gridwatcher Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 (edited) New shack in front centre....being played with for position and definitley NOT fixed as yet!. The newer looking house will now be up near the shops/bar/station. This one more Allentejo traditional has the dipped roof ridge and the outdoor oven/BBQ thing. Apologies for poor pic quality Edited February 11, 2016 by gridwatcher 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest B Exam Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 New shack in front centre....being played with for position and definitley NOT fixed as yet!. The newer looking house will now be up near the shops/bar/station. This one more Allentejo traditional has the dipped roof ridge and the outdoor oven/BBQ thing. Apologies for poor pic quality My dream house! When I win the lottery.... More exceptional work in HO! Great stuff! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gridwatcher Posted February 18, 2016 Author Share Posted February 18, 2016 (edited) The ramshackle old cottage has been planted and has sprouted a car port and garden 'shed' also Log piles etc etc. Apologies from Maclolm for the extra log piles inadvertantly left in the '5 foot and a bit' An old Golf and a Vespa complete the Iberian Penisular idyll! Might be the prefect 'Des-Res' for an English Electric fan who likes Super Bock, Sagres and Port?? Edited February 18, 2016 by gridwatcher 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest B Exam Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 The ramshackle old cottage has been planted and has sprouted a car port and garden 'shed' also Log piles etc etc. Apologies from Maclolm for the extra log piles inadvertantly left in the '5 foot and a bit' An old Golf and a Vespa complete the Iberian Penisular idyll! Might be the prefect 'Des-Res' for an English Electric fan who likes Super Bock, Sagres and Port?? Can't be me then... I like anything thats orange and chocolate coloured with diagonal white stripes on the front that makes some noise - especially if the horn sounds like a ship in fog... PS.... You forgot the Vinho. A nice verde or a full bodied Dao Tinto.... Anyway more excellent work. Cannot wait to see the layout in the flesh! Have we a expect OK date? By the way, the station chef is on his way over, wanting to know who left a pile of logs in the 5 foot.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gridwatcher Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 The 'Big Lego Loco' gets its first spin on C de L. Kit built and rather rare sound fitted CP MLW on some tasty Sud Express cimento tanks! The scenery on this centre board is now looking almost finished. Just one more to go and we are nearly there! Malcolm's scenic work is even better in the flesh than it looks here. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted March 3, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 3, 2016 The ramshackle old cottage has been planted and has sprouted a car port and garden 'shed' also Log piles etc etc. Apologies from Maclolm for the extra log piles inadvertantly left in the '5 foot and a bit' An old Golf and a Vespa complete the Iberian Penisular idyll! Might be the prefect 'Des-Res' for an English Electric fan who likes Super Bock, Sagres and Port?? Needs a left hand drive Mk1 Escort estate parked outside also. I wonder if you can get them in H0? Regularly see one when on holiday on The Algarve on my inland bike rides around Alte. Looking good. Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest B Exam Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) The 'Big Lego Loco' gets its first spin on C de L. Kit built and rather rare sound fitted CP MLW on some tasty Sud Express cimento tanks! The scenery on this centre board is now looking almost finished. Just one more to go and we are nearly there! Malcolm's scenic work is even better in the flesh than it looks here.The MLW looks quite at home sat there on those cimento wagons.... Now to prod the hornets nest.... Its not quite right for the 1980s. Only in the right livery for the period 1991-Nov 1995. Having looked at a slightly larger picture, the loco number looks like 1566 (rare cow for me on passenger - less than 40 klics). If it is 1566, to be true 1980s, the bufferbeam should be chocolate brown to just below the buffer line/coupling (cannot quite tell in the photo due to weathering), no multi working socket on the bufferbeam just below the top of the frame, no cabside works date and a large CP logo on the bodyside. For the period post Nov 1995 until the Mid 2000s, it should be a pinkish orange livery as the paint used at this time faded rapidly! 1409/1467, 1501 and 1934 went pinkish orange at the sametime due to fading. Also the numbers in the number boards at the top extreme end of the big nose should be clear and not white and of a different typeface. Again 1409/1467 and 1501 were the same. IIRC, 1566 still has this type of number boards. Anorak now back on the coat hook. But as I said earlier... Looking at home! Just keep up the good work, whoever is doing their little bit! We just need the Lisboa contingent to get his finger out (pun intended!) and we may have a nice Alsthom to go with the rest of the fleet... I need to have a lie down. All this talk of CP land means I must be due a visit... Only 41 days and counting.. . Edited March 4, 2016 by B Exam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 I'm coming to this topic rather late. Is anything available in the way of Portuguese metre gauge in HOm? I'm toying with the idea of a freelanced line in a former Portuguese colony. (I was toying with freelancing the railways of San Serriffe but now have another idea.) Cheers David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest B Exam Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 I'm coming to this topic rather late. Is anything available in the way of Portuguese metre gauge in HOm? I'm