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

[bgman]

3 minutes ago, Gilbert said:

You can see the joins in the grass mat...not impressed...

 

 

[woodenhead]

Is that Vorders? VIP bodyguard duties?

Edited November 7, 2021 by woodenhead

[NHY 581]

1 hour ago, exmoordave said:

Stunning work Rob! Could be another award in the offing??? How about it???!!! 

Hope you and yours are safe and well

All the best,

exmoordave

 

 

Morning Dave. 

 

Yes, we are all well, thank you. 

 

Award? 

 

We shall have see about that !! 

 

I shall of course keep you up to date with progress on the latest venture and all being well, I shall see you next year. 

 

Rob. 

[NHY 581]

Today, I am playing with Project X. 

 

 

 

Edited April 4, 2022 by NHY 581

[MrWolf]

Further exhaustive testing of the track and power feeds perchance? 

[NHY 581]

3 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

Further exhaustive testing of the track and power feeds perchance? 

 

 

Ahem...cough....er..........maybe.......

[NHY 581]

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 4, 2022 by NHY 581

[NHY 581]

Edited April 4, 2022 by NHY 581

[NHY 581]

Edited April 4, 2022 by NHY 581

[MrWolf]

I like the way you manage to create a sense of space in such small layouts.

It's really coming alive now.

[NHY 581]

1 minute ago, MrWolf said:

I like the way you manage to create a sense of space in such small layouts.

It's really coming alive now.

 

 

Hi Rob, 

 

Thank you. I think keeping things to a minimum definately helps.  Small, low buildings that don't overpower the scene add to the illusion as well. 

 

Rob. 

 

 

[NHY 581]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 4, 2022 by NHY 581

[Gilbert]

Well..it is almost the bleak midwinter...

[MrWolf]

28 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

 

 

Hi Rob, 

 

Thank you. I think keeping things to a minimum definately helps.  Small, low buildings that don't overpower the scene add to the illusion as well. 

 

Rob. 

 

 

 

I took a leaf out of your book with my own layout, the only two storey building is the crossing keepers house. 

It does perform two functions though, one is to hide the exit to the eastern fiddle yard and the other is to give a sense of place, even if it is borrowed from the Shropshire & Montgomery Railway.

This will eventually be balanced out with a stand of trees disguising the exit to the western fiddle yard.

 

Rob

[MrWolf]

8 minutes ago, Gilbert said:

Well..it is almost the bleak midwinter...

 

Don't remind me, we're starting to rust here already!

[Tim Dubya]

 

[NHY 581]

Just now, Tim Dubya said:

 

 

Yum. 

[woodenhead]

3 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

 

Yum. 

You know that means another purchase, this time from Heljan

[woodenhead]

9 minutes ago, Tim Dubya said:

 

What mineral wagons are they - the look to be single side doors but longer than a 16t mineral

[Gilbert]

12 minutes ago, woodenhead said:

You know that means another purchase, this time from Heljan

and a few Parkside kits.....

 

[woodenhead]

7 minutes ago, woodenhead said:

What mineral wagons are they - the look to be single side doors but longer than a 16t mineral

Ah ha - ex SNCF 16t Minerals - how interesting

https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brsncfmineral

[Gilbert]

1 minute ago, woodenhead said:

Ah ha - ex SNCF 16t Minerals - how interesting

https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brsncfmineral

Indeed - a very inviting weathering project..

Chris

[Dunsignalling]

23 minutes ago, woodenhead said:

Ah ha - ex SNCF 16t Minerals - how interesting

https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brsncfmineral

Six out of the seven wagons in the train of that type, too, whereas they usually only cropped up in ones and twos. That suggests to me that they had been gathered together for a specific load to which the cupboard doors were particularly suited. Sugar beet, perhaps? 

 

Six wagons, out of only 7,000 built (there were a quarter of a million dia. 1/108, by comparison) turning up in one place at the same time, just has to be more than coincidence...

 

John

Edited November 7, 2021 by Dunsignalling

[Captain Kernow]

And here's an uther thing, an' all, Monsieur Du Mouton, the Heljan 05s are generally excellent runners, straight from le box.

 

[mullie]

1 hour ago, Tim Dubya said:

 

according to 'First Generation diesels in

According to 'First Generation Diesels in East Anglia, this is an Elingham sand train. The wagons are unusual as they were built for use in France after D Day.

 

This photo is also in 'Diesels in East Anglia.' Just wish Dr Allen had dated his photos as they are a fantastic resource for East Anglian modellers, particularly of the 50s and 60s.

 

Martyn