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My last post to this blog was the last time I did any modelling, way back in February 2015 when I was detialing stock for Oswestry Works.  Modelu took over my time completely from then on and the hobby became full time work.  5 years later and I'm blowing the dust off the paints and preparing stock and figures, not for Oswestry unfortunately but for 3 diorama's I've had commissioned for showcasing Modelu products.   All that work on Oswestry Works will come to fuitition at some point as it would also serve as a fantastic scene for displaying products.

 

Dan Evason of Tunnel Lane Model Railways has worked his magic on 3 dioramas for Modelu, depicting different periods in order to get the widest possible time settings.  I hope to do them justice with figures and stock. 

 

Bristol Barton Road Crossing

A 14" square diorama of the Barton Road crossing of the Avonside Wharf branch in Bristol. This was originally the terminus of the Bristol & Gloucestershire railway, the line crossing Avon Street and fanning out into wharf sidings.   In modern times the line became a branch from Lawrence Hill to a cement terminal, scrap yard and distillers, seeing traffic hauled by Class 03's and later 08's.  In the steam era Pug's worked the branch.  On the stock list are a BR Green 03, BR Blue 03, BR Blue 08 and a BR early crest Pug.

 

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Portmadoc Loco Shed

A two road sub-shed of Machynlleth, this shed has always captured my imagination seeing the mix of smaller locos in a residential setting.   Stock list includes Collett Goods, 4500, 4575, Dukedog's, and Ivatt 2MT.

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Barmouth South

This diorama will be used as a multi-period from the 1950s up to the 1990s.  Stock for the steam era includes Manor's, Moguls, 74xx, 58xx, Collett Goods, Small Prairie Tanks and Dukegods.  The diesel era includes Class 24s, Class 25s, Class 31's, Class 37's, Class 40's,  Class 101 and Class 150 DMU's.

2-6-0 46521 at Barmouth

 

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Hi Alan, The dioramas look great.

 

Will any of them work for the Big Four era? (Steam at it's zenith rather than steam in decline?)

 

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5 minutes ago, Harlequin said:

Hi Alan, The dioramas look great.

 

Will any of them work for the Big Four era? (Steam at it's zenith rather than steam in decline?)

 

 

Yes depending on the camera angles! I'm looking to paint some of the pre-grouping figures for product shots so Portmadoc and Barton Road would definitely suit those periods.

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Welcome back Alan! Great to see a post from you here. One or two things have happened for you in the meantime! :)

 

I look forward to seeing these dioramas being populated and, er, locolated. They look superb already. 

 

In the meantime, here's someone you may recognize - or not, I suppose you have done so many figures now you can't keep track.

 

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16 minutes ago, Mikkel said:

Welcome back Alan! Great to see a post from you here. One or two things have happened for you in the meantime! :)

 

I look forward to seeing these dioramas being populated and, er, locolated. They look superb already. 

 

In the meantime, here's someone you may recognize - or not, I suppose you have done so many figures now you can't keep track.

 

 

I recognise that chap, 1404 I think :-D

 

Thanks Mikkel, it is good to be back and making time for modelling.  Just been scanning back through my posts and it is strange to think when I was detailing the pannier or snapping bits of dukedogs that Modelu wasn't even on the horizon!  Just on a practical level looking at how much I was relying on brass details and scratch built bits.  Seems like another world now with what is possible with the printer.

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I'm impressed you could remember that! 

 

Just had a look back through the old posts. I see you've been updating them, No. 5726 still looks excellent. Is it still running? 

 

BTW, the blog viewcounters have been broken since the Feb 2019 update. They only count visits to the "homepage" of the blog, not the individual posts. So don't despair if you think noone is looking in.

 

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