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  1. Forgot to thank you for the offer! I obviously made a better job of the ‘E’s, ‘H’s & ‘V’s !😀 Oh, and the ‘I’s😁
  2. Wow you’ve got good eyesight😁Found those in the scrap box. From a Heljan kit or some such. The pub was a cost free exercise. Pettite properties sent me a free kit and everything else is scraps. The “D”s will do. Regards Shaun
  3. Quite romantic feeling that A4 with the blood and custard Mk1s. Bit like a nice cosy warm pub. A couple of winter ales would go down a real treat! Squatch
  4. Thank you. Unbelievably much time gets wasted. The mojo is waning at the moment. Too much fun can get boring! This week I had to clear out one end of the barn so that I could get the truck in there. Some one backed into it with a JCB! And it needed an oil change. Just getting the oil filter off took all my energy and a whole afternoon. It’s back on the road now but I don’t feel like modeling much today. Brilliant! Thanks for posting that. The lighting is just wonderful. There’s something very captivating about a well lit evening train. Knowing that the passengers are all cosy on there and the crew are warm and enjoying the job. Same feeling you get when ships pass at night! Well I get it!! There’s not many trains in Oregon. Haven’t been on one in donkeys years. The pick up goods passes through Rogue River and stops at the “coffee caboose” for a latte. Last time I saw it, it only had two box cars and a tanker on😄 Regards Shaun
  5. Those Mailcoach Coronation sets are a bit of a challenge mate. Assembly is quite straight forward, same as any Kirk coach but painting around all those windows will take a month of Sundays! The other way is to use “Maskol” and air brush but I think painting on the maskol will be even more interesting to say the least. Either way, I shall look forward to seeing how you get on. The V2 looks nice. Always been a firm favorite just what a loco should look like 👍 Regards from the soaking wet Pacific North West, Shaun
  6. Sometimes I wonder if it’s worth spending so much time modeling the odd interior. Then when a new visitor comes to see the layout and my wife dims the lights and I flip the switch that lights up Goathland, we always get the same reaction. “Wow”! That I find very encouraging. First a little test lighting circuit before I fire up the soldering iron. Actually I need to finish rebuilding the front of my truck after someone backed into it with a JCB. Added a counter etc., more bits-n-bobs from the scrap box and a bench grinder made from sprue scraps not that you can see it. Squatch
  7. The Ratio guttering is the best money can buy, of course I'd use it but would need to remortgage the house to provide 1/76 rainwater management for Grim-up-North, Mr's Sasquatch is getting fed up with Wheatabix! Mind you the cereal stuff comes with the soffits built in! Having found some grey paper which made ideal flashing I was upset after inadvertently chucking it away while clearing out the modeling closet, so am on the lookout for a sheet of grey paper now. Impressive model making as ever. Looking forward to seeing the painting completed, always my favorite part. Regards Shaun
  8. Sounds like a lot of fun, and I know that you will be busy but... Might it be possible to get a few quick pictures of that please Baz? Regards Shaun
  9. Was wondering just the other day where you'd got to Jeff. You know, we haven't seen the moon since before Christmas, (it's very damp and extremely cloudy but at least we've escaped any flooding). Aren't those Chinese up there stealing all the cheese, shame because "I do like a bit of gorgonzola"!😁 (Cheesy grin emoji) I'm looking forward to seeing the layout and any progress, when you're ready of course. And, well done with getting published, that's always a good feeling of accomplishment, Bravo! Regards Shaun.
  10. Attempting to make the reins for this dray nearly got the better of me. After discarding the tape that just didn't look at all right, I tried expanding some spare plastic sprue. Chinese, English, American, Polish, Danish and Czech plastic all didn't work either breaking or disintegrating. So, I looked for something else. The thinnest wire at .18mm came from multi strand ISDN cable. This was way too fiddly and wouldn't bend the way I wanted it to and ended up in the trash as well. Although at .3mm this beading wire looks a bit thick but seems pretty good to my eye. I did use a tiny bit of the ISDN wire, making a loop which is glued in a hole on RH Thompson's lap into which I inserted all four reins and fastened them with super glue and baking soda. They've been painted with dark burnt umber.\ That dry it went straight into service! Sussex even. Squatch.
  11. The detailing on the Hussar and his mount are on another level. I take it that's your work Julian? Yes! I seem to remember the stuff that you're talking about. I quite often start rummaging through boxes looking for bits and things only to recall that they might be on another continent from a past life! Or, finding a new roll of something that I total forgot that I'd picked up in a beading store or some such non-railway hobby shop. Regards Shaun
  12. No. We conjure fire with "Incendio" for the wood stove. Of course we've got matches! You're just not reading between the lines. I've not needed a cigarette lighter for 20 years!!! Regards Shaun. P.S. The N1 is on the table for reassessment of the body construction regarding the fitting and wheel clearance.
