brylonscamel Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 Some more ModelU figures have been painted up in readiness for footplate duties on the locos of Braeside. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danstercivicman Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 They are very good crew figures! Looking back at pics of footplate crew they capture the atmosphere very well! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 (edited) They are very good crew figures! Looking back at pics of footplate crew they capture the atmosphere very well! Thanks for the comment - these figures are scanned from real life and then 3D printed so they are remarkably 'natural' in their poses - they are a delight to paint as well. I looked at photos of footplate crew from 'back in the day' for colours and these seem about right .... Edited December 7, 2017 by brylonscamel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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brylonscamel Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 Another CaledonianI thought it was time I got going with another little project I really fancied - another Caledonian signal box. I've fallen in love with these structures and wanted one for a micro layout to use as a setting when photographing stock and locos.Here are some photos of progress-to-date.The model is based on the one at Camperdown Junction, Dundee - this was a box that was extended at some point to accommodate a huge lever frame - with 95 levers. I've taken dimensions from the original as inspiration and tried to be faithful to a style of box that can bee seen at other places like Stirling.Drawings were based on brick counting and I've tried to show how I made the little brackets that support the projection of the operating floor. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 .. here's an update on the signal box, which is now complete. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 .. and no self-respecting signal box should be without a signalman ... 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 (edited) Here is a mixed bag of shots of our station, the classic (love 'em or loathe 'em!) Metcalfe building. Edited February 19, 2018 by brylonscamel 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 A nice layout, it certainly looks different in Aberdeen today Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danstercivicman Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Wow amazing stuff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted February 21, 2018 Author Share Posted February 21, 2018 A nice layout, it certainly looks different in Aberdeen today I agree - the railway scene is completely different - I can only remember what it was like as far back as the early 1980s but what I have seen of the steam era it was even more extensive, with all the old GNoSR routes intact and places like Kittybrewster, which were enormous and so busy with freight traffic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 (edited) A bit more fun in Photoshop, recreating one of those Bradford Barton photo book covers .... Edited February 22, 2018 by brylonscamel 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted April 5, 2018 Author Share Posted April 5, 2018 I haven't been busy with Braeside (although there is much to be done!) as I've been sidetracked with a couple of other, smaller projects and I stuck a Stanley blade into my thumb. But here is a little DCC programming track / photo track that I made from a baseboard off-cut, a DAS stone wall and a bag of static grass. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signaller69 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Just catching up, some really exquisite modelling here and very inspirational. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 I don't think this view of the cutting has been shared here - just a picture of our wee Sulzer 26015 clattering about on the 'Prize Length' ... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted February 6, 2019 Author Share Posted February 6, 2019 This is a slightly neglected thread - not that we haven't been doing things to Braeside but my pet project (Caledonia Basin) has been my main focus. So anyway, here's a video clip of my father's latest purchase - Hornby's North British J36 in 'box-fresh' condition at the head of a small mixed-freight as she saunters through the station at Braeside: 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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