westerner Posted June 3, 2016 Author Share Posted June 3, 2016 Mine when its finished is meant to be just over half tide. The reasons could be that we like to try our weathering skills on the quay wall, nobodies thought of doing a full tide or at full tide there is still quite a bit of quay wall above the water. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted June 3, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 3, 2016 Love all these layouts with harbour scenes but why is the tide invariably out with the boats below the quay? Rarely is the tide in! Brian. Paraphrasing Andy P's reply on Porth Merryn, the water would all run off the baseboard edge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwr Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Ah but you need to use Deluxe Models anti gravity water. That's if you can get it off the ceiling Paul R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted June 6, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 6, 2016 (edited) What would be really cool is a flat sheet of acrylic, with water effect on top, which could be made to slide up & down inside he harbour walls to mimic the tide's ebb & flow! Of course it would only be useful in a harbour where the tide doesn't completely ebb away to nothing.... Edited June 6, 2016 by Ramblin Rich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted June 6, 2016 Author Share Posted June 6, 2016 I like that idea. On the other hand you could do what the builder of Tollesbury has done which does include mud at low water, because he uses a mixture of water and glycerine. See Model Railway Journal No 246 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted June 6, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 6, 2016 (edited) Love all these layouts with harbour scenes but why is the tide invariably out with the boats below the quay? Rarely is the tide in! Brian. There goes finescale Brian again with the clever question. Having worked at the army port of Marchwood and alongside both the docks at Shoreham and Ipswich. The harbour wall is normally well above the maximum level of a high spring tide so even with a normal high tide the water is some way below the wall top and small craft will be quite low down. Suppose it depends on the tides and what size ships are going to unload or load at the quayside. Edited June 6, 2016 by Clive Mortimore Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted June 6, 2016 Author Share Posted June 6, 2016 There goes finescale Brian again with the clever question. Having worked at the army port of Marchwood and alongside both the docks at Shoreham and Ipswich. The harbour wall is normally well above the maximum level of a high spring tide so even with a normal high tide the water is some way below the wall top and small craft will be quite low down. Suppose it depends on the tides and what size ships are going to unload or load at the quayside. As I said in the third reason in my previous post. In an awful lot of harbours at a normal high tide there were at least 6 if not more feet of quay showing. When one thinks about there had to be otherwise on Spring Tides the harbour area would always be flooded which would me at least 123 times a year there would be local flooding. I suspect most harbours were built so that it had to be an exceptional surge tide at the time of Spring Tides that the quay wall was over topped. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted June 23, 2016 Author Share Posted June 23, 2016 I must apologise for a lack of posts. I've been away for week and this weather, sun one day rain the next, thunder the next (we are having a thunder storm now),football of course, all seem to have combined and killed the old mojo some what. So nothing new to report. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Alan, your weather sound like ours which is most odd for June although its going to warm up soon, After the weather forecast, our high tide is just over 13' so no flooding today! For model related news, I have just acquired three GW carriages for my 'finescale' tinplate layout! Brian. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwr Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Alan Perhaps an older unpublished photo to help satisfy our cravings for all things Kingsbridge Regis Paul R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westerner Posted July 1, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 1, 2016 Before disappearing down to the Basildon show for the weekend helping out with SAD's layout Salmon Pastures I thought I'd answer Pauls request, a bit late I know, a couple of Photos of Kingsbridge, called: "Waiting in the Sun on Hot Summers Day" What is one of those I here you say. If your visiting the Baslidon Show take time to look at Salmon Pastures and look us up. I'm the shorter bald one with a grey beard. 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted July 1, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 1, 2016 Before disappearing down to the Basildon show for the weekend helping out with SAD's layout Salmon Pastures I thought I'd answer Pauls request, a bit late I know, a couple of Photos of Kingsbridge, called: "Waiting in the Sun on Hot Summers Day" What is one of those I here you say. waiting in the Sun.jpg Sunny morning.jpg If your visiting the Baslidon Show take time to look at Salmon Pastures and look us up. I'm the shorter bald one with a grey beard. Hi Alan I have a busy weekend ahead of me but will try to visit. Bit of a problem the BMRC website is still advertising last years show. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwr Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Those photos are just stunning! Superb lighting. I can imagine being there Paul R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Stunning pics Alan, loving this Layout and its Traction. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn1 Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Before disappearing down to the Basildon show for the weekend helping out with SAD's layout Salmon Pastures I thought I'd answer Pauls request, a bit late I know, a couple of Photos of Kingsbridge, called: "Waiting in the Sun on Hot Summers Day" What is one of those I here you say. waiting in the Sun.jpg Sunny morning.jpg If your visiting the Baslidon Show take time to look at Salmon Pastures and look us up. I'm the shorter bald one with a grey beard. Super pics Alan - really captures the summer sunshine. Les Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted July 3, 2016 Author Share Posted July 3, 2016 Thanks for all the likes. We had a great weekend at Basildon. SAD again picked up best layout in show as voted for by the visitors. What was pleasing was the number of layouts, including us allowing youngsters to operate some part of the layout. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted July 4, 2016 Author Share Posted July 4, 2016 (edited) A photo of SAD with the trophy. Please excuse quality of photo; it had been a good weekend. Edited July 4, 2016 by westerner 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westerner Posted July 8, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 8, 2016 A rare visitor to Kingsbridge Regis D817 Foxhound 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Maroon Warship..............WOW................Now your talking, :sungum: Think I'll dig mine out from North Road Shed where it's sat for the best part of a Month, and run it tonight when my mate comes around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted July 21, 2016 Author Share Posted July 21, 2016 For those who like their maroon warships in B&W and for those who like them in full glorious technicolor 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 22, 2016 Superb shots, Alan. I'm not the greatest fan of modern B&W shots, but that one really needed a close look to show it was a model. I would have to say "job done"! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 Thanks Ian. I normally add a very small amount of noise after I've converted the image to B&W. to me that gives the photo that Bradford Barton look. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westerner Posted August 5, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 5, 2016 A little change from all those hydraulics Lotherton Hall awaits the arrival of the parcels train behind Dinmore Manor before departing for Newton Abbott and points further North. 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted August 5, 2016 Author Share Posted August 5, 2016 Just wondered what it might look like in B&W 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Nice pics Alan, I do like the Manors. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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