jcredfer Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 You might consider turning him into a Tawny Owl, which is a few inches taller and with a somewhat darker creamy / flecked brown flecks. Not only would the actual height be closer, the slightly darker plumage would look smaller than the lighter Barney, anyway. Folks who want to look slimmer, wear fitting dark clothes..... no guesses as to how I know..... We had one come to our back door for bits of chicken and similar meat, it started when he {she?} was very much a youngster and liked to sit on the old school bell, overlooking the courtyard, way high up just below the eaves. A few choice chicken bits left out on the top of the wall by the kitchen backdoor and it didn't take long. Left there and retiring slightly less distance on each visit soon had it sitting waiting on the kitchen outhouse gutter... soon it would wait on the top of the wall for the next offering. From there, easy, food placed and remain, to give out the next, then simply offer it from upturned fingers. All that was required then, was to stand with an offering on the upturned palm of the hand, but not so close to the top of the wall {making very sure that a thick sleeved jacket is worn - thicky talons do 'ave sharp ends!!}. I don't think it's mum was any too pleased, but never actually interfered - perhaps as well. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted March 29 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 29 (edited) 5 hours ago, jcredfer said: You might consider turning him into a Tawny Owl, which is a few inches taller and with a somewhat darker creamy / flecked brown flecks. Not only would the actual height be closer, the slightly darker plumage would look smaller than the lighter Barney, anyway. Folks who want to look slimmer, wear fitting dark clothes..... no guesses as to how I know..... We had one come to our back door for bits of chicken and similar meat, it started when he {she?} was very much a youngster and liked to sit on the old school bell, overlooking the courtyard, way high up just below the eaves. A few choice chicken bits left out on the top of the wall by the kitchen backdoor and it didn't take long. Left there and retiring slightly less distance on each visit soon had it sitting waiting on the kitchen outhouse gutter... soon it would wait on the top of the wall for the next offering. From there, easy, food placed and remain, to give out the next, then simply offer it from upturned fingers. All that was required then, was to stand with an offering on the upturned palm of the hand, but not so close to the top of the wall {making very sure that a thick sleeved jacket is worn - thicky talons do 'ave sharp ends!!}. I don't think it's mum was any too pleased, but never actually interfered - perhaps as well. That's a truly wonderful story! Before I joined RMweb we lived next to a lake. The wildlife there was staggering, everything from bug swarming to bears! We watched a pair of ospreys build a nest one year, watched them fishing to feed the young ones. Seen the Mrs. pull a dirty great gopher snake out of some netting where it had got tangled, had a pigmy owl spend a day watch us from the small tree just of the side deck and had a baby racoon orphan come to the back sliding door each evening to be fed. It learnt to feed itself in September when the fruit on trees ripened. It was a rental and sadly the owner sold it before I could raise the funds to buy the place. Had a garage the size of this one too! (Now that I've learnt how to retrieve files from the old, busted laptop I'll try and find some lake life images for you). As for Barney, I think I'll leave him be as it took as much patients I could muster making and painting such a small model. It is the smallest thing that I've scratch built and took some damage and disfigurement trying to place him in that window opening! Regards Shaun. Edited March 29 by Sasquatch Thought it was osprey but it is actually ospreys! Amongst other tyops 9 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 What a wonderful place to have lived in, Shaun. That said, if you had managed to purchase the place, you would have had far less time for miniature railways..... Chioces, choices...... Best wishes 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted March 29 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 29 26 minutes ago, jcredfer said: What a wonderful place to have lived in, Shaun. That said, if you had managed to purchase the place, you would have had far less time for miniature railways..... Chioces, choices...... Best wishes True to a point! I did build Dunster one year while living there! Too much spare time on my hands to be honest! Trying to reach across to the unfinished Queensbury goods yard to work on that right now. Should have done that before the barn scene! Never mind, just get on with it huh! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted March 31 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 31 (edited) Her's one little area that needed sorting out. The ramp at the end of the Halifax Keighley platform! The fix required raising the ground level up to meet the bottom of the ramp! A slab of foam was fashioned with a rasp and hot glued down. Mold-a-Scene filler left to dry overnight and ground cover paint applied this morning. When that dried I matched in the ground cover, had to jimmy-rig the ramp a bit to match the Ratio fence ramp and filled the gap. Now, any passengers alighting for Brow Lane wont have to risk breaking a leg when taking the short cut down the path there! Edited March 31 by Sasquatch To add the images from my phone. It’s much easier! 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted March 31 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 31 2 minutes ago, Sasquatch said: Her's one little area that needed sorting out. The ramp at the end of the Halifax Keighley platform! The fix required raising the ground level up to meet the bottom of the ramp! A slab of foam was fashioned with a rasp and hot glued down. Mold-a-Scene filler left to dry overnight and ground cover paint applied this morning. When that dried I matched in the ground cover, had to jimmy-rig the ramp a bit to match the Ratio fence ramp and filled the gap. Now, any passengers alighting for Brow Lane wont have to risk breaking a leg when taking the short cut down the path there! I'll take your word for it... