Tom F Posted August 25, 2021 Author Share Posted August 25, 2021 1 hour ago, NHY 581 said: Beautifully depicted. Well done, Tom. Rob. Thanks Rob It's not been too bad today. Kept busy pottering on the layout. Tomorrow I'll be adding more slate fencing. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph' H Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 This just keeps getting better and better. Just loving how the vegetation is layering up and looking lush. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted August 26, 2021 Author Share Posted August 26, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, Steph' H said: This just keeps getting better and better. Just loving how the vegetation is layering up and looking lush. Thanks Steph. Just some more bracken to add and some trees across the front and we are about there! Edited August 26, 2021 by Tom F 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Asterix2012 Posted August 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 26, 2021 Tom this is very inspiring. Where did you get the parts to improve Rheneas if you don’t mind me asking? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted August 26, 2021 Author Share Posted August 26, 2021 16 minutes ago, Asterix2012 said: Tom this is very inspiring. Where did you get the parts to improve Rheneas if you don’t mind me asking? Thank you! It's the Narrow Planet detailing kit. They had just got a new batch of stock in when I checked the other day, but it now appears sold out again. https://www.lightrailwaystores.co.uk/products/npc-017?_pos=3&_sid=e33ac93e4&_ss=r 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom F Posted August 26, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2021 That's the rest of the fencing added! Rheneas takes water at 'Thie Ushtey' (I had got my earlier Sudrian translation wrong) 33 5 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom F Posted August 26, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2021 Last one for today: 'Heading home...' 30 7 6 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bandit Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Just amazing. I feel as though I could step into the picture. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom F Posted August 27, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 27, 2021 Just heading out the house (yes it is 4.15 in the morning) as myself and the border collie embark on the closest thing to an adventure on Sodor! We are heading down to mid wales to go hiking, before travelling on the Talyllyn Railway. So before I go, here is a shot of No. 3 'Sir Handel' heading back to Crovan's Gate. I must admit I'm getting a bit of a Corris vibe from the shot. 36 5 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1722 Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 More great work. Enjoy your trip! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom F Posted August 28, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2021 A special day all round yesterday! 27 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom F Posted August 28, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2021 While I was out yesterday the final batch of seafoam arrived, so I've started adding a scattering around the front of the layout. It's a case of trying to find a balance of not making the front look bare, but not overdoing to effect photographs of the layout. So I'm trying to go with gaps in between the trees that allow for nice cameo shots. 35 2 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom F Posted August 28, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2021 (edited) A couple more shots, added a bit more autumnal ground cover in the form of leaves. The downed tree trunk, was an inspiration from yesterday. After leaving Abergynolwyn, we noticed a tree had come down across the ravine. Edited August 28, 2021 by Tom F 38 4 9 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom F Posted August 28, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2021 On cold autumn afternoon in 1954, the crew of No. 3 'Sir Handel' quickly get the tank filled at 'Thie Ushtey'. With a biting wind coming down the valley, they do not intend to hang around. 29 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted August 29, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 29, 2021 12 hours ago, Tom F said: On cold autumn afternoon in 1954, the crew of No. 3 'Sir Handel' quickly get the tank filled at 'Thie Ushtey'. With a biting wind coming down the valley, they do not intend to hang around. Damn good show. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom F Posted August 29, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 29, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, NHY 581 said: Damn good show. Thanks Rob. I do like the depth B&W seems to create. You lose any sense of where the layout starts and stops. About to go and add some more bracken, but in the mean time. Here is one from this morning, with a little write up: 'We crossed the infant Ben Glas stream via a shallow section, and then began the climb up the hillside. It was steep and tough going through the undergrowth. Moss and bracken were thick in places, with the occasional tributary stream requiring some navigation. This wasn't an issue for my border collie Lass, who bounded on ahead with unwavering enthusiasm. Finally the hillside gave way to a slate fence and through a gap in the trees we saw the railway. The old Fletcher Jennings locomotive of 1865, No. 2 'Rheneas' was clanking and wheezing about the sidings. The paint work was dirty, with steam leaking from a majority of places. To have struggled up the valley in such a run down condition........ A Gallant Old Engine indeed!' Edited August 29, 2021 by Tom F 27 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhole Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 On 15/08/2021 at 14:05, Tom F said: Yesterday, I was incredibly privileged to be involved with the Awdry Extravaganza at the Talyllyn Railway. I had a brief stint on operating the Reverend Awdry's Ffarquhar layout (my goodness that Percy model has a mind of his own!!) Fantastic seeing the original illustrations on display, and the Reverend's Ulfstead Road 009 layout depicting the Mid Sodor Railway. The evening came to a close, with Railway Historian Tim Dunn reading part of the Reverend Awdry's own 'Railway of Sodor' lecture notes. The highlight though, was meeting Veronica Chambers and her husband Richard again, for the first time in 24 years when I first met them at the Reverend Wilbert Awdry's memorial service (when I was 11). Richard took photos of my models of Rheneas and Sir Handel. A truly wonderful day, and was worth the 9 hours in the car. Special thanks to @ExplosiveCookie for organising the event On the table of illustrations, can I see the Skarloey Railway's version of TR's No7, Tom Rolt? This latout just gets better and better, Regards, Chris. