ColinW Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 I like the way you have done the engine shed area. its great to catch up on this layout and look forward to seeing more soon hopefully. Colin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lakeview770 Posted September 26, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 26, 2011 What can I say ....Love it Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackbed Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 I like the way you have done the engine shed area. its great to catch up on this layout and look forward to seeing more soon hopefully. Colin Hi Colin Thanks for your comments,we are pleased with the way the shed area is coming a long. We are now working on the station at the moment,we have just completed the foot bridge and now starting on the canopys. (long job) We hope to post more pictures as things progress.thank for taking the time to look and commet. Nick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackbed Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 What can I say ....Love it Andy Hi Andy Thanks for your comments,glad you liked it more to come soon hopefully. Nick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull1845 Posted October 6, 2011 Author Share Posted October 6, 2011 Hi, Took the video camera with me tonight, here's a quick view. I did take some more footage so will post it at a later date. DOnt forget to put the sound on, I expect you all to sing along! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2c_DEeuVsc Cheers Scott 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackbed Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Hi Scott nice filming, see you at Canne. Thanks for taking the time to come up and film the layout,look forward to more Nick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull1845 Posted October 9, 2011 Author Share Posted October 9, 2011 Cheers Nick, The next one will be in colour and no cheesey music! Scott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull1845 Posted November 9, 2011 Author Share Posted November 9, 2011 (edited) Evening all, Made my monthly visit to Coleborne tonight, remembered my camera so have taken a few pictures for you all. Progress since my last visit, one of the station canopies has been scratch built, there are still a few more to go but I know Nick has learnt a lot from doing this one and wil be going about the other one slightly differently. The backscene has been painted and put in place, still a bit more to do with the town, like lining up the pavements and painting the roads, placing seagulls etc, I think that it was decided Brian would be in charge of seagulling! Coleborne now has its staion signs, Nick managed to knock up the first running board and can be seen in the first picture below. (yet to be painted I might add) Now for a few without trains in them: And finally a picture from outside, showing them all hard at work as soon as I left.. Thats it for now.. Cheers Scott Edited November 9, 2011 by pitbull1845 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull1845 Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 (edited) Just a few more pictures, as I've said before I have this liking of bay platforms for whatever reason?? So here are a couple of pictures of Colborne's... Final one is of a freight train approaching Coleborne at speed, (wish I could tell you more but a steam train is a steam train to me, my ignorance I know) Cheers Scott Edited November 14, 2011 by pitbull1845 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve22 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 The engine shed looks very realistic, a good use of space. In the photos of the water crane and the two railwaymen standing by the end shed you can sense the dampness on the ground and in the air - quite literally a very atmospheric series of photographs. Steve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackbed Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Hi steve thanks for your comments,we are pleased you can see so much life in the picture. Pitbull makes a good job of the photo shoots,many thanks for looking. Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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trackbed Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Hi all update on Colborne. Our freind Brian (the painter) has made some more progess on the back scene of Colborne town, think it looks very good. Brian ( wireman) is making good progress with the island platform buildings, They are made from modified superquick card kits . He is also fitting a motor to the turntable, some problem with drive coupling. We are also building the second conopy around the ticket office/main entrance , hopefully Scott (pitbull) the film director will take some pics of the construction. Graham (Pooleboy) has been working on the stations running in board nice job ,the names we had printed by Station signs (really good). Hope to have more news and pics soon. Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull1845 Posted November 30, 2011 Author Share Posted November 30, 2011 Sorry peeps, no photos from me tonight Just realised my mobile has been on silent all day and just listened to a message from Trackbed about a meeting tonight! Sorry Boys... I thought I was having a quiet day..... Hope it went well! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richzr7 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Hi, Smashing looking layout. How did you create the ash effect in the loco disposal area of the TMD? I am building a TMD and have been struggling to create realistic looking ash and clinker Keep up the good work Rich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackbed Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Hi Rich Many thanks for your comments. The ash in and around the shed and the disposal area has been created by using real ash from my wood burning stove. I filled an old ice cream container with selected ash, selected being, the differing shades e.g. white , light gray, dark gray, black,and if more cinders are needed i used woodland senics fine cinders . The application of the ash is the same as ballasting, form the shape you require, mist with water then add P.V.A leave for about 48 hour ,job complete.Hope this has been some help, lets know how you get on,good luck. Nick. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richzr7 Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Nick, Thanks for the guidance, guess I need to burn some stuff and collect the ash. Will post some pics once done and I figure out how to upload them! Thanks again Rich 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull1845 Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 Good evening, I managed to make an appearance at Coleborne tonight, as did my trusty camera... So I took a few pics while I was there. Had a bit of a running session tonight although some little jobs were done like weathering buildings for example. Oh and Wiremans speciality tonight "crashing trains". Pooleboy also brought along a new toy with sound.. Below is a picture of the unusual visitor. No prizes for guessing which country it came from! The platform canopies are coming along well, Trackbed has done very well for a first time scratch builder. There are a few pictures to come in the future showing the process of building them. Here are a few shots from tonight: Finally the shot of the visitor the right way round: Thanks for looking. Scott 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull1845 Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 Hi William, Yes it did make a nice change, has an awesome horn on it, ran smoothly too... A busy time on the downline as the popular summer specials all converge at the same time.. Cheers Scott 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike2steam Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Dunno why, that footbridge makes me think of Broadstone Junction.Good stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
7APT7 Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Haha Nice to see some action going on and some Real Modellers... Great photos dudes... love the Layout of the whole thing to... Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackbed Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Dunno why, that footbridge makes me think of Broadstone Junction.Good stuff. Hi Paul i think your right there are shades of Broadstone in that footbridge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull1845 Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 Morning, Missed out on last weeks meet up at Coleborne, wont be there this week either due to work so thought I would post a few pictures of the canopy and stages of its progress. I know Trackbed has spent a lot of time on it, being his first attempt at scratchbuilding there were a few trial and error moments at the start. I wont go into the stages, hopefully the pictures will give a bit of a clue but if there are questions then I'm sure Trackbed (Nick) will be more than happy to explain. 1. The template 2. The skeleton 3. The placement check (note that the paint tins will not be used on the final model!) 4. Another shot showing it in its temporary position. 5. Coming together nicely with a bit of southern green paint and the edging (cant think of the correct term) in place. 6. A view from the station approach. I'm sure when I return there will be a further update to photograph, should look really good when all 3 platforms are done. Finally a shot of the shed at the other end of the layout. Thanks for looking Scott 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull1845 Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 Well I managed to get to Coleborne last night, the intention of this post was to put a picture of the previously posted canopy but now in its finished state and in place on the platform, but despite taking 20 plus pictures of the layout I never actually took a picture of the canopy! Don't know how that happened??? Or didn't happen... Instead I present to you a picture taken by Wireman (using my camera) which I think is rather nice.. And for those of you who prefer colour.. More to follow in a few days... Lots of little things were done last night, lamp posts on the platforms, additional bits to the benches and little signs added to the station and canopy and also some crazy game of move the man! For those not familiar please see the picture below! He was also seen in a tractor and on top of an open top bus... amongst other places.... Thats it for now, Nick if your reading this feel free to email me a picture of the missing canopy.. Cheers Scott PR Team 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wireman Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Best Photo so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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