georgeT

Sounds interesting painting the odd brick or two, will give it a try...

As there is such a large area of brick it needs something to break up the colour of boring bricks, will try,   Cheers Guys..

You will have full circuit before you know it buddy, great stuff enjoying watching the progress...

Thanks for the tip Bodgit, will see what l can do...

19 minutes ago, pwr said:

 

Are you going to pick out some individual bricks in slightly different colours to make it stand out

 

Paul R

Hi Paul, l wasn't  going to, but thats a great idea cheers..

Thanks Guys, lt has dried ok and a better brick red than just the red primer finish, l will paint the windows next and see where we go from there...

Now l have started some work on 'Moss Lane' doing the mortar on the buildings with very watered down white acrylic, and it looks good when dry and takes no time at all to do...

At last the Bulleid M/N is all ready for her maiden voyage after a chassis re-build...

On 19/08/2021 at 23:16, Andrew P said:

Any new updates young George?

Been busy doing things for others at the moment Andy, nearly finished though and then l can get back to 'ML'..

40 minutes ago, Andrew P said:

I made a start on Phase 2 of Platform 1, after getting back from Eastleigh this morning.

 

A coat of 50 shades of Grey, (see next weeks Video to see what I mean) and then the edging was pinned in place.

 

Next job will be to add Brickwork to the lower facia.

 

 

 

 

Platforms very neat Buddy..

Excellent video Bodgit, very informative... 

Hi Bodgit, 11 pages and not a piece of track nailed down yet, AMAZING, great stuff watching with interest...

Just now, Andrew P said:

Very nice indeed mate, Dutch suited the 31's really well.

Hi Andy, l got Jintyman to respray a green 31 to dutch many moons ago, but in a moment of madness l sprayed it BR Blue a year later for some reason and always regretted it, so when l saw this yesterday l just fell in love all over again, Hahahaha...it will be a Bescot loco soon...

37 minutes ago, pwr said:

Yes resistance is futile. Somewhere along the line I have managed to get up to 4 class 31's in various liveries. 

 

It is a good model though

 

Paul R

Futile indeed Paul, l used to love watching them at Bescot yard on a friday afternoon when they were getting ballast trains ready for the weekend work, they were nearly all dutch 31s, sadly this loco has NOT got the high intensity headlight on... 

Hahaha, l didn't notice him lying down on the job Jim, he will be getting a telling off for sure...

New arrival at 'Moss Lane' a brand new Heljan class 31 in dutch, couldn't resist just needs numbers and plates to complete and some weathering...

2 hours ago, gismorail said:

Like the shelves George the metal work looks very sturdy where did you purchase it from ……must be a fair amount of weight being supported there but knowing your work-ship it will be up to scratch 

Hi Martin,  The metalwork is from B&Q, but its not the normal double slot stuff, this has only one slot l have never seen this style before, but its great and a lot cheaper, so l have put four uprights each with four 65mm screws with plugs in, so they should stand up to the great weight of the O gauge locos

17 hours ago, jcarta said:

 

Still room for at least another 4 locos, 5 if you squash the buses up 

 

Jim 

Hi Jim my collection of 1/50 scale buses is growing by the day, so l will have to build more shelves to accommodate them..

13 hours ago, D6775 said:

I Spie With My Little Eye............. 2x Dutch 33's!! One of which may be 33025 Sultan?

Well spotted Al, the un-numbered one is mine, which will be un-named 33030, and 33025 'Sultan' is my friend lan's who has commissioned me to apply all the transfers, and will be weathered later...

1 hour ago, jcarta said:

 

Still room for at least another 4 locos, 5 if you squash the buses up 

 

Jim 

The buses are filling the shelves up at the moment as l have on order class 56,66 and 73 whenever they appear ?

Added the plywood to the rack and filled it up, need to re-arrange the pictures and signs now...

Just sat and watched your latest video and found it very interesting, well done, would think it would be of help to any newbies coming into the hobby...

56 minutes ago, Andrew P said:

I see the sign at the  top is in the right place to remind you not to catch your shoulder on the shelves as you walk in the room.

Well spotted Andy.., 

well the metal work is up, will get the shelves today (hopefully)

32 minutes ago, Andrew P said:

Yes I know mate, My Timber was almost two hundred sods, luckily Ricky gets a Trade Discount, but that's only 5% now.

Where are you posting pics of the Shelves, Moss Lane or your Workbench?

l have fitted the metal work at last to the wall, and will get the shelves  4'x6"x12mm plywood hopefully today, l needed four supports for the weight of O gauge, (as you remember)...