RMweb Premium John Besley Posted March 11, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 11, 2021 36 minutes ago, KNP said: Not quite finished in that picture but now they are, will need a coat of Dullcote to dull, but otherwise done. Would you like me to post up how I did them as I photographed the process, not with a view to post on here but to remind me in the future how I did it.....! Yes, I have been there before where I do something then ages down the line I can't remember how!!! Yes please, it's part of following the project 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted March 11, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 11, 2021 (edited) Latest pictures of the courtyard nearly finished which will be completed when the buildings are built and fitted where I will then merge the two together. I don't know about you but I always move the items I am building from the bench to the layout to check the if there is any difference because of the lighting. No matter how to try the lighting of the workbench will be different to that on the layout which can highlight some change in the appearance. Looking at the next aerial shot I do notice that the worn area where carts/vehicles pass along is a lot lighter than on the work bench - I'll leave for the moment and see if the buildings change the tone due to shadows....not happy with the slabs either!!! Bet this is more involved than you first thought.....? I can guarantee that I spend more time messing about with the layout than I do with the rolling stock..... Edited Wednesday at 19:17 by KNP 20 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 1 hour ago, KNP said: I was looking at this area which would make an ideal place for a group of workmen having a fag break!!!! A fag break? We're talking pre Tony Blair here, people multi tasked and smoked whilst they worked! I remember two things about the smoking ban. One was a manager having a fit about people risking a fine and smoking, until it was pointed out that nobody was smoking, it was all the funk from the welding and machine shops that we were still breathing in Blaming the EU. I remember being seconded to a group of visiting German engineers who carried on smoking while working as they did back home, because they had done the maths on the lost productivity and damage to morale. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted March 12, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2021 (edited) Whilst having a break I took this picture out of the office window towards the station. Just what I was aiming out along that backscene, roofs of various heights and a mass of chimneys. Edited Wednesday at 19:18 by KNP 35 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted March 12, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 12, 2021 (edited) As you spend so much time setting up your photographs and processing them I was wondering whether you have ever tried to take a stereo pair of pictures, focus stacked. That would give you, not us, a totally immersive experience, for your archives. I remember being fascinated by Stereo B&W prints of the new fangled BR standard steam locomotives in the early 50’s viewed with two simple lenses (before the advent of the viewmaster gadget.) Edited March 12, 2021 by Limpley Stoker Typo 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 (edited) Current position with the courtyard. I did go back in the end and tone down the wear line as what appeared to be happening is it (and the slabs) where catching the light and showing up rather excessively. Using a very diluted Vallejo Old Wood I toned down the slabs with a couple of washes, in some places more than others to get a different shade. Cobbles, bricks had sections repainted and washed over as above then the whole lot had a very good coat of the matt UV varnish . The next part of this project is to commence the buildings themselves and I will be starting with the garage at the back LH side along with the boundary wall. I might even leave the doors open and have a car parked inside - the only concerns I have is you know my luck with open doors!!!!!!! Now, what car can I use - any suggestions..........? Edited Wednesday at 19:18 by KNP 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted March 12, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 12, 2021 (edited) Morris 8 please! Edited March 12, 2021 by Limpley Stoker 11 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted March 12, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 12, 2021 20 minutes ago, Limpley Stoker said: Morris 8 please! It needs to be blue, not red, and have the registration EKE 474. A visitor from Kent, just for the weekend. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 (edited) I’ve got one of these... not actually sure what it is as I brought s/h in a plastic bag donkey years ago Was parked at the creamery when the transport manager turned up to sort out that crate... Now parked on the quayside!! Edited March 12, 2021 by KNP 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 (edited) Looks rather like a 1937/8 Singer Bantam, the grille isn't very Morris Eight. @teakyhas just advised me on a range of kits for everyday prewar cars which I am hoping that I will be allowed to blow my erstwhile cigarette money on! http://www.autocraft.plus.com/page33.html Edited March 12, 2021 by MrWolf Typing with hind paws again... 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Item 006 on the first page of the link is the Morris Eight version @Limpley Stoker mentioned. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 40 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Looks rather like a 1937/8 Singer Bantam, the grille isn't very Morris Eight. @teakyhas just advised me on a range of kits for everyday prewar cars which I am hoping that I will be allowed to blow my erstwhile cigarette money on! http://www.autocraft.plus.com/page33.html Well, if I can’t find anything in this range....! 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 I think that a bit of time spent glazing them and a good paint job will work wonders. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted March 12, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 12, 2021 What a pity Oxford Diecast chose to make the Morris 8 series E ( my first car - cost £15 ! ) : the earlier 8 was much prettier. It would be difficult to get the Autocraft models up to KNP’s standards as the embossing around the doors and other body panels spoils the illusion. I’m sure the committee would be happy for that Singer to be housed in the new ( old ) garage! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 (edited) 49 minutes ago, Limpley Stoker said: What a pity Oxford Diecast chose to make the Morris 8 series E ( my first car - cost £15 ! ) : the earlier 8 was much prettier. It would be difficult to get the Autocraft models up to KNP’s standards as the embossing around the doors and other body panels spoils the illusion. I’m sure the committee would be happy for that Singer to be housed in the new ( old ) garage! My father had a Series E Morris as his first car too. It had the strange headlamp conversion which didn't do the looks any favours either. It cost something like £8 in 1964. It does look like Autocraft shut lines are raised not incised? At least with the body being one piece, you can pare off the raised lines with a chisel blade and recut them with a scriber. Fiddly perhaps, but not the end of the world. Edited March 13, 2021 by MrWolf 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted March 13, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 13, 2021 (edited) Looking down the platform we see a leaning Station Master, must have been on the sauce last night........or did I knock when i moved the station building......hmmmm one will never know! Edited Wednesday at 19:19 by KNP 26 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Perhaps he's getting all animated whilst telling a story about ski jumping? 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted March 13, 2021 Author Share Posted March 13, 2021 11 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Perhaps he's getting all animated whilst telling a story about ski jumping? Perhaps. But that's not very exciting is it....jumping over some ski's It's the same as weight lifting, know one ever tells you how long you have to wait? Long jump - well how long? it should be called 'see how far you can jump, jump....' There are so many anomality's out there!!! Can you name any? 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted March 13, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 13, 2021 What do you keep in a pole vault? 3 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 I can name many, the majority of which are in appropriate for sharing on here... 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 I've never seen relays with wheels, or legs, so how do you race them? 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gedward Posted March 13, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 13, 2021 Why is the fastest swimming stroke called the crawl? And as for the breast stroke, don't get me started. 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted March 13, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 13, 2021 1 hour ago, KNP said: Looking down the platform we see a leaning Station Master, must have been on the sauce last night........or did I knock when i moved the station building......hmmmm one will never know! I reckon he was nudged. 1 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted March 13, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 13, 2021 47 minutes ago, KNP said: There are so many anomality's out there!!! Can you name any? Signals. On Little Muddle. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted March 13, 2021 Author Share Posted March 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Mick Bonwick said: Signals. On Little Muddle. What..... They’re nice, frozen in time, examples.... If you squint and turn your head to the left you can make them appear to move!!!! One day, one day, I might get some working ones but I spent so long waiting for some to appear on the layout and then eventually building them it would seem sad to consign them to the scrap box to early..... 2 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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