Neil C Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Superb model railway AND music studio combined: this is the ideal combination to which I aspire! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil.c Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 Neil, the problem is that there's not enough hours to do the both, so it's, a few days on the layout and a week or so on a music project! Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil.c Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share Posted February 23, 2013 Just a little bit of news, Pen Y Bryn will be featured in British Railway Modeller and Model Rail magazine later on this year...so I think i'll have to do a bit of tidying up ! Phil 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRIAN T Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Well done Phil I will look out for it Brian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil.c Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share Posted February 23, 2013 Thanks Brian! Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold nest Posted February 23, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23, 2013 Oh that is good news! Will keep an eye out for those. Nestor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil.c Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share Posted February 24, 2013 I'll keep you posted Nestor. Phil 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted February 24, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2013 I just looked through this thread. Some lovely modelling. The curved baseboard edge seems very effective kind of emphasises the track route. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil.c Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share Posted February 24, 2013 Thanks Don, I need to get an edging on that curve to tidy it up some. I fact i've spent most of the day working on that area in front of the tunnel, adding foliage, bushes, trees and generally making it look better. I found a signal kit in a box I hadn't looked in for ten years, so I made it and errected it just to the left of the signal box and before the points. Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aberdare Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Nothing like an impending deadline to add a bit of pressure, mind you I don't think anyone had spotted any areas that seemed incomplete. I find that when the model is as good as this with several points of interest that we tend not to focus on what's not there as there is so much else to see. I look forward to seeing it in print sometime later in the year. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil.c Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share Posted February 24, 2013 Hi Jim, I have to admit that the majority of the buildings and scenery were done many years ago, I look upon things these days with a different eye, if I were to re-create some of the models today I would spend more time and make them a lot finer and more detailed, it's difficult to do that now without some major up-heaval! Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DLT Posted February 24, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24, 2013 Fabulous layout, thanks very much for sharing it! Dave.T Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil.c Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share Posted February 24, 2013 My pleasure Dave. Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil.c Posted March 1, 2013 Author Share Posted March 1, 2013 Just spent some time on this area. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post phil.c Posted March 3, 2013 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2013 Moving on to detailing this area, the trees especially needed work compared to previous pictures posted. 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 I must admit I'd be tempted to turn the lorry around in the scap yard, easier to load and unload and get out again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
artizen Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Love your brick retaining wall in that last shot! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil.c Posted March 3, 2013 Author Share Posted March 3, 2013 (edited) Alan....it's turned, but out of shot Ian, it's wonderful what you can do with a piece of hardboard Phil Edited March 3, 2013 by phil.c Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post phil.c Posted March 6, 2013 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 6, 2013 Here's another area i've just worked on, the literaly twenty year trees needed a makeover as the middle one especially was looking a bit tired and thin, pic 1. Pic 2, some stiff wire was pushed through to make a larger framework. Pic 3, Woodlans Scenic's light green foliage was added with PVA glue to fill the areas out. Pic 4, air laquer was sprayed on then medium green turf and then burnt turf was added, and sprayed lightly to hold. Pic 5, dark green turf was added to the left tree and light green the the right one. Phil 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefredie Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Hi Just come across this layout Brilliant brings me back to the days when I used to cycle around S Wales and the Valleys looking foreward to more David Wexford Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Nothing quite stirs the soul like the site of a welsh flag fluttering in the breeze. Nice layout as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Like this layout fantastic modeling,were did you get the backscene from please? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil.c Posted March 6, 2013 Author Share Posted March 6, 2013 Hi Just come across this layout Brilliant brings me back to the days when I used to cycle around S Wales and the Valleys looking foreward to more David Wexford Thanks David, You must have been pretty fit to cycle around here Steve, it took some doing to get that flag to blow like that Imsforever, the back scene is fom ID. Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Hi Phil, I can only say "Wow, what a lovely layout"! Thank you so much for putting your work on here and thanks to Andy Y. for highlighting this layout in the newsletter! I might never have spotted you, otherwise. Your colliery is a great piece of work in it's own right, may I ask how you tackled it, please? Did you work just from observations of the real thing or did you have plans? Cheers, John E. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil.c Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 (edited) Thanks John, it's appreciated! I did'nt know that Andy had Mentioned my layout in the newsletter! As for the colliery, I worked at Ogilvie and Oakdale collieries when I was younger so I have a little inside information so to speak! A yard worker loading materials for underground when I was sixteen, then a Dowty & Dobson hydraulic prop repairer and then a painter/glazier/signwriter. I left in 1984. Working in a colliery is an experience, as anyone who has will tell you, lots of stories and situations, I did go underground a few times to paint something or other, and that was another experience! I had to compromise with my colliery because of the limited amount of space available, so I crammed it all in where I could and it seems to have worked, although I have to say that it's still not finished, the same goes for the rest of the layout. Phil Edited March 13, 2013 by phil.c 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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