David Bell

Lovely work Jim. Cheers,David

Lovely photos Rob.

Cheers

David

6 minutes ago, mallaig1983 said:

It looks absolutely fantastic David. You must be over the moon with it.

 

A Merry Christmas to you too.

Thanks Andy,

Absolutely chuffed to bits with it.

The making of plates continues! This is the latest work in progress. The smokebox number plate from 55053. This was the last Highland Railway built locomotive to run in service on BR and worked the Dornoch branch for many years.

The good news is I have done a little bit of work on The layout too. I have started preparing the George Square baseboard to accept the buildings Brian made. Hopefully pictures soon.

Cheers

David

The night shots are particularly effective.

Cheers

David

The finished shed plate

Well done Andy. It is really coming together now. Really looks the part.

Cheers

David

I am afraid the making of repro plates has become something of an obsession supplanting real modelling on GQS.

I will get back to the modelling soon! In the meantime i have fashioned this shed plate as worn by the last loco to work the Dornoch branch, 16XX pannier 1649. I plan to make the smokebox and cabside number plates too.

The second picture is of some laser cut steel numbers I plan to use for the cabside plate.

Cheers

David

Lovely work Andy

Cheers 

David

You have made a cracking job of that Andy.

Cheers

David

That is a cracking job on the faded 20. Really looks the part. Cheers

David

Here is the completed Cowlairs plate

They will be part of a semaphore signal which I plan to put next to the coach.

What we have here is a water tank thermostat spanner, a couple of bits of plywood, the end of a broom handle (freshly cut from our broom!) and three components of what is sold as an industrial style shelving system. What could they possibly be used for?!

That is a lovely piece of work. Really stunning.

Cheers

David

Here is one of the pads upon which the buffers would sit.

31 minutes ago, MrTea said:

Hello David and all,

 

I found this image of the WAB taken in 1983 from a collection of my Dad's slides. Thought you might like to see it: 

 

 

I remember bits and bobs about the trip, there were quite a lot of railways involved including the LSE and the BRB (which I absolutely loved!).

Lovely photo Mr Tea, thanks for posting,

Cheers

David

I enjoyed making the works plates and decided to see what I could make with the leftover letters.

I came up with this!

That is looking good.

Cheers David

All the best for a speedy recovery Andy.

Cheers

David

Here is the other plate

24 minutes ago, DGO said:

For things made of laser cut mdf ? & Plywood  they do look like painted cast metal, well done.

 

Thanks for that. I painted them in exterior primer then exterior gloss. Then i sprayed satin varnish on the works plate to tone it down a bit.

The first works plate all painted up and above it a representation of the casting in which the drawhook will sit.

After a couple of weeks away I today had the treat of watching the last 3 videos all together. A spot of binge watching! What these running sessions show is you have really nailed the track plan. You have managed to put a lot into what is really a relatively small space. It has the feel of a much larger layout. Well done. 

I know it is not in your plans but I would consider scenery in the fiddle yard too!

Hope your knee recovers soon

All the best

David