brylonscamel Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 (edited) I can't speak for Father Christmas but I'll be able to whet your appetite with photos of our other Gresleys after the next 'model-making' weekend down at my Dad's place. My Dad has acquired this as an 'out-of-era' special treat! Edited November 13, 2015 by brylonscamel 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben pez Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Great looking layout Really like the weathering on the locos,especially the wd. Did you do that yourself? Cheers Ben Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 (edited) Great looking layout Really like the weathering on the locos,especially the wd. Did you do that yourself? Cheers Ben Thanks for the feedback Ben - Yes - I did these. I'm pretty happy with the way it's going, especially some of the steam loco weathering (which aren't from a period I remember) I started with light touches before my confidence grew and I've had a chance to do a couple of WDs - one of which we sold on : To be honest, there were so many photos of them in a 'well used' state that it was easy to find some examples to copy. Have you tried your hand? I must admit to being nervous of making a mess of it when I first started out! Fortunately a couple of early disasters were restricted to cheap body shells that I was happy to strip or scrap. Edited November 13, 2015 by brylonscamel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 Thanks to the intervention of wind and rain, another Sunday was spent in the company of glue, modelling implements and a cutting board! Fettling an old Lima class 40 body-shell A rough card mockup of Aberdeen Ferryhill signal box Some gardens for a domestic terrace Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted November 19, 2015 Author Share Posted November 19, 2015 .. I've really been enjoying the chance to spend time with the cutting mat and some sheet plastic. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted November 19, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2015 Some nice work there, love the weathering and the signal box, I was quite impressed when that popped up on Flickr Cheers, Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted November 19, 2015 Author Share Posted November 19, 2015 (edited) Some nice work there, love the weathering and the signal box, I was quite impressed when that popped up on Flickr Cheers, Paul Hi Paul - thanks again for the kind words. There are a few fun winter modelling projects in the pipeline; a class 26 and a class 29 plus some carriages & wagons, lighting for the layout and trying my hand at foliage and trees!! .. have you got much planned? (PS I forgot you were following my Flickr account - be warned, you'll probably be bombarded with pictures of my cycling adventures and the dog among the railway stuff) Edited November 19, 2015 by brylonscamel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted November 19, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2015 Ha ha mines full of the dog to!! As for plans, if I can get the junction finished and the catchpoints by next summer I'll be happy (I'll know tonight if diamond crossing take 4 is a success). Looking forward to your projects mate. Cheers, Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben pez Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Great weathering and nicely done I got a few locos including a wd that really need weathering for my layout but i never done it before I'll have to invest in an airbrush and have a practice on some old tat first! Im guessing youve changed the windows on the lima class 40? Looks very good and a lot better than the original ones,was it easy to do? Cheers Ben Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted November 20, 2015 Author Share Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) Great weathering and nicely done I got a few locos including a wd that really need weathering for my layout but i never done it before I'll have to invest in an airbrush and have a practice on some old tat first! Im guessing youve changed the windows on the lima class 40? Looks very good and a lot better than the original ones,was it easy to do? Cheers Ben Re: Weathering - I also had a couple of 'old tat' practice pieces to start with! That's definitely a good plan. The airbrush is a very useful tool, you can 'soften' any colour applied with a brush or a pen - plus it's great for applying varnish coats. Re: The old Lima (now Hornby) class 40 body is a good moulding and I found it possible to pick them up relatively cheaply. The window surrounds are the worst part of the moulding, really heavy, thick bars but they can easily be filed back to something more pleasing. There is a very fine etching available from 'Shawplan' which also does the trick but I had some issues working with them and settled on some careful filing. The thing is you have to make your own glazing which is pretty time consuming. Here's the previous one I did - D234 "Accra" using a modified Hornby body. The glazing is a bit wonky but I'm happy with the overall effect!: Edited November 20, 2015 by brylonscamel 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben pez Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Youve done a very nice job of those cab windows. It's something ive thought about doing with an old Hornby or lima class 40,rather than buy a nice detailed expensive Bachmann one,i might have a go myself. Is the cab glazing three separate windows? Or just one piece? What did you use for the glazing? Ive seen the shawplan kit but i dont think ive got the skills to fit it and make it look good! Cheers Ben Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 Youve done a very nice job of those cab windows. It's something ive thought about doing with an old Hornby or lima class 40,rather than buy a nice detailed expensive Bachmann one,i might have a go myself. Is the cab glazing three separate windows? Or just one piece? What did you use for the glazing? Ive seen the shawplan kit but i dont think ive got the skills to fit it and make it look good! Cheers Ben Each set of windows has 3 x individual pieces of glazing (cut and filed to shape from transparent plastic sheet). The sheet has to be reasonably thick to give the glue and edge to fix to. PS The Shawplan etchings are very nice but I struggled a bit with handling them and you still have to cut away the original window surrounds. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 The cutting mat has been my friend this weekend with a scratch built workshop and a repainted lorry for the harbour! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted November 22, 2015 Author Share Posted November 22, 2015 .. some gardening completes the weekend's activities on the cutting mat! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted November 23, 2015 Author Share Posted November 23, 2015 .. it's been a blue era week. 47408 get's a bit of weathering .... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted November 24, 2015 Author Share Posted November 24, 2015 Ha ha mines full of the dog to!! As for plans, if I can get the junction finished and the catchpoints by next summer I'll be happy (I'll know tonight if diamond crossing take 4 is a success). Looking forward to your projects mate. Cheers, Paul "diamond crossing take 4" - that sounds like quite a project on its own Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted December 1, 2015 Author Share Posted December 1, 2015 I felt like rolling back the clock to the 80s - so Sunday was "British Rail blue diesel day" 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 (edited) I started making some videos of trains passing by on our railway 'Braeside' to try and capture sound and motion. Here's a DMMU passing the newly installed station nameboards and newspaper cabin ... DMMU | Braeside by Brian McCulloch, on Flickr Edited January 14, 2016 by brylonscamel 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 .. over the Christmas period, Dad and I decided to relax as well as busy ourselves on the railway. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 .. among the winter projects is the spruce-up of a Lima class 40 body (destined for a Bachmann chassis) ... Shawplan etchings, judicious window filing and a primer coat - she's already starting to look like a proper big EE ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 .. a fish auction is taking place in a Scottish harbourside 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 .. where there are fish, there are seagulls 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) Some running photos from a Christmas playing trains at Braeside Edited January 20, 2016 by brylonscamel 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) Here's a long view of the station / harbour / street scene at Braeside. I'm always reminded on these views how much card / kit built modelling we've used and it's still taken ages to get this far. Although I like scratch building, I'm not sure how much it would have slowed progress - maybe a smaller layout and the whole thing would have been built to represent a real location! Edited January 20, 2016 by brylonscamel 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted January 27, 2016 Author Share Posted January 27, 2016 Another random selection from a Christmas operating session ... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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