Elmham Market in EM

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James Spooner

James Spooner

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Dave Holt said:
Very nice, Nigel.
If you don't mind me saying, the cab handrails seem to have gone a bit awry.
Dave.
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Yes Dave, you are quite correct and they are only a plastic moulding. I have slipped them back into place (there is a small dimple in the footplate that the plastic moulding slips into). No more modelling from me for a few days as I’m driving on the FR to help out over half term.

Nigel
 
James Spooner

James Spooner

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Variety, they say, is the spice of life. My final turn of this visit (and, given the season is nearly over, probably of the year) was a trip to Blaenau followed by a trip to Tanybwlch on David Lloyd George, seen here by the coaling stage at Porthmadog.

Back home tomorrow then some more modelling.

Nigel

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James Spooner

James Spooner

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Phil O said:
Without wishing to decry your excellent work on fitting the ejector pipe and Westinghouse air pump, should there be pipes and hoses on the buffer beams?
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Yes, Phil, you are quite correct. I took a conscious decision not to fit them as I use three link couplings and as this is going to be a shunter I find getting the uncoupling hook between the buffers with all the extra pipe work to be something rather more complicated, so decided operation ease trumped visible accuracy there…

Nigel
 
James Spooner

James Spooner

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A combination of visits to the Uckfield exhibition (where I had a good chat with Rob @Flaxfield) and the Poole exhibition (where I had a good chat with Mike @Quintus) then a trip to see Martin Finney’s magnificent Semley last weekend has spurred me into attempting some more scenery on Elmham Market. It hasn’t really made much progress recently and is getting cluttered up with tools and the like so yesterday and today I have been trying to make amends.

I have been working on the pasture between the railway cutting and the end of the council houses, then started to tackle the gardens around the houses. Still very much work in progress but hopefully the progress is evident. I have managed to plant the Modelu people I painted earlier in the year and, with some tight lens work (not great on a mobile phone!), a few scenarios can be created. I’m planning to make more progress tomorrow so the photos below are just the current state of play…

Nigel

An overall view.
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The view from the road.
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Mrs Skinner orders an extra pint of milk from the milkman…
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Whilst postie works out his next delivery…
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And Farmer Cobbold gazes at his cows as one of the new Cravens diesel units rumbles past with a service to Cambridge.IMG_9656.jpeg
A view down the lane…
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James Spooner

James Spooner

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A trip to see Paul at Alton Models has resulted in some more gardening being achieved. Still very much work in progress but the garden of the rear house is taking shape; I’ve tried to portray Mr and Mrs Skinner as very proud of their well kept garden. By contrast the other back garden will be little more than a field with a goal post, some mud around the goal mouth and a football sitting nearby. A couple of photos show the current state of play…

Nigel


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James Spooner

James Spooner

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I’m continuing to make progress on the scenery on the left hand baseboard, although was held up by a lack of hedging for a few days. Whilst waiting I dug out a pack of telegraph poles and modified them to resemble those at Lavenham before planting. I also dug out a Wills pack of point rodding so that has moved up the list of items to add.

I attach a photo showing current progress and a few more shots trying to get different angles as the scenery develops.

Nigel


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AJC

AJC

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Very nice. I suspect that the Birdseye container is a little out of period (and almost certainly the wrong type, who’s counting), but it’s most attractive.

However, that Wills point rodding is about scale for 0, of course [Already out the door, running away…].

Adam
 
Dave Holt

Dave Holt

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I think Adam is about right - S scale at least. A better bet would be the printed stools from Modelu with 0.4 mm square brass wire, which I think is available from MSE.
Dave.
 
James Spooner

James Spooner

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Thanks Adam @AJC and Dave @Dave Holt and I will investigate the MSE option. I was getting a little worried with the Wills option as I couldn’t figure out how to get enough rodding runs between the track and the platform on the opposite side of signal box. That all makes sense now!

Nigel
 
robertm

robertm

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Nigel
Lovely bucolic scenes, a real flashback to my youth in what was then unspoilt Essex.
My recollection is that most of the dairy cattle were Friesians, ie black and white. Also the pastures were long established and usually had drinking troughs plumbed in. The surface was liberally spotted with the cow pats, usually densely enough to require careful navigation by a younger me and the areas around the gates and drinking troughs were usually very muddy.
The exGER train is lovely, I have an F5,F6 and a first/third coach in 7mm, your images have spurred me to build the brk/3rd to finish the train.
I always look forward to new posts on this thread.
Bob
 
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