KNP

March 12

18 minutes ago, DRoe96 said:

Looking fantastic as ever. Could I ask where the manual point Lever came from? It and the planking surrounding look wonderful.

Thanks,

Dom

Thanks

Point levers mainly homemade with the levers being brass and I can’t recall where I got them from!!!!Sorry.

March 12

15 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

Ah I have spotted a slight problem which I'm rather shocked that you seem to have glibly overlooked. Where's the engine shed door going to lean now that you've occupied the space it was occupying. You see not so pleased with yourself now are you.

Of course you could be waiting for this to pointed out and will then calmly announce that the door is going to rehung as part of the upgrading of LM.

In which case I've provided you with your cue and will await your next posting.

Please refer to last picture with door back leaning against the wall

If I hung that door and unloaded the crate what on earth would you all chat about??

March 12

Glued and ballasted in place.

I have found it will take quite a few weeks to fully dry giving me the finished colour which I can then match with surrounding areas

And all back in place.

Now I can park a couple of Panniers, or a tender loco and still leave space….and the pipe from the water tank reaches this siding as well????

March 12

Extend the siding so a piece of track was found

So the old piece removed and excavation works commenced, track cut to size and….

and glueing in place

Note. Engine shed, figures, telegraph poles removed as I was leaning over the layout to work on it…..help saves unnecessary damage!

March 12

The Squadron Leader has been tasked by me to take aerial pictures of the layout so I can start updating the plan.

Well one of them was the area to the side of the engine shed and I looked at it and thought why on earth did I do the siding that angle and length????

No idea……

So a plan was hatched……..

March 12

A view across the farm to a waiting train...

March 11

5 hours ago, Bluemonkey presents.... said:

Morning Kevin, just catching up on LM, some fabulous modelling. Apologies if already mentioned as I could have missed it, so many entries to read. Where did you get the UD milk transfers from and for the weed killing train, please? Asking as I have had plans for one for a few years with a twist, everything else had just taken over and it was in the back burner.

Thanks,

Matt.

Thanks

UD transfers either came with the Parkside kit or brought separately from Fox Transfers

March 11

Now, after yesterdays Pannier excitement lets quieten things down with a tranquil view of some buildings.

Mavis still chatting to Aunt Edna, me still leaning on a fence in deep conversation with an engine driver and Stan Dare eyeing up his next painting.

This view captures the different levels I was after and through a gap in the trees you can see a flat bed wagon in the head shunt at track level.....

March 10

49 minutes ago, checkrail said:

Can't recall seeing LM from that angle before. A wonderful view - just stunning.

Thanks.

Its difficult to set up, out of reach of my tripod so I have to hold the camera in one hand, balance it on the back scene to stop the shakes whilst in my other hand operate the it with the remote facility on the iPhone.

What is does, with the new corner board with Rose Cottage on gave me nearly 9ft of scenery hence the feeling of depth.

I suppose if I removed the shop and offices I could stand the camera on my mini tripod.....that would open up a lot of different angles.

Hmmmm?

March 10

5 minutes ago, westerner said:

You can't have too many panniers.

Agree and I have another one about to enter the workshop……

March 10

24 minutes ago, Fishplate said:

Hang on a mo. It takes about a week to get one train from Endcombe to LM. Now we see multiple moves in less than 24hrs. On a Sunday!!! Not just before the pubs open, but the LM vicar can barely have put a foot in a sock.

Have we entered a parallel universe???

The only reason they are all there as they have been waiting for the auto train to clear the line….

LM operates in a multiverse???

Its a Marvel.!

And the vicar, well once he puts his socks on he can wear his saddles…

March 10

And now from one of the bedroom windows of the cottages...

A view not often seen as I am balancing over the layout, with the camera pressed against the backscene for stability...

One false move....

March 10

You lucky people...

By a pure fluke of the timetable we have ended up with all the Panniers in the yard at LM at the same time!

What luck and coincidence?

We have

7768 - on shed

2776 - at coal staithes

7750 - water siding

8752 - siding and about to set off

8701 - auto train

March 9

Peaceful start to the day.....

March 8

Past the farm the goods do chug....

March 7

With the crew ordered and awaiting dispatch 2776 has moved to the coal staithe.

She will sit there until here crew arrives and finished with the wardrobe department where they will be added to the cab.

A loco at rest

And probably my favourite angle

Fore an old stager she has scrubbed up well and makes a nice addition to the LM motive fleet.

March 6

Long range shot of the viaduct with the auto train posing....

March 5

39 minutes ago, Limpley Stoker said:

A splendid makeover !

Those brake rods make a huge difference - I’ve just looked up the instruction sheet and see they could fit a Bachmann chassis too.

I think there is an article in the GW Modelling website on this very subject and there is some work involved to get the two to fit together.

March 5

Sitting, minding her own business, 2776 open cab Pannier sits in the afternoon sun.

Waiting for her crew to turn up……unfortunately the wait will be a while as I have run out of crew so have some on order….

So, at the moment just waiting

March 5

Just a quiet day down here in the valley.

Time for a quick chat, well I say quick but Aunt Edna and Mavis seem to have been there a while!!!

March 4

Thanks all for your comments on the Pannier brake rods but in the end I knocked some up from rigid wire, plastic sleeve from electrical wire and plastic strip.

Here is the end result with 2776 residing alongside the LM platform whilst the first coat of varnish drys

If anyone is interested I can post some pictures of the process?

March 4

Meanwhile back over on the main line some of our train spotter friends have sent in some pictures of the passing WKT.

One was even hanging off the branch of a tree!!!

March 3

1 hour ago, Fishplate said:

Nice to see 2776 getting some TLC on LM. As I mentioned in our PMs before you adopted her, she was clearly unloved by the owner I got her from.

She was a bit sad for herself, but now looking a lot happier.

Like a lot of my builds I have to get in ‘the mood’ so stuff gets parked until the interest gets triggered as happened with 2776.

Now all systems go to completion….

March 3

Talking of the harbour!!!

One can notice the open cab Pannier 2776 is currently taking some sea air whilst the paint dries.

And before anyone comments the roof is only placed loosely as I expect if I fix it I will only break the whistles off when handing!!!! Will be last job..

Need to work out how to fix the external low slung brake rods when I decide what to build them from…..

For the record another static model

March 3

10 hours ago, aardvark said:

That looks to be a lovely gas lamp just visible at the bottom of the photo. Do you recall where you got it from?

Dart Castings yard lamp

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