tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55603220579972979012024-03-25T13:43:37.968-07:00The chronicles of the Isle of StonerThese are the tales of the creation of the model of the Isle of Stoner Railway. It is a 009 model being 4mm to the foot or thereabouts.Lord Stonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735046388170436892noreply@blogger.comBlogger484125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560322057997297901.post-13012243449406277962024-03-25T13:42:00.000-07:002024-03-25T13:42:52.379-07:00Engines and more engines<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So... The first two of my four new Fourdees locos are here; two shades of green; a Hunslet and a Bagnall. I'm really happy with both of them and they will be very nice additions to the IoSR fleet.</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7lcMGiHhbzrPfqWKBnuz2H3sWzc9ldGtwlPeP2TWusYs_mItqb1YXeJV86OqkELqd9QYHqW0dHzDuP_vSoBqXTPpeZXAl9nVuB6_a2ZH5oe49dFQ2p9NNDHJ4R5Yoo7X_mkyrMvravEfruDv3FvLX787cqCkFZnkwM9UBLk76U0rA49PS7fTxShA_nkj/s4032/72B0C592-EF47-4C2F-B3D4-F74D3DC74F1B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7lcMGiHhbzrPfqWKBnuz2H3sWzc9ldGtwlPeP2TWusYs_mItqb1YXeJV86OqkELqd9QYHqW0dHzDuP_vSoBqXTPpeZXAl9nVuB6_a2ZH5oe49dFQ2p9NNDHJ4R5Yoo7X_mkyrMvravEfruDv3FvLX787cqCkFZnkwM9UBLk76U0rA49PS7fTxShA_nkj/s320/72B0C592-EF47-4C2F-B3D4-F74D3DC74F1B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRdhMmaeJeRSB46MMpgXkrYe8M_xivxsfDuZCBXT_eK_46Ca6kpFofOOJR1HbhBXI6Z8ZKeMXFSIJrApq4Z1xtK56swrrqi3MPQGQ0Kw_OUGoBIwFmBgpo9GJfQMwMgSGPW_TuegOA2Z16dYm1xO7rkfEFoSUdh7LbHhx03RTuKO-Wtv6rVt8YfG8QFEzt/s2109/IMG_3239.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1186" data-original-width="2109" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRdhMmaeJeRSB46MMpgXkrYe8M_xivxsfDuZCBXT_eK_46Ca6kpFofOOJR1HbhBXI6Z8ZKeMXFSIJrApq4Z1xtK56swrrqi3MPQGQ0Kw_OUGoBIwFmBgpo9GJfQMwMgSGPW_TuegOA2Z16dYm1xO7rkfEFoSUdh7LbHhx03RTuKO-Wtv6rVt8YfG8QFEzt/s320/IMG_3239.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next on the list was the loco I've made a few modifications to. The most obvious is the turned brass chimney which I added for two reasons; firstly that I really like it and second that I dropped the print and snapped the chimney off. It would have glued back on but would always have been a weak spot. The other mod are the coal rails on the bunker which I made in my usual way from Langley L&B etched slatted seats. All the four new locos also have vacuum pipes added.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvSIe2hEGpD0bu7zXx8rpomuFneF6zGwSyutBqx148aqg-V1NfyO_N4-uSm-cYJKI3R5XE4V7uMFZ5G7zrBFO9IyLCuOxb-PD1Ccgs5B68BM23bRWxc2JmxI1_crJGmyED3LBiIMXJGCBqf-zXsfnsm83OTLvY_AKJXBEzjTfY0smL3kmSuS7LTtXJHC1l/s1712/20D19899-AF32-4DCC-BA83-8F378B3F88EC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1215" data-original-width="1712" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvSIe2hEGpD0bu7zXx8rpomuFneF6zGwSyutBqx148aqg-V1NfyO_N4-uSm-cYJKI3R5XE4V7uMFZ5G7zrBFO9IyLCuOxb-PD1Ccgs5B68BM23bRWxc2JmxI1_crJGmyED3LBiIMXJGCBqf-zXsfnsm83OTLvY_AKJXBEzjTfY0smL3kmSuS7LTtXJHC1l/s320/20D19899-AF32-4DCC-BA83-8F378B3F88EC.