Ruffnut Thorston Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 (edited) The sounds are indeed well matched.... I suppose the Early crest on BR lined green is in the same catagory as the BR 1956 coaching stock roundels on Crimson and Cream mk1s? (Mentioned seemingly ages ago on this thread!) I do so prefer the earlier BR emblem....and C&C coaching stock. Edited August 25, 2017 by Sarahagain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 You are right, the volume of the blower needs reducing. I was going through the F-keys when I came across the "ejector" sound on F-key #8. As soon as I heard it I knew I had a use for that. It will be transferred to F'key #4 so it is readily accessible on my Lenz LH90 handset. I hope GWR aficionados will not be too upset when I tell them that ZS017 sound decoder is not a GWR Pannier Tank. COME ON, COME ON Don't leave us in Suspenders, WOT IS IT THEN? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 (edited) COME ON, COME ON Don't leave us in Suspenders, WOT IS IT THEN? Sorry for late response. Been recovering lost files right back to 2014 from when I got Windows 10 on a new PC. Files and single documents had been disappearing for no apparent reason, anyway, I found something that looked like it might do the job and left the PC on all night. Everything is now backed up on an external drive and already I can see the 2014 folder with all my photos is there. The picture below is from it and in fact this loco provides the answer to your question.... Digitrains soundfile ZS017.... Lanky Tanky..... An ugly brute that was most at home among the L&Y soot and grot, but would hardly look at home on a GWR country branchline. Edited August 26, 2017 by coachmann 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Focalplane Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 I was going to ask why you didn't use the ZS020! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted August 26, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 26, 2017 Sorry for late response. Been recovering lost files right back to 2014 from when I got Windows 10 on a new PC. Files and single documents had been disappearing for no apparent reason, anyway, I found something that looked like it might do the job and left the PC on all night. Everything is now backed up on an external drive and already I can see the 2014 folder with all my photos is there. The picture below is from it and in fact this loco provides the answer to your question.... Digitrains soundfile ZS017.... Lanky Tanky..... WEB Lanky Tanky.jpg An ugly brute that was most at home among the L&Y soot and grot, but would hardly look at home on a GWR country branchline. You could always paint it green! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted August 26, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 26, 2017 You are right, the volume of the blower needs reducing. I was going through the F-keys when I came across the "ejector" sound on F-key #8. As soon as I heard it I knew I had a use for that. It will be transferred to F'key #4 so it is readily accessible on my Lenz LH90 handset. I hope GWR aficionados will not be too upset when I tell them that ZS017 sound decoder is not a GWR Pannier Tank. The whistle did sound rather 'unusual' I thought' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 (edited) Yesterday dull weather was used to catch up with other things like spraying coach chassis and ends with 'weathering'. It turns off the shelf models into layout models although i never weather the coach sides. That is an art in itself if it isn't to look overdone IMV. Below are just a few that were done yesterday starting with an LMS coach. One wheel is obviously catching the sideframe. I should add that the carmine red is mine... A through coach used on the summer extras to Barmouth.... This Hornby Collett was resprayed with a glossier carmine to represent a recent repaint, so the chassis is less weathered... In contrast, a grottier Hawksworth coach that retains its 1949 paint job.... Edited August 26, 2017 by coachmann 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post coachmann Posted August 26, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2017 (edited) The whistle did sound rather 'unusual' I thought' The whistle struck me as having heard it when a GWR loco was approaching Carrog from Corwen. Whether the trees, cutting and road bridge had any affect I don't know. Or frighteningly, is my mind telling me it should be familiar to a bloke from Oldham? Having got my images back, I am tempted to do this again, as I still have a few etchings for the long bunker ... However, back to Carrog and here is a short train. I feel that weathering makes such a difference on a scenic layout ... Edited August 26, 2017 by coachmann 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post coachmann Posted August 26, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2017 Lovely weather today so it was back to scenics. Wales's green and glorious land is a patchwork quilt, so I drove over to Rhuddlan Models to see if there was a roll of cardboard ground cover of the green that would match that in the backscene. Some N gauge wooden fencing was also needed to create a sense of distance. Everything on the shopping list was obtained except "untidy" trees with spreading branches.... Getting there..... The land partitions are at an angle to the railway embankment so that they are much longer. This has the effect of making the fields look deeper. The 'N' gauge fencing is effective but I needs lots of it and it ain't cheap. 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 When the first engines were painted green at Swindon, the early crest had not been superseded by the later crest. For the record, roundels on crimson & cream coaches is wish-fulfillment by heritage painters and is historically innacurate. BR only started applying roundels after BR maroon livery had been adopted. I have always thought that the use of green on "everything", not just express passenger locos, dated from 1956...and the new crest. At the same time that WR Chocolate and cream coaches, and SR Green coaches made a comeback? