Chrissaf Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Very good (except for the sub-titles which seemed to have considerable difficulty interpreting Simon Kohler ["Cola" according to the sub-titles!!]). The Bulleid 59 footers were well represented, (and Hattons have advised me mine are expected next month, whoopee!). I wonder when Bachmann's new 64' Bullieds will appear, they were announced a year before Hornby announced these, and still no sign of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 I thoght the intent was good but the presentation of this was poor, including awful sound quality. Far too many ERRs and EMMs from SK As though he hadn’t a clue what he was going to be asked to comment on. Do what the PM does at Parliament question time, know the ‘surprise’ questions ahead of time and have the exact answers ready and rehearsed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanQ4 Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 What a disappointment from SK who has most likely done a lot of presentations and public speaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_holmes1 Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Having watched this new series on YouTube, I must say that I was left non-plussed !I think Hornby Hobbies need to employ a more professional company to make & present these programmes.With poor sound, mis-pronunciation of model names, talking up models that were only a picture, and Simon Koler sitting there pointing at some green coaches, (Which could have been any model.), no close ups of the elements that were being highlighted.How about adding some information about the progress being made in the move back to Margate ?Overall, I think this was a good effort, but needs more zip and polish to become the information vehicle that the company obviously wants it to become. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 SK gets slated on other forums also.Similar comments there about amateur prodcution standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willesden Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Ouch...after a good start this soon became quite painful. It really didn't play to SK's strengths. If he's not an expert on Southern stock don't leave him flailing on the subject. He came alive when talking about Hornby plugging a gap in the range after seving modellers of the other regions in recent years, but otherwise, well others have said it all. Who actually researched the new releases and why didn't we hear from them? Never mind knowing their f-stops from their coclur temperatures, what you really need from whoever produced this was the skill to make sometimes camera shy backroom staff feel at ease - even when they're not! A bit of magic in the edit then makes them look good and more importantly feel good about their contribution making them and colleagues a little less reticent when they're next asked to front up.I watched it on an i-phone and sound didn't seem an issue, but production values certainly were. If you did it in house, the lack of experience in that area showed. If it was done by someone outside, I'm surprised by the lack of close-ups, different shot sizes and other editing devices. Was the budget really too tight for a bit of extra shooting and editting or did someone in house say "we want it done our way" and ignore the experts advice for fear they were trying to talk up their invoice?Either way, in these days of cheap and chearful HD cameras and even cheaper edit packages like FCP, it was a shame you didn't make more of this. Take a look at the likes of what Hattons do. Nobody expects BAFTA award wining craft skills, but this was too much of a misfire.At least you seem to have got the presenter right. He was engaging, pretty informative and held the attention - albeit his script could have been a bit more creative and did have the odd puntastic line! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremiahBunyan Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 The second edition of the new YouTube series by Hornby "Signal Box" is now up.... Signal Box Ep.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissaf Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Moderator message: I did not post this original message it was posted by J.B, my tag appears against it [bug] as I moved the post here on the old forum as a moderator task.Hornby have started a new monthly series called "Signal Box", it is on Hornby's YouTube channel and whilst is similar to Hornby's "The Engine Shed" blog, it does indeed have a different approach.Quite a nice first episode here....Signal Box Ep.1 Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissaf Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Same presenter, but yet this second episode seems a little bit more slick than the first. Maybe because SK only had a very brief non speaking part (blink and you will miss him). The sound now seemed much improved too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Well I thought they were both OK. It’s free and you don’t have to watch it. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB51 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 #2 definitely has better production qualities than the first one, which I also enjoyed. We all have to start somewhere and I look forward to the next one. R- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Me too. I’m sure somebody will find something wrong with it. 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremiahBunyan Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 The 3rd episode of "The Signal Box" is due today (17/7/19) at around noon...watch out for it for those of you who are interested in it. I'll post the link when it appears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB51 Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 12:30 ish I believe. I see there are 17k subscribers to the channel. R- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremiahBunyan Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Episode 3 of "The Signal Box" is now LIVE. It can be watched after the LIVE show also. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB51 Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Liked the start - a bit like the old BBC test card. Very good presentation wise, but got a bit fed up with the repetitive "cannot confirm or deny" phrase. Locomotive content not really of interest to me - but I did enjoy seeing the Bernard Cribbins ad again. I wonder when that first ran? R- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 I thought it was very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustus Caesar Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 @Roger It was first shown in 1980 and generally known as the 'car on the track' advert.Some very good trickery reducing him to a few inches in height for the ad.One of Hornby's best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremiahBunyan Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Lovely episode. I think they should've covered (video form) a few more upcoming/recently released models (Flying Scotsman, the new DC controller, Mk.2F, B4 Peckett, Hogwarts Express etc.). And the Q&A was a lovely addition. They should also include many of the questions posed on this forum, facebook, instagram, twitter and so on. Top marks to Hornby, hope to see this continue for years to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 I can’t see why they have a screening time limit - i.e. ‘...that’s all we have time for now...’. It is not as if it is a paid for advert on tv.As stated make it bigger and better with more coverage of stuff to come.That can only be good for sales and the feedback would help the bean counters decide to go/no go on a future product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremiahBunyan Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 I can’t see why they have a screening time limit - i.e. ‘...that’s all we have time for now...’. It is not as if it is a paid for advert on tv.It's actually become a trend nowadays to say that.... It doesn't necessarily mean that they have a time limit. However in this case, it may just be th fact that the team that puts these videos together, have a time limit where they have to have scenes shot, made and edited in time to upload. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Or of course it was time to go home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB51 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 I think it's just habit - all it means is there is no more to say this episode. R- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremiahBunyan Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 The 4th episode of Hornby's YouTube series "Signal Box" is now online. Follow the link below.... Signal Box Ep.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB51 Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 I see Hattons are about to start their own - called Platform 1. R- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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