Chris Nevard

Here's the original Halfwit post http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/428/entry-6508-austerity-mods/

The finish looks spot on to me, green always suiting these locos so well and I really like the oily sheen you've achieved.

Here's what I did to the injectors after acting on Halfwit's good advice http://www.flickr.com/photos/nevardmedia/5705979513/in/set-72157626597657462

Here's to Halfwit - top man!

You could paint a lanscape on it like Mr Harrap has and use yourself as a portable backscene at shows;)

Phew! Looks great and I'm glad it worked for you - it's hard work but well worth it and not everyone has success. I've been using matt emulsion to paint after doing the rail sides. I little washing up liquid helps it stick to slightly glossy surfaces.

It used to be a private siding, but shut in 1932 , now just a cripple siding. After looking at old prototype trackplans everything is possible - which is half the fun!

You can just see it here with the van in

All the track is the original copper clad for point and SMP flexi for the rest.

This is just why I would get into such a mess, I'd be ripped off in no time. Both you two will be coming with me when I go, I'll buy you a few pints too!

Cheers!

There is a 2ft 3" gauge line running along behind the platform halt, and around the same time a preservation group relaid a couple of hundred yards of track so they could run trains two or three times a year on it calling themselves 'The Moors Light Railway'. Sadly the move to road transport made it inconvenient fo the preservationists to be there, and they disbanded around 1970/71. It's not known what happend to their loco, rumour has it that it was turned into Austin Allegros (baby poo coloured ones).

Here's a rare photo (of the engine, not baby poo)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nevardmedia/3230413439/in/set-72157612020895249/

Thanks

This is what the eye sees, hence the clouds having a slightly odd angle, because they really are on the backscene (homegrown photographic one) and we're viewing it from an angle here. The only cheat, apart from a puff of smoke is that the layout room could just be seen above the faintish cloud top right where the backscen ran out (it's a foot high), so a little 'blue' was painted in over.

This has all the makings as something great and one to watch... proper thought out backscene - hurrah!

I've no idea how big this mock-up is, but you could sell it as a ready to lay track T or Z gauge layout once you've built the pukka 0 gauge layout (I'm not being serious, but....)

It's a pretty good looking piece of engineering, and having seen it for real I think it will still be around several 1000 years from now, definitely a proper job!

A length of Peco on a 5mm foamboard base with 2mm ply sides. Alignment with fishplates soldered to the incoming track. One of CK's pix in the RAILEX thread show them.

It's influenced by a photo in the Jan 2012 Steam Days magazine. Technically it should be a large prairie and the cars should be on 'Carfits', but it looks the part.

I'd love to have them all in one place, it would be a van jobby and for a no expenses show over £100 weekend van hire is alot of money to fork out before we even talk about fuel. But, this layout and Polbrock will be at the MODEL RAIL barrow Hill event as above.

Good man - high backscenes are the way. I'm moaning about this silly ultra low ones which serve no purpose and usually have grubby finger prints on them.

Thanks chaps - the lederly chap in the photo was/is quite a character I recall, though it must be a good 25 years since I last saw him. He was a retired British Transport Police officer and had many great tales to tell us lads of jellified bodies being pulled out of the mud in the docks and their arms pulling off!

Does anyone know anything about Victoria South? It's the one info wise which is still eluding on that front. It's got that comforting Frank Dyer kind of feel with handlaid track and much brick paper:

http://www.flickr.co...157629282520252

http://www.flickr.co...157629282520252

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Cracking work Robin - now I know what was in that stack in the ofice!

A cracking tale - where will it end up?

Poirot; a shame he wasn't 7ft tall, but probably more like 5ft 2 in real life. I wonder if there's scope to shorten his legs a little (ok, alot)?

....Not because the running in board looked '2mm', it simply remonded me of the layout!

Gosh, I thought this was O gauge, and it was only the running in board that made the grey cells wake up - truly amazing stuff, the whole package!

Classy work Frank - really classy!

Backscene, my choice would be a bit of misty landscape along with your sky, it would add further depth.

Ian's other vids are worth looking at, just for the giants who where oblivious!

http://www.youtube.com/user/idmckech?feature=watch

The camera was in an electronic key fob on a bogie low loader wagon and simply looked like an odd load.

Thanks for that update John B - I'll adjust thw write-up

Actually looking at the vid, it does make me think that it would be fun to extend the layout right around a room to give a really long run. Maybe a swing bridge over the Parrett?

No fear; Fungus is a Scotsman - he likes that pale tea coloured malt spirit....