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted March 31 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 31 7 minutes ago, St Enodoc said: I'll take your word for it... You beat me to it! I have gotten into the habit of typing the text up on the laptop which not only is preferable to that tiny touchscreen on the phone but easier to use and generally preferable as I like to improve my spelling rather than let my stupid phone try to out smart me😄 Having had a mild rant about it, I do like it’s camera and find it quicker to just edit the image on it. Only drawback is that AI can’t decide which way up my images should be. Thus the lengthy delay as all four had to be edited on the phone which then (strangely) corrects the issue!! How’s the weather down there BTW? 1 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted March 31 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 31 6 minutes ago, Sasquatch said: You beat me to it! I have gotten into the habit of typing the text up on the laptop which not only is preferable to that tiny touchscreen on the phone but easier to use and generally preferable as I like to improve my spelling rather than let my stupid phone try to out smart me😄 Having had a mild rant about it, I do like it’s camera and find it quicker to just edit the image on it. Only drawback is that AI can’t decide which way up my images should be. Thus the lengthy delay as all four had to be edited on the phone which then (strangely) corrects the issue!! How’s the weather down there BTW? Very pleasant at the moment. We've had a dryer-than-usual March with temperatures mostly in the mid-20s (mid-70s to you). It will change soon enough, I'm sure. Photos look good BTW! Thanks. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted March 31 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 31 10 hours ago, Sasquatch said: You beat me to it! I have gotten into the habit of typing the text up on the laptop which not only is preferable to that tiny touchscreen on the phone but easier to use and generally preferable as I like to improve my spelling rather than let my stupid phone try to out smart me😄 Having had a mild rant about it, I do like it’s camera and find it quicker to just edit the image on it. Only drawback is that AI can’t decide which way up my images should be. Thus the lengthy delay as all four had to be edited on the phone which then (strangely) corrects the issue!! How’s the weather down there BTW? That’s not very clear… After typing the post on the laptop the text is submitted then I reopen the post in edit mode on the phone to add the images! Saves quite a lot of time by the end of the week too😃 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted April 6 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 6 Sorry for the lack of updates folks. I have been very busy on a new project this week. Getting my son a ticket to visit for 3 months! He'll be bringing his tech and we plan to make layout videos together amongst other things. I should be able to get a full weekend of modeling in now! Squatch 4 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRSS Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 I shall look forward to seeing the videos and seeing what you can achieve in a full weekend, no doubt it will be something special. 👍 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 9 hours ago, JRSS said: I shall look forward to seeing the videos and seeing what you can achieve in a full weekend, no doubt it will be something special. 👍 Likewise J 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted April 10 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 10 On 06/04/2024 at 10:09, jcredfer said: Likewise J On 06/04/2024 at 00:46, JRSS said: I shall look forward to seeing the videos and seeing what you can achieve in a full weekend, no doubt it will be something special. 👍 Unfortunately things never go as planned. Other things had to take precedence over the modeling as usual. All I managed was to make some railings for the staircase landings and fix the stair cases in place on Queensbury. One other thing which will be of enormous help is that I managed to get all the images of Queensbury and Bradford Exchange off of the old laptop! Just wondering what my son's reaction will be the, first time he sees what I've built. The last time he saw the garage it was an uninviting, spider invested racoon toilet! Today's plan after a call to England and a quick mushroom hunt with the dogs, is to make new (temporary) kitchen tops and get to work on more Queensbury scenic stuff. We'll see how this plan pans out. Squatch 2 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted 1 hour ago Author RMweb Premium Share Posted 1 hour ago (edited) It's a very busy time here in the spring, so finding modeling time isn't easy but a few evening hours have been spent in the garage doing some relaxing scenic work. I have one of those roll-around comfy office chairs, Radio Garden on the laptop which is hooked up to the HiFi and of course the new heating system. The area between the new barn and Queensbury tunnel entrance will be needing a few big trees. They will help mask the baseboard edge of Goathland on the opposite side of the rear operating well when viewed from the front one! It's a case of bigger is better here, so I had a go at a huge oak. An old mature English oak can reach heights of up to 60' with a width of 70". That equates to 240mm x 280mm in 1/76 scale! First, I cut a scrap of ply to 280mm and wrapped garden wire around it about 50 times. A rubber band was put around one end and the wires all cut at the other. After giving this a couple of good tight twists, it was clamped loop end in the vice and the elastic band removed. The twisting began! After a good few tunes from my favorite radio station (StuBru's De Tijdloze) we have something like this. The following evening I mixed up some glue, paint, baking soda and scatter, which was painted on to the trunk and all but the single strand branches at the top ends. On the third evening the single end wires were trimmed and bent upwards and some dog bed stuffing was stuck on in clumps then suitable colored foliage mix applied using Aqua-Net hairspray. With the trimming, the loop removed from the bottom and the roots bent out, the overall height is roughly 240mm or a scale 60 feet! For 3 evenings effort it didn't look quite right because I missed the step of spraying the dog bed stuffing with dark flat camo brown but it'll have to do! Last night I made a few more trees of no particular species out of rosemary, dog bed stuffing and scatter this time remembering to use the rattle-can paint. A few more will be needed before the overall effect is achieved but it's starting to take shape. 69441 has just emerged from the tunnel with the Halifax to Bradford service. Squatch. Need to finish those roots! Edited 1 hour ago by Sasquatch Images 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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