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  1. Nov 23, 2017 #1
    Toto

    Toto I'm best ignored Staff Member Founder Administrator

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    Hi and :welcome: to the forum. We are delighted to have you onboard with us.

    Get settled in and have a good rumage around. When you are ready, come back and introduce yourself.

    I hope you enjoy your stay with us

    Cheers for now

    Toto
     
  2. Nov 23, 2017 #2
    jakesdad13

    jakesdad13 Staff Member Moderator

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    Welcome to the forum DomMorris, great to have you with us :thumbs:

    Pete.
     
  3. Nov 23, 2017 #3
    paul_l

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    :hismiley: and a warm :welcome: to DomMorris from a dreek Dundee.

    Glad you decided to join us here at platform1mrc. Were a friendly bunch who love to blether about model railways, and have also be known to do a spot of modelling :avatar:.

    Settle, in, and when you're ready please introduce yourself, we'd love to hear about yourself and your modelling adventures.

    Once again welcome to the forum

    Paul
     
  4. Nov 25, 2017 #4
    Gary

    Gary Wants more time for modelling.... Staff Member Administrator

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    G'day DomMorris,

    Welcome aboard from Sydney. Get yourself settled in, have a browse, read up and then, when ready get involved ! Plenty of great members here willing to answer any questions you may have. Looking forward to reading about your own modelling interests.

    Cheers, Gary.
     
  5. Nov 26, 2017 #5
    DomMorris

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    Hi guys!
    I've been watching Gormo's videos for a while and thought I should come and say hello! I model (mostly) OO steam big 4 era with a fair amount of poetic licence! Unfortunately owing to waiting on builders (some genuine, some conmen) to make the outhouse safe and secure my layout is currently residing in my head. I will try to upload some pics of the space that will be at my disposal.
    For the moment I have a small test/programming track and I am quite happy buying second hand locos, servicing and DCC chipping them (with a varying amount of success I will admit!)and doing a small amount of landscape modelling. Thinking about adding a small canal scene on the side of my test track, we'll see what happens. I will try to add photos of that too!
    Cheers,
    Dom
    PS. Ok, after a couple of false starts (using my DSLR was giving me photos too big to add, so I have had to reduce the quality of them, I don't know how they will turn out!) I think I have one here of my test track as it is at the moment (cheap download kits as buffers at either end, cheapo static grass etc). However I can't see any way of adding more than one photo per reply. Am I just being stupid?! Feel free to say yes, I normally am...

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  6. Nov 26, 2017 #6
    Ron

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    :hismiley: and welcome to the forum Dom :welcome:
     
  7. Nov 26, 2017 #7
    Gary

    Gary Wants more time for modelling.... Staff Member Administrator

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    You can find an easy to follow tutorial on uploading/posting pics here : http://p1mrc.com/p1mrc/view_topic.php?id=188&forum_id=42

    Cheers, Gary.
     
  8. Nov 26, 2017 #8
    Keith M

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    Welcome to the forum Dom, I've not found a way to post more than one pic per post either, although that's maybe 'cos I'm using an iMac rather than a PC (and I'm not that bright when it comes to computers!). Don't worry about it, just enjoy the forum.
    Keith.
     
  9. Nov 26, 2017 #9
    ianvolvo46

    ianvolvo46 Staff Member Moderator

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    Hi DomMorris :welcome: from sunny Spain thanks for the good intro .. ref the photos it works better if you put them in the gallery first *see tutorial but shout out if you need further help that's what we're here for.

