Great stuff Allan, I am away for a few days and things have gone up to a whole new key I didn't know existed! I was completely fooled by the derelict station 008 photograph.
Having caught up I'm sad that the tale has ended as I enjoyed it so much. As usual your modelling and photography are exquisite. Keep up the great work - looking forward to the next story.
Cheers John
Happy New Year Allan. Have just been catching up on the stunning models you have managed to create while I was eating too much ham. Magnificent station and hotels. Also very impressed with your new website.
Cheers
John
Excellent work as usual Allan. Particularly like the window boxes and planters and the grass growing in the paving, the grain and colour of the timber in the sea wall, the colour and shape of the steps, ....
Cheers John
Hi Shaun
Excellent that things have been running smoothly at the show. Loved the photograph of the repainted wall on the previous page (waiting for the more....) - it took me back to my last visit to Goathland and I remembered I had taken this photograph which shows what a great job you have made of the layout.
Cheers
John
Allan, those steps are outrageously good and I like the diagonal match-boarding and the simple pedestals below the windows . When first married we painted our bathroom walls that Kermit colour. Several years later (long after we had sold the house) we had the opportunity to go back into it - the only thing that had changed at all was the colour of those bathroom walls.
Happy Birthday Allan! I missed a few days and you have had a birthday, stuck 12000 tiles onto a magnificent church and scanned a bunch of amazing photographs of what would have been/is an incredible layout (loved the buildings, especially the engine shed and the enclosed footbridge across the station). It would take me 80 years to achieve all of that.
I agree about the 20 footers; personally I have found that building up a modular layout and finishing one section at a time is a good way to keep wanting to build more.
Cheers
John
Hi Shaun
Superb finish on the airbrushing. I wonder if you could try a thin white/brown wash over one as an experiment and then some weathering?
We undertook a complete renovation of our kitchen last year (with some professional help with the cabinets and electrics) which was a mammoth job. But it has certainly been well worth the effort, both aesthetically and also functionally. You look like you are rounding the bend into the home straight now.
Best wishes
John
Not content with just being a master model maker, I see you have mastered the camera and the weather - superb photographs.
Cheers John
P.S. Because of what you used for the finials I expect fittings are falling off the family bathroom wall.
Wonderful photographs Andy. I really like the grass/weeds in the sidings. Will you be able to "reach over" to the storage yard with a track cleaner on a stick etc?
Cheers John
Great progress Al, really enjoyed watching the video - the second to last DMU looked particularly superb coming around the corner in front of the back-scene with its lights on.
Nice work Al. While the white-washed wall has a certain charm, adding these back scenes will bring it all together. I really like your idea of having free-standing panels that you can move out of the way to photograph and get access from the outer edge.
It's a Colron Dye factory - that is what the superb tank is meant to hold. Excellent work as usual - those last couple of photos show it off wonderfully.