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aire Head Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 6 hours ago, Sandhole said: On the table of illustrations, can I see the Skarloey Railway's version of TR's No7, Tom Rolt? Yes you can he’s in the bottom left corner 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom F Posted August 30, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2021 (edited) Well, there we have it! For all intents and purposes, the layout is scenically finished as I've just finished adding the additional pieces of bracken. I'm just waiting on the deluxe materials water for the aqueduct which should be arriving this week. I'm sort of sad we have reached this point, as I've loved seeing it come to life. I'd had a vision of how I hoped the layout would look, and that has helped to keep my focus throughout. The next stage is working on a way to attach the layout to some foam board fiddle yards. My current thoughts are to use two pieces of 6mm ply to act as the touching faces between the two boards, and use bolts to secure the alignment. I'll be cooling off from posting as much now. I don't want to over saturate the layout's exposure, and I've stock to be getting on with, in particular No. 1 'Skarloey'. I just need to build up the confidence to tackle making the piston rods, cross heads and motion bracket. Thanks for all the lovely support. I've thoroughly enjoyed putting this layout together and escaping to this lovely little bit of Awdry's Sodor. Edited August 30, 2021 by Tom F 32 1 3 9 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benbow Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Going to miss your updates on what has turned into a fantastic bit of scenic modelling. Thank you! 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted August 30, 2021 Author Share Posted August 30, 2021 1 minute ago, Benbow said: Going to miss your updates on what has turned into a fantastic bit of scenic modelling. Thank you! Thanks Benbow! I'll keep posting, just possibly not as much. I will have rolling stock updates, and I've current two 4mm landrovers on the workbench that need weathering. I also need to make the fiddle yards for Scaca Fell too. I just know what I'm like and I'll either over saturate or bore people with photos. Plus, Scaca Fell is the first in several Skarloey layouts to follow: 1. Scaca Fell Forestry Crossing (which includes the start of the exchange sidings at Ward Fell) *Completed 2. Skarloey Station (based on Abergynolwyn), the passenger terminus of the line, 3. Glennock (intermediate station, based strongly on Aberllefenni on the Corris 4. Cros-ny-Cuirn (first station out of Crovan's Gate, based on Rhydyronen on the Talyllyn). I'll also be depicting the road running along the side. I'd then like to also do some dioramas depicting: 1. Rheneas Station 2. Tunnel Portal (northern section) So this thread has plenty more to discuss as we go along 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHC Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 I think you could add another one to the list. What about the winding house for the Abergynolwyn incline did not the running line run through this building. Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aire Head Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 47 minutes ago, Tom F said: Thanks Benbow! I'll keep posting, just possibly not as much. I will have rolling stock updates, and I've current two 4mm landrovers on the workbench that need weathering. I also need to make the fiddle yards for Scaca Fell too. I just know what I'm like and I'll either over saturate or bore people with photos. Plus, Scaca Fell is the first in several Skarloey layouts to follow: 1. Scaca Fell Forestry Crossing (which includes the start of the exchange sidings at Ward Fell) *Completed 2. Skarloey Station (based on Abergynolwyn), the passenger terminus of the line, 3. Glennock (intermediate station, based strongly on Aberllefenni on the Corris 4. Cros-ny-Cuirn (first station out of Crovan's Gate, based on Rhydyronen on the Talyllyn). I'll also be depicting the road running along the side. I'd then like to also do some dioramas depicting: 1. Rheneas Station 2. Tunnel Portal (northern section) So this thread has plenty more to discuss as we go along Out of interest will you be able to join the layouts together to give a longer run? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1722 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Tom, I have no words for your work and I'm fairly certain it would be impossible to over-saturate us with such wonderful modelling! A quick question, if I may. Where do you get the sea moss trees from - I'm most impressed from them and am thinking something similar would work on my planned layout. Thanks. I'm sure I speak for many when I say 'keep posting, whatever it may be!' 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhole Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 4 hours ago, Tom F said: Well, there we have it! For all intents and purposes, the layout is scenically finished as I've just finished adding the additional pieces of bracken. I'm just waiting on the deluxe materials water for the aqueduct which should be arriving this week. I'm sort of sad we have reached this point, as I've loved seeing it come to life. I'd had a vision of how I hoped the layout would look, and that has helped to keep my focus throughout. The next stage is working on a way to attach the layout to some foam board fiddle yards. My current thoughts are to use two pieces of 6mm ply to act as the touching faces between the two boards, and use bolts to secure the alignment. I'll be cooling off from posting as much now. I don't want to over saturate the layout's exposure, and I've stock to be getting on with, in particular No. 1 'Skarloey'. I just need to build up the confidence to tackle making the piston rods, cross heads and motion bracket. Thanks for all the lovely support. I've thoroughly enjoyed putting this layout together and escaping to this lovely little bit of Awdry's Sodor. This is one of those layouts that is as near perfect as I can imagine. It's a work of art and has stirred some memories of my time on the TR as a volunteer. Regards, Chris. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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