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The men are having a hard time trying to break through the zombie lines following the water pipes that needs to be repaired.
For the few folks that have asked about progress on the model railway, here's a little movie that frankly flatters to deceive regards how much has really been done over the last year.
Progress has indeed been slow but things are at least moving along. The initial first few weeks were absorbed by building a 2.5 x 1.0 metre table on which the layout sits. A couple of mirror-image baseboards were added with rounded corners - a reasonable radius at the back to allow for a backdrop to be wrapped around the corner, and a smaller one at the front to avoid nasty scratches on the torso - partly for myself, but also because grandkids would be mooching around occasionally.
All the track is now laid and wired, and the main running area has been ballasted and painted / toned. The base layer around the Shed area has been painted and at some point I'll likely fill that with a mixture of ballast and coal powder. Four sections of retaining wall have been built, and I've used low-relief Bachmann Scenecraft terrace houses at the back. I'm also in the process of building a factory from a Scale Model Scenery laser-cut kit. A North Light style shed has been built using a 3 to 2 road modified resin kit from TownStreet Models - it needed a bit of filing / fitting here and there but the result is just superb. A coaling stage has also been built from a laser-cut kit.
The two platforms were both cut from solid pieces of pine using a template crafted from sellotaped computer paper which was then marked up and cut using an electric jigsaw. 1mm card was laid on top of that and painted grey with a white edge. The edges of the platform were covered in brick-paper. A barrow-crossing was also made from 1mm card, scored for 6" planks and painted. Decorating the platform with people, fences, and all the other accoutrements is yet to be done, but there are station buildings out of sight on both platforms.
There's no greenery or 'fine finishing' on the layout yet - that, and the roadway down to the cattle dock are future projects. I have a sunken turntable kit yet to be built, but the plastic well has been installed, painted oily black at the base and lined with brick paper. Completion is another project for the future, and will require me reacquainting myself with soldering skills!
The three units of traction currently gracing the layout are a Johnson 3F 0-6-0 tender (43615), a Fairburn 2-6-4Tank (42140), and a 2-car Met Camm DMU - all supplied by Grimy Times Model Railways in Warrington. Around 90% of the rolling stock is secondhand, with wagons etc often sourced from eBay. I'm waiting on the pre-ordered Sutton Locomotive Works class 24/1 which, hopefully, will arrive in the next few months. The line is very much Midland Railway, and the likely station name is Edenbridge depicting somewhere perhaps near Carlisle - however, the jury is still out on that one.
I'm no expert on video files, so hopefully it will download easily enough for viewing. All a bit of a learning experience - so not much different to the model railway then.
iPhone13 Mini video, processed in iMovie.
29th January 2024
Someone gifted me the vintage collage dolls. They're too heavy for collage and so I thought I'd make cards with them. Lovely images but not something I'd want to use again, due to their thickness.
The eastbound Rocky Mountaineer with borrowed UP power approaches Blue Mountain Road. In the background you can see the progress on the new housing development. Do I think it's terrible that the signature shots near Tunnel 1 will be forever changed? Yes. Would I buy one of those trackside properties if I won the lotto? Also yes.
Progress Rail GP22ECO # 7101 in previous owner EMD's paint is ready to ship from Metro East Industries in East St Louis, IL after having freeze damage repaired. Taken on MEI property with permission March 3rd 2015
66796 "The green progressor" heads the 4Y19 Mountfield to Southampton Western docks through Basingstoke.
I'm lamenting the frenzied activity of 2022 where this service would produce a 69 for haulage and the desire to get a decent shot of every loco as it worked this service....hopefully later in the year when they are fully back in service I can resume.
Tuesday 3 May 2023
Progress Rail unit LDP005 leads CSR010 on SCT train 2MB9 through Bargo River bound for Bromelton in Queensland.
2018-06-19 SCT LDP005-CSR010 Bargo River 2MB9
I have most of the accessories for the 1/24th DIY tea room kit done. It's been a challenge! I'm struggling with the bakery counter now : ) With a few exceptions, all of this has to be assembled.
Well, I made some progress today. Tweeking the design as I go, naturally! I tried paper piecing, but didn't like all the bulk I was getting from the seams, so it will be fused, raw edge applique. Thinking I might swap out those three pale geese, though - waddaya think?
Old Hill Bank and 68015 makes steady progress pushing the 0819 (1H27) Stourbridge Junction to London Marylebone service towards the summit at Rowley. Seen here crossing Station Road and Dudley No.2 Canal shortly before plunging into Old Hill Tunnel.
Greetings fellow hobbyists!
I just thought I'd bring you up to date on my Warlock helmet. I put the first patch of Bondo body filler on the helmet. I'll be covering the entire helmet in the days to come, but for now just the back has some on it.
Also, this is my first time working with a toxic material, so I got to buy myself a respirator! :D I get really excited about things like that. But I think it just makes my family worry about me. :P
I think that's all for now, the next update will probably be the complete Bondo covering, sand and primed. So.... I guess talk to you then. TTYL!
As always, tell me what you guys think, I'd love to hear what you have to say! :) Drop a fave, comment or even a follow. They all go a long way!
Seeya in the next one!
*Spartan out*
Thumbs up for the one handed Canon 6D selfie! XD
In order to check that the two boards and all the associated wiring would stand up to being parted, moved around and rejoined, I relocated the layout. During the disassembly, some careful tidying of the mass of sub-baseboard wiring was undertaken.
The layout was reassembled and thankfully, all was well. The new location enabled a longer view to be taken, and it's shown here compared with a similar shot when the baseboards had just been built.
Unaware that someone was clicking away with a camera, oh that would be Hilt, oh and earlier I once said 'bolox to work in progress shots just paint! Hypocrite maybe? It's done and I'm sharing anyhow!!
A atual bandeira do Brasil foi adotada em 19 de novembro de 1889, tendo suas cores e dimensões estabelecidas pelo decreto-lei número quatro, de 19 de novembro de 1889, sofrendo poucas alterações desde então. Tem por base um retângulo verde com proporções de 7:10, sobrepondo-se um losango amarelo e um cÃrculo azul, no meio do qual está atravessada uma faixa branca com o lema nacional, "Ordem e Progresso", em letras maiúsculas verdes sendo a letra E central um pouco menor, além de vinte e sete estrelas brancas.
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, São Paulo, Brasil
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35
14/12/2011, 21:49
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Overnight shot of a beautiful hill and copse of trees that will soon disappear in a new development. This will be the second time the land is developed. Somebody used to have a house in the trees at the top, but all that is left now is the foundation up there. It was incredibly peaceful sitting under the trees, enjoying the view and listening to the wind blow.