Popular Post BigLars Posted December 24, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2018 It is time to share some progress of the RR I have been working on. The Corps of Canadian Railway Troops - Europe 1918. It is a show display to be used in North America. The build was partially inspired two builds on this web site. Up the line-1918 http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1344-up-the-line-1918/ Ferme du Pont wdlr-1918-0-14 http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/10888-ferme-du-pont-wdlr-1918-0-14/ If there is interest I can post more pictures. 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Dougal Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 It is time to share some progress of the RR I have been working on. The Corps of Canadian Railway Troops[/size] - Europe 1918. It is a show display to be used in North America. The build was partially inspired two builds on this web site. Up the line-1918 http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1344-up-the-line-1918/ Ferme du Pont wdlr-1918-0-14 http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/10888-ferme-du-pont-wdlr-1918-0-14/ More photos please- It is Christmas If there is interest I can post more pictures. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLars Posted December 25, 2018 Author Share Posted December 25, 2018 (edited) Father Dougal, Here are a few more pictures for you. The Winter scene is a 12" Pizza layout that will use to display any figures I acquire in winter wear. Edited December 25, 2018 by BigLars 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLars Posted December 26, 2018 Author Share Posted December 26, 2018 I thought I should share the insprational pictures for some of the scenes. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Model Railway Noob Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Very good m8 I like it. I am modelling a WWI Casualty Clearing Station 00 and 009 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLars Posted January 26, 2019 Author Share Posted January 26, 2019 Very good m8 I like it. I am modelling a WWI Casualty Clearing Station 00 and 009 Thanks for sharing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLars Posted January 26, 2019 Author Share Posted January 26, 2019 My modeling friends are amazing. I got home from a 3 week business trip to find a box containing an article from WW1 for me to keep safe. A Princess Mary Christmas Gift Box.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Mary_Christmas_gift_boxI need to find a great way to incorporate a scene using this. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted January 26, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2019 Nice stuff - keep - it coming - I'm also doing a bit of WW1 railway building but in a slightly larger scale.. https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/138684-gare-de-brindille/?hl=%2Bgare+%2Bde+%2Bbrindille 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLars Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 Nice stuff - keep - it coming - I'm also doing a bit of WW1 railway building but in a slightly larger scale.. https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/138684-gare-de-brindille/?hl=%2Bgare+%2Bde+%2Bbrindille Gilbert, I went to visit your post and got inspiration. If you have any dimensions for the height of the hospital wagon could you please share. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted January 27, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 27, 2019 Gilbert, I went to visit your post and got inspiration. If you have any dimensions for the height of the hospital wagon could you please share. I'll measure it next chance I get Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted January 27, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 27, 2019 I'll measure it next chance I get Overall height of wagon from bottom of solebar is 115mm, canvas side is 65mm, 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLars Posted April 3, 2019 Author Share Posted April 3, 2019 Time to check in. Not a lot of modeling time lately. Some progress creating 3D trench A frames for loads as well as metal prefabricated ties. A number of kits are inbound or in progress. I was finally able to acquire a Wrightlines Baldwin 4-6-0 that was built (still looking for kits). The Baldwin will be carefully taken apart to add DCC / Sound and a keepalive chips. A quick picture of the Baldwin before it gets modified. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLars Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share Posted July 21, 2019 Progress has been slow as a result of a new job and the associated travel. I have been able to start to build and paint some PLM figures and kits. Here are a couple of dozen of the close to 200 figures I need to paint. They still need to go through a final screening for errors and then weathering. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLars Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 The advance painting of the details will help me complete the next 8 feet of layout quickly when the modules are built. I have pushed hard and painted 77 PLM figures in the last month Additionally I have finished well as over 500 details from many vendors such as Barrels, crate, duckboards, a frames, shells etc. Here are all the figures grouped together. 7 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Dougal Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Very impressive amount of figure painting. more photos please. Dougal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLars Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 6 hours ago, Father Dougal said: Very impressive amount of figure painting. more photos please. Dougal Thank you Father Dougal. Are you looking of photo's of the individual figures or when I place them in scenes on the layout? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLars Posted September 4, 2019 Author Share Posted September 4, 2019 One of the reasons I have pushed so hard on this project are the stories I get sent to me. This was posted on another site. My grandfather and his brother were both in the Canadian Railway corps. My grandfather was wounded in the lower abdomen by a shell splinter...his brother carried him back to an aid station were he was pronounced dead. His brother insisted they keep working on him, he was revived and patched-up enough to be sent back to a real hospital. He ended up with intestinal gangrene but somehow managed to survive( no antibiotics in those days) and was invalidated out and sent back to Canada. I still remember the time I first saw the golf-ball sized divot in his abdomen and he told me just that he had been wounded. A few years later he gave me the piece of shrapnel( or so he claimed it to be)....but he never went into details about his wounding. A second cousin researched it about ten years ago and told me then. Cheers Gene My reply was: Gene, Thanks for the story. I am posting a picture for you. If you have a picture of your Grandfather and his brother I can try to get figures that look similar. Please share any other information you might have. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLars Posted October 13, 2019 Author Share Posted October 13, 2019 Next Friday will be my first public showing of the concept for my display railroad. I will not take any modules, but I will take a number of models, my Pizza layout, and the start of the video pieces of the layout. I will be running at least two screens off of a PC, one with a 300 page slide show, one with the movie "They shall not grow old", and possibly a third showing actual footage of WW1 trains running. Here are two screens with display in a test mode. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall5 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Have you seen these? https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060022629 http://www.ecpad.fr/les-petits-trains-de-la-grande-guerre-2/ Ray. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLars Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share Posted October 15, 2019 On 14/10/2019 at 12:17, Marshall5 said: Have you seen these? https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060022629 http://www.ecpad.fr/les-petits-trains-de-la-grande-guerre-2/ Ray. Ray, I had not seen this video - excellent, thanks for posting the link. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 What amazing and sensitive modelling a wonderful subject more pics please a great tribute to a brave bunch of guys . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLars Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 I'm back from my first live showing. I did get a chance to try the Cannon train on a test layout. For those on Facebook, I hope this link works. https://www.facebook.com/larry.knapp.90/videos/2676221105731642/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLars Posted October 27, 2019 Author Share Posted October 27, 2019 I was finally able to load the test video on youtube. https://youtu.be/81g6kHLj1a8 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted October 27, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2019 We have a strong connection to the Canadian Engineers locally, as in WW2 they left from Newhaven on the ill-advised and disastrous Dieppe raid. In both World Wars many Canadians were posted to Seaford and the surrounding area prior to going across the Channel. There is the grave in our town cemetery of Lieutenant J.C.Shepley, Canadian Engineers and the Canadians lost in the Dieppe raid are commemorated with a memorial at Newhaven. When I first posted a picture of the memorial, I was contacted by the webmaster of the Canadian Military Engineers Association and asked for permission to use my photos. You can find my photos and the Colonel's contact details at http://www.ipernity.com/doc/philsutters/25933525/in/album/515827 Lieutenant Shipley's WW1 grave is below. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLars Posted November 3, 2019 Author Share Posted November 3, 2019 Phil, thank you for the post. I have been straying a bit to do some equipment from other armies. The stuff was captured and used all the time. First up is a German Deutz Locomotive. It is a 3d printed shell from shapeways https://www.shapeways.com/product/KUKMLSYGV/b-1-43-deutz-loco-2a?li=shop-results&optionId=17016791 and a custom drive combining 3d printing and operating motor, gears and wheels. The drive is from Mark Clark in the UK https://www.locosnstuff.com/. The 3d print is not as fine as it could be but I can live with it using the 3 foot rule. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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