RMweb Premium 65179 Posted December 13, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2023 32 minutes ago, queensquare said: ….and here they are in situ. The aluminium angle to the left of them is where the old loaded/empty cassettes docked on the colliery. These will go but not sure what’s going in that space yet. I have a good selection of small buildings to choose from. This batch includes a couple of plate layers huts but also sheds, thunder boxes, a pigeon coop and some beehives. A lot of miners kept a pig so that’s another possibility. I want it to be interesting without being twee! Jerry Are these kit-built scratchbuilt or ready to plonk structures Jerry? Simon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted December 13, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2023 15 minutes ago, 65179 said: Are these kit-built scratchbuilt or ready to plonk structures Jerry? Simon All of the above! The two plate layers huts are really nice little etches from Severn models, the others are a combination of some resin castings I picked up in a rummage box - unknown origin - and plasticard. With 20’ x 10’ to fill they’ll all find a home! Jerry 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Morgan Posted December 13, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2023 3 hours ago, queensquare said: I have a good selection of small buildings to choose from. This batch includes a couple of plate layers huts but also sheds, thunder boxes, a pigeon coop and some beehives. A lot of miners kept a pig so that’s another possibility. I want it to be interesting without being twee! How about a model of your model railway shed (full interior detail of course) 🙂 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Like the doo'cot. Keeping homing pigeons was very common in mining areas. Jim 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post queensquare Posted December 16, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2023 Bit of gardening in front of MOTD this evening. Veg, pigeons and chickens - bit more to do. Still like the idea of a pig in the far cottage! Jerry 32 1 3 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted December 17, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2023 looks good Jerry. You should have made a pigscott a square of garden walls basically with a dividing wall partway across and one side roofed over. An entry gate in the open side. When we had one I raised the roof and covered it all for a layout but it got taken over by the ducks. I do you a sketch if you want. Although it might be too big for one of those gardens Don 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon D. Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 How about some Modelu N gauge rats? Lurking under the pigeon coop. https://www.modelu3d.co.uk/product/31103/ They actually come out quite well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon D. Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 How about some Modelu N gauge rats? Lurking under the pigeon coop. https://www.modelu3d.co.uk/product/31103/ They actually come out quite well. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Square Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Could do with longer tails - a bit of wire maybe? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted December 17, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 17, 2023 If you have chickens, you have rats. You could also have Peter Rabbit. Tim 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted December 17, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2023 7 hours ago, Simon D. said: How about some Modelu N gauge rats? Lurking under the pigeon coop. https://www.modelu3d.co.uk/product/31103/ They actually come out quite well. Bit small to worry about in 2mm! 4 hours ago, CF MRC said: If you have chickens, you have rats. You could also have Peter Rabbit. Tim We have chickens so almost certainly have rats though I never see them - except the remains of an occasional dead one. I suspect our two cats and the numerous other cats belonging to our neighbours keep things under control! Living in a rural area I’m not too bothered about rats, they perform a very useful function clearing up the mess we humans leave behind! I have a couple of rabbits on the colliery Tim. Kim used to complain that the uncoupling magnets weren’t marked - you had to remember where they were - so I added a couple of rabbits, their little white tails being just about sufficiently visible! 😊 Jerry 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Morgan Posted December 18, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 18, 2023 Here is my Peter Rabbit on Freshwater, with some of his un-named family: Also plenty of cats and a couple of foxes to keep them in check. I only purchased a pack of 5 rabbits from Modelu, but I seem to have a couple of dozen now. 11 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post queensquare Posted December 18, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 18, 2023 Pigs, barrow, bath and bike - I think that will do! This has been a really enjoyable little fireside project. Hopefully I’ll find time over Christmas to work up the ground around it. Jerry 38 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambiedg Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 19 hours ago, queensquare said: Pigs, barrow, bath and bike - I think that will do! This has been a really enjoyable little fireside project. Hopefully I’ll find time over Christmas to work up the ground around it. Jerry I thought that first sentence was your Xmas list for Santa 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted December 19, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 19, 2023 1 hour ago, lambiedg said: I thought that first sentence was your Xmas list for Santa Its a pretty good list. We always have pork for Christmas, I could do with a new barrow, I always have a bath at Christmas whether I need one or not and who doesn’t love a new bike!! 