RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted March 3 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3 Yep, wrong message. Jay picked up on the incorrect wheels. So, an unpainted, non working built kit complete with incorrect wheels has sold for tidy sum. Even with all the above attended to, it genuinely is not worth much more than the price paid. Rob 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Middlepeak Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 On that basis I might even be persuaded to go into business selling the etches that I designed for the same loco. That would recover the costs several times over! But then again, that wasn't the point of doing them in the first place! G 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JustinDean Posted March 3 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3 25 minutes ago, Middlepeak said: On that basis I might even be persuaded to go into business selling the etches that I designed for the same loco. That would recover the costs several times over! But then again, that wasn't the point of doing them in the first place! G Yes I thought of you and those etches when I saw this. Is there a current kit for the NLR tank? I bought the ACE kit a while back but haven’t built it up yet….not sure if that’s still an available. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortuga Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Phew! Glad others saw it the same as me! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schooner Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 4 hours ago, Tortuga said: I can’t help thinking that someone out there might think “If that’s worth £280..." You're absolutely right, but I can't see it really matters - it's what it's worth to the buyer which counts, not the seller. It might set a high bar, but it's as likely to be a watershed outlier as a new trend. What other buyers do with their cash is their business...luckily, cos some seem right muppets. Think prices are high? Wait. Think a subject is overvalued? Investigate better-value alternatives etc etc. It's a hobby, and we have options :) https://www.cdc-design.net/nlr-75-class-park-tank.html 5 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 I got the CDC print of the NLR class 75, and very nice it is too. Especially if I could get it onto the chassis it was designed for! Actually, have had exactly the same issue with the CDC GER J68 on the relevant Terrier chassis… CDC have kindly said (in separate messages about each) that if I send them the bodies/chassis in question that they will assemble them for me. Problem is, they are safely boxed in totally different stashes … and whenever I find one, the other has gone awol! Must send those off for sorting before the RTR class 67/68/69 Buckjumper gets released! Steve S 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechnut Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Should I be cashing in my chips? 3 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JustinDean Posted March 4 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4 1 hour ago, Beechnut said: Should I be cashing in my chips? Nice collection. Should be worth thousands on EBay! Jay 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 10 hours ago, Beechnut said: Should I be cashing in my chips? I have no idea why, but these remind me of the B4 0-4-0 shunter - it’s like they are a grown up cousin, or something. At which point someone will inform me that they were both designed by the same locomotive builder! 🙄😆 But I do like them… Steve S 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barclay Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 I think the old GEM kit is still available from Branchlines as a complete kit with etched chassis and body detailing pack, plus Markits wheels. I do have one in the stash. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JustinDean Posted March 19 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 19 There are some excellent photos popping up on the Cromford and High Peak Facebook page from private collections at the moment. Such as this Deeley residing next to Sheep Pasture shed. The Deeley was a short term replacement for the Kitson that ended up in someone’s garden after a points mishap at Steeple Grange. The Final Push at Middleton Top will resume with two days put aside for modelling next week once I’m back from sunning myself in Fuerte Ventura! Jay 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JustinDean Posted March 27 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 27 I’ve returned from Fuerte Ventura nicely toasted and have had a productive couple of days finalizing the MAG members day in Derby (details to be announced post SWAG) and finally had a full day on Middleton Top. I have another two half days set aside this week with the hope of constructing the fiddle yard. Materials have also been ordered for the backscene and fascia but will be a couple of weeks before installation can happen as I have a gypsy punk album to record all next week. Feeling confident it’s all on track for SWAG now, which is nice. Jay 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 88C Posted March 27 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 27 Looking forward to MAG, I have sent you a PM but I’m not sure if it went if you don’t reply I’ll try again. Brian 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JustinDean Posted March 28 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 28 4 hours ago, 88C said: Looking forward to MAG, I have sent you a PM but I’m not sure if it went if you don’t reply I’ll try again. Brian Hi Brian, Nothing in the inbox from you so I’d give it another go. Jay 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JustinDean Posted April 1 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1 For those who have recently joined us on this thread I'm organising a RMWeb Midland Area Group event in Derby on 22nd September this year. MAG will follow a similar format to SWAG in Taunton albeit a little more compact, but will give the opportunity for us Midlands types to get together in the real world and also check out some excellent modelling. The full line up and updates will be posted on MAG's thread (link below) - do give this a follow and hope to see you there! Jay 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JustinDean Posted April 8 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8 (edited) Backscene development. Anyone tried this before? I’ve got some plain 100% cotton fabric, using cold dye (blue and grey) and deliberately doing a crap job of it so it remains patchy. I’ll post results up when it done! Jay Edited April 8 by JustinDean 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted April 9 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9 19 hours ago, JustinDean said: Backscene development. Anyone tried this before? I’ve got some plain 100% cotton fabric, using cold dye (blue and grey) and deliberately doing a crap job of it so it remains patchy. I’ll post results up when it done! Jay Yeah Baby ! Tie-dye back scene..........far out ! Groovy Sheep. 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JustinDean Posted April 9 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9 6 hours ago, NHY 581 said: Yeah Baby ! Tie-dye back scene..........far out ! Groovy Sheep. I was going more for The Levellers c1992 vibe mate. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted April 9 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9 36 minutes ago, JustinDean said: I was going more for The Levellers c1992 vibe mate. Well, I am a sixties sheep......... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted April 9 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9 7 minutes ago, NHY 581 said: Well, I am a sixties sheep......... Merseybleat and all that... 😉 1 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post JustinDean Posted April 9 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 9 So the psychedelic sky experiment isn’t going so well. I shouldn’t have used a second dye as this seems to have reacted with the first. I have another idea in an attempt to rescue it…. Meanwhile I’ve been planting weeds and bushes. There’s quite a large area of undergrowth behind the loco stores/grounded brake van so I’ve tried to get a variety of species in there: The bottom of the field barn needed bedding in and the track making a bit more muddy: More growth around the bases of stone walls: The backscene is currently drying. Hopefully I’ll get some time on that tomorrow! Jay 21 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggoforgold Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 On 08/04/2024 at 11:36, JustinDean said: Backscene development. Anyone tried this before? I’ve got some plain 100% cotton fabric, using cold dye (blue and grey) and deliberately doing a crap job of it so it remains patchy. I’ll post results up when it done! Jay I used a cloth backscene. In lockdown I needed some cloth to do the backscene for Yelverton. With no cloth to hand I used wallpaper lining paper as a temporary solution and have never looked back. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post JustinDean Posted April 19 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 19 Middleton Top has come on a long way this week. It now has a fiddle yard and fascia’s are fitted. Some more scenic details have been added along with bits of weathering and general tidying up. Next week will be testing ready for SWAG on the Sunday. I’ve realised that SWAG falls 4 years to the day I started this thread. A fitting way for the layout to emerge I think. Right. I’m off to get a curry. Jay 19 2 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Middlepeak Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Looking good mate, and the 4 years of hard toil is really paying off. I wish I could work that quickly! Hope SWAG goes well, and I look forward to seeing the layout 'live' later in the year. G 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted April 19 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 19 So sorry to miss seeing this and other layouts at the Taunton 'do'. And good luck with the Midlands event, too! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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