allan downes Posted September 3, 2014 Author Share Posted September 3, 2014 Played a little game with this to see if a small signal box could be built in a day and this is as far as it got - short of a wall vent, down pipe and coal bunker and staying power. Better pics tomorrow when all said bits are stuck on and the staying power's refueled with cornflakes and a slice of carbonized toast ( my turn to do breakfast you see !) Cheers. Allan 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted September 3, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 3, 2014 Are you flogging all these signal boxes to Pete Waterman ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 And again in the sunshine. This is the ninth box in as many weeks, even less, so I've gotta find somethin' else to do ! Cheers. Allan 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythocentric Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 And again in the sunshine. This is the ninth box in as many weeks, even less, so I've gotta find somethin' else to do ! Cheers. Allan SMALL LNER SIGNAL BOX 2 005.JPGSMALL LNER SIGNAL BOX 2 004.JPGSMALL LNER SIGNAL BOX 2 007.JPG Windmills come in quite a wide variety Allan! Regards Bill 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 Polperro, the directors cut ! And a loose cannon from the past. Cheers. Allan. IMG_0006.pdf 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 What about an offshore windmill? Must be loads of those around? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythocentric Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 What about an offshore windmill? Must be loads of those around? Good thinking mullie, but whats wrong with those seacows? Regards Bill (heading for cover at a high rate of knots!) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 A few more pics of yesterday's work. Loads yet to come ! Cheers. Allan 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold teaky Posted September 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 5, 2014 Love the film. A classic from Shakespeare's little known rock'n'roll western period. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted September 6, 2014 Author Share Posted September 6, 2014 A small hipped roof Midland Signal Box. The previous box to this was supposed to be the last of the signal box run but the wife saw something similar abandoned and unloved alongside some long forgotten railway on the internet,felt sorry for it so got me to build it but looking all brand new - you don't argue with wifies and even more so with their logic, you just get on and build it! Cheers. Allan 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted September 6, 2014 Author Share Posted September 6, 2014 Of cathedrals and such. Cheers. Allan 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 (edited) Not sure about the last four cathedrals, are they economy versions!! Of cathedrals and such.Cheers.Allan IMG.jpgIMG_0001.jpgIMG_0002.jpgIMG_0003.jpgIMG_0004.jpgIMG_0005.jpgIMG_0006.jpgNot sure about the last four cathedrals, are they economy versions? Anyway the first three are real! Edited September 6, 2014 by mullie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted September 6, 2014 Author Share Posted September 6, 2014 Not sure about the last four cathedrals, are they economy versions!!Not sure about the last four cathedrals, are they economy versions? Anyway the first three are real! They were knocked up to annoy Robinson, anyway, where is he ! Cheers. Allan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted September 6, 2014 Author Share Posted September 6, 2014 A coupla castles. The first one, and the only shot of it I have, was made in ten days for the BBC ( what for I have no idea and have never seen it but I think it was something to do with a night shot in some Dracula crap !) out of fire cement and the stonework worked up with a guitar pick. The second one was built out of Slaters heavy dressed stone and there was twice as much again when it was finished and was built for a layout of epic proportions that never got finished as the owner lost interest. Cheers. Allan 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold teaky Posted September 6, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 6, 2014 I think I still have a copy of RM with that first castle in it. Individually cut sandpaper roofing tiles IIRC. Of course, I was very young when I bought it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 A selection of close ups. Cheers. Allan 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweven Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Amazing catalogue of buildings Allan. It made me wonder just how many windows you have installed in model buildings over the years. Assuming an average of one building per week, allowing you 4 weeks off per year and being generous with your age I figure it is in the region of 30,000! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted September 8, 2014 Author Share Posted September 8, 2014 That's quite frightening considering that brass etched windows average out at one pound a window ! Cheers. Allan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Come on Iain let's have some archive shots from you now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Harlem Steel mock ups. Before the Harlem Steel layout was built, I built these mock ups to get some idea as to how it would look, then when I finally did built it, it looked nothing like this at all ! Cheers. Allan IMG.jpgIMG_0001.jpgIMG_0002.jpgIMG_0003.jpgIMG_0004.jpgIMG_0005.jpgIMG_0006.jpg I've been fascinated by this since I was first made aware of it. Hours of fun to be had in working out what all the base bits and bobs are! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted September 8, 2014 Author Share Posted September 8, 2014 Yet more picies!! Anyway, I'm ploughing through them so not too many left - but there is an American O16 Narrow Gauge epic to come that MR wanted to run with but had to fold because lack of interest shown in their International Railways mag so I'm not sure where to put it. Should I open up a new thread or keep it wrapped up in this one ? Cheers Allan 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Yet more picies!! Anyway, I'm ploughing through them so not too many left - but there is an American O16 Narrow Gauge epic to come that MR wanted to run with but had to fold because lack of interest shown in their International Railways mag so I'm not sure where to put it. Should I open up a new thread or keep it wrapped up in this one ? Cheers Allan I'd like to see it on here, Allan - even though I've never been Stateside, in some ways that there Yankee stuff seems less foreign to me than does the Gee Dubya Ahr. (Where's mah Kevlar vest ...) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium The White Rabbit Posted September 14, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 14, 2014 Is everyone so gobsmacked by Allan's American modelling they're stunned into silence? Well, from steak to burgers. Two pictures of my latest instalment (there's more in October's Modeller ... ). Not scratchbuilding but simple kitbashing and an attempt to show folks you can achieve acceptable results without needing impossible levels of cash, time or talent. Good enough to be inspirational but not so good it scares newcomers to the hobby. This diorama's a good advert for Metcalfes but they do good kits and with a bit of imagination you can make them look even better. I'll be at Shipley next weekend, demonstrating/displaying with the diorama below (the August Modeller) - if you are there, do say hello, though if you hang around for long, I'll probably try and sell you something! 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 They must be running Escape to the Country back to back or he's finally discovered Fantasy Homes by the Sea and he's become addicted. He can't say he wasn't warned! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalfytich Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Nothing posted since 14th September? Allan must have built a whole railway system by now Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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