AlfaZagato Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 The pictures look wonderful. I'm fairly certain it has been discussed before, but were cattle wagons not prone to distinctive white staining from the use of quicklime to clean up after the livestock? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Bear Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 39 minutes ago, AlfaZagato said: The pictures look wonderful. I'm fairly certain it has been discussed before, but were cattle wagons not prone to distinctive white staining from the use of quicklime to clean up after the livestoc k? It was banned in the mid 1920s, as discussed in this threaed 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted October 22, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2019 And a couple more. The first provides an aerial view of my nod to the presence of a village - church, graveyard and lych gate, war memorial, garage and, of course, pub. That's it. ( I was going to say 'helicopter shot' but IIRC last time I used the phrase someone reminded me that the old paraffin pigeon hadn't been invented in 1939!) That recent Hornby SR cattle wagon is such a nice model. John C. 30 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waraqah Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 3 hours ago, checkrail said: Still experimenting with camera settings and Affinity. (Family guests with babies en masse the past week, so no chance of sloping off to the loft for some proper modelling.) Here's 8709 on the pick up goods. John C. Love the second shot - very evocative. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted October 22, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 22, 2019 1 hour ago, checkrail said: And a couple more. The first provides an aerial view of my nod to the presence of a village - church, graveyard and lych gate, war memorial, garage and, of course, pub. That's it. I was going to say 'helicopter shot' but IIRC last time I used the phrase someone reminded me that the old paraffin pigeon hadn't been invented in 1939! Autogyros... Lovely pictures again 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted October 23, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 23, 2019 13 hours ago, AlfaZagato said: I'm fairly certain it has been discussed before, but were cattle wagons not prone to distinctive white staining from the use of quicklime to clean up after the livestock? Thanks for kind comment AlfaZagato. No, no quicklime on the cattle wagons for the reason set out above by The Great Bear. But in weathering them I tried to convey some trace of bovine ordure (I'm talking bulls**t again), as seen on this LMS wagon. John C. 17 1 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted October 24, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 24, 2019 8709 slows down through the station before coming to a stop before setting its train back into the yard. Pics from this sort of angle sometimes make me think that I should have built the layout in EM gauge. But I only think this for about 20 seconds until the hassle of wheel and chassis conversion, motion clearances, brake block alignment etc. come into my mind. Life's too short, and in my case the best can be the enemy of the good. John C. 23 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted October 24, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 24, 2019 A couple more of 8709, which has recently had a bit more weathering, mainly a light airbrushing with Vallejo black wash over the boiler/tank tops to represent the accumulation of soot, and some Lifecolor oil and grease effects on the motion. Of course, viewing the pannier from above, as in the shot below, reminds me that the top feed and associated pipework shouldn't be there at this period. Removing them (probably using a new donor bodyshell) is a long term aspiration rather than an immediate priority but I've been following recent discussion over on Little Muddle with interest. John C. 28 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neal Ball Posted October 24, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2019 8709 looks good with the dirt and oil mix. I've also followed the comments on Little Muddle and are going to tackle one of my Panniers. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted October 24, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2019 1 hour ago, Neal Ball said: I've also followed the comments on Little Muddle and are going to tackle one of my Panniers. Good luck Neal. Let us know how you get on. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted October 24, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 24, 2019 A couple of views of the pannier setting back its train into the yard loop. John C. 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted October 24, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2019 Nice to see a guard in the toad and also a tail lamp. 2 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted October 27, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 27, 2019 Pannier shunting the yard, swapping full coal wagons for empties. I can while away a pleasant hour or so shunting like this, wireless controller in one hand and glass of beer in the other, punctuated only by the occasional passing of trains on the mainline. (A distant future project might be to make this latter element automatic so that some kind of gizmo presented up and down trains automatically in random order and at appropriate speeds. Might that be asking too much?) John C. 19 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted October 27, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2019 Any chance of a close up of the coal wagons , I especially like the look of that unusually coloured Aitken wagon John. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted October 27, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 27, 2019 An aerial view of shunting operations in the yard. And here's 8709 using the branch platform to run round its re-formed train before continuing its journey. John C. 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 A Pannier never ever offends ! G 1 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglian Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 These latest images look perfectly exposed. 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted October 27, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2019 11 minutes ago, Anglian said: These latest images look perfectly exposed. Thanks to a bit of 'brightness/contrast' tweaking on Affinity Photo! But getting there I guess, Cheers. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Brinkly Posted October 27, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2019 Very nice stuff! Something to aspire towards. Best wishes, Nick. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted October 27, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2019 (edited) 6 hours ago, gwrrob said: Any chance of a close up of the coal wagons , I especially like the look of that unusually coloured Aitken wagon John. Sure, Robin. Here are a few in crude close-up. Of the four in the recent pick-up goods pics the first is from a Powsides kit. It made a change in that it has no end doors. Think the wagon kit component of the Powsides product was from Slaters? The next is also a Powsides kit. Like you I was attracted by the unusual colour. Most PO wagons seemed to be black (and what a sensible choice), with a few red and grey, so it was nice to add a bit of variety with a green one with a local name. Of the two RW wagons in the third pic the one on the left is another Powsides pre-printed kit, while the one on the right is a Bachmann offering. I have two of each of these, plus a couple of Bachmann's dark red Renwick Wilton & Dobson version which features on ANTB. I know little of these firms and their traffic flows, but I hope the wagons add a little south Devon flavour to the show. Regards, John Edited October 27, 2019 by checkrail Right, not left! 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted October 27, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2019 I wonder what shade of green from the Humbrol range POWsides suggest for touching up as I'd be tempted to go the transfer way on a repainted Bachmann wagon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted October 27, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2019 20 minutes ago, gwrrob said: I wonder what shade of green from the Humbrol range POWsides suggest for touching up Knowing that I haven't used this colour for anything else (so far) I've just popped up to the loft to look at my paint stocks, and by a process of elimination can tell you that it's Humbrol matt 105 (with a subsequent wash of black weathering). 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfaZagato Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 15 hours ago, checkrail said: (A distant future project might be to make this latter element automatic so that some kind of gizmo presented up and down trains automatically in random order and at appropriate speeds. Might that be asking too much?) I know the operators of County Gate had exactly this arranged, via DCC and a laptop. If the site is still up, the works was spelled out. I imagine means have been written out before, as well. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 28, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 28, 2019 21 hours ago, checkrail said: A distant future project might be to make this latter element automatic so that some kind of gizmo presented up and down trains automatically in random order and at appropriate speeds. Might that be asking too much? John Dew of this parish runs his Granby Junction layout automatically. I'm sure he'd be willing to share some tips. 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted October 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2019 Beat me to it! County Gate used RR&Co Traincontroller, as do I and John Dew. The full fat Gold version is not cheap (£500+) but would be OTT for what I think you would want. If it’s just running ‘random’ trains from the storage yard through the station and back into the yard then the cheapo Bronze version (c.£100) should be sufficient. As well as the cost of the program, you will need to fit train detection of some description and automatic control of points in the storage area. (Plus points in the scenic area unless you can be very sure that they are set right before and not moved during automatic operation.) Depends what you want and how much you want to pay! Alternatively, if you are/want to be a computer/electronics geek, JMRI and home built stuff (MERG do kits and designs) is a cash poor time rich alternative. Paul. 2 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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