RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted March 6, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 6, 2021 (edited) Hell fire !!!! Who would have thought it. Congratulations, John and thank you. Before tampering with the little chap any further, I will wait for the new cylinders to arrive. I also have to order works plates from Narrow Planet for this one and the B2 as well. And here,'s to the next 10,000 posts. Rob. Edited April 5, 2022 by NHY 581 8 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post NHY 581 Posted March 6, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 6, 2021 (edited) Morning all, A spot of woodwork this morning. I've started tinkering with the engine shed. I am in the process of filling in the missing window. Some Wills planking was cut to fit, distressed accordingly. Doors will follow but I think I will fill another window. Let's see how it looks. Edited April 5, 2022 by NHY 581 18 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted March 6, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 6, 2021 Cracking job again Rob, your timber distressing and weathering is really excellent, top stuff. Al. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted March 6, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 6, 2021 Nah, sorry, don't think that so neat a job would have used such poor timber that it has rotted so quick at the ends. Had the planks been just nailed over the top of the frame, then maybe it might have deteriorated so much. Sheet timber might have been used, even wriggly tin. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted March 6, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 6, 2021 22 minutes ago, Stubby47 said: Nah, sorry, don't think that so neat a job would have used such poor timber that it has rotted so quick at the ends. Had the planks been just nailed over the top of the frame, then maybe it might have deteriorated so much. Sheet timber might have been used, even wriggly tin. But surely every engine shed deserves to have at least one window boarded up with nice, posh materials? If Rob leaves the nice, posh planking in place long enough, it will probably rot enough for your satisfaction and will then need to be replaced by some corrugated stuff. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted March 6, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 6, 2021 That's a nice green on that Peckett, Mr Sheepshanks, old fellow. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted March 6, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 6, 2021 But would posh planking rot quicker than the shed it's on? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted March 6, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 6, 2021 You can't get the wood, you know. Al. 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted March 6, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Alister_G said: You can't get the wood, you know. Al. That's old age for you... 5 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted March 6, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 6, 2021 14 minutes ago, 2ManySpams said: That's old age for you... Keep taking the tablet chum. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Rough sawn planks, corrugated iron or zinc, maybe an old enamel sign or two. Plywood or other sheet material is rather unlikely pre 60's. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted March 6, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 6, 2021 Yes, I am alive and willing to say that the Peckett is one the best weathering jobs I have seen for yonks. Baaaaa. P 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Good to see your alive and kicking Rob Was getting a bit concerned that we hadn't seen anything posted by you. So glad you've managed to post something. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted March 19, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 19, 2021 3 hours ago, NHY 581 said: Hmm, that one has gone a bit too far with the special effects for my taste, Rob - sorry! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 To be honest I like it, the effect reminds me of the 4"X 3" colour pictures that I took around Conwy when I was about twelve using an ancient Comet camera my mother had bought to record her school trip to Lake Como back in 1955. Only 24 exposures at a time and no need to photoshop in that aged look. It took beautiful black and white pictures though! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted March 19, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 19, 2021 4 hours ago, St Enodoc said: Hmm, that one has gone a bit too far with the special effects for my taste, Rob - sorry! My apologies. I've deleted the post. I'm simply posting images as due to a few things going on I am not progressing anything new at present. I'll leave for now. 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted March 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 19, 2021 5 hours ago, St Enodoc said: Hmm, that one has gone a bit too far with the special effects for my taste, Rob - sorry! It's called 'a bit of fun', I like it, like finding an old forgotten photo in the bottom of a drawer. 58 minutes ago, NHY 581 said: My apologies. I've deleted the post. I'm simply posting images as due to a few things going on I am not progressing anything new at present. I'll leave for now. Keep 'em coming! 