Douglas G Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Some fantastic scenic modelling and weathering here! The colours are really well chosen to give a natural effect of distance. I particularly like the wooden station building and the track ballasting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 I am hoping that the new builds will be constructed substantially better than the tumbledown cottage. It seems to have been built with whitewashed timbers forming the roof rafters and trusses. Can I presume that the steam roller is an ancient Roman one? It appears to have a seam on the rear rollers and I believe that this was for the purpose of forming chariot wheel ruts. The RSPCA are concerned that unpainted dogs may be leaching chemicals into the atmosphere or is this just radon coming to the surface? Noted and the new build will be built to quality that enhances the surrounding area or what I have kicking around... What don't you recognise a superstar when you see one, its Rolly from Bob the Builder, do you want his autograph? OK 'll get a coat on him to cover up, he was ill you know but now he's been re firred....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 Chairman, My concerns are 1 The need for 10 new dwellings in Little Muddle has not been demonstrated. 2 Highways Department are concerned that safe vehicular access has not been provided 3. No off-street parking is available 4. The development detracts from rather than enhances it's surroundings 5. The high roof profile will deprive the ladies lavatories in the station building of light However I am pleased to see small business units. These will be able to employ agricultural workers displaced by the introduction of powerful tractors powered by internal combustion engines. It is 1936 so the only off street required needed is for the horse and that can chew on the grass. The rest are noted and will dealt as part of the planning conditions...... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 You didn't mention the Peoples Independent Republic of Horrocksford and the Haverfordwest Community Paradise, both of which stand firmly, shoulder-to-shoulder, with all those resisting the ever-advancing encroachment that seeks to subjugate our green and pleasant land and turn it into a totalitarian enclave for elitist rivet counters. All comments noted and past onto the Parish Council for them to discuss with the Muddlites Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 Some fantastic scenic modelling and weathering here! The colours are really well chosen to give a natural effect of distance. I particularly like the wooden station building and the track ballasting. Many thanks for your comments and some when I will get on actually building something, somewhere on the layout! I think it's time to finish the field by Encombe Station with potato plants..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted March 30, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 30, 2017 It is 1936 so the only off street required needed is for the horse and that can chew on the grass. The rest are noted and will dealt as part of the planning conditions...... Actually it is for the occupants of the yet-to-be-built cottages to object to the arrival of the Railway, reading back to your background notes. Nothing to fear from planners in the 19th century! If they could have seen how wonderfully the railway would blend into this area of outstanding natural beauty they would have had no fears! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted March 30, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 30, 2017 All comments noted and past onto the Parish Council for them to discuss with the Muddlites Look out, the local radio news team is getting involved... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 81C Posted March 30, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 30, 2017 God help the car owner that looks like Norman Wisdom laying underneath it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted March 30, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 30, 2017 Looks like he's gassing him. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 81C Posted March 30, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 30, 2017 Looks like he's gassing him. Laughing gas !!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 (edited) Laughing gas !!! That's not to be sniffed at so no wisdom in it..... Edited March 30, 2017 by KNP 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 (edited) Kevin When you started this thread not three weeks ago did you have any inkling that it could develop in this direction? P.S. I think it's great! Edited March 30, 2017 by Coombe Barton 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gismorail Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Now if the Barn were to be like Pop Larkins I would be moving there like a shot ......just the thought of having Catherine Zeta - Jones as a neighbour would be worth the move ..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 Kevin When you started this thread not three weeks ago did you have any inkling that it could develop in this direction? P.S. I think it's great! Not in the slightest. I was nudged and pushed by a couple of members into doing something as a stand alone forum on Little Muddle because prior to that I had been sending odd replies to other forums on this site on an ad hoc basis. So I thought OK give it a go, let's see what happens and off we went..... But when I put that billboard up about land redevelopment and how I was planning to do it sort of caught everyone's imagine and the replies have been fantastic, so thank you all for that.......the only thing now is I've got to build it otherwise I have sense of foreboding if I don't. One problem is that I've ended up on this website more than I have been on the layout, or so it feels at present, so the layout has progressed slowly but I have only myself to blame for that. Saying that I have just been working on layout getting the field ready to plant the potatoes tomorrow when the glue dries to the planting rows. Thanks 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 Now if the Barn were to be like Pop Larkins I would be moving there like a shot ......just the thought of having Catherine Zeta - Jones as a neighbour would be worth the move ..... larkins barn (304x353).jpg Darling Buds of May, wow that's going back a few years. Barn looks nice but I do think a Kent barn would look a bit odd on my West Country layout? I suspect I would have another group of objectors coming out the woodwork to complain........I'd keep the Little Muddle Gazette in print! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Quote .... "Barn looks nice but I do think a Kent barn would look a bit odd on my West Country layout" Sheer heresy ! I can see pastys being thrown, smocks burnt and copious amounts of cider being consumed throughout the county !!! Just a stones throw from where I'm sitting ( almost in tears ! ) this can be found.... A proper job barn ! Dev Onian 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Now if the Barn were to be like Pop Larkins I would be moving there like a shot ......just the thought of having Catherine Zeta - Jones as a neighbour would be worth the move ..... larkins barn (304x353).jpg Thanks for posting that picture, as I'm thinking of basing a model I'm planning on it. And it's an oast house, not a barn! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Quote .... "Barn looks nice but I do think a Kent barn would look a bit odd on my West Country layout" Sheer heresy ! I can see pastys being thrown, smocks burnt and copious amounts of cider being consumed throughout the county !!! Just a stones throw from where I'm sitting ( almost in tears ! ) this can be found.... image.jpeg A proper job barn ! Dev Onian How idyllic is that photo? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 If they can grow tea in Cornwall I am sure you can have a Kentish barn, an oasthouse and a vineyard. I apologise for distracting you from the modelling. Will the houses be built by Italian POW's who stayed in Devon after WW11 ended? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted March 31, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 31, 2017 Quote .... "Barn looks nice but I do think a Kent barn would look a bit odd on my West Country layout" Sheer heresy ! I can see pastys being thrown, smocks burnt and copious amounts of cider being consumed throughout the county !!! Just a stones throw from where I'm sitting ( almost in tears ! ) this can be found.... image.jpeg A proper job barn ! Dev Onian That your new railway room Grahame? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted March 31, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2017 If they can grow tea in Cornwall I am sure you can have a Kentish barn, an oasthouse and a vineyard. I apologise for distracting you from the modelling. Will the houses be built by Italian POW's who stayed in Devon after WW11 ended? Not if it's 1936... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junctionmad Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Beautiful layout If you ever find the time , a step by step guide to tree making would be a fantastic resource Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gismorail Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 It struck me last night having caught up with all the developments in Little Muddle that this wonderful thread is turning into a mini soap opera, which is strange in many ways as I know that a lot of members on here tend to escape into the railway room while their wives / partners watch the soaps on the telly .......think we'd better keep this quite 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted March 31, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2017 (edited) It's official! Little Muddle has been declared An Area Of Outsranding Natural Beauty---AONB. Well deserved I'd say. Edited March 31, 2017 by Limpley Stoker 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 It's official! Little Muddle has been declared An Are Of Outsranding Natural Beauty---AONB. Well deserved I'd say. Hope not as that will be another set of regulations I'll have to comply with before building anything......... Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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