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That's nice!

That's nice!

 

Excellent!

Thanks chaps!:-)

Interesting addition. Duncan Models are worth looking at, too.

Nice feature Dave, just enough to fill in on the siding as another visual that can be often missed until photographs such as the one posted turn up.

 

Keep up the excellent work.

 

Grahame

 

p.s. Good to chat again at SWAG

Lovely  workmanship

They look the part. The Caley also used the Coal in piles followed by man with shovel at local yards. 

The ground around the mounds looks very clean, maybe there might have been some coal dust or rain water run off? Plus a few lumps between the rails?

O.K so it's clean .......early days I suppose

Every piece of coal came off the bottom line !!

 

Dad-1

A very nice addition, Dave. I like how the coal provides a bit of messy contrast to orderly Edwardian charm - but still looks natural. 

 

The Axminster photo is full of interest, as you say. I personally like the LSWR wagon. I wish the GWR round ended wagons had lasted longer!

 

PS: So you found a lump of coal? You mean you nicked it, right? 

Interesting addition. Duncan Models are worth looking at, too.

Thanks I’ll see what goodies they have to offer:-)

 

Nice feature Dave, just enough to fill in on the siding as another visual that can be often missed until photographs such as the one posted turn up. Keep up the excellent work. Grahame p.s. Good to chat again at SWAG

Thanks Grahame, yes good to see you at SWAG, I hope that Dean Goods is almost finished!:-)

 

Lovely  workmanship

Thanks Nigel!

 

They look the part. The Caley also used the Coal in piles followed by man with shovel at local yards.

Thanks Dave!

 

The ground around the mounds looks very clean, maybe there might have been some coal dust or rain water run off? Plus a few lumps between the rails?

Hi Stubby, yes I think you’re probably right! I’ve painted some darker washes of paint around the coal heaps, but it’s a bit subtle. A few pieces of coal in the four foot way is a good idea, I’ll get busy with the tweezers this evening! :-)

 

O.K so it's clean .......early days I supposeEvery piece of coal came off the bottom line !! Dad-1

Quite right! :-)

 

A very nice addition, Dave. I like how the coal provide a bit of messy contrast to orderly Edwardian charm - but still looks natural. 

Thanks Mikkel, I didn’t want the layout to look too twee, even a rural idyll like Sherton Abbas needs a bit a of urban grot!

 

 The Axminster photo is full of interest, as you say. I personally like the LSWR wagon. I wish the GWR round ended wagons had lasted longer!

I’m with you there round ended wagons are very attractive for some reason, I’m planing on modelling the LSWR example:-)

 

 PS: So you found a lump of coal? You mean you nicked it, right? 

It’s a fair cop Guvnor, you’ve got me banged to rights! Somehow it just ended up in my ruck sack!

We've heard that one before! :-)

Hi Dave,

 

Absolutely love your updates on Sherton Abbas. The coal mounds look great and really fit into the overall scene and flavour of the period. The coal merchants horse drawn cart that you mentioned will really complete the scene.

Looking forward to the next update!

 

Best regards,

 

Jeremy

Hi Dave,

Absolutely love your updates on Sherton Abbas. The coal mounds look great and really fit into the overall scene and flavour of the period. The coal merchants horse drawn cart that you mentioned will really complete the scene.

Looking forward to the next update!

Best regards,

Jeremy

 

Thanks Jeremy glad you’re enjoying the blog:-) Funnily enough I ordered a coal merchants cart from Duncan Models today. All being well it’ll feature in the next update!

 

Best wishes

 

Dave

Dave,

What an interesting addition to a fairly open space (if heaps of coal can be called interesting!)  I might pinch the idea myself for Modbury, as at the moment I just have some black/brown staining along my back siding where the coal wagons would be unloaded - for info, I use pastels (black, brown, white and yellow ochre) brushed on to "weather" the area of my yard the photo below hopefully illustrates :

 

I love the photo of Axminster, it's always nice to see old photos that show plenty of detail of the period.  I noticed that there is a plank of wood spanning the gap between the piles of coal, one assumes that it was to allow a chap and his wheel barrow to off-load the wagon further afield than just outside the wagon door.

 

Ian

 

Dave,

What an interesting addition to a fairly open space (if heaps of coal can be called interesting!)  I might pinch the idea myself for Modbury, as at the moment I just have some black/brown staining along my back siding where the coal wagons would be unloaded - for info, I use pastels (black, brown, white and yellow ochre) brushed on to "weather" the area of my yard the photo below hopefully illustrates :

 

 

Hi Ian, glad you like the addition and thanks for the tip about using pastels to weather the yard.  I'm going to experiment with some coal dust, but the pastels sound perfect for blending things in. What do you use to fix the pastels in position?  I guess some matt varnish sprayed on top of the pastels should work, or are they sufficiently sticky to remain in place?  I think a few piles of coal would be perfect along Modbury's back siding:-)

 

 

 

 

I love the photo of Axminster, it's always nice to see old photos that show plenty of detail of the period.  I noticed that there is a plank of wood spanning the gap between the piles of coal, one assumes that it was to allow a chap and his wheel barrow to off-load the wagon further afield than just outside the wagon door.

 

Ian

 

 

 

It's a lovely picture isn't it:-)  I also noticed the plank of wood and I'm planning something similar for Sherton Abbas!  I was also rather taken by the dilapidated looking hut on the other side of the line, another possible project:-)

 

Best wishes

 

Dave

Adding the coal just there give the layaout a little bit of extra depth. Looking forward to see a coal wagon in the siding.

Adding the coal just there give the layaout a little bit of extra depth. Looking forward to see a coal wagon in the siding.

 

Thanks Job! Once the POW sides kits arrive I’ll make sure I post a picture of them in the back siding :-)