ChrisN

Mikkel,

Lack of skill?  I think not!

Just what everyone else has said about your update.  It is not only clever it is also have the ability to see things differently.  Those little cameos are genius.  The only problem with them is that if anyone else does it they will be accused of copying you, even if they had a signalman/boy up a ladder polishing the glass or relighting the lamp.

My wife says that you must have all your modelling out all the time as it takes me about 20 minutes just to get started.

All the best

Mikkel,

Lots of nice touches there.  Did I read on a thread somewhere they put score marks where the fishplates are to make it look like two rails joined together.  Probably only visible in a cruel close up though.  The brick wall as a back scene is a clever thought.

Mikkel,

I have followed your thread with interest but it is nice to see it in one place.  I think everyone else has said it all but it is just amazing.

How are you going to recreate the 'stable' smell?  :-)

Mikkel,

Nice to see this all in one place.  I still need to paint my Edwardian loco crew which is as far as I am prepared to go in backdating the Hornby model.

Swirls:  could use some kind of grease applied by cotton buds but how to fix it? 

Mike,

Well done so far.  Just amazing.

Mike,

Have you got other modelling tasks to be doing while you think?  It is always good to do something as I stops frustration setting in.  (Umm, maybe hat is why I have probably at least 8 things on the go at once.)

Yes Mike very clever.  It does make a build an accomplishment for each part rather than needing the whole thing finished before you get a result.

Just a question, wot I fought of tonite as I red this.

Are you going to model the accident as the accident with smashed up locos and coaches, or as two trains rapidly approaching each other so that you can still have working models if you want to, or a crash where the parts are just lying around, the coaches of course still upright as they are broad gauge?  You have probably said this before but I have missed it.

Mike,

How interesting, and you have managed to end up with a four coach train with all the coaches different!  Why have two coaches the same, it would make life boring. 

You are right to post research, just as it is right to post 'how I did it' modelling.  It is just as much part of the modelling.  I look forward to the build.

Mike,

Again very interesting.  I am a bit worried by the number of broad gauge trains off the rails, especially as Brunel claimed it was safer at high speeds.  He is looking a bit sheepish on my painting table at the moment.  Talking of which thanks to that kind Mr Stadden will Blanche's mother make an appearance, or will she have not travelled that far?

Mike,

Very interesting, and very valuable and necessary research.  It is interesting that the driver was in charge of the train as almost up until now the guard was in charge.  Luggage still on the roof, I hope it was tied down well.

Mike,

Thanks for the link to my carriages, I think I may just stick to brass kits for a while, although I suppose if you find that it does not work/ fit then you know who to blame if it is scratch built.

Mike, I am glad you used my technique of rolling on a mouse mat before I posted it.  We could speculate on time travel of thoughts but perhaps not. 

The GWR double tumblehome is quite interesting to execute, and I do like the streamlined nature of the coach.  More seriously well done on the build.   Your method of hinges is interesting, I have seen them as vertical extensions of the drop lights.  Do you intend to add handles and grab rails?  I may have a few if needed.

Mikkel,

Very interesting, brilliant article.  I had never considered where they kept the horses.  I knew about the Paddington one but never though about smaller places.   On my layout who transports goods from the Goods yard, where does Robert Parry the Coalman keep his horse?  I think the answer is, 'somewhere else', but from a historical point of view, would it have been somewhere else together, or did they all have their own stables?

Late again!  What a wonderful carriage,  and I do like your description of its making.  I cut my teeth with brass on Shire Scenes coach sides and made a jig of aluminium angle and G clamps, although I seem to remember a steel rule as well.  The advised method for the tumble home was a rod of some sort and roll it on the back of a mouse mat so it pushed it in.  It sort of worked but I think in the end I did what you did and just pushed it round although I has a inch dowel rod.  I will have to catch up as I am four behind.

Very interesting and clever idea.  it seems to work quite well although I am not sure how the traverser works at the front, unless I have missed something.

I read an article, I think, unless it was in a book, about the practise of drivers having their own engine, but I cannot remember when I read it or what in.  I have had a quick look in my magazines that I have and cannot find it.  However, it was dying out if not almost completely gone by 1905, so maybe not important.

A loco that has not been cleaned for a week, I would think a light to medium weathering, just not pristine.  Then there are stories of goods trains being held in a lay by siding all day, not from the GWR of course, where the only thing the crew had to do was clean their engine.

Very interesting and looking very good.  It does look different and interesting which means I am glad that the Cambrian only ever built in the 'proper' gauge otherwise I would get nothing done.  ( is 00 BG, as compared to 4mm BG, 24.57mm wide?  ;-) )

Nearly wrote this the last time I was here but did not, and it may be completely spurious.  I read somewhere, and it must have been pre BR who never cleaned anything, that express locos were cleaned daily, secondary passenger, twice a week, and goods locos once a week.  That could have been relating to between the wars when wages were relatively higher though.  If however, a loco only had one driver, (is there a thread on that or have I read about how the practise was discontinued elsewhere?) then they would have taken a pride in keeping it clean.

It was the fashion in the early Victorian period for men to only button the top button of their jackets, although it may have lasted until the end of the century.  It is interesting to note that men doing quite hard physical labour would attend to such things, unless it was just for the photo.  Still it shows quite an attention to appearance that I am not sure is still around today.

Interesting project, and I will catch up gradually.

Mike,

How did I miss the start of this blog? This looks an interesting project with lots of building of interesting and different stock.  I will take a leisurely read through.

Finally made it to your blog, and, as usual, it is not a disappointment.  You make it look so effortless, which I am sure it is not.

I know one person who uses Excel to print out slates onto the correct paper and then cuts rows out and half of the gap between the individual slates.  Paper gives you the chance to 'distress' some slates as well, or have some 'slipped'.

I always do my modelling on the dining room table which actually makes my wife happy as it means we are in the same room, but there is now only the two of us and it is most frustrating to put stuff away when we have visitors which is why projects seem to change quite frequently as different stuff gets taken out.

Alas, Huntley and Palmers have all gone now I think although the legacy remains, no not the smell.  My son lived for a while in a terraced house on an estate built by George Palmer for his workers, and we sometimes take the grandchildren to Palmer Park, again given to the city by George Palmer.

This is the second time I have read this through and what struck me is how good it looks and how quickly it has been done.  I was comparing t with another open fronted building which took ages.  I was most impressed with roof structure and the way of making the waisted appearance on the supports.

How would have the biscuits been transported?  Would it have been in tins in crates.  That would have been a bit waterproof.

Glad to see that I have not missed too much.  The model from that angle is quite impressive.  I look forward to your new layout when you have the time, there is no rush.

I did not see the BRM article as my local Sainsbury's does not stock it, not sure why.  If I had seen it, it would have been the first mag I had bought in a while.  It is of course proper railway modelling, and it adds a depth to the actual models.

Glad to see you are back building again.  It looks good and there is a certain artistry about what you do which I have no idea about.  I look forward to seeing what you do. 

Interesting project Mike.  I will follow it with interest.  Will you do one final post in this blog with a link or will you put a link in your signature?