Arun Sharma Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Greetings Tony - Will see you at Telford on Saturday where there should be some proper sized model trains. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted August 25, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 25, 2019 3 hours ago, Arun Sharma said: Greetings Tony - Will see you at Telford on Saturday where there should be some proper sized model trains. Yes, I expect to be there, although I'm not sure about "proper" - big perhaps, but then, size isn't everything 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack P Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Tony Teague said: size isn't everything I keep telling myself that 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted August 25, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 25, 2019 1 minute ago, Jack P said: I keep telling myself that It's when other people keep telling you that that you start to wonder . . . . . . . 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted September 22, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2019 (edited) Another month since my last update - I plead continuing distraction, but again I have not been idle, and so here is the first of a couple of updates. I continue to work through the weathering of the loco fleet and this has now reached 18% of the total fleet - up from 11% back in about July; this is progress, but with some way to go! In preparing locos for weathering I check other things such as crew, coal, headcode discs, front couplings and so on - but one of my pet dislikes in kit-built locos is solid, i.e. not-drilled-out chimneys, and so I try to attend to these before weathering. In dealing with ex-LB&SCR K class No.2345 I got either a bit over-zealous or careless or both, and picked an over-large drill - result - a side-venting chimney! I don't recall this as being one of Mr Bulleid's experiments, and so I had no choice but to fill it, which I first tried with a plastic filler - to no avail, and so resorted to an epoxy compound: Here it is before a final rub-down More haste, less speed, but I feel that the final result justifies the effort - when compared with the 'before', un-weathered version: Tony Edited November 10, 2022 by Tony Teague 11 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted September 22, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2019 Coming along nicely. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Nicely weathered loco 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack P Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Looks fantastic Tony. Pedant mode: Should the numbers and letters not be the ones with the green drop shadow? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted September 23, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2019 8 hours ago, Jack P said: Looks fantastic Tony. Pedant mode: Should the numbers and letters not be the ones with the green drop shadow? Possibly - but in those days they only had black and white cameras, so no-one would have known... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted September 23, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Tony Teague said: Possibly - but in those days they only had black and white cameras, so no-one would have known... And, just between ourselves, the model has one or two other weaknesses - no lamp brackets being the obvious one. It was an impulse buy at an exhibition and has since had to have its motor replaced, so all in all, not the best model in the collection! Tony 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted September 24, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 24, 2019 (edited) Back in the Spring I reached the point where the area around Churminster Station, its shed, and the industrial area around Wadley's Brewery were finally at a point where I felt that I could call them "finished for the time being", and move on, after what was almost three year's effort. So the plan was next, to "re-furbish" the Stowe Magna area which is on the opposite side of the railway room; this area was started about 15 years ago and then left largely untouched for the last 10 years. This side of the layout was never finished scenically, plus I feel that my skills have improved and that certain aspects just aren't up to the standards achieved more recently with Churminster. Having said that, I do not have the appetite, inclination or time to start again, the track, and wiring all works well, and in some areas such as the colour light signalling of the main line, this area is actually ahead of Churminster (which is intended to have semaphores in the future). So, refurbishment it will be, rather than wholesale rebuilding, and I have decided to start at the near end, in Stowe Magna itself, up on the hill that overlooks the station. I made a start by asking my artist friend Mike Gascoigne to paint a backscene for me - as there is none at present - and this is in hand; the area includes a pub, the village school, and the Parish Church of St Giles, however the church does not dominate the scene as I feel it should, and so this is the first building that is to be re-built The current building is a bog-standard SuperQuick card kit and so, having got familiar with building in foamboard and plasticard on the Churminster barns, locoshed, goods shed and Brewery tap pub, I now intend to build something more substantial. Here is the new church tower, mocked up in foamboard! If the tower is anything to go by, the churchyard will have to be extended into the empty field beyond, in order to accommodate the new building! Further progress updates will follow. Tony Edited November 10, 2022 by Tony Teague 12 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted September 24, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 24, 2019 20 minutes ago, Tony Teague said: Back in the Spring I reached the point where the area around Churminster Station, its shed, and the industrial area around Wadley's Brewery were finally at a point where I felt that I could call them "finished for the time being", and move on, after what was almost three year's effort. So the plan was next, to "re-furbish" the Stowe Magna area which is on the opposite side of the railway room; this area was started about 15 years ago and then left largely untouched for the last 10 years. This side of the layout was never finished scenically, plus I feel that my skills have improved and that certain aspects just aren't up to the standards achieved more recently with Churminster. Having said that, I do not have the appetite, inclination or time to start again, the track, and wiring all works well, and in some areas such as the colour light signalling of the main line, this area is actually ahead of Churminster (which is intended to have semaphores in the future). So, refurbishment it will be, rather than wholesale rebuilding, and I have decided to start at the near end, in Stowe Magna itself, up on the hill that overlooks the station. I made a start by asking my artist friend Mike Gascoigne to paint a backscene for me - as there is none at present - and this is in hand; the area includes a pub, the village school, and the Parish Church of St Giles, however the church does not dominate the scene as I feel it should, and so this is the first building that is to be re-built The current building is a bog-standard SuperQuick card kit and so, having got familiar with building in foamboard and plasticard on the Churminster barns, locoshed, goods shed and Brewery tap pub, I now intend to build something more substantial. Here is the new church tower, mocked up in foamboard! If the tower is anything to go by, the churchyard will have to be extended into the empty field beyond, in order to accommodate the new building! Further progress updates will follow. Tony Part of me says I like that very much Tony. Another part says I'm sorry to see the good old SuperQuick church go. