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Wayne 37901

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  1. Seconded keefr! Nigella has something about her. Being one to have a go in the kitchen from time to time I like to catch her shows on occasion, purely for the cooking of course!
  2. Thanks very much for taking the photo's Marc, I really appreciated you using some of your free time to do them for me, I'll have to get you a beer. I just need to get the article written up now but I'll do a rough draft first. That's a lovely picture, I can almost hear 37904 working hard to bring the heavy scrap train in. It's also nice to see two slugs together again. I quite fancy doing one of the Ruston ones soon. It'll be a much simpler conversion compared to this one though. Although 37904's bodywork looks a little clean compared to the underframe in the picture, it does have some subtle streaking of dirt on the bodysides. The sector markings in the pictures I was working from were also in quite good condition so I decided not to go for the faded ones. Cheers again Marc PS: The other photo's came through ok thanks.
  3. Hi Andy, Thanks for that. Shame that the coil train isn't a priority at the moment. Having said that, I'll still be following this thread with interest. The wagon loads do look good, especially the billets from 1.5 x 1.5 evergreen. I have some to build myself at some point and I think those have captured the look of billets very well. All the best
  4. Hello chaps, Came across this thread while searching for something else the other night. Some very nice modelling all round although i must say I'm very interested in the progress your steel related stock is making as it is a keen interest of mine and led to the building of a steelworks inspired layout. Is there any further progress on the BAA/BBA wagons and? Best regards,
  5. Hi Marc, Sorry I missed your post. Yes it has been some time since I posted in here, the main reason being that I wanted to just spend time getting on with things rather than stopping to post up updates. Having said that there has indeed been some progress although there was a slight step back in that I had to rebuild the framework of my buildings as the previous attempts using mounting card had warped quite badly. The new ones use foamboard and I have to say seem much better and stronger but still light at the same time which is what I wanted. I've spent most of today getting them clad and deciding what to do about detailing, I even managed a little field trip down to Celsa this afternoon to grab a few pics with the digital pocket camera for reference and some very quick and basic detail scribbles on a note pad. Aside from the buildings, I also found looking at the slag dump near the water works interesting to look at. As I arrived there was a shunt in progress with the new Hunslet loco but it was well underway so no point in trying to grab photo's, that's twice I've missed shunts now. I dont suppose our mine of information (Brian R) knows when these shunts are carried out? Anyway yes, things are progressing although at my usual slow rate. I do have other schemes in mind so am looking forward to this being finished. Cheers
  6. Was good to chat and see Abercynon last weekend Brian, Thanks for the DVD's as well. All the best
  7. Ahh, the 6B14 Hull-Baglan Bay Vinegar tanks. Nice shots there David. To answer your question richard37670 the lower bodyside colour is Executive Light Grey. Hope that helps.
  8. Hiya Rob, Was great to see you at the show sir. Always nice to catch up with everyone and glad to hear things with you are good. All the best,
  9. Hi Marc, Was really impressed with Poynton Sneer over the weekend. It really shows that you done need a big layout to model in 7mm scale. The last O gauge layout I saw was at DEMU's Showcase and it must have been pushing over 20' in length. Was good to have a nice chat (thanks for the reply on my thread too), in particular to do with sloping embankments/scenery at the front of a layout. It's funny how you might not do anything to a layout for a while then you go to a show and come back all inspired, and it acutually made me go up into the attic and drag dragon steels out. I really feel like I'm making progress now that almost all of my bare board has gone. All the best
  10. Hi Marc, Ah yes, I did take that suggestion into account for that reason but at the time I had already installed the current track layout and I felt adding anymore lines would look a little cluttered. But indeed you dont see many disused lines modelled, one for the next layout perhaps. Thanks marc. Now that I've got a fair bit of ground cover down, it's starting look a little how I imagined it. Haha! At my rate of progress you must be joking. but seriously, I would like to get it finished. It's been waaaay too long! over the weekend I did get a fair bit done and i think I've got an idea of how I want the front to look now. Cheers
  11. Thanks Peter and Class 66, I'm hoping to make some more progress during this week. So I should be able to put up some pictures soon, It's nice to hear that people are still interested though because it helps to keep things going. Cheers,
  12. Evening everyone, Just a quick update to bump this one up. Progress is cracking on, although I always find it difficult to photograph and doccument the stages. The buildings are nearing completion and will soon be ready for priming and painting. What I'm looking at now is som scenic work, I'm just waiting to pick up some hanging basket liner for my overgrown bank surrounding the bridge, this also bringing me to the look at options for hiding the road as it goes into the backscene. I'm also looking at how to do the front on the layout as I was going to have a sloping overgrown bank with some kind of outlet culvert possibly for waste water from the works, but I'm wondering how feasable it is. I know it's probably not in keeping with the area but I do like to see some scenery at the front of a layout. Anyway, I'll be back with a proper update soon. Cheers,
