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A little work and then some play !

Dad-1

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Although it's only 39" (1 metre) long and just one piece of track I want to develop an authentic feel - but all artistic (I hope) from my imagination.

I've added vegetation to both sides of the stream, I'm still not happy with the reeds and will have to add more when all this is securely set.

From the scenic side - well there is another 1.5" at the embankment base - the cow needs to become brown, the tractor getting dirty, and those reeds, need a bit more. I've already touched up the paint on the figures.

 

 

 

I wanted to take a couple shots from the other side with just the sky and tree tops, but was unable to find a location in the garden where I could do this. My trees are getting too tall !! Apart from additional reeds this side is now finished

 

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A thoroughly enjoyable project ........ and it should be finished in the 1 month, from which I was away for one week.

 

Geoff T.

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Dad-1

Sorry the first picture came up last - I did something wrong and couldn't seem to edit as I wanted.

 

Geoff T.

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Dad-1
Lovely work Geoff, I especially like your culvert. How is your 06 running?

 

Hi Liddy,

 

It runs very well although it's been on the bench a few times. Firstly it was stuffed with lead wherever I could add some - but I did try not to add too much to one end as balance is important. Then it's been well run in, err almost worn out ? by running continiously for several hours on several occasions. It's also DCC hard wired and with other things sorted this just makes slow running that much better. I have made certain that all 4 wheel pick-ups are in constant contact even with the axles pushed fully to the side.

It can now pull upward of 15 wagons, in fact 10 LWB vans was the 'test' element. It will 'most' times run over insulfrog points and slips at quite slow speeds I have added a small white dot on the throttle settings below which it may sometimes stall - this is slow, but not very slow, but I can run at a scale 3 - 5 mph.

Oh, I love these little shunters and have a green one. In fact out of 30 items of motive power I have 10 x 0-6-0's and less, ie 2 x 14XX; 2 x 06; 03; 04; 08; GWR 0-4-0; Caley Pug; 57XX.

 

And thanks for the comment - I don't need to run trains to enjoy the hobby.

 

Geoff T.

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