Mulgabill Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 Well I'm running out of, up to date, pics, so the might be another hiatus coming! For all the good reasons, that generally progress is being made, but it is both slow, and cross a number of fronts. For example the station/platform are off the layout, and whilst not in the ideal position, can be worked on. Yesterday, most or the drains got laid, and some fencing erected. However this entailed time out to get the reference book out, which seemed to show 2 different set-ups at the up end. I worked out how to get the best compromise. Then realised that the gate position didn't leave room for the running in board, on either side. A compromise was found by extending one side, and moving a mess room (shed) marginally nearer to the old foot-warmer shed. That gave me an excuse to use a similar pic to previously published copies. Here the foot-warmer hut is brick built, on the platform, next to the Choc / Cream Mk1 restaurant coach. The mess room, is off the platform, but is the wooden building next to the signal box. The 94XX has been airbrushed black, and had it'd missing footstep and chimney cap re- affixed. And I am quite pleased with how this has covered most of my errors quite well (I think). But there will probably be no more pics, until I think it's finished. The barren triangle opposite the crossing keepers cottage, is filling up, must be an early Spring in Helstonish. again no pics 'til it's "finished". So to end today's missive another rural shot, of the peaceful fields, between trains, just up the line from Helstonish. TONY 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulgabill Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 A BR std brake van dumped in the milk depot siding. I wonder what that's hiding? 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulgabill Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 This evening I grabbed a few minutes to give the new little camera another try. I rigged up a mount on a Hornby Dublo container flat, to be pushed in front of a loco. That passed through the bridge, but didn't quite clear the tunnel roof. Although that could be sorted, if it works ok. A video taken, forward and back seemed ok but was upside down! I then stopped the train every so often, and clicked a few stills. Some didn't come out, but by chance I did turn the camera right way up. (So I could get to the buttons.) Here are a couple. First re-entering the station (If it was there). and the end of the line. Not the greatest pics, but they are views not possible with the DSLR. And potentially get closer, broader views. But I suspect may need some enhanced lighting. Do you think it's worth persisting? TONY 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulgabill Posted March 4, 2021 Author Share Posted March 4, 2021 I am part way through a photo session, but just had to recharge the camera for a second time! However, I thought I would share a couple with my regulars, now. 'cos I am quite pleased with where we've got to with some of our recent scenics. Remember the bare triangle? Looks a bit different now, but overall this bit of the layout is much more Forest of Dean, but not unknown in Cornwall either. More soon. TONY 12 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Looking excellent Tony, well done mate. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 I like that a lot. A very familiar looking level crossing keepers house too! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulgabill Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 This was what was behind the BR Brake He's still wondering where they've hidden his lorry! It's good to see this BRS idea hasn't caught on. Clearly the folk of Helstonish still send their goods by rail. This does also show the undergrowth that has grown since lockdown. Along with the field extension. I'm much happier with the effect of this end of the layout. So will be taking some more pics later. (After all ! only downloaded 57 yesterday). Must remember to take the loco couplings off, and find some lamps. (Forgot yesterday). TONY p.s. Thanks for the reactions to yesterdays post. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulgabill Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 20 hours ago, MrWolf said: I like that a lot. A very familiar looking level crossing keepers house too! Thanks Rob. The aim all along has been to re-create an iconic Ben Ashworth pic. At last I think we at the point of achieving that. Bar the addition of a few details, there's not too much more to do. But it's not easy to get people, and chickens, when there are no shows etc. I've also yet to actually work out how to create the chicken pen. However these are not key to reproducing that shot. Yesterdays photos were some of the best I've managed, but there are detail deficiencies. So I aim to have another go tomorrow. The key is having got the setting more balanced, and right, I now have to spot the deficiencies created by the location, through the camera screen. So here are a couple more, without compromising the shot we are looking for. Down goods crosses Sodley Crossing. The mail move's off from the crossing keepers house. And heads for Greendale. More soon. TONY 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulgabill Posted March 6, 2021 Author Share Posted March 6, 2021 Well I've bitten the bullet, and posted Sodley Cottage on the realistic modelling thread. Never thought that would happen. I will put copies of those pics here in a day or two, for the record. However, here are a couple of others, for my regular supporters, with thanks. More to follow TONY 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