  13. Ah, a nice pic of 37102 there. IIRC this became the beast that is/was 37712 being a former local engine for me a model of this is required as it will come in handy for working steel services into my works. On another note I'm finding this thread very interesting with lots of nice pics of locos. Not sure if it has been mentioned before (haven't been through all of the thread) but like other things class 37 nose ends are a minefield of differences. For example the prototype of my 37/9 has two different types and as such I have replicated this on the model. Look forward to following this one. Cheers
  14. Hi Tim, Thats true. It's also the reason why I decided against it, also having close to half a dozen 37s (not all in traffic) to fit it would indeed be quite an expense. Looking forward to seeing this one progress. Cheers
  15. Nice job Tim, are you going to do anything with the windscreens on this one? Was going to do my Dutch splitter but not sure how much it will show through the black paint. Cheers
  16. Afternoon, Just a quick bump to say where I'm at. The basic layout of the buildings has now been decided and cladding of the bare shells is continuing at a steady pace. More corrugated steel was bought today so I can now crack on with this side of things, I've even started looking at suitable sizes of tube for pipework. Things are starting to look how I imagined them now. Was also nice to see Brian R and Marc Smith at the Cardiff show over the weekend, sorry i couldn't talk for longer Brian - I was a bit pressed for time. It's always nice to chat to fellow modellers at a show, I do enjoy the social side of our hobby. Marc your layout has once again given me another boost of inspiration, you've really done a good job with Wales, Rails, Rain and Steel. I just hope mine will turn out at least half as good. Should be back with a more detailed update with some pics around the end of the week. Cheers,
  17. Thanks for the reply Brian, Yes I see what you mean by big whilst looking at your pics, it's nice to see Cardiff Bar & Section Mills again, you've done a great job there. With regard to my buildings, I'm somewhat limited by the height of my backscene because the layout has to fit in/out of the loft hatch. But looking at the space I have I could certainly go for something bigger, it would make an interesting build. I think I'll knock up a cardboard mock up and see how it looks. I also need to try and get hold of a Peco engine shed kit, partly so I can use the wall panels and partly so I can get all the doors/vents etc. Cheers
  18. Good afternoon, Thanks for the kind words Lukasz. I've been making more progress on the buildings recently and I thought I'd take a quick snap to show where I'm at so far. The following pic shows what will be the main building in place and cladding is now in the process of being added. The cardboard tube is representing a chimney I may install and the grey steel cladding is merely standing to see how it might look. Beyond that I'm a bit undecided about what to do with the end building, I dont want it to be another big jobbie as the original idea was to have a medium sized building here and continue the back wall up to backscene height to represent a much larger structure, but at the moment I'm unsure. Does anyone have any comments or thoughts on where I might go at this end? Meanwhile here is the pic Cheers,
  19. Hi Rodger, Neptune Road is looking good. I'm pleased to say I've really got my butt into gear over the last few weeks and have made some excellent progress. All track is now permanetly laid and wired up, some groundwork has appeared and now I'm back to working on my buildings. Can it really take this long to build a micro layout!?... If you fancy a look, the link is in my sig. Hopefully I'll see you at the next meeting. Cheers
  20. Seems to look at home on a South Wales based layout Leon, all it needs is a rate of JTA/JUA iron ore tipplers. Cheers
  21. Afternoon, As work continues on the buildings I couldn't resist having some stock out on the layout to see how it was looking, as a result I decided to take a few snaps of a shunting move. First of all here's 08664 preparing to marshall a train which has recently arrived. Next it removes the VAA van and moves into the next road for collection later. It's next task is couple up to the BAAs and reverse them into the yard. It then returns with a single loaded BAA for the coil warehouse. After finishing it's moves 08664 is seen resting on the short headshunt. That's all for now, in the next update I hope to finally show some buildings. Cheers
  22. Well it seems the dilema has been overcome following some thinking and tinkering. Now I can move onto other things, here's the result of this evenings work.
  23. No that's ok Brian, it's always good to hear what everyone else is up to. Glad spain was good, I'm really pleased we've been having some decent weather. Although working out in it can be tough at times. Ah nice to hear you new layout is taking shape, please post up the link when you start a thread so I can check it out. As regards my above post. Now that I have got the embankment and the retaining walls up I'll turn my attention back to buildings in the coming weeks. I started these quite some ago so need to dig them out again, some are just mere shells awaiting cladding. I'll then weather the track before I ballast it, looking through the pics on the CD I think my fine/medium mix light grey ballast will do and I'll weather further over the top of that. Any thoughts? Cheers
  24. Just a quick update on progress. As of this evening the retaining walls have built at the along the embankment. There is still some minor work to be done but it's more or less there. Here is a general overall view.
  25. Hi Chris, Well I was planning on just painting the backboard a plain colour like white or something. I've never really been a big fan of paper backscenes, but of course I would welcome any ideas/suggestions from people before I decide on anything permanent. Cheers
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