Iron Horse

Cheers Phil

Right then gents, I'd like some help with some wagons in a picture. Firstly the picture wasn't taken by me, I would quite happily give credit to the photographer should they want to be identified or even remove it if they were to request so. It's am image that I came accross on Facebook and if possible I would like to identify the first 2 wagons.

Cheers in advance

Nice to see something new on this thread

Thanks for sharing. I hear 007's repaint is complete and 49 is currently in grey primer.........

Nice to see you back Trev, although tough news on the work front........know how you feel

Good job my layout is west country based........those PGA's look stunning

So after a little bit of rolling stock detailing and weathering I thought it was about time to get back to the layout. Nothing major but it was nice to be adding a few more details.....

Firstly I added a hedge with the intention being the LandRover will be on a farmers track from the bottom to the top eventually with a fence on the other side of the track

I then added some scatter around the paving slabs around the house footprint to give a more countryside cottage unkept feel

And then finally I added some weeds/static grass in the disused trackbed. I may still add some more here although I am still trying to figure out in my head just how bad it would have been in the late 80's when really the layout is based and probably wouldn't have been rationalised that long ago. The research pics I found suggested that the first weeds developed between the rails.........I guess it was the fertiliser

Then as it dried I ran some trains.......

Thanks for popping by

My God, how long did that take? Any particular colour?

Hi Al, now if I'd have read this topic earlier I'd had realised you changed your username!!!!!! I had wondered where you were as I had been follower of your other topics and have always enjoyed your very helpful tutorial pics within them.

Once again a craking layout and another to follow. Now I must go back to page 7 and continue

Cracking photo's as always. I love your photographic up-dates, so many of them cover places I visited as a kid when trainspotting but sadly I didn't know too much about photography at the time and I didn't get any even half as good as all of yours. Thanks

Fabulous as always Mike

So first bit of rolling stock detailing this year has been my 153. I remember when they came out and we all called them scuds, seems strange now that I have a certain amount of fondness for them..........

Anyway painting some seats

Adding some poorly painted passengers...........good job there are no internal lights!!!!

Exhaust painted

Followed by a general weathering although now having finished I'm sure Hornby have got the overall roof colour wrong!!!

Oh yes, I did also attach the ploughs to the body.

Awesome, love it..............even if it is a spoon 

Now, that's a bit flash looking

Nice one Mike.......but where are you going to put it?

Can we go back in time and run some LL50's please

I can't believe you are still going for another layout.............

Cracking layout Cav, it was lovely to meet you and for you to spend some time generally chatting while the trains went by

Another area that did progress over the last few months was right on the edge of the layout, large enough for a few sheep and an embankment

However after looking at a number of layouts and chatting to people at Stafford yesterday I feel the clump foliage needs removing and I need to enter the world of polyfibre..........Thanks Mike for the advice 

Thanks as ever for popping by 

On 1/21/2019 at 8:49 PM, Powerhaul 70 Pey said:

Hello I have just come across this thread as the name tempted me in.  The layout looks great and there is a nice collection of rolling stock and locos that are right down my street.  I like your scenery too . . . those sandy cliffs remind me of Dawlish.  Not that I have ever been to Dawlish but I do like looking at photos on Flickr that people have taken in the area.  Maybe I should get myself to The Cumbrian Coast or The North Wales Coast to do some photography by the sea of my own.  

 

Keep up the great work!

Hi Peter, I've been lurking on your topic for quite some time now and it's always looked good. I'm pleased with what I've achieved but I feel everything could all be a lot better. I'm only just down the road from you and I don't feel I get to any coasts at all these days now. I did however do a Cheshire Day Ranger just before the New Year taking in the Class 67 around Helsby, Warrington and Manchester Pic...........that was an enjoyable day 

On 1/21/2019 at 9:50 PM, Leon said:

Very neat modelling. 

Why thank you very much indeed although I fear I have a long way to go still

Nice to meet you today Ian, thanks for the time to chat and for giving Mike the time to give me a master class  Cracking layout indeed 

So I suppose in terms of other updates I did actually get my Falcons/MOA rake loaded with ballast.........this being an update from post #168 really. More astonishing is with the rear lamp addition I can probably say I've actually finished a rake of something!!!!!!

That looks really nice Phil 

Maybe not as good as a GBRf 50 though 

Hi Mick, Happy New Year.

I just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to explain and take photos of the steps you take to achieve things. I've noticed recently especially on some of the Facebook modelling groups loads of people posting what they've done and how good it looks but if anyone asks "how did you do that?" it all goes quiet. Although they are very quick to like someones "awesome" comment!!!!!!

I'm never going to be a great modeller but I do like to learn and try and improve, your threads helps me towards achieving my goals.

So a lot of credit to you, thanks

I've got some tanks to do........lol

Well said Phil, I couldn't careless about the colour, as long as they are being looked after and making that fine noise I'm happy........some may say easily pleased!!!!!!!!

In honesty I think it's a master stroke by all involved, it's a smaller scale by far but I have a 1957 VW camper and I know just how important a good paint job is and how much work is involved to keep on top of it. For me it's a thank you GBRf 

The Dogbox has a few people in it along with a driver.

Happy New Year Mike,

As you mentioned your dogbox, do you have any problems with it shorting across frogs..............although as I type this I'm guessing your electrofrog anyway? So probably and irrelevant question? It's just mine shorts all the time especially on my medium and curved points, almost like the tyre width is too wide!!!!!!

Thanks Phil

I had wondered about the first one of your links but not seen the second although I think you could be right about the price. I've recently had some stuff from Scale Model Scenery which I thought was really good quality so yep that could be the way to go

So, Happy New Year to you all. I really have no idea where last year went and having just gone back I think I only put up a couple of posts. For some reason I felt like Teignquay wasn't going anywhere last year, this I feel stems from my lack of self confidence although a class 50 gala at the SVR and chasing my final 91's for haulage on the big railway probably got in the way somewhat. But some things were achieved.........

My fiancee has been going on at me for ages with regards to the pub garden so I thought I'd better make a start

Then it was time for some Shades of Grey....................................

Then some earth and green scatter leaving the outline of a flower bed

And then some grass

So the next bit here I think is flowers for the borders however I would like to put in right above the wall a small chain link fence, you know the type I mean, white posts about 1 and a half foot high with the chain with the knobbly diamonds in it about every 6 inches, does anyone one have any suggestions as to sourcing such a thing?

Elsewhere the JNA's did eventually get loaded

Leaving the WAG in the background which I'll cover in another post.

Thanks for popping by 

What sort of methodology are you following Mike? Look good

It would help if you said what system you are using.   Different systems do consists differently, and clearing them if its stuck in the system is system specific.

 

If its just an advanced consist, solely set within the decoder, then setting CV19=0 will clear it.  But your post suggests its a system which attempts to assist and then gets you stuck....

Apologies, I saw the first post and didn't really look at the title of the thread. Gaugemaster Prodigy Express 2

Hi Adrian

 

you may have to clear it on the programming track, as above my chips would not react on the running lines for some reason, and then only by performing a hard reset.

 

David

Hi David, I did it on the programming track but alas no change.

Cheers guys for replying though

Edit: Stand down all is sorted. I went through clearing all the consist numbers again and set CV19 to 0 but still no luck. So I don't know why but I deleted all of the loco's stored in the handstand when I deleted the 08 the consist disappeared from the display and replaced by loco...............and guess what it moved.

Thank God for that, it was doing my head in, normal service has been resumed