
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Re: Model Railway Challenge on Channel 5 in the UK
« Reply #18 on: October 05, 2018, 09:30:27 AM »
I imagine the feeling at the end will be of how sadly missed Bob Symes (Robert Alexander Baron Schutzmann von Schutzmansdorff) is.

Intend to watch but more in hope than expectation.  :(

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Re: Model Railway Challenge on Channel 5 in the UK
« Reply #19 on: October 05, 2018, 09:39:26 AM »
I work for one of the main sponsors of the show - we supplied most of the scenic items and control equipment used by the teams on their layouts.
I can honestly say that after our initial meeting with the producer his aim is for an affectionate portrayal of the hobby, and a focus on the skill involved to complete the tasks in the allotted time rather than a hatchet job on a load of nerds - hopefully this translates into the finished programme!

That does sound reassuring; here's to hoping they manage to do so! :)
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Re: Model Railway Challenge on Channel 5 in the UK
« Reply #20 on: October 05, 2018, 07:57:12 PM »
I enjoyed that  :)

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Re: Model Railway Challenge on Channel 5 in the UK
« Reply #21 on: October 05, 2018, 08:06:31 PM »
Well what do you think ???
I thought it was OK
but PEOPLE cheating :o :o :o

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Re: Model Railway Challenge on Channel 5 in the UK
« Reply #22 on: October 06, 2018, 12:34:41 AM »
I watched it.

If anyone's expecting a programme about railway modelling tips and tricks, or expecting to learn anything about making model railways, they're going to be disappointed. There is almost zero content related to actual railway modelling unless you count scratch building with a ladies shoe and lipstick.

If anyone wants a formulaic budget TV programme full of laughable pseudo controversy and jeopardy, with the usual 'interview' snippets of outraged or indignant judges and competitors alongside presenters trying to stir up controversy, then this is the show for them.

The topic just happens to be railway modelling, the format could just have easily been about knitting, taxidermy or morris dancing.

Shame really, a good show on making model railways would have been interesting.



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Re: Model Railway Challenge on Channel 5 in the UK
« Reply #23 on: October 06, 2018, 07:16:31 AM »
I quite enjoyed it to be honest, will certainly tune into to next weeks. :)

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Re: Model Railway Challenge on Channel 5 in the UK
« Reply #24 on: October 06, 2018, 12:32:44 PM »
I thought it was pure rubbish . Just a gimmick theme , railway set ups pretty average full of silly extras like a Spitfire moving on wire. Nearly everybody was 70 .
I must thank channel 5 for finding Britain's only female model railway expert to become a judge.
2/10.


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Re: Model Railway Challenge on Channel 5 in the UK
« Reply #25 on: October 06, 2018, 02:49:10 PM »
Hmmm, I’m a bit on the fence about this after watching it. I’m sort of left not caring whether I see another episode or not. It was neither one thing or another and consequently I can’t imagine any single section of potential audience actually strongly liking it.

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Re: Model Railway Challenge on Channel 5 in the UK
« Reply #26 on: October 06, 2018, 02:54:03 PM »
Hmmm, I’m a bit on the fence about this after watching it. I’m sort of left not caring whether I see another episode or not. It was neither one thing or another and consequently I can’t imagine any single section of potential audience actually strongly liking it.

totally agree...thought the idea was great but the execution poor...as for the hosts (umm...)

I reckon a few folks on here could churn out better stuff (excl tracks) in three days from scratch. The Missenden guys really did push the envelope of the rules and I am pleased they got found out

 

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Re: Model Railway Challenge on Channel 5 in the UK
« Reply #27 on: October 06, 2018, 05:08:01 PM »
Shame to hear my initial misgivings and suspicions turned out to be (mostly) true...  :?

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Re: Model Railway Challenge on Channel 5 in the UK
« Reply #28 on: October 12, 2018, 05:16:54 AM »
Is that a GW model spinning around at the 28 second mark of this clip? o_o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T1NhoM7B5M

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Re: Model Railway Challenge on Channel 5 in the UK
« Reply #29 on: October 12, 2018, 08:05:44 AM »
It is, and there's a rhino and dreadnaught behind it, along with space marines and tyranids o_o That'll be an interesting episode. Pause at 29 seconds for the full display. It looks like the train has been converted with GW bits as well.

On the first episode, I thought it was good in parts and cringeworthy in parts. I liked the scratchbuilding bit, something the teams all disliked and one in particular hated. However, I think that was the team who considered five separate rows of terrace houses to be one scenery item, so I didn't have much sympathy for them.

The thing that surprised me was how angry everyone seemed to be, especially in the pieces to camera :? If I had thought about joining a model railway club, the attitudes displayed in the episode would have made me think twice.

Still, it was watchable, even if there wasn't much in the way of modelling technique on display, so I'll keep with it for now.