Wild Boar Fell Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 Not really an update, but some new photos. With most of the fleet still in storage following their outing on Arley Dale in October, the electrics have taken centre stage. 90022 Freight Connection is from Grimy Times of Warrington. I've not really had much time for modelling since the summer, the only background project has been this... The old Hornby tooling needs a good few windows blanking, the bogies will be rotated when I get that far. Not really suited for my era, but as I have the Mk3 set it seemed like an interesting challenge. Looks like I also guessed the wrong colour, I picked white, not grey. Happy Modelling, Wild Boar Fell 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Great set of pictures bud david 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Elaner Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 11 hours ago, Wild Boar Fell said: Not really an update, but some new photos. With most of the fleet still in storage following their outing on Arley Dale in October. I've not really had much time for modelling since the summer, the only background project has been this... Don't worry. We have all had times when other things take priority. The layout will always be there & it is a nice one to come back to. 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMcKenzie Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Nice set of photos. The pair of 87s look great together. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Boar Fell Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Thanks for all your kind comments, wishing everyone the best for 2020. Happy Modelling, Wild Boar Fell 7 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Rowe 37419 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 I found out about this from Dave at Warrington MRC tonight. All I can say is wow! Always wanted a model of Bank Quay as a kid. Absolutely fascinated with where you have got with this. I hope with time this becomes an exhibition circuit regular. Would love to give my late 90s stock a run on that layout! Keep up the good work. Chris 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Boar Fell Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 On 07/01/2020 at 01:05, Chris Rowe 37419 said: I found out about this from Dave at Warrington MRC tonight. All I can say is wow! Always wanted a model of Bank Quay as a kid. Absolutely fascinated with where you have got with this. I hope with time this becomes an exhibition circuit regular. Would love to give my late 90s stock a run on that layout! Keep up the good work. Chris Thank you Chris, hopefully some day it'll be ready for the exhibition circuit (think HS2 might beat me). Late 90s stock would be spot on, I am using photos from 1998-2004 as a reference for stock and station details. In the last few days I have furthered some of the painting of the platforms with all the edging stones now painted and varnished. The white lines have also been added, with Platform 2 receiving an additional yellow stripe. Platform 3 will be similarly adorned once the surface has been repainted. I am trying to add variation into the surface by representing the sections that have been relayed/ replaced (the shape of the lighter section in the photo needs adjusting slightly). Kind Regards, Wild Boar Fell 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wild Boar Fell Posted January 19, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 19, 2020 Some more progress on the car park and platforms, with P3 & P4 repainted and lined. Next up is painting the patches where the surface has been replaced or repaired, turns out this is a very quick way of getting through roles of masking tape (18m in two days). Wild Boar Fell 20 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Boar Fell Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 Not a lot of visible progress to show this week, a few bits of detail painting mainly. However the roadway (Dunelm access road) has been sanded, coated, sanded again, painted, weathered and now repainted and I'm still not happy with it (so no photos for now). This week has seen the loco fleet expand with the addition of 37046 in Dutch. This is the standard Bachmann release but was picked up second hand from my local model shop at a very agreeable price. As the photo from Flickr shows, 046 was not a stranger to WBQ in era. Looks like it will need the additional headlight and warning flashes adding at some point, or should it become 043 in Dutch with Transrail logos? This... or this? Plodding along in the background has been the painting of the eastern bridge span and footbridge. I won't assemble it until the surrounding structures are ready, as unfortunately the span has warped a bit since its construction so will need to be securely fitted. Regards, Wild Boar Fell 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMcKenzie Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 For what it's worth 37043 gets my vote, epitomize the time perfectly with the transition from BR to the franchise's. Enjoy your updates as always. All the best, Dave 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Boar Fell Posted February 8, 2020 Author Share Posted February 8, 2020 Back Track-in... In a U-turn from a previous decision, I have decided that I am going to put the abandoned Crosfield's siding at the back of the layout. The backscene is going to be tricky anyway, some will be low-relief other structures will be photos or painted (not sure yet), so it made didn't seem like I was gaining much from excluding it. The siding was acomplished using a mix of left over and new track. It is however still very much a work in progress. The siding is not connected to any of the running lines and will not be wired up, infact most of it will be buried under shrubbery anyway. To add a little variation in height, I have glued this track directly onto the baseboards rather than given it a ballast shoulder as per the other lines. I've also started playing around with the factory boundary fences, but again these have a lot left to do on them (hence them not being straight). Trust me, there is a siding in there somewhere... Happy Modelling, Wild Boar Fell 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Boar Fell Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share Posted February 9, 2020 (edited) Thought i'd start mocking up the backscene. The height of the buildings is upto the masking tape, the Hornby boxes are the red brick building. Not entirely sure what the low level buildings are which back onto the siding. It also looks like i'll have to raise up the area where the truck is as this appears to be a few feet above ground level. Looks like i'm going to need to eat a fair few pringles before I can mock up the next section though... EDIT: Before I permanently covered the siding in grass and bushes, I couldn't resist sending a Dallam Jinty (ok should be 47406) down with some Crosfield tankers (Poor quality photo admittedly). Happy Modelling, Wild Boar Fell Edited February 9, 2020 by Wild Boar Fell 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Boar Fell Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 Not much to report this week other than I am going to attempt to use Andy York's method for doing the roadway. I've managed to get some cheap 2mm craft foam to start having a play with. