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[quote user="Great Western"]Greetings Ian.    Being controversial seems to me to have a couple of effects.  a)  a lot of flack thrown  so you have to keep below the parapet or b) no one answers!    I introduced a debating point on a UK Forum.  No one answered.    Now you are most certainly wondering what the topic was I'm sure; it was this.    Why do many model locos which are models of locos which were coal fired show no sign of coal/model coal anywhere on the model - usually tank locos?  The other point was why is the overhead catenary, for models of electrically powered locos, often missing.    So there you are Ian let's see!  [/quote] Alan, The answers to your questions are simple, actually it is one simple answer: "What do you expect, they are just toys." (Tongue very firmly in cheek!)On a serious note, the coal question most likely goes back to the fact that there are a lot of garden railroaders who haven't seen a coal fired steamer in action. They just don't miss such a "minor detail".The missing catenary has several reasons; if you like to string that in the garden, you're well adviced to be ready for repairs. Even if your garden is "critter" proof, birds will use it for a swing! If OTOH you go for heavy duty catenary, save the work, it won't look realistic. And then there is the famous "ten foot" rule - which is regularly invoked when things are not quite up to snuff - in this case it would be hard to see the wires from ten feet.[;)][:)] Happy compromise? Fix the pantographs at a realistic height, set the catenary masts at realistic distances and make sure you design something to guide the pantos under the overpasses and into the tunnels. That's what our techie suggested; I can hardly wait 'til he puts that into action on our layout.Best regardsER
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