Ladmanlow Sidings and other C&HPR locations

[Alister_G]

6 hours ago, KingArthur453 said:

I've been looking round the web for an acrylic paint pen with a fine nib but without success so far. All that's on offer seems to be sets of 20 or 24, which is going to leave a lot of unwanted pens. Can you remember from where you got yours? I have thought about a Rotring type ink pen but they are hellishly expensive and I'm not sure if the ink would take on enamel or acrylic paint.

 

Hi Ian,

 

I've been looking too, and as you say it seems difficult to find the extra-fine tip ones, or any sold as a singleton.

 

One of the few I've found is this on Amazon:

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Marker-marker-Posca-ultra-fine-white/dp/B00U16WOWK

 

From a French supplier.

 

Hope that helps,

 

Al.

[KingArthur453]

9 minutes ago, Alister_G said:

 

Hi Ian,

 

I've been looking too, and as you say it seems difficult to find the extra-fine tip ones, or any sold as a singleton.

 

One of the few I've found is this on Amazon:

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Marker-marker-Posca-ultra-fine-white/dp/B00U16WOWK

 

From a French supplier.

 

Hope that helps,

 

Al.

Thanks very much Al. Ordered from Amazon already. It said "Only one left" so I'll give it a try

 

Iain

[Rowsley17D]

21 hours ago, KingArthur453 said:

Thanks very much Al. Ordered from Amazon already. It said "Only one left" so I'll give it a try

 

Iain

 

I think it's a sales ploy as I have ordered the only one left too!

 

Update - It's now on its way to me.

Edited March 28, 2019 by Rowsley17D
Update

[Alister_G]

I've been gardening.

 

Well not really, but I've definitely been planting things.

 

I took a kitchen pan scrubber, and ripped it to shreds. This wasn't some anger management technique, but instead the start of some shrubbery.

 

 

As it comes, it's a weird artificial green, so I sprayed it with some Humbrol no.30 Dark Green:

 

This shows the difference:

 

 

Then, I used some of this:

 

and some of this:

 

 

and ended up with this:

 

 

I then added some purple flowers, and planted it:

 

 

Emboldened by how that looked, I started adding some more purple stuff around the layout:

 

 

 

 

 

I've not gone over the top with it, but it just adds another dimension.

 

Anyway, having done that, I couldn't resist a bit of playing trains!

 

Thanks for looking,

 

Al.

Edited April 5, 2019 by Alister_G

[Andrew P]

That's some nice stuff coming along here Al, keep the pics coming.

[Alister_G]

And here's the proof!

 

 

 

 

 

This is my 500th published photo of the layout

 

Which probably means I've actually taken twice that...

 

 

And one more...

 

 

Thanks for looking,

 

Al.

[Alister_G]

Thanks Andy.

 

Here's some black and white versions:

 

 

 

 

 

Al.

[Signaller69]

Lovely weathering of everything Al, especially on those vans, it really does add so much realism to the whole picture.

 

Cheers,

Martyn. 

[Alister_G]

Thanks Martyn, much appreciated.

 

Al.

[Enterprisingwestern]

 

Did someone mention shrubbery?

 

 

 

Mike.

[georgeT]

Can never have enough photos Al, always useful for reference many years later ?

[Alister_G]

3 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said:

Did someone mention shrubbery?

 

That's exactly the scene I had in mind when I wrote it, Mike...

 

Al

[Alister_G]

3 hours ago, georgeT said:

Can never have enough photos Al, always useful for reference many years later ?

 

Yep, absolutely!

 

I've got all the photos of all my layouts stored on at least three different devices, which back up any new ones every night.

 

There's a lot of good reference material in there!

 

Al.

[Signaller69]

1 hour ago, Alister_G said:

 

That's exactly the scene I had in mind when I wrote it, Mike...

 

Al

Just don't go trying to cut a tall tree down with a Herring!

[Alister_G]

Sadly, I have to report a bit of a problem with Ladmanlow.

 

The smooth operation of shunting duties has been disrupted by some unwelcome visitors.

 

As you can see, they seem to feel they have prior rights over the running lines...

 

 

 

 

 

There's only one thing for it; the C&HPR have had to invest in some of this:

 

 

So I've been digging post holes, and installing a new fence.

 

 

 

 

The fun bit is going to be threading the wires through all the posts. A job for later, I feel.

 

Thanks for looking,

 

Al.

 

[Stubby47]

On Shepherds, I used a pair of eyebrow tweezers, which have an LED light between the two tines.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00CZ25FWY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_1ZjQCbW108BQ7

[Stubby47]

I also found it was far easier to thread the posts first, then glue them into the holes...

[Alister_G]

15 minutes ago, Stubby47 said:

I also found it was far easier to thread the posts first, then glue them into the holes...

 

Doh!

 

 

Ah well, if there's a difficult way and an easy way, guess which one muggins here invariably uses.

 

Thanks for the tip about the tweezers, they look worthwile for all sorts of fiddly jobs.

 

Al.

[Enterprisingwestern]

23 minutes ago, Stubby47 said:

On Shepherds, I used a pair of eyebrow tweezers, which have an LED light between the two tines.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00CZ25FWY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_1ZjQCbW108BQ7

 

Or a couple of quid from Primani.

 

Mike.

[Stubby47]

4 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said:

 

Or a couple of quid from Primani.

 

Mike.

Agreed, I just found a quick example. 

And, yes, the tweezers are a handy tool for other things too. 

[Alister_G]

Mole grips and a hammer, she'll be right...

 

 

Al.

[Enterprisingwestern]

3 minutes ago, Alister_G said:

Mole grips and a hammer, she'll be right...

 

 

Al.

 

Don't forget the baling twine!

 

Mike.

[Alister_G]

I found this great bit of colour film of the Cromford and High Peak Railway. It's not very long, but there's a wealth of detail to pick out.

 

Sadly now removed from YouTube.

 

 

Al.

 

Edited April 10, 2019 by Alister_G

[Rowsley17D]

The local lads used to call 47007 "James Bond".

[Sasquatch]

Hi Al. Had great catch up on my lunch.

On Dunster I drilled out dozens of match sticks and glued them into holes. Fine Beading wire was used and threaded very easily  through before a run of super glue was added. 

Did someone mention brambles. Try lightly spraying some lichen with bauxite primer and adding dark and light green  foliage with spray glue. Mrs. S. used rubberized horse hair but it's very hard to find nowadays.

 

Layout's coming along just grand.

 

Regards Shaun.