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Hi Mark Hope your proposed challenge 2010 project, wont stop the completion of this one, it's looking good. Can't say I'm a big fan of anything DRS, EWS,or DBS liveried, i remember the West Highland in Large Logo days. Anyone for 37408 on the viaduct?. Just chucked the other half off ? facebook for long enough for me to upload a gallery of photos from, Bridge of Orchy and Tydrum, hope they are some use. Keep up the good modeling. Gary

? Readum and weep Not photos of the Scottish region as such, a couple of pages from my log book. The first one is from the last days of 37s on the West Highland. The others are when Scotrail ran out of sprinters in the early 90s. The 27s had long gone and the only passanger train you mite get a 26 on.would be the Cardenden loop out of Edinburgh. Two of the Scottish stars of the early 90s 156 and 209 arrive at Inverness with the overnight

? Great to see more progress. You are winding me up me showing photos of LL37s. I have the choose tomorrow to go to the GCR for 37314 or the NEC?. ? Just as a consolation,37425 along with three others are working out of Bescot tomorrow evening bond for the Cambrian, i just may have to call at Bescot on the way back to get my fix. As for the ferry i gather you could use a full sized one up there!.? Gary

? Thought i had better get in to the act. LMS standard compound coasts towards Over Haddon? Gary

Maybe the Juno?

Hi folks I have had one of thous days when nothing go's right, and even my photos are not in focus,time for a beer i think. For some reason, only known to myself, I decided to switch work to the other end of the layout and have a go at the quay. Having looked at some photos of the real thing, I decided to opt for a more modern look, the Glenuig authorities must have modernized it some time in the early 70's.? The concrete face has been produced in my usual way with emulsion and filler mix. Timbers have been added using softwood and various bits of ironwork using plastruct and plasicard. Next the hard standing,first a check rail was soldered to copper clad sleepers positions along the siding at five sleeper spacings, this was spaced from the running rail at 1mm. The whole thing was then covered in a thin layer of Dass modeling clay. Now to the painting, getting the color of concrete right always terrifies me. I stated with a light stone color and then stippled various shades of brown and gray on the top. After it was dry it looked a bit patchy, so I toned it down by airbrushing it with a thin cream color. I think the overall effect is expectable so I will leave it alone now. Looking at the layout now, I have noticed on big floor that could have been avoided if I had planed things better. After many sketches and several full size drawings I still managed to get the width of the water at the front of the quay to narrow. I had intended to put one of the Cal Mac island class boats tied up, but there isn't enough space. Perhaps the boat will wait for Glenuig 2, and then after seeing Clagmiesters commission I will base the whole layout around a ferry, the Pioneer perhaps!. Dam, it looks like he's about to beat me to it. Gary

Hallo Mark Yes!! I was in Scotland when I took the photos. I was up there for a week and this was the best day. The photo is actually 6 different shots stitched together. I have a set of photos of the buildings at Tyndrum, Bridge of Ochy, Gelfinann, and Arisaig, as soon as I can secure the computer off my other half (obsessed with facebook), I will post them in the prototype section. Gary

Hallo I adapted mine by soldering the tube to two brass screws in the underside of the baseboard, and then passing the wire through a slot directly under the tie bar, See the photo. I had absolutely no joy with the method advised in the instructions. Gary

I really do like the idea of 4mm modeling with a 24" rip saw!. This is going to be awesome? when finished. Gary

Hallo Russ Glad to hear for you, i was starting to wounder were you had got to. The platform faces are just masking tape painted with emulsion and acrylics, i am quite pleased with the way they have worked out. Now down the cellar, i have started thinking about water. The water in the West Highlands tends to be crystal clear, so i thick that getting the base right will be the crux of it,. in the past i have used casting resin but i am open to suggestions, so if anyone out there as any ideas please let me know. Gary

Hi Mark Just go round to looking at my holiday snaps, and relized i had taken a set on Ranock moor with your backscene in mined. If you like the sample i will get the full size file over to you one way or another, the full size file is over 4meg. Gary

Hi all Bit that I had been dreading, the rocky coast.I completed this sometime ago, but have only just found time to wright this piece. I picked the coast in front of the distillery to experiment on. The basic shape was cut from polystyrene using a hot wire cutter. Random pieces of polystyrene were then cut and PVA glued to the surface. The whole thing was then painted with a thick mix of exterior filler. More smaller rocks were added using kitty litter (unused, thanks to Molly the cat). The first paint wash was airbrushed on and colored light brown, followed by a mix of dark gray, gunmetal and satin varnish, to give the surface a sheen.Further dry brushing to add depth then the tops of the rocks were stippled with yellow/gray paint to represent lichen. The Green slime,was produced with a mix of PVA and dark green paint. The grass is from the Mininature range applied with an homemade ???fly swatter???applicator. Further vegetation has been added using sea moss and carpet felt. I still have about twice as much again, of rocky coast to finish as well as the riverbed, and the water. For some reason I have made a start on the quayside at the station end, this is about ?? complete so I will be posting some photos soon. I have handed the set of photos for the back scene, to a friend who is a dab hand with CS4 Dreamwever, so it should be ready for the printers soon.? I really should think about stock, i had saved up some trainset tokens to take to the NEC in a few weeks time, then the service light came up on the car, so bang go's that plan!.

