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16 hours ago, gwrrob said:
Wish us luck chaps, PUSB.
Apparently they woz robbed...
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3 hours ago, brushman47544 said:
In my case being taken as a child to see both steam and diesel trains, it’s not a preference for BR liveries per say, rather a preference for authenticity - a preserved loco should only be painted in a livery consistent with its current state. So rebuilt Bullied Pacifics should only be in BR liveries etc.Steam and diesel...
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A couple of SVR from last weekend...
Not sure what I think of the Spam in yet another strange livery but better than it not being preserved.
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11 hours ago, Stubby47 said:
Considering this as a possible outfit for the day.
Matches your eyes.
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On 02/04/2024 at 18:35, Stubby47 said:
Challenge accepted...
Agreed
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1 hour ago, NHY 581 said:
Top stuff, Brian and thank you.
Looking splendid.
Rob
Can't get this picture out of my head...
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23 hours ago, figworthy said:
Usually less trouble than bears and hippos.
Adrian
And Pannier tanks...
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On 29/03/2024 at 10:56, Giles said:
Thank you!
This is the other end, which shows some individual clumps, done in exactly the same way of course. One of the key things is the shorter the growth, the darker it is, and the longer the growth the more prone it is to be lighter (depending on the time of year). But it does work aesthetically.
The lack of uniform height and colour, so often found in static grass applications, is great.
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North light roof profile
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2 hours ago, Giles said:
This is 16mm scale, and in consequence, the length of fibres and density is far more than even my souped-up Grass-master will cope with. In consequence all the grass is laid by hand.
The fibres (between 6 and 20mm long of different greens) and mixed thoroughly, and a small handful taken and rolled into a cylinder to align the fibres, the end pinched off and the pinching placed in the glue, ad infinitum....
But the result is some of the most realistic grass I've seen. Good colouring and lumpiness.
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17 minutes ago, gwrrob said:
I know it’s nearly April 1st but what about this abomination from Hornby.Words fail me.
Truly awful. Saw a few photos earlier. Makes me glad I've moved to 7mm and no longer have to deal with the joke Hornby has become.
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3 hours ago, Mark Forrest said:
I did consider that. I think chopping the building is the easier option - partly because I'm too lazy to move the stock off the layout to enable me to get the board down from its shelf to get access for cutting the back scene.
I could help out with track saw, circular saw, chop saw or multitool. All getting much use at the moment rebuilding our stairs...
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46 minutes ago, Mark Forrest said:
Starting to feel a bit better, back on the MEK.
Good effort on mek, building and beer.
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1 hour ago, Stubby47 said:
Well, I tried to grab your vacated space, but El Flooro was having none of it.
Just mention mint sauce, that generally sorts him out.
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On 21/03/2024 at 08:19, Stubby47 said:
Er, update on the last update - apparently I've over-stepped the brief and tried to grab more space than is available, so Castell will not be making a visit, although it will be at the Helston Club's show in Pool ( not Poole) on 13/14 April.
Liberties!
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On 18/03/2024 at 10:43, Mark Forrest said:
Cowabunga.
I've come down with a bit of man flu, which has left me temporarily intolerant of MEK fumes. Soldering isn't a problem though, so I've focused on getting the POA on its wheels. Bill Bedford pedestal suspension units, loosely fitted in place to establish ride height.
Nice skip.
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2 hours ago, gwrrob said:
An enjoyable trip to Ally Pally yesterday and it was nice to catch up with the latest news on forthcoming GWR stuff from @rapidoandy and @RapidoCorbs at Rapido and @Steve Purves and @Accurascale Fran from Accurascale.
Kindly taken out of the cabinet I was able to take a few shots of the EP's for the O18 and N19 wagons.
Nice. The brass door bangs are a step forward in my opinion, finer profile but strength.
Now... If only they would produce a GWR clay wagon to the same standard. Got to be loads of clay layouts that would take a rake or two....
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11 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said:
Depends, do you mean the green one with a shell or the one conveniently laid on his back in the Sistine chapel so you can measure him!
Oh, and it's Michelangelo.
Mike.
I'd like you to measure the green one please Mike.