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I went for an all black livery, I had thought that I would add red and grey lining but actually I really like the plain livery. One more addition was the open windows on the cab front. These are jewellery links that I bought years ago and never found a use for. They are a perfect fit and I glazed them with Glue n Glaze.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9j0u2TyCghTPcvmEKcWtq2AquCkXt0g3wx_HVvk0HQ0NGas5GWl9aZNMlBBfqjENAMKJlxYRptT1Hd_T2y0JSb_2O3tfEnb0Z-GwcGLIZ-UO-jopcdWP2XShCRmd15ibKiHiir83Nwn8Wr-bBWc15Z6L4z87Lx1zM2qbJ-T2CbNkp6DybXbqBsfc9PWjX/s4032/IMG_3275.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9j0u2TyCghTPcvmEKcWtq2AquCkXt0g3wx_HVvk0HQ0NGas5GWl9aZNMlBBfqjENAMKJlxYRptT1Hd_T2y0JSb_2O3tfEnb0Z-GwcGLIZ-UO-jopcdWP2XShCRmd15ibKiHiir83Nwn8Wr-bBWc15Z6L4z87Lx1zM2qbJ-T2CbNkp6DybXbqBsfc9PWjX/s320/IMG_3275.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I went to Narrow Gauge North as part of the F&WHR marketing team but of course also in attendance was the 009 Society 2nd hand sales stand so before the show opened I went for a quick browse. Lo and behold I saw a pair of familiar looking vehicles in a box with my hand writing on it. The weird thing is I had been wondering where I had put them a couple of weeks before... so I bought them back.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJKrnIPsZZpnrjMtpgBL0QqNCX1AB1lIBxRl7CLKyj7VOEy763Uk3exMhdFmNmOhNyb55GeBzWGAOWS4TRWVj5bf_nrQM8bBNIo7mVIL3qmKuh42jqVopJaUMCpF27KsHsrKGAY52JFC9Y-5x2LuwNEvNHHEJ7G_8mipIyua0D6qQg09qcomBQhXF3put/s4032/IMG_3287.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJKrnIPsZZpnrjMtpgBL0QqNCX1AB1lIBxRl7CLKyj7VOEy763Uk3exMhdFmNmOhNyb55GeBzWGAOWS4TRWVj5bf_nrQM8bBNIo7mVIL3qmKuh42jqVopJaUMCpF27KsHsrKGAY52JFC9Y-5x2LuwNEvNHHEJ7G_8mipIyua0D6qQg09qcomBQhXF3put/s320/IMG_3287.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a bit of an odd one. KATO provided the F&WHR with a demonstration layout and rolling stock including this Prince. However the great unwashed public want to push the train along. In consequence poor old Prince has had a chassis melt down. Dan from Fourdees very kindly sent me one of his printed replacement chassis which I duly painted up and stuck in the body. It is now gracing the rather cute layout in Caernarfon Station shop.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI7_zLmHAxcVjSqVSxoVeJ30ojGoRV6K6No3dljTeSbnmIyzkozE1bQc_wTEmwdJMWCXgiisCUg4cQkxmkB_gNn_w3MSP7kDVPhM-BKF98kV6YqRStFvhvYrQ0zvgWro7BY-HkLQAyA7sHo8KdcbhwrMabgWpGE6J3DJN3G-UniCj8NaSwFy-CJmEQ4fRe/s4032/IMG_3327.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI7_zLmHAxcVjSqVSxoVeJ30ojGoRV6K6No3dljTeSbnmIyzkozE1bQc_wTEmwdJMWCXgiisCUg4cQkxmkB_gNn_w3MSP7kDVPhM-BKF98kV6YqRStFvhvYrQ0zvgWro7BY-HkLQAyA7sHo8KdcbhwrMabgWpGE6J3DJN3G-UniCj8NaSwFy-CJmEQ4fRe/s320/IMG_3327.