Popular Post MrWolf Posted April 6, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 6, 2021 (edited) Here we are then, back at jolly old square one. Ask my glamorous assistant to roll the dice for luck and..... Double three, we have a station! Okay, it's not Marylebone, but it's a start. The end buildings aren't fixed yet, there is a plan. The little shed has its finials re-attached too. I'm sure that there is a moral to this story? Edited August 17, 2022 by MrWolf Replaced picture 17 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MrWolf Posted April 7, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2021 (edited) I have been able to remove 2mm from the top of each lean to, lowering them a scale 6" which is enough to fit in their rooves and the barge boards of the main roof. Although the toilet cubicle has a tiny sash window, the rest of the building has nothing, so whilst the roof was off, I painted the inside black and cut out for a skylight over the urinal. The skylight is made from a scrap of clear packaging and micro strip. I made a small raised lip for the glass to rest on and overshoot rainwater from an offcut of grey plastic so I didn't need to paint it first. The Ministry of Cruel Close Ups should make sense of my ramblings. Edited August 17, 2022 by MrWolf Replaced picture 20 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggoforgold Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 9 hours ago, MrWolf said: Here we a 9 hours ago, MrWolf said: The little shed has its finials re-attached too. I Scale Link do a little cast set of GWR finials if that is any use. I got mine from Wizard models Alex 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 Thanks, I will have a look for those. They might just be a little more robust too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 Thanks for the tip @wiggoforgold I have not only bought a set of finials, you get 16, 4 different types in order to make it worthwhile on the postage I have bought posts pulleys and wire for the signals which I had completely overlooked. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Harbour Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 On 03/04/2021 at 10:52, MrWolf said: Back to model railway subjects, the next thing that will be getting more paint, weathering and some finer details is a real old relic. It's a Cooper Craft GWR platelayers hut that I have finally found time to build and will be sited somewhere down near the headshunt. I haven't done an awful lot to it other than replace the roof with slates that look nearer scale and a bit of lead flashing around the chimney. These are a nice model which does turn up on eBay fairly often and doesn't go for silly prices. One mistake I did make was not to snatch the instructions off her before somebody asked if I was going to make the grindstone rotate. I have done some daft things in the interest of showing off to girls, but this has to be the oddest. So the grindstone spins nicely via its little handle, for no reason other than it can... But do you have an animated man driven by a servo or a stepper motor to actually move it? Seriously though, this work is so impressive! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Jon Harbour said: But do you have an animated man driven by a servo or a stepper motor to actually move it? Now that would be a challenge. He'd be like one of those '70's garden windmills.... Hide a suitable motor / gearbox in the shed, cardan shaft to the grindstone and a jointed figure... 1 hour ago, Jon Harbour said: Seriously though, this work is so impressive! Thank you, you're most kind. I can assure you that there's quite a bit of unimpressive work tucked away too.... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Harbour Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, MrWolf said: Now that would be a challenge. He'd be like one of those '70's garden windmills.... Hide a suitable motor / gearbox in the shed, cardan shaft to the grindstone and a jointed figure... I was actually thinking along the lines of the Magnorail cyclists.... but using the arms instead of the legs as the clear plastic wheel revolves! Edited April 8, 2021 by Jon Harbour Clarity 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 (edited) Those things are quite manic. But for a busy road, why should the trains move and the cars be static? We're stuck in a bit of a time loop in this house, the calendar roughly swings from about 1930 to 1963. The world ended soon after, so I was thinking more of a gigantic Triang motor that smells like fireworks but does give you the grindstone sound effects. I wonder if I could make a Magnorail bicycle look like this one? Edited August 17, 2022 by MrWolf Typing with hind paws again... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gedward Posted April 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 8, 2021 5 minutes ago, MrWolf said: a gigantic Triang motor that smells like fireworks Wonderful memories right there. