Show us yours - Realistic modelling

[Captain Kernow]

14 minutes ago, The Johnster said:

Tip of the day, I’m deffo gonna try this!

A very good tip and it definitely works - I've been doing this for years myself!

 

[Captain Kernow]

1 hour ago, Barry Ten said:

I live in constant fear of driving a train through them, so they mostly stay closed to road traffic. 

Been there, done that (or one of my operators at an exhibition did that!). Virtually scratchbuilt gates on Bleakhouse Road, took several hours to remove them and rebuild!

 

[robock]

2 hours ago, Barry Ten said:

Although not in remotely the same league as the brilliant work of Kelvin and Robin, I was inspired to take a couple of level-crossing shots on my own layout.

 

 

 

These gates are servo-operated which is fine if you're a mechanical or electronics wizard. In the hands of a bodger like me, though, they've proved quite a pain to set up and then maintain. Also, since they're not interlocked, I live in constant fear of driving a train through them, so they mostly stay closed to road traffic. However, they are fun for the occasional photo.

 

Hi Barry Ten

The gates at Stratford St. Mary have very delicate copper wire infil rods, although the gates are brass and quite sturdy, a collision is something to be avoided at all costs. There are relays incorporated in the operating unit which isolate the approach tracks to the crossing when the gates are open to the road. These isolating sections stretch for several feet before the crossing on the approach to allow for DMUs and push-pull trains powered from the rear, to be halted in time. The system allows trains to depart from the platform road when the gates are closed behind it, but a diode does not allow trains to reverse into the gate. Similarly, trains are able to proceed along the single track away from the crossing in the opposite direction, and once the crossing is clear the gates can be closed behind it.

It's not a foolproof system, but it has avoided careless mistakes so far!

Robin.

Edited June 17, 2023 by robock

[Kelvin Pinnock]

The W&M railbus continues on towards Elmleigh Market. 

 

Edited July 6, 2023 by Kelvin Pinnock

[Right Away]

 

The recent high temperatures will be keeping the P.W. blokes busy, relaying some buckled metals.

(Looks worse than it actually is, being accentuated by the camera and viewpoint)

 

[robock]

On 14/06/2023 at 23:12, Kelvin Pinnock said:

Hello John Besley,

Just a few notes about this train. At the time of the photograph, it consisted of 25 vans and a brake van. We have tested it in the past, and found it capable of hauling at least 80 wagons up the 1in50 gradient from the lower hidden sidings. It should be mentioned that the Class 15 started life as a Dave Alexander cast kit, but Robin modified it by installing a Mashima 1833 motor centrally mounted in a scratchbuilt chassis driving both bogies. Adhesion is created by an addition of lead, totalling 694g. It's noisy, but it does the job! 

A recent video of the Class 15 demonstrating it's haulage powers. 

Ninety fairly heavy wagons, arranged in order of stability to avoid derailments, cresting the 1 in 100 climb from the mainline storage tracks, passing Elmleigh Market Junction.

 

[froobyone]

Another photo of the now dismantled Hullbridge TMD.

Living it large (logo).

[brylonscamel]

Another day, another backdrop!

I'm having fun, mixing diorama combinations to create different scenes, before introducing daylight.

I hope they convey a sense of realism as it's easy to lose track (sorry) whilst fiddling with the scene.

 

Edited June 20, 2023 by brylonscamel

[John Besley]

On 19/06/2023 at 15:43, robock said:

A recent video of the Class 15 demonstrating it's haulage powers. 

Ninety fairly heavy wagons, arranged in order of stability to avoid derailments, cresting the 1 in 100 climb from the mainline storage tracks, passing Elmleigh Market Junction.

 

 

That is pretty impressive, what would the prototype have been capable of by comparison ?

 

 

Edited June 20, 2023 by John Besley

[paulbb]

40 minutes ago, John Besley said:

 

That is pretty impressive, what would the prototype have been capable of by comparison ?

A phrase involving skins and rice pudding would perhaps be appropriate.

They did look cute in a GP9 kind of way though. Oh and one did appear in BR blue though in departmental service only

 

 

 

[figworthy]

23 hours ago, brylonscamel said:

Another day, another backdrop!

I'm having fun, mixing diorama combinations to create different scenes, before introducing daylight.

I hope they convey a sense of realism as it's easy to lose track (sorry) whilst fiddling with the scene.

 

 

Rather good (as usual).

 

A nice weed line on the waters edge, what did you use for the water ?

 

Adrian

[mswjr]

23 hours ago, brylonscamel said:

Another day, another backdrop!

I'm having fun, mixing diorama combinations to create different scenes, before introducing daylight.

I hope they convey a sense of realism as it's easy to lose track (sorry) whilst fiddling with the scene.

 

Really ,really nice, The only thing to make it better If you do not mind me saying, is it needs something in the windows, Then i think it would be spot on.

Edited June 21, 2023 by mswjr

[brylonscamel]

2 hours ago, mswjr said:

..  it needs something in the windows

I agree wholeheartedly and it's a detail I'll be aiming to add in future.

[brylonscamel]

2 hours ago, figworthy said:

 

Rather good (as usual).

 

A nice weed line on the waters edge, what did you use for the water ?

 

Thanks Adrian! The water is simple - just a few coats of coach varnish.

 

[Karl]

Quarry Hunslet 'Holy War' shunts in the evening light on Coronation Gallery, so named as it was a build over the coronation weekend along with some of the Nigel Brooks slab wagons.

 

 

[Karl]

On 18/06/2023 at 13:37, Right Away said:

 

The recent high temperatures will be keeping the P.W. blokes busy, relaying some buckled metals.

(Looks worse than it actually is, being accentuated by the camera and viewpoint)

 

That one really did have me fooled at first! Lovely modelling!

[Kelvin Pinnock]

Some weekend activity at Elmleigh Market shed.

    This area is still under redevelopment, when the temperature allows. (Not this week!)

 

Edited July 6, 2023 by Kelvin Pinnock

[John Besley]

The sounds of summer birds song in the valley were disturbed by the early morning PW train heading off from the yard over the girder bridge

 

 

[Boleyn Road]

A couple of 2-8-0s await their next run.

 

 

[Not Jeremy]

Nice train, shame about the lavender...

 

 

What this line needs is a decent photographer!!

 

Simon

[Dicky L]

[TT100 Diesels]

First, I need to say that I find the spread and depth of realistically portrayed modelling on this thread very enjoyable and very inspiring indeed. 

 

So, it is with some trepidation that I make my first (and possibly, last) venture into this arena. I am very limited with what I have to choose from because most my locos have triang D loop couplings on both ends for layout operational reasons, but do have a couple of locos with cosmetic front buffer beams.

 

So I offer up D5901, the tech centre baby deltic, paint job and weathering copied off pictures of it in early 1976. It poses on my High Peak Junction layout. I guess the crew are having a brew before toddling off back with it to the tech centre on a post repairs light engine test run, but someone forgot to reset the headcode!

 

[97406]

I like split box and cannot lie...

[Ben B]

On 26/06/2023 at 00:13, Not Jeremy said:

Nice train, shame about the lavender...

 

 

What this line needs is a decent photographer!!

 

Simon

 

Actually I took it as being an arty real-world shot from high up on an embankment or above a tunnel portal, with flowers in the foreground (I started doing shots like that last year on the Ffestiniog), so I think it works. I think what helps convey the illusion is that the track is so good with proper sleeper spacing :)

[NHY 581]

An 03 dozes at Bleat Wharf. 

 

 

 

 

Rob