KNP Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 Seagull attack cam! You also get to see bits of your modelling you may have forgotten were there like the wooden footbridge and the rusty rail length. There is story behind that little footbridge and that is the Perspex sheet I had was 5mm to short to go from the front profile board to the backscene, so as it was the only piece I had left plus it's a bit expensive I needed something to conceal the gap..... It also shows that a piece of scenic foam hedge has 'blocked' the footpath leading to it - now removed! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeOxon Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 There is story behind that little footbridge and that is the Perspex sheet I had was 5mm to short to go from the front profile board to the backscene, so as it was the only piece I had left plus it's a bit expensive I needed something to conceal the gap..... It also shows that a piece of scenic foam hedge has 'blocked' the footpath leading to it - now removed! Good to see that the Ramblers Association are active in your area Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castle Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 King Stephen KS31.jpg Now all I need to do is sort out something for it to pull - or in my case look like it is pulling. I have a feeling this will become the second loco that will have the motor removed and become a static model...…..oooooh I can here gasps and sharp intakes of breath from here! Hi Kevin, Just caught up on the thread (it had been a while!) and it shows the same amazing work as always! Rather than totally disabling the engine, why not just de-solder a wire to the motor? That way it is easy to resurrect if the mood takes you or you want to sell it and no bits get lost. All the best, Castle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted October 26, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2018 (edited) Or remove the motor so that you can revolve the wheels to pose it for photos. Again, easy enough to solder the feeds back on if you need to replace it for running or selling on. Edited October 26, 2018 by The Johnster Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Harlequin Posted October 26, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2018 The Divisional Engineer is hoping and praying that the axle weight of that King will be reduced because it spends so much time outside it's weight restricted routes, especially on that bridge between Encombe and Little Muddle. ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Taking out the huge electric motor in the boiler might help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 Taking out the huge electric motor in the boiler might help. My thoughts exactly, plus taking the motor out means the model freewheels easily...…! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 (edited) What a desirable residence, set in rolling countryside with easy access to the railway services. It is advised that the building needing a minimal amount of renovation and restoration.... Perfect as a weekend retreat Edited October 28, 2018 by KNP 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 What a desirable residence, set it rolling countryside with easy access to the railway services. It is advised that the building needing a minimal amount of renovation and restoration.... 1614.jpg Perfect as a weekend retreat Is there a Preservation order on all those Trees Kevin? They'll need to go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrkirtley800 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 That is stunning Kevin, how do you do it? Only thing that spoils the scene is the Great Western signal in the background. OK I’ll,get me coat. Derek Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 Is there a Preservation order on all those Trees Kevin? They'll need to go. No....and they are now the wrong scale for a certain Severn Bills and Draws Ending layout!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 That is stunning Kevin, how do you do it? Only thing that spoils the scene is the Great Western signal in the background. OK I’ll,get me coat. Derek Many thanks for that, good job there's was no loco's in sight then!!!!!!! Oh...you are so lucky I've found one for you Now the scene is perfect.....! 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted October 28, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2018 (edited) The phrase ‘ a wealth of original features but in need of modernisation’ might be on the estate agent’s brochure, but the house will sell itself in that idyllic setting. It does not seem to be occupied at the moment but surely with the numbers of farm labourers required for the farming methods of the day there must be a demand. As always compelling viewing! Edited October 28, 2018 by Limpley Stoker Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted October 28, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2018 Actually, it could well be occupied; the front yard is tidy and clear of rubbish. This is the 1930s and many farm labourers lived in very poor rented housing; if this one is only recently occupied after a period of abandonment the tenant may not have had time or resources to do much work to it yet. Behind the idyllic scene lies an unpleasant truth; farm labourers lived in tied cottages for which they paid rent, and because the owning farmer (or landlord; the farmer may well himself have been a tenant) controlled the situation so completely, he would be able to get away with good deal of neglect. The exploited tenant, depending on the job for his livelihood and his home, was not in a position to complain; the legacy of serfdom died long and hard. Rural cottages of this sort in the 1930s were less dependant on services such as mains electricity, water, drainage, and sewage, and could stand a few seasons of unoccupancy, little more than cleaning the chimney and lighting a fire to dry out the damp being needed to bring them back into what was accepted at the time as a 'livable' condition; it would not be acceptable nowadays! