bgman

Dave ,

Following on from your initial description and your last sentence,  "Painting complex liveries is so much easier if the sides can lay flat on the work bench! " , I am curious as to your method for glueing the sides and ends together.

My reason for asking is a concern that once you've taken time and patience over the paintwork and lining how do you prevent any glue from " bleeding " onto the final finish ?.

It would be useful to get your thoughts/ method please as it something I have considered prior to making up my kits.

Cheers

G

Hi Dave,

I have just stumbled on this thread and I will look forward to the progress, which, if any of the previous ones are to be admired, then I am certain this will provide us all with more inspiration.

After my move some of the boxes are steadily making it from the garage to my modelling room one of which just happens to contain these...

The Scorpio kit certainly looks do-able and even has a pre-rolled boiler ... YAY !

Cheers for now,

G 

Which makes me wonder which season would you now consider modelling this ?

Waits with baited breath.

G

I'm sayin' nowt !  

G

6 hours ago, jim.snowdon said:

the cross arm should really be on the opposite side of the pole to the incoming wires so that it is pulled on to the pole instead

Thank you for your observations, its an easy fix and will be sorted out once I've finished other items.

Dave,

I've found the one ( just one so far ! ) that I made about 6 months ago after looking at the Appreciation website and came up with this....

I just need to build the layout to plonk it on now ! 

G

Certainly a big change and most agreeable.

I will look forward to seeing this progress.

G

1 hour ago, wenlock said:

Hi Grahame, I'll get the measure out later on!  In the article that Jim wrote it states this.

 

The poles themselves came in different grades – light, medium and stout – and having at one time been trees, varied in diameter from top to bottom. As a guide, published figures for 30 foot poles of each grade, measured at the top and 5 feet up from the butt, are:- Light 5 - 6” / 7¼” Medium 6 - 7¼” / 8 ¾” Stout 7½ - 9½” / 10 ¾”

 

I hope that helps!

Hi Dave,

Very much appreciated, no rush though, I've just had confirmation of my house move since I asked you ( next Thursday !!! gulp ! ) and all 7mm items now packed safely away so I couldn't get to my pole even if I wanted to now 

Anytime mate.

G

About time too Dave, I've been trying to get through for ages !

Seriously, its one of those sites that become fascinating to read and so useful too.

Just out of interest what diameter are the poles please ? I have only scratch built one from dowelling so far and just interested to see how they measure up. 

Nice work.

G

This needs to be discussed at some length over a coffee me thinks !

Yet another superb insight into the Edwardian GWR lifestyle unbeknownst to many of us.

A closet tale to rival the likes of G.K.Chesterton, J.M. Barrie and Edith Nesbit in its simplicity, yet keeping the reader on their toes.

I wouldn't let a drop of water spoil your fun Dave, after all its all about having fun ! 

If all else fails Dave there's always a space saving to be had with one of these ! 

Hi Dave,

Much like yourself I have wrestled with possibly putting a water tower onto my as yet unbuilt layout.

Hope you don't mind the intrusion with my scratch built effort but its here to show what a 90mm x 105mm footprint would be like basically.

If anyone wanted to be pedantic about the use of a water tower on a branch terminus then there are plenty of discussions elsewhere ( hopefully not on your Blog please ! ) and I am just portraying mine as an example of a smaller ( ? ) tower that would fit.

I don't think you would spoil what is a beautifully modelled layout and also Rule 1 applies eh ?

If you want one and it blends into the scene then I for one say do it, it doesn't look to be spoiling anything by being there.

G

2 hours ago, Mikkel said:

Midsomer, surely one of the most dangerous places to live in Britain  

 

Thanks for the words about the goods depot. In retrospect actualI regret not building it from an prototype, it’s a bit of a hotchpotch of different prototypes – although I've recently discovered  that it has much in common with Lawrence Hill goods depot if seen from the right angle with one eye closed 

Well matey, if you want to get rid of it and start again ? 

YEY !

Seems one of my favourite subjects / layouts has risen again without suffering too much in the move. That may well be down to your initial build construction and I for one am very pleased to see the Phoenix rise in your new home.

I will look forward to more as you progress matey.

G

5 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

 

Now that sounds ominous David.

He's the railway modelling equivalent to the BFG !  I think thats why he models in 7mm ?

Sorry Dave !

G

18 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

Looking forward immensely to seeing this in the flesh in May.

19 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

Looking forward immensely to seeing this in the flesh in May.

You won't be disappointed mate !

G

There are worse tunes to whistle matey !

Enjoy 

G

YEY ! You're back, I've missed the layout and I for one think the trees just finish it off nicely. 

As for disguising the back scene, well, as Eric used to say to Ernie..... You can't see the join ! 

G

As an aside, surprisingly I knew nothing about Limpley Stoke being reused ( albeit in a private capacity ) until watching your YouTube video, thanks for posting it there, very informative.

Kitchen tap hmmm !

Try it now, Grahame, I've changed the settings at my end, sorry about that.

Thank you for redoing the videos, most definitely top notch slow running. 

You should be very happy with your achievement, well done mate !

I have quietly followed your progress here and it has been well worth it.

As Mallard states, it is good to see some video footage too which brings it all to life.

Congratulations also on your MRJ article which was a most enjoyable and well written piece.

Grahame 

Glad to see all that work has paid off now Tim.

Unfortunately the vids aren't available here.

G

The new buildings look superb.

I couldn't put my finger on it until you mentioned it and now I recognise the signal box, St.Marys Crossing, Brimscombe, lovely little box and nicely modelled too.

My ongoing project will be a country terminus due to the requirements of fiddle yards ( plural ) which could cause unnecessary operations ie - spoil the fun of playing trains.

If your current scheme of Churchill gives you pleasure then maybe stay with a terminus which can be given lots of small details without overpowering the overall scene ?

I always refer back to the blogs of Dave aka Wenlock and his 7mm GWR terminus Sherton Abbas.

Either way I would congratulate you on the alterations to the resin buildings, they certainly set the character of a small GWR station.

I will certainly look forward to future updates on you work.

Grahame