toying with the idea of a freelanced line in a former Portuguese colony. (I was toying with freelancing the railways of San Serriffe but now have another idea.) Cheers David Unfortunately nothing available at the moment. I have a Arlo-Microkit resin bodied Alsthom diesel running on a Bachmann HO GE 44 Tonner chassis, so not quite HOm. Its been bad enough modelling normal HO "broad gauge" using standard HO track. It is improving though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gridwatcher Posted March 18, 2016 Author Share Posted March 18, 2016 Some dual gauge Regua-esque across the bridge and a wee narrow gauge 'vignette' would float my boat!!.... is anyone keeing the narrow gauge locos alive Mark or are they all just lying dead? Engines being started etc etc ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest B Exam Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Some dual gauge Regua-esque across the bridge and a wee narrow gauge 'vignette' would float my boat!!.... is anyone keeing the narrow gauge locos alive Mark or are they all just lying dead? Engines being started etc etc ? Now that I would like to see in HO scale Simon. Extention for Campo do Leste in the future? That bridge would keep Malcolm occuppied for a couple of nights scratch building it! A nice little Narrow Gauge depot at the end in the 'V' of the junction to go with it.... As for narrow gauge locos, no idea now theres no track to run them on apart from the dual gauge bit out of Regua to the previously mentioned Junction. I'll make some enquiries when I next visit in a few weeks time and report back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gridwatcher Posted March 18, 2016 Author Share Posted March 18, 2016 Cheers Mark. It would be nice if somebody started them up and moved them around a little to keep life in them?? Like 1805!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Scottish Modeller Posted March 18, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18, 2016 Hi all, Just for Simon really! Came across this earlier whilst looking for something else. https://www.flickr.com/photos/69838920@N04/albums/with/72157629695009516 Check out the albums listed - whole load of Protugese stuff! Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest B Exam Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Hi all, Just for Simon really! Came across this earlier whilst looking for something else. https://www.flickr.com/photos/69838920@N04/albums/with/72157629695009516 Check out the albums listed - whole load of Protugese stuff! Thanks I wonder who put all them photos on Flickr..... Me! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Scottish Modeller Posted March 18, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18, 2016 I wonder who put all them photos on Flickr..... Me! Seeing as you have no name attached to your RMWeb profile... How would we know? But - thanks anyway.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gridwatcher Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 B Exam is a very elusive creature Phil! More aliases than Jason Bourne......! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGR Hooper! Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 This seems to be an interesting thread. I must look through it closely tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest B Exam Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 B Exam is a very elusive creature Phil! More aliases than Jason Bourne......! Who the heck is Jason Bourne....? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gridwatcher Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 Who the heck is Jason Bourne....? Jason Bourne CIA operative in film series of same name...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest B Exam Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Jason Bourne CIA operative in film series of same name...... Still never heard of him or the film series.... Sheltered life I must lead.? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gridwatcher Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share Posted April 6, 2016 Gratuitous 'bumping' of the thread OR trying to live the dream and not for much longer now as Malcolm sets about the last bit: The station area, next. We will recreate all these scenes in 3D 1:87 scale! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gridwatcher Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 Not a lot to report from Whickham which might be a good sign? No news might mean lots of activity? Anyway here is a wee shot of an appropriate locomotive for Andrew D's (158722) birthday which is today! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest B Exam Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 (edited) Not a lot to report from Whickham which might be a good sign? No news might mean lots of activity? Anyway here is a wee shot of an appropriate locomotive for Andrew D's (158722) birthday which is today!Yes Happy Birthday Mr D. 21 again....? Simon, Now you should of had a picture of this loco just for Andrew.... https://flickr.com/photos/69838920@N04/8183048596/ Edited May 13, 2016 by B Exam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gridwatcher Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 How so Mark? 45 today..... and the old Takargo nail is the beast>? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest B Exam Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 (edited) How so Mark? 45 today..... and the old Takargo nail is the beast>? 1449 is the better loco out of the Takargo twins. 1463 in my phot is Andrew's last one for haulage! Not that he's likely to get it for haulage, as by October he'll be busy and have his hands full...! I don't think he'll will be using the spare room as a railway room somehow... Edited May 14, 2016 by B Exam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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