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[chesterfield]

Now that is a proper sheep!

[NHY 581]

Morning all. 

 

Today I am hoping to make a repair to a Bachmann RTP building which I managed to drop not once but twice a few years ago. 

Damage was caused to various edges, mainly the roof and I am hoping to make good using Milliput. I think its well worth the effort involved. Its a nice little building and it will look the part. 

 

If I can do a decent enough repair to stand scrutiny then this building will form the view blocker from the fiddle yard on Outwool. 

 

Its a start. 

 

 

Rob. 

Edited January 23, 2021 by NHY 581

[Re6/6]

Great that you're on the mend Rob. Don't overdo it though!

[2ManySpams]

5 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

Morning all. 

 

Today I am hoping to make a repair to a Bachmann RTP building which I managed to drop not once but twice a few years ago. 

Damage was caused to various edges, mainly the roof and I am hoping to make good using Milliput. I think its well worth the effort involved. Its a nice little building and it will look the part. 

 

If I can do a decent enough repair to stand scrutiny then this building will form the view blocker from the fiddle yard on Outwool. 

 

Its a start. 

 

 

Rob. 

 

Well, I'm starting to make good some RTP buildings that I took a multitool cutter too...

 

[wiggoforgold]

22 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

Morning all. 

 

Today I am hoping to make a repair to a Bachmann RTP building which I managed to drop not once but twice a few years ago. 

Damage was caused to various edges, mainly the roof and I am hoping to make good using Milliput. I think its well worth the effort involved. Its a nice little building and it will look the part. 

 

If I can do a decent enough repair to stand scrutiny then this building will form the view blocker from the fiddle yard on Outwool. 

 

Its a start. 

 

 

Rob. 

Glad to hear you are on the mend Rob. You might try Das for the repair. I used some to repair a plaster plaque that got knocked off the wall a few years ago.

Alex

[NHY 581]

49 minutes ago, wiggoforgold said:

Glad to hear you are on the mend Rob. You might try Das for the repair. I used some to repair a plaster plaque that got knocked off the wall a few years ago.

Alex

 

Morning Alex. 

 

I thought about DAS but in the end, used Milliput.  I spent a pleasant morning yesterday filling and sanding the additions. I'm quite pleased with the result and I'm on the painting and weathering stage this morning. 

 

Even better is the fact that this building has gone from sitting in its box for the last couple of years to use on the next layout. 

 

There's still a couple of rough edges but I can live with those and its turned out to be a nice little project. 

 

Rob. 

[NHY 581]

Morning all. 

 

Here are a couple of cruel close ups. 

 

This will do methinks. Yes, a few rough edges remain but it will do and I think it will look fine once in situ. 

 

Rob. 

[NHY 581]

Oops. Forgot the photos....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 24, 2021 by NHY 581

[NHY 581]

 

 

 

Edited January 24, 2021 by NHY 581

[Mick Bonwick]

You can't see the join!

[2ManySpams]

Nicely recovered SheepBloke. Good to see you back in modelling mood.

[Gilbert]

There's something very therapeutic about repairing stuff or finishing stuff you've sidelined rather than starting new projects.....nice work.

Chris

[The Johnster]

What the... I leave the thread alone for a couple of weeks and the Sheepman goes down with the plague!  Sorry to hear you’ve had it Rob, I’m told it’s a very unpleasant experience, and glad you are over the worst and in recovery mode.  Take it easy, stay in, stay safe, you know the drill, and rest up with some modelling therapy.  ATB. 

[Mikkel]

 

9 minutes ago, Gilbert said:

There's something very therapeutic about repairing stuff or finishing stuff you've sidelined rather than starting new projects.....nice work.

Chris

 

I agree, I think the trick is to make the repair a little project of its own - as Rob seems to have done here - rather than trying to do it hurriedly.

 

Edited January 24, 2021 by Mikkel

[The Johnster]

Small achievable tasks that can be completed without tiring you out and for which you can congratulate yourself, improving your mood. 

[MrWolf]

It's a small job that's turned something scrap into something that looks great and where you can be proud of your efforts. Strong medicine that!

[Mick Bonwick]

4 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

 

 

 

 

 

Rob, have you tweaked the windows in this building, or were you lucky enough to get one of the few that come with them all squarely installed? I have seen many RTP resin buildings that are spoilt by having one or more windows glued in crookedly.

[mullie]

In the words of the great  Eric Morecambe "you can't see the join!"

 

Martyn

[NHY 581]

7 minutes ago, Mick Bonwick said:

 

Rob, have you tweaked the windows in this building, or were you lucky enough to get one of the few that come with them all squarely installed? I have seen many RTP resin buildings that are spoilt by having one or more windows glued in crookedly.

 

Hi Mick, 

 

Short answer, no.

 

Ordinarily I would pop all the windows out and weather the frames separately to the building. I would then refit after the building is weathered. 

 

I didn't on this occasion as there is no access to the bay window from behind so I left all in situ.

 

Therefore,  the windows are as factory fitted. 

 

To be honest, in my experience, Bachmann RTP buildings are generally better finished that the Hornby equivalents. 

 

Of the other buildings on Outwool, two of the three are Hornby and the windows will be removed on these to weather. 

 

 

Rob. 

[sb67]

Glad to see you feeling better and modelling again. I'm sharing your pain with Ikea being shut, could do with a new baseboard myself! 

[NHY 581]

Afternoon all.

 

Thank you all for your kind thoughts and comments. 

 

Plans for the weekend ( subject to change of course) include a continuation of the tweaking of the buildings for Outwool.  Given their small size, I hope to finish them off. 

 

I need to order a couple of buffers stops from Lanarkshire models and still need to locate some bullhead rail to make the loading gauge. 

 

All good. 

 

Rob

 

 

[NHY 581]

On 29/01/2021 at 13:59, NHY 581 said:

Afternoon all.

 

Thank you all for your kind thoughts and comments. 

 

Plans for the weekend ( subject to change of course) include a continuation of the tweaking of the buildings for Outwool.  Given their small size, I hope to finish them off. 

 

I need to order a couple of buffers stops from Lanarkshire models and still need to locate some bullhead rail to make the loading gauge. 

 

All good. 

 

Rob

 

 

 

 

Morning all. 

 

Yesterday was a modelling washout. Not sure what happened really but what I do know is, I had a very easy and relaxing day. 

 

However, I have occupied the dining table this morning and the game is afoot. 

 

In other news, I have clearly been influenced by all this exposure to bucolic Ex-GER branch lines and have decided( no, really) that I will, contrary to my earlier shelving of the project, be building a small terminus at some point on which small Ex-GER engines may play. 

 

This will follow on from Outwool. 

 

Working title for the terminus is Lambton Muffler, the latter cribed from a post elsewhere. The combination made me chuckle, actually no, it made me laugh out loud but then I am easily amused. 

 

 

Rob. 

 

 

[Mick Bonwick]

4 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

 

 

Not sure what happened really but what I do know is, I had a very easy and relaxing day.

 

 

 

That's important! You're obviously coping well with this recovery mullarky. More power to your elbow, whatever you use it for.

[Gilbert]

For most of us modelling is what we do in our spare time. If there's a better use of the time - which may indeed just be to do "nothing" so be it....

[Gilbert]

13 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

In other news, I have clearly been influenced by all this exposure to bucolic Ex-GER branch lines and have decided( no, really) that I will, contrary to my earlier shelving of the project, be building a small terminus at some point on which small Ex-GER engines may play. 

 

Can't see the attraction myself......