Can't find any more ofthe poem, i think that must be it. Said to hear of thedemise of Juno One of the two streakers i have done, this one on theGornock Dunoon sailing, the other, for interest, was the Pioneer FromMallaig to Armadale.

I think its in the Book "the Kingdom of MacBrayne's",i am stuck at work at the moment, will check when i get home. Talking of Cal mac, anyone know why the Juno and Saturn were tided up at Rosneath a few weeks ago. By the way, this model is absolutly fantastic, i think i will give up the railway modeling and switch to ferry's Gary

Yes i have seen the thread of the building of your ferry. I will try not to diversify into the strange following for these car ferry's i have, and this photo is out of the context of this forum but why not?, just one. Lord of the Isles approaching Oban 19/09/08

I think I am giving up railway modeling, and concentrate on Cal mac ferry's. This one is coming on a treat, but I can't wait to see the Columba. Thinking of doing one of the island class, for Glenuig, Rarsay or Eig. There's not room for anything bigger, but if I were to extend the board a little.......

Thank you for all your good comments, and yet more offers of photographs, at this rate I won't have an excuse to head for North West Scotland. The trip was not just for the photographs, but as I have commented before my partner and myself love the place. Those of you who have not sat on the rocks at Mallaig or got on a boat out to the islands don't know what your missing, and its not all midges and rain!!. Just a some prototype information, the platform faces on the West Highland extension are made from lime biased concrete. the exception now is Glenfinann that has had its platforms rebuilt. The model first, the faces were constructed from battens of softwood. The deck, was made with 6mm ply, cut a few mill over the size of the battens and then a taper was sanded on the lower edge and glued on to the battens, this was the warped in masking tape. The edge paving was formed of individual pieces of 1mm thick card. The surface is made by spreading a thin layer of PVA then sieving tile grout over the top. Painting and weathering was done with emulsion and acrylics. 28 weeks till my next scheduled visit to Scotland, ( not as if I am counting!!)

Hallo all Hopefully you can read this, and see the images it will mean I have successfully crossed over from the ???other side???!. Just to recap on my layout. The prototype (all totally fictitious) The North British railway where eager to get a connection on to the island of Mull, to rival the Oban and Cal lander railway.Construction started to provide a railway from Locharlot to Ardslignish on Loch Sunnart. Construction started but was soon met by protests from local land owners, the area being prime hunting country, and the Lairds had friends in high places. The project was doomed from the start and the line only progressed as far as Glenuig.At Glenuig the line was prematurely terminated, but was opened to serve the remote community. With the arrival of reliable transport,the Village became and important fishing harbor and a ferry service was established to the small islands. The local ???water of life???distillery, ???Moidart???, soon had its own siding and this traffic ,fish and timber helped the line survive. The scene is set between 1975 and 1985, the transition between BRCW type 2s and EE type 3s.The traffic consists of 2 coach train, with the occasional mixed, two coaches and a TTA, a small goods service, timber, grain, and fish,and an engineers train.?� Themodel 4mm,EM gauge, the space of the scenic part is 7feet by 18 inch. . The layout is to be eventual DCC and locos are fitted with sound. The track is constructed using C&L components.?� The distillery building, is cut from ply, covered with embossed stone plasticard, then smeared with a thin layer of milliput in places. The whole lot was then stippled with a mix of emulsion paint and tile grout. The windows are from C&L and the gutters and downpipes Ratio. The roof is made from corrugated plasticard cut in to strips to represent 8 by 4 panels, and the ends are sanded back to represent rusted edges. The distillery buildings are complete. After getting the roof right on the maltings, I thought I was past the worst challenge, then when constructing the large building, I tried to get two Wills slate sheets to join. After several attempts I found that this was virtually impossible and did the best I could with blending the two sections in with filler. I then tried to disguise the joint by adding a representation of lichen, I think its just about expectable, may be pantiles would look better?. The wording on the side was done by first setting it out on the computer and printing, then tracing it on to the side with pencil, and then hand painting the letters with acrylic paint. The inscription ???uisge beatha??? is scots ?�gaelic for ???water of life???, whiskey. On the old forum there was a great debate about the back scene, I can now report that after a trip of 1300 miles I have the photos for my photographic one. This in itself turned out to be a bit of an epic. I had arranged a weeks holiday in Scotland mainly based on Skye. We traveled up first to Oban and then on to Skye via the Mallaig, and call in to Glenuig fro the ???photo???the way. We would return via Kyle and the bridge thus avoiding the ??26 ferry fare. On the day the weather wasn't to bad, but with not good viability. While I was busy, one, with the camera and two, trying to sort out a problem at work by mobile phone 500 miles away, my good lady spotted something in the water. This turned out to be an otter. We watched the otter fishing for about an hour before traveling to Mallaig and arriving with seconds to spare for our ferry. After four days on Skye we woke up on the day we were leaving to clear blue sky's and good visibility. So I paid the ??26 again and went back to Glenuig for a second attempt, bingo. A bit of work on photoshop and I should have my backsceen.The final photo in an experimentation of what how the backsceen will look. I now have a set of good photos of the structures at Tydrum, Bridge ofOrchy, Genfinann and Arisaig. I think I will use the box and Station building from Arisaig, and will post the photos as an entry in the prototype section I think I have waffled on long enough now, so see ya soon Gary

Back to the large logo37s. I think? ? these were scattered around the old forum but are toogood to be hiding in this computer. Gary 37408 at Glasgow queen street 5/01/89 37414 at Kyle 1987