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23 hours ago, Mark Forrest said:
A bit more work on the POA wagon tonight. Most of these had angled plates added (presumably to stop any debris dropped during loading/unloading getting stuck on the horizontal box sections. The Cambrian kit lacks this feature. The kit instructions (I do read them sometimes) suggest filing square strip to a triangle. Being lazy, I used some 2mm half round Evergreen strip instead - with the flat face outwards
After cutting and adding over 30 bits of Evergreen strip to this wagon (so far) the irony that I started this as a break from the repetitive task of gluing strips of plastic to the building carcass is not lost on me!
Oh, that looks like an incredibly thrilling job...
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14 minutes ago, Mark Forrest said:
Yes, I've seen perfectly flat cassettes made of MDF strip and aluminium angle taken on a banana shape over an exhibition weekend. In that case, not so much it's tendency to warp, but the result of two different materials expanding at a different rate I think.
I remember the stormy sea that was the fiddle yards on BCB!
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10 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:
Well, we'll have to agree to disagree, Robin. I'm really sorry to say that, but there it is. I can't say that providing tiny reproductions of already small frames illustrations is pushing the boundaries, especially when you could buy such things from Tiny Signs back in the 1970s...
If Spams did add such detail on Treneglos, then that's entirely his own decision for his own edification. He's such a talented chap that we can excuse him anything (except masterminding the international anti-pannier conspiracy from the underground bunker in his island home).
It's like certain other things that some folk do in this hobby, it pleases them to do it, but I personally can't see the point, because I literally can't see it!! Not everyone has Superman's X-ray vision!
No doubt I waste some of my time, doing stuff that others think is pointless. That's the way of the world, I suppose.
If Rapido want to wow us, if they want to impress us, then why not add detail that is going to be more apparent in passenger stock, such as passengers?! I take my hat off to anyone with sufficiently good eyesight, that they can actually see the tiny pictures inside the coaches and even recognise where it is meant to be. But people, the absence of them is much, much more apparent in coaching stock.
Even if it's just two-dimensional colour printed figures (as per a recent MRJ article), the effect could be breath-taking. How many of us baulk at the thought of dismantling coaches and painting sufficient 4mm figures to make it look as if our model train services might actually be making some money?!
As for the pointless (but attention-grabbing) interior detail on the Toad, why not instead provide a nice, painted, 3-D printed guard on the veranda? Maybe one that you can remove, if you want to stable the Toad at the back of a siding for a long, wet weekend?
Rapido already produce some of the best 4mm rolling stock, so it's not as if they have much room for further improvement, to be honest, those products are already very, very good. Putting such inaccessible and tiny detail inside a very small space, that hardly anyone is going to notice (except through the lens of a digital camera, and how many of us have one of those grafted to the front of our faces?) smacks of wandering up a cul-de-sac, because there isn't anywhere else to go.
I can confirm, with no denial option involved, that Spams did indeed do some work on the Maunsell coaches that ran on Treneglos.
That work included: renumbering, adding set numbers, fitting dynamo belts, weathering, adding a few passengers and, because I could, printing off and fitting self adhesive overlays for the compartments which had period pictures on.
Took minutes to print and add to each compartment. As an extra I stuck tin foil to some double sided tape, cut it into rectangles and added as compartment mirrors.
When exhibiting Treneglos, the light did just catch the mirrors, and they were occasionally noticed by those watching. I didn't fit anything in to the guards compartment, not did I add luggage racks. Deffo would not have been seen.
I do have some Maunsell coaches for Pencarrow in 7mm and will be doing the same detailing internally.
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15 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said:
Wouldn't you have been better making the building from ply/mdf to save warping and the faff of bracing?
Mike.
In my bitter experience MDF isn't immune from hideous warping.
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Sadly I won't be attending this year's cake, pasty, and evil pannier event. The chip shop in Minehead, the pubs in Taunton and the great cider farm, which are all now part of the Members Day extravaganza weekend, are now safe.
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4 hours ago, NHY 581 said:
Have I mentioned we're having lamb for Sunday lunch? Mint sauce... Yum.
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A Nod To Brent - a friendly thread, filled with frivolity, cream teas and pasties. Longing for the happy days in the South Hams 1947.
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I didn't say which I thought was which though...