Popular Post brylonscamel Posted February 18 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 18 Finally! I painted the scan & print figure of Dad that we arranged through the wonderful Modelu On his arrival at the Glentanar Hotel, the local postman had a letter for him! The Vauxhall Victor 'XCL6' was our family car from the mid 1960s to the late 1970s and transport for many a Scottish holiday! 32 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 That's a neat personal touch. If I were modelling the same era, I'd be tempted to include a two tone blue Victor 337 RUR for the same reason. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted February 18 Author Share Posted February 18 (edited) 19 minutes ago, MrWolf said: If I were modelling the same era, I'd be tempted to include a two tone blue Victor 337 RUR for the same reason. It has been fun to incorporate some family nostalgia. The layout has plenty of names, locations and figures that connect us to the setting. I've tried to make it subtle and true to the real locations. For example, I changed name of the hotel in Aboyne that inspired the model, from 'Huntly Arms Hotel' to 'Glentanar Hotel'. The Glentanar estate neighbours Aboyne so it is entirely appropriate and as Dad's first job in Aberdeen was working at the Glentanar Bar in Aberdeen, also a neat family connection. Edited February 18 by brylonscamel 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brylonscamel Posted February 22 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 22 A break in the schedule ... 19 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brylonscamel Posted February 22 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 22 The recently scanned & 3D printed figure of Dad chats to a garage mechanic about MG cars outside 'Michie's Motors' - another nod to our family! 21 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brylonscamel Posted March 8 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 8 The long view .. A view of Dad's layout that involves sneaking down the back of the fiddle yard sidings. It's one of the longer views and is much more pleasing now that it's populated with the latest buldings, including my stab at making a GNSR goods shed and the 'Glentanar Hotel'. * Dodgy mobile-phone zoom version 24 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brylonscamel Posted March 17 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 17 (edited) With so much building and scenic work, I have a little backlog of locomotives & rolling stock to be spruced up or repaired. Ready for the next trip are a newly aquired V2 in the grouping livery of the LNER. Renumbered to an Aberdeen Ferryhill loco. Coaled, lightly weathered and sound fitted, all ready for crew to climb onto the footplate. Here she is on my harbourside diorama for static photography .. Edited March 18 by brylonscamel 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brylonscamel Posted March 17 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 17 Another candidate for the airbrush has sat here for months, without a wheel turned in action [insert disparaging NBL type 2 comment here] 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 5 minutes ago, brylonscamel said: without a wheel turned in action That is taking accuracy to prototype to a whole new level! 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted March 18 Author Share Posted March 18 22 hours ago, David Bell said: That is taking accuracy to prototype to a whole new level! Just the sound of a fresh breeze and coolant dripping onto the ground 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 Turning a wheel .. A glimpse into the 'BR Blue' stock-boxes reveals this Haymarket class 40. 40142 is a mashup of a Hornby body and Bachmann chassis. I made two bodies a few years ago, so I could easily swap them onto the same chassis, using the cheap & chearful Hornby (ex-Lima) models to represent variations of the class. I used some Shawplan etches and bodged them into better looking locos. 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 Most of the work was to smarten up the nose end and glazing apertures - very clumsy on the original mouldings .. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post brylonscamel Posted March 22 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 22 Simple Pleasures .. Since I was visiting, I grabbed some photos of a now-functioning layout. I'm no longer pulling off tension-couplings in the in pursuit of perfect photography. I'm just glad that we are back to enjoying the movement of trains. In this spirit, here's a busy harbour scene .. 19 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 My trip to see Dad, allowed me to take fresh photos of locomotives and stock - in their natural 'Braeside habitat". Our newly acquired 'LNER' V2 sits under the coaling bench, whilst a class 26 cools her heels on the service roads of the shed. I've cooked up various scenarios to allow a handful of grouping & pre-grouping locos to share space with our BR stock. Scotland had four specially prepared pre-grouping survivors, providing motive power for enthusiast's specials in the last days of steam. In my imagination, they also outshopped some locos in grouping liveries, for similar outings. 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
