Mick Bonwick

1 hour ago, NHY 581 said:

 

I can neither confirm nor deny that I am de facto feeling better or not as the case may or may not be. Pro rata, in all probability, I am, though this is not an unreserved position in which I may or may not find myself in and therefore such said position may well be the subject of revision, or not,  as or when such position is influenced by as yet to be established variable factors. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maybe.

3 minutes ago, Stubby47 said:

 

I was looking forward to you adding the lingerie....

Sorry to disappoint you. Brenda remains fully clothed throughout.

There was a plan to include several road vehicles in the scene, and these included a Ferguson T20 (depicted above, under a tarpaulin), two Land Rovers, an Austin A30/35, a Fordson van and, possibly, a Rover P4.

One of the Land Rovers was to be a brand new one in British Rail colours, and the other a somewhat used one, both seen at the beginning of this topic. The older one is seen here deployed elsewhere, temporarily.

The bread van also shown there was given a coat of Testor's Dullcote to get rid of the high gloss finish, but otherwise left clean.

The Austin A30 was the subject of a weathering exercise to see how it could be made progressively dirty using just a few cheap materials.

The Rover P4 was never bought or otherwise obtained, but I think that it would have seemed a bit contrived (!) if at had been squeezed in somewhere. I think that the A30 might be left out as well, in the fullness of time..

52 minutes ago, nickwood said:

Remarkably tidy. How will you ever find anything again?

I'll just turn around - it's all stacked up behind me!

The basis for the higher ground at the south end of the station is now in place. All that remains to be done is to carve, sand, plaster, paint, silver sand/chinchilla dust, ash, grass and finish it.

Airbrushing equipment has more than one use.

That's the tidying up done, so now I can get on with the rest of the foam underlay. Fingers crossed that I've got enough Copydex left.

33 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

Is that a rapid game of dominos or is it an exhortation to get to the pizza place with all speed?

 

I think, my Captain, that the answer has to be, "Yes".

Sorry to learn that, Rob. I hope it all goes away quickly.

We'll just talk amongst ourselves for a while, shall we?

40 minutes ago, KNP said:

One question for all you experts on tractors mine doesn’t have any ‘funnels’ ? The pictures I’ve seen show two, guessing one is for the exhaust and the other an air intake with a filter on the top….in 1938 would they have been fitted or is the model correct?

 

I'm not an expert in any sense of the word, but there is a depiction of a WW2 enamel sign that shows 2 'funnels'. You will need a female figure in dungarees to go with it, though.

1 minute ago, figworthy said:

 

Any idea what the ironmongery was for ?

 

Adrian

It was to prevent decapitation. All round visibility was paramount for every person aboard vehicles in Aden at the time; grenades needed to be seen coming and rooftop snipers needed to be seen when they popped their heads above the parapet, so windscreens were folded down and tilts never used. The nasty people then found that they could string wires across roads at about passenger neck height and cause casualties. A bit of angle iron soon put paid to that idea.

I think that some clearing up is long overdue.

I am looking forward (not unusual on this thread) to seeing how you progress on this layout, Rob. My eldest daughter went to school on the island (not in the 1930s!) so I have many memories from my visits there, and it will be interesting to see how you represent the different pace of life there and the not-quite-run-down-but-getting-there atmosphere.

Anticipation.

1 hour ago, KNP said:

A picture taken earlier from the creamery siding as 2322 past by.

 

I like pretty much all of your photographs, Kevin, but for some reason this one is particularly good. I haven't got the faintest idea what it it is about it that appeals, just that it does.

Four 'its' in one sentence. Is that good grammar?

Similarities with my tracklaying, as well.

I would like it to be known that no Land Rovers have been harmed in the production of this thread, and that they are all very well protected.

A concentrated effort with the black stuff has seen the completion of the section not covered by spray booth and associated equipment.

15 hours ago, Simond said:

My S1 (actually 1952) didn’t have constant 4WD, though it did have manually engaged Fairey free wheels in the front hubs.  
 

Then again Solihull probably didn’t envisage it having a snorting great 184bhp V8 when it was originally built...

 

great fun, particularly at traffic lights  

I have absolutely no idea what my Land Rover has under the bonnet. It seems to be welded shut. I've just noticed that the lights don't work, either, so I might have to get it seen to. On the positive side it does have five wheels, so that is something to be thankful for, just in case it gets a puncture while being driven over that silver sand.

The base for the diorama was a piece of plywood left over from layout construction. Landform was created from shaped pieces of expanded polystyrene - I thought that because it was quite a small area that there wouldn't be too much mess when shaping it. Wrong!

The track is a piece of Peco code 75 laid on PVA and then Woodland Scenics ballast sprinkled on while the glue was still wet. The ballast edging was marked with masking tape which was then removed before the glue dried. The scene depicted is the end of an almost-disused siding, so more work will need to be done there.

The base was then covered with a layer of plaster-impregnated bandage and painted with a red-brown household emulsion bought cheapy as an end-of-line 'bargain', and also used as a basis for Pendon workshop scenic details.

A layer of PVA was brushed on to the flat area of the groundform and then wood ash was sprinkled on and left to dry.

In order to alleviate the smoothness of the rising ground, a few pieces on Woodland Scenics clump material were scattered about and glued down where they landed.

The whole 'lump' was then given a couple of layers of static grass of different lengths and colours, the idea being to make it look untended.

11 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

Ahem..............

 

 

We have a name for the proposed Isle of Wightesque dalliance.........

 

 

I give ewe............

 

 

Shearing. 

 

 

A bijou line terminus. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I know just the way for you to do some local research:

https://www.shearings.com/holidays/isle-of-wight-weekend

26 minutes ago, Ruston said:

Nice weathering on the Cemflo wagons. Did they start off as being painted silver?

Thanks, Dave. Yes, they were the pristine models as supplied by Accurascale. There is an account of the process here:

One of the contributing factors for this cement works idea was the availability of many good models of rolling stock. I have accumulated a good few examples over the years and had a go at making them look more workmanlike.

Continuing to work on the ground level scenics made me realise that I should have given myself a completely flat surface across the boards, rather than attempt to use the closed cell foam as a track bed only. I have now started to add in the areas of foam that had originally been omitted. It has provided some few hours of entertainment while trying to cut out complicated shapes from a material that stretches and twists as you cut it. It's given me another reason for not yet starting on the platforms, as well.

The characters in the diorama will be centred around a hut. The original plan was to use a ready-to-plant one, but then I saw this one on York Modelmaking's website:

https://yorkmodelrail.com/shop/00-scale-ho-scale/building-kits-00-scale-ho-scale/00-smbkit-1-timber-linesmans-hut/

The die was set.

Instructions are good and it didn't take long to reach this stage:

Then it came to painting it. I had already used the Lifecolor wood shades on the Lowmac with some success, so decided to use them on the hut as well.

It didn't look anywhere near as good as I expected so I started to fiddle about, trying to remove the acrylic paint after it had dried hard. It still doesn't look right, but I will return to it soon, having had 6 years to think about it. The brick chimney was covered with some Scalecsenes texture, cut to fit. The roof is yet to be tackled.

31 minutes ago, Regularity said:

I thought that grey came from mixing black and white?

(Someone had to say it...)

I wonder what the significance was of the emoji rolling its eyes . . . . . . . . . . .