RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted January 28, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 28, 2016 Some great pics there mate Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 Some great pics there mate Cheers Thanks! ... I hope to get some other train combinations out on the railway next weekend Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 "Braeside" station (Metcalfe card building) finally gets a Scottish Region sign board, some goods activity behind the fish market and a few locos "on shed" 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 (edited) Another view of the harbourside area Edited February 17, 2016 by brylonscamel 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share Posted February 21, 2016 .. nothing says Scotland quite like a class 26 clattering out of a harbourside (Heljan class 26 fitted with Legomanbiffo sound and some home-made couplings to help accommodate the mini-ploughs) 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share Posted February 21, 2016 Updated photos of some of the 'wee cameos' that I've been trying to create 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted February 21, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 21, 2016 Some great photos love the attention to detail on the cameos! Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 Some great photos love the attention to detail on the cameos! Cheers Thanks Paul for the comments - I've been having fun playing with these scenes - it's definitely one of the pleasures of the hobby! PS I've been following your progress and am very taken with the level of realism you've achieved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted February 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 22, 2016 Thanks Paul for the comments - I've been having fun playing with these scenes - it's definitely one of the pleasures of the hobby! PS I've been following your progress and am very taken with the level of realism you've achieved. Thanks very much, it's the small details that make things come to life, like yourself they're the kinds of things I love doing Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 (edited) Thanks very much, it's the small details that make things come to life, like yourself they're the kinds of things I love doing Cheers We've "taking inspiration" from a corner of NE Scotland - like the fish market scene on this postcard of Aberdeen. Have you picked a specific location? Edited February 22, 2016 by brylonscamel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 (edited) We've "taking inspiration" from a corner of NE Scotland - like the fish market scene on this postcard of Aberdeen. Have you picked a specific location? Thanks very much, it's the small details that make things come to life, like yourself they're the kinds of things I love doing Cheers ... I just answered my own question by looking at your early posts in 'Edge Lane Junction' ! Edited February 22, 2016 by brylonscamel 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 The new order - D1572 on the diesel refuelling point. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted February 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23, 2016 ... I just answered my own question by looking at your early posts in 'Edge Lane Junction' ! Only took me about two years staring at the same photos for the penny to drop though!! Nice Brush type 4 you have there Cheers 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 (edited) .. more dirty diesels emerge from the paint shop. I must do something about the glazing on the side of the re-worked Hornby Class 29 - photos do have a habit of showing up the shortcomings! Hornby Class 29 body on a Bachmann Class 25 chassis and a vague aproximation of a high revving engine, using sound files from a Howes sound project. 08515 - renumbered Bachmann 08 based on a specific shunter that I photographed at Aberdeen in the early 80s Edited February 28, 2016 by brylonscamel 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCT Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 .. more dirty diesels emerge from the paint shop. I must do something about the glazing on the side of the re-worked Hornby Class 29 - photos do have a habit of showing up the shortcomings! Hornby Class 29 body on a Bachmann Class 25 chassis and a vague aproximation of a high revving engine, using sound files from a Howes sound project. 08515 - renumbered Bachmann 08 based on a specific shunter that I photographed at Aberdeen in the early 80s Nice weathering on your NBL Class 29 ! Tiny tip: yellow snowploughs didn't appear until well into the Corporate Blue era, about 1972 IIRC. Prior to that they were black/dark-grey/general-dirt colour - which has been mistaken for dirty yellow by some observers. Alasdair 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 Nice weathering on your NBL Class 29 ! Tiny tip: yellow snowploughs didn't appear until well into the Corporate Blue era, about 1972 IIRC. Prior to that they were black/dark-grey/general-dirt colour - which has been mistaken for dirty yellow by some observers. Alasdair Cheers for the insight Alisdair - the 1950s/60s 'transition era' is before my time, so there are a few mistakes or anachronistic details that I'm keen to avoid. I had no idea that yellow paint on ploughs were a later feature!- I guess this coincided with 'full yellow ends' based on the date you mentioned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCT Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Cheers for the insight Alisdair - the 1950s/60s 'transition era' is before my time, so there are a few mistakes or anachronistic details that I'm keen to avoid. I had no idea that yellow paint on ploughs were a later feature!- I guess this coincided with 'full yellow ends' based on the date you mentioned. You're welcome. Rail Blue with full yellow ends was "official" from June 1966 but a lot of diesels got FYE while still in green: these sites http://www.derbysulzers.com/24inverness.html and http://www.railblue.com/rail_blue_history.htm (the latter doesn't seem to have been updated for a long time) will probably tell you more than you ever wanted to know, but a skim through will give you a flavour. Neither site seems to mention yellow snowploughs and my assertion of 1972 (the year before TOPS numbers came in) is based on personal observation - I lived in Inverness at the time and the staple motive power diet up there then was plough-fitted 24s and 26s. HTH - keep up the good work ! Alasdair Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted March 1, 2016 Author Share Posted March 1, 2016 You're welcome. Rail Blue with full yellow ends was "official" from June 1966 but a lot of diesels got FYE while still in green: these sites http://www.derbysulzers.com/24inverness.html and http://www.railblue.com/rail_blue_history.htm (the latter doesn't seem to have been updated for a long time) will probably tell you more than you ever wanted to know, but a skim through will give you a flavour. Neither site seems to mention yellow snowploughs and my assertion of 1972 (the year before TOPS numbers came in) is based on personal observation - I lived in Inverness at the time and the staple motive power diet up there then was plough-fitted 24s and 26s. HTH - keep up the good work ! Alasdair Thanks Alasdair - tons of helpful information on those pages - a whole day could be passed browsing the splendid collection of highland 24s alone - it makes me think that an example of an Inverness allocated 24, complete with all the mods would look great on the railway! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted March 2, 2016 Author Share Posted March 2, 2016 ... some fine tuning of the paintwork on the 08 - a bit of oil around the motion and some dry brushing to simulate the fading of paintwork and she looks a wee bit better? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted March 2, 2016 Author Share Posted March 2, 2016 Renumbered and weathered D8033 does her best impression of a Scottish "whistling wardrobe" ... although looking at original photos she may have lost the tablet catcher early in life? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 .. and it was back to running some trains on a recent visit to the model railway! Here's a revitalised A1 (60158 'Aberdonian) - recovering from a snapped drivetrain bolt and some rough running to her former glory as a smooth running express loco! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 I haven't done any "war gaming" figures (or war gaming for that matter!) but I have taken some inspiration from that type of figure painting. I used to paint military models when I was a schoolboy and I guess that helped when I returned to railway modelling in recent years. I'm convinced the standard of people's paintwork has increased in the meantime though? PS I've started putting pictures of the steam engines back on this thread ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 (edited) VIDEO: D5361 and 60158 "Aberdonian" pass through the harbourside at Braeside A1 'Aberdonian' and D5361 meet at Braeside by Brian McCulloch, on Flickr Edited March 21, 2016 by brylonscamel 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AireValley1962 Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Apologies for the amount of 'likes' but this really is a cracking layout. I like the mix of steam and green diesel. Cheers, William 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 Apologies for the amount of 'likes' but this really is a cracking layout. I like the mix of steam and green diesel. Cheers, William Hi William - absolutely no apology needed! ... your comment is very much appreciated. We settled on the period of transition between steam and diesel as it offered the most variety - even in the North East corner of Scotland there was a remarkable variety of locomotives operating in the 1960s. We have a set of blu-era diesels and rolling stock that gets to take over the layout occasionaly (it's an era I remember with fondness). I do love the steam locos though - they are beautiful things to see running in miniature (or real life!). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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