Chris Nevard

Serious talent!

Nice! It will look lovely trundling across that bit of boggy land near the estuary of the Parrett just north of Bridgwater

It's interesting what you say about the smokebox door, I think with mine it was half-open for hours on Catcott before I noticed at the last show... Testors is good.

Thank you chaps - most kindly!

This shot taken under the layout's own flu lighting makes an interesting comparison, note how the loco green is a little richer http://www.nevardmedia5.fotopic.net/p68950792.html

Thanks - natural light is far more gentle on the beige, greens and yellows which tend to get distorted with artificial low energy lighting like flus. They're still better than spots though with their mulitple shadows and pools of light. Daylight or my daylight photographic lighting is best though.

Just a pale blue one would work well with no clouds I guess - though it would need to darken to the top. But with Catcott it was important for me to get get that big summer sky effect so typical of the area with cumulus clouds. Something to think about with other projects maybe.

I could start messing about with the backscene, but then I'm doing computer graphics rather than photography and model making and I'm keen to keep away from that unless I'm shooting a layout without a backscene when I have no choice. Otherwise I might as well turn the camera off, sell the layouts and and buy MS Trainsim or whatever that's called. I think sometimes we have to accept limitations or merging 3d with 2d?

A non-AF lens cannot become an AF lens. AF is no good for this kind of photography anyway, so even if you do have AF you'll be turning it off. You'll be able to use old Nikkors (they'll need to be Ai converted - lots on Google about such - the mount goes back to 1959!) on the D70 and D40, the only other thing you won't have is metering, so just pop the camera in manual and take some test exposures using a small aperture with the camera well supported at the lowest ISO. Do not underetimate the D70, good technique and good glass is still the most important thing, though the chap in Dixons well not agree with me of course.

The moggy does look a little too tidy despite a wash over of matt varnish. It's quite tricky getting cars to blend in without making them look like bangers. I think I'll give it a light wash of my gunk mix and wipe most of it off. I've a nice little green Moggy saloon to do. The camera is do unforgiving!

Terry, September the 24th 1964 was a very windy chilly day you must recall? It was taken whilst be were in Bath trying to blend in with the boho locals

I'm just working some shots with the an Ivatt 2-6-2 and a SR bogie van...... to follow shortly...

Don't worry guys, no paint or ballast or clay will go near the layout until everything runs - I've done a lot of this in the past, albeit with code 75 rather than 55. For the cobbled bits I will ballast first to sleeper height - it makes a good key for the Air Clay to adhere too and avoids any looking down issues

Catcott is all foamboard (card/foam/card) apart from the ends, fascias and sides which are ply. Almost 4 years on and it's perfect. MDF and ply is just as likely to distort if stored somewhere damp (which will never happen). I like to get all the wood work out first, this way suits me because I can borrow the dining room table and not damage it, whilst being sociable rather than hiding in the garage.

Thanks, the K point should be OK, there should be an older post on it on this blog somewhere. Code 55 doesn't take long to file into shape either.

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php/blog/206/entry-5380-brewhouse-quay-wiring-fun/

Classy!

What is normal layout lighting?

I did, with just 5 mins to go before the doors shut last weekend. They simply bend. Easily fixed - this time, I bent the gate back.

You're doing a great job here, do not underestimate your skills, you certainly don't give the impression of this being your first time - keep em coming!

I love this concept of different modules and the chance to model all sorts of different seasons or landscapes with out having to commit t a whole layout. I think you might start a new trend here and one that I might pinch when I have a bit more space.

It always fun to rejuvenate older models like this. If one could time travel, I most of us would never have imagined that we might still have some of these models 1/3 of a lifetime later

Likewise Iain,

The 4F is a 29 year old Airfix one with the recent addition of a Comet chassis by Phil Hall (who is local to me).

5th of March - 45 years after the SDJR line closed - time for you to do that SDJR 7F in LMS livery you've always wanted

Correct - the Nikkor 28-70 f2.8 IFED. I'm hoping to replace the camera body later this spring, but at 100 iso shooting in RAW the elderly D200 holds its own on the printed page even at double page spread against more recent models bar the D3x which is mucho-bucko.

These are fascinating! Looking forward to seeing them for real. In fact, despite snapping FS, I've never actually seen if in action!

.....and it will be coming down your way to the RMweb Taunton jolly April 17 http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php/topic/14157-taunton-members-day-sunday-17th-april-2011/

DerekA - don't drive too far, it's only 5 feet scenic and with the price of petrol not alot of feet for the cost:

http://www.nevardmedia5.fotopic.net/p53990710.html

Cheers! I've just swapped the vid over to a PAL version, I was messing about with different formats. Usual Youjerkytubeness not present on my uncompressed master as usual.

Nice wrk Mr Redgate! I presume it was quickly hidden shortly after this photo was taken?