D6775 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 26004 1.jpg If only Time machines actually existed! This shot of 004 is stunning, will hopefully run again one day. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 (edited) Thanks Dave I'm sure you are probably cheesed off with people keep on asking similar questions. I knew the colours you used, but was interested in the method. Not at all Derek. It's very easy for information like that to get lost in a thread of 60 pages and I wouldn't expect anyone to read through every page in the vague hope that they might find the information they are looking for when they could just ask. I'm more than happy to answer any questions. Cheers Dave. Edited November 12, 2014 by Waverley West Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I've found a couple of more 1980s Waverley pics for you Dave. 26s this time, hope you like 'em. 26006 26040 Mal 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 I've found a couple of more 1980s Waverley pics for you Dave. 26s this time, hope you like 'em. 26006 26006 at Waverley.jpg 26040 26040 at Waverley.jpg Mal Like 'em? I love 'em! Brilliant, thanks. Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwordsmith Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I've just realised what's wrong with your layout Dave - the pics are brilliant, but you always get great light, whereas as Mal's pics show, the wether in Edinburgh is 'gey dreich' most of the time. Now how to add that washed out grey feeling.... Yours ( with a smile!) Peter 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 I've just realised what's wrong with your layout Dave - the pics are brilliant, but you always get great light, whereas as Mal's pics show, the wether in Edinburgh is 'gey dreich' most of the time. Now how to add that washed out grey feeling.... Yours ( with a smile!) Peter Funnily enough, Peter, I had noticed exactly the same thing!! There's plenty of grey cloud around here at the moment mind... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwordsmith Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 DON'T OPEN THE WINDOWS! The drops won;t scale down when they come through it! :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derekstuart Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Of course you are looking at photo's that must be in the region of 30 years old and no matter how good the photographer, age will make them look artificially gloomy compared to modern cameras. I was in Edinburgh one time and it was sunny. (It's where I used to spend many of my holidays as a kid, up with Grandparents) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I think I may have posted this before, however, it may be of interest to new followers. Seeing a Class 25 arriving at the west end of Waverley station wasn't much of a surprise, however, when it proceeded to back down on to the Dundee service, usually a 27 turn, I was pleasantly surprised. Mal 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted November 14, 2014 Author Share Posted November 14, 2014 (edited) Edited November 14, 2014 by Waverley West 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derekstuart Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Dave, I take it when you take those photo's, the train is actually running at speed and you just have to try and pan the camera around at the appropriate speed?(if that's not a trade secret and you haven't been asked 200 times already) I did something not too dis-similar with a brochure for work, but it involved a heavy commercial vehicle going into lane 2 of the M1 whilst I shot past in lane 1 to get the photo- it came out looking a similar effect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted November 14, 2014 Author Share Posted November 14, 2014 Dave, I take it when you take those photo's, the train is actually running at speed and you just have to try and pan the camera around at the appropriate speed? (if that's not a trade secret and you haven't been asked 200 times already) I did something not too dis-similar with a brochure for work, but it involved a heavy commercial vehicle going into lane 2 of the M1 whilst I shot past in lane 1 to get the photo- it came out looking a similar effect. Yes, Derek, that's right. Shutter speed is usually around 1/20 - 1/25th of a second with a fairly slow moving train (despite the impression of high speed!). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grow45 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Thanks Dave, I'm glad you liked the pic. It certainly was unusual to see those 20s at the time. It was early evening and I was just about to return to my hotel. I've found a few pics of 27s on the Dundee service. 27012 27012 at Waverley.jpg 27020 27020 at Waverley.jpg 27037 27037 at Waverley.jpg Mal Mal Those photos took me back in time. I spent quite a bit of time travelling between Edinburgh and Dundee in the eighties. Any chance you can provide dates for any of the photos. Would be really odd to think I might be on one of those trains. Thanks g45 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Sorry, I didn't record the dates for those pics, although it woud be early 80s. Here's another one for you, a 27 passing Haymarket shed with a Dundee - Edinburgh service. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 Sorry, I didn't record the dates for those pics, although it woud be early 80s. Here's another one for you, a 27 passing Haymarket shed with a Dundee - Edinburgh service. img278.jpg Brilliant, thanks again Mal. That's a pretty good reference photo of that signal which will come in very handy! Interesting to see just 3 coaches on that service too. Love the 25 on the Dundee service too! Cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted November 16, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 16, 2014 I notice there's a CK in the train and one of the earlier pics at waverley had a BFK. Unusual to have 1st class on these services, but not unknown - maybe just down to what stock was available at the time. Great to see pics of these trains, bread and butter services for me in Kirkcaldy. There's a great YouTube video of the last days of the 27s by jbg06003, lots of these trains usually with a 4 coach mix of mk1/mk2z. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Brilliant, thanks again Mal. That's a pretty good reference photo of that signal which will come in very handy! Interesting to see just 3 coaches on that service too. Love the 25 on the Dundee service too! Cheers Dave Hi Dave - here is the other side of that signal, taken from the stump of the embankment that used to take the Caledonian branch over the NB line, sorry about the size of the scan, I can get you a bigger one if it is any use. Jim 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danim Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 (edited) I've just realised what's wrong with your layout Dave - the pics are brilliant, but you always get great light, whereas as Mal's pics show, the wether in Edinburgh is 'gey dreich' most of the time. Now how to add that washed out grey feeling.... Yours ( with a smile!) Peter Well here is a photo taken earlier this month on the east side of the station https://www.flickr.com/photos/danim007/15659198586/ also since you were looking for some photos of the east side anyway https://www.flickr.com/photos/danim007/15684511222/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/danim007/15682912955/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/danim007/15684496912 https://www.flickr.com/photos/danim007/14898908352 https://www.flickr.com/photos/danim007/14712674968 and a shot of the outer platform https://www.flickr.com/photos/danim007/14712743357/in/set-72157644737938996 Edited November 16, 2014 by Danim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 Hi Dave - here is the other side of that signal, taken from the stump of the embankment that used to take the Caledonian branch over the NB line, sorry about the size of the scan, I can get you a bigger one if it is any use. haymarket472.jpg Jim Hi Jim, That's brilliant, many thanks. A bigger version would be even better too! Never satisfied, am I? Cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 I notice there's a CK in the train and one of the earlier pics at waverley had a BFK. Unusual to have 1st class on these services, but not unknown - maybe just down to what stock was available at the time. Great to see pics of these trains, bread and butter services for me in Kirkcaldy. There's a great YouTube video of the last days of the 27s by jbg06003, lots of these trains usually with a 4 coach mix of mk1/mk2z. Thanks keefer, my ever-watchful coach guru! Duly noted. Cheers Dave 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Brilliant, thanks again Mal. That's a pretty good reference photo of that signal which will come in very handy! Interesting to see just 3 coaches on that service too. Love the 25 on the Dundee service too! Cheers Dave After checking my spotting book, I can confirm that the loco is 27018. The date was 11.6.82, which I believe may have been a Sunday, possibly accounting for only 3 coaches. On shed at Haymarket on that day was 26004 Mal 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunmar Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Great pics of the layout Dave! Glad your here - otherwise wouldn't be able to appreciate all those pics being posted by your ' art directors ' Bill. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 (edited) Hi folks, Just thought I'd post a few pics of my progress on the depot, as it's starting to look a bit different now at last. I have glued down the concrete areas and primed them ready for painting. I actually quite like them as they are (Halfords grey primer rubbed down with fine emergy cloth), but I think I can get a better look using Woodland Scenics paints. So these areas are now ready for painting. I have also been ballasting in the depot area. Most of this has now been finished, but it needs a bit of tidying up, especially around points and the edges where it butts up against the concrete. This is the state of play at the moment. Unfortunately, poor works management has led to a pile-up on the main line outside the depot as a result of materials being left lying on the track. Words are to be had with the person responsible, as no trains can run at the moment. The next jobs will be painting the concrete proper and finishing off the trackwork around the depot, including weathering of course. The works manager has obviously been spoken to as well, as there's a line-up of stock ready to be released from the works, including Test Car 6 and the first 101 DMU. A Heljan 47 has had attention to a bogie (slipping of the carden shaft - this has now been glued in with SuperGlue). Following my success with the sound in 58050, BR blue 56013 has had a bass enhanced speaker fitted and 31174 has had buffer beam detailing fitted. 97201 is now ready for the final touches too, including fitting of a sound chip and bass enhanced speaker. Next to enter the works will probably be another 101, but there has long been a general shortage of bog-standard Blue 47s on the layout, leading to a crisis whenever 47510 is in the works, so I have been hatching a plan to cascade bodies and chassis from less frequently used 47s to add to my BR Blue 47 fleet as I have quite a few spare bodies. Some research has led to 47553, 47466 and 47004 being possible new additions at the moment. I also have a body for 47076 City of Truro, which because of the printed nameplate cannot really be renamed without extensive work, so this might appear too, despite meaning that it would be well away from its normal stamping ground. Hope to be back soon with some more piccies. Cheers Dave Edited November 18, 2014 by Waverley West 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Looking great David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Hi Dave, The depot area is looking great. If you have any pics of fitting the speaker to the class 56 I would be interested as I might try and fit sound to my blue one at some point. 47004 would be a good choice I think it had ploughs and still had a working boiler until quite late. I have seen pics of Western region class 47s in Scotland so 076 would be fine and add a nice bit of variety. Sounds like you have a very full workbench, looking forwards to the 101. Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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