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Boar Fell Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 Looking dangerously like progress... Think i'll be counting bricks in my sleep by the time this lot is done! Wild Boar Fell 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Boar Fell Posted March 2, 2020 Author Share Posted March 2, 2020 Was nearly going to make an upbeat post about today's progress on the buildings... Then when going to put them on the layout found the cameo cutter had decided to randomly scale the files (113% ish), so it is back to square one. More annoyingly I was quite happy with the results, and those windows took forever to cut out. Balderdash! Wild Boar Fell 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Boar Fell Posted March 15, 2020 Author Share Posted March 15, 2020 Evening all, Some photos to show some of the progress made recently on the structures. The ticket office and Red Star parcels office are coming along now. The small platform office has been replaced with a deeper structure so it can be set into the platform like the others (not shown) and the main platform building has now been cut as a test (probably going to laser cut it to match the other structure). No progress on the backscene since other than the overscale factory building has been re-cut. Apologies for the photo quality, phone pics this time. Happy Modelling, Wild Boar Fell 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 On 15/03/2020 at 19:34, Wild Boar Fell said: Evening all, Some photos to show some of the progress made recently on the structures. The ticket office and Red Star parcels office are coming along now. The small platform office has been replaced with a deeper structure so it can be set into the platform like the others (not shown) and the main platform building has now been cut as a test (probably going to laser cut it to match the other structure). No progress on the backscene since other than the overscale factory building has been re-cut. Apologies for the photo quality, phone pics this time. Happy Modelling, Wild Boar Fell Just had good catch up here!! great work as always wild boar fell.. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Boar Fell Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 (edited) Afternoon all, hope everyone's keeping safe. Work on WBQ has been rather limit as of late, with me deciding to have another crack at my N gauge layout 'Lunerigg'. I've also had a go at repainting some 2nd hand VGAs from EWS to RfD. However something for WBQ has turned up, which has jumped up the priority list... York Modelmaking have delivered the kit of parts for the Platform 1&2 buildings. From this... To these... Happy Modelling, Wild Boar Fell Edited April 18, 2020 by Wild Boar Fell 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Boar Fell Posted April 19, 2020 Author Share Posted April 19, 2020 Many coats of paint later... Platform 1 side. Platform 2 side. Regards, Wild Boar Fell 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack374 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 3 hours ago, Wild Boar Fell said: Many coats of paint later... Very nice work WBF, like the idea of custom laser cut buildings. I looked at the above photos and thought they looked like the coaches for 'Rocket'! I’ve been painting this evening must be the fumes.... Look forward to seeing the buildings in situ! Jack. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 On 26/01/2020 at 17:32, Wild Boar Fell said: Not a lot of visible progress to show this week, a few bits of detail painting mainly. However the roadway (Dunelm access road) has been sanded, coated, sanded again, painted, weathered and now repainted and I'm still not happy with it (so no photos for now). This week has seen the loco fleet expand with the addition of 37046 in Dutch. This is the standard Bachmann release but was picked up second hand from my local model shop at a very agreeable price. As the photo from Flickr shows, 046 was not a stranger to WBQ in era. Looks like it will need the additional headlight and warning flashes adding at some point, or should it become 043 in Dutch with Transrail logos? This... or this? Plodding along in the background has been the painting of the eastern bridge span and footbridge. I won't assemble it until the surrounding structures are ready, as unfortunately the span has warped a bit since its construction so will need to be securely fitted. Regards, Wild Boar Fell Very nice 37s there Wild Boar Fell... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Great to see your still getting some modelling done. Stay safe David 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Boar Fell Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 Cheers guys, glad you're keeping safe. Jack I know what you mean actually, I thought they looked vaguely carriage like myself. Pssst don't tell anyone but they might be painted Br Coach Cream too... I'd normally blame it on the 37 fumes, but not been at the 'Tec Centre' for a month. I mentioned earlier I'd been working on some VGAs, below is how far I've got. These were painted in EWS red and gold but I think my rake had more examples than were probably ever painted (can't find many photos of red ones). These are a batch of 4 second hand VGAs I got which the previous owner had attempted to make go around R1 curves. Buffers cut off and heads glued to headstocks, headstocks cut away in places, springs cut off, axle box detail removed and self centring removed. New buffers are on order from LMS and transfers from Railtec. Stay Safe, Wild Boar Fell 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy84 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Hi, Very much enjoyed looking through this and will be amazing when finished. Here's a shot of my 37043 in N Gauge to help your thinking! I think it would be a fine choice. Tim. 8 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Boar Fell Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 Cheers Tim, Wow both layout and the 37 look excellent indeed! Kind Regards, Wild Boar Fell 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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