The pigeon loft amended

[dreghornpug]

THIS MY THIRD ATTEMPT TO POST MY EFFORT. I BELIEVE IT IS COMPLETE THIS TIME, IT HAS BEEN A STEEP AND BUMPY LEARNING CURVE. HOW TO I DELETE  PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS?

 

The baseboard held our golden wedding cake a few years ago. Picture 1 shows the basic elements I considered first. The scratch built pigeon loft is from my large layout and the locomotive is a Caledonian Railways Class 439 0-4-4T built from a DJH kit over 30 years ago and yet to be finished after an accident. The signal is an old Hornby one.

Having looked at some of the contributions so far on the web site, I thought my effort was too traditional so should I bother! Why not, if it is classy and traditional it could be a winner. So here goes with part 1.

The height relationship between the loft and the engine did not look right so the track was raised on two layers of ⅛ in cork.

The baseboard was covered with 3mm single wall (corrugated) cardboard, which allowed holes to be formed to fix the fence posts with glue.

Picture 2 is the next stage showing the pigeon fancier’s former British Rail Land Rover ( he also has a Land Rover pick-up) and bicycle, but with nothing on the track. I tried an old Hornby 0-6-0T Picture3, an old Hornby 08 diesel Picture 4 and the CR 0-4-4T Picture 5, but they each seemed to dominate the scene. I considered the loft was the preferred  feature of the scene so something that blended  in better was needed so I tried the break van and coal wagon Picture 6, but that was not right. The break van on its own- Picture 7 - looks promising especially when the flashing tail lamp is fixed. My wife prefers this option – be careful what you think!!

More ground cover and hedges are required and I am not sure about the signal and I think I will have a closer look at the CR 0-4-4T or a bolster wagon plus vintage car. Comments welcome.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[eastwestdivide]

Worth persevering with getting the post to work!

My preference would be the CR 0-4-4T version.

Edited December 16, 2017 by eastwestdivide

[Corbs]

The 'edit' button at the bottom right of your post is the way to edit previous attempts so you don't need to delete/re-post.

 

 

Useful if, like me, you spot all the spelling mistakes after you've pressed 'post'!

[Jerry1975]

Very nice little diorama, my wife especially likes this as she used to have a pet pigeon.

 

Jerry.

[dreghornpug]

The 'edit' button at the bottom right of your post is the way to edit previous attempts so you don't need to delete/re-post.

 

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Useful if, like me, you spot all the spelling mistakes after you've pressed 'post'!

 

Thank you for pointing that out to me. We have a similar problem!

But I would still like to know if it possible to remove the earlier attempts.

[dreghornpug]

Very nice little diorama, my wife especially likes this as she used to have a pet pigeon.

 

Jerry.

Thanks Jerry and to your wife also.

My brother raced pigeons so I had a good advice when building the loft.

My next effort will be a bit more adventurous. 

[DonB]

A PM to Andy Y with a polite and detailed request will probably do the job ! Alternatively go to your original post(s) and go to Edit  then "use full editor" and you will be able to delete all the text including the title etc. I'm not sure what electronic "shadow" is left behind, Or if Andy Y approves of that action! .