CoombeTown Posted March 19, 2022 Author Share Posted March 19, 2022 On 17/03/2022 at 21:32, Andy Keane said: Nice wagons - this is my attempt at weathering from the workshop: like you I am now committed to it. Andy Those look great Andy! Reminds that wagon loads is another thing on the list of things to do.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted March 19, 2022 Author Share Posted March 19, 2022 (edited) After a couple of hours effort last night, the latest pair of Modelu crew have joined the fleet in the Large Prairie. Hopefully, Modelu will produce a dedicated crew for the model as the raised platform puts the drivers head a little high, then this pair can be added to a different engine. Edited March 31, 2022 by DRoe96 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Keane Posted March 19, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 19, 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, DRoe96 said: After a couple of hours effort last night, the latest pair of Modelu crew have joined the fleet in the Large Prairie. Hopefully, Modelu will produce a dedicated crew for the model as the raised platform puts the drivers head a little high, then this pair can be added to a different engine. I just love those figures. Lovely paint job. Which part numbers are they? I have a small prairie in bits at the moment and it needs a crew ( as well as paint and lettering). Edited March 19, 2022 by Andy Keane Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted March 31, 2022 Author Share Posted March 31, 2022 On 19/03/2022 at 21:39, Andy Keane said: I just love those figures. Lovely paint job. Which part numbers are they? I have a small prairie in bits at the moment and it needs a crew ( as well as paint and lettering). Apologies Andy, response is a bit slow for obvious reasons! The driver is 1073 and the Fireman 1058, just a general loco crew figure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted March 31, 2022 Author Share Posted March 31, 2022 So what has happened in 10 days? Not a lot really, work is incredibly consuming plus I was away for a few days. This is likely to continue for a good weeks yet. Despite this, the retaining wall is now completed and ready to be varnished and weathered. Then this morning the new Rapido 5 & 7-plank wagons arrived. Wonderful models brimming with detail. I particularly appreciate the door planking running over the top of the wagon, often overlooked on lesser models. Finally, in a post work burnout, I have plucked up the courage to start weathering on Oxford 7 plank mineral wagon. So far I have just painted various replaced planks and the door hinges. I'll move on to a dark grey and a brown wash then add some light powder work to bring it all together. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted April 1, 2022 Author Share Posted April 1, 2022 A dark grey wash at lunch and a dark brown after lunch have left the wagon in this state. I left the dark grey wash on a little long for the light weathering I had planned. However, I'm pleased with how it's turned out. Just some powders on the underframe and inside and it shall be complete. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 Busy couple of days, Didcot yesterday and Yeovil today. Will share some pictures later in the week. This evening I have sat down with the weathering powders to complete the mineral wagon. I've gone from this: To this: Hopefully some point rodding kit from Modelu will arrive whilst I'm away with work this week. 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Keane Posted April 7, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 7, 2022 On 03/04/2022 at 20:54, DRoe96 said: Busy couple of days, Didcot yesterday and Yeovil today. Will share some pictures later in the week. This evening I have sat down with the weathering powders to complete the mineral wagon. I've gone from this: To this: Hopefully some point rodding kit from Modelu will arrive whilst I'm away with work this week. That is a really impressive result - it looks like it has taken hours! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Keane Posted April 7, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 7, 2022 On 31/03/2022 at 19:06, DRoe96 said: Apologies Andy, response is a bit slow for obvious reasons! The driver is 1073 and the Fireman 1058, just a general loco crew figure. I have ordered six different figures up to do three locos - thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted April 10, 2022 Author Share Posted April 10, 2022 Another weekend without much progress on Coombe Town, I've been a bit busy. Yesterday was spent operating Evercreech New which was on display alongside Heaton Lodge Junction and a number of other wonderful layouts. Below are a selection of photos taken with the operators privilege, inside the barriers... 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 A rather crazy few weeks with work, so little time for modelling again but hopefully that will all relax now... Inspired by @GrahamT's focus stacking pictures, I downloaded some software and produced the attempt below. It's definitely an improvement over what I can achieve with my camera in terms of depth of field. Hopefully, a set of Modelu figures will arrive tomorrow so the weekend will include some figure painting. The aim is to complete these by the Bristol show next weekend so I can install them in the railcar with a sound decoder. Hope everyone is well! