bike2steam Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 That's sad to hear, I was enjoying this thread, I know how you feel, and wish you well. How soon do you need to shift it, I could mention this at the Blandford club next Wednesday if you want??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DLT Posted October 24, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2019 I too am very sorry to hear that. I hope the situation is resolved to your satisfaction. Best wishes, Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jack Benson Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 5 hours ago, bike2steam said: That's sad to hear, I was enjoying this thread, I know how you feel, and wish you well. How soon do you need to shift it, I could mention this at the Blandford club next Wednesday if you want??? We want to clear the workshop by Christmas this year. 10 boards, one is a lifting section. It will not be easy but do-able and the layout was built to a good standard. Our email is clearly shown, no PM facilities. JB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jack Benson Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 3 hours ago, DLT said: I too am very sorry to hear that. I hope the situation is resolved to your satisfaction. Best wishes, Dave. Dave, The episode in August left a painful legacy, no lack of support within the Beaminster Road Group but 'we' are three ex-service pensioners trying to cope with a very difficult situation. Cheers JB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jack Benson Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 (edited) Hi, Please note that there is a change of ownership:- Following a long period of serious illness, the previous owner and builder has relinquished ownership of the Child Okeford layout. Cheers JB Edited November 1, 2019 by Jack Benson Clarity Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
devonseasider Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 So what's happened to the layout now? Seems to have been pulled from ebay long before the week was up - surely you haven't done anything silly like put the chainsaw through it . . . . . . . . you haven't, have you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jack Benson Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 Further progress on Child Okeford can be followed on the original blog that started when the first timbers were being cut for the layout over twenty years ago. Thanks for support and past comment, however trying to cope with two layouts is bad enough, therefore the Artitistic Director will look after the chronicling of the progress, or lack of, and he prefers to use a blog. Therefore Child Okeford will continue if you just click here. JB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jack Benson Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 (edited) Hi, A month and another ICU episode later, things are getting better, cardio physio has started and it isn't much fun. The surplus stock has gone elsewhere whilst all the old faithfulls are still running, peace has returned. Finally, work on the layout has continued - this was this afternoon's effort. That's it, we hope to have it running on Christmas Day. Cheers Edited December 7, 2019 by Jack Benson Foolishness Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 That looks much better than what was there before. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jack Benson Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 JZ, Not sure what to do about the all too obvious exit, maybe just sand down the old view blocker and paint it blue+fluffy clouds as there must be something however banal. In keeping with Dorset, a small flock of sheep are waiting to cross the bridge, a Polish shepherd will be in charge. JB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 I have a Dorset-like backscene that may fit the bill. I'll bring it down on my next visit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jack Benson Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 JZ, The lumps of NoNails just peeled off and a coat of sky blue looks good, some fluffy clouds would not go amiss either. I should aspire to better things and a copy of Paul Bambrick's treatise is causing considerable concern though, it was a generous but equally daunting present, In the meantime, it looks like this:- Cheers JB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jack Benson Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Nice image, originally on Beaminster Road but will be recreated on Child Okeford. The old Fordson recently re-appeared in a box of discarded bits, it had been stripped and given a coat of Dullcote on the advice of Geoff Kent. JB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jack Benson Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 This old handbuilt wire and plaster tree once graced the corner of the Beaminster Road layout but over the years the foliage fell off until it was just a skeleton of wire. Thankfully, modern foliage replaced the defective stuff and a similar scene can be recreated although everything else is brand new, yes, even the pillbox. JB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jack Benson Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 (edited) This is a fictional character and this is his dog I need both in 4mm:12", as they are recognisable as part of the West Dorset community. JP Edited December 17, 2019 by Jack Benson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jack Benson Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Boxing Day I found this old Classix Royal Mail van in a box. Poor old thing Cheers JB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted December 26, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2019 I think I'd call that a Ford E83. The man who delivered our paraffin in the '50s had one. Very suitable here. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jack Benson Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 (edited) 53 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: I think I'd call that a Ford E83. The man who delivered our paraffin in the '50s had one. Very suitable here. Ian, I have never understood the subtle difference between Ford and Fordson, the E83W 10cwt van was designated as a Fordson but sold and serviced by Ford commercial dealers. The local M&P milkman used an example before moving to a Fordson forward control van with the motor in the cab. Cheers Edited December 26, 2019 by Jack Benson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 When Ford was developing tractors, a group in Minneapolis set up a company called The Ford Tractor company, the Ford was a clerk of the company, hoping the Henry Ford would buy them out. Ford sidestepped this by starting Ford & Son, or Fordson. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jack Benson Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Hi, I do not normally display new purchases, as I can barely afford anything new but this was a late Christmas gift. An exLSWR Warner brake van, whether it ran on the SDJR is debatable but the thread did originate as a Southern Region layout and that is my only excuse. Cheers JB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jack Benson Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Hedge fund Dorset has a lot of hedges - the first Bronze Age farmers had to clear woodland to make fields. ... planting of new hedgerows started around Roman times, much of the hedging in rural Dorset is 700+ years old. To discover the age of a hedge, simply count the number of species of tree or shrub found in a 100 ft length of hedge. This number (averaged over three or more sample stretches) multiplied by 100 gives a rough estimate of the age of the hedge. The hedging on Child Okeford is made from rubberised horsehair bought from Howard Scenics and cut in half to reduce the height. There is about 5m of hedging on the layout. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 21 minutes ago, Jack Benson said: Hedge fund Dorset has a lot of hedges - the first Bronze Age farmers had to clear woodland to make fields. ... planting of new hedgerows started around Roman times, much of the hedging in rural Dorset is 700+ years old. So now we know, it was those Bronze age capitalists that started global warming through deforestation and the good hearted Romans planted hedgerows in an attempt to rebalance the carbon impact. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted December 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 28, 2019 Hedges and modern farming methods are at odds. Big machinery reduces labour costs and prefers big fields. Big machinery also costs a fortune to maintain, and hedges do wonders for nature. Having grubbed out loadsa hedges the farmers hereabouts are now being offered inducements to replant some. The model hedges above look good. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 20, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 20, 2020 In the present generation, I believe Eurostar has been helping Mother Nature by unintentionally importing ragwort from France, where it grows prolifically, into England, where it is less common. Horse- and other livestock-owners will not be pleased, as it can be poisonous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jack Benson Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Btw, As justification for such arcane posts, the flora and fauna of any location can be as important as the colour scheme of the local station. The old saw that the viewer should be able to identify the location without any rolling stock equally applies to the crops, cattle breed, and wild flowers as much as it does to the vernacular building style and bus company. Unfortunately, all the above only really applies to a time before multi-nationals but at least the red kites would have been absent as would white egrets. Another reason for holding back the reality of time and progress? Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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