treggyman Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 18 minutes ago, Mulgabill said: Well I've bitten the bullet, and posted Sodley Cottage on the realistic modelling thread. Never thought that would happen. I will put copies of those pics here in a day or two, for the record. However, here are a couple of others, for my regular supporters, with thanks. More to follow TONY Hi Tony Those two pictures are really good, especially the second one with the Pannier as part of the scene & not dominating it..... Keep up the good work.... Cheers Bill 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulgabill Posted March 7, 2021 Author Share Posted March 7, 2021 11 hours ago, treggyman said: Hi Tony Those two pictures are really good, especially the second one with the Pannier as part of the scene & not dominating it..... Keep up the good work.... Cheers Bill Thanks Bill for your comments. It sometimes feels like it's taken a long time working towards this, but It feels worth it now. Still a cartoon, but I like it. Here are a couple more pics I think you might like. Again more train in the landscape, I think. Includes Dan Beechworth, one of the local photographers. And more like what I've always said is the best view of the layout, from outside the room. Although in this instance the low level perspective gives depth to the new corner, rather than a view across the whole. If I've not got one, yet, I will take an updated version of this view, from a higher level. More will follow, no doubt. TONY 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulgabill Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 For the record - these are the pics I put in the realistic modelling thread. So far there has been 23 "likes" etc, which is better than I expected, especially with a different audience. Trouble is although I have taken some of the best pics to date, in the past week, I'm struggling to find any more to back these up with. They are either too similar, or have points which detract from the realistic bit. On the other hand it will mean I've more to share here amongst friends. So more to follow. TONY 8 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulgabill Posted March 9, 2021 Author Share Posted March 9, 2021 A quick couple for this morning Must get out for a run now, maybe back later. TONY 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulgabill Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 For this morning we find a prairie on the am down goods, just crossing the unclassified road at Sodley. Not visible in the above pic, but present centre top, is this guy. Some say it's the detail that counts, and so this is evidence that it's there, but you do have to look for it. His mate is present too, but has hidden from the camera, behind the foliage. Over the last 2 evenings I've written and illustrated a piece for the club website. Covering the redevelopment of this corner section of the layout. Only to find it's too big to send as an e-mail attachment. Doh! All the best TONY 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulgabill Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 Sorry I missed out yesterday, so a couple of pics and a quick update for today. Think you might like this one Bill. Also here is one to show status of the 94XX. Currently awaiting either a coat of matt varnish, or some weathering then varnish. Both are dependent on some better weather. It's been either too cold, or too wet, and I daren't even hint that should do either indoors. All the best for now TONY 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
treggyman Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Mulgabill said: Sorry I missed out yesterday, so a couple of pics and a quick update for today. Think you might like this one Bill. Also here is one to show status of the 94XX. Currently awaiting either a coat of matt varnish, or some weathering then varnish. Both are dependent on some better weather. It's been either too cold, or too wet, and I daren't even hint that should do either indoors. All the best for now TONY Hi Tony Yes I do like it..... Very nice indeed.... I take it the yellow flags on the 94xx are a forerunner of wasp stripes.....Ha Ha...... Cheers Bill 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulgabill Posted March 13, 2021 Author Share Posted March 13, 2021 Thanks to all for the responses of late, and welcome to those who have newly wandered this way. I have seen the notifications ticking up. Now some may recall I was dabbling with drawing in inkscape. Well I decided that, although the cutter is on the back burner, I could design my own "kit". As in something that could be printed out, and stuck on card. For reproducible basic buildings. I reconned that should be doable, as I didn't need to worry about cutting paths. So a pair of basic cottages were drawn out, and come to printing, half of the lines were missing. Now I could understand that I might have the format, or similar, wrong. BUT part of the plan had 3 concentic rectangles, each of which had been drawn with the "box" tool. But