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Bachmann double Fairlie has now finished transmogrifiying from Merddin Emrys to Dylan Thomas. Lord Stoner has always been a fan of these handsome locomotives and so had a duplicate of ME made for his railway. Never a great success on the IoSR the remains languished at the back of a shed until the preservationists took over and restored the loco, in the process renaming it after the trendy Welsh poet and piss head. Actually I've just added new plates and some coal and carefully removed the FR crests from the cab sides. It is a beautiful runner and no doubt will see service on high days and holidays.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7tyPN_OVn8CeCEbkn0_Sxkuw3zYkNmEx3a2lu-louBEoZMdJFhtPoBTI-zDolvAB0oJkmC1rwlIlFAkJBdUY9S6s8u9MJcf10_DGmVCRlKpj4GaRvfkf_wR2_Leby-_Ug5LLd-mBd_cLKrvGnnUmJYgBm-lwezjh4kR_pjzl_d_UrGUbD1S9qlA7TWV3Z/s4032/IMG_3357.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7tyPN_OVn8CeCEbkn0_Sxkuw3zYkNmEx3a2lu-louBEoZMdJFhtPoBTI-zDolvAB0oJkmC1rwlIlFAkJBdUY9S6s8u9MJcf10_DGmVCRlKpj4GaRvfkf_wR2_Leby-_Ug5LLd-mBd_cLKrvGnnUmJYgBm-lwezjh4kR_pjzl_d_UrGUbD1S9qlA7TWV3Z/s320/IMG_3357.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Those terribly nice folk at Bachmann have recently released ALR coaches which are ugly great things and which I had no interest in... then I noticed that they were doing them in IoSR maroon and cream so here they are. One has been heavily weathered and has had passengers added. Not sure what to do with the other one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEotUYqi1kIrrh-W5ODp91naNsczQmsr8dyAO4xMMghkaOi8WzV6SWOLXnbjVbAkvMsilsXFm6mDwP73cddKqaUfD49pBPtENrC6OnNxdCDjhzBOJa46QfCXzr96Z7VmM9nkMlUhTprEfxL8Ql2qhikVml5YedP0p7p4n7EBjbRLLP3T1F-NVDsLFA5-n8/s4032/IMG_3370.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEotUYqi1kIrrh-W5ODp91naNsczQmsr8dyAO4xMMghkaOi8WzV6SWOLXnbjVbAkvMsilsXFm6mDwP73cddKqaUfD49pBPtENrC6OnNxdCDjhzBOJa46QfCXzr96Z7VmM9nkMlUhTprEfxL8Ql2qhikVml5YedP0p7p4n7EBjbRLLP3T1F-NVDsLFA5-n8/s320/IMG_3370.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Three little maids</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWaG6xzNH1famnqD2wuhdsevElY7Pe0n3iR2I2y6xCeQPDPs5l0h7H6QsUg1iDU829za4Nr5A0Sbdsz7-ikeCzt2GK-Mwnxhr-qPwPzJBqk_KMrxWq05rV2Rq3j2uvXPdRYvgilfev7lw4cKplctaV-Xvb9_RjA_pjRik__YFGhdQ4g9MFPXc-2jMu-8K/s4032/IMG_3364.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWaG6xzNH1famnqD2wuhdsevElY7Pe0n3iR2I2y6xCeQPDPs5l0h7H6QsUg1iDU829za4Nr5A0Sbdsz7-ikeCzt2GK-Mwnxhr-qPwPzJBqk_KMrxWq05rV2Rq3j2uvXPdRYvgilfev7lw4cKplctaV-Xvb9_RjA_pjRik__YFGhdQ4g9MFPXc-2jMu-8K/s320/IMG_3364.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't usually remember to take pictures of work in progress but here is the fourth loco with just the black bits painted roughly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLQS8Wo1mWBkplRBPEAtfDgrPj8aMikBlcCjMtra59kRuyEretUafi2bceT5zf2e93acZ0xPqVf0P80i53Y42cNP8EjNUqHDe0wfacJyCT5FIFbYLjtAMB5AXMhUunxKWVJhrGRfr-cMyvZzZpswvztJOjgdzFe4fdRIq3cr5OF1Fh1N2EVv3q3Cz0Towt/s4032/IMG_3432.