allan downes Posted March 14, 2013 Author Share Posted March 14, 2013 That's the one Allan. I seem to remember using strands of wool and flock for the thatch ! Alan. Correct first time!! This was because it was fast, cheap and effective - but that's all you can say about it! Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhBBob Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 That'll be the gap between the knees that we all developed, the crouching position and the specs ! Funny how these things return in later life...... I have an ASR DKA-1210 DSP digital mixing amp these days and the Strat actually lives on a proper hook on the wall. Back in 1962, of course, the band plus equipment fitted into a Ford Zephyr taxi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted March 14, 2013 Author Share Posted March 14, 2013 That'll be the gap between the knees that we all developed, the crouching position and the specs ! Funny how these things return in later life...... I have an ASR DKA-1210 DSP digital mixing amp these days and the Strat actually lives on a proper hook on the wall. Back in 1962, of course, the band plus equipment fitted into a Ford Zephyr taxi Or a Transit Van with an eternaly flat battery... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Hudson Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Hi Bob. Sunburst Strat, Boss mixer amp combined - p-h-e-n-o-m-i-n-a-l - ALESIS QUADERVERB TWO -every echo unit ever manufactured PROGRAMMED IN plus EVERY STUDIO sound setting for EVERY Shads number recorded -(Apache, absolutely unbelievable!!!) and the late Jet Harris' Nobels peddle board - I don't just sound like Hank, I'm even starting to kook like him!!!! Hallan. Hi Bob. Sunburst Strat, Boss mixer amp combined - p-h-e-n-o-m-i-n-a-l - ALESIS QUADERVERB TWO -every echo unit ever manufactured PROGRAMMED IN plus EVERY STUDIO sound setting for EVERY Shads number recorded -(Apache, absolutely unbelievable!!!) and the late Jet Harris' Nobels peddle board - I don't just sound like Hank, I'm even starting to kook like him!!!! Hallan. Perhaps I should get my old gretsch kit out of it's cases and we can form a RMWeb Garage band! Seriously, your work has been an inspiration to me over the years, some of those buildings in photos look like old friends. Slightly strange to send an email to their creator after all this time as a follower. Keep posting; this has given what was already a good forum some new energy. Regards Andrew Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted March 14, 2013 Author Share Posted March 14, 2013 Perhaps I should get my old gretsch kit out of it's cases and we can form a RMWeb Garage band! Seriously, your work has been an inspiration to me over the years, some of those buildings in photos look like old friends. Slightly strange to send an email to their creator after all this time as a follower. Keep posting; this has given what was already a good forum some new energy. Regards Andrew I reckon there's more guitarists on this Forum than there are modellers!! It works both ways Andrew, it's given me inspiration after meeting a great bunch of Guys who actully remember that I even existed - I mean, even my own wife forgets who I am at times! Best regards. Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platform 6 Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Aha! Finally caught up with you Mr Downes. You have a lot to answer for. Corrupting 15 year-old lads! Those cottages and your method of individual tiling - I believed it all. Nearly sent me barmy picking and laying the slates. And then I had to go searching for a tin of Colron Peruvian Mahogany Wood Dye to colour the roof! I was so stressed after doing the roof I just threw sand on the side of my cottage - I couldn't be bothered with anything else. Seriously Allan, those early articles were wonderful inspiration. I still have my cottage after all those years. Nice to see you here still inspiring us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PaternosterRow Posted March 18, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 18, 2013 Hi Allan, You know, every new generation of modelers think that they are upping the bar on the last lot, but your work proves that a complete nonsense. We really do only stand on the shoulders of giants and what makes this even more magnificent is the materials available back then were far more basic than what we have at hand today. There really is nothing new under the sun and I can't wait to start seeing future posts from you on how it should be done. Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Ah Mr Downes, I do believe that model of the bottle kiln was constructed from individual clay bricks? Or was I hallucinating on eating too much Yorkie Bar (just introduced) and glugging Corona Lemonade as I read and re-read the Railway Modeller as a 12 year old? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 Ah Mr Downes, I do believe that model of the bottle kiln was constructed from individual clay bricks? Or was I hallucinating on eating too much Yorkie Bar (just introduced) and glugging Corona Lemonade as I read and re-read the Railway Modeller as a 12 year old? That would have been the Windmill scene - pyruma bricks baked in the oven! Anyway, I do appreciate your following my work for all those years - great for the ego!! All my best wishes. Allan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Pipers Mead, a MASSIVE influence on me!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted March 23, 2013 Author Share Posted March 23, 2013 Pipers Mead, a MASSIVE influence on me!!! I will try and put up some original black and white pictures of that layout later - IF I can get my scanner to scan A4 picture size without complaint! Allan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Hi Bob. Sunburst Strat, Boss mixer amp combined - p-h-e-n-o-m-i-n-a-l - ALESIS QUADERVERB TWO -every echo unit ever manufactured PROGRAMMED IN plus EVERY STUDIO sound setting for EVERY Shads number recorded -(Apache, absolutely unbelievable!!!) and the late Jet Harris' Nobels peddle board - I don't just sound like Hank, I'm even starting to kook like him!!!! Hallan. Back in 1964,I had a 1964 Strat,i remember it was £179, bought from Berrys in EdmontonN.London,I also had a Vox AC30 Top Boost.Like all things,it eventually had to go,having discovered cars & girls,perhaps it`s just as well,the Strat would have been worth a small fortune today & there was always the chance of it being stolen if it was taken anywhere.However,what goes around comes around & i now have a Mexican 1950`s reissue Sunburst Strat & a Line 6 Spider jam amp.I`ve lost most of the limited playing skills that i had in the sixties but with Youtube,it`s fun relearning. Back to the models,i remember you using cat litter for mud!!! Ray. