coombe junction - moorswater

The lengths your arch enemies will stoop to!

 

This is looking superb Pete and I can see some knockout photo angles appearing in it.

You will probably be arrested now for stealing your own work! It looks good in its new setting gives scale to the scene.

Don

The lengths your arch enemies will stoop to!This is looking superb Pete and I can see some knockout photo angles appearing in it.

 

Many thanks Andy...am aiming to up both my modelling and photography during the next few months...

 

 

You will probably be arrested now for stealing your own work! It looks good in its new setting gives scale to the scene.Don

 

Thanks also Don - You can see why the backscene needs to be so high...it looked ridic when it was below the level of the viaduct...

Nice spoof and good news on the fresh progress on the Cornish N

Nice spoof and good news on the fresh progress on the Cornish N

 

Thanks James...Cornish 2FS you mean...

Piskies Pete, Cornish (Kernow) Piskies!!

 

There's no way it would have been nicked in MY time at Liskeard!

 

There was always some Copper hanging around trying to blag a cab ride or eating his crib (sarnies) at Coombe!

 

Lovely progress there btw to

Looking very promising, Pete. Great placement of the main elements, some good views coming up.

 

 

Alex.

Piskies Pete, Cornish (Kernow) Piskies!! ;)There's no way it would have been nicked in MY time at Liskeard!There was always some Copper hanging around trying to blag a cab ride or eating his crib (sarnies) at Coombe! :)Lovely progress there btw to

 

Thanks Neil - I should have asked the Spanish Police to liaise with you...especially on the Piskies terminology! BTW, I haven't forgotten that I need to include a model of your Panda Car near Lamelion Bridge...Mk I escort wasn't it?...

 

Looking very promising, Pete. Great placement of the main elements, some good views coming up. Alex.

 

Thanks Alex - Currently retesting the rebuilt trackwork before it gets covered up...again...the turnout needs much tweaking which is a PITA...

Later model Pete, but if you want complete accuracy.....D380RTA.

 

I have a phot somewhere and will dig it out.

 

Knowing me, it was probably either cheese and pickle or ham and coleslaw

Nice one Pete - you'll have to model Neil ('Black Rat') mumping a cab ride!

You had me going at first - no, not that gullible usually, and I know what day it is, but the viaduct was entirely worth stealing! I'd have 'ad it away anyway Gov! Glad to see it being re-utilized in what looks to be another exciting build. Love those buildings - can we have a close up please?

 

Mike

Modelling 2mm scale sarnies wit accurate fillings.

 

That is dedication to the cause!

Modelling 2mm scale sarnies wit accurate fillings.That is dedication to the cause!

 

Yes, we need some better standards after some of the recent sloppy work elsewhere in 2mm - barbed wire without modelling the barbs, point rodding that is merely decorative and not functional...

 

David

Later model Pete, but if you want complete accuracy.....D380RTA.I have a phot somewhere and will dig it out.Knowing me, it was probably either cheese and pickle or ham and coleslaw

 

Thanks Neil - Noted for the registration and the sandwich fillings...might just need to come back to you regarding what size your black DM shoes/boots were...

 

Nice one Pete - you'll have to model Neil ('Black Rat') mumping a cab ride!

 

Thanks Ian - I am resisting putting any peeps on the platform to give Coombe that 'most underused station in the UK feel'...

 

You had me going at first - no, not that gullible usually, and I know what day it is, but the viaduct was entirely worth stealing! I'd have 'ad it away anyway Gov! Glad to see it being re-utilized in what looks to be another exciting build. Love those buildings - can we have a close up please?Mike

 

Thanks Mike - If they had sent DCI Gene Hunt ("Right you b******s"), then it might have been resolved quicker

 

The next post will include a couple of shots of the buildings - my index has the painful build of them too should you wish to see that.

 

Modelling 2mm scale sarnies wit accurate fillings.That is dedication to the cause!

 

Thanks Ian - I haven't quite figured out how to represent the poppy seeds on Neil's wholemeal baguette yet though...