😊 Jerry 3 3 1 1 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted December 19, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 19, 2023 Your easily pleased Jerry. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post queensquare Posted December 22, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2023 (edited) I was sent to the workshop for a couple of hours this evening as kim had wrapping to do so I thought I’d knock up some puddin’ and bed in the cottages. The puddin’ consists of sculptamold mixed with water, pva and a squirt of paint to give a colour that can only be described sludge! Before spreading the mixture around I slipped some shiny plasticard between the boards so that I could take them apart should the need ever arise. The cottages, which straddle the join, are removable. I’m still undecided about the rather nice plaster cast thatched cottage. Tomorrow I’m charged with entertaining our two grandsons in the workshop whilst kim and our daughters prep our big family meal - the only day of the year I don’t do the cooking! Expect some high speed running on the N gauge roundy, roundy - what fun !! Jerry Edited December 23, 2023 by queensquare 20 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 65179 Posted December 22, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 22, 2023 11 minutes ago, queensquare said: I was sent to the workshop for a couple of hours this evening as kim had rapping to do ... Nice! Expanding her repertoire? Adding a bit of Snoop Dogg etc to the usual classics? 1 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 65179 Posted December 22, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 22, 2023 15 minutes ago, queensquare said: I was sent to the workshop for a couple of hours this evening as kim had rapping to do so I thought I’d knock up some puddin’ and bed in the cottages. The puddin’ consists of sculptamold mixed with water, pva and a squirt of paint to give a colour that can only be described sludge! Before spreading the mixture around I slipped some shiny plasticard between the boards so that I could take them apart should the need ever arise. The cottages, which straddle the join, are removable. I’m still undecided about the rather nice plaster cast thatched cottage. Tomorrow I’m charged with entertaining our two grandsons in the workshop whilst kim and our daughters prep our big family meal - the only day of the year I don’t do the cooking! Expect some high speed running on the N gauge roundy, roundy - what fun !! Jerry Looking good Jerry. I like the new vistas this is opening up. Have fun tomorrow! Simon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 34 minutes ago, 65179 said: Nice! Expanding her repertoire? Adding a bit of Snoop Dogg etc to the usual classics? Available on YouTube or your preferred streaming service? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted December 22, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2023 36 minutes ago, 65179 said: Nice! Expanding her repertoire? Adding a bit of Snoop Dogg etc to the usual classics? Spellcheck !! - although we did once do Subterranean Homesick Blues - proto rapping! 4 minutes ago, mullie said: Available on YouTube or your preferred streaming service? We are on YouTube - blues and Americana but no rapping! Jerry 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 65179 Posted December 22, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 22, 2023 39 minutes ago, queensquare said: Spellcheck !! - although we did once do Subterranean Homesick Blues - proto rapping! We are on YouTube - blues and Americana but no rapping! Jerry Yeah, Bob Dylan isn't really singing at the best of times, is he? 😉 I'll get my coat... Simon 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VRBroadgauge Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Merry Christmas Jerry. Have a great 2024. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted December 22, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2023 24 minutes ago, 65179 said: Yeah, Bob Dylan isn't really singing at the best of times, is he? 😉 I'll get my coat... Simon His Bobness. You can go off people you know! 😊 Jerry 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 2mmMark Posted December 23, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 23, 2023 9 hours ago, 65179 said: Yeah, Bob Dylan isn't really singing at the best of times, is he? 😉 I'll get my coat... Simon With his guitar & harmonica rack, I think he missed a trick by not strapping cymbals to his knees, a drum on his back and adding a kazoo. 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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