georgeT Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Hello Adrian, Cracking idea, thanks for sharing, l need some bramble for 'Ashcombe' George Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted June 12, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 12, 2014 So, the important question is, does it make good bramble jam? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Oh to have the time to make hedges and Brambles! But if/when I do, this is how I'm making them Adrian, you are my scenics Hero! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Well ........ I suspect .............. So, the important question is, does it make good bramble jam? ........... probably tastes more like Dishwater ...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted June 12, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 12, 2014 Well ........ I suspect .............. ........... probably tastes more like Dishwater ...... It has a spongy sort of texture,and tastes a bit like chicken. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted June 12, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 12, 2014 It has a spongy sort of texture,and tastes a bit like chicken. But which bit of the chicken? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Where is the "UGH!" emoticon, I need it urgently ...... But which bit of the Chicken? .................. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 But which bit of the chicken? The.....KFC or Mac D, bits'................ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 The.....KFC or Mac D, bits'................ That could be a useful nugget of information if you can work it out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 That might take a Mathematician ...................... That could be a useful nugget of information if you can work it out. ........................ equipped with a Pencil .......... ... ......... ........... ....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted June 13, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 13, 2014 The train now approaching platform one (the only Platform) will be the next train for Westerham. 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold nest Posted June 13, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 13, 2014 What a fantastic shot Adrian, very atmospheric. I've never really noticed your grass before for some reason, what do you use? Nestor 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted June 14, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2014 What a fantastic shot Adrian, very atmospheric. I've never really noticed your grass before for some reason, what do you use? Nestor Hi Nest, the long grass is Woodland Scenics WFG173 Light Green Field Grass, with a mix of Jarvis stactic grass summer mix put down first. All the best Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted June 16, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2014 Summer is here, who's for a ice lolly, or ice cream. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold nest Posted June 16, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2014 Summer is here, who's for a ice lolly, or ice cream. Which depending on what kind of summer we get this time either means it'll melt all over your hand or just add to your already frozen body... Great picture as always as well Nestor 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Me Me Me! I just need to get out of this tree and hope I don't scratch my knees on the brambles getting over the fence 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted June 18, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 18, 2014 Where does all this rubbish keep coming from. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted June 18, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 18, 2014 Lovely little details, and exquisite colouring as usual. I see you got my drum of Esso oil, but blimey, you haven't looked after it very well, I'm sure it was shiny and green when I sent it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Humans are messy....so messy adds realism....nicely done Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted June 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2014 Hi adrian, its not just the skill of putting your plans into action, it's your imagination as well that amazes me. The fact that you can add everyday (I hope you don't mind if I add mundane) detail that to all intents and purposes I wouldn't even notice out in the real world. I was just wondering, completely on a tangent, but do you have any animals on your layout at all? I was just imagining a cat looking out from that tubing. Gosh I've got a lot of reading to do to catch up with everyone! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 a cat in the shadows, almost obscured would probably look fairly realistic. I think I know why he avoids people,etc. 99/100 always look like plastic figures, even the best of them are hard to get movement and life into. Here you get that lazy Sunday afternoon, before all the supermarkets and shops opened. When people sat down and ate Sunday lunch together, then perhaps took a walk in a deserted village to burn off all those calories. Not even the pubs were open. It's like walking into a bygone era.The only time of day when there was any gathering was when the church bells rang. Something else that you do not hear nowadays.Not round here anyway. simple pleasures, and when the pub opened a sit in the saloon with half a pint of shandy. And for me...it works perfectly......you get the sense....that some little scruffy 7 year old kid in knee length trousers is about to come racing around the corner with his equally little scruffy dog.He ha a tennis ball and there gonna play fetch, and maybe sit in that little pipe. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 stunned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted June 25, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2014 a cat in the shadows, almost obscured would probably look fairly realistic. I think I know why he avoids people,etc. 99/100 always look like plastic figures, even the best of them are hard to get movement and life into. Here you get that lazy Sunday afternoon, before all the supermarkets and shops opened. When people sat down and ate Sunday lunch together, then perhaps took a walk in a deserted village to burn off all those calories. Not even the pubs were open. It's like walking into a bygone era.The only time of day when there was any gathering was when the church bells rang. Something else that you do not hear nowadays.Not round here anyway. simple pleasures, and when the pub opened a sit in the saloon with half a pint of shandy. And for me...it works perfectly......you get the sense....that some little scruffy 7 year old kid in knee length trousers is about to come racing around the corner with his equally little scruffy dog.He ha a tennis ball and there gonna play fetch, and maybe sit in that little pipe. Hi Jaz, I did originally think about who would populate Westerham and what sort of figures could I use, but as time went on and I got further into the making of Westerham they seemed to me not to be so important, and I liked the idea of a quite, dusty, sunny day with nothing much happening, of people not doing anything in particular, listening to Family Favourites on the wireless while the Sunday roast cooked, while the branch line just did what it did best which was not a lot. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted June 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2014 stunned. Adrian - please be gentle with this chap. On another thread, freebs offered a compliment about the tunnel portals. Whereupon the layout owner suggested he get out more..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Strathwood Posted June 26, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2014 (edited) Agreed, less is more where figures are concerned. Just the signs of life such as the odd door and window left open or ajar works far better for me than figures in some crazy pose as though they were caught by the old children's television programme "The Magic Boomarang" for those too young see www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8_LDgRdOQs Figures only work for me if they are in stationary poses, ie sitting down, leaning against a wall etc and even then not too many of them. At the risk of lots of hate mail the same principle applies to the abundance of shiney out of the box cars, buses, lorries etc forming some sort of stationary traffic jam on layouts otherwise meant to be depicting times when such things were only to be found in the centre of cities. Once again the odd car parked up works far better to my tastes. If you like lots of model cars and buses then change them around each time you have a running session, with most of them spending time in a box or nearby drawer. Hence, I like so many others it seems are enjoying the pictures of Brasted with the odd car and pick up thrown in from time to time. Keep up the good work. Kevin Edited June 26, 2014 by Strathwood 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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