 

Yes, we need some better standards after some of the recent sloppy work elsewhere in 2mm - barbed wire without modelling the barbs, point rodding that is merely decorative and not functional... :)David

 

Quite right too David...and coming soon is a China Clay dries without working conveyor belt or without working modified tractor for shunting too...

One excuse is a shunting tractor has been seen in this scale before.

 

A D reg Escort would be a Mk2. My Dad had one as his first brand new car. It was red, a 3 door and rusted away in about 3 years.

One excuse is a shunting tractor has been seen in this scale before.

 

Phew...that gets me out of that one nicely...

 

A D reg Escort would be a Mk2. My Dad had one as his first brand new car. It was red, a 3 door and rusted away in about 3 years.

 

My brother had a Mk II escort too...not quite as Boy Racer as the Mk I version I thought...he then opted for the Mk III...which he flogged to my Dad...who later flogged it to me...but I digress...best get onto a website and try and find a MK II escort in duck egg blue livery I guess...

You should have posted it untranscribed; I want to know the Spanish translation of BCNPete...........

That's a really unusual and interesting subject for your layout; fantastic scenic potential.

Showing my age.....I had a Mk1 Escort, cunningly chosen in brown, so when it rusted it still looked the same, till the bits started droping off. And then a Mk1 BDA, which went rather quickly.....but not 300 euros quickly. Or at least, I didn't get caught.......

Ian

What a relief - when I read the title I thought your West Country mojo had been stolen!

 

Good to see Coombe Junction - Moorswater back here. Its the first time I've seen the viaduct towering voer the works and it looks the part.

You should have posted it untranscribed; I want to know the Spanish translation of BCNPete...........That's a really unusual and interesting subject for your layout; fantastic scenic potential.Showing my age.....I had a Mk1 Escort, cunningly chosen in brown, so when it rusted it still looked the same, till the bits started droping off. And then a Mk1 BDA, which went rather quickly.....but not 300 euros quickly. Or at least, I didn't get caught.......Ian

 

Thanks Ian - it's BCNPedro in Castellano or BCNPere in Catalan...BCN being taken from the Airport terminal acronym....and used a lot here.

The layout has been in my head for 25 years and was only started 5 years ago when we arrived here...but the idea as per your layout is 'train in the landscape stuff'...albeit on a set of IKEA shelves! BTW, not sure what a BDA is...I thought it was a TOPS code for a BR wagon...

 

What a relief - when I read the title I thought your West Country mojo had been stolen!Good to see Coombe Junction - Moorswater back here. Its the first time I've seen the viaduct towering voer the works and it looks the part.

 

Thanks Tom - It sort of frames the end of the board...in a sort of Big Brother intimidating way ...but integrating an extract of a 150 foot high structure in only 260mm depth was always going to be a challenge...let's hope I can pull it off...

Off topic...but in answer to your query, an Escort BDA was an early Cosworth-engined rally version of the Escort. Not good for a young man's bank balance.......

Hi Pete, good to see your attention is back to the Duchy. Long may it continue.

 

Just back from there today myself (and somewhat cream crackered), but more of a mining than a railway focus on this occasion. I did manage to pop in to a certain emporium in Camborne yesterday though but managed to avoid buying any more Farish or Dapol offerings and confined myself to buying yet another book of diesel hydraulic pics. You can't have too many of these, I find.

 

Did anyone notice that the Brunel pier hasn't turned up yet? Should we worry?

 

Regards, Andy

might just need to come back to you regarding what size your black DM shoes/boots were...

 

10's! They were the ones with elasticated sides then (Dealer Boots by DM!!). I stopped wearing them after an unfortunate event involving a rather large pig, a pig sty and several tons of pig sh.....manure!!!!!

My parents went to Barcelona last year for a short break. They found it a very scary place to be once it got dark.

Manuêl: "Que"?

 

Yipee, I was looking forward to your return to this, Pete! I really like the addition of the backscene - and the viaduct is just looking superb there!

Off topic...but in answer to your query, an Escort BDA was an early Cosworth-engined rally version of the Escort. Not good for a young man's bank balance.......

 

Thanks Ian...and to think of the money that I used to waste on cars...could have been spent on trains instead...