My existing stock is somewhat light on L.M.S. stock, so I thought this would be a good oppertunity to have a go at building and few freight wagons.
A quick browse on e-bay identified a couple of potential models -
Cambrian C57 5 Plank High Sided open wagon
Cambrian C80 LMS 12 ton van
Parkside Dundas PC83 LNER Horse Box (not LMS but I like the look of it)
I have a copy of "L.M.S. Wagons Vol. 1" by Bob Essry which I used as reference material along with a couple of pictures downl
For this new layout I am essentially using the track plan described by Phil Parker for Edgeworth (as serialised in BRM and on this forum thread http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/79690-building-your-first-layout-supplement/). I'm going to make a few changes to make it more representative an ex-Caledonian / LMS branch line specifically in the style of the signal box and station buildings. I'm also going to try and squeeze in a cattle dock on one of the sidings to emphasise a rural
In an earlier blog I described my first attempts at modelling a trees, starting with a wire armature ...
http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/758/entry-13961-branching-out-a-first-attempt-at-making-trees/
... and adding bark.
http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/758/entry-13972-adding-bark/
With the armature painted, it's time to add the foliage. For this intial attempt I am using Woodland Scenics clump foliage (Medium Green) torn into suitably sized pieces.
I mentioned in my last blog post, that I decided to test my old Hornby stock to see if it still worked with a view to using some on a new layout.
Most of the stock was bought around 1980/81 and for several years was used on various "trainsets" in my bedroom, before being packaged away in my parents loft. When I moved to my own house I took the stock with me ... and promptly returned it to the new loft.
Principally I was interested to see if the locos still ran and my old controllers sti
Well so much for trying to be good and create a blog entry reguarily in 2014!!!
Ok I'll shift that to the new year resolution for 2015. Still I may not have made many blog updates but I did manage to make some modelling progress last year.
Progress was made on several fronts during 2014. Over the summer I managed to build some Parkside and Cambrian kits - they still need painted and decals applied but it was nice to actually make something.
I retrieved my old Hornby track, locos and
Before discovering RMWeb, my interest in railway modelling was rekindled by a chance purchase of a copy of BRM as something different to read. In this issue Right Track 7: Building Buildings with Geoff Taylor was advertised and a short time later I purchased a copy.
This DVD was quite a revelation, before this I had never considered scratch building anything, but this looked like something I'd like to try. But what to build? Not long after I learned that the farm cottages that my Grandparent
To make the armature easier to handle, I mounted it in a block of wood left over from a flat pack DVD rack. The wire was then covered with a dilute solution of PVA and a few tweaks made to the position of some of the "branches".
For the bark I bought a small premixed bag of Artex from a well known DIY chain and mixed a small amount with the PVA and a drop of black poster paint borrowed from the kids arts and crafts box. The mixture was applied using a small paint brush and left to dry overni
As part of my armchair modelling I read the landscape modelling books by Barry Norman and Tony Hill and was taken with how it was possible to create such life like scenes. A definite far cry from my father and I dipping torn up Halfords sponges into green gloss paint to add scenery to my first layout.
Feeling inspired and determined to actually make something, my annual trip to Model Rail Scotland had new focus. I came home with a bundle of scenic materials and Gordon Gravette's book on mode
It's been a number of years since I discovered RMWeb and joined. At the time I had great intentions of getting back into modelling and create a blog as I went.
However, as can be seen from the date of my last (only!!!) entry this did not happen, instead the demands of life with three small children took precedence and I became an armchair modeller, regularly browsing RMWeb and enjoying my monthly dose of "modelling" from BRM and Model Rail.
This year however, I've decided to try and move
I've been trying to think over the last couple of weeks about how to start a blog, then I remembered that somewhere in some dusty box there might still be some photogrphic evidence of my last layout.
After a little help from my father, the pictures were found ... I must apologise for the quality, they were taken about 20 years ago on a disk camera (if anyone can remember what they were).
This is a general overview of the layout as installed in my parents loft.
While thes