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted March 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 19, 2021 1 hour ago, NHY 581 said: My apologies. I've deleted the post. If you'd left it there, I'd have indicated that I liked it, but you didn't, so I can't. It's your topic, you can post what you like. So can I. 3 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted March 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, NHY 581 said: My apologies. I've deleted the post. I'm simply posting images as due to a few things going on I am not progressing anything new at present. I'll leave for now. If a thing's worth doing, Rob, it's worth overdoing. We only really find where the limits are when we exceed them. As an alternative, may I suggest "Digital Sepia". It looks quite effective and lots of cameras nowadays can do it as a filter setting without recourse to the PC. Mine will save a "straight" colour copy at the same time. John Edited March 19, 2021 by Dunsignalling 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Oldddudders Posted March 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 19, 2021 1 hour ago, NHY 581 said: My apologies. I've deleted the post. I'm simply posting images as due to a few things going on I am not progressing anything new at present. I'll leave for now. Your gaff, your rules. That someone is less impressed is a shame, but no reason for the image to go. Clearly other aspects of life are sitting on you right now - no surprise there in 2021 - and stepping back seems best. We all look forward to your early return, as your modelling inspires many others. 18 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 I agree with the chaps above. And if I don't like an image I just don't press the Like button! Keith 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Rob, If I could achieve half of the quality of modelling output that you share on this topic I would be very content. Please be assured that all your efforts and photographs are a source of inspiration. Thank you John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post NHY 581 Posted March 19, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) Thank you all. None of what I have written below seeks to generate sympathy or response but perhaps illustrates how things can change, very quickly. I'm struggling at present with a couple of arguably minor health issues which if taken on an individual basis would be taken in my stride, but coming together, they're taking a bit of getting used to. I have a couple of things hanging over from COVID. I still get short of breath and some three months on, I still have no sense of smell. Subject to change of course but I am resigned to its permanent loss. More intrusive are the issues that I now have with my hands. Some ten years ago I had two operations, one on each hand, to address Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Whether by coincidence or resulting from the encounter with COVID this seems to have returned with vengeance since Christmas. I've had minor issues back last year, but no where near what it is now, which is probably where I was just before the last op. My left hand is worse than my right. I now have continuous pins and needles which varies in intensity and progresses to numbness and a cold feeling in both hands. Recently , I have also noticed my hands will shake when doing something fiddly, which I am sure is connected. This all means for example, it is difficult to use craft knives, small files and paint brushes due to the narrow diameter of them all. It can be quite painful. It took me about an hour the other night to replace two crank pins on one of the Pecketts. I am also very clumsy all of a sudden, dropping things... So thats one theory why my hooves are wonky. The other may arise from being diagnosed as diabetic two weeks ago with the loss of feeling in hands and feet that go with that. It might well be a combination of both. Monday to Friday, I am still working from home, spending roughly six hours a day sat at the dining table on the lap top. I find that by the time I finish in the afternoon my hands are somewhat jaded. Despite taking regular breaks, it is still an issue. Needless to say, modelling after that is tricky and is taking a bit of a back seat at present. In the great scheme of things, these are not insurmountable issues and a great many people simply get on with far more serious issues. To me though, after years of good health and fitness, this will take some getting used to. But I will sort out this blip. It is what it is. Rob. Edited March 19, 2021 by NHY 581 57 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Oldddudders Posted March 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 19, 2021 Since you are, relatively speaking, no age, this is indeed cruel stuff. We have to hope that sensible management of the diabetes will make that less intrusive - it will settle down, and may take some other symptoms with it. I sincerely hope Long-Covid fades as the months go by, and your substantial capabilities as a modeller return. Bon courage, mon brave. 20 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted March 19, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 19, 2021 My wife took a tumble in the garden last year and broke her wrist, needing plaster for some time. This has been off some time, but she started to complain of ache and pains, particularly at night, diagnosed as carpal tunnel syndrome. The physio advised using a wrist support splint, the type with Velcro straps, and we had one from a previous occasion. Now she puts it on before going to sleep, which seems to have cleared it. Best wishes with your problems, I do hope to see more of the Sheep saga in time. 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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