RMweb Premium Grafarman Posted June 7, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 7, 2014 Excellent; well deserved! Don't stop now... David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Excellent; well deserved! Don't stop now... Extend the layout and call it Apapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapa Park? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steve Purves Posted June 8, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 8, 2014 Extend the layout and call it Apapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapa Park? Or a series of boxes all interconnected and call it Apa Plexing.. Ill get me coat Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Works fine for "Bankside"... http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/83738-bankside-00-network-south-east-apa-layout/?p=1473725 Apa Park, Bankside and others really make me want to dig out my little Apa box and do something creative instead of having stuff resting on it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Only-Me Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Impressed Steve, Congratulations. I may be tempted to enter Tormouth next year if it gets finished! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 75C Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Echoing all the other comments - well done! Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cklammer Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Well done! Now for a lot of operational videos ... or just rig a webcam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David41283 Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Wow - congratulations Steve. I would love to have made it to Westbury, but was at Legoland with the kids. (clearly some of the modelmakers there like railways - surprisingly good renditions of locos!) Congratulations on the well deserved trophy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steve Purves Posted June 9, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 9, 2014 Right, Now I have had chance to regroup… Firstly thank you all for such kind wishes and comments, I don’t hold much confidence for my own ability and this project – as a return to modelling – was a bit of a practice run… The reception on the day was nothing short of remarkable, quite a few of my little booklets went (basically a chronological print off of photos and captions from the forum in A5 booklet format) and there were so many people taking inspiration from seeing the toy box evolve. The most common thing I heard all day was ‘isn’t it small’, well yes it is, and I suppose I hadn’t realised as I was building it the impression it would give to those people viewing it for the first time or those who have only seen photo’s online. The box holds a kind of Tardis effect, having drawn you in its bigger on the inside! The height of the tables weren’t ideal, being a bit low. The casual observer wouldn’t have seen the station at all! Again, on the plus side, once you stop and look, the lower you go the box draws you in and it reveals more and more. I did think about a set of legs but this would then destroy everything that made the box ‘small’ The exhibition in itself was great, the selection of layouts were for me excellent (some might say D+E biased) a good selection of trade and secondhand were on offer. I had number two son with me and no assistant for the day so action was a bit lacking on my layout, only being able to move stuff briefly between walks to see more ‘shoo shoos’. What next for Apa Park? Well I have been pondering this over the weekend. I really would like to bring it to a wider audience, so possibly look in to a magazine article or some carefully selected exhibitions (due to family commitments) I am planning its successor already (two plans, but which to do first?) but I could be persuaded to sell for the right price, there are a few little bits left to do to completely finish it off, so I will probably potter along with these until one of the above happens! I didn’t get chance to take many pictures at the show due to having my hands rather full but here’s two that I did manage… Street level. Apa Park by Steve Purves, on Flickr Station level. Apa Park by Steve Purves, on Flickr Steve 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 75C Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Right, Now I have had chance to regroup… Firstly thank you all for such kind wishes and comments, I don’t hold much confidence for my own ability and this project – as a return to modelling – was a bit of a practice run… The reception on the day was nothing short of remarkable, quite a few of my little booklets went (basically a chronological print off of photos and captions from the forum in A5 booklet format) and there were so many people taking inspiration from seeing the toy box evolve. The most common thing I heard all day was ‘isn’t it small’, well yes it is, and I suppose I hadn’t realised as I was building it the impression it would give to those people viewing it for the first time or those who have only seen photo’s online. The box holds a kind of Tardis effect, having drawn you in its bigger on the inside! The height of the tables weren’t ideal, being a bit low. The casual observer wouldn’t have seen the station at all! Again, on the plus side, once you stop and look, the lower you go the box draws you in and it reveals more and more. I did think about a set of legs but this would then destroy everything that made the box ‘small’ The exhibition in itself was great, the selection of layouts were for me excellent (some might say D+E biased) a good selection of trade and secondhand were on offer. I had number two son with me and no assistant for the day so action was a bit lacking on my layout, only being able to move stuff briefly between walks to see more ‘shoo shoos’. What next for Apa Park? Well I have been pondering this over the weekend. I really would like to bring it to a wider audience, so possibly look in to a magazine article or some carefully selected exhibitions (due to family commitments) I am planning its successor already (two plans, but which to do first?) but I could be persuaded to sell for the right price, there are a few little bits left to do to completely finish it off, so I will probably potter along with these until one of the above happens! I didn’t get chance to take many pictures at the show due to having my hands rather full but here’s two that I did manage… Street level. Apa Park by Steve Purves, on Flickr Station level. Apa Park by Steve Purves, on Flickr Steve Wow. Truly stunning, atmospheric etc etc and a whole bunch of other superlatives... Great work in a short space of time. Magic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shreives Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Congratulations steve. What you have created is just fantastic. will be watching for your next project. stuart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steve Purves Posted June 10, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 10, 2014 Had to take this shot this morning, the trophy and the layout in comparison… Trophy and Layout by Steve Purves, on Flickr I have just realised I hadn’t posted a picture of the station without a train in it… so here you go. station detail by Steve Purves, on Flickr My next project for the next few weeks/months will be to bring all my stock up to scratch for an impending magazine article… I started last night by adding end details to two of my locos, as seen below. I now need to aquire an ‘air dam’ for the front of my Dapol 66 before detailing that and my Farish 60. I have a Farish 37035 (dutch) on the way that will be similarly treated, they will all be blown over with varying levels of dirt and weathering before I start on the wagon sets… buffer beam detailing by Steve Purves, on Flickr 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddletank Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Now there's an inspiration - N gauge layout set on a piece of full size rail! Does bring it home just how small N gauge really is. Enjoy the magazine article, and be sure to fly the flag for APA and micro layouts - any hints which mag? