gpplumy Posted October 25, 2021 Author Share Posted October 25, 2021 (edited) Finally picked up this brake van to go with the efe austerity. However it's a little light. I've had to add 3xtra weight to it. Also a mini dumper because why not ! Edited October 25, 2021 by gpplumy 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpplumy Posted November 19, 2021 Author Share Posted November 19, 2021 Hunslet locomotive number 58 Finally has handrails and has been weathered. Whilst it is a little bit out of scale I am happy with the final product. Also. The ghostbusters! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpplumy Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 Post 1 of 2: It would seem I missed Christmas completely on here. To fit pictures in this will have to be a double post First of all Plumtree works went into Christmas shutdown mode , just like the real works all steel was sent off to its customers, and the works trains and maintenance teams stood talking , I mean got to work! Rail tours on both the narrow gauge and mainline were operated. And then slowly all the locos returned to sheds for the Christmas break. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpplumy Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 Post 2 of 2: It would seem I missed Christmas completely on here. To fit pictures in this will have to be a double post So after Christmas and things appear First of all the layout was trialled on dcc. Something we have been planning for a long time . All went well. While normal operation for the future will be DC it gas proven that the layout is dcc compatible. The only current chipped loco I own is dave rustons wasp striped janus. Next , a gift from my partner. A 3rd tram. These will be a lot of use on a future layout , but while they look a little out of place on Plumtree works , many ex mainline locos worked on the works. So at home it's fine. And finally. More modern road vehicles in for some weathering. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpplumy Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 Another loco joins the fleet. Hornbys latest sentinel 0-6-0 stanton in Standard sentinel green. As far as I know was its ironworks guise and later repainted yellow for ncb. Which makes me wonder why Hornby called it an ncb loco livery. The 6 wheeled sentinel is a brilliant model non the less and fits right in with the fleet 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpplumy Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 I finally got to re rigging the Lighting inside the Plumtree works mill building B. Building A was rigged correctly from the start but building B had lights all weaved in the rafters, these have now been positioned above and below the raised walkways, inside the control room and under the soaking pit giving the glowing orange light. Now just the rest of the lighting to do... 3 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpplumy Posted May 3, 2022 Author Share Posted May 3, 2022 Seems as all my images here are gone for the moment I thought I best upload some new ones 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpplumy Posted June 2, 2022 Author Share Posted June 2, 2022 my latest work , Sentinel: yellow edition, with Planet Industrials sentinel modification kit. Thanks to James for the assistance. And the sentinel swords from judith edge kits This will be running in the more modern current period of the layout 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpplumy Posted June 7, 2022 Author Share Posted June 7, 2022 bits going on all over the layout, first of all paving slabs have gone down in various areas. the water tank has moved to the control roof, with walkways added, and one of 3 cats now on the layout, the volvo A40d has been weathered and trails for point leavers are going in 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpplumy Posted June 8, 2022 Author Share Posted June 8, 2022 more updates the janus now carries a rather Deaf Kitty the latest bo bo diesel has had its handrails all fitted. the conveyor building finally has a roof to "top" it off ! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpplumy Posted June 18, 2022 Author Share Posted June 18, 2022 Its taken a few days. But the rolling mill finally has a large gas main ! Really glad i did this. I feel it splits the buildings height somehow. The pipe , flanges, valves and connectors are all from Goodwood Scenics Ltd. The brackets are all made out of 3.5mm x 3.5mm H section following the idea from the industrial model railways book. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpplumy Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 Problems with pigeons , and other avian creatures ! 