Corbs

Absolutely stunning as always Chris

YES!

Classic Farthing, I love it!

1 hour ago, BusDriverMan said:

Daisy's a Met-Camm design, right? Plans to produce a 101-based bubble car?

Yes I think in the original stories that's right  I'll be backdating her arrival to 1940, when she is purchased third hand after the closure of a little light railway in Somerset. Remotored with a Gardner diesel engine after the way, replacing the petrol one.

Or..... just thought if you are going to be bookmarking it, here is the URL for your blog:

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blogs/blog/608-dad-1s-blog/

On the home page, click Browse>Blogs.

Then click 'add new entry'

Then instead of adding an entry just click your blog name. Mine says 'Sudrian Histories'

That takes you to your blog main page.

Love it!

I really like that hoist you've done, nice work on the whole scene!

Are you able to store it flat with weights on to bring it back into line?

11 hours ago, LNWR18901910 said:

Those look absolutely brilliant! In fact, why not add some aged looks to them for authenticity?

Cheers mate

6 hours ago, Lee Clarke said:

Great idea, not my era, but I'm sure these will appeal to lots of people 

Thanks Lee! Might be fun to do some in other styles at some point too.

YES! Very much looking forward to this.

Thank you all! I'm really glad you enjoyed it.

Great idea. I know I bang on about RC a lot, but such an idea would be ideally suited to battery power, radio control as it would not require any track wiring.

Amazing! May I suggest 'Saccharine' for the name? 

Nice use of reclaimed wood, Alan.

Will you be cannibalising the original Tweedale for scenery as you did with Tweedale Lite?

Wow thanks David! Yes I do indeed, I have only done 'Skarloey' so far but have a 'Rheneas' in waiting for conversion to RC.

All the best

Corwin

I'm shocked! Quite taken aback by seeing the remains of Tweedale lite in the box but I understand your reasoning. Looking forward to the next phase, of course.

2 hours ago, truffy said:

Surely this is not the same William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury, who also died in 1344? 

Indeed, in real life he was Lord of Man so it’s not too much of a stretch to make him Lord of the territory next to Man as well

2 hours ago, Narrowgaugebeginner said:

Revd. Awdry would have approved!

Well done!

 

Alex

Thank you

3 hours ago, BritishGypsum4 said:

I do love the Garratt. Utilitarian maybe but useful machine indeed. I always wondered why the Rev. Awdry didn't write about the 0-10-0 banker from Bromsgrove, Big Bertha. In fiction he could of had it saved and doing the same job banking trains up the hill.

 

Cracking video

Bertha was certainly a character in her own right! She even has a song written about her

3 hours ago, BritishGypsum4 said:

I echo LNWR18901910's comment. Especially using something so small as the Ertl model to begin with but then to also go R/C too. Amazing

Thanks  it was a challenge but very rewarding!

Thanks Tom

(sorry double post but a recent experience just occurred to me)

We were trying to plan my stepdad's railway for months, hundreds of track plans going into absurd detail and revisions. Eventually we just said 'let's just start building and see what works' and we have a lot of fun together even if it does sometimes involve ripping things out and starting again. 

We found that we both enjoyed working together on the railway more than we did just thinking about it.

My friend 'suffers' from the same problem you describe. He is intent on getting everything correct/right/accurate that he rarely ever actually does anything. When he does, the results are brilliant, but then it will stall again as he tries to figure out exactly what hand position this particular MG42 gunner should have to be correct for a Fallschirmjager soldier in Normandy in July 1944....

I once watched him play an NFL American Football videogame and I wanted to cry, because he had made it so technical, he spent probably over an hour to choose players to buy, it was the most boring and least game-like experience I've seen.

I guess the real question is who are you doing it for? Are you doing it to seek the approval of your peers, or is it for your personal satisfaction? If it gives you more anguish than pleasure, what's the point?

That could sound like 'you should quit and find something else to do', however I hope you do carry on (although I am possibly just self-interested as a happy consumer of the things you make ).

Do you think you'd be happier if you lowered your standards? Or learned to accept that whilst something may not be perfect now, you can always come back and do it again, and if you don't, what does it matter?

e.g. The sun will still rise in the morning despite my Avonside 0-4-0ST's rear axle being located directly under the firebox. I can always build another at some point. Yes it's not up to the standard of other, better, modellers, but I don't give a damn. I care more about finishing than the finish itself.

That's not to say I'm not guilty of the same thing, I too have wrestled with the 'progress vs. perfection' dilemma. I just hope that I have found a middle ground that enables me to carry on enjoying my hobby and wanted to share my experience.

I'm not trying to recommend you a path to follow, just thinking out loud really.

Oh my word, incredible work!