well filled baps The Sheep Chronicles : These are the adventures of a Sheep, the Works Forecat and Naughty George,

[NHY 581]

The show went well. Plenty of visitors and Sheep Dip seemed to be well received. 

 

All in all, the locos behaved........unless they are being filmed by Callum, when,  for one Peckett in particular it all became a bit much. 

 

Simply put.......... enjoyable. 

 

Rob. 

[MrWolf]

Re Peckett, that's probably only a bit of stage fright. It's not so bad if you're in the chorus, but when you're playing lead and only doing it a few times a year!

 

 

[Ramblin Rich]

Glad you had a good day Rob. One of the pesky Pecketts was in the shed when I went around late on.

Had a good time round the exhibition, including a drive on @DLT 's Bridport Town, caught up with @Cowley 47521on Moors View and a bit of a chat at Sheep Dip. 

Hope tomorrow goes well.

 

Edited June 27, 2022 by Ramblin Rich
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[Captain Kernow]

A couple of views of 'Sheep Dip':

 

 

[Captain Kernow]

Possible caption competition?:

 

[Oldddudders]

"Notice at no time do his hands leave his wrists!"

[RodneyS]

"I have to leave the controller there because I forgot the buffer stop".

[Brinkly]

Really lovely to see you, Rob. Sheep Dip is a lovely little layout. A most enjoyable couple of hours at Exeter. 

 

All the best,

 

Nick. 

[Stubby47]

Rock, Paper, Scissors  - the Solitaire version.

[Gilbert]

1 minute ago, Stubby47 said:

Rock, Paper, Scissors  - the Solitaire version.

"Sheepy no mates...."

[mudmagnet]

A bit stormy in these parts ....

[NHY 581]

5 minutes ago, mudmagnet said:

A bit stormy in these parts ....

 

Cor !!!

[mudmagnet]

Try these two.

 

A super layout Rob. Good to catch up today.

[Fishplate]

14 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

Cor !!!

 

Indeed!

[mudmagnet]

One last one for now!

 

[Gilbert]

Presumably his Sheepiness is still on the road.....

[BroadLeaves]

1 hour ago, mudmagnet said:

 

57 minutes ago, mudmagnet said:

Quite superb.

[Winslow Boy]

1 hour ago, mudmagnet said:

Try these two.

 

A super layout Rob. Good to catch up today.

 

Yep definitely the second one. No if's or buts it's the second one. Absolutely brilliant.

[MrWolf]

13 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

Possible caption competition?:

 

 

"When I woke up three days later, there's a wedding ring on my finger, the memsahib is going to kill me...."

[MrWolf]

13 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

A couple of views of 'Sheep Dip':

 

 

 

Wonderful scene Rob, that undergrowth is really convincing, both in appearance and placement.

[NHY 581]

Morning all. 

 

Thank you all for the kind words and encouragement. 

 

 

10 hours ago, BroadLeaves said:

 

Quite superb.

 

 

 

Mudders, thank you for those photos. Amazing!! Especially when you consider that your tripod was operating at it's absolute limit !!!

 

 

 

In summary, the show went well. Quite amusing how many people started their conversation with "you're that sheepbloke aren't you ?".........

Lots of putting faces to names from both Rmweb and Western Thunder. 

 

Sheep Dip behaved very well. Fearing the worst, I took three Pecketts, an 08 and an 03.  I used the same Peckett and the 08 all weekend, cleaning the track once on Sunday morning as a precautionary measure. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operationally, it was okay. I got into a bit of a rhythm  with a couple of moves and they served me well in between much chatting. The ludicrously small fiddly area lived up to expectations. It was ludicrously small. However, it added to the fun and was viable for a two day show.......as long as you accepted the obvious limitations. 

 

Main topics were regarding the static grass, bushes and weathering but much intrigue over the presentation and the use of the Swedish baseboard...

 

 

 

Funnily enough, no comments about the display height, pokey finger points or tension locks. People seemed to understand. A few asked about the 'EM gauge' trackwork...........

 

Lots enjoyed the fact that you looked into rather than down on the layout and could peer around or through the bushes. 

 

 

 

Overall, I think a few things clicked this weekend. Loading and unloading was straight forward. Set up was quick and things would have been running within 15mins on Friday evening had I had mains power. The layout was dismantled equally as quick yesterday. 

 

There are still a few minor jobs to do beford Dip's next appearance at the Cardiff Show in August. There are also a couple of potential invites for next year. 

 

 

 

I may well be back there next year, subject to any clashes with other events which have been pencilled in. 

 

This week then will see a bit of a tweak given to Bleat Wharf ahead of the Penarth show  this coming weekend. 

 

 

Rob. 

 

[Winslow Boy]

 

You see people know quality when they see it. Glad it went well and you had a good time. Onward and upward. Fame beckons.

On 24/06/2022 at 08:07, NHY 581 said:

 

 

Edited June 27, 2022 by Winslow Boy

[Captain Kernow]

13 hours ago, mudmagnet said:

Try these two.

 

A super layout Rob. Good to catch up today.

The sky just lifts an already good layout scene right up there into the sublime.

 

I'd be very interested to understand a bit more about how you did that, Richard, please?

 

[JustinDean]

1 hour ago, Winslow Boy said:

 

You see people know quality when they see it. Glad it went well and you had a good time. Onward and upward. Fame beckons.

 

Fame does beckon for the sheepbloke- just noticed he’s not far off 1 million views for this thread! 
 

Jay

[mudmagnet]

3 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

The sky just lifts an already good layout scene right up there into the sublime.

 

I'd be very interested to understand a bit more about how you did that, Richard, please?

 

 @Captain Kernow, many thanks.

Well to start with, you need to have a good subject matter and the layout looks superb, already with atmosphere.

 

I took around 15 focus stacked images (RAW files), opened into Lightroom then into Photoshop to blend together into one image to increase the depth of field. I removed some of 'non-model' elements, than back into Lightroom to crop and adjust the white balance. Then  again using Photoshop, used a sky replacement before back into Lightroom to crop to add some shading / highlights. Exported as a JPG and then to here!