Midland Railway in EM gauge

[Dave Hunt]

I agree with all the above comments, Derek. Although I have painted and lined 4 and 7mm locomotives, it's the part of making a model that still causes me the greatest angst and I've never had the courage to attempt a fully lined Midland carriage. All power to his (obviously steady) elbow.

 

Dave 

Edited October 24, 2021 by Dave Hunt

[v8cpt]

4 hours ago, Compound2632 said:

Impressive. I'm especially enjoying the gas pipes and other roof furniture. Are they standard issue with the Slaters 7 mm scale kits? 

Hi Compound2632

 

yes these are the standard ones in the kit. probably the easiest bit of the build! 

 

thanks 

 

[v8cpt]

56 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:

 

One should perhaps give some credit to the example set by his father!

 

Absolutely!!!! I wouldn't have attempted them otherwise!

[v8cpt]

4 hours ago, ikks said:

Wow, they are absolutely beautiful...........there's nothing like the old MR colours for me.

Rgds......Mike

...and I have managed to get one last can of Danske Red from halfords sale rack!

[v8cpt]

57 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said:

I agree with all the above comments, Derek. Although I have painted and lined 4 and 7mm locomotives, it's the part of making a model that still causes me the greatest angst and I've never had the courage to attempt a fully lined Midland carriage. All power to his (obviously steady) elbow.

 

Dave 

After now doing 5 coaches I have learnt a couple of tricks.....but the only one I would recommend is take your time. They are certainly not Larry Goddards or Ian Rathbone standard ....I think I need a few more decade years of practice!!!

[Regularity]

1 hour ago, Compound2632 said:

 I think that would be Lamarkianism. I can't see that an ability in constructing model carriages would be sufficiently evolutionarily favourable to have become a genetic trait. Nurture rather than nature in this case, I contend.

I don’t believe in Lamarckism as against natural selection - that’s a red herring anyway here as there is neither evolutionary pressure nor advantage at stake - but it it’s perfectly possible that the ability to focus and concentrate, hand-eye coordination, and superior fine motor controls are genetic traits. The honing of these skills, and putting them to use in railway modelling, however, is definitely a matter of nurture.

Edited October 24, 2021 by Regularity

[Mrkirtley800]

5 hours ago, Compound2632 said:

Impressive. I'm especially enjoying the gas pipes and other roof furniture. Are they standard issue with the Slaters 7 mm scale kits? 

I think they would have been part of the kits, but I will ask him next time I speak to him.

Derek

Oh, I see Chris has answered your query.

Edited October 24, 2021 by Mrkirtley800

[Mrkirtley800]

2 hours ago, Compound2632 said:

 

One should perhaps give some credit to the example set by his father!

I could only stand on the side lines.  We live 170 miles apart

Derek

[lezz01]

2 minutes ago, Mrkirtley800 said:

I could only stand on the side lines.  We live 170 miles apart

Derek

Sometimes just standing on the side lines is enough.

Regards Lez.

[lezz01]

Just to show you can do it in 4mm as well here's one I made earlier and have yet to finish.

Sorry about the light it's not that clear.

Regards Lez.

[Mrkirtley800]

 Now comes the hard part Lezz.

I bought five low roof kits and seven clerestories by Ratio when they first appeared, but gave them to Larry Goddard to paint and line.

Later, I built five 54’ corridor clerestories using Trevor Charlton parts, and finished them myself.

Derek

Edited October 24, 2021 by Mrkirtley800

[lezz01]

I don't find painting and lining too difficult Derek. Whether or not other people agree with me about that remains to be seen. Having said that I could see a lot better when I built that coach than I do now. There again I have much better glasses now so I'm hoping that those two things cancel each other out. One can but hope and try one's best. My biggest problem is getting distracted from my modelling, mostly by my koi pond, not to mention re-roofing my shed. I was hoping to get some modelling done today but sadly it was not to be.

Regards Lez. 

[Bob Hordern]

Lovely work on those coaches Derek, your son clearly has the skill.

I did have, but sadly not a task I fancy these days. Here is my pair of fully lined Clayton arcs at Kirtley Bridge, being drawn in by 2P #323. This is the early service from Leeds.

Best regards, Bob

 

Edited October 25, 2021 by Bob Hordern

[Martin S-C]

21 hours ago, v8cpt said:

After now doing 5 coaches I have learnt a couple of tricks.....but the only one I would recommend is take your time. They are certainly not Larry Goddards or Ian Rathbone standard ....I think I need a few more decade years of practice!!!

Those are truly stunning. You should be rightfully proud of that work.

Serious question - do you do commissions?

[v8cpt]

On 25/10/2021 at 18:28, Martin S-C said:

Those are truly stunning. You should be rightfully proud of that work.

Serious question - do you do commissions?

 

No I am afraid not, with a busy family and work life I only just manage to get my own stuff done 

[Worsdell forever]

Nice to see a couple of photos of (the current) Kirkby Malham in the latest MRJ, even if one of them seems to be cropped a bit.

 

 

[Worsdell forever]

Think this is the loco that was cropped, seen on the previous incarnation of the layout, Embsay Canal Road.

 

[Mrkirtley800]

Thank you Paul, yes it does seem that way, but thanks to Dave Hunt for the work he must have put in to give us such a good MRJ.

I have a couple of pm’s, but there seems to be a strip of no mans land at the top of the page, which stops me accessing them.  Do any others have this problem.  I get a bit fed up of all the daft adverts and delete them asap.  Am I alone in thinking this?

Derek

[Compound2632]

7 hours ago, Mrkirtley800 said:

Do any others have this problem.

 

Yes, but it is being addressed, I understand. I really wouldn't recommend reading much of this topic but:

 

[Mrkirtley800]

OK, point taken.  I get a great deal of enjoyment out of RMW and if adverts are necessary, so be it.  However, I would be happy to pay a subscription if that is what is required to keep it going.

[ChrisN]

That is what Gold Membership is about.  It is like a subscription but you get other things as well, which may or may not be something that you find useful.

[Martin S-C]

You can also install an ad-blocker in your web browser; all the main ones have the option for this. As a result of using ad-blockers I have never seen a single advertisement anywhere on the internet since about 2001. Watching You Tube videos ad-free is wonderful. I see no end of people complaining about the ads I don't see, especially interrupting music videos.

Of course sites do need income and advertising helps generate that but since I would never ever click on a web advert anyway, my blocking them doesn't hurt any websites income flow.

[lezz01]

I recommend gold membership Derek. I haven't seen an add since I joined gold mate.

Regards Lez. 

[Rowsley17D]

Just now, lezz01 said:

I recommend gold membership Derek. I haven't seen an add since I joined gold mate.

Regards Lez. 

 

Quite agree, Lez and there's access to all those magazines via World of Railways.

[boxerbayrailway]

3 hours ago, Martin S-C said:

You can also install an ad-blocker in your web browser; all the main ones have the option for this. As a result of using ad-blockers I have never seen a single advertisement anywhere on the internet since about 2001. Watching You Tube videos ad-free is wonderful. I see no end of people complaining about the ads I don't see, especially interrupting music videos.

Of course sites do need income and advertising helps generate that but since I would never ever click on a web advert anyway, my blocking them doesn't hurt any websites income flow.

That sounds great Martin,  no ads even on youtube.   May I ask what ad-blockker you have on your browser ? 

Thanks