bgman Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Looks rather like those books where you have to stare at the fuzzy lines until you finally get an image within the picture. M.Igraine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted July 22, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 22, 2018 You mean the ones I try to read after a few beers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Strathwood Posted July 23, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 23, 2018 And here's what not to do. As I couldn't see the viewfinder I had the camera remotely controlled by my iPhone so the the image the camera was seeing was displayed on the phone screen. Inadvertently I must have pressed the take button on the phone as I was moving the loco resulting in this 1412.jpg This was what I was after..... 1413.jpg But then after all that I didn't like the result as there was to much bleeding around some of the edges!!! Looks like another Maradona moment to me... Kevin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 You mean the ones I try to read after a few beers? Better than before the beer! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted July 23, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) Pannier Time As they say on other threads a Pannier never offends. Edited March 21 by KNP 29 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted July 23, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) Just a Pannier going about it's business. Edited March 21 by KNP 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted July 23, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 23, 2018 This is just tremendous. Rob 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 This is just tremendous. Rob Thanks What I have noticed is that I haven't put the shed back centrally over the track as the loco's funnel appears off centre of the smoke trough. I'm still leaning on that fence staring into middle distance, better than sitting on it I suppose. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWsTrains Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Just a Pannier going about it's business. Brings back fond memories of the 8750 renumbering saga - 2017 Now I must try to weather mine. Colin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 (edited) And here's one I built earlier......!!!! As a birthday treat my son took me on a surprise trip to Didcot but boy.... was it hot, very hot! By 1.30 we had nearly melted so decided to head for home. Now this picture caused much amusement this afternoon..... Nobody could understand why.....???? But it did get the answers of how the cover plate between loco and tender was fixed on the 43xx Edited March 21 by KNP 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted July 24, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 24, 2018 Now this picture caused much amusement this afternoon..... P1080375.JPG Nobody could understand why.....???? Do some GWR locos run on potatoes? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted July 24, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 24, 2018 No, but some of the drivers did... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted July 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) "How do you confuse a (labourer-type person of differing nationality...) ? Put two shovels against the wall and tell him to take his pick...." Edited July 25, 2018 by Stubby47 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 "How do you confuse a (labourer-type person of differing nationality...) ? Put two shovels against the wall and tell him to take his pick...." Funny. Nicely side stepped....! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) After the galvanised dustbin debate and the removal of the ones I had used I realised something needed to fill the space. So after seeing Phil Parker's CBC in the latest BRM it provided the answer. Coal Bunker. The first one was based on the one my parents had when we lived for a short while in a pre-fab near Amersham The second one was based on the one my Nan had at her bungalow in Three Bridges Both where made from cheap grey card that provided a rough surface. Metal lid and lift plate was thin plastic card. The grey colour of the card was left but I dry brushed grey white over the surface to highlight, then a roof dirt wash to all edges and joints with an olive green wash to age it. Hinge to lifting lid is painted card and the wooden lid is what I had left over from the derelict barn. Neither are fitted they are just stood there for the pictures. Now for some coal buckets, shovel etc. Edited March 21 by KNP 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 I like that little timber store a lot as well, I'm inspired to do something similar at a larger scale at the timber merchants I have planned on my model. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrkirtley800 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Seeing your timber store has reminded me that I have a wood yard on Kirkby Malham without any wood. Superb buildings Kevin, I envy your skill in that department. Derek Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) I like that little timber store a lot as well, I'm inspired to do something similar at a larger scale at the timber merchants I have planned on my model. Thanks If you look at Banbury or Marley concrete coal bunkers they are many pictures of the types used. Dimensions are a bit made up, based mine on a 1200mm square and 1000mm high, sizes vary as they did numerous ones based on the amount of coal you want to store, so I suspect mine are there or thereabouts. Edited July 25, 2018 by KNP 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) My parents house had a set of three coal bunkers built in brick with wooden roofs that fully hinged up as per your first model. They took up a lot of space behind the garage and outside the kitchen. I am not sure why a domestic house would need three bunkers. Dad only ever part-filled two - one with compressed anthracite nuts for the Parkray fire with its back boiler in the lounge and another with household coal for the kitchen and front room (dining room) fire (which I don't ever recall being lit!)I do remember watching the coal merchant's flat-bed lorry arriving - to my 4 or 5 year-old eyes it seemed huge but it was probably only a Bedford or Commer 3-tonner - and being amazed at how easily the men hefted those sacks of coal onto their backs, each was bigger than me and must have weighed tons!This would have been between 1962 and about 1970. I do just recall the severe winter of 1962-63 when dad shovelled a path through 2-foot deep snow in the early morning then re-dug the same path in the mid-afternoon.Hm. Sorry. Memories got fired up by the coal bunker thingy. Edited July 25, 2018 by Martin S-C 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marly51 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) When we moved to a terraced house in 1959, Dad made the coal bunker out of timber, as did most of our neighbours. Nearby council houses had what looked like concrete bunkers with a sliding metal trap door. Some folk had a completely galvanised metal bunker unit, which they could order from the hardware shop, but not sure if that was later on. Oops - here we go again...off-topic history!!! Edited July 25, 2018 by Marly51 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted July 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 25, 2018 My dad built a brick one, just to show off that he could I think, and then just laid a piece of old wooden sheeting over the top. Think it held about 3 tons. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium OnTheBranchline Posted July 26, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 26, 2018 This is just tremendous. Rob You definitely get the relaxed branchline feel from this picture. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted July 26, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 26, 2018 (edited) Action packed moment on Little Muddle! Edited March 21 by KNP 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 (edited) Your roadside grasses and wild flowers are possibly the best I have ever seen outside Pendon - and perhaps on a par with that amazing model. You should be very proud of your achievements Kevin, this model is stunning and your photography is excellent as well... there even seems to be a train passenger who is looking down at the road engine. Edited July 26, 2018 by Martin S-C Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted July 26, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 26, 2018 (edited) Well I never....what on earth is he doing driving up there. I'm sure if you look carefully you can see the bridge bending! That's a surprise, he had to turn around to get out.... Well it appears he wanted to turn around and head back? The driver said he had no option because if he carried on it looked like he would fall of the end of the world...…! He's right in a way! The Colonel seems unperturbed and in his own little world... Edited March 21 by KNP 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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