25kV Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 While I spotted one of your buildings in a "realistic models" thread last year, I somehow have completely missed this and your other thread since then! I've lived up here since '93 and so this is all very familiar - fantastic models, totally capturing the GNSR look and feel. Aboyne station is phenomenal. Seeing the Dyce-based signalbox (now sadly demolished as part of the re-doubling and resignalling) reminded me of one evening back in 1997, waiting there for my train home, when a southbound log train pulled in opposite and paused to wait for the northbound to pass. A bloke walked onto the platform, pointed at the logs, and asked me, "Is that going to Aberdeen?" I looked at him quizzically and said, "Well, it's going in the direction of Aberdeen but ..." "That'll do," he quipped. At that moment, the signal cleared for the single line section (oh great - my train is gonna be late), and he jumped off the platform, crossed the nearest track, clambered up onto one of the log wagons as it started to move, and sequestered himself between two of the log stacks. "I really wouldn't do that!" I yelled - he just grinned as the train accelerated. I jogged down to the signal box, ascended the many stairs and knocked. The signalman was somewhat surprised to have a visitor, but I let him know about the unofficial passenger, and left it to the railway authorities to take any appropriate action. And that's my story about Dyce signal box. 😉 I hope none of those stacks shifted! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 1 hour ago, 25kV said: Seeing the Dyce-based signalbox (now sadly demolished as part of the re-doubling and resignalling) reminded me of one evening back in 1997 .. Now that's a great story! The sort of 'carry on' that I thought had died out on the railways. It sounds more like something from a victorian logging railway in the Yukon! You do wonder he he ended up. There's no knowing where the freight train would slow enough to disembark. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 1 hour ago, 25kV said: this is all very familiar - fantastic models, totally capturing the GNSR look and feel. Aboyne station is phenomenal. Oh and thanks for the feedback on the modelling - the whole project has been an attempt at getting some GNSR atmosphere into Dad's layout, so your remarks are much appreciated. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 Say hello to our 'Derby Lightweight' DMU. I found this sitting patiently in the cupboard. It was my intention to kit-bash this into 'Sputnik' the famous battery multiple unit that was used on the Deeside line. Sadly, I haven't got time for this project. The chassis on the motor carriage is cast metal and needed more work to remove all the underfloor components than the trailing carriage. In my head, the 'Braeside Line' opted for the diesel unit, to run as a parallel trial. At least it can now be seen whizzing around the layout, rather than sitting on a shelf like the proverbial Victorian spinster. 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 Arrival of the Red T Our Tennents delivery lorry had a brush with the weathering colours before this latest trip. 14 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 (edited) Trip Hazards and F Settings .. My latest trip south was a bit of a mercy mission to help Dad after a sudden trip to A&E. Whilst the poor chap was recovering, I stopped working to cover domestic chores. I also amused myself with dog walks and layout photography. The DSLR camera was in the 'overnight bag' so I used the opportunity improve my photography. I'd been looking at image data on recent photos to work out why the images were often grainy and needed work in Photoshop to spruce them up. The lighting is OK for human eyes but not so brilliantly for photography. I haven't got access to specialist lighting equipment, so I hit on the idea of using the tripod to steady the camera. This allow for longer exposure and finer ISO settings. I've also been playing with focus-stacking software to blend my manual focus images. Edited April 19 by brylonscamel 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 (edited) Here are images taken around the engine shed that feature BR Blue locomotives, including a pre-production sample of the marvellous SLW rendition of a boiler-fitted 25/3 I was allowed to weather the loco to aid the realism of photography. Edited April 19 by brylonscamel change image 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 (edited) I sense an awkward conversation stage left. The steam-era crews are resisting any requests to ditch their shovels in favour of a power handle. Edited April 19 by brylonscamel IMAGE 5 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 (edited) Looking far more at home on our steam-era shed is 60532 'Blue Peter' Allocated to Aberdeen Ferryhill in 1951, she moved to Dundee in 1961 for her remaining years in mainline traffic. Edited April 19 by brylonscamel 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 (edited) The quayside remains a good location for photography .. Edited April 19 by brylonscamel Duplication 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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