  13. I thought that I caught a glimpse of the light at the end of the tunnel today... ...but it was just Julian with a torch bringing me more work! No, seriously that's a good little snippet of info. there mate. I'll just have to model that! Always on the look out for neat modeling subjects and details like that, it's what can set a model apart. Hope that you're well Regards Shaun.
  14. Didn't think of nose bags! The horses are in motion, so they'd be hanging from the dray no doubt! I've still got the reins to make too and will probably use heat extruded plastic sprue for them, something I haven't done since I was a kid when we used to borrow grandad's cigarette lighter to make radio aerials for Airfix tanks. Trouble is I don't own a lighter, haven't for decades! Shaun
  15. Hi Felix. Go to Grovers for the tape, it's super sticky and less prone to failure. Unfortunately, they don't sell suitable layout wire. Regards Shaun.
  16. Almost ready for the beer delivery round. Thompson & Thompson are wearing aprons made from electrical tape and the Heljan barrels have thin plastic siding ends punched out with a hole punch. They’re a perfect fit.
  17. Thank you Baz! Things got a little fiddly today after I discovered a huge hen on Queensbury. Remembering that this came from a long forgotten Airfix set I set about finding it because I'll be needing two big cart horses for that beer dray. These animals aren't too bad considering their age. The little molding pip and flash was scraped off with a Stanley knife, the harness etc. is simply thin strips of electrical tape, the saddle is water proof electrical tape and the collar complete with hames is a bit of bell wire. I parred away a flat to the outer sheeting using the same knife. All the above has been lightly touched with an almost dry tip of the Zap-A-Gap cyano. The collar was flooded (if you can call it that) and given a fine dusting with baking soda. Works a treat!
  18. Congratulations, Brilliant stuff! Regards Shaun.
  19. Not content with just an open window and a set of wooden steps I have decided to do the goods shed justice by modeling an interior. For the walls I have some sheets of Plastruct HO shingles which are way too small for OO roofing and now that paper slates have been settled on as a standard the shingle sheets are redundant. What I've done is to file off the slope of the shingles and dry brush on white. The parts were measured and cut before packing with 1mm card where required, then stuck in with the super tacky glue. Arches are cut using a sharp compass. Roof trusses are from ripped offcuts of alder. The under roof has scribed paper slatting. The hoist was scratch built from more alder, 1.2mm soft beading wire, various bits from a scrap box and a large wheel from a small plastic pot lid which was sawn off with a razor saw. Spokes are laminated plastic strip. The goods (yet to be added) are mostly dry-brushed Heljan/Knightwing and a stack of lumber from more alder strip. There's still much to do. Reattach the doors, drain pipes, and other bits. Add all the freight etc, more weathering and install the lighting. I might just have to clad the inside of the offside wall too! Hopefully there'll be some time later today to do more. Squatch
  20. Hi Stray, Thank you for your input and welcome to RMweb! I'm totally envious of course having not been back to the UK since I built the layout. It would be my number one tourist destination. Coincidentally, I just not too long ago purchased a kit for one of those Gresley baggage vans and was debating what livery to finish it in. The image settles it. Crimson it is! Regards Shaun.
  21. With the better quality board and a fresh stanley blade window and door cutouts sometimes cut clean. Three layers of acrylic usually is enough to hide the foam look. If not I use the woodfiller and when dry a fine file! After a bit of practice this method becomes second nature. The wood filler will not react with the foam. Once satisfied the windows fit and the painting is complete, the window get glued in with that super tacky glue I love so much! Regards Shaun
  22. The latest bit of sidetrackery 🫣 After finding out that Duncan Models only produce O scale kits I had a go at scratch building a horse drawn drey. Wheels are from a cheap ho kit and the horse is by Slaters Squatch
  23. No problem at all mate! The stuff I buy is widely available in the states. It's usually 5mm give or take and approximately 20 x 30in sheets. It has a foam core with paper on both sides. At present I have 5 sheets in my stock. One has a kind of plastic coating and seems tougher than the others. Top. Two are cheap Dollar Store product which as the name suggests cost a dollar each. Paper coating and not so good quality. I use this for internal walls etc. The Elmers stuff is good quality, comes in various colors of which I use the white for scribing and drawing out. Queensbury's station masters house is made from it. Bare folded board painted with water based acrylics. The main booking hall had the stones scribed in with a fine black pen. The Elmers black variety inevitably gets used up the quickest and if I'm lucky there might be a damaged, large school project, folding display (36" x 50") at the craft store for which I'll make a low-ball offer! Hope that helps Regards Shaun
  24. And definitely the smallest structure, Trigger’s house!
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