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 (edited) Base coat of "Creosote" on the platelayers hut and a pair of embryonic chimneys for the station building. Grr. Fiddly. When you need to file a bevel on something that is only 6mm wide and you can't put it in a vice. Patience is a virtue Mr Wolf No, she's not, she's a bloody teaser. Everyone knows that! However, when all has set, more brickwork, more filing, filling, tidying up the brick courses and chimney pots. Image missing in action. Edited August 17, 2022 by MrWolf Stupid autocorrect 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MrWolf Posted April 9, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2021 (edited) I'm now at about the halfway point of making the chimneys and detailing the hut. Edited August 17, 2022 by MrWolf Replaced picture 16 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gedward Posted April 9, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 9, 2021 Very convincing so far. I'm finding that these little huts just evolve slowly taking on a life of their own. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted April 9, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 9, 2021 24 minutes ago, Gedward said: I'm finding that these little huts just evolve slowly taking on a life of their own. Worrying. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted April 9, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9, 2021 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Gedward said: Very convincing so far. I'm finding that these little huts just evolve slowly taking on a life of their own. Don't they just? Edited April 9, 2021 by Mick Bonwick 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gedward Posted April 9, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 9, 2021 21 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: Worrying. Just when you thought it was safe to go outside... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted April 9, 2021 Author Share Posted April 9, 2021 It's your fault @Gedward, the superior shed you made for Bovey Tor means that we all need to up our game and evolve our vernacular architecture. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted April 9, 2021 Author Share Posted April 9, 2021 33 minutes ago, Mick Bonwick said: Don't they just? Are you breeding those? Be careful that builders of new housing developments don't send their spies to steal your recipe... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted April 9, 2021 Author Share Posted April 9, 2021 An aerosol of sleeper grime paint has arrived. Pictures to follow.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted April 9, 2021 Author Share Posted April 9, 2021 (edited) THAT was interesting. I'm glad that I chickened out of spraying the points and masked them off for painting later on. Whilst the rattle can has saved heaps of time, it's possibly the worst aerosol can that I have ever used. The pound shop satin black I use performs faultlessly, so I was disappointed at £7 for less than half the amount. I've heard a number of people complain about these cans more than once. The paint comes out very fast and drips absolutely everywhere. My fingers are an interesting colour. Cheeky remarks have already been made about fake tan... You can see the splodges all over the boards. Images missing: Hopefully it will dry matt. Edited August 17, 2022 by MrWolf 2 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted April 9, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9, 2021 It’s one of the main reasons I bought an airbrush, plus if it’s anything like the other railmatch enamel aerosols it stinks Oh and you can use an airbrush for your fake tan too 1 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted April 9, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9, 2021 That's one of the reasons I prefer the acrylic aerosols, they don't seem to behave like that, with a much finer mist in general. My sympathies, but what you have achieved looks good so far. Al. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted April 9, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9, 2021 11 minutes ago, Alister_G said: That's one of the reasons I prefer the acrylic aerosols, they don't seem to behave like that, with a much finer mist in general. My sympathies, but what you have achieved looks good so far. Al. Agreed Railmatch don’t do acrylic aerosols but humbrol acrylic aerosols are very good, not sure what the closest to sleeper grime would be though Halfrauds car paints are acrylic too I believe, I used to use them a lot even though it was costing a small fortune. My local Halfrauds was forced to close down following the first lockdown unfortunately Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted April 9, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9, 2021 12 minutes ago, chuffinghell said: Railmatch don’t do acrylic aerosols but humbrol acrylic aerosols are very good, not sure what the closest to sleeper grime would be though No you are right there isn't an exact match to sleeper grime, but as a general track base coat I use the Humbrol Dark Earth (29) acrylic aerosol. It's a decent colour for the sleeper bases, and can be darkened with weathering powders, and acrylics matt colours really are matt when dry, unlike enamels, which always seem to have a sheen to them (to me at any rate). Al. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted April 9, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9, 2021 + 1 here for Humbrol dark earth as per Al to provide a base colour. I then paint each sleeper using 173 track colour before adding weathering powders to taste. Takes a while...... Rob 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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