RMweb Gold Popular Post Bri.dolan Posted June 1, 2023 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2023 9 minutes ago, KELVIN PINNOCK said: Another couple of photos to show the other end of the station. That bottom picture is possibly the most realistic picture I’ve ever seen Brian 9 17 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kelvin Pinnock Posted June 1, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2023 13 hours ago, KELVIN PINNOCK said: Hi steve45, my brother and I like your suggestion, and could consider starting a thread on Layout Topics. The priority at the moment is the preparation of the Elmleigh Market station side of the layout, as we would prefer to show the layout in its complete state. We could then show some of the more technical aspects encountered during its construction. I'm sure the topic could go off in several different directions. In the meantime, work continues on the layout, but I'll sort out some previously unseen photos. Kelvin Further to the preparation of Elmleigh Market, I have a recent photo of my brother Robin repainting the backscene behind the station, as he has done on the entire layout, using his skills as a professional artist before retirement. As you can see, this part of the layout is thoroughly disorganised while this is being done! Rob. is referring to a picture of the layout, superimposed on a suitable sky photo taken in a local park. 17 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_C Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 Kelvin, where did you get the phone box from, can you remember the make by any chance? I need one for my model fire station and that's the best I've seen to date. Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robock Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Paul_C said: Kelvin, where did you get the phone box from, can you remember the make by any chance? I need one for my model fire station and that's the best I've seen to date. Paul. Paul; Robin Pinnock - aka robock - here. The phone box was the etched Langley Models kit , F31, with the etched 'Telephone' signs cut out and replaced with printed paper signs so so they could be illuminated from behind by a nano led. Edited June 1, 2023 by robock typo 3 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Popular Post AY Mod Posted June 1, 2023 Author Moderators Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2023 1 hour ago, KELVIN PINNOCK said: a recent photo of my brother Robin repainting the backscene behind the station, as he has done on the entire layout, using his skills as a professional artist before retirement. And exceptionally proficient at it he is. I do not think I have seen any better blending of three and two dimensions and continuity of tones and light. Quite superb. 2 21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bandit Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 I’m blown away. Exceptional modelling by anyone’s standards! 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve45 Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 I'm speechless, I can only say 'Wow' 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted June 2, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 2, 2023 22 hours ago, KELVIN PINNOCK said: Another couple of photos to show the other end of the station. Now, you’re not allowed to post photos of real railway scenes! Very good! 2 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve45 Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Its prompted me to buy February 23 BRM back issue 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kelvin Pinnock Posted June 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2023 35 minutes ago, steve45 said: Its prompted me to buy February 23 BRM back issue Many thanks to everyone who have appreciated our efforts so far. I must mention that brother Robin ( who posts on here as 'robock' ) is responsible for a lot of the detail work you see in the pictures. The W&M railbus in this picture is an example of his scratchbuilding, built many years before Heljan's version, and still going strong! 47 21 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark C Posted June 2, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 2, 2023 3 hours ago, steve45 said: Its prompted me to buy February 23 BRM back issue Me too!! This is top rate modelling based on observation... Mark 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted June 2, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 2, 2023 Like Andy says, blending and continuity. I have seen real road surfaces and sleeper crossings that were much less realistic than that! The only thing that might even possibly give this away as a model is that there were no camera/colour film combinations that could manage an unblurred exposure of a moving train in evening light in the 60s, even a slowly moving one, and the lack of telephone wires. I look at Cwmdimbath and hang my head in shame; that ballast, those sleepers, I may as well give up now before I embarrass myself further. Be advised that I will want to hire you and your brother to rebuild Cwmdimbath properly for me when I win the Lotto tomorrow, and you are going to be given a pretty blank cheque… 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tricky Posted June 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2023 Apologies if this has been on here before. A little building I made about 7 or 8 years ago, before the laser cutter arrived! 42 22 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted June 2, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 2, 2023 19 minutes ago, Tricky said: Apologies if this has been on here before. A little building I made about 7 or 8 years ago, before the laser cutter arrived! Whose bricks are they? They're best embossed ones I've ever seen where the mortar is not as thick as a brick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philou Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 19 minutes ago, Tricky said: A little building I made I love the attention made to the brickwork coursing - very good. If it's not a trade secret, with what and on what did you scribe - if indeed it was scribed? Cheers, Philip 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 29 minutes ago, Tricky said: Apologies if this has been on here before. A little building I made about 7 or 8 years ago, before the laser cutter arrived! That's some impressive attention to detail, you can almost smell the damp! It puts me in mind of this place which is behind where we live: 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Besley Posted June 2, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 2, 2023 8 hours ago, KELVIN PINNOCK said: Many thanks to everyone who have appreciated our efforts so far. I must mention that brother Robin ( who posts on here as 'robock' ) is responsible for a lot of the detail work you see in the pictures. The W&M railbus in this picture is an example of his scratchbuilding, built many years before Heljan's version, and still going strong! Now if that was in B&W it would be timeless, fantastic modelling 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Rowsley17D said: Whose bricks are they? They're best embossed ones I've ever seen where the mortar is not as thick as a brick. Thanks. They were hand scribed into Das clay. 1 5 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Philou said: I love the attention made to the brickwork coursing - very good. If it's not a trade secret, with what and on what did you scribe - if indeed it was scribed? Cheers, Philip Thanks, yes, as mentioned above, hand scribed Das on a ply base from memory. The same method as I used on the dock wall on Midland in Bristol. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kelvin Pinnock Posted June 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 4, 2023 Another view from the diesel era. Class 21 No.D6120 calls at Stratford St. Mary with a stopping train, during its brief allocation to Ipswich (32B). 52 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted June 4, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 4, 2023 On 02/06/2023 at 18:59, Tricky said: Apologies if this has been on here before. A little building I made about 7 or 8 years ago, before the laser cutter arrived! Outrageously spiffing ! 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post JustinDean Posted June 4, 2023 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 4, 2023 There’s been some really exceptional modeling on this thread recently. Great to see such inspiring images. Jay 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kelvin Pinnock Posted June 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2023 Another view previously seen in the BRM feature. The W&M railbus passes the station's home signal, in the shade of one of Robin's scratchbuilt oak trees. 48 12 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 That tree is truly something else. 2 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted June 5, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 5, 2023 F*ck me that's good! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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