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 (edited) It is perhaps timely to slip this picture in from a few years ago. This initial flowering of Ellesmere North was in fact a 'coming out' at the time after years of keeping my Western tendencies private... Looking at it now (it is from another recently recovered file), it wasn't a mile off Carrog... Edited August 27, 2017 by coachmann 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 It is perhaps timely to slip this picture in from a few years ago. This initial flowering of Ellesmere North was in fact a 'coming out' at the time after years of keeping my Western tendencies private... Looking at it now (it is from another recently recovered file), it wasn't a mile off Carrog... WEB Scenery 38 Ellesmere.jpg If I looked back at pic's of Pencarne Junction and the Videos from then, it's not that far off what I have now. WE MUST BE MAD to keep getting almost there, ripping it up, diverging and then coming back to where we were. Glad I'm not alone Larry. Cost me a small fortune to get back to where I was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post coachmann Posted August 27, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 27, 2017 (edited) Scenery behind the railway is now complete except for cattle. I broke the fields up into smaller units to hide joins and (hopefully) give an illusion of greater distance. 4mm : 1ft and 2mm : 1ft scale fencing used.... Fencing this side of the embankment now glued solid and upright ready for grassing followed by bushes tomorrow. The embankment actually ends this side of the points, but the illusion will be strengthened by tapering off the bushes..... Edited August 27, 2017 by coachmann 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 (edited) I love the detail on this Hornby GWR Collett coach particularly the 7' bogies. Detail has been brought out by the weathering. Shooting models on the layout has made my old diorama redundant... Edited August 27, 2017 by coachmann 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted August 28, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 28, 2017 Coach The layout is looking very believable in those long shots, great work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CazRail Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Looks brilliant! Seeing you've used grass mats for some of your green areas, which is what I'm doing for my own layout of the Amlwch branch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted August 28, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 28, 2017 If I looked back at pic's of Pencarne Junction and the Videos from then, it's not that far off what I have now. WE MUST BE MAD to keep getting almost there, ripping it up, diverging and then coming back to where we were. Glad I'm not alone Larry. Cost me a small fortune to get back to where I was. What worries me for both of you is that now having achieved (or getting ever closer to) nirvana you'll rip it all up and start on something else - again Lovely stuff and very interesting and educational & enc following the development of your ideas and your various build threads but I'm not surprised it's costing a small fortune. PS memo to self - must see how much track I can recover off the abortive portable layout and will the 'baseboard' box sections be strippable from their existing battleship level of strengthening? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 What worries me for both of you is that now having achieved (or getting ever closer to) nirvana you'll rip it all up and start on something else - again Lovely stuff and very interesting and educational & enc following the development of your ideas and your various build threads but I'm not surprised it's costing a small fortune. PS memo to self - must see how much track I can recover off the abortive portable layout and will the 'baseboard' box sections be strippable from their existing battleship level of strengthening? I'm O.K. now Mike, I still have LOADS to do on the main Layout, and then I have Much Dithering as a stand alone project one day, that part is operational, and will sit like that until the day comes when I need to look at it scenically. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bigbee Line Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Larry Nice perspective modelling. Are the "square" corners on your to do list. Thanks Ernie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bigbee Line Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 One day. Probably a two-minute job with cove cornice molding and a meat knife... Oh no not the Meat Knife, just joking, I like your style.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Just thinking out loud Larry, Green Outdoor Paint on the roofing felt, and some Plastic Fencing and the outdoor section would look quite good. O.K O.K. Andy P has left the room. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 (edited) PGH and I discussed this very things months ago but the marine ply and roofing felt are still waiting for action. It'll never happen though seeing as I will require all the outdoor width for double track when the next layout is built haha.... You've been watching my Kings Moreton and Pencarne Junction Videos with long passing Freight, hahahha Edited August 28, 2017 by Andrew P 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyram Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 That last picture is superb! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norton961 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 (edited) Re the discussions regarding the Mainline Manor, it can be made into a good model, but it needs the following : Change chimmney and safety valve for nice lost wax ones, a complete new chassis plus lots of small details. Here is my P4 example with a Whitbourne Models chassis kit, and replacement chimmne and safety valves in lost wax. I have also made up the botom of the boiler. Not yet finished but getting there. The first 2 pictures are taken on my photo diarama which is OO so P4 is a bit awkward to fit. Note to self, I need to create a P4 photo stand! Love the layout coach, just proves that a realistic layout can be made in OO. David Edited August 28, 2017 by Norton961 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post coachmann Posted August 28, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2017 (edited) Eeeh Mabel, look at the telegraph poles. It's a real railway now! I have corrupted history, but they'll last a lot longer on't wrong side of line than at front of layout... Edited August 28, 2017 by coachmann 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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