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Hi Al. May have spoken with too much confidence on abilities to post pic but will have a go.
Despite a bright start B-set glazing is now proceeding extremely slowly. Having resprayed the coaches into crimson (several thin layers) and had a bizarre accident which somewhat advanced my weathering intentions (managed to spray on matt black rather than matt varnish - don't ask) I'm now paying the price in reduced window aperture sizes which means that glazing every window has become a protracted affair with much filing/sanding and test fitting. I'm even unhappy with some of the ones I have fitted and may replace. So an encouraging start's now become a bit of a haul. Problem is there's two of them to do...
Did you have any luck? You suggested you were considering fitting some.
Anyway. To the pics. I don't know if this will work.
Martin
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Hi Al.
This looks fantastic. I particularly like how seamlessly the scene flows into the backdrop (road looks very good). Good to see the Aberdare from the D Payne stud. I'd really liked the Taff Vale A Class when I saw it run on Paynestown. I picked up an 850ST from the same source and it's a lovely model which runs pretty well (although not often enough). I'd post a pic apart from the fact I suspect it might be bad form to do so on someone else's blog (never very sure of forum etiquette).
I echo the request - more pics please.
Martin
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Al
NIce to see you today at the L&B show and Paynestown looking very good. Daughter especially impressed (particularly cat on roof).
Cheers
Martin
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Hi Al
Looking forward to seeing it again at the L&B show. It impressed me last year - Ithought it captured a real feel of the Valleys. Are you going to be bringing the Taff Vale Class A or any of the other pre-grouping locos from the 'eponymous' source?
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Looks good. Am I right in thinking you're going to be showing it at the L&B show?
Incidentally Don, excuse me for jumping in and while I know the answer to why Paynestown I will leave that to Al. However, I do know what you mean about the name but across the Valleys there are a massive number of places called a superficially English-sounding "something-town" often after the mine owners who would had invested in sinking pits. So within an area of just a couple of miles in the Rhondda you've got Wattstown, Stanleytown, Tylorstown and further afield Dukestown and Georgetown to name just a few.
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Thanks Al. Think the starting point will be the detailing kit and a play around.
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Great job and more than a bit of inspiration there. I've got a Dapol/Airfix 14xx in green/shirtbutton and been wondering what to do with it. Do you know if the cab bits etc from the detailing kit fit with that motor (for some reason I thought Hornby had just bought the Dapol tooling) or is it a bigger job involving fitting new chassis (Comet?).
Completely agree on the black/weathering thing.
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Thoroughly enjoyed seeing this - real sense of place about the layout which I liked - it couldn't be anywhere other than the South Wales valleys. Good to meet you too and thanks for running the Taff Vale Class A. Did you go for the Dean Goods afterwards?
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Looking really good. Really liked Cogirep and this looks like it's continuing in the spirit of industrially-influenced, slightly worn-down layouts. Looking forward to seeing it at L&B over the weekend.
Pre-nationalisation days
in Barry Ten's Blog
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Thanks Al. Fortunately, i also bought some wagons - with the benefit of the S&Ws matching heights. Good thing because I don't use them so at least I can put together a goods train. Thanks for the kind words on the layout. There's really not much to it. It's a micro inglenook with a kickback to a coal siding. I'd had plans for a modular arrangement with the module sizes constrained by the size of the bookshelves in my study but it's never really progressed beyond this element. and I've still got a bit to do here. On the upside it's right next to my desk which means I can get pleasantly distracted very easily.
I did fill in the B-set windows and was very pleased with the result but of course that then necessitated the respray with the consequent problems I mentioned. I might try glazing one in factory finish to see it it is easier.
Martin