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted April 20, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 20, 2022 That's come out really well I think. What software did you use? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 11 minutes ago, Graham T said: That's come out really well I think. What software did you use? I used OpenCamera on my phone, then focusstackingonline.com, not sure I would recommend the website though, there was a rather large number of pop-ups appearing 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted April 20, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 20, 2022 Thanks. I also used OpenCamera; what focal length did you set the two sliders to? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 Ah yes, I think it was your thread I saw the app mentioned. Apologies for not remembering, I am a little bit out of it atm! The focus distance was set to 1.5m for the upper slider and 0.12m for the lower. I think 1.5m may need tuning slightly as the background is still slightly out, but it is a starting point at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted April 20, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 20, 2022 Thanks very much, I'll have a play with that tomorrow, time permitting. One more question if you don't mind? What repeat did you set? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 45 minutes ago, Graham T said: Thanks very much, I'll have a play with that tomorrow, time permitting. One more question if you don't mind? What repeat did you set? No worries at all, I used 20 repeats + an infinite. I did try 4+1 on an airfix kit but I have found that 20 seems to work better. There may be a middle ground but I haven't had time to try it yet. I'll be looking forward to seeing how you get on! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted April 23, 2022 Author Share Posted April 23, 2022 Well the figures arrived. Received a coat of primer between bits of work yesterday. And progress so far today... I've also just got a phone adaptor for my tripod, hopefully that will lead to some more focus-stacking attempts later on 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted April 24, 2022 Author Share Posted April 24, 2022 So that turned into a busier 36 hours than expected... so much for one hour of scouting per week, and it's not even term time! Moaning aside, quite an enjoyable day out today. I did sneak in a quick photography session last night, producing these two images. Ignoring the background clutter in the first, it turned out quite nicely. The second needs to be focused further back to capture the brickwork on the bridge better. It seems to have really struggled side on. But that's all in the learning experience. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted April 27, 2022 Author Share Posted April 27, 2022 Some more progress on the Passengers. With all the recent workload I am now on a much needed 5 day weekend. I have a few trips planned, but around these I am commencing project rod phase 1. This will be all the point rodding from the signal box to the point on the loop. Stage 1 is to paint the concrete blocks. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Keane Posted April 27, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 27, 2022 24 minutes ago, DRoe96 said: Some more progress on the Passengers. With all the recent workload I am now on a much needed 5 day weekend. I have a few trips planned, but around these I am commencing project rod phase 1. This will be all the point rodding from the signal box to the point on the loop. Stage 1 is to paint the concrete blocks. looking great - are you going for round or square rodding? and lots of compensators etc? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadLeaves Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 30 minutes ago, DRoe96 said: Some more progress on the Passengers. Superb detail. Lovely bit of work. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted April 27, 2022 Author Share Posted April 27, 2022 3 minutes ago, Andy Keane said: looking great - are you going for round or square rodding? and lots of compensators etc? Plan is for square rodding with GWR stools, cranks + compensators. Initially it was only going to be 2 compensators in this run, but following the discussions I've realised that I need to add a 3rd. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted April 28, 2022 Author Share Posted April 28, 2022 25 rodding stools and 8 crank frame supports later... painted ready to be attached to a paper template this evening. The plan is to complete the right-hand side of the diagram below, the left-hand side will be completed at a later date. 2 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted April 28, 2022 Author Share Posted April 28, 2022 Further progress on project rod, first rod is temporarily fitted as a height test. It's currently a little low compared to the rail height so I shall add some 1mm plasticard underneath to raise it. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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