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Again some nice pictures from your layout. Love the Hornby Class 20 combo hauls a short engineering train picture.

8 hours ago, Job's Modelling said:

Again some nice pictures from your layout. Love the Hornby Class 20 combo hauls a short engineering train picture.

Cheers Job.  The 20 combo was one of my favorite loco projects.  Simple too as the Hornby is a great runner.  I rewired the rear one in reverse so that they both go in the same direction and, like the real thing, it’s made the combination a powerful puller.

Great stuff again Mike - very atmospheric photos.

 

Colours and tones all working nicely together.

 

Tricky what to do about the car as only thing that jumps out. Is it worth giving that a wash to tone it down a tad and represent the owner who is a bit lapse on his Sunday car washes?  

A blue feast! Great shots. That's how the world looked before everything went crazy.

23 hours ago, bcnPete said:

Great stuff again Mike - very atmospheric photos.

 

Colours and tones all working nicely together.

 

Tricky what to do about the car as only thing that jumps out. Is it worth giving that a wash to tone it down a tad and represent the owner who is a bit lapse on his Sunday car washes?  

Cheers Pete.

The Ford Cortina MK1 was my Dad’s first car.  We went on quite a few holidays to the south coast in that nippy little motor.   He’d have me clean it every week in order to earn my pocket money.  Oh, happy days.  

 

I guess if if you are going to park it by a trackside during the week then it would get really filthy.  Bet the signalman’s young son really has to earn his pocket money!

13 hours ago, Mikkel said:

A blue feast! Great shots. That's how the world looked before everything went crazy.

Thanks, Mikkel.  Yeah, the world seemed a tad more saner and safe back then.  We really do turn into our parents as we age don’t we?  Always remember my Mom saying how daft the world had become to her.  She used to reckon that it was the Space rockets that were making the weather do funny things.  Also remember her asking why on earth anyone wanted to paint a train yellow and blue.   Can’t quite believe that was all 50 years ago now!

Ha ha yes, I suppose our childhood/formative years will always be the baseline for 'normal'.

 

I remember travelling from Paddington to Fishguard as a boy on several occasions in the 1970s, en route to Ireland. Paddington was a wonder, and blue and yellow was part of it: https://flashbak.com/pictures-of-london-railway-stations-in-the-1970s-403255/paddington-station-1976/

 

 

Edited June 21, 2019 by Mikkel

Love these photos.  Just shows what can be done with older models - when weathered they look superb.  Just look at the Hornby freightliner behind the 25.  And the rusty rails.  Great.

 

Sometimes I think we are just too obsessed with super detailed and expensive models.  Excellent modelling, and very inspirational. Thanks for sharing  with us.

9 hours ago, Mikkel said:

Ha ha yes, I suppose our childhood/formative years will always be the baseline for 'normal'.

 

I remember travelling from Paddington to Fishguard as a boy on several occasions in the 1970s, en route to Ireland. Paddington was a wonder, and blue and yellow was part of it: https://flashbak.com/pictures-of-london-railway-stations-in-the-1970s-403255/paddington-station-1976/

 

 

What a blast from the past.  A fantastic picture Of Paddington.  Thanks.

10 hours ago, cravensdmufan said:

Love these photos.  Just shows what can be done with older models - when weathered they look superb.  Just look at the Hornby freightliner behind the 25.  And the rusty rails.  Great.

 

Sometimes I think we are just too obsessed with super detailed and expensive models.  Excellent modelling, and very inspirational. Thanks for sharing  with us.

Thanks for the compliment.  The hobby doesn’t have to cost too much.  However, If I had the spare cash I’d love to populate my layouts with top of the range models.  I’d probably also go down the 0 gauge route.  Yet there’s plenty of fun to be had detailing older models.  Sometimes the doing and making of things brings much more satisfaction than just buying and admiring stuff.  

Great photos