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpplumy Posted July 6, 2022 Author Share Posted July 6, 2022 Thanks to a good friend, I've acquired yet another steelworks loco in the 80s to 00s period. This is a thomas hill 4wdh steelman. It's been built exceptionally well, just requiring some plates and glazing plus a crew. Here we can see the steelworks owner and department manager inspecting the locomotive 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MarshLane Posted July 6, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 6, 2022 Hi Andrew, That is a superbly built model and will look nice potting around your works! I continue to debate whether to repaint the sides of my N Gauge Society Hunslet 0-6-0 diesel shunters into a white panel with the BSC blue stripes. Nerve does not kick in and I sway away from it! But I do continue to think about it, just feel it would finish things off somehow. Keep up the good work! Rich 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpplumy Posted July 7, 2022 Author Share Posted July 7, 2022 7 hours ago, MarshLane said: Hi Andrew, That is a superbly built model and will look nice potting around your works! I continue to debate whether to repaint the sides of my N Gauge Society Hunslet 0-6-0 diesel shunters into a white panel with the BSC blue stripes. Nerve does not kick in and I sway away from it! But I do continue to think about it, just feel it would finish things off somehow. Keep up the good work! Rich Thanks rich. Simon did an excellent job. He only parted with it as hes moving to mainline models for now . I can understand what you mean with the white cab and stripes. I was glad to have it join the janus fleet. I'm not sure however if the hunslets ever carried the white cab blue stripe livery. Scunthorpes loco 58 went from the origional yellow into the silver cab it carries today. So there's something to be said for the yellow. But the white cab is always nice Excuse the dead workers on the building roof in the photo below 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 14 hours ago, gpplumy said: Excuse the dead workers on the building roof They're not dead, they're just resting. 😁 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busmansholiday Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 On 07/07/2022 at 17:29, Ruston said: They're not dead, they're just resting. 😁 Trust me, I've sunbathed on the roof of buildings at Scunthorpe, more than once. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpplumy Posted July 12, 2022 Author Share Posted July 12, 2022 On 10/07/2022 at 17:47, Busmansholiday said: Trust me, I've sunbathed on the roof of buildings at Scunthorpe, more than once. time to hunt for a sunbathing figure.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busmansholiday Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 On 12/07/2022 at 21:43, gpplumy said: time to hunt for a sunbathing figure.... Before H&S took over I've even played football on the roof of the old Sinter Plant, (SMS building between the Sinter Plant and the chimney). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpplumy Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 Time for another update This time a few more wagons, and a mainline locomotive first ive aqcuired some of the accurascale coil A wagons in some of the last livery they wore, although they never ran in scunthorpe i just cant resist a steel wagon and second is a class 15, D8208 was one of the first 10 class 15s built ar yorkshire engineering company, the birth place of the janus. Most class 15s spent their lives in Stratford and Ipswich. However D8208 spent around a year in immingham! A perfect location for running short freights to the steelworks. A second later model of the class 15 worked out its last years at immingham. The only 2 15s to work in the area. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpplumy Posted September 26, 2022 Author Share Posted September 26, 2022 Some more new wagons join the layout courtesy of Anoraks Anonymous and Hattons Model Railways First off is the poa scrap pair I acquired at AA And secondly. 2 BOC liquid oxygen tanker wagons which did supposedly run to the Scunthorpe area occasionally. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpplumy Posted December 7, 2022 Author Share Posted December 7, 2022 Guess whos back, back again this time the Deloreans taken us back to the 1960s again ! The victory class is set to work (with a few safety signs...) Also featured the new victory in black. And the soon not to be 03. Finally the works ambulance and dumper have joined the road scene 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpplumy Posted December 25, 2022 Author Share Posted December 25, 2022 (edited) Christmas is afoot, and Plumtree works got a Christmas tree! Also , after fitting transfers to my planet industrial s victory, ive weathered it... I seem to have good day and bad days with weathering. This one definitely feels like a bad day. Annoying as its one of my most favorite recent locos. For some reason the Matt wash appears to have gone glossy. Something I've never had it do before. And the powders, used as I normally do with a small amount of water and a medium for a wet effect don't seem to to have gone well. What do you all think of it? Maybe I'm being to hard on myself? please reply with what you think. I may have to send it away to be weathered over. Edited December 25, 2022 by gpplumy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 32 minutes ago, gpplumy said: What do you all think of it? Maybe I'm being to hard on myself? please reply with what you think. It's not good. Buy yourself a copy of The Art of Weathering, by Martyn Welch. If you want to do weathering, it'll be a sound investment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpplumy Posted December 25, 2022 Author Share Posted December 25, 2022 11 minutes ago, Ruston said: It's not good. Buy yourself a copy of The Art of Weathering, by Martyn Welch. If you want to do weathering, it'll be a sound investment. Thanks dave I'll take a look. Im not sure why this ones gone so badly, compared to some of my others that a pretty decent. Still onwards and upwards! Now let's get searching that book Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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