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLQS8Wo1mWBkplRBPEAtfDgrPj8aMikBlcCjMtra59kRuyEretUafi2bceT5zf2e93acZ0xPqVf0P80i53Y42cNP8EjNUqHDe0wfacJyCT5FIFbYLjtAMB5AXMhUunxKWVJhrGRfr-cMyvZzZpswvztJOjgdzFe4fdRIq3cr5OF1Fh1N2EVv3q3Cz0Towt/s320/IMG_3432.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here it is finished all bar plates and crew. I have Modelu crews waiting to be painted for all of these locos. Hopefully my eyes will get better and I'll be able to do them justice with the paint brushes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggEtf3YaP_7xlBZZChwjUebomzb0n2KJUK8rd2MDwxcKTEz-EXY2wc9kvSM7VgaQzKvmLQW60DUSA9RQxZhDCiaKYgi4oLRdoc0pPHOi_iP2Z0i6aguAyUAA3zL1uBpJnOiwVkeqTDh5Ll0JKAjBu0gI0qz4HROV2E3ZONuoKnoiYaFanqETY6VuMqU5es/s4032/IMG_3433.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggEtf3YaP_7xlBZZChwjUebomzb0n2KJUK8rd2MDwxcKTEz-EXY2wc9kvSM7VgaQzKvmLQW60DUSA9RQxZhDCiaKYgi4oLRdoc0pPHOi_iP2Z0i6aguAyUAA3zL1uBpJnOiwVkeqTDh5Ll0JKAjBu0gI0qz4HROV2E3ZONuoKnoiYaFanqETY6VuMqU5es/s320/IMG_3433.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizROd8NFUp3lJtVQHjvbY3G6F_1nT156ygmnDTIYW9rSe_KyFkUHva6w5aRd7CxIHXcBCLWoGRSDrpdod-svtFHYM9I0Kv21xOwfyR67tKo4dT7OrSkCJsVNQogiDjOcdExymRaU1XuCL0I-2o4AFsBh3yd2SqhTtBkh-8H9c9b9871Is6718x-9DvkJ4P/s4032/IMG_3437.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizROd8NFUp3lJtVQHjvbY3G6F_1nT156ygmnDTIYW9rSe_KyFkUHva6w5aRd7CxIHXcBCLWoGRSDrpdod-svtFHYM9I0Kv21xOwfyR67tKo4dT7OrSkCJsVNQogiDjOcdExymRaU1XuCL0I-2o4AFsBh3yd2SqhTtBkh-8H9c9b9871Is6718x-9DvkJ4P/s320/IMG_3437.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are all four together</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglsb8Sq6fTDot8I6ZZv9OZnlUCpdRuqwJ5Zrg06ayAzZHv-s81WB5y-JcTFJvIOaj3_ASRGGKKEcSCptyCbynnUvYqW9LWYkrlf7floTgXMGNPVEkoFnTM-NAT1_BZeOh_yS7TYLHjq9kO3xYzbvgtrsCjjnT4v26roGJuG0Z8lh_eQIap0zrCGZ20jd5i/s2030/IMG_3381.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2030" data-original-width="1419" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglsb8Sq6fTDot8I6ZZv9OZnlUCpdRuqwJ5Zrg06ayAzZHv-s81WB5y-JcTFJvIOaj3_ASRGGKKEcSCptyCbynnUvYqW9LWYkrlf7floTgXMGNPVEkoFnTM-NAT1_BZeOh_yS7TYLHjq9kO3xYzbvgtrsCjjnT4v26roGJuG0Z8lh_eQIap0zrCGZ20jd5i/s320/IMG_3381.jpeg" width="224" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lastly a couple of pictures of my Bachmann/Fourdees Nesta sitting on the mortal remains of the real thing which awaits its fate at Boston Lodge.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ9M5YTiRRJx2LjrpmyJ5GVIyg_PPA-pMcZN_xiF-aJ5rBXP0bMnmJoRogsesaV2SD2LOYpM1mj2jEpKMnolX62QM6hlSnhUJEVNGhOMklc2kBNdvC58wSrMXNHkkWGK1_mIWY7CuH-4pYwkWWbEus9MBUm-OrHz72xl29CtXNxiG-Hd8HJacOZRqghyphenhyphenyb/s3930/IMG_3384.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2211" data-original-width="3930" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ9M5YTiRRJx2LjrpmyJ5GVIyg_PPA-pMcZN_xiF-aJ5rBXP0bMnmJoRogsesaV2SD2LOYpM1mj2jEpKMnolX62QM6hlSnhUJEVNGhOMklc2kBNdvC58wSrMXNHkkWGK1_mIWY7CuH-4pYwkWWbEus9MBUm-OrHz72xl29CtXNxiG-Hd8HJacOZRqghyphenhyphenyb/s320/IMG_3384.