    Ian vt
     
  10. Nov 26, 2017 #10
    DomMorris

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    Hey guys, thanks for the tutorial link to uploading photos, however it doesn't seem to want to play ball for me! Goes through to 100% whilst uploading and then just shows me a completely blank website/screen. If I click reload it proceeds to try and upload the pics again! What am I doing wrong?
    :scratchchin:

    Cheers,Dom
     
  11. Nov 26, 2017 #11
    SMR CHRIS

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    DomMorris wrote:
    Hi Dom and welcome

    You may still have to resize the image as the size seems to have reduced from the previous file size limit

    I did a test when the hosting was moved recently, and found that the acceptable size has reduced and if using a DSLR you may find the size even on a cropped image is too large.
    On a IPhone size image I need a little more than 35% reduction a to 750 size image for successful up load or I got the blank page you described.
    Great to see You getting involved best of luck with the uploadinghttp://www.click
     
  12. Nov 26, 2017 #12
    DomMorris

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    Cheers for that, seems to have done the trick! I have no idea what kind of size these will come out now, using a new program that I haven't really played around with properly.
    However, hopefully here is another pic of the test track and some of where my layout will be once the building work is done...
    Cheers,
    Dom
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    PS I have a feeling these may still be huge... If so I apologise!
     
  13. Nov 26, 2017 #13
    Keith M

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    The pics I post are taken using my iPhone 5C. They automatically appear on my iMac, but default to Apple's "iPhoto" and I can't seem to post them directly from there (or using my iPad either!). I just 'drag-and-drop' them from iPhoto to 'My Pictures', from which I can then post directly without resizing being needed. It's simple, (for me), but then it needs to be to get my head around it! Using a digital camera often produces relatively huge file sizes because of the much better lenses used, hence the need to resize files small enough for the forum software to handle.
    (Almost makes it sound like I know what I'm talking about!!!).:avatar::avatar::avatar:

    Keith.
     
  14. Nov 26, 2017 #14
    DomMorris

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    Right, got there in the end! Cheers guys! Suddenly realised as well, I apologise for the mess in the first picture... I promise it's not like that normally... Much...:whatever:
    Dom
     
  15. Nov 26, 2017 #15
    Keith M

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    That's not an 'Outhouse', Dom, that's more like a 'Warehouse'! If you're going to fill that place with layout, it'll be like having your own 'Exhibition Hall'!:giggle:

    The bottom bit of your outside wall looks like traditional East Anglia to me. From the amount of time I've spent in Norfolk, I know there are quite a few older properties with big gardens and outbuildings such as yours, ideal for a layout.
    Keith.
     
  16. Nov 26, 2017 #16
    DomMorris

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    Haha, yeah it is fairly sizeable. Around 6 metres by 4 metres internal dimensions. Well spotted, I am indeed in Norfolk. I know the type of houses you are talking about, I would love to be able to afford one of those! We've got a Victorian Terraced house, most of the garden is the outhouse to be honest! (A good half anyway!)
    As I said my layout is currently residing in my head, but I think it will take up a fair amount of the wall on the right of the window (or the left of the last photo) and then coming underneath the window itself. I'd then like to keep the rest of the area for modelling/brewing. We shall see!
    Cheers, Dom
     
  17. Nov 26, 2017 #17
    ianvolvo46

    ianvolvo46 Staff Member Moderator

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    Brewing? ... Someone mention brewing? ... brewing and modeling? ... like the sound of that..

    Ian vt http://www.click
     
  18. Nov 26, 2017 #18
    DomMorris

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    Oh yes indeed.
    I spent 16 years in the pub trade, the last 7 running pubs between myself and my (now) wife. I set myself a task of running a pub when I was 18 and managed it by the time I was 25. Next is a brewery. I am not going to manage that as quickly unfortunately, but it is still in the pipe-line (pun semi intended!) I'm now 32 with 2 young children, so life is a little more constrictive but there we are. I hope to be using the extra space to allow me to further my experiments with home brewing to allow me to expand at a later date. Still means waiting on builders unfortunately!
    Cheers,
    Dom
     
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    Keith M

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    Quite a lot of "Micro- Breweries" around now Dom, and they seem pretty popular, at least in my area.
    Keith.
     
  20. Nov 26, 2017 #20
    DomMorris

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    Aye, that's both a blessing and a curse to be honest. I just have to make *good* beer, which if I'm honest I am capable of doing. None the less, it will hopefully coincide with my layout coming into fruition, at which point I can do a "Beer and Trains!" open day or something... Most modellers tend to like their booze anyway!

    Cheers,

    Dom
     
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