MrWolf
-
Posts
14,837 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
29
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Blogs
Gallery
Events
Exhibition Layout Details
Store
Everything posted by MrWolf
-
Is that the great game called "Extracting The Urine"?
-
Hmm, I'm not sure how radio control is going to sit with the boobytraps I suspect the memsahib has installed around the place since we had that burglary.
-
Thanks, it came up really fast!
-
There are some situations where it doesn't apply....
-
No doubt that some wagons got filthy even on the GWR, but they'd look as unconvincing as a high gloss out of the box finish. Subtlety is the key in my book, less is more, pick your phrase.
-
I'd be happy with that if it was mine. Just scruffy enough I think.
-
It fell off the footplate of a pannier and rolled down the bank, honest!
-
Based on the average height of 5'4" for women in the early/mid 20th century, 5'6" at the bottom of the line is about right., Don't forget the clothes prop of 1-1/2" X 1" hardwood with the V notch in the end and about 7ft long! 😀
-
There's always the mythical black rose that some have strived towards, which would be an undistinguishable shade of red, in the way that black hair actually is. Dark red is fine.
-
Lancaster Green Ayre - The Barn Owls have returned.
MrWolf replied to jamie92208's topic in Layout topics
I have a similar problem. A lot of my photos had been stored, unknown to me on the internal storage of my old phone, rather than the SIM card, so when it lost a fight between gravity and a prewar BSA gearbox, a lot of the pictures I took early on of layout construction were lost, despite electronic assurances that they had been "saved to cloud" . Long story short, you have my sympathies. -
I was looking at the second batch, third one down in the pile, the plates are rusty and have slotted guides for the axle, I probably should have mentioned that! The black painted ones beneath those look like K's white metal items?
-
Looking at the pictures taken underneath the coaches I saw a pair of the bogies fitted with a steel fold up inside frame and cosmetic sides. I have a couple of those which came in a box of bits a friend gave me. Any idea what make they are?
-
That actually wasn't too painful a job, once all the bars are trimmed I can fit the etched hinges (which means filing off the cast ones) and give the gates a coat of primer, as I'm expecting to do a little filling. Just in case, I have fitted all the dog bars on the backscene side of the gates.
-
Bethesda Sidings - Western Region in rural Mid-Wales
MrWolf replied to Captain Kernow's topic in Layout topics
Seconded and I do like the Standard 2-6-0 as well as the outside frame 4-4-0. Like CK says, very appropriate to a Mid Wales setting. -
Westerham, + Weald. Tarmac surface for the platform
MrWolf replied to westerhamstation's topic in Layout topics
It would have been quite rude not to. I wouldn't want anyone feeling left out...😀 -
This really is the fun part.... As per the instructions I have cut grooves halfway into the gate to sink in the dog bars. The next step is apparently to solder them in. So I used gel superglue instead, I think solder would be asking for trouble. One down, one to go. The pedestrian gates should be interesting to do!
-
That sounds like a cr@p job to me and I've had a few.
-
Stole it from here, the layout being fenced may well look familiar: https://www.world-of-railways.co.uk/techniques/how-to-make-a-fence-for-a-model-railway/
-
Apparently 4lb fishing line is a good substitute.
-
Thanks, for some reason the tag where I pinched it from said Blue Anchor. It's a long time since I was at Didcot, I really ought to remedy that.
-
That's looking really good now, I do like the way the track sweeps round, it's very convincing. I got a headache before ballasting the points on Aston, just in case. Miss R was dead keen to do the rest of the track, but I think that the novelty has worn off now.
-
Westerham, + Weald. Tarmac surface for the platform
MrWolf replied to westerhamstation's topic in Layout topics
Definitely the start of a railway in the landscape, looking forward to seeing the project develop. So it's not just me? That's really good to know, especially when those voices start.... 🤪 Anyone else hear a large number of approaching aircraft? 🤔 -
I spend half my modelling time repainting splodged edges, I wouldn't worry about it.
-
In my experience, to the point where you can't actually do your job on occasion. For instance: "We've been ordered to measure up for a safety railing" Response: "You can't go up there, as there's no safety railing." The old one had been deemed as potentially unsafe, so had been removed entirely. About a month and £5000 worth of scaffolding later, it was safe to go up and measure up for a new safety rail.
