RMweb Gold vjoneslong Posted April 6, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2017 Ha! Poor old Dog. Have you still not trained him to do all the digging for you, or is he still bringing your rocks back everytime you move them? Trackshack are superb. I cannot fault their service, it is second to none. At least your not "Standard Minded" NM.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 No more rocks left for him to move now Idris ...well i hope all the heavy work is now done, the Dog is still as daft as a brush but is still young and slowly learning. I would'nt be to sure on me not being 'standard minded'...i have a secret fettish for Deltics, Hoovers and Whistlers on the sly....and any Saddle tanks especially the J94's. I was a bit young and just missed the last of steam days but the saddle tanks continued to run at my local colliery until the early 1980's. Thought i'd share a few pics' of my buildings today. All are home made apart from the Chapel which was bought for me as birthday present, most are made from a 10mm thick exterior grade ply-wood shell which is then encased in plastic card, coffee stirrers and wiggly tin which is made from flattening out old Bean cans. I make my own stone walling panels from a rubber type mold i made from car body seam sealer/ PU adhesive, which i fill with car filler to make the wall panels, they can then be easily cut down to size. A couple of buildings are bashed about kids toys such as the Goods shed (Sylvanian Family barn)and station Garage.(Fireman Sam Fire Station) 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold vjoneslong Posted April 6, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2017 Just love it! Industrial tank engines are the way forward. You should come down to the Foxfield Railway on the next gala. I can't get enough of it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narrow Minded Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Brimming with character! Great to see the terrace row forming the "street scene" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted April 6, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2017 Really good attention to detail on those buildings. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 (edited) Thank you all very much Gentlemen, it's been a long time coming in finally finding a place for the terraced houses to finally rest in NM, and that's the first time i've put the garage and the other building together in that area and it works ok, i've still a lot of fiddly work to do on the horrible new concrete road and paths behind what will be 'Hoghton Chapel' Station...including the Station building itself..which is still just a plastic box at the mo'... Let me know Idris when the next Foxfield do is please and i'll try my best Edited April 6, 2017 by Owd Bob 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Love both the quality of modelling and the atmosphere produced. Going to follow this thread Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Fabulous work Owd Bob - and a man who has a secret fetish for Hoovers and J94s is clearly a man of good taste and discernment too! David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Storey Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Completely outstanding Bob. Your weathering techniques are simply works of art. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 (edited) Fabulous work Owd Bob - and a man who has a secret fetish for Hoovers and J94s is clearly a man of good taste and discernment too! David Hi' David! My mate and i used to skip school very often back in the mid' 1970's and cycle the several miles to Springs branch depot where we would board a disused brake van and hide out from the wag man and watch the trains go by, we could'nt tell one class from the other back then, but i remember the 50's double heading on pass' trains thundering through. The first one of the class i ever noted was 007, passing through Axminster station whilst i was on my way to Exeter for the day, me having caught the bus from Charmouth whilst being on our annual holiday down there with my parents. The next train to come in was mine! which i caught, and it was hauled by 008...'Thunderer'..which then obviously became my pet and all time favourate 50. I was looking at all the great class 50 pics' on here the other night, so i'll have to dig out my old pics' one day and post them. Completely outstanding Bob. Your weathering techniques are simply works of art. Did you manage to get out and do some digging Mike? Edited April 7, 2017 by Owd Bob 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Storey Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Did you manage to get out and do some digging Mike? I shifted a fair old amount of earth yesterday, and more being done today, but this is to build up the area where the first track will be laid, before I start marking out and trenching for the first run of blocks (now on site). Meanwhile, much concreting taking place over the next two days, but again not directly for the railway, except for one part. Small digger and large mixer arriving this pm. This is the completion of a major re-work of the garden, which had been causing flooding in one end of our house, due to the topography and lack of barrier and drainage to the old (1837) foundations. That has now all been done (it has taken three years in all as funds permitted) and the plan has included designated areas and runs for the railway. I will now have a raised bed (chest high) on one side for steaming up and most uncoupling/coupling up at a comfortable height, but then on the other side the track reverts to mostly ground level, for its main length of run. Much will be explained when I start my own thread, but just pictures of landfill, non-descript walling, stone pointing, rendering and concrete blocks to show at the mo! All the locos, rolling stock, track, buildings, bridges etc etc are still in their boxes since their move from the UK five years ago, or having been bought over the last few years on longboat raids across the Channel.....I hope I remembered to take the batteries out of the RC! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 (edited) Sounds Really great Mike and it sounds like you are learning and doing all kinds of trades and skills ...are you driving the machines as well?...i used to be a digger driver and worked in the heavy duty landscaping/civil engineering game for 30 years, and thats why i'm completely fecked up now, and i'm only fit to do it on a modelling scale now. Edited April 7, 2017 by Owd Bob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Storey Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Sounds Really great Mike and it sounds like you are learning and doing all kinds of trades and skills ...are you driving the machines as well?...i used to be a digger driver and worked in the heavy duty landscaping/civil engineering game for 30 years, and thats why i'm completely fecked up now, and i'm only fit to do it on a modelling scale now. Sorry to hear that Bob. I have the opposite problem in that my aching body is not used to manual labour on this scale, or at this age! My previous ventures were on a much smaller area. I have driven the digger a few times, but mostly leave it to my chum, who is much better at making it go in the right direction....I am a whizz on the big mixer though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 Sorry to hear that Bob. I have the opposite problem in that my aching body is not used to manual labour on this scale, or at this age! My previous ventures were on a much smaller area. I have driven the digger a few times, but mostly leave it to my chum, who is much better at making it go in the right direction....I am a whizz on the big mixer though! Ouch! That's back breaking stuff keeping the mixer filled up, then i bet barrowing the mix a good way. Its great fun driving the diggers... