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Actually Ganger Fred is probably a bit sullen due to have a large tool (mechanical that is ) chopped off from between his hands , his arms removed and reset in their current position...

Peter / Big T Many thanks for the comments - I'm sure that Damian will be chuffed (or whatever the 37 equivalent is) read when he reads them. There will be more photos over the weekend.... watch this space! (ok, well not this one but the one below that isn't there yet)

I'll have a pint of whatever you've been on.

New dates added

A few more photos of DitD from the Wadebridge show in October. Damian's been concentrating on the stock since the last show but John and I added some figures to the scenics to add some people interest. First of all by popular request of Mickey here we have a developer talking to a council planner about the possibility of a static caravan park.... On to the Admiral Rodney pub and a character christened "Fat Les" appears to have roused from the gutter from the night before. From talking to folk who knew the Par Inn in this period we should also have 'a young lady' loitering around the area too. Next we see a chap (no name yet) talking a stroll along the old tramway. Here we see one of the workers in St B's yard talking a 'well earned' rest. Is that 'Skol'? Ganger Fred trudges along the cess perhaps looking for his lost car keys. Rail enthusiast Jim is trying to get him self a souvenir from the 08 wheelset. The Skol drinker was later joined by a colleague who does actually appear to be working...

Hi I'll post a few more from this last weekend's Wadebridge show when i have time over the next few evenings. If you're really keen then have a look at the Wadebridge show thread - there's a fair few great shots others have posted already. Always interesting to see the photo angles others find!

Smashing Craig. Now what about those sandcastles.....

When compared with drawings i found the the old SEF mogul kit was so adaptable that it didn't really match any of the 4 prototype classes very well! Instead i picked up a DJH half built kit of a U1 and had it completed by Geoff Cook of the Stafford club.

A character with a stripy bathing suit perhaps or an old couple in deck chairs complete with knotted hankies! Have you thought about embedding a figures legs in the resin? Could have them walking in / out of the sea.

ps, have a look at the seaweed in this thread: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php/topic/5555-sutton-dock/page__st__25

Craig I think that brown seaweed will look the dog's after another thin layer of varnish on top just to get it all 99% below the surface. Good work chap. Just need some sandcastles on the beach and perhaps some coarser material on the beach closer to the wall..... oh and a few pipes jutting out of the sea wall

Did you see the pre-production Kernow Beattie Well Tank at the show?

Hi Craig Lichen might be a bit on the big and lumpy side, even small pieces. What about tea leaves??? Just a thought.

hi craig how thick will the finished resin be? I'm gussing 10-15mm. Have you thought about applying local patches of paint between layers? Some off whiteto give the breaking waves on the beach and around the peirs some depth but also bits of dark brown/grey/green to simulateseaweed under the surface. I was down in devon at the weekend and noticed how the weed hugs the rocks and walls etc. Not too much paint just enough in small areas to breakup the mill pond effect you can get with resin. Dry brushing seems to have gone well - glad we had that chat! All the best.

The mix of yuck colours looks about right to me Craig. Carry on!

Ah CK, you missed the ATSF 2-10-0 running on Treneglos on Saturday then and previously, for a bit of fun, we have had Class 50's, King Arthurs and some great western stuff. Oh, not forgetting the first Wadebridge where we had 3 different 34007's (Wadebridge) and a Bulleid Leader running at one point! But, yes for the most point we do running prototypical locos and coach rakes, although the coaching mix isn't quite right yet as we're short of Bulleids. I think we've taken this approach because, having done the research, it always eats away when there's something not quite right, and of course there's always the exhibition punters who 'were there' to pull you up for errors. We did toy with the idea a while back of running the layout in a NSE period as though the line had survived.... But i did like the alternative, more liberal approach to on Engine Wood too.

Craig, found you! Keep the updates coming on the resin, particularly the colour experiments.

craig good to meet up with you yesterday, hope you can make it over to wadebridge in october to see the layout in the flesh. Thanks chris and damian

Any chance of a panorama 360 degree series of shots so we can see how the new bits fit in with the bits wot you writ about all them years ago in Model Rail???

