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Storm clouds gather over Donnington,could we be in for some Heavey Metal Thunder.Ill get me anorak.

no problem keefer,i think of it as a happy accident.all my model shots so far have been on film,print and slide and all shots taken out doors in natural daylight.so it could be down to a combination of grain of the film/colour cast/scanning process,etc.dont know what results with my new digital slr will be like,havent had chance to try it yet.when i do get the chance im shure ill let you all know. GONZO76.

this shot has been used in another thread,but seems more at home here copy.jpg] plus some hydaulic action

37416 Georgemas junc.37415 Helmsdale sta.37415 Helmsdale sta.Helmsdale sta.37416 Thurso sta.

heres a few shots taken on my first ever trip to the far north lines.Easter 86 if i remember,it was a good while ago and my record keeping those days not so good. 37415 runs round its train,Wick sta. 37415 ready to depart Wick sta. 37416 Georgemas junc.37414 Helmsdale sta. 37416 Georgemas junc.

Unused shot from a mid 60s Ian Allen combine taken at Donnington.North Brit shunter kit by Judith Edge,they do go together well and do scrub up nice,sometimes it seems a shame to paint em.LNER TOM loving those night shots with the smoke ,very well done.

Donnington in scotish mode.

Inspired by a old Mike Mensing pic, 2x Lima 40s pass Donnington depot on a parcels serice.

Class45 D71 passes Donnington West on a train of cement presflos[Airfix/Dapol kits].Mr Sandhills what a great shot,having photed this spot from just a few feet away back in 1985[see 80s scotland thread].Great nostalgia youve even got the weather spot on,good stuff keep it up.

Heres a couple of shots from eastfield in 1985 inspired by Mr Sandhills fantastic pix in the how real pix thread.

Donningtons motley collection of shunters all parked up for the weekend.A lucky grabbed out of the window shot from a passing Sunday diversion service.

this is the same shot before it was cropped to get rid of the shadow across the front.then the pic is brought back up to size,which enlarges the whole pic and shows off the grain in the film.all my model pix so far have been on print or slide film,i havent had the chance to let loose the new digital slr.also all pix are taken in natural daylight,usually bright really sunny day so i can get the F stop high enough[f22 ish]for the depth of field and a reasonable shutter speed [1/60 to1/100]to lessen the chance of camera shake even when using a tripod and shutter release cable.hope this is of some help.gear used PentaxP30t,2x converter to kill the wide angle effect of the wide angle lens,and a wide angle lens due to its lack of depth of field.

class 05 D2564 rescues the last vans from Donnington sidings before the engineer closes them for good.the 05 is a Judith Edge kit,vans are a mixture and a job for this summer is to redo the overgrown grass.

D6742 leaves Donnington to go shift some more coal/a.b.s.models diesel brake tender,Hornby 37 with Dave Alexander bogie sideframes.

heres a couple early eighties shots from Haymarket.47s dont come much cleaner,it hasnt even been named yet.

Brand new D7544 trundles past Donnington yard and box.class25 is a Hornby/craftsman conversion and most of the wagons are airfix 16 tonners

attachment=76838:img old 1s091 copy.jpg]20029 Frodingham shed 9/4/74 47091 Solihull sta. 9/8/74 THOR nameplate 9/8/74 Hi i hope these shots may be of use to you,they would seem to be the right era.taken with the old kodak instamatic.

multi coloured shunter shot.Haymarket1988

Donnington in scottish modeand a shot of the railway huts n stuff,note the freshly oiled fishplates.the first job i ever did on the P-way March78 with snow all over the place .also ive included a wet bed/clay spot at the bottom of the steps.this was all we seemed to do for ages was digging these out by hand.

these are the rest of my shots from my 1985 trip .Fort William Crianlarich Ardlui

some more from 1985 Inverness Achnasheen Kyle of Lochalsh

DP2 passes donnington[Lima/Craftsman conversion]

Inverness