Hal Nail
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Design a layout that works for you in a small space and then make the boards fit. Not the other way round.
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The SE&CR liveried one is now £135 at Rails. I could see that with removed lettering, grubby and faded in an industrial setting.
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interesting. If I do it again I would varnish the sharpie before the transfer which should stop that perhaps.
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Having painted a black patch on the wooden body, I put the tare transfer on but it just didnt look right. I decided to move it to the metal end instead but I'm far too tight to waste a transfer and hadn't done a patch. So I got a sharpie out, drew a rough patch and popped the transfer straight on, tidying up later. Will probably do that instead of painting patches in future!
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One option to consider is that if two tracks are coming into view from the fiddle yard/sector plate, you don't actually need to model the initial cross over. A train can appear on the main line, and the loco run round partially out of sight, then draw the train back out and reappear on the loop line. An old trick which allows you to accommodate longer trains
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West Kirby Town: narrow gauge may be coming to town.
Hal Nail replied to Dmudriver's topic in 7mm+ modelling
I can understand the desire for change - its a remote prospect admittedly but i have often wondered if i did ever finish anything, would it leave me unfulfilled? :) if you did the change and didn't like it, at least you'd have something to do converting it back! -
I find it staggering it was signed off. Although that's a positive as I obviously haven't completely resigned myself to everything automatically being crap yet.
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I didn't say there was. I suggested having to reverse to get into sidings when they could just as easily have provided direct access, was a bit odd.
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Its having both crossovers in the same direction that seems unusual I think. Usually as you come off the main line you'd have a facing point leading to everything, not a trailing cross over you cant actually access.
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Excellent thanks. I've got a reasonable idea of positioning and styles from modelling but when you get presented with a plank and told to paint a number on its a slightly different proposition! We have some old templates used to spray through then touch up but they aren't really sans serif and it makes a hell of a mess. I'd prefer to make up a master for each number/letter, use these to draw the required number and lettering on paper each time and then use chalk to transfer to the wagon and hand paint in.
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Interesting - we are patching up a palvan door at Alton at the moment. It probably needs to be totally replaced sooner or later but for now we are just sorting the worst of the rotten beams. I think back in the 50's 60s lettering was done by signwriters so would vary a bit but as a rough rule of thumb, what size do you do your wagon numbers and WB/tare markings?
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I'd have the left hand crossing from main to loop right over on the left with room for a loco but no more, making the loop longer. however the right hand entrance to the loop and sidings would be a facing point from the main otherwise you cant really access the lower siding properly. In fact to be honest its more arranged as if the head shunt is the main line - but if you do that flip the loco release at the left hand end
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It's just that photo. The two eyebrows show in other photos on this thread.
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Stephen Fay’s diorama builds. GCR Kirton Lindsey tunnel
Hal Nail replied to steve fay's topic in 7mm+ modelling
I see they sorted the brakes out! -
Thank you, I appreciate that!
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To give an idea, Arun Quay uses boards smaller than those and is built from a lightweight polstyrene and ply construction in order to make it portable.
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Bowpen for lining
Hal Nail replied to Smalltrainsgreatpains's topic in Weathering, Painting & Transfers
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What do you scribe with and how do you keep it all even? I had a go at turning a SR even plank into an uneven one but found it hard to scribe exactly in the middle of planks and it looked a mess
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1956 onwards. Do you have a specific location? I look up the locos allocated to my area then do a Google images search of "gwr + number" to find photos which will generally be from the BR era, unless it's a preserved one. Other sources, transport library, colour rail, rail online.
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Another LMS van having strapping and bolt heads added. This one will be an unfitted version: I hadn't really appreciated until I got a book recently detailing when things were retro fitted how much unfitted stock there was c1956/1957 I was seeing double whilst staring at this which made this something of a challenge - even more so before I stopped and painted the straps black!
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I think if I got to market first but my releases were still being discounted, I'd be worrying. The counter argument for some time has been that since Heljan's stuff sells well, the criticism is (perhaps) irrelevant. With more competition around focusing on detail and accurancy, that might not hold true forever.
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Accurascale – Your Climate Hero
Hal Nail replied to Accurascale Fran's topic in Accurascale / Irish Railway Models
Ironically, people are obviously recycling what you cull. -
my kitten was playing with a dead rat in the neighbours garden yesterday. when I went round to collect it the neighbours were horrified. "i didn't know we have rats!". "You don't anymore", I said. Edit: its surprisingly difficult to flip a dead rat into a bin liner.
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You are right, it is a theory. But it's a better one than the idea someone has gone to the expense of tooling a copy of something thats already sold through 2 batches, to flog at a price that won't remotely cover the costs incurred. Everyone makes it up as they go along - all that varies is the output!
