Popular Post Phil Copleston Posted July 23, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted July 23, 2017 (edited) Thanks John. The frightening thing is that the station building was one of the first things I made for the layout over twenty five years ago! Jerry Here's a snap I took of Jerry's imposing Bath Queensquare station building last weekend (during Larkrail) to illustrate the point. It may be over twenty five years old, but it is a magnificent model and "certainly sets the whole scene and purpose for making the rest of the layout". Edited July 23, 2017 by Phil Copleston 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 (edited) Here's a snap I took of Jerry's imposing Bath Queensquare station building last weekend (during Larkrail) to illustrate the point. It may be over twenty five years old, but it is a magnificent model and "certainly sets the whole scene and purpose for making the rest of the layout". 20170714_200307 (enhanced).jpg Thanks Phil, as you say, a magnificent model.The overall roof looks to be etched. When I made the 4mm version it was a real labour of love but in 2mm, well, what can I say ? Superb stuff. Grahame Edited July 24, 2017 by bgman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted July 24, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 24, 2017 Thanks Phil, as you say, a magnificent model. The overall roof looks to be etched. When I made the 4mm version it was a real labour of love but in 2mm, well, what can I say ? Superb stuff. Grahame Indeed magnificent. I believe that Jerry scratch built it Grahame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Copleston Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 (edited) Indeed magnificent. I believe that Jerry scratch built it Grahame. John, I understand that Jerry scratchbuilt his original 'Mark 1' overall roof out of plastikard. It was good. But not quite good enough for Jerry. So years later he replaced this with a much more finesse version fizzed up from specially commissioned etchings - as per the one you see in my photo. Potential disaster struck when a year or two ago one of Jerry's labrador dogs sat on it, but fortunately the damage wasn't terminal (pun intended!) and he was able to effect repairs. Also, Jerry has had the roof support cast-iron columns cast in whitemetal copied from the originals. Superb! All-in-all this is quite magnificent work by Jerry. I am inspired every time I am ushered in to take a peek at recent progress on this 2-mil magnum opus. Edited July 24, 2017 by Phil Copleston 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted July 25, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 25, 2017 The roof was built using some scratch - aid etches from Bill Bedford. There are more details and several pictures of its construction starting on page 3 of this thread. The original roof was plasticard which, as well as being less accurate and detailed as its replacement also went very brittle due to the UV getting at the plasticard which I never got round to painting. And Phil's almost correct about the dogs - but it was two that jumped on it rather than one that sat!! I'd loaded the roof on the jig board it was built on into the back of the car ready to go and give a talk. A series of events conspired such that the back of the car and the back gate to the house were open. The dogs spotted this and came charging out and leapt into the back of the car thinking it was time for a walk - landing squarely on top of the roof which promptly took on the shape of a twinV engine. I could have cried. It wasn't the dogs fault it was mine as I hadn't got round to making a carry box for the roof - a hundred hours or so work up the Swanny :-(( It wasn't a total disaster as I still had all the jigs it was built in so I could unsolder all the bits, straighten them out, and put them all back together - and make a strong, dog proof carry box!! Lesson learnt !! The guilty parties - left right - Mr Pooh (who played no part in the roof insident), Jelly and Jazz Jerry 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Here's a snap I took of Jerry's imposing Bath Queensquare station building last weekend (during Larkrail) to illustrate the point. It may be over twenty five years old, but it is a magnificent model and "certainly sets the whole scene and purpose for making the rest of the layout". 20170714_200307 (enhanced).jpg A great overview pic showing very impressive architectural modelling. Just a shame it falls in to the same category as Copenhagen Fields - a lifetimes development. I hope that my efforts in N/2mm in attempting a London Bridge representation (not an exact scale model as there will/is a lot of compression and simplification) can get a little near the quality and finesse of BQS. Time might also be a factor as I've only started on some of the local buildings. G. