How realistic are your models? Photo challenge.

[westerner]

D9502 running round its photographers special.

 

[Boleyn Road]

D5094 catching the sun as it trundles across the point work

[Ruston]

Manning Wardle 16-inch Special 0-6-0ST Horus, on the early morning train at Brookfoot, on the Calder Vale Mineral & Light Railway, June 1909.

[Re6/6]

This is not my work but that of the late John Watson. It's one of the boards of his P4 Laxfield layout (GER) which is in the care of 10800. It will be revitalized in due course. It featured in the first  MRJ issue 0.

 

The scenics are of note considering their age and the methods that John used. They show a very light touch which has stood the test of time. His trees are of particular note with their delicate construction  The grass (surgical lint) is faded and showing its age (getting mothy!) but a refresh with modern grasses should bring it all back to life once again.

 

 

A more correct engine would be this J15. This unconverted and unweathered one is just plonked!

 

[43110andyb]

47577 ‘Benjamin Gimbert GC’ hurries south through Charwelton with a parcels service on 28th May 1987

[33C]

Chuffing back from the Tirap coal mine. 1979. Bagnall 0-4-0ST.

[TheEngineShed]

The driver of 9773 watches a train of Conflats pass. 

 

9773 Driver and Conflats by Pete Piszczek, on Flickr

[Boleyn Road]

70038 Robin Hood catches the light on shed

[33C]

Tipong mine, India, Sharp-Stewart, class B  no.789, on a train of full coal tubs. Feel the heat!

[7802]

A surprisingly well looked after mogul stands amongst 60’s dereliction.

[Captain Kernow]

This little Pug, 51204, the only example modified with a lower cab roof, used to work in the Manchester area until 1962, when some reports say it was scrapped. The reality was, though, that BR leased it to the NCB, who used it at Frog Lane colliery, near Coalpit Heath, for a couple of years:

 

Edited July 9, 2022 by Captain Kernow

[The Johnster]

That’s nothing, mon capitan, mine is converted to a fictitious royal blue livery and still carries the LMS smokebox number I claim it was sold out of service with before the war, ending up with the NCB after several owners and being handled by several dealers.  But in reality it was withdrawn from BR service and scrapped in 1963 as 51217…

[PMP]

[John Besley]

Time to call it a day and go home...

 

[westerner]

Ben's been visiting again, this time in the early morning about o watch 3775 run round its tarin ready to form the 9.00 am departure for Gloucester.

[NHY 581]

Something unusually old at Sheep Dip.....

 

 

 

 

 

[Captain Kernow]

1 hour ago, NHY 581 said:

Something unusually old at Sheep Dip.....

 

 

 

 

 

Now that is one groovy little number, Mr Sheepydoodaddyfellow!

[The Johnster]

Loco porn. 

[Captain Kernow]

Vale of Radnor Lt Rly loco shunting the yard at Capel Bethesda:

 

[Re6/6]

Not mine but CKs!

 

 

[deepfat]

@Aymod This topic should be front and centre on RMWeb to showcase members' amazing work.  It's also a shame so many images have been lost. If I was running RMWeb I'd make this a monthly competition based on likes from us and give small award or badge for the best 

[Ruston]

Rain, Steam and not quite so much Speed.

4mm Modified/Scratched Grant, Ritchie 0-4-2ST and train. Photographed moving at 1/2 sec. exposure at f13.6. Smoke and rain added electronically.

 

[Ian Rathbone]

30926 by the lifting shed at 82G.

 

 

Ian R

[Dave John]

A  lot of closeups of late, and very nice they are. So to ring the changes some fool has been up in a hot air balloon ( it was before they hairyplanes were invented ) and taken this picture of not a lot going on, just some pw wagons passing to the east . 

 

 

Edited July 16, 2022 by Dave John

[33C]

North British, K class, 2-6-2T. Ex kalka-Shimla Railway. (Card construction, battery powered.)