Popular Post KNP Posted February 12, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2020 (edited) 2251 heading west with the goods Edited Sunday at 16:04 by KNP 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted February 12, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2020 (edited) And returning (a little bit later) with the local passenger service Another - working!! - loco enters the Little Muddle fleet of motive power.... Edited Sunday at 16:04 by KNP 32 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted February 12, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2020 (edited) As you know, I always have leftovers...... Edited Sunday at 16:05 by KNP 28 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted February 12, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 12, 2020 5 hours ago, KNP said: As you know, I always have leftovers...... So do I: that’s why I keep putting on weight. Sorry, Paul. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted February 13, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2020 (edited) Imagine..... A peaceful, quiet day. The wind has gone The rain has stopped and the sun is out.... Not to hot but then not to cold So you go for a brisk walk in the countryside and looking across the valley you spot a lonesome auto train heading over the viaduct to its destination So GWR...…... Edited Sunday at 16:05 by KNP 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted February 13, 2020 Author Share Posted February 13, 2020 (edited) A pair of boilers passing Edited Sunday at 16:05 by KNP 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted February 13, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2020 (edited) Normal angle Edited Sunday at 16:06 by KNP 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted February 17, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) Just passing through, Jimmy! Edited Sunday at 16:06 by KNP 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted February 17, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) Looks like my connection is arriving.... Edited Sunday at 16:06 by KNP 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted February 17, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) Picked these up a while back on a secondhand store. Decided to work on some wagons for a change The cattle wagon was indeed the ale wagon which is not only out of era but wrong area. So for now just removed the wording so its not quite so obvious. Edited Sunday at 16:06 by KNP 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted February 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 17, 2020 59 minutes ago, KNP said: Just passing through, Jimmy! Poor Jimmy. Oh, sorry, didn't see the comma. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted February 17, 2020 Author Share Posted February 17, 2020 40 minutes ago, Mick Bonwick said: Poor Jimmy. Oh, sorry, didn't see the comma. Here's some spares? , , , , , , , Please insert as appropriate! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted February 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 17, 2020 Sounds to me that Jimmy’s had enough insertions already... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallpaul69 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 5 hours ago, Mick Bonwick said: Poor Jimmy. Oh, sorry, didn't see the comma. I don't know, a couple of days in MK, even operating a GWR Layout and your eyes are playing you up! Sorry I didn't get to chat on Saturday, but you did seem busy "MurKling"!! (apologies for hijacking your thread Kevin) Cheers to all GWRers Paul 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 (edited) To slow...…..! Missed the loco Edited Sunday at 16:07 by KNP 13 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 (edited) Reworked the wagons as not happy with first effort..... Still more to do Roofs looking better but still not totally sure about them... All work in progress Edited Sunday at 16:07 by KNP 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted February 20, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 20, 2020 (edited) After the recent heavy rain I was up on the roof of the footbridge repairing the lead flashing that had come loose. By luck, I had the camera with me, so was able to take this picture from an unusual view. If you look the distance, on the right, behind Middle Farm you can see the auto train crossing the viaduct... Edited Sunday at 16:08 by KNP 34 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallpaul69 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 18 hours ago, KNP said: Reworked the wagons as not happy with first effort..... Still more to do Roofs looking better but still not totally sure about them... All work in progress Hi Kevin, The wagons look fine to me. What is it about the roofs that you are unsure of? Colour maybe, perhaps too light? should the roofs be weathered darker? The rain strips look the right shape, and the curve of the roofs look right. Perhaps if you leave them a week or so and then look again, they will look ok? I think there is a fine line between fidelity to reality and over fussing, but who am I to critique your fine results - I've got nothing so good to show!! Cheers Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 5 hours ago, Tallpaul69 said: Hi Kevin, The wagons look fine to me. What is it about the roofs that you are unsure of? Colour maybe, perhaps too light? should the roofs be weathered darker? The rain strips look the right shape, and the curve of the roofs look right. Perhaps if you leave them a week or so and then look again, they will look ok? I think there is a fine line between fidelity to reality and over fussing, but who am I to critique your fine results - I've got nothing so good to show!! Cheers Paul Thanks but I feel the roofs just don’t like quite right, the dark ones. Normally, I park and come back to it, so I will do that and get on with the S & W couplings.. Hopefully with answer 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 2 hours ago, KNP said: Thanks but I feel the roofs just don’t like quite right, the dark ones. Normally, I park and come back to it, so I will do that and get on with the S & W couplings.. Hopefully with answer Wouldn't the dirty streaking tend to be more longitudinal rather than across side to side? 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted February 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Donington Road said: Wouldn't the dirty streaking tend to be more longitudinal rather than across side to side? No because vans don't go fast enough for speed to streak the rooves. They are streaked by gravity. @Mick Bonwick will be along in due course to confirm..... Edited February 21, 2020 by colin penfold Link 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted February 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 21, 2020 And it depends how much of the time they are stationary. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted February 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 22, 2020 8 hours ago, colin penfold said: No because vans don't go fast enough for speed to streak the rooves. They are streaked by gravity. @Mick Bonwick will be along in due course to confirm..... I'm not going to be drawn into any topic that involves streaking. It just doesn't seem right, somehow. 7 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crichel Down Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 I was puzzled by the reference to one of these wagons being an Ale Wagon. If this referred to the enclosed conversion of the cattle wagon, this is a Goods Fruit Van (Diagram Y10). I assume that the middle vehicle was built from a Coopercraft kit, whereas the other cattle wagon (at the left-hand end) is a Bachmann model. For reasons that only Bachmann could explain, the latter is 4mm too long. This doesn't generally matter, unless you run both types together, when the discrepancy becomes apparent. This is a minor point, and is hardly important. I am a great fan of Little Muddle, so this passing comment shouldn't be taken as criticism, merely a random observation. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold sjrixon Posted February 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23, 2020 Collett is looking very nice in service! Impressed as ever.. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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