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrkirtley800 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Many thanks for that, good job there's was no loco's in sight then!!!!!!! Oh...you are so lucky I've found one for you 1618.jpg Now the scene is perfect.....! Not only will I get me coat, I’ll get me ‘at as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 OK, now for something different. I've decided to veer away from trains for a while and concentrate on finishing the boats. I was going to start the Clyde Puffer - Snowflake but then thought I'm so close to finishing Misty that she should come first. I have made a start but then realised I'm not sure if I have enough cord to finish the running rigging, so whilst waiting for some more to arrive Misty has gone back out to sea. Ken dashed down to the sea front and was just in time to catch her disappearing into the distance..... Where she is going only the Captain knows, he has a rough idea though but will end up inevitably 'chasing the fish' so the final area is up to lady luck! I can say that this picture has been quite a challenge to get right but I think it works...… 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted October 28, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2018 Rigging thread available here Kev https://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/mamoli-rigging-thread.html#aMAM6202 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted October 28, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2018 OK, now for something different. I've decided to veer away from trains for a while and concentrate on finishing the boats. I was going to start the Clyde Puffer - Snowflake but then thought I'm so close to finishing Misty that she should come first. I have made a start but then realised I'm not sure if I have enough cord to finish the running rigging, so whilst waiting for some more to arrive Misty has gone back out to sea. Ken dashed down to the sea front and was just in time to catch her disappearing into the distance..... Where she is going only the Captain knows, he has a rough idea though but will end up inevitably 'chasing the fish' so the final area is up to lady luck! misty at sea 3.jpg I can say that this picture has been quite a challenge to get right but I think it works...… If she's after cod, she could be gone a while, over to the Grand Banks off Newfoundland or up around the North Cape where things get a bit hairy! Mackeral are more seasonal, being a Summer fish, and you don't have to go further than the South West Approaches or the Irish Sea for them, but competition from other boats is intense. Whatever, the impression of her setting off 'Down Channel', during the high water slack on a calm day by the look of things, and rolling as she meets the first of the ocean swells, is first class. kudos Kevin! And I'm glad that the old 'Snowflake' is to be immortalised! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 Rigging thread available here Kev https://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/mamoli-rigging-thread.html#aMAM6202 Guess where I have ordered it from...….great minds think alike! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 If she's after cod, she could be gone a while, over to the Grand Banks off Newfoundland or up around the North Cape where things get a bit hairy! Mackeral are more seasonal, being a Summer fish, and you don't have to go further than the South West Approaches or the Irish Sea for them, but competition from other boats is intense. Whatever, the impression of her setting off 'Down Channel', during the high water slack on a calm day by the look of things, and rolling as she meets the first of the ocean swells, is first class. kudos Kevin! And I'm glad that the old 'Snowflake' is to be immortalised! Don't know what they are going for as the Captain just said he was just off to catch some fish.....! Originally tried to make it look like you where looking through binoculars but for some reason it didn't look right - so Ken took over!!!! Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted October 28, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2018 Guess where I have ordered it from...….great minds think alike! The 0.3mm stuff I want is out of stock. I think this month's Model Rail has an article mentioning this product. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted October 28, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2018 (edited) Yeah, well a fishing skipper who thinks he knows where the fish are isn't going to tell you where he's going, is he, or not the truth anyway. It's a dogfish eat dogfish world out there! Misty doesn't look capable of this sort of deep sea stuff, but Cardiffians of a certain age will remember Neale and West, from the West Dock, who seemed to specialise in the flimsiest, oldest, most ramshackle possible trawlers that looked even more ancient than the Snowflake, but would go out for several months at a time and who specialised in the North Cape and the Arctic Ocean; I'd have jibbed at going over to Weston on a summer afternoon on one of theirs. But appearances were deceptive, and out they went, in all seasons and in all weathers, right up to Novoya Zemalya or the top end of Greenland, sometimes getting trapped in the ice for weeks at a time, no radios in those days and in any case the company couldn't afford them, and turning up at home again after being given up for lost weeks before. Most of the time, anyway... They don't make 'em like that anymore, trawlers or fishermen! Tough as their boots, they were... Edited October 28, 2018 by The Johnster 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted October 31, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 31, 2018 Not much action railway wise, concentrating on the steam drifter for now. So here is one from the archives... Engine shed now lined up with track! 27 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted November 1, 2018 Author Share Posted November 1, 2018 (edited) How much more coal do I have to shovel......! I'll fall down this gap in minute if you don't drive carefully!!! Are we there yet? Edited November 1, 2018 by KNP 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted November 1, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 1, 2018 'Never mind how much you've got to shovel, just tell me when you can see the back of the tender and don't lose the shovel in the fire. I'll tell you when we're there'. A top link driver when I was at Canton in the 70s had once forgotten to hold on to the shovel, which went into the firebox, on a down Cardiff-Swansea train; this had happened nearly 40 years before and he was still unable to live it down... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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