RMweb Gold Regularity Posted October 16, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 16, 2018 Just a reminder: https://luggvalleyrailway.wordpress.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky Posted October 18, 2018 Author Share Posted October 18, 2018 (edited) I would never get tired of seeing your pictures, Geoff. I haven't been clicking on Likes etc as I'm using the mobile version so please take this instead [Like, very much] Thanks Rich, thought you might get sick and tired of the same old stuff. Thanks Geoff. Great photos. Looking forward to you scaling a lineside tree for that classic B J Ashworth view of the Llangunllo goods..... Rob. You mean like this........ Had to be careful that damn tree trunk is made from twisted wire! The lamp post is actually vertical, I went back and checked after uploading the photo Geoff Edited October 18, 2018 by sparky 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted October 19, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 19, 2018 Splendid stuff Geoff. Spot on. Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted October 19, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 19, 2018 You mean like this........ P1160234.JPG Ben Ashworth: a photographer who took photos of the real thing so as to make them look like models... Geoff Forster: a photographer who takes pictures of his models and they look like the real thing. Or at least, a Ben Ashworth photo of the real thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 Geoff Forster: a photographer who takes pictures of his models and they look like the real thing. Well thanks for that, here's another one for you Geoff 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted October 24, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2018 Well thanks for that, here's another one for you Toy.jpg Geoff Shouldn't that have a light engine headcode...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 (edited) Shouldn't that have a light engine headcode...... Damn, I knew I had forgotten something :-) On a more serious note here are a few spoilers of Llanbister Rd crossing and shed. Its early days as yet but the mock ups have proved that my ideas will work as intended. The shed has been modelled on the one at Tetbury minus the water tower. Measuring 1000 x 350mm short cassettes will be attached at each end to allow through running. Geoff Edited October 24, 2018 by sparky 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted October 24, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2018 (edited) Well thanks for that, here's another one for you Toy.jpg Geoff Pay a man a compliment and look how he treats you... PS Best looking loco you’ve yet modelled. Edited October 24, 2018 by Regularity Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 Pay a man a compliment and look how he treats you... PS Best looking loco you’ve yet modelled. Perhaps I should use more stuff straight out of a box then 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted October 24, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2018 Perhaps I should use more stuff straight out of a box then Well, they do say that everyone has room for improvement!Even you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 Well, they do say that everyone has room for improvement! Even you. Very true, that is why I do some actual modelling rather than just talk about it. Geoff 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted October 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2018 (edited) Oh, touché mon ami! Edit: Sadly I seem to have gone from operator to builder to someone interested in the hobby, and am becoming someone less and less interested in it. Edited October 26, 2018 by Regularity Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrkirtley800 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 I have just come across this wonderful thread. Modelling is superb and even makes the old Great Western look attractive, and that from an ardent, dyed in the wool Midland man. Derek. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 I have just come across this wonderful thread. Modelling is superb and even makes the old Great Western look attractive, and that from an ardent, dyed in the wool Midland man. Derek. Well that's praise indeed coming from a dyed in the wool Midland man, thank you. Perhaps its the fifties setting and the lack of chocolate and cream that won you over :-) Geoff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrkirtley800 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 My period is 1908, but your skill at modelling the whole scene makes the railway company irrelevant. Derek Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulcanbomber Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Only just discovered this, you were one of my inspirations when I started Barkham green Glad to see you have web site again https://luggvalleyrailway.wordpress.com/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Smith Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Shouldn't that have a light engine headcode...... Looking at the size of it I'd have thought a heavy engine head code would be more appropriate!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sparky Posted August 14, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 14, 2021 During a recent exchange of emails with a friend, I was asked if I might consider continuing with this thread. So following a little arm twisting here is the final chapter featuring Llangunllo and Llanbister Road. The end came quickly once the milk marketing board took Llangunllo Creamery over, only to close it down soon afterwards. Matters were made worse when a swollen River Lugg damaged one of the many rail bridges that crossed it, an event that gave B.R the perfect excuse to close the line. The signal box was the first casualty, and with nobody around to tend the allotments they were soon reclaimed by nature. The crossing gates disappeared soon afterwards..... In the meantime the station area and goods yard were becoming more overgrown. The clump of weeds just behind the truck mark the spot where the yard crane once stood. No use could be found for the station building so it was demolished, the platform becoming little more than a loading dock for the remaining goods traffic. Having collected the last of the coal wagons 1455 sets back to collect a brake van, prior to departing with the last train. A few weeks later the remaining track and the bridge span were removed, and another branch line bit the dust. The whole site has since been cleared to create the foundations for Bleddfa Road in 7mm scale...... Llanbister Road together with my 4mm locos and stock are safely in store just in case my 7mm plans come to naught. No doubt you will recognize Llangunllo signal box and crossing gates. The old allotments and huts can also be seen along with a part of the old Penhydd Creamery office, I throw very little away. Geoff 18 1 2 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Welcome back Geoff. . You, and Llangunllo have been missed. 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted August 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 14, 2021 50 minutes ago, br2975 said: Welcome back Geoff. . You, and Llangunllo have been missed. But as Geoff said, this is the final chapter. Quote here is the final chapter featuring Llangunllo and Llanbister Road Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sparky Posted August 15, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 15, 2021 12 hours ago, br2975 said: Welcome back Geoff. . You, and Llangunllo have been missed. Thank you, but I have never really been away, I drop in from time to time to keep up with my favourite threads and whenever Simon sends me a link to topics that he feels might be of interest to me. Llangunllo is now history and as Simon has pointed out this was the final chapter. So having tied up loose ends there is really nothing more to add, unless I come across a few unpublished photos, but they would just be more of the same sort of thing. But from the ashes of Llangunllo a new layout is under construction, some of you will be aware of my new 7mm scale project Bleddfa Road which is currently being developed on the site of Llangunllo. This is a brief introduction to the project....................... The plan is a mix of Blodwell Junction and Llansilin Road on the Tanat Valley Railway.......... Early days, the small signal box has since been replaced with an open ground frame. Track is to 31.5 mm gauge, and constructed from ply sleepers, C&L rail chairs and Slater's n/s rail. The crossing keepers cottage, and my first attempt at painting a backscene.... Lionheart Pannier 7416 at rest between shunting duties.. Geoff 22 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold bcnPete Posted August 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 22, 2021 Already looking stunning 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Lovely to see your posts again Geoff. Hope you are well. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 18 hours ago, bcnPete said: Already looking stunning Thanks Pete, there is a long way to go yet, but I'm now coming to terms with 7mm scale modelling. 18 hours ago, Tom F said: Lovely to see your posts again Geoff. Hope you are well. Cheers Tom, where have you been hiding? :-) I'm not as well as I could be at the moment Tom, so I've been cheering myself up by running a few trains. Hope you are keeping well yourself. Geoff The goods shed is loosely based on the one that once stood at Llansilin Rd. on the Tanat Valley .......... Geoff 7 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ullypug Posted August 23, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 23, 2021 Good to see you on here again Geoff. I do follow your posts on WT and your new layout is coming on a treat. I've always admired your patina of colours and shades. Everything looks so real! As for 7mm, I'm managing to resist though a few boxes have crept in over the years for a 'one day' project! 2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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