coombe junction - moorswater

Evening Pete,

 

Looks like some significant progress has been made on CJM which is great to see.

 

At last we have some excellent motive power in the form of the excellent Dapol FGW Class 153. The last shot looks superb and just needs a FL Class 66 below on PCA's.

 

Nice work as ever Pete.

 

Look forward to further updates.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

Looks like some significant progress has been made on CJM which is great to see.

 

Mark, hi - Thanks...its not very inspiring progress...but it paves the way for more significant work I think. I thought you would like the FGW 153...

Hi Pete,

 

I am very similar, I tend to leave all the small bits and then all of a sudden I have a spurge of enthusiasm and get them done.

Some great progress there and certainly an inspiration for me to get stuck into some little bits I have been putting off. May well crack on tonight!!

 

I agree with Mark, that FGW 153 certainly is a lovely model.

 

Best regards,

 

Jeremy

What's FGW? Fogthorpe Gas Works?

 

Seriously Pete, good to see you getting back to the serious stuff. Keep at it. 7mm? Pah!

welcome back to the fold your making good progress where as I have stalled big time

I am very similar, I tend to leave all the small bits and then all of a sudden I have a spurge of enthusiasm and get them done.

 

Thanks Jeremy - I need to slosh a little brown paint and static grass soon to spice it up a bit...

What's FGW?

 

I can tell you exactly what the 'F' stands for...

 

Thanks Tony - Assume you are not one of those 2mmFS/7mm swingers then? I hear there's a lot of them amongst us...

Good to see that Portmeirion Moorswater is coming along.

 

Those little jobs soon add up... I know this because I'm useless at getting them done.

 

Did those viaduct railings ever turn up?

welcome back to the fold your making good progress where as I have stalled big time

 

Thanks Nick - sorry to hear that...what about your local area group, can't that help get you fired up? My local area group is RMweb

Portmeirion Moorswater

 

you'll have to help me on that one Andy...

 

Did those viaduct railings ever turn up?

 

Thanks Andy - They certainly did. Pix posted a photo on my 2011 comp thread last year of them. I keep wanting to fit them but am worried they will get ruined each time I try to bring my shelves through our apartment to work on them...

you'll have to help me on that one Andy...

 

Oh c'mon... filming location for.... 'The Prisoner'... and home of the big white sphere.

Oh c'mon... filming location for.... 'The Prisoner'... and home of the big white sphere.

 

Never knew that...those white sphere's are gonna have to go...they have had quite an impact on peeps here

Good to see more progress on here. My modellings the same - a long spell of not much then a sudden blast of little jobs. The clay works is really coming together.

And I love that view under the viaduct - really gives the scale of it

Good to see more progress on here. My modellings the same - a long spell of not much then a sudden blast of little jobs. The clay works is really coming together.

And I love that view under the viaduct - really gives the scale of it

 

Thanks Tom - next time I will try and get some better shots...

Finally Gone West? Nice to see progress Ditto with the white trees they did the job and first but now are holding things back a slosh of green poster paint would at least make it look natural..ish. Just imagine trying to find room for the viaduct in 7mm.

Don

Nice progress Pete, but you're a brave man fastening the dries down before painting. I admire your (white polystyrene) balls for doing that! Hope there is plenty of room to get the paint brushes in!

 

The buried track work is looking good too, looks like its had a coat of primer since last we saw it?

 

Tom.

Finally Gone West? Nice to see progress Ditto with the white trees they did the job and first but now are holding things back a slosh of green poster paint would at least make it look natural..ish. Just imagine trying to find room for the viaduct in 7mm.

 

Thanks Don - Once I have placed my order with 4D the trees will be removed and replaced in my architectural model making box...(I will keep them white though as I prefer all white architectural models)...but they have helped so you may see them again when I 'treeplan' on boards 1 + 2! In terms of 7mm, best not get me started on this blog about that...but CJM it won't be...

 

Nice progress Pete, but you're a brave man fastening the dries down before painting. I admire your (white polystyrene) balls for doing that! Hope there is plenty of room to get the paint brushes in!

The buried track work is looking good too, looks like its had a coat of primer since last we saw it?

 

Thanks also Tom - Agreed it would have made them easier to paint...but I like making things more complicated for myself! Trust me when I say, if I hadn't have stuck them down, at Christmas 2012 this board would still see them unpainted...and surrounded by large white balls too

 

Yes the inlaid track had a wash of primer to flush out the nasties...and I have started to skim a layer of ready mix filler to those areas where its looking a bit rough...

No need for the DAS then Pete. It's looking good. I also wondered about the spheres.... I wondered if this was a base for some dense leaf foliage.... but the Prisoner ref wasn't lost on me, number 1.

It's good to see some progress being made again ... and to see the transplanted viaduct in all its glory. I'm sure that this will be transformed with some colour and scenics planted.... so I'm looking forward to the next update.

Jon

Nice to see a train on the viaduct! This gives the clay driers interesting perspective!

 

Baba Black Sheep

No need for the DAS then Pete. It's looking good. I also wondered about the spheres.... I wondered if this was a base for some dense leaf foliage.... but the Prisoner ref wasn't lost on me, number 1.

It's good to see some progress being made again ... and to see the transplanted viaduct in all its glory. I'm sure that this will be transformed with some colour and scenics planted.... so I'm looking forward to the next update.

 

Thanks Jon - I must confess, I never watched The Prisoner (am too young ) but I asked my wife this morning and she gave me a synopsis...I will try and escape from them remove them for the next blog entry...yes, a little attack on the scenics is coming soon...

 

Nice to see a train on the viaduct! This gives the clay driers interesting perspective!

 

Thanks BBS - The extract of the viaduct was always intended to be a rolling display 'showcase' for rolling stock, typical of the stuff that was too heavy to frequent the branch...

That radar early warning system looks very effective!

 

David

That radar early warning system looks very effective!

 

 

You'll all miss my balls when they are gone...

 

 

You'll all miss my balls when they are gone...

Hopefully not as much as you Pete ;-)

 

Wow! 2 pages of comments. Is this a new record on blog comments?

Wow! 2 pages of comments. Is this a new record on blog comments?

 

No....it's happened before as I like to take time to respond to everyones comments...if peeps take time to write something, then I take time to respond...especially to the banter...we can't take this hobby toooooo seriously after all

Hi

 

With the camera I have you can hold the flash down so that it doesn't pop up.

 

Cheers

 

Paul