petrovich Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Good afternoon Tom What a inspiration CWM Prysor has been to me, enough of a thought provoking layout that I am hoping to model Bala Junction in the 1950's with license to drop back to the 1930's. Thank you as I have been struggling to find somewhere with enough operational content but of an unusual nature (Bala Junction had no road access it was purely an interchange). Regards Peter 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 6 hours ago, petrovich said: Good afternoon Tom What a inspiration CWM Prysor has been to me, enough of a thought provoking layout that I am hoping to model Bala Junction in the 1950's with license to drop back to the 1930's. Thank you as I have been struggling to find somewhere with enough operational content but of an unusual nature (Bala Junction had no road access it was purely an interchange). Regards Peter That is very kind of you Peter I will get Cwm Prysor finished, I just find my motivation is elsewhere these days! I've not forgotten about it, I assure you. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petrovich Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 17 minutes ago, Tom F said: That is very kind of you Peter I will get Cwm Prysor finished, I just find my motivation is elsewhere these days! I've not forgotten about it, I assure you. Good news, have a better year in 2020 and always believe in good things and be positive. Peter 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom F Posted June 26, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 26, 2020 Remember this layout! Might be able to focus some attention on more grass work. It's only taken a year! 39 3 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted June 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2020 On 31/12/2019 at 20:24, petrovich said: Good news, have a better year in 2020 and always believe in good things and be positive. Peter that aged well! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Good to see you back Tom. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted June 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2020 Looking forward to seeing developments Tom. Rob. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted June 26, 2020 Author Share Posted June 26, 2020 34 minutes ago, westerner said: Good to see you back Tom. Never been away, just elsewhere on the forum. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium AdeMoore Posted June 27, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 27, 2020 Brilliant Tom really enjoyed your modelling and miscellaneous over on Skarloey. Including the live chats. This was always a fav. Of mine can’t wait to see more. Cheers Ade Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHC Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Tom I echo everyone's post above as well. Your layout is one of those goto threads as it just shows that simplicity can be very effective with all the research that you have done. The layout builds a full picture of the line yet in essence it is a one point layout. Looking forward to the new adventures of Cwm prysor and to the planned expansion. Keep up the great work Keith the envious.......... 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom F Posted June 28, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2020 Another photo from the weekend. 'EBV for Bala' 44 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted June 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 29, 2020 Such a pleasure to see more photos and developments on Cwm Prysor, Tom. 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom F Posted June 29, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2020 (edited) Thank you for such a lovely welcome back to this little piece of Merionethshire! This afternoon I've got the fiddle yards back in order ready to be able to operate the layout again. Here 5810 is seen beyond Cwm Prysor with the 6.45am off Bala. Edited July 1, 2020 by Hawin Dooiey 40 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom F Posted July 1, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 1, 2020 (edited) Over the last few nights, I have been gradually working through the operating sequence (based on the 1956 Working Time Table). To also add to the feel, I've added photos in the fiddle yards to represent the places they are 'off scene'. I find it helps when re marshalling wagons, that I can picture I'm at either Bala, Trawsfynydd or Blaenau Ffestiniog. Edited July 1, 2020 by Hawin Dooiey 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wright Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 On 29/06/2020 at 20:19, Hawin Dooiey said: Thank you for such a lovely welcome back to this little piece of Merionethshire! This afternoon I've got the fiddle yards back in order ready to be able to operate the layout again. Here is 5810 is seen beyond Cwm Prysor with the 6.45am off Bala. What a beautifully-natural shot. One of the finest I've seen. Regards, Tony. 4 5 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted July 1, 2020 Author Share Posted July 1, 2020 46 minutes ago, Tony Wright said: What a beautifully-natural shot. One of the finest I've seen. Regards, Tony. Thanks Tony That’s very kind of you to say, but in fairness, I learnt it all from you. Tom 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wright Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 39 minutes ago, Hawin Dooiey said: Thanks Tony That’s very kind of you to say, but in fairness, I learnt it all from you. Tom Not sure about that, Tom, What's the saying? 'I taught you everything I know, but not all you know'. Regards, Tony. 3 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom F Posted July 2, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2020 Thanks Tony! I really enjoy the railway photography. I've found a few vantage points on the layout that I think really work. 28 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom F Posted July 4, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2020 I've made a start working on the snow fence sleepers. I've repainted them, and begin adding washes to hopefully give them that old, sun bleached and decrepit look. 34 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted July 5, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2020 On 01/07/2020 at 19:20, Tony Wright said: Not sure about that, Tom, What's the saying? 'I taught you everything I know, but not all you know'. Regards, Tony. The other saying is 'I taught him all he knows, and now he knows **** all'! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom F Posted July 5, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 5, 2020 Today I've been working on distressing the station shelter. I'd painted it initially a dark brown like the sleepers, however looking at photographs from the late 1950s, it seems to have lost most of it's paint due to its bleak location. Before After 38 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium AdeMoore Posted July 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 6, 2020 3 hours ago, Hawin Dooiey said: Today I've been working on distressing the station shelter. I'd painted it initially a dark brown like the sleepers, however looking at photographs from the late 1950s, it seems to have lost most of it's paint due to its bleak location. Before After Great eye for detail Tom that’s brilliant. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted July 6, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 6, 2020 (edited) Cwm Prysor halt, 1958. No human sound, just the wind whipping the hissing grass as it curls around the southern flank of Arenig Fawr. Sheep bleat, a curlew calls from a boggy part of the mountainside, and the decrepit snow fence creaks in protest. You can't see the top of Arenig, which means it's raining; seeing it means it's about to rain... The wind blasted shelter roof rattles a little in a gust, and you think you might have heard a loco whistle but it's so quickly cut off by the gust you're not sure if it isn't wishful thinking. Train's due in a few minutes, though, and a laboured chuffing makes a brief appearance in the soundscape as the pannier labours up the bank from Bala, which feels as world away from the desolation here. Sure enough, here's a definite whistle and the chuffing stops as the train clears the top and coasts the last hundred yards before braking at the lonely platform. A few seconds of activity, and the train departs towards Trawsfynydd, and the scene is left to the eternal wind, curlews, sheep, and creaks.. That's how good this layout and these photos are. Edited July 6, 2020 by The Johnster 8 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom F Posted July 6, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 6, 2020 1 hour ago, The Johnster said: Cwm Prysor halt, 1958. No human sound, just the wind whipping the hissing grass as it curls around the southern flank of Arenig Fawr. Sheep bleat, a curlew calls from a boggy part of the mountainside, and the decrepit snow fence creaks in protest. You can't see the top of Arenig, which means it's raining; seeing it means it's about to rain... The wind blasted shelter roof rattles a little in a gust, and you think you might have heard a loco whistle but it's so quickly cut off by the gust you're not sure if it isn't wishful thinking. Train's due in a few minutes, though, and a laboured chuffing makes a brief appearance in the soundscape as the pannier labours up the bank from Bala, which feels as world away from the desolation here. Sure enough, here's a definite whistle and the chuffing stops as the train clears the top and coasts the last hundred yards before braking at the lonely platform. A few seconds of activity, and the train departs towards Trawsfynydd, and the scene is left to the eternal wind, curlews, sheep, and creaks.. That's how good this layout and these photos are. Beautiful! Couldn't have summed it up better @The Johnster As it happens, we were there today....and the weather was as you described....glorious! 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom F Posted July 8, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 8, 2020 New back scene in place! 8 1 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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