what came out was a section of the top and left hand side, the other 3/4 was missing. I can't work out any logic to explain this, let alone work out how to correct it. To rub salt in, I can copy the whole diagram, and paste to libre office (= word), which then prints complete (if marginally smaller). Any ideas? In recompense a couple more recent pics Stay safe TONY 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulgabill Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 A couple of pics for a Sunday morning. (It is isn't it?) Now I'm back to making point rod cranks, yesterdays broke when I tried lifting them off the cutting mat, Doh! TONY 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulgabill Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 Behind time again today, so a quick couple of pics, now. Cheers TONY 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulgabill Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 Bit of a diversion this morning. I noticed that one of the local photographers was about. Gwillam Prouse, a local farmer, who likes to slip away for a bit of breakfast after milking. And on a nice day to photograph a morning train, or two. Here we see his tractor parked safely off the road, leading back to Sodley Crossing. Of course being a farmer he can access some more unusual locations. And he is quite well known to the lines staff, which gives him access lineside also. And here a view of the camera he uses, on such occasions. Pretty much a (digital) Box Brownie. More soon, I hope. Keep smiling, TONY 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulgabill Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 Sorry missed a few days. I thought the pics were getting a bit samey, being either from the practise set, or "THE" picture shoot. But also 'cos bits of mudlling were being done. I have, in effect, produced my first building kit. i.e. I drew it in inkscape, printed out, and pasted it to mountboard. Then cut / built, the small generic cottage. (Well it's still being built, but you know what I mean). Here's the start, i.e. the kit. I have a number of changes, yet to make, to the drawings. As there were a few, small, discrepancies. Also, the nice tidy grids, didn't readily cut into regular lintels or sills. Also, if I'm honest, the roof is a bit too flat, especially as it's going to be thatched (I hope). The station is also now re-dressed, and re-installed, so I'll try and put up a spot the difference, when I can find a suitable "before" pic. Also managed to get one of the photographers to capture a more recent working, although it's a bit of a time warped effort. Maroon colletts, behind a green 25. I don't think the Western had 25's before about the early 70's, and by then I doubt there was anything in maroon, let alone collets. Never mind, please treat as a dream, not a nightmare. More to follow All the best TONY 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulgabill Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 That was just grabbed freehand whilst waiting for the cl 25 to arrive. Below = next step in cottage build. i.e.loosley placed together, after adjustments. More will follow. TONY 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulgabill Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share Posted March 25, 2021 Quick pics as update First pic of station back on layout And next step of cottage build Will try to add a few notes with next post Keep smiling TONY 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulgabill Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 Good morning all. For starters today, another view of the station, this time the South end, with a train due drekley. although there does seem to be one (lady) passenger about to leave. She's giving up her ticket, and another porter is carrying her bags to the car. Must have stopped for refreshments, on arrival. The cottage build continues, but I seem to have missed some pics. I've used some windows from fair price models. Pretty good, but they did bow when drying, which makes them tricky to seat correctly. This was compounded by my kit cutouts being a little oversize. I have, I think, adjusted the inkscape drawing. And I will use these windows again, but will keep them flat whilst assembling. Have started on the thatch, but at the moment looks like it's been through lockdown. But it makes me feel at home. The train pending, above, has reached sodlley crossing. Gwillam Prouse was a bit late, so grabbed a distant shot, from the top meadow. Another new development ould mean this is your last sighting of the bookshelves. All the best TONY 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulgabill Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 Another view of the South End of the station, which for many would be the main entrance / exit. And the Down excursion, pushes its way into the station yard, passing the shed. The cottage build has been held up. Seemingly it takes a long time for all that wet hair, to set. (The Pendon booklet did say to use plenty of PVA). For once I both read, and followed instructions. The thatch has made it all look very flat, at this stage. So I'm hoping I've got some of my mothers genes (she was a hairdresser), and can get some shape to it. When dry! TONY 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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