History of the 009 Society Logo.

Hobby · October 21, 2016, 12:04

I take two lumps in my tea, can we have one with that please?! :)

B.Meldon · October 21, 2016, 12:34

I wish that I had not mentioned the lump now!
At the end of the day it has taken at least 14 years for anyone to notice it at all!

If it had just been removed I doubt that anyone would have noticed it had gone!

Brian Meldon

Hugh Norwood · October 21, 2016, 14:24

Quote from: B.Meldon on October 20, 2016, 15:54
The mugs do not answer the question as to what the lump on the handrail is supposed to be or why it was added.
I can see why the cab side profile was lowered compared to the original logo as that is more like the prototype and indeed more like the Jouef model, i.e. the boiler is higher than the tanks, but the lump on the handrail remains a little mystery.

I can see that I may have to go and look on the back issues to see when the lump first appeared!

Brian Meldon

My point was that the said lump was not a new feature....

B.Meldon · October 21, 2016, 16:20

Quote from: hughn on October 21, 2016, 14:24
Quote from: B.Meldon on October 20, 2016, 15:54
The mugs do not answer the question as to what the lump on the handrail is supposed to be or why it was added.
I can see why the cab side profile was lowered compared to the original logo as that is more like the prototype and indeed more like the Jouef model, i.e. the boiler is higher than the tanks, but the lump on the handrail remains a little mystery.

I can see that I may have to go and look on the back issues to see when the lump first appeared!

Brian Meldon

My point was that the said lump was not a new feature....

Quite so Hugh. I am sure it is not on my orange card layout badge that was sent out with 009 news in the 1990's......and I am still using!

As I said I will have to have a look now to see when itt first appeared on 009 news.

Stan Williams · October 21, 2016, 23:39

Brian,

I really do believe that the vast majority of members are more concerned in the direction the Society will take and what the future holds.

Graeme Dunbar · October 22, 2016, 10:09

No harm in getting to the bottom of it. If some members want to follow it up then so good.

Compared to some others the Society does seem quite concerned about liability and corporate matters so misrepresentation of the company logo is possibly relevant.

Even if it is totally irrelevant, it's a bit of harmless fun.

My thoughts are that what if an actual model of a locomotive was used to represent the Society and the maker had put the whatsit where the thingamejig should have gone? What fun the debate would be then! :)

B.Meldon · October 23, 2016, 16:25

I just can not believe that I am doing this!
I totally agree that this subject has little relevance to 009 modelling or the society and that is why I never finished the original article

MickT · October 24, 2016, 11:29

Thanks for the clarification Brian, we can all rest easy in our beds at night now!

Actually a good piece of research which is of historical interest and one for our esteemed Archivist to file away I think!

Mick