I've got access to a chainsaw if that helps

Not at all. I think most of these are in the Illustrated History Book but there's a couple i don't think i've seen before - particularly Padstow fish dock taken from the Quay.

Very nice Barry. I can see the track plan being transported to seafront Cornwall, with the station set above the promenade on a wall / cliff... got me thinking

Nice photo. Funny how i can always spot the Wills random stone sheets in photos... Comes from spending hours and hours and hours cutting the sheets up to make the buildings for Treneglos. I think there was a time when i could have accurately drawn up the stone patterns with my eyes closed

A bit of Wadebridge Trivia... Ever wondered what the stream that runs through the western side of the station and into the River Camel is called? Well it starts off in the Polmorla valley as the Treguddick and then at some point running through Wadebridge turns into the Polmorla. Now you know. Also the station is in the Parish of St Breock (Bray-ock), which could be an alternative name if modelling the shed or station...

BR 82XXX Standard Class 3 Tanks on the NCR The first batch of 82XXX (82010-82019) tanks arrived new at Exmouth Junction in the summer of 1952. 82012/14-16 disappeared to Eastleigh within eight months of arrival. The remaining engines replaced elderly M7s on the Bude and Exmouth branch workings and were also used on local services to Honiton and Axminster. A reported shortage of tank engines for an extended Sunday service to Delabole in August 1953 resulted in 82013 being ‘borrowed’ from the Bude branch to take the afternoon working to Okehampton from Launceston, going on at 4.15pm to Delabole (6.06pm) before going back to Launceston. A second batch (82020-82025) arrived in 1954 with 82020/22 staying only for a month (if at all). From then onwards the Exmouth Junction allocation remained fairly static until the early 60’s. All these early arrivals carried the standard lined black livery. With the arrival of the more powerful BR Class 4 tanks in 1962, all ten remaining 3MTs departed for Eastleigh. As services were scaled back in Cornwall and loads got lighter there was again a need for the 3MTs and eight stayed for various lengths of time between April 1963 and the end of steam. WR influences resulted in 82001/02/30/39/42 carrying the lined BR green livery and 82035/40 being finished in unlined green. Whilst it was rare for a Standard 3 tank to be seen working the North Cornwall line they did occasionally deputise for the 4MT tanks. Their more usual haunts included Bude and Exmouth services. The list below details the dates that members of the class were allocated to Exmouth Junction, although this means they worked in the area, it does not necessarily mean they worked on the NCR during this period. 82001 4/63-12/63 BR Lined Green 82002 4/63-2/64 BR Lined Green 82010 6/52-9/62 82011 8/52-9/62 82012 8/52-1/53 82013 8/52-9/62 82014 8/52-8/52 82015 8/52-10/52 82016 8/52-10/52 82017 8/52-9/62 82018 9/52-9/62 82019 9/52-9/62 82020 8/54-9/54 82021 8/54-9/54 82022 10/54-9/62 82023 10/54-9/62 82024 8/54-9/62 82025 8/54-9/62 82030 6/64-5/65 BR Lined Green 82035 3/64-9/64 BR Un-lined Green 82039 3/64-5/65 BR Lined Green 82040 10/63-5/65 BR Un-lined Green 82042 6/64-5/65 BR Lined Green 82044 6/64-5/65 BR Lined Black with, uniquely, the number under the cab window. Notably 82042 appeared at Padstow on the last day of steam, 2 January 1965. This is the 3MT I've modelled for Treneglos. If I get round to weathering it then it could appear on the layout one day! Another confirmed sighting on the NCR was 82030 which was photographed at Delabole on the 19th Sept 1964 with the 11.05am Padstow. (Sources: An Illustrated History of the NCR, Irwell Press; Shed by Shed Pt 5, Tony Walmsley; BR Std Steam Locomotives Vol 3, RCTS)