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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
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!!
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.
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
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
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.
It's been a while since I've posted a photo of this. It's 44 rounds and I still have lots and lots of yarn. Each round is about 3/4" so it must be about 66" in diameter.
This photo shows a number of chess pawns lined accprding to their size. It is a free and easy allegory (or maybe a harsh truth) referring to some professional career. And what is your opinion? Feel free to express it in the comment section under this photo. And don't forget to give it a little star.
photo.................399/365
december.........07/2009
Eppure il vento soffia ancora!!! Pierangelo Bertoli
☼♪♫☼♪♫ eppure soffia.......
E l'acqua si riempie di schiuma il cielo di fumi
la chimica lebbra distrugge la vita nei fiumi
uccelli che volano a stento malati di morte
il freddo interesse alla vita ha sbarrato le porte
un'isola intera ha trovato nel mare una tomba
il falso progresso ha voluto provare una bomba
poi pioggia che toglie la sete alla terra che è vita
invece le porta la morte perché è radioattiva
Eppure il vento soffia ancora
spruzza l'acqua alle navi sulla prora
e sussurra canzoni tra le foglie
bacia i fiori li bacia e non li coglie
Un giorno il denaro ha scoperto la guerra mondiale
ha dato il suo putrido segno all'istinto bestiale
ha ucciso, bruciato, distrutto in un triste rosario
e tutta la terra si è avvolta di un nero sudario
e presto la chiave nascosta di nuovi segreti
così copriranno di fango persino i pianeti
vorranno inquinare le stelle la guerra tra i soli
i crimini contro la vita li chiamano errori
Eppure il vento soffia ancora
spruzza l'acqua alle navi sulla prora
e sussurra canzoni tra le foglie
bacia i fiori li bacia e non li coglie
eppure sfiora le campagne
accarezza sui fianchi le montagne
e scompiglia le donne fra i capelli
corre a gara in volo con gli uccelli
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?
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.