Karl

Best get a move on Porth Nadolig with the Quarry Hunslets still shunting slate up in the galleries. 😂

No real visual progress as mainly been doing the lighting today and giving the base some basic colour, that keeps seeping into the Cork. Anyway the only visual change is the door framing on the Slate processing building to hide the crude cuts when cutting down to size, surprising level it turned out when gluing the wooden strips on it. Any door will be on the inside but I'm not sure it needs it actually.

Anyway, clearances being checked by Blanche and some Nigel Brooks rubble trucks.

I think the demand is there given the prices some go for on eBay (Britomart's seem to be fetching up to and over £200) and it's about 15/16 months since they were released so another batch this year some time is probably feasible given likely time between ordering from a factory and delivery and hopefully likely.

17 hours ago, swampy said:

Shades(!) of Model Railway Constructor in the sixties

Afraid I'm too young to remember Model Railway Constructor.

Some more progress on Porth Nadolig, not too much visual progress but all the point motors finally work, two of the four would only work in one direction. No idea what was wrong with one, totally stripped from the board and wired in an independent circuit with the same wires and it worked, refitted and it worked. The other turned out was some damaged peso wiring looms. Anyway all works now.

So beside that, progress since last time is the building have had windowsills and window frame added and some quoins added to them. Canal boat arrived and given a base coat of black.

The push fit destination boards are a fantastic little extra in my opinion!

1 hour ago, Graham_Muz said:

 

The preserved 93 is a bit of enigma, we were advised the project manager for 93 that the colour they used in the first place was slightly wrong and it has further 'faded' / 'aged' to purple (which is unusual for reds that usually bleach).  

Thats interesting, it definitely did fade to purple but I was looking at photos from a charter with it no long after it was outshopped. The colour n the model looks good to me!

56 minutes ago, Garry D100 said:

Trying desperately to choose a livery, the maroon one looks red in some pictures and deeper maroon in others.

Obviously down to lighting but for those that have this colour how would you describe it in your eyes please.

 

Thanks.

At first I thought the crimson was a bit red but having had another look at my photos of 93 I'd say, like eddiethedog has, it is actually spot on.

Fantastic models and worth the wait!

Quick photos outside at lunch.

48 minutes ago, steve45 said:

 

Very nice - how have you modelled the water, looks very convincing from this angle

Agreed, if it's not photoshopped in (which if it is it's been done very well) and if it's not it's probably the best modelling of water I seen!

What a shame, I went to many of them but a stand out for me was 2022 when there just seemed to be a buzzing atmosphere of "we're back modelling after the pandemic", always a great show for bumping into friends and catching up. Also a great show with the foreign societies there on mass like the Swiss and Austrian societies. 

So Thank-you to the Warley club for all their years of putting up with the stresses and strains of putting such a big show on for all our enjoyment and letting so many of us play trains in huge numbers for a weekend.

5 hours ago, JohnR said:

They are now showing as "due in between April 2024 and June 2024", so I assume they've decided to go ahead with production.

Let's hope that's true. I have a pair on order including one that I know operated less than 500m from the house. I think it'd be very apt with Hatton's closing down if one of the last acts was a release of one of their own models.

1 hour ago, Re6/6 said:

 

Netherhope Halt

You know the modelling is first class when you don't need a train in the photo for it to look real!

52 minutes ago, Dicky L said:

They are quality photos Karl, you can't post too many. 

Well thankyou very much. I really just meant that I've put quite a few up in 2 or 3 days that was all.