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted March 23, 2013 Author Share Posted March 23, 2013 PIPERS MEAD.First time effort 4 decades ago - not much has improved has it?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Devil Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Brilliant stuff, Allan, I might be wrong here but I seem to remember a series of pretty ornate city buildings that were destined for (I think) a guy with an Italian sounding name, if I'm right and I'm not saying I am do you have any pictures of these? Cheers, Mark. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted March 23, 2013 Author Share Posted March 23, 2013 And a few drawings to go with it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted March 23, 2013 Author Share Posted March 23, 2013 Brilliant stuff, Allan, I might be wrong here but I seem to remember a series of pretty ornate city buildings that were destined for (I think) a guy with an Italian sounding name, if I'm right and I'm not saying I am do you have any pictures of these? Cheers, Mark. Hi Mark. You would be refering to the large layout tagged as "City Splendour" that appeared in the RM many years ago now and the layout was never finished - it was in 4 mil, and the Italian gentleman you refer to changed his mind within a few months of completion to go O gauge! However Mark, I have no pictures now but I'll see what I can do anyway as I know people that have - but I do have a picture of said gentleman, myself and Tony Wright posing in front of his O gauge layout, 'Elizabeth Street' and this was sometime in the 80s and I can put it up later if you would be interested. Best regards. Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Devil Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Hi Mark. You would be refering to the large layout tagged as "City Splendour" that appeared in the RM many years ago now and the layout was never finished - it was in 4 mil, and the Italian gentleman you refer to changed his mind within a few months of completion to go O gauge! However Mark, I have no pictures now but I'll see what I can do anyway as I know people that have - but I do have a picture of said gentleman, myself and Tony Wright posing in front of his O gauge layout, 'Elizabeth Street' and this was sometime in the 80s and I can put it up later if you would be interested. Best regards. Allan That'd be fantastic if you could Allan, thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted March 23, 2013 Author Share Posted March 23, 2013 There you go!. Me punching out roof tiles top, and bottom from left to right, Mimmo the Italian gentleman, me and a futile attempt at holding my stomach in, and the model railway worlds' best ever photographer, TONY WRIGHT. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted March 23, 2013 Author Share Posted March 23, 2013 And me now! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Thanks Alan, Pipers Mead still holds its own today, great influence of me back then!! As an aside, you ought to be used as an advert re modelling being the elixir of eternal youth......either that or it's wholesome living!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 "......either that or it's wholesome living!!" And a 42" Waist... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 More sycophantic ego-massaging coming 'Downes' your way Alan, Great to be able to engage with one of the 'greats' of our wonderful hobby. I am yet another who used to read all about and marvel at your wonderful creations, as so often depicted in the pages of RM and others. Above all I loved the humour in the articles that made them so readable. Dare I admit that I might even have kept one or two articles in my modelling folders as continued inspiration? Keep posting and entertaining us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted April 6, 2013 Author Share Posted April 6, 2013 More sycophantic ego-massaging coming 'Downes' your way Alan, Great to be able to engage with one of the 'greats' of our wonderful hobby. I am yet another who used to read all about and marvel at your wonderful creations, as so often depicted in the pages of RM and others. Above all I loved the humour in the articles that made them so readable. Dare I admit that I might even have kept one or two articles in my modelling folders as continued inspiration? Keep posting and entertaining us. Thank you kind Sir for your uplifting comments, but I wouldn't believe in everything I wrote, it's not good for your health ! Best regards. Allan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Downes Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 It was about 1972, I hadn't caught a fish all year so I hung up my rod, put my worm back where I found it, and that was when my late wife said "Right, I'm not having you under my feet all day, here's a copy of a trainset magzine ( The RM ) outside is a shed ( Old Pig Stye ) here's an empty Cornflakes packet, go and build your son a trainset - but whatever you do, do something!" So a few months later, here's what I came up, and my son never even looked at it - he had found something far more interesting - a bottle of my after shave and the girl next door! - I had found a whole new way of life oh, and a happy wife! Allan. Hi Dad, I've joined! Thank you Andy for allowing me. Right, a bone or two to pick with you old man (Dad not Andy)! After 41 years the first I have learned that 'Piper's Mead' belonged to me! That is good news! Secondly, I loved that layout and remember every little detail particularly the back gardens with their vegetable patches and washing hanging on the line and I'll never forget the marching band in the street. Magical times for a 5 year old, I was lucky. You also seem to forget Dad that I made a Lego signal box which you placed on the track for me just as Mum and I were off somewhere, it was gone when we returned! So anyway, I've got some serious playtime to make up, 41 years to be precise so where's MY Piper's Mead? Shane www.miniaturesbyshane.blogspot.co.uk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted April 16, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2013 I say! I think there may be some sport to be had on this thread in the near future. Delicious prospect! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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