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steve Purves Posted June 10, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 10, 2014 All will be revealed very soon... Thats not actually full sized rail. It appears to be about 1/2 size cast in brass! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Holmes Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Most definitely well deserved. Congratulations. It's been fun to watch the layout develop on these pages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steve Purves Posted June 19, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 19, 2014 (edited) Had an attempt at weathering last night, I don’t want to go too heavy on it but wanted a light dusting. This is the first time I have tried weathering with an airbrush and I am quite pleased with the results… Weathering progress by Steve Purves, on Flickr Weathering progress by Steve Purves, on Flickr Weathering progress by Steve Purves, on Flickr Weathering progress by Steve Purves, on Flickr Edited June 19, 2014 by stevepurves 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steve Purves Posted June 26, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 26, 2014 Did a spot more weathering last night on the set of PCA’s and my new 37. The 37 will be renumbered to 37012 because as far as I can tell that was the only dutch/0 that carried black headcode boxes. Have decided to move on my JGA’s as they were a bit too modern in their depiction and have a set of BAA steel coil carriers coming in their place. Now I need two sets of numbers for 37012, a buyer for the JGA’s and possibly aquire one more set of wagons but I’m not sure what will be next… (a few more seacows won’t go amiss) 20140625_204307 by Steve Purves, on Flickr 20140625_204140 by Steve Purves, on Flickr 20140625_204116 by Steve Purves, on Flickr 20140625_203531 by Steve Purves, on Flickr 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steve Purves Posted June 30, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2014 (edited) Some new acquisitions arrived on Saturday courtesy of NGF member Stevieboy, a rake of 5 railfreight BAA steel coil wagons. I have decided to fit these with cradles rather than stanchions, these being glued to the wagon and the loads left loose (so I can show them loaded or unloaded) The next job on the cards is to grime these up as they always seem covered in brake dust in real life. I’m not sure about the loads yet, I may repaint the coils to a better colour? Grid on the Steel by Steve Purves, on Flickr Under the Bridge by Steve Purves, on Flickr Empty BAA's by Steve Purves, on Flickr Whilst photographing the wagons I had a very quick play with video mode. I’m not sure if it works well but heres some basic efforts. If it is well received I may put a short operating sequence together. Edited June 30, 2014 by stevepurves 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CourthsVeil Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Yeah, put them together and pls add a couple of more sequences… Well done! Seems to me I must bring my APA box up from the cellar and fill it with something sensible. Armin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David41283 Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Hi Steve, The videos look good. Just a couple of tips from my own experimentation... Purchase a generic digital camera mini-tripod, mine cost £7 from Argos. This means that the camera is absolutely static and then you can edit knowing that the frames will fit together and the viewer won't be able to tell where you've cut and spliced the clips. The generic video editing tools on a PC or Mac are actually pretty good and self-explanatory! I've got quite into making videos - planning a few more now! Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steve Purves Posted July 1, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 1, 2014 I did think about that, although I haven't found one that grips a mobile phone as yet (all pictures on this thread are either Samsung Galaxy S3 or S4) I have now run the videos through the youtube stabilisaztion program and it seems to have helped. I will have a go at putting something a bit more professional (my younger brother is a director of photography - http://www.karlpoyzer.com/ ) I will have to try and twist his arm... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Followers of this topic may wish to see Apa park in October's BRM - if so please cast your vote - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/87624-brm-october-rmweb-edition-choose-your-content/ 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 75C Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Followers of this topic may wish to see Apa park in October's BRM - if so please cast your vote - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/87624-brm-october-rmweb-edition-choose-your-content/ Absolutely! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steve Purves Posted July 9, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 9, 2014 Thanks for all the votes so far... Updates on Apa Park will be few and far between now, as my new project is underway. I consider Apa Park to be pretty much finished and available for shows and the like. There are a few little things I would like to add, streetlights along the front road and overbridger for one, a few more people on the station being another. I plan to add a standpipe in the road with hose running to the nearside line in the yard for servicing my new Black Five when it arrives. My new project, currently nameless is also using Apa Boxes, a pair - spliced together. I was unsure whether it belongs here or in the main layout section, as the Apa Box mentality is firmlly in the micro layout camp, but now with the overall scenic area being just over 4 foot long, this is not what I consider a micro layout in N gauge! The thread can be found here... http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/87597-apa-something/ Micro or not? what do you think? Honorary Micro as it uses Apas? anyway, the thread is currently residing in the layout topics sections... Finally, Many thanks for all the kind words and ecouragement on this, my first scenic railway from scratch by myself. Steve 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
durham light infantry Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 The twin box is definitely a micro; Carl Arendts definition is less than four square feet, and the twin squeezes in by a couple of inches. Is the new new project another one? Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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