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Hard work is a garden railway especially as you get older and all the aches and pains develop. This week I got my garden railway operational, it's mainly just a large loop round the garden, a garden ornament really. Peco G scale track & a couple of Bachman and LGB tank locos etc. Hard work for me all the bending cleaning the running rail and tidying the garden adjacent. My track is just laid on 2" of compacted small gravel and I can walk on it. If I was to build it now it all would be raised up a bit !! Anyway Owd Bob, your set up is wonderful, as is the detailing / weathering etc. Your pictures have given me one or two ideas. Have you got a track plan so we can see the overall "picture" ? Yes i was also a Springs Branch visitor many times - lots of 8F photos (mainly steam) on my Flikr photo site below. Brit15 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 (edited) Hard work is a garden railway especially as you get older and all the aches and pains develop. This week I got my garden railway operational, it's mainly just a large loop round the garden, a garden ornament really. Peco G scale track & a couple of Bachman and LGB tank locos etc. Hard work for me all the bending cleaning the running rail and tidying the garden adjacent. My track is just laid on 2" of compacted small gravel and I can walk on it. If I was to build it now it all would be raised up a bit !! Anyway Owd Bob, your set up is wonderful, as is the detailing / weathering etc. Your pictures have given me one or two ideas. Have you got a track plan so we can see the overall "picture" ? Yes i was also a Springs Branch visitor many times - lots of 8F photos (mainly steam) on my Flikr photo site below. Brit15 Wow! Brit15 you are only over the border from me i'll have to get my passport and anti-pie injections up to date and come visit you one day, and you are more than welcome here anytime if you want to visit, i'll have a sken at the 8F pics later summat to really look forward to ....'cos i'm just starting the new track laying and i've just nipped in for a brew and a fag! but its flippin' chilly out there! Edited April 7, 2017 by Owd Bob 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Anti pie injection - bit painful if they use one of these !! Passport's no problem though Brit15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 Anti pie injection - bit painful if they use one of these !! Passport's no problem though Brit15 ...and it depends where they shove it Apollo! i've nowt against the townsfolk ....just the idiots that (Try) run the place. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 Well thats me done in for today, as usual i took mi tabs' had a load of strong coffee and went at it like an headless chicken As always making the most of the dry weather whilst i can. Make hay and relapse at leisure I've got all the track from the pit shaft laid and ballasted up, and the final link is now in on the viaduct, so the circuit is complete and ready for some trial trains next week! The next job is to paint all the ballast Black when its dried out...probably on Sunday. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Wonderful. I feel I could walk around those buildings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted April 8, 2017 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 Many thanks Edwardian! I've just been looking at your superb topic and it's really great and informative! It's given me quite a few ideas! I got to about the 60th page before the neck strain kicked in, but i promise that i shall catch up and read the rest soon. This station building is the last to be built for my railway and its been on and off the tea tray since last Christmas. It's a planked wooden building like a few others on my line, based on the fictional idea that the railway owner bought surplus WW1 ex. W.D.L.R. wooden buildings on the cheap and chopped them around a bit! Its all made from 2mm thick plastic card, the canopy edging is from Cambrian Models...another great supplier. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
77philg Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 hi Bob I do like your toilet including Kilroy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What do you use to make the corrugated sheets for your buildings? phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted April 8, 2017 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 hi Bob I do like your toilet including Kilroy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What do you use to make the corrugated sheets for your buildings? phil Phil'! i use ordinary baked bean tins or any food cans these days, as all seam to be corrugated, i clean them and remove the labels and carefully cut them up into 2" x 4" pieces with the tin snips, then i hold them over the gas cooker flame until Red hot and then as fast as i can...roll them flat with an old wooden rolling pin...but don't tell 'Her indoors' i use it Heating them up helps to get them flat..but its not always successful after the first time of burning, so they go back on the cooker held with a pair of mole grips or pliers at arms length. Any i use for roofing or cladding sheets are primed and painted...any i use for fencing are just left to go rusty, they'll last a few years un-painted but will need replacing, but there's always plenty more cans to go at! Hope it helps? Just freed the bridge/viaduct/tunnel mouth i did for a friend out of the mold, after cleaning up the mortar lines with an old hacksaw blade it's all ready to use. I always have a bit of mix left over so i put it in my little stone wall section mold....you can never have enough! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Storey Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Bob - outstanding once more. I know you have told us you use car body filler to make the moulds, which is a brilliant idea, but what do you use for the items you make from the moulds? Is it just 3/1 cement or something else? Do you use plasticiser in the mix (or just washing up liquid) or is there some other formula you use? I ask because I tried following the Jig Stones instructions some years ago (using rubber moulds), plus experimented a bit with other materials (mainly wood, but also car footwell rubber mats), but had a poor success rate with mine. Either the item just cracked when removed, or the indentations from the mould were just a mess on the face of the model. I tried different drying times, changing the mix, using plasticiser, greasing the mould, all that stuff. How do you do it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyram Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Just found this topic. Enjoyed reading through and viewing the pictures. Simply stunning modelling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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