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sat in the chimney</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Lord Stonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735046388170436892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560322057997297901.post-49466551426275014942024-02-22T14:21:00.000-08:002024-02-22T14:21:02.373-08:00Gardening and gardens and a carriage <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Since the last outpouring when I was all about the new locos I've made a slight detour and they've got no further really. They need priming and the weather has been foul so a trip to the cold damp garage for a visit from a rattle can; they have been for a bath in the ultrasonic cleaner along with a sneaky addition. That terribly nice chap at Fourdees has added a small range of his lovely prints to suit the iconic KATO 109. The one which caught my eye is called a Whiting named after the late lamented Garry so I had to have one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGrJ_LtE773AaMg6wr8Ol0rtl7rDtAeAK-ZWmtqpeCe7gv8MOHBlmCYCpXgBBIXY4AgyEvrxsi3QOYUT9cnqRGJ1xQkvnYGNvdU_1sUibIMJKL9OHeV-NBr1jBSoVFA_yyv7Ye6y2qCr2o5LqHx8Fp_nkNW0SJ02ntMZbl3Xbr_uLVkIhmYoNaJ5OwG1fm/s2080/IMG_3102.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="2080" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGrJ_LtE773AaMg6wr8Ol0rtl7rDtAeAK-ZWmtqpeCe7gv8MOHBlmCYCpXgBBIXY4AgyEvrxsi3QOYUT9cnqRGJ1xQkvnYGNvdU_1sUibIMJKL9OHeV-NBr1jBSoVFA_yyv7Ye6y2qCr2o5LqHx8Fp_nkNW0SJ02ntMZbl3Xbr_uLVkIhmYoNaJ5OwG1fm/s320/IMG_3102.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw3O734YdKje3VFfo44x0b537bt0sztIFJwa59kREfiWPD_hozr6IzQOo3FCLhGYPab80bbobCQptNPKIotJPmbsRQ3A8WdeknHs972tVOtHleTi2J9-QR-zEsZ1Otuz5t6n7U6VC4RdlPawSgzgawm9lyggA28jRh8gf0SOcLximtv79emyrnWr84h5eR/s4032/IMG_3054.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw3O734YdKje3VFfo44x0b537bt0sztIFJwa59kREfiWPD_hozr6IzQOo3FCLhGYPab80bbobCQptNPKIotJPmbsRQ3A8WdeknHs972tVOtHleTi2J9-QR-zEsZ1Otuz5t6n7U6VC4RdlPawSgzgawm9lyggA28jRh8gf0SOcLximtv79emyrnWr84h5eR/s320/IMG_3054.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last time I had added the tall warehouse to the station forecourt module, here it is in place. Brrr.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkz-UIg76_bNwjHtnWUz96O6fpl5yUTTgnZ-555Nh3F0y14pF-Q4FG1cyIZEeI9eh2UYoAmIiBDzvfKGhS4Uuu14BK4eH_up7LGhuCV6DVQ0mcW4o6jwgT9W_CBwDs0E8Q3SXeOD6yDm_-fn9XOnp9541gyd9nkX6NClbqcz7PCXBWbe63v5dbodxKiLwv/s2003/IMG_3098.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1673" data-original-width="2003" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkz-UIg76_bNwjHtnWUz96O6fpl5yUTTgnZ-555Nh3F0y14pF-Q4FG1cyIZEeI9eh2UYoAmIiBDzvfKGhS4Uuu14BK4eH_up7LGhuCV6DVQ0mcW4o6jwgT9W_CBwDs0E8Q3SXeOD6yDm_-fn9XOnp9541gyd9nkX6NClbqcz7PCXBWbe63v5dbodxKiLwv/s320/IMG_3098.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also seen in the last episode was the reroofed Airfix cottage, here it is nearly finished. What a bugger to paint, the beams aren't very raised but I'm nearly happy with it. The shop sign will be printed out to cover over my wonky painted one. The shop has a detailed interior and a light which should look nice.