RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 24, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2019 1 hour ago, KNP said: 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 !!!! If it "passes through" Little Muddle we're in big trouble. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted October 25, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2019 10 hours ago, Mick Bonwick said: I spy a thickening plot! or as the grockles say "the thick plottens!" 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted October 26, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2019 (edited) It has been a busy week on the railway, and to balance the departure of 'Kneller Hall', our own "Up Parcels" train has returned from a brief visit to Mick Bonwick, who has managed to make it look really quite filthy! - I am delighted! Here are before & after shots - see if you can work out which is which!: I am particularly pleased with a number of the vans - a pair of LNER Pigeon Brakes: A Southern gangwayed bogie luggage van: and a pair of LNER LMS fish vans: There a still so many complete rakes to be weathered but each time one is completed it re-enforces my view that weathering is an essential part of making the railway look 'right'. I'll post a picture of the loco later but with a bit of help from Mick, I have now reached the point where 20% of the loco fleet is weathered - carriages, NPCS, and wagons are nowhere near that level. Tony Edited October 27, 2019 by Tony Teague Posted it before I had finished! 8 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 26, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 26, 2019 47 minutes ago, Tony Teague said: and a pair of LNER fish vans: They've turned out so well it's hard to tell whether they're LNER or LMS... 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Nice set of pictures. I particularly like the picture of 826 looking back down the rake of wagons and there different heights - very realistic. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted October 27, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2019 10 hours ago, St Enodoc said: They've turned out so well it's hard to tell whether they're LNER or LMS... Something fishy going on there ! Us Southern boys find it hard to tell the difference. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted October 27, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2019 1 minute ago, KNP said: Nice set of pictures. I particularly like the picture of 826 looking back down the rake of wagons and there different heights - very realistic. Focus stacking at work! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Tony Teague said: Focus stacking at work! You can't beat it, may be time consuming to carry out but the results speak for themselves. You've set a president now so you must carry on...….! Edited October 27, 2019 by KNP 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 And don't forget cropping, another powerful tool 7 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted October 27, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2019 1 hour ago, KNP said: And don't forget cropping, another powerful tool Kevin Nice crop! Given that photography is my "other hobby" I am really very lazy when it comes to taking pictures of the train set! I never worry about tripods or lighting - and it would be fair to say that it shows . So I think I agree - "must try harder"! Tony 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted October 27, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2019 A little further progress at St Giles, Stowe Magna: The building is still in 4 main chunks! The original downloadable Scalescenes template, on which this is based, includes internal wall coverings which I had decided to leave out, however, the windows are fairly transparent and at present most of the interior is very white, so I am vacillating! Must decide before I put the roof on! Tony 13 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 I'd paint it a sand colour to take the starkness off, if I maybe so bold! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted October 27, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2019 22 minutes ago, KNP said: I'd paint it a sand colour to take the starkness off, if I maybe so bold! You may be as bold as you like! What you are seeing at present varies from completely unpainted - as per the white tops on the tower turrets - to undercoated elsewhere. After the undercoat, I have added a 'mortar' coat on some but not all areas and beyond this I have prepared a sample colour card which shows the addition of each layer (left to right, 6 shown) that I intend adding using dry brushing: Whether I go that far or perhaps further, remains to be seen! Here is a shot of a similar looking church that I took a while back, which might be something like I'm aiming for: It is the church of St John The Baptist at Stanford-on-Soar, Leicestershire. Tony 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted October 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2019 3 hours ago, Tony Teague said: , so I am vacillating! I hope you were on your own when you did that! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted October 28, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2019 1 hour ago, Mick Bonwick said: I hope you were on your own when you did that! Yes, a darkened room! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted November 15, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 15, 2019 I am pleased to see that Churminster will appear in next month's edition of Horn*y Magazine; the pictures were taken some months ago and just show Churminster and the immediate area around it. This is about 25% of the layout as a whole but I was not yet ready to show more, so I hope that this part makes sense on its own. I am less happy about the picture they used in this month's magazine as a trailer - not my best side (if I have one) ! I shall have to consult my lawyers Messrs Sue Grabbit & B'stard as to whether my image rights have been infringed. Tony 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted November 15, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 15, 2019 50 minutes ago, Tony Teague said: I shall have to consult my lawyers Messrs Sue Grabbit & B'stard as to whether my image rights have been infringed. I'm inclined to agree with you there. It would have been better for all of us if your image lefts had been infringed. Much better. