RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted June 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2021 You've buried your shed ? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted June 17, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2021 29 minutes ago, Stubby47 said: You've buried your shed ? Just relocated it. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 20 minutes ago, Mick Bonwick said: Just relocated it. Nicely weathered! Boards for a new layout? 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted June 17, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2021 There has been some mention (elsewhere) recently of spares boxes. I'm all for the "me too" aspect of modern life, so I had a look for mine. Spares box, that is, not life. There was a pile of Ratio Concrete Fence Panels in there , so I decided to use them in the diorama. Because the base of the scene is extruded polystyrene it is easy to 'plant' things, so when it comes to removing stuff from a sprue, I leave as much of the 'tag' as I can still attached to the component. You can see what I mean here. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted June 17, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2021 (edited) Meanwhile, outside the modelling area, work continues on the preparations for a new shed. All of the old slabs have been relaid about 4" lower than they were previously. This was to compensate for the larger area required as a base for the replacement. The ground slopes downwards from right to left on this area, so I wanted to avoid building up the previously waste area to the left. All that is left to do (!) is to lay all the new slabs. Rain stopped play today (thankfully) so it will have to wait until tomorrow. Edited June 17, 2021 by Mick Bonwick Add the photograph! 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted June 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2021 16 minutes ago, Mick Bonwick said: There has been some mention (elsewhere) recently of spares boxes. I'm all for the "me too" aspect of modern life, so I had a look for mine. Spares box, that is, not life. There was a pile of Ratio Concrete Fence Panels in there , so I decided to use them in the diorama. Because the base of the scene is extruded polystyrene it is easy to 'plant' things, so when it comes to removing stuff from a sprue, I leave as much of the 'tag' as I can still attached to the component. You can see what I mean here. You're going to need a bigger landrover... 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted June 17, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2021 Using a screwdriver to make holes for the panel tabs and a cocktail stick to make holes for the post tabs, a fairly surdy fence can be erected in no time at all. Well, half an hour, anyway. The posts and panels were glued together, as they were installed, using good old Mek-Pak. The emphasis being on the word, "Old", because I've had that bottle for at least 20 years. I don't make many plastic kits. 6 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted June 18, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 18, 2021 Not wanting to risk overcrowding this scene, I keep checking the balance from all angles, and thinking about whether to have piles of rubbish or piles of stored stuff. I still haven't made a decision, but am now leaning towards a bit of both. I used to abhor indecision, but now I'm having second thoughts. The fencing has had a layer of matt varnish applied (Testor's Dullcote) and will now be dirtied using pigments. I have found a photograph by https://www.47soton.co.uk/search?q=seaton that shows some old concrete panel fencing and will use that as a guide for colours and texture. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ian Posted June 18, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 18, 2021 I bet you thought that we wouldn't notice the change of Land Rover. 3 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted June 18, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 18, 2021 They look very shiny.... 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 (edited) I remember the Corgi Juniors metallic purple Landrover with tinted glass. It took the makers of the real thing thirty years to catch up! Edited June 19, 2021 by MrWolf Picture no attach! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted June 19, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 19, 2021 That's the base in place, now just waiting for the shed to go on it. What's this got to do with Easton? Once it's all in place, I'll have somewhere to store stuff that gets in the way in the railway room/workshop. Unless it's claimed for something else in the meantime. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold nickwood Posted June 20, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 20, 2021 Going by the greenhouse it looks out of level to me 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted June 20, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 20, 2021 1 minute ago, nickwood said: Going by the greenhouse it looks out of level to me That'll be the bodies underneath... 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted June 20, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 20, 2021 16 minutes ago, nickwood said: Going by the greenhouse it looks out of level to me Don't go by the greenhouse, then. Go the other way round. 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 15 minutes ago, Stubby47 said: That'll be the bodies underneath... I have a clearing in the spooky ol'woods if you're short of space? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted June 20, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 20, 2021 28 minutes ago, Stubby47 said: That'll be the bodies underneath... 2 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold nickwood Posted June 20, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Mick Bonwick said: Don't go by the greenhouse, then. Go the other way round. If the greenhouse is your neighbours I would 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted June 21, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21, 2021 On 19/06/2021 at 21:15, Mick Bonwick said: That's the base in place, now just waiting for the shed to go on it. What's this got to do with Easton? Once it's all in place, I'll have somewhere to store stuff that gets in the way in the railway room/workshop. Unless it's claimed for something else in the meantime. Claimed for something else, you say? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted June 21, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21, 2021 2 hours ago, Mikkel said: Claimed for something else, you say? I'm having enough trouble making the right sort of progress with Easton, without the distraction of Big Stuff. I was thinking more in terms of gardening tools than garden railway. That doesn't mean I don't like your thinking, though. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted June 21, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21, 2021 I think that some of the newly appropriated space might be needed to store some Land Rovers. 9 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted June 21, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21, 2021 I was out for a walk earlier, and heard a rather familiar sound coming from the waste ground near the old goods shed. I made my way through the undergrowth and found that something had been left in the siding . . . . . . . . . I wonder where it came from. 8 1 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted June 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 22, 2021 So we're doing tractors now? That's looking very atmospheric already. Incidentally I saw the thread below and thought the painting and weathering might be of interest. There's even a Landy! https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/164874-hoo-ness-railway/page/3/ 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Perhaps, just perhaps, the Little Red Tractor has gone to the……….. wait for it……… wait… The land of Easton promise Where tractors feel at home and Land Rover’s roam in the wilds! 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted June 22, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 22, 2021 3 hours ago, Mikkel said: So we're doing tractors now? How many are we aiming for? 3 hours ago, Mikkel said: That's looking very atmospheric already. Incidentally I saw the thread below and thought the painting and weathering might be of interest. There's even a Landy! Many thanks for finding this and pointing me at it. I grew up in that area and, at the time, was totally unaware of the existence of the island. Probably because from the shoreline on the Gillingham side it was not apparent to a small child that it was not the far side of the river. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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