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 My efforts in 4mm of the same station which I suspect you've seen Jerry ..... The main overall roof was built up from etches too, made in 2 separate pieces in order to fit into a rather confined space for its owner. Grahame 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Copleston Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 (edited) The roof was built using some scratch - aid etches from Bill Bedford. There are more details and several pictures of its construction starting on page 3 of this thread. The original roof was plasticard which, as well as being less accurate and detailed as its replacement also went very brittle due to the UV getting at the plasticard which I never got round to painting. And Phil's almost correct about the dogs - but it was two that jumped on it rather than one that sat!! I'd loaded the roof on the jig board it was built on into the back of the car ready to go and give a talk. A series of events conspired such that the back of the car and the back gate to the house were open. The dogs spotted this and came charging out and leapt into the back of the car thinking it was time for a walk - landing squarely on top of the roof which promptly took on the shape of a twinV engine. I could have cried. It wasn't the dogs fault it was mine as I hadn't got round to making a carry box for the roof - a hundred hours or so work up the Swanny :-(( It wasn't a total disaster as I still had all the jigs it was built in so I could unsolder all the bits, straighten them out, and put them all back together - and make a strong, dog proof carry box!! Lesson learnt !! The guilty parties - left right - Mr Pooh (who played no part in the roof insident), Jelly and Jazz Jerry Thanks for the clarification, Jerry. I suspected I probably hadn't got the details - only the jist - of the story right! Lovely shot of the guilty parties (plus an innocent Mr. Pooh) too, even though it wasn't really their faults. More animal and veg garden pics on this thread please! BTW, I keep my Millie Pooh and Tilly Pooh well away from my modelling efforts... even though Millie often kips on my workroom swivel chair. Awww bless. Edited July 25, 2017 by Phil Copleston 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nick_bastable Posted July 25, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 25, 2017 (edited) ah cats and model railways a impossible conundrum Nick edit for the usual pp spelling Edited July 25, 2017 by nick_bastable Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted July 25, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 25, 2017 My efforts in 4mm of the same station which I suspect you've seen Jerry ..... The main overall roof was built up from etches too, made in 2 separate pieces in order to fit into a rather confined space for its owner. Grahame Thanks for posting the pics Grahame. Yes I've seen it many times, a fabulous model. It still amazes me how Mary allowed him to put a hole through the wall from the railway room into the guest bedroom in order to fit it in!! Jerry 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post queensquare Posted September 3, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 3, 2017 Spent a very pleasant few hours advancing yet another of my unfinished loco projects a MR 2F- I'm determined to get at least some of them finished before I start anything new! The body is Union Mills which other than lacking in detail and being a bit wide in the splasher area is pretty good. I've milled out the firebox to enable a conventional chassis to be fitted and carved off the moulded handrails. It now needs a good clean up and the rest of the paint removed ready to start reinstating some detail. The chassis is a Fencehouses 8'+8'6" chassis which, like everything Bob Jones designs goes together perfectly. The tender is a cut down 3250 etch which I'm hoping will represent one of the smaller 2200 tenders which a number of these ran around with in the 1920s. Long way to go yet but starting to look the part. Jerry 32 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted September 23, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2017 I have a very exciting set of test etches I'm itching to get started on but, as I've mentioned in a previous post, I am determined to get at least some of the projects I already have on the go finished. So, just to dispel the myth that I don't paint anything, here is a dodgy snap of a couple of locos that have been nearly finished for some time. Jerry 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coal Tank Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Heres more proof that Mr J paints two Q6 locos that he built for me Ta Jerry 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post queensquare Posted November 1, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 1, 2017 More evidence of things being painted. The 1F (etched body of unknown origin with scratch chassis) was done comparatively quickly having only been finished a year or so ago. 1667, along with 1874, were the resident Midland shunters at Bath for many years until replaced by Jinties some time in the 1930s. Farish 7mm cordless motor, CT chip and 60:1 gearing. The 4F to my great shame, is the first Raithby one I built, well started at least, back in the last century. I modified the chassis so it drove off the centre axle as, at the time I incorrectly felt using one of the outer axles was a bad idea. The tender is a butchered Nick Dearnley etch with one of the original Raithby chassis which doesn't allow any daylight to be seen through the frames. That, and one are or two other things on it I wouldn't do now are probably the reason I took so long to get round to finishing it. A Faulhaber motor and CT chip means it runs nicely so I'm pleased with it, warts and all. 3863, along with a number of other 4Fs, was drafted to the S&D to replace ageing, life expired Fowler and Scottie 0-6-0s during the 1920s hence the fitting of a tablet catcher. Jerry 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TomE Posted November 1, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 1, 2017 More evidence of things being painted. Steady on Jerry, not sure I can get used to this 'things being painted' business! I'll miss the S & D J R 'brass' livery! Tom. