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

[Alex TM]

31 minutes ago, Ramblin Rich said:

Ook, ook. Eeeek!

Ah, I wondered what had become of the Librarian after the departure of dear Mr. Pratchett!

[Malcolm 0-6-0]

6 hours ago, Alister_G said:

You  need to educate your daughter on the difference between primates and ovines.

 

I was going to say only primates hang about in trees, but then:

 

 

Al.

 

Is that the House of Commons?

[Ashley Bridge]

Can you see their lips moving?

[keefr2]

9 hours ago, Malcolm 0-6-0 said:

 

Is that the House of Commons?

 

There are far more sensible discussions going on in that tree....

[NHY 581]

16 hours ago, Malcolm 0-6-0 said:

 

Is that the House of Commons?

 

 

No, Sheep are more than capable of making a decision. 

[Benbow]

3 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

 

 

No, Sheep are more than capable of making a decision. 

 

Usually to escape from the field, roll over and die, get lost in a snow drift or any number of other ways to inconvenience us farmers!  

[The Johnster]

Brecon Beacons hill farmer in a pub once told me they were wooly bags of bones looking for new ways to die.  

 

I sort of saw his point; we used regularly run them down with valleys dmus.  Any other animal, cow, horse, whatever, on a railway line will move off to the side when you blow the horn at it.  A sheep does not think in this way, and reasons that it can run away from the approaching train.  It can make about 10-15mph along the slippery sleepers, and will realise it’s mistake when the train, now down to about 35, is about 10 feet behind it.  At this point it will get out of the way, then stop and turn around to check.  At this point, it is brained by the cab steps...

 

Stupid things.  

[Alex TM]

Hi,

 

A, now retired, colleague of mine spent the first few years of his adult life as a sheep farmer.  He once told me that sheep were not as stupid as people generally thought they were; rather, they were worse.

 

Regards,

 

Alex.

[NHY 581]

Oi! Ewe lot! 

 

We're not all twp ewe know............

 

I've not really progressed with Lambstone as work has got in the way...........once again. 

 

I hope to get the track down this weekend and that might be it for a while. 

 

The following two weekends in October have been taken over by work with additional late/night shifts coming in on the first two week ends in October. 

 

With Mutton at Taunton Railex  on the last weekend, a relaxed approach to October has gone a tad t!ts up with a few jobs looking likely to remain outstanding on Mutton. 

 

Looking back though,  I made the right decision to pull Bleat Wharf out of the Cardiff show on the third weekend but this will still be busy as No1 son is 16 and this will be the priority for the weekend. 

 

Here's a shot of Mutton to keep things ticking over. Top shot taken by Neil (Anotheran of the parish ) at the Midland Small Layout Showcase in June. 

 

Rob.  

 

 

Edited September 27, 2019 by NHY 581
sausage hooves

[NHY 581]

And here's a classic b&w shot from Ivor Peterborough. 

[NHY 581]

Morning all. 

 

After a bit of a tricky week in work, I'm hoping to have a bit of time over the weekend to lay the track on Lambstone. 

 

Weather here is pretty rubbish so unlikely to be going too far from Chez Sheep. 

 

I shall of course provide the odd (!) update over the weekend, as per S.S.O.P. 

 

Rob. 

Edited September 28, 2019 by NHY 581

[NHY 581]

S.S.O.P........Standard Sheep Operating Procedure. 

Edited September 28, 2019 by NHY 581
sausage hooves

[Oldddudders]

On 26/09/2019 at 21:46, Alex TM said:

Hi,

 

A, now retired, colleague of mine spent the first few years of his adult life as a sheep farmer.  He once told me that sheep were not as stupid as people generally thought they were; rather, they were worse.

 

Regards,

 

Alex.

Deb was trail-riding with horsey folk in the Scots Border country. It was Spring, and lambs were gambolling in the fields. The party leader, a local,  wondered "How can anything so gorgeous grow up to be so stupid?"

[Andrew P]

Hi Rob, another one of my shots from the Armatage show, hope you don't mind my playing with it.

 

Edited September 28, 2019 by Andrew P

[NHY 581]

That's really lovely, Andy.  I have to say the backscene really adds to the image. 

 

Thank you. 

 

 

Rob. 

[NHY 581]

Afternoon all. 

 

Track laid on Lambstone. Wiring to follow. 

 

Mange tout. 

Edited September 28, 2019 by NHY 581
One forgot one's photo.

[Alex TM]

Hi Rob,

 

Yet again I am impressed with the continuing adventures  in the ovine world.  The one thing that keeps catching my eye is the weathering on the locos and stock; would you care to share a little about how you do this? (Sorry if you have already done this somewhere in the last couple of hundred pages!)

 

Thanks and regards,

 

Alex.

[NHY 581]

Hi Alex. 

 

It's probably long over due that I write something up. 

 

Firstly, I do not possess an airbrush. 

 

Using the picture below; 

 

The five plank wagon was weathered with weathering powders (Humbrol ) following a dusting of the underframe with dark earth from a Humbrol aerosol. 

 

Refering to the powders by the Humbrol colours,  I start by applying rust and iron oxide powders to the metal areas. These are then toned down with smoke with some shading applied using black. 

 

Once happy, the powders are sealed with a LIGHT dusting of Humbrol acrylic Matt Varnish. This is sprayed from a distance so that it is probably almost dry when hitting the wagon. Too close/too wet and the colours will just merge. Disaster. ........I know this..

 

Once dry(seconds).......I remove the weathering, plank by plank using a 2mm fibre brush. Varying the pressure, will vary the colour of the individual planks. 

 

Once happy, I flick a soft brush over the metal work. This will burnish the metal. 

 

Job done. 

 

Loco stuff to follow. 

 

Rob. 

[NHY 581]

Here's a repeat view of a Hornby open weathered as per the above...

 

Rob. 

[Andrew P]

Excellent Rob. thanks

[The Johnster]

I also spray with Humbrol Matt Acrylic.  Spray booth is a cardboard box and I wait for suitable dry calm dust free weather to do it outside.

[NHY 581]

I should add that I warm the can in some warm water before spraying as the varnish can 'bloom' if too cold. 

 

Rob. 

[NHY 581]

Here are a few 'getting the feel of' images. 

 

My apologies for the poor quality. 

 

Rob. 

Edited September 28, 2019 by NHY 581

[NHY 581]

Edited September 29, 2019 by NHY 581

[Alister_G]

Oggy Oggy Oggy...

 

Al