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted November 15, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 15, 2019 56 minutes ago, Tony Teague said: I am pleased to see that Churminster will appear in next month's edition of Horn*y Magazine; the pictures were taken some months ago and just show Churminster and the immediate area around it. This is about 25% of the layout as a whole but I was not yet ready to show more, so I hope that this part makes sense on its own. I am less happy about the picture they used in this month's magazine as a trailer - not my best side (if I have one) ! I shall have to consult my lawyers Messrs Sue Grabbit & B'stard as to whether my image rights have been infringed. Tony Great news - I was wondering when that was coming. Looking forward to it. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted November 15, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 15, 2019 11 minutes ago, Mick Bonwick said: I'm inclined to agree with you there. It would have been better for all of us if your image lefts had been infringed. Much better. The bad news is that he does have another shot from the other side - of me "using" an airbrush - its just as horrible so I hope he doesn't use it! I can just imagine all of the comments from experts about how I am holding my instrument, etc! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Tony Teague Posted November 18, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 18, 2019 (edited) A couple of weeks back, the residents of Churminster and nearby Stowe Magna awoke to a dreadful prospect: Yes, a rail-replacement bus service! - and for a whole week, no less. So what had brought this about? Well, long standing followers of this thread may remember that almost exactly three years ago I mentioned that a new Control Panel was being developed, with the help of Giles Walburn and John Freer, and that despite my impatience, they had persuaded me that we should start with a plywood top and paper template for the Panel, as they suggested that, during the development process, I might change my mind! They were right of course, but having finally reached "stability" at version 26, I decided that it was finally time for us to go ahead with the new printed top - the tiny snag being that every single switch, push-button, LED and controller would have to be dropped out of the temporary top and re-fitted to the new one! So it was that on a Monday morning a couple of weeks back, we started to drop out the switches, buttons etc, until all we really had was a large boxful of tangled wires! Having carefully planned this exercise down to the tiniest detail (NOT!), I am delighted to say that after only one day we had the old top free and the new one in position! It was then that the fun really started, as Giles cut holes to mount the 10 Gaugemaster controllers in place whilst I screwed bezels in place to fit the multitude of LED's into their new positions. For the last two days of the week Giles had to work on his own, but I am delighted to say that every one of the 100 switches and 200 push buttons was in place and working by close of play on Friday, plus the first 40 of around 180 LEDs - and so the rail-relief bus service could be stood down and almost normal operations resumed - subject only to some hand signalling and temporary speed restrictions in place, until such time as the remaining indicator LEDs can be fitted to the panel - and some final cosmetic trimming completed. A very significant step for the railway! Tony Edited November 19, 2022 by Tony Teague 14 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted November 18, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2019 That looks absolutely splendid! Well done to all those involved. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Very impressive. Hope it comes with an operators manual, it all looks very complicated!!! 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted November 18, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2019 3 hours ago, KNP said: Very impressive. Hope it comes with an operators manual, it all looks very complicated!!! Its all done on the "two wire" principal - two wires to everything! (And yes, it is all documented, it needs to be!) 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Too complicated for my simple brain. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted November 19, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 19, 2019 16 hours ago, Tony Teague said: A couple of weeks back, the residents of Churminster and nearby Stowe Magna awoke to a dreadful prospect: Yes, a rail-replacement bus service! - and for a whole week, no less. So what had brought this about? Well, long standing followers of this thread may remember that almost exactly three years ago I mentioned that a new Control Panel was being developed, with the help of Giles Walburn and John Freer, and that despite my impatience, they had persuaded me that we should start with a plywood top and paper template for the Panel, as they suggested that, during the development process, I might change my mind! They were right of course, but having finally reached "stability" at version 26, I decided that it was finally time for us to go ahead with the new printed top - the tiny snag being that every single switch, push-button, LED and controller would have to be dropped out of the temporary top and re-fitted to the new one! So it was that on a Monday morning a couple of weeks back, we started to drop out the switches, buttons etc, until all we really had was a large boxful of tangled wires! Having carefully planned this exercise down to the tiniest detail (NOT!), I am delighted to say that after only one day we had the old top free and the new one in position! It was then that the fun really started, as Giles cut holes to mount the 10 Gaugemaster controllers in place whilst I screwed bezels in place to fit the multitude of LED's into their new positions. For the last two days of the week Giles had to work on his own, but I am delighted to say that every one of the 100 switches and 200 push buttons was in place and working by close of play on Friday, plus the first 40 of around 180 LEDs - and so the rail-relief bus service could be stood down and almost normal operations resumed - subject only to some hand signalling and temporary speed restrictions in place, until such time as the remaining indicator LEDs can be fitted to the panel - and some final cosmetic trimming completed. A very significant step for the railway! Tony That looks mind blowingly complicated - I’m glad I went for DCC! With my messy wiring that would have looked even more ridiculous. It now looks very smart...I just hope it works as efficiently as before the engineering works. All the best Andy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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