RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted December 19, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 19, 2014 Superb work there John. I too have only just found this thread....such a lot on here to keep up with! I'm particularly impressed with your 'cobbling' work. Scribing is the only way to model convincing cobbles/sets in my view. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted December 19, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 19, 2014 (edited) At 14-06 . And the same to you John; thank you for sharing your work with us - it's one of my real pleasures when I see you've posted an update to the forum. At 14-14. Christmas greetings.jpg Blimey , Andy knew what was coming , be afraid , very afraid . Edited December 19, 2014 by Sidecar Racer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killybegs Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 At 14-06 . At 14-14. Blimey , Andy knew what was coming , be afraid , very afraid . Don't panic! Immediately after checking my the posting, I deleted it as I wasn't happy with the presentation, but Andy had beaten me to it! I reposted it after going back into Photoshop to play around with the lettering. Hence the seemingly out of order postings. Sorry to spoil the fun! And yes, I know I could have just edited the post but I had a must have had a senior moment! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Killybegs Posted December 22, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2014 Seeing as it's nearly Christmas and I had a few spare minutes to play around on the laptop, here's an overall view that includes most of what will be the scenic section of the layout. 30 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Hi John, that last shot above is really nice, well done. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted December 22, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2014 That's a beautiful shot John. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted December 22, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2014 Wow! Must be very satisfying for you to see things turning out so well after all those years (if I remember correctly you've had this project planned since before Clinkerford?). The design is clever I think, because we get the grand sweep of the embankment but also the detail of the canal/factory/shed scene. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killybegs Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 Wow! Must be very satisfying for you to see things turning out so well after all those years (if I remember correctly you've had this project planned since before Clinkerford?). The design is clever I think, because we get the grand sweep of the embankment but also the detail of the canal/factory/shed scene. Worseter was started when we moved into our new house, so that would be early 2002. I worked on it for about a year but, during that time I collected Clinkerford from where it was in storage in the UK. When the boxes were opened and Clinkerford erected, SWMBO wanted to know why it wasn't finished! (It had been on the exhibition circuit for eight years in various stages of completion).Over the next eight years, work stopped on Worseter while I finished off Clinkerford (very slowly as I was still working and also concentrating on my photography). Once Clinkerford was sold, work recommenced on Worseter, the fiddle yard could be lowered into position permanently and 'repaired' and I started by building rolling stock and a couple of locos. The rest, as they say, is history! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted December 22, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2014 That is looking super! Love the Malverns backscene - that will also be on the western boundary of Abbotswood phase 2 Have a very merry Christmas John Kind regards Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Finally caught up with your thread, John. Quite superb! Happy New Year and look forward to more, thanks for sharing this with us. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kempenfelt Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 My word John, Worseter's coming on a treat!! Happy New Year to you and the family! Best Wishes Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killybegs Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 My word John, Worseter's coming on a treat!! Happy New Year to you and the family! Best Wishes Paul And the same to you Paul. Hope to bump into you sometime this year! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 (edited) I do like ( more than just pressing the like button) that overall shot. I also think the way you have handled the change from 3D canal to canal on backscene is superb. Edited January 2, 2015 by westerner Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyneux Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Loving the back scene with the Malverns! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rail-Online Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Loving the back scene with the Malverns! To say nothing of the 30 wagon freight train! Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriscleveland Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Superb work so far some really nice photography too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killybegs Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) The factory is pretty well finished. While the first coat of paint is being allowed to harden, I have turned my attention back to locos, in particular an elderly Airfix GWR Prairie Tank that I picked up second hand. The plan is to upgrade the body and put it on a Martin Finney chassis (which I just happen to have lurking, unbuilt, in my stock cupboard). As the weather is keeping me indoors today, I decided to make a start on one side. Moulded handrails, tank steps and solid steam pipes have been cut off and footplate and steps have been thinned down. The front of the smokebox has been removed, I will be scratch building a new one. Photoghraphs do highlight where there's a little more scraping to do on a couple of the handrails! Before ..... After ....... Edited January 11, 2015 by Killybegs 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TrevorP1 Posted January 11, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 11, 2015 The factory is pretty well finished. While the first coat of paint is being allowed to harden, I have turned my attention back to locos, in particular an elderly Airfix GWR Prairie Tank that I picked up second hand. The plan is to upgrade the body and put it on a Martin Finney chassis (which I just happen to have lurking, unbuilt, in my stock cupboard). As the weather is keeping me indoors today, I decided to make a start on one side. Moulded handrails, tank steps and solid steam pipes have been cut off and footplate and steps have been thinned down. The front of the smokebox has been removed, I will be scratch building a new one. Photoghraphs do highlight where there's a little more scraping to do on a couple of the handrails! Before ..... 4109.01.jpg After ....... 4109.02.jpg 4109.03.jpg Will be following this with interest, one of the best looking tank engines on any railway! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killybegs Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 Work is progressing on the Prairie. I decided that before going too far, I should actually mate up the Airfix body with a Martin Finney chassis (borrowed from another loco). I had already checked that it was basically OK but I needed to check ride heights, etc. Initially it sat high at the front but this was largely cured by thinning the valances where they clashed with the cylinders and motion brackets. The final correction was achieved by a little thinning of the footplate at the front of the loco. I have also been working on the bunker. The coal and cab rear section was removed from the body and the cab and bunker fender cut off and cleaned up. The cab rear was extended to floor level and tool boxes and other internal detailing added. The rear edge of the roof was thinned to look more prototypical and to allow the rear to be inset. There's still some tidying up to do here. The top edges of the bunker were thinned down as much as possible. A false bottom was put into the bunker to take real coal in due course. This was set at a level to line up with the notch that I cut in the top of the bunker to match the bunker fender. The original fender was tidied up and extended down to meet the new false bottom. The butchery was tidied up with a little Milliput filler. The last job was to fill the two gaping holes in the bunker that take the Airfix chassis. The floor to the bunker will be fitted later after weight has been added. A chassis retaining nut will be firmly secured to the upper side before fitting. I need to make up some sort of backhead detail in the cab before fitting the floor to that. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rail-Online Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 (edited) John, How does the Airfix body compare dimensionally against the prototype? Are you going to change the Chimney and Safety Valve? Tony Edited January 13, 2015 by Rail-Online Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Excellent work John, looking really nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killybegs Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 John, How does the Airfix body compare dimensionally against the prototype? Are you going to change the Chimney and Safety Valve? Tony Tony, Dimensionally it's pretty good. As this is a 'budget' project, the chimney and safety valve will stay. It will be out-shopped in BR unlined green, so the safety valve cover will be painted anyway. John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted January 13, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 13, 2015 Watching with interest as I have an old airfix large prairie that a school friend gave me, which I think I will now dig out and detail Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killybegs Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 Watching with interest as I have an old airfix large prairie that a school friend gave me, which I think I will now dig out and detail Go for it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted January 14, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2015 Once I get either my Mitchell Mougul or 4500 chassis working I think I will give it a go. Not had a whole lot of success getting the clearances right on an outside cylinder p4 loco yet, the Mougul has given me no end of problems! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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