black and decker boy Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 The Standards at the Roundhouse. The 9F (Evening Star), on the left in the first picture, is the latest model from the Great British Locomotive Magazine and stands up quite well to the superb Bachmann 9F on the right. The handrails are moulded on this cheap model, but in the first picture they look like seperate wires. Great little layout filler for a cheap model. Apart from that one all the rest are superb Bachmann models. I can't believe the level of detail sometimes and they are relatively cheap compared to models of European engines. P1050393 (FILEminimizer).JPG P1050416 (FILEminimizer).JPG P1050417 - Copy - Copy - Copy (FILEminimizer).JPG P1050417 - Copy - Copy (FILEminimizer).JPG P1050417 - Copy (FILEminimizer).JPG P1050417 (FILEminimizer).JPG In this last shot - the mirror and layout are seamless and the trick appears to work quite well. Bl**dy hell, they are amazing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRUNFOS Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 The works again. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 In this last shot - the mirror and layout are seamless and the trick appears to work quite well. There's a mirror?!? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post PaternosterRow Posted May 24, 2014 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2014 Rise of the Diesels at the Roundhouse. A few more piccies of the latest offering from the Great British Locomotive Magazine collection. The Class 55 Deltic - not a bad representation for a cheap affair. Unfortunately, the paint job lets it down - note the unequal yellow painted skirt toward the front. It's actually more accurate in the profile though than its Lima neighbour - if ony they'd have made a better effort with painting then these models would undoubtedly fly off the shelves. I was intrigued by 45059's earlier comment about my pictures being the equivalent of Railway pornography! I was a wee bit taken aback at first because they have an unusual habit of placing Railway magazines next to Porn mags on the shelves in the shops here in Ireland and I'm always embarrassed when I go to flick through the latest issue of BRM etc. So much so that I tend to shift a few metres further down the aisle whilst browsing lest anyone thinks I'm a bit of an old perv! Anyway, and especially for 45059, here is some more 'Rail Porn'. Perhaps we should get Andy Y to start up another magazine and call it 'Rail Boy' or even 'Block House' and I can then browse without embarrassment in my local magazine shop! To answer C&WR's enquiry - the mirror is on the left (right behind the 9F in the top photo) - look carefully and you'll see the faint double image in the reflection. 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DLT Posted May 24, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 24, 2014 look carefully and you'll see the faint double image in the reflection. Nope, cant pick it out at all. So is the model actually a quarter of a Roundhouse? Do you have a thread running on it? Very impressed, Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Alder Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 (edited) "I was a wee bit taken aback at first because they have an unusual habit of placing Railway magazines next to Porn mags on the shelves in the shops here in Ireland and I'm always embarrassed when I go to flick through the latest issue of BRM etc." Same in my newsagent's here - always feel its going to give dirty old men a bad image....... Seriously, superb atmospheric work, and I too would like to see more. Edited May 24, 2014 by Ben Alder 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted May 25, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 25, 2014 So I'm the only one shuffling back down to the porn so you don't get branded a rail enthusiast then?! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Alder Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Not the only one.. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post westerhamstation Posted May 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 25, 2014 (edited) Next stop Chevening Halt Edited May 25, 2014 by westerhamstation 27 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 A chilly night 'on shed' at Wells Green excellent graffiti looks the business Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted May 25, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 25, 2014 excellent graffiti looks the business Thanks Jaz! It's quite fun to handpaint, my workbench page has a bit more detail, I'm ruining a big load of wagons at the moment!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted May 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 25, 2014 I didn't even see the graffiti! And I mean that in a good way - deliberately don't look at it in real life! It is that good. Kev Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PaternosterRow Posted May 26, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 26, 2014 Nope, cant pick it out at all. So is the model actually a quarter of a Roundhouse? Do you have a thread running on it? Very impressed, Dave. Hi Dave, sorry for not replying sooner (hectic probs here at the moment) and thanks for the kind comments. It is a quarter scheme and there is a thread - press the blog button on my member profile (I'm not sure how to put in a link) and you'll see some construction pics. I found that to get the mirror trick to work I had to set it at exactly 90 degrees - this took a bit of fiddling at first because my base wasn't quite square - these are problems you get by using bits of scrap wood! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren01 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Early morning ,waiting for the day's duty. spring 1961 Exeter riverside yard. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post darren01 Posted May 26, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted May 26, 2014 (edited) 2-6-2 waiting to run round it's train, Barnstaple Jnc 1958. Edited May 26, 2014 by darren01 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PaternosterRow Posted May 26, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 26, 2014 (edited) Hi Darren, Just love this layout. Great seamless integration with backscene. How do you do your brambles and hedgerows - they're brilliant! Mike Edited May 26, 2014 by PaternosterRow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted May 26, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 26, 2014 Yes.Very nice Darren.Here's another of the 45xx class,this time 4540 at Tigley Junction in the summer of '47. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post black and decker boy Posted May 26, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted May 26, 2014 (edited) One from Railex this past weekend: Gweek North Quay by Falmouth & district MRC What I love about this and some of the other layouts at the show is the fact you cannot easily tell from the photos what scale the model is. Beautiful scenery is an art. Edited May 26, 2014 by black and decker boy 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren01 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 (edited) Hi Darren, Just love this layout. Great seamless integration with backscene. How do you do your brambles and hedgerows - they're brilliant! Mike Hi The hedgerow was made using C+L horse hair. or as they call them sprigs cut in to lengths and then sprayed with wood glue and then dipped in leaf scatter. The bramble bushes where made by ripping up some of the sprigs and just painting dab of wood glue on and the leaf scatter. hope this helps. Darren Edited May 26, 2014 by darren01 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren01 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Next stop Chevening Halt Hi Was scrolling through i thought someone had slipped a real photo in. Cracking good shot and works so well,well done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 205 and 37 running through Kalborough early in the morning, before the main commuters. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post westerhamstation Posted May 27, 2014 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 27, 2014 Brasted Station coal yard 29 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 serious workmanship turning coffee stirrers into that.....sublime Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted May 27, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 27, 2014 A seriously filthy mogul 93xx class 9319 passes Tigley Junction with a short parcel train in the summer of '47. 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Kalborough Union Station Approach 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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