RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted June 5, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 5, 2020 16 minutes ago, Alister_G said: Cheers Chris, It looks a bit bland at the moment, needs some better weathering. Al. looks pretty good to me, you must have the patience of a saint 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted June 5, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 5, 2020 3 hours ago, Alister_G said: Cheers Chris, It looks a bit bland at the moment, needs some better weathering. Al. , and a dead tree!! Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted June 6, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 6, 2020 Jaw suitably dropped, Al. Well done. Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Looking great to me too Al. Nice work 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Great work and very effective. Agree on the dead, gnarled and withered, wind swept tree standing forlornly at the edge of the field, forgotten, unloved, lonely...... erm…. Sorry got carried way there with the ambience of the place.... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted June 6, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 6, 2020 Thanks very much guys, Here's a bit of weathering: some foliage will be forthcoming later. Al. 11 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted June 6, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 6, 2020 Some more weathering, and a bit of the green stuff: Thanks for looking, Al. 8 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted June 6, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 6, 2020 Hi Al, is it my flip-flop or flash in the photos that gives the parapet walling a blue tinge? In the photos of the real thing (which may be subject to the photo process itself) the parapet is a darker grey than the embankment walling but doesn't have a blue tinge? I think @Compound2632 had a similar problem with GWR grey when painting wagons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted June 6, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 6, 2020 23 minutes ago, Rowsley17D said: Hi Al, is it my flip-flop or flash in the photos that gives the parapet walling a blue tinge? In the photos of the real thing (which may be subject to the photo process itself) the parapet is a darker grey than the embankment walling but doesn't have a blue tinge? I think @Compound2632 had a similar problem with GWR grey when painting wagons. Hi Jonathan, I don't know where that's coming from at all, no flash was used for the photos, and the paints I used were Humbrol 164 Dark Sea Grey, Humbrol 64 Light Grey, Humbrol RC413 Engineer's Grey, and Humbrol 32 Matt White, none of which have any obvious blue in them. The same paints were used on all the other walls and the embankment, but with less of the Dark Sea Grey on the embankment. Very strange, to the eye it doesn't look blue at all. Al. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted June 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 6, 2020 Artefact of the photography, I'd say. But limestone can have a blueish tinge. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Alister_G Posted June 6, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 (edited) I joined the module back to the main board in the cellar, and rigged up the layout lighting on the ceiling temporarily, then took some photos. Despite my protestations against the appearance of trees on this layout, I thought I'd try a full-size birch nicked from my Grindleford layout, as well as a few other smaller trees, just to see what it looked like: Then I substituted some smaller trees: Some photos with a train: Thanks for looking, Al. Edited June 6, 2020 by Alister_G 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted June 6, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 6, 2020 Very nice Al. Regards Lez. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted June 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 7, 2020 Hi Al I don't think the large trees suit the area as it was. The smaller, wind-blown specimens are more in keeping, I think. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted June 7, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 7, 2020 42 minutes ago, Rowsley17D said: Hi Al I don't think the large trees suit the area as it was. The smaller, wind-blown specimens are more in keeping, I think. No, definitely agree. I had them to hand and thought I'd see how they looked, but they won't be staying. Al. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted June 10, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 10, 2020 As discussed earlier, I've had a go at making some less than perfect walling, for a change: I'll go and paint it now. Al. 15 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Alister_G Posted June 10, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 10, 2020 Painted now: Thanks for looking, Al. 17 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted June 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) I may be looking through rose-coloured specs but when I were a lad (1960s) drystone walls were in far better condition than many are today sadly. Many more farmhands with walling skills about. How about farmhand doing some "gapping". Edited June 11, 2020 by Rowsley17D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted June 11, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) 46 minutes ago, Rowsley17D said: I may be looking through rose-coloured specs but when I were a lad (1960s) drystone walls were in far better condition than many are today sadly. Many more farmhands with walling skills about. How a farmhand doing some "gapping". No I think you are absolutely right, unless I also have those same spectacles... I think regular wall maintenance was part and parcel of farming, and was a skill practiced by all, whereas now it's very much a specialist niche. In addition, for walls bounding roads, there was far less traffic causing vibration, and far fewer motorists and motorcyclists regularly trying to drive through them ... Cheers, Al. Edited June 11, 2020 by Alister_G 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Bogie Posted June 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 11, 2020 Your walls were looking so well built I thought that they could not possibly fall down! What happened that vehicle in the background run into it? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted June 11, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 11, 2020 1 minute ago, Bogie said: What happened that vehicle in the background run into it? Yeah, bloody Land Rover drivers, can't trust 'em you know... Al. 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted June 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 11, 2020 39 minutes ago, Alister_G said: Yeah, bloody Land Rover drivers, can't trust 'em you know... Al. and not a scratch on the Land Rover 109 ( series 2 built 1958 , registered in Warwickshire).. Tough old Vehicles Them.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted June 16, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2020 Finally finished the rear parapet wall for the embankment: Just got to paint it now. Al. 11 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted June 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2020 Excellent, you’re certainly given Hadrian a run for his money 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted June 16, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2020 18 minutes ago, chuffinghell said: Excellent, you’re certainly given Hadrian a run for his money Coming over here, building walls, who does he think he is, bloody Emperor or something? Al. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Alister_G Posted June 16, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 16, 2020 So, a quick bit of paintage: And then here it is balanced on the layout, not fixed down yet: Thanks for looking, Al. 11 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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