Flaxfield
Western Thunderer
Morning Larry.
They are a mixture of shrubbery from MBR in Poland and the almost identical ( but double the price ) shrubbery from AK Interactive as I ran out of the MBR stuff.
Rob
Tales from The Room of Doom. Dipping a toe in various bucolic backwaters.
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They are a mixture of shrubbery from MBR in Poland and the almost identical ( but double the price ) shrubbery from AK Interactive as I ran out of the MBR stuff.
Rob
Flaxfield
Western Thunderer
Morning Fitz,
Sounds rather lovely. The Italian Job on the Peco board hasn't been fully discounted and I can carry on with it for a while yet before I need to decide on the location etc.
Rob.
Flaxfield
Western Thunderer
Well, a week ago, I was at Stowrail with Sheep Dip in rather grand surroundings.
Things went reasonably well though I have a niggling, intermittent, short to attend to.
Next day out is to Minehead, next Saturday. Originally I was down to demo scenic stuff but following a substitution in time added on, Sheep Dip will be coming with me. So, I'd better get on with locating the short !
Rob.
Things went reasonably well though I have a niggling, intermittent, short to attend to.
Next day out is to Minehead, next Saturday. Originally I was down to demo scenic stuff but following a substitution in time added on, Sheep Dip will be coming with me. So, I'd better get on with locating the short !
Rob.
John Duffy
Western Thunderer
Well that's the fancied exhibition hall I've ever seen!
John
John
Flaxfield
Western Thunderer
What have you put on your deckchairs now you have used the material from them as your clutter cover.
Towels.
Flaxfield
Western Thunderer
This afternoon has seen me carrying out a bit of maintenance on D3509, Sheep Dip's resident 350hp shunter.
Prior to Stow, I'd overlooked fitting replacement air tanks, noticing this as I ran it into Sheep on the first train of the day. I briefly wondered why it looked a bit 'light ' at the front end, then the penny dropped.
The tanks are courtesy of Mudmagnet Models and really make a difference. I've also cleaned the wheels and checked things over and hopefully, all is well.
I also took a few photos as despite 3509 cropping up all over the place, being the first diesel I weathered, I'm quite attached to it.
Rob
Prior to Stow, I'd overlooked fitting replacement air tanks, noticing this as I ran it into Sheep on the first train of the day. I briefly wondered why it looked a bit 'light ' at the front end, then the penny dropped.
The tanks are courtesy of Mudmagnet Models and really make a difference. I've also cleaned the wheels and checked things over and hopefully, all is well.
I also took a few photos as despite 3509 cropping up all over the place, being the first diesel I weathered, I'm quite attached to it.
Rob
Flaxfield
Western Thunderer
Morning all,
In other news, I learnt that one thing that can lead to madness is looking at one's potential entry to the Peco Rail 200 thing and think to yourself ;
' I wonder how that would look on a bigger board ? '
And the answer is......pretty much like this....
In other news, I learnt that one thing that can lead to madness is looking at one's potential entry to the Peco Rail 200 thing and think to yourself ;
' I wonder how that would look on a bigger board ? '
And the answer is......pretty much like this....
SouthernFan Ian
Western Thunderer
The answer is simple in my view. You are a creative person using model railways as an outlet for your talents. For me, it’s taking railway modelling to the next level. Keep up the good work and just accept the creativity!
Regards,
Ian
jonte
Western Thunderer
Flaxfield
Western Thunderer
Morning all,
Well, a good day yesterday.
Dave, Rob and the clubmembers from the Exmoor Coast Railway Modellers provided their usual warm welcome at Minehead, which is the norm at this lovely show.
A lovely run down, along a rather foggy M5, then an essentially traffic free jaunt along the A38 brought about an early arrival. A swift erection followed by not one but TWO bacon rolls set me up for a nice, rather chatty day. Quite a few RmWeb faces popped in along the way, and it was good to chat to Phil O.
I was very brave, purchase wise, but did succumb to a really nice 3D yard crane from Richard Slate, aka Mudmagnet Models, which is based on an example at Verwood. It looks like a really nice little project. As ever, Richard's print is really crisp and looking to need little in the way of cleaning up. It's just what I needed and will end up either on Sheep Dip or the new layout.
Talking of Sheep Dip, it behaved reasonably well but I can't put off sorting out the electrical gremlins for too much longer. Switching to DCC has highlighted the short ( !) comings of it's toytown electrics and this must be sorted before the trip to Uckfield, as well as fitting stay alives to pretty much all locos which will be used on it.
The day ended with a good run home, via a pause at Tesco Minehead to succesfully stock up on Otter beer.
So that's essentially it in terms of layout exhibiting until Uckfield, though Ewe does have a walk on part at Scaleforum in September.
Rob
Well, a good day yesterday.
Dave, Rob and the clubmembers from the Exmoor Coast Railway Modellers provided their usual warm welcome at Minehead, which is the norm at this lovely show.
A lovely run down, along a rather foggy M5, then an essentially traffic free jaunt along the A38 brought about an early arrival. A swift erection followed by not one but TWO bacon rolls set me up for a nice, rather chatty day. Quite a few RmWeb faces popped in along the way, and it was good to chat to Phil O.
I was very brave, purchase wise, but did succumb to a really nice 3D yard crane from Richard Slate, aka Mudmagnet Models, which is based on an example at Verwood. It looks like a really nice little project. As ever, Richard's print is really crisp and looking to need little in the way of cleaning up. It's just what I needed and will end up either on Sheep Dip or the new layout.
Talking of Sheep Dip, it behaved reasonably well but I can't put off sorting out the electrical gremlins for too much longer. Switching to DCC has highlighted the short ( !) comings of it's toytown electrics and this must be sorted before the trip to Uckfield, as well as fitting stay alives to pretty much all locos which will be used on it.
The day ended with a good run home, via a pause at Tesco Minehead to succesfully stock up on Otter beer.
So that's essentially it in terms of layout exhibiting until Uckfield, though Ewe does have a walk on part at Scaleforum in September.
Rob
Flaxfield
Western Thunderer
Morning Phil,
That nice chap is another Phil, aka Harlequin on RmWeb who not only creates very nice arty track plans but also produces very, very nice 3D printed GWR Yard cranes.
I have to agree with you. Pretty certain that the above loud shirt is an item of clothing that Pencarrot would love to have in his wardrobe. Obviously wouldn't carry it off as well as yours truly and not sure of how it would come across on T.V.
Rob
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