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted November 1, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 1, 2017 Steady on Jerry, not sure I can get used to this 'things being painted' business! I'll miss the S & D J R 'brass' livery! Tom. Don't worry Tom, unless they run light engine there is still plenty of scope for 'brass' livery! Jerry 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbrummitt Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 The black is just not as shiny Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Copleston Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Steady on Jerry, not sure I can get used to this 'things being painted' business! I'll miss the S & D J R 'brass' livery! Tom. Not to fret, Tom. Mr Greenwood still has a nice King Arthur in special North Cornwall SR 'gold livery' to keep the 'never finish anything' faith alive. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post queensquare Posted December 23, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2017 (edited) It's a job to know which of my threads to attach these pictures to. I recently made a batch of couplings so was able to finish off a stack of wagons which had been awaiting DGs for a while, including the recently painted and lettered Foxcote wagons. The shots are taken on Tucking Mill viaduct, albeit on the main layout. I decided to put them in the Bath thread as the reason for assembling the train, other than simply wanting to play trains, is to test haulage up the bank. Maximum, unassisted, train length will be twenty five wagons so a test train of twenty seven recently completed wagons was used to try out the Raithby based 4F and also a Farish 4F with weighted tender. Both managed the train with no problems which was very pleasing. Christmas project is to get the track work and wiring completed across the front of the Colliery so that I can run trains all the way from Bath junction to the fiddle yard. Also, just had a note from shop 2 to say that my back order for 9mm wheels is in so once they arrive I can crack on with the 7F test etches -2018 looks like being as busy as 2017! Merry Christmas all, Jerry Edited December 23, 2017 by queensquare 42 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D869 Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Nice... but could really use a sort of greyish white backcloth - would be v.festive then. Merry Christmas to you too. Regards, Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted December 24, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 24, 2017 Nice... but could really use a sort of greyish white backcloth - would be v.festive then. Merry Christmas to you too. Regards, Andy Thanks Andy, You're right, the snowy,- (plaster!), scenics don't really go with the high summer backscene! Jerry 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Thanks Andy, You're right, the snowy,- (plaster!), scenics don't really go with the high summer backscene! Jerry Thats Zummerzet for ya ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted December 24, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 24, 2017 (edited) Merry Christmas Jerry. That's a great shot. It is nice to see a long frieght train. It would make a nice snow scene but you would have to change the backscene . Don edit wrote that a 7.30 this morning but did press the end pressed it just now only to find it now follows others Doh! Edited December 24, 2017 by Donw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2mmKiwi Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 It's a job to know which of my threads to attach these pictures to. I recently made a batch of couplings so was able to finish off a stack of wagons which had been awaiting DGs for a while, including the recently painted and lettered Foxcote wagons. The shots are taken on Tucking Mill viaduct, albeit on the main layout. I decided to put them in the Bath thread as the reason for assembling the train, other than simply wanting to play trains, is to test haulage up the bank. Maximum, unassisted, train length will be twenty five wagons so a test train of twenty seven recently completed wagons was used to try out the Raithby based 4F and also a Farish 4F with weighted tender. Both managed the train with no problems which was very pleasing. Christmas project is to get the track work and wiring completed across the front of the Colliery so that I can run trains all the way from Bath junction to the fiddle yard. Also, just had a note from shop 2 to say that my back order for 9mm wheels is in so once they arrive I can crack on with the 7F test etches -2018 looks like being as busy as 2017! Merry Christmas all, Jerry IMG_3477.JPG IMG_3479.JPG Merry Christmas from New Zealand Jerry - thats a really nice scene coming together there . Steve Martin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilchris Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 (edited) Some superb modeling here Jerry, I feel has if I know you after reading through the whole threads from start to finish over the last couple of days. Not sure how I missed this thread, i have seen your Tucking Mill thread and your contribution to the D & G couplings thread. I am experimenting with D & G couplings on my N-gauge layout, plus some detailing on a Union Mills 3F, only wish I had your skill and expertise. lil chris Edited December 25, 2017 by lilchris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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