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted September 24, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 24, 2019 Don't worry, there are plenty of other SuperQuick, Metcalf and other card kit buildings that will live on! I don't have the bandwidth to rebuild the whole town! Tony 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted September 24, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 24, 2019 1 hour ago, Tony Teague said: Here is the new church tower, mocked up in foamboard! If the tower is anything to go by, the churchyard will have to be extended into the empty field beyond, in order to accommodate the new building! Empty field on the layout or empty field outside the house? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack P Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 On 23/09/2019 at 20:26, Tony Teague said: And, just between ourselves, the model has one or two other weaknesses - no lamp brackets being the obvious one. It was an impulse buy at an exhibition and has since had to have its motor replaced, so all in all, not the best model in the collection! Tony Tony, Pretty good for an impulse buy! (Hate to be the bearer of bad news) Another slight issue is the cab, looks like it still has it's Brighton one and not the cut down Maunsell cab. which I think, strictly speaking is 'wrong' for 'our period'. If you feel up to it, Dave Ellis does the whole cab assembly as a spare! Looking forward to seeing Stowe Magna progressing! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted September 25, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 25, 2019 (edited) On 25/09/2019 at 00:18, Jack P said: Tony, Pretty good for an impulse buy! (Hate to be the bearer of bad news) Another slight issue is the cab, looks like it still has it's Brighton one and not the cut down Maunsell cab. which I think, strictly speaking is 'wrong' for 'our period'. If you feel up to it, Dave Ellis does the whole cab assembly as a spare! Looking forward to seeing Stowe Magna progressing! Jack I'll think about it, but I have a few other locos needing attention, the whole area of Stowe Magna to re-furbish and then a further area of the layout which is as large again, and as yet almost completely undeveloped - so it may depend on whether I live long enough! (...and of course by then someone will have introduced an RTR model...). In the meantime, here are a couple more K's for your inspection and critique - I believe that both are Ace Products kits, but I may be wrong: No.2346 is certainly by Ace Products and was built for me about 12 years ago by Chris Phillips; clearly at that time I was not fussed about lamp brackets! No.2341 is another 2nd hand purchase and so I have no idea of it's pedigree; both of these are amongst the 82% of the fleet that has yet to be weathered! Tony Edited November 10, 2022 by Tony Teague 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted September 25, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 25, 2019 6 hours ago, Tony Teague said: No.2346 is certainly by Ace Products and was built for me about 12 years ago by Chris Phillips; clearly at that time I was not fussed about lamp brackets! amongst the 82% of the fleet that has yet to be weathered! Not quite true . . . . .. 9 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted September 25, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 25, 2019 Well thanks Mick! I had forgotten that you had that one in hand - she's looking excellent, nice & grubby - just how I like 'em. Tony 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Tony Teague Posted October 23, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 23, 2019 Some progress can be reported in terms of the replacement of St Giles' Church, Stowe Magna! The tower is getting there slowly with the nave, chancel & porch close behind. This is the chancel: I looked around for actual church plans but settled eventually on downloading the excellent Scalescenes model; I am using this as the basis for the design but I am choosing to build it in foamboard and plasticard as I prefer the textured finish that gives, however, this involves a lot more work! Once I finish the overall structure, excluding the roof, there is some filling and then a lot of painting to get done, in order to come up with a finish that I am comfortable with. Further updates to follow. Tony 14 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Texture! That already looks way better than a 'paper' product, in my opinion of course! Very nicely done. Cheers, John. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted October 23, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 23, 2019 Hi Tony, that's looking really good and a lot of cutting involved in it's construction, I will look forward to seeing the progress on it. All the best Adrian. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted October 23, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 23, 2019 Thanks John, Adrian! It's not that I don't admire the Scalescenes product - indeed, I am using the downloaded material to produce templates, and having printed the 'window frames' on thin card, I decided to use them - they look Ok, are perfectly adequte, and any alternative would be mighty difficult. I am also using the representations of stained glass windows which are printed onto acetate. I have yet to decide on roofing - probably textured card rather than Slaters Plastikard, but I'm not yet sure. Tony 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted October 24, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2019 Recent visitors to Churminster Shed will not fail to have noticed a 'foreigner' loitering on one of the back loco sidings! GWR No.5934 'Kneller Hall' had been declared a failure at Churminster when working an inter-regional sausage train; it had to be replaced by a locally based N class loco, but it's owning shed seemed in no hurry to re-patriate it. That is, until yesterday when it was shunted onto the turntable, turned and then hauled out by R class No.1336. Once out onto the running lines, the 'dead' Hall was coupled up behind Maunsell Q No.543 and hauled off in the up direction, with a brake van at the rear. A little later the short train was seen taking the cross country line towards the link line to Little Muddle and 'home' on the GWR. You will need to look elsewhere to follow this story any further. Tony 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted October 24, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2019 I spy a thickening plot! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 I’ll get Jimmy to keep an eye out for it then....he does’t miss much!!! No idea when it will arrive here at Little Muddle but as nighttime has arrived I expect it will pass through late morning tomorrow !!!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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