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigUXuhahfwiQUS7rYQ98oa5FymgHgc19fxCc0dcCBQwCkvj0p2a7df67gbINl9NMNvD0PBrIlMWNA7We13qmJyy867tI5fWon0_JTvnoHm5tU6WJxmLXYhP6HgNHbGcLGhUzwUkYEU8YpmWoAOdzuVIcZ7ioRluw4_UanW57PymWIG61OXEJ7CMzR4YEy4/s1790/IMG_3099.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1759" data-original-width="1790" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigUXuhahfwiQUS7rYQ98oa5FymgHgc19fxCc0dcCBQwCkvj0p2a7df67gbINl9NMNvD0PBrIlMWNA7We13qmJyy867tI5fWon0_JTvnoHm5tU6WJxmLXYhP6HgNHbGcLGhUzwUkYEU8YpmWoAOdzuVIcZ7ioRluw4_UanW57PymWIG61OXEJ7CMzR4YEy4/s320/IMG_3099.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the less changed side.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-sNCYoTpPpE0tKE7zwB3Eal45TXgMWluJJFV0Hq8b3vlNY0cirdZHRMoDLm4YIWYX1nAby_5xHFRLWVG6Gg_KrjABCLHyg-ZR5qYFaU9nsYgxJQvm84Tmhkw6jtmqpB5VHyXTeZJHWDTIfloLxX_diXPaTTZwwIudhpdRh6A0EboaKvv-Nyabe8RQ76qm/s2414/IMG_2933.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1915" data-original-width="2414" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-sNCYoTpPpE0tKE7zwB3Eal45TXgMWluJJFV0Hq8b3vlNY0cirdZHRMoDLm4YIWYX1nAby_5xHFRLWVG6Gg_KrjABCLHyg-ZR5qYFaU9nsYgxJQvm84Tmhkw6jtmqpB5VHyXTeZJHWDTIfloLxX_diXPaTTZwwIudhpdRh6A0EboaKvv-Nyabe8RQ76qm/s320/IMG_2933.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Meanwhile, here is the first part of a terrace of lineside houses which I've completed. These are Fair Price Models laser cut kits which I've finished with a rough render look by spreading filler over them and then brushing it flat with Mekpak.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHB5xXLXsMgjs4qEy8UJVyB1Xt4U2vWffu9CeauL5da9FpNfhS1LSiwQnzqEIXyF2EwoLzEAkQgxMecKr-3iOSuGr4VhFN9OgYnRBPNnv87XyGH3heDfGqFq_h40HFg2yHB1NzAh_pzvBhbI9sqcyJ3xr1ygMB5B9jpzAYRIB9TU9EeoCIIxnRUk3ojHil/s2397/IMG_2804.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2193" data-original-width="2397" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHB5xXLXsMgjs4qEy8UJVyB1Xt4U2vWffu9CeauL5da9FpNfhS1LSiwQnzqEIXyF2EwoLzEAkQgxMecKr-3iOSuGr4VhFN9OgYnRBPNnv87XyGH3heDfGqFq_h40HFg2yHB1NzAh_pzvBhbI9sqcyJ3xr1ygMB5B9jpzAYRIB9TU9EeoCIIxnRUk3ojHil/s320/IMG_2804.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Plan A for the next building was this rather handsome PECO wooden kit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBvS78rjXED7lO3HOq0BRj_xsd64qvzfwSqwldRvypVB1x1WpTS5iKfz-VUvqjE8tqo0ycf0c9b9em4EMoucBRVXDQhBhdAu_ENTVfExaNezpo1MduWmOy9xsxmUFjg4GA2whreJpFl_81nFCxZ3C-N9anzGl622CaNrCdZ1H_SuLbrU0LUMv25iGRFvXU/s3514/IMG_3029.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1769" data-original-width="3514" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBvS78rjXED7lO3HOq0BRj_xsd64qvzfwSqwldRvypVB1x1WpTS5iKfz-VUvqjE8tqo0ycf0c9b9em4EMoucBRVXDQhBhdAu_ENTVfExaNezpo1MduWmOy9xsxmUFjg4GA2whreJpFl_81nFCxZ3C-N9anzGl622CaNrCdZ1H_SuLbrU0LUMv25iGRFvXU/s320/IMG_3029.