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Carlisle to Silloth


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Just a quick update at Carlisle Citadel.DSCF2564a.jpg.ef150e2ebaaeac4a249f3bd1f7245a96.jpg

 

A picture from the other side of the layout for a change.  I doubt a Green 105 would have worked the Silloth Branch, but it's all I've got in the Green DMU era and I think it makes for a nice picture.  I know they worked Carlisle in the BR Blue days though.  Changing the destination board was a real pain and I also had to twist the frame as it seemed to be pushed up under the body shell and out of line above the bogies - ironic given that the problem was on the unpowered, and much lighter, car.

 

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A clearer shot of the Duchess taken with my smaller Panasonic - not great with depth of field but note the Lima Crab on the tracks at the other side of the access ramp.

 

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A BR steam era layout wouldn't be complete without a Black 5.

 

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It's a bit busy in this shot.  A Black 5 and an Ivatt 4MT Ugly Duckling.  Again, taken by the Panasonic so the screen is slightly blurred.

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"Nice."

 

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"Aye, but no need to blabber about it like a ruddy poet."

 

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More smashing stuff Mike :good:

 

I particularly like the first shot looking at the station - has to do a double take that it wasn’t a real pic at first :swoon:

 

How are the extensions bits to make it a roundy roundy coming on?

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5 hours ago, bcnPete said:

More smashing stuff Mike :good:

 

I particularly like the first shot looking at the station - has to do a double take that it wasn’t a real pic at first :swoon:

 

How are the extensions bits to make it a roundy roundy coming on?

Cheers Pete.

 

Bit busy with work at the moment so haven’t got round to adding on the connections.  These need to be hinged so they can flip up from the ends that connect to the Carlisle module.  Not much in the scheme of things but it’s just a pain finding the time.  The Perry Barr and High Trees Junction layout are already in place and are linked so it’s nearly all there.  Thanks again for the kind comments.

 

Mike.

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I keep coming back to your photos, Mike. Especially that first one. It really is extraordinary. Just noticed the 'sunshine' outside - very effective and a neat way of masking off the rest of the world.

 

I like the weathering on the ramp in the other shots. Looks just like paint that's slowly peeling off. 

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12 hours ago, Mikkel said:

I keep coming back to your photos, Mike. Especially that first one. It really is extraordinary. Just noticed the 'sunshine' outside - very effective and a neat way of masking off the rest of the world.

 

I like the weathering on the ramp in the other shots. Looks just like paint that's slowly peeling off. 

Thanks very much for the flattering comments Mikkel.  That first pic is the best of about 20 - I just keep clicking away and count on finding a good one amongst them.  Love modern cameras for that.  The ramp fence was dead simple.  It’s a piece of 1mm plastikard that’s been scored with a Stanley knife first.  It was then painted in black acrylic and when dry scraped back with the tip of a scalpel blade.  It’s counter intuitive in a way because the white is really under the black but it looks like white paint peeling off wood!  It’s great what you can get away with in 4mm scale.  

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