Andrew P Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Not THOMAS then? hahhahhaha, or Percy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
technohand Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Congrats and well done.You deserved to win.Our layout didn't make the cut. Might be finished by Expo-EM South. It will become the groups EM demo layout at exhibitions. Once again well done!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jason T Posted September 18, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2015 Thanks very much. The layout is et up again, this time at the clubhouse for the Shipley show this weekend. We are on the ground floor next to Hornsey Broadway and Culm, with Wansbeck Road nearby, esteemed company indeed. A few shots taken earlier: 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted September 18, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2015 Jason, be afraid, very afraid as I am hoping to visit the show tomorrow so watch for wagons mysteriously falling off all over the place! baz PS shall I bring an EM gauge A3 or two???? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Thanks very much. The layout is et up again, this time at the clubhouse for the Shipley show this weekend. We are on the ground floor next to Hornsey Broadway and Culm, with Wansbeck Road nearby, esteemed company indeed. A few shots taken earlier: I remember you having a little difficulty with the camera while taking pictures of Bacup a while back, Jason, but you've obviously mastered it now. These shots are excellent! But then, everything you've shown us shows your ability to raise your game steadily (not to forget Chris's input of course!) See you Saturday morning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted September 18, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2015 Fantastic stuff Jason. Just needs a few weeds here and there. Oh and a cat...and a rat... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted September 18, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2015 I feel sorry for the bloke with the wheel barrow. There are three huge hoppers for the coal, and he's got one barrow to shift the coal into the boiler room. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted September 18, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2015 I feel sorry for the bloke with the wheel barrow. There are three huge hoppers for the coal, and he's got one barrow to shift the coal into the boiler room. He's lucky. In my day I had six hoppers twice that size and only a teaspoon to shift the coal. And I was blindfolded. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted September 18, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2015 He's lucky. In my day I had six hoppers twice that size and only a teaspoon to shift the coal. And I was blindfolded. A teaspoon... That were luxury Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted September 18, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2015 A teaspoon... That were luxury Andy Sorry, there's me being all flippant and hadn't seen the new photos.. Fantastic. In the shot with the little man and the wheel barrow that could be 'Wallace' Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted September 18, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2015 Sorry, there's me being all flippant and hadn't seen the new photos.. Fantastic. In the shot with the little man and the wheel barrow that could be 'Wallace' Andy In that case he needs a dog not a cat. I stand corrected. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted September 18, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2015 (edited) That third shot across the front of the hoppers looking up the steps is superb Jason, absolutely spot on. Love the weighing scales, as well. Al. Edited September 18, 2015 by acg_mr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Thanks very much. The layout is et up again, this time at the clubhouse for the Shipley show this weekend. We are on the ground floor next to Hornsey Broadway and Culm, with Wansbeck Road nearby, esteemed company indeed. A few shots taken earlier: Those pictures look great - it would be interesting to see the second and third in black and white: I think they would be hard to distinguish from photos of a real location somewhere. Ps congratulations on the award for the layout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted September 18, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2015 Hope all goes well at Shipley and that you have a great weekend. Hope I get to see the layout soon, I'll bring you some blue diesels to play with. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jason T Posted September 18, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2015 I won't be there for long Barry, as baby duties outrank train duties. Hope to see you in the morning though. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sheep Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I won't be there for long Barry, as baby duties outrank train duties. Hope to see you in the morning though. Just don't do what I did and buy a motorcycle and you should survive! Congrats on the little one, you've got many happy moments and memories ahead - mine's just started playing with Brio 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted September 20, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 20, 2015 Just don't do what I did and buy a motorcycle and you should survive! Congrats on the little one, you've got many happy moments and memories ahead - mine's just started playing with Brio There's plenty of time to teach him or her about gauge, sleeper spacing or even connecting rods. There are folks out their that think Brio is finescale... Some of them ain't even seen a town before. Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jason T Posted September 20, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 20, 2015 I have had three hours of a sleeping baby this evening, which has afforded me the pleasure of doing some modelling. As such, I managed to finish the LNER mineral wagon and get most of the way through an LMS steel sides van. Both of these are Cambrian kits, whose idiosyncrasies I am now getting used to. Both are (or will be) shod with Lanarkshire buffers, the chunky brake gear replaced with spares from Parkside kits and the dummy safety loops on those replaced with staples (still to be done on the van). Crap photo I know, but baby was waking up 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jason T Posted September 21, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 21, 2015 Those shots really were awful so I took some more. Many may find wagons dull but I love building kits and also much prefer freight over passenger stock. We probably have enough stock for the layout in it's later period now but I have a fair few wagons already painted but awaiting lettering & weathering, these two and at last count, 10 other kits to build. Variety is, after all, the spice of life. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark axlecounter Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Morning Jason. Hope all is well Glad to see the mill in the flesh at em north but I think I had just missed you. And whats sleep ha ha!!!!!! I think we get about 3 hours between feeds ( just like me always hungry ). But as I say hope all is well buddy keep up the good modelling. Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted September 21, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 21, 2015 Jason, just so you know, once they get to their teenage years, your kids sleep all day... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted September 21, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 21, 2015 Nice job on those wagons; I also end up with a backlog of them which get as far as painted (at least in primer) but sit awaiting transfers for ages. Have you been following the recent articles in MRJ on modelling the different varieties of LMS van, modified from the Cambrian kits? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jason T Posted September 21, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 21, 2015 I have, and fancy having a go at a couple of them but won't be for a while. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted September 21, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 21, 2015 Those shots really were awful so I took some more. Many may find wagons dull but I love building kits and also much prefer freight over passenger stock. We probably have enough stock for the layout in it's later period now but I have a fair few wagons already painted but awaiting lettering & weathering, these two and at last count, 10 other kits to build. Variety is, after all, the spice of life. image.jpg image.jpg image.jpg image.jpg I've got one of those van kits on the go at the moment, so I'll be interested to see how you get on with it. I didn't replace the brake gear, but probably should have done; I like the idea of using staples for the safety loops. I did however replace the roof with one made out of 20 thou Plastikard, as it seemed easier than trying to get rid of the thickening in the middle of the ends. Will it be in BR livery and if so have you got any transfers in mind for it? I used a set of numbers from Cambridge Custom Transfers Sheet BL5 (M147495) although I'm not convinced it's right for this type of van - LMS Diagram 1828 seems to have covered all these steel bodied vans although there were differences in the doors and sides, as explained in the MRJ article. I enjoyed watching The Mill being put through it's paces at Shipley yesterday, and had a chat with Chris about construction techniques, etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jason T Posted September 21, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 21, 2015 Hi, I will probably use HMRS Methfix transfers for both (and both will be BR livery) as although they are fiddly, I like the lack of carrier film that can be a pain to disguise / trim round. I'm glad you liked the layout. I'm looking forward to whatever exhibition comes next, when I might actually be able to attend and operate it 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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