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The Topic "Railway"
RWM Topic: Railway
is currently under Trains » Freight wagons but is used as a catch-all for railway stuff. Such a topic is needed but should not be under "Freight Wagons", especially since one can't see the category when selecting the Topic. It would be better if it came directly under Trains.

Bulk classify railwaymates items based on railwaymates specific rules

This item is completely anonymous, and cannot be traced online, and should probably be removed:
(Faller RJAD620-180609, No)

Hi,
Could you please merge:
RWM Topic: No longer exists
Into:
RWM Topic: Fire Stations
I've no idea what was behind the change.

These two can be moved to Paints:
Patina Colour 25 ml (Vollmer 6600, 1:87)
Patina Colour 25 ml (Vollmer 46600, 1:87)

A great many Vollmer brand items (989, to be exact) are currently shown as "Completed models", despite Vollmer having very few such items in their catalogue. Presumably this is due to some past bulk upload.
If you are able to make bulk changes, you could change any Vollmer brand item that has a 5-digit item number starting 42***, 43***, 44***, 45***, 47*** or 49*** and currently with Product type "Completed models" and change these to "Full kit".
Those with numbers 46*** and 48*** and shown as "Completed models" can be changed to "Materials".
A very small number of items will be incorrectly classed this way but they are already incorrect, anyway.
You can check for yourself in their catalogue:
viessmann-modell.com..g-2023-2024-2025.pdf

I suggest that there should be a separate topic for the overhead power supply lines for railways. It seems to have many different names: Overhead Lines, Overhead Contact Wires, Catenary, etc.

The "box art" for many Vollmer items seems completely unrelated and random, e.g.
Patina Colour 25 ml (Vollmer 6600, 1:87)
Scenic Background Clouds (Vollmer 6112, 1:87)
Scenic Background Schongau (Vollmer 6110, 1:87)
Vollmer Brick Paper (Vollmer 6047, 1:87)
Vollmer Super Cement S 30 (25ml) (Vollmer 6016, 1:87)
Parking Foil (Vollmer 6014, 1:87)
Signal box "Nuremberg" (Vollmer 5732, 1:87)
Brick Load (Vollmer 5241, 1:87)
Car Park (Vollmer 5127, 1:87)
Tulips, white (Vollmer 5125, 1:87)
Coal Shed (Vollmer 5779, 1:87)
Annex building for Factory 5610 (Vollmer 5614, 1:87)
Fence (Vollmer 5018, 1:87)
Wooden Fence (Vollmer 5016, 1:87)
Factory Fence (Vollmer 5014, 1:87)
Fence (Vollmer 5011, 1:87)
Probably best to remove them (I don't seem to be able to, without replacing them with something new).

Same item:
Loading Crane Model Kit I (Faller 120129, 1:87)
Loading crane (Faller 120129, 1:87)

Same item:
Dennis 3 Ton Lorry (WD Models WDMT1, 1:76)
Dennis 3 Ton Lorry (WD Models WDMT1, 1:76)

A great many Vollmer brand items are currently listed under both railwaymates and diecastmates. To my knowledge, they have made no diecasts, and it should be safe enough to remove all items from diecastmates.

Man, trying to straighten up the railway models is a real uphill struggle. I guess a lot have been added by data files from other data bases and therefore have poor data field fits. I note that some 26 % lack Topics ...
I'm also consistently the only one shown as being online, so it seems other contributors are thin on the ground.

This Topic (one item only)
RWM Topic: No longer exists
should be merged into
RWM Topic: Power Plants

These two should be moved to Paints:
Patina Colour 25 ml (Vollmer 46600, 1:87)
Patina Colour 25 ml (Vollmer 6600, 1:87)

Same item:
Ramshackle Workshop (Metcalfe PO286, 1:76)
Ramshackle Workshop (Metcalfe PO286, 1:76)

These are the same item; C1220 is the correct number:
Black (Woodland Scenics C1220, None)
Black (Woodland Scenics 1220, None)
Black (Woodland Scenics C1220, No)
I have no idea what Topic to sort this under; it is a paint (of sorts): see woodlandscenics.wood...com/show/item/C1220

Same item:
Billy Brown's Coupe (Woodland Scenics AS5522, 1:87)
Billy Brown's Coupe (Woodland Scenics AS5522, 1:87)

Same item:
Black Bears (Woodland Scenics A1885, 1:87)
Black Bears (Woodland Scenics A1885, 1:87)

Same item:
Black Angus Cows (Woodland Scenics A1955, 1:87)
Black Angus Cows (Woodland Scenics A1955, 1:87)

Are animals (horses, cows, sheep) in smaller scales considered Figures or Detail Sets? Opinions seem to differ.

Same item:
Rocky's Tavern (Woodland Scenics D238, 1:87)
Rocky's Tavern (Woodland Scenics D238, 1:87)

Same item:
Schlagbaum für Westwall Panzersperren (Artitec 87074, 1:87)
Schlagbaum für Westwall Panzersperren (Artitec 87074, 1:87)

Brands
RWM Brand: No longer exists
and
RWM Brand: No longer exists
can be folded into
RWM Brand: American Model Builders

This Topic can be removed:
RWM Topic: No longer exists

I entered a few box top illustrations for this brand:
RWM Brand: Woodland Scenics
I couldn't help notice that a lot of the entries are badly incorrect: wrong scale, wrong product type, wrong (or missing) topic ... It is frankly a disaster area. Perhaps you are already aware? I did a few corrections but there are hundreds more needed, I'm sure.

Could you please give me access to the Scope site selection check boxes, on Scalemates? I currently only have access on Railwaymates.

Spam content:
Short Cabinet Mount Searchlight Signal ( , )

Also in:
RWM Search:
Under Subject on the right, there is a mass of strange entries such as:
#0;ombwy"a="b"lz4u8 (1)
#0;oqzsx" a=biyab3 (1)

Hi,
Can you please add "O" to 1:43.5 and 1:45
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_scale

I guess I'm being a great pain, but ...
I've added a new Topic called Railway Personnel, and there are some 20-odd items under it now. But it doesn't seem to "take" properly, and when I search for it under Topics, it doesn't come up in Railwaymates - but it does in Scalemates. Even though I made the add in Railways.

Are you receiving the Double reports created through the Action function next to an item? I'm wondering, since there doesn't seem to be any "Send" function, but perhaps the message is sent automatically?

Another slightly philosophical question. A couple of Faller items I have are marked on their boxes with an address for Faller in Austria, and at least one is marked "Made in Austria". Otherwise they look like bog standard Faller items from Germany. I don't know if they outsourced some production for a period or what happened.
Should "Faller (Austria)" be considered a separate Brand? It does perhaps seem a bit of an overkill.