Gopher Posted October 12, 2020 Author Share Posted October 12, 2020 One from the archive - shed at night 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 Another from the archive. Rebuilt West Country class Wincanton. I don't have this loco anymore, not totally sure why I got rid of it as I quite like the way I have weathered it, and it was a good runner. One of the drawbacks of my flawed loco policy of one in one out. I think this made way for un-rebuilt Merchant Navy Clan line. 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 (edited) Couple of shots of the down postal hauled by Class 43 Warship - Zealous, held at signal at Harewood Halt. Edited October 16, 2020 by Gopher 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 I can't say that I have ever seen a model train photographed from that angle before. Nice job, the top picture looks especially convincing, as it is at eye level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 7 hours ago, MrWolf said: I can't say that I have ever seen a model train photographed from that angle before. Nice job, the top picture looks especially convincing, as it is at eye level. Thanks Mr Wolf. Given the size of the layout, I find I always end up taking photos from the same angles albeit with different rolling stock in view. So I try different angles (assuming I can squeeze the camera or my phone into position). Press the button and hope for the best. The only editing I do on the photos is to crop some of them or amend the contrast, brightness etc. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 Southern Region influence in Dewchurch MPD. Merchant Navy Clan line sits on the turntable. Class 24 D5000 sits at the Diesel refuelling point. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted October 21, 2020 Author Share Posted October 21, 2020 "Comfortable high speed travel they said. All we've done is limp along between signals, and here we are stopped again in the middle of nowhere" 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 3MT about to reverse off turntable 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Not being taken to the shed for cleaning I suppose? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 1 minute ago, MrWolf said: Not being taken to the shed for cleaning I suppose? Fraid not, just been rostered for the next local passenger leaving platform 3. A tank engine's work is never done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 I have found sometimes that if you clean certain things, they go into shock and break. Best not to risk it. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 6 hours ago, MrWolf said: I have found sometimes that if you clean certain things, they go into shock and break. Best not to risk it. Very good advice - I must try that as an excuse not to clean the car 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted October 27, 2020 Author Share Posted October 27, 2020 Behind the greenery we have a class 31 diesel and class 43 Warship Zealous. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Cant get cleaners they all work in car factories etc and anyway a loco should look well worked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted October 27, 2020 Author Share Posted October 27, 2020 5 hours ago, lmsforever said: Cant get cleaners they all work in car factories etc and anyway a loco should look well worked. Yes no doubt that at this time BR struggled to recruit and hang onto low paid shed staff. Much easier and better paid jobs available. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 Another from the archive. I've been standardising my figures using Modelu (supported by some Monty's models). So the two in the photo have now gone. It is interesting to compare the size of some of the 4mm figures available. Some of the white metal ones are quite large, and do not look right alongside some of the Modlu 3D scanned figures. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 Another one from the archive - class 105 DMU sits at Dewchurch. Never really suited to a Western region layout, so now gone replaced by a class 122 single car DMU. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted November 4, 2020 Author Share Posted November 4, 2020 8F having a spell in the Goods Yard head shunt at Dewchurch 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 Another from the archive. If Railway modelling law 1 is you must have a bus on a bridge, law 2 is you have to have a Pannier tank on your layout. Modelling LNER, LMS, SR and subsequent BR regions is no excuse. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 (edited) Nature starts to reclaim Harewood Halt goods yard Edited November 12, 2020 by Gopher 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Top bit of damp decay there. You even include a scruffy Austin Devon, one of my favourite stew and dumplings kind of ordinary cars from the 40s. That would also be a bit damp and fusty inside. Postcard from a lost world. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 2 hours ago, MrWolf said: Top bit of damp decay there. You even include a scruffy Austin Devon, one of my favourite stew and dumplings kind of ordinary cars from the 40s. That would also be a bit damp and fusty inside. Postcard from a lost world. Thanks Mr Wolf, I'm always amazed how nature takes over neglected sites, so wanted to try and recreate it on the layout. I liked the Austin when I first saw it and wanted to add it (suitably weathered) to the layout. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 (edited) Always tricky weathering cars, because people generally looked after them, or at least kept them going a lot longer than they do now. I suspect that the paint used on all model cars is a little too glossy, so it looks like a scale 4" thick coat. Just dulling them down a little works wonders. Edited November 12, 2020 by MrWolf Stupid autocorrect! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 1 minute ago, MrWolf said: Always tricky weathering cars, because people generally looked after them, or at least kept them going a lot longer than they do now. I suspect that the paint used on all model cars is a little too glossy, so it looks like a scale 4" thick coat. Just filling them down a little works wonders. Yes I agree - I tend to use a light coat of matt varnish to tone down the very glossy paintwork, and try and pick out the panel lines in a darker colour. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted November 16, 2020 Author Share Posted November 16, 2020 Another vehicle joins the farming convoy - little grey Fergie and Massey Harris dung spreader, full of the dark stuff. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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