RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted November 12, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 12, 2017 More progress. These photos duplicate thise posted on the Sheep Chronicles but appear here by way of an update. I am starting to add the details and thus bring Mutton to life. The lamps and running in board are made from odds and ends. They are not slavish copies of L&SWR prototype but serve to provide an impression. Rob. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted November 26, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 26, 2017 Posted elsewhere but shown here by way of a progress report. A few recent photos of Mutton.. Rob 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted December 3, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 3, 2017 A bit more progress...Buffer stops from PECO. Rob. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUASHP Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Looking great, love the weathering on the stock and a real atmosphere. Have you considered the use of different couplings as in the photos they do stand out. If you're not planning too much shunting 3 links look great and are not too bad with a bit of practice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted December 3, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 3, 2017 Thanks for your kind words. The tension locks are the preferred option. There will a fair amount of shunting and with my eyes, three links are a deffo non starter. Setting that to one side,access to Mutton is quite restricted anyway. I must say Hembourne is looking jolly good. Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUASHP Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 I use the old Sprat and Winkle couplings available from Model Signal Engineering Wizard Models. They are the 3mm size. A bit fiddly to fit but very reliable once adjusted. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted December 19, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 19, 2017 Work plods on.....a few signs have been added. Rob. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted December 29, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 29, 2017 Mutton is starting to come together now. Still adding details with the latest being a telegraph pole. This was knocked up from small wooden dowel and a bit of strip wood. The steps are bent up from some etched grills. What has resulted is a hoped for representation of a neglected pole, quietly going about its business. The Radial is a gratuitous image of what is typical motive power for the Lamb Regis branch. Looking to continue the steady progress towards Muttons first exhibition on the w0th January...... Rob.. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted January 14, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2018 A couple more images taken from the Sheep Chronicles thread which brings things right up to date. Mutton has its first exhibition next Saturday at the Small Cardiff Show. Though still lacking a few details I think it is presentable enough in its current form and the emphasis turns now to weathering stock and finishing the dispkay side of things. Rob. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted January 14, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2018 http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/126733-cardiff-small-model-railway-show-2018/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted January 21, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2018 Mutton made it's first appearance at the exhibition yesterday and things went well. A lovely day with some nice comments from visitors and fellow exhibitors alike. A couple of photos taken at the show are below. ( Repeated from main thread) I have a few jobs to attend to, nothing too demanding. Mutton is next out in April so I have a bit of time. Rob. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 21, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2018 Glad it went well, look forward to seeing it at Taunton. ( I have a whole layout to build before then...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted January 22, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 22, 2018 Mutton will be there Stubbers as will yours, I'm sure. From my point of view a few things to attend to before then. Also got to fettle Sheep Lane which is also being exhibited in April. Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted January 24, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 24, 2018 A few more photos of Mutton. The Radials are Hornby, suitably weathered using Humbrol powders. Coach is a Hornby Maunsell. The underframe was dusted with matt dark earth acrylic the powders added over that. Rob. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 24, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 24, 2018 Have Lord & Butler not head-hunted you yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted January 24, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 24, 2018 Have Lord & Butler not head-hunted you yet? Nope Stubbers. I am still more than capable of bu@@ering things up. Best not let me loose on other peoples toys. Besides they have Adrian 'Dirty Boy' who does know what he is doing....unlike me. Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted February 6, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6, 2018 The radial used on Mutton are all Hornby jobs. Here is 30583 with added bars on the rear windows. 583 was the only one of the last three Radials so equipped. This may be as a result of it having larger windows than 582 and 584. Also shown is one of the photos used as a reference for the weathering applied to 583. Taken by R C Riley on one of his visits to Lamb Regis. Still to add coal, crew and other bits and bobs. Rob. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted February 6, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6, 2018 (edited) I believe this may have been mentioned before, Rob, but a summary of your weathering methods would definitely be of interest to a lot of folk, I think. Edited February 6, 2018 by Captain Kernow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted February 7, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2018 Thanks CK. I shall sort out the relevant posts in due course. I have the third Radial to do along with further wagons and coaches. Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted February 7, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2018 From the main thread.....a famous vehicle.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted February 10, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10, 2018 Passenger services are normally in the hands of a Maunsell brake and Norman provides this 'worms eye view' Rob 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted February 19, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 19, 2018 (edited) A revision is underway with regard to the signal cabin at Mutton. The original was the Bachmann/Kernow Boscarne Junction box. Lovely model but at the back of my mind was the thought that it was a little big. I always saw it as a signal box reduced to a ground frame following the removal of signaling in the 1930's. I have therefore been dabbling with an adapted Bachmann ground frame which has been cut down. This is the result. Still a work in progress, the windows are popped into position and the box placed in situ. So still a fair bit to do but I think it is starting to look the part. Rob. Edited February 19, 2018 by NHY 581 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted February 19, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 19, 2018 A revision is underway with regard to the signal cabin at Mutton. The original was the Bachmann/Kernow Boscastle Junction box. Lovely model but at the back of my mind was the thought that it was a little big. I always saw it as a signal box reduced to a ground frame following the removal of signaling in the 1930's. I have therefore been dabbling with an adapted Bachmann ground frame which has been cut down. This is the result. Still a work in progress, the windows are popped into position and the box placed in situ. So still a fair bit to do but I think it is starting to look the part. Rob. Boscastle Junction... That's a nice idea for a might-have-been layout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted February 19, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 19, 2018 (edited) Boscastle Junction... That's a nice idea for a might-have-been layout. Very sorry. I meant Boscarne Junction. Rob. Edited February 20, 2018 by NHY 581 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted February 20, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 20, 2018 Very sorry. I meant Boscarne Junction. I know you did but it's still a nice idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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