well filled baps The Sheep Chronicles : These are the adventures of a Sheep, the Works Forecat and Naughty George,

[NHY 581]

Thank St E. 

 

I just want to tidy up the horizontal ones. There's a few stuck to the sides of the rails here and there. 

 

But it can wait.......I've had enough of static grass for now......

[NHY 581]

This morning's photo is that of a couple of 16 tonners basking in the spring sunshine at Sheep Dip. 

 

A Norman Lockhart image. 

 

I thank you. 

 

 

Rob. 

Edited March 29, 2020 by NHY 581

[HillsideDepot]

Norman's latest photo is something else! The light and the shadow make it really special, but of course without models being "right" the scene wouldn't exist. 

 

Absolutely wonderful.

[St Enodoc]

This evening we had this with dinner:

 

It cheered us up. I hope it does the same for you.

 

All the best.

[KNP]

4 minutes ago, St Enodoc said:

This evening we had this with dinner:

 

It cheered us up. I hope it does the same for you.

 

All the best.

 

How the other half live....

[Brinkly]

7 minutes ago, KNP said:

 

How the other half live....

 

I don't like being fleeced for wine... 

 

I'll go now! 

[Ramblin Rich]

15 minutes ago, St Enodoc said:

This evening we had this with dinner:

 

It cheered us up. I hope it does the same for you.

 

All the best.

It won't cheer up many people if you've already emptied it!

[keefr2]

2 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

This morning's photo is that of a couple of 16 tonners basking in the spring sunshine at Sheep Dip. 

 

 

The weathering on those is just absolutely brilliant!!

 

Top, top work Rob!

 

Keith

[NHY 581]

Thanks for the kind words, likes etc.....The light was just right....Norman was in the right place at the right time......and paying attention. 

 

I'm now dabbling with the stonework, practising on those parts  of the buildings that will not be seen on the layout once in place. Not withstanding the fact that the Bachmann buildings are depicting slate built structures, I want a bit more of a variation in tone. 

 

I've therefore picked out a few slabs in a variety of colours ranging from light grey to brick red, seven colours in total. 

 

Really bright!

 

Then I toned it all down using 'smoke' weathering powder. I don't want anything too picture postcard and I'm reasonably happy thus far. 

 

 

Rob. 

[Alister_G]

Jolly good show Sheepers old man!

 

 

Al

[Liam]

All looks good Rob. I’ve been tempted down similar lines after seeing Chris Nevard’s ‘Brew Street’ in volume 7 of How to Build a Model Railway. If it wasn’t for the clearout I did earlier today I probably wouldn’t have unearthed it...
 

 

I’ve got a few unused boards in the garage so I might well end up building something similar to Brew Street. 

Edited March 29, 2020 by SVRlad

[NHY 581]

In marked contrast to Norman ' s earlier effort, here's a very sub standard image offered simply to show an overview of the current state of affairs.  This is the one half of Sheep Dip. 

 

Rob 

 

 

 

[bgman]

 

Spiffing dear boy !

[Andrew P]

1 hour ago, NHY 581 said:

In marked contrast to Norman ' s earlier effort, here's a very sub standard image offered simply to show an overview of the current state of affairs.  This is the one half of Sheep Dip. 

 

Rob 

 

 

 

Looking so natural Rob, how about borrowing Kevin's plane and a proper overall shot of the whole Layout, warts and all.

[NHY 581]

A couple more views, again lacking in Norman ' s expertise. 

 

( Please excuse the background )

 

Rob. 

[NHY 581]

[Stubby47]

Looks huge.

 

Not HLJ huge, but bigger than you'd expect.

[Stubby47]

The siding behind the Nissan hut and the low wall - how easy is that to operate to uncouple wagons ?

 

You could use a strip of soft, clear plastic, pinned so it forms a hump.  It wouldn't show from the front of the layout.

Edited March 31, 2020 by Stubby47

[Captain Kernow]

Those last two views are just fab, Rob.

 

Top banana, matey.

 

[NHY 581]

1 hour ago, Captain Kernow said:

Those last two views are just fab, Rob.

 

Top banana, matey.

 

 

 

That is very kind of you to say so, Tim..

 

Thank you. 

 

 

Edited March 31, 2020 by NHY 581

[NHY 581]

By way of a diversion, I found this quite moving.....in particular the words used by David Hockney. 

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/entertainment-arts-52109901

Edited April 1, 2020 by NHY 581

[Captain Kernow]

54 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

By way of a diversion, I found this quite moving.....in particular the words used by David Hockney. 

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/entertainment-arts-52109901

Yes, I just watched a report on this on the BBC news channel. It's a lovely place that he lives in.

 

But conceptually and in aesthetic terms, I found myself challenging the traditional notion of light and shade, in order to consider the verisimilitude offered by what can only be described as Art.

 

Darling.

 

[Oldddudders]

Normandie starts about 4 miles up the road from me. 

 

Edit - But there is one just outside Guildford if you are desperate. 

Edited April 1, 2020 by Oldddudders

[Captain Kernow]

41 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:

Edit - But there is one just outside Guildford if you are desperate. 

Do they do vegan sausages?

 

[bgman]

3 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

Do they do vegan sausages?

 

 

Biltong