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was how I originally planned it to be but circumstances forced my hand.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJsMWyerC4EwlY4dysQOD8mledw-SipiwjEhmoYnagoAxIRpKjHSc5qbPXgY4zJfT0HB4owoXZCKBNmegG3-ZHfuuxuPA0dKLWd7wFMYcszXNbecKF-V4twVfEAJtnhgGttdB-CpfqaVgrVYrrk8I-0hpafIeAwj7MPVYePcc9gTLRjsfvNmkmK2BXsp8Z/s3571/IMG_2959.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1902" data-original-width="3571" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJsMWyerC4EwlY4dysQOD8mledw-SipiwjEhmoYnagoAxIRpKjHSc5qbPXgY4zJfT0HB4owoXZCKBNmegG3-ZHfuuxuPA0dKLWd7wFMYcszXNbecKF-V4twVfEAJtnhgGttdB-CpfqaVgrVYrrk8I-0hpafIeAwj7MPVYePcc9gTLRjsfvNmkmK2BXsp8Z/s320/IMG_2959.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Progress here with the addition of a Scenecraft low relief shop which I modified with a porch and a repaint. The PECO house is starting to change colour.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9u5jLt2HEdZDMorzEygHsMn8Nxl4N8n1P0tCiMZbbyUESt1rZH-VF353NYhEfxTTbrfkzeAcQV5YnYnfXY7rC5-Qx8WB2yzi-HjffOX_blRIlNwF5N4d8gtmkrham8c6YVIbdW4ADJ62pjCRxd34lqsrkk3hdsf0gKqSJtfDTGCosQjRMTfkC5PnQvorr/s3109/IMG_3028.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2113" data-original-width="3109" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9u5jLt2HEdZDMorzEygHsMn8Nxl4N8n1P0tCiMZbbyUESt1rZH-VF353NYhEfxTTbrfkzeAcQV5YnYnfXY7rC5-Qx8WB2yzi-HjffOX_blRIlNwF5N4d8gtmkrham8c6YVIbdW4ADJ62pjCRxd34lqsrkk3hdsf0gKqSJtfDTGCosQjRMTfkC5PnQvorr/s320/IMG_3028.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the first finished part complete with gardens.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3SsyZgmj_RqiNcUQsMXVC1nfJ7seaVcSXRmN9282OXQpuDRMTt2xBakdK0bS0_dFRXQrt6GNt16UMyu4RxFa-wae58MqIwknXxh_8Fe8AjFVneLVpWKcM91KJKkwbhlh3sEtoWgxPXYgy0KRkXtbOD71vZxfycV9szXIfFr7cVinKJNfKGmtH6r7xN2P/s3511/9ADB3C33-14C1-410B-8D42-449644F81586.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1975" data-original-width="3511" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3SsyZgmj_RqiNcUQsMXVC1nfJ7seaVcSXRmN9282OXQpuDRMTt2xBakdK0bS0_dFRXQrt6GNt16UMyu4RxFa-wae58MqIwknXxh_8Fe8AjFVneLVpWKcM91KJKkwbhlh3sEtoWgxPXYgy0KRkXtbOD71vZxfycV9szXIfFr7cVinKJNfKGmtH6r7xN2P/s320/9ADB3C33-14C1-410B-8D42-449644F81586.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm pretty happy with the look of these bits but the PECO building was proving very hard to paint so it has gone into the reserve box. I'm sure it will be back as it's a very nice building, it also is a dead ringer for our old house in East Grinstead.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJxmKTl54qngPdLsTs93lmoxj4Qb5f4ReSmdVTjFk0UjAFbWHvM7EdVxV0C0aNQ9drO9BBHko6_9jTewlt5i7PW3zR5vWMMPVuB0lKxq2rEJrRyQMKQmlU0-nY5q9Tdf-Q5d9kYFP4oB9z_1JftrLap7KSNKLUmeTiq6KV-iI_eMI9OPO-hUa8q1VBDugW/s3753/IMG_3086.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1974" data-original-width="3753" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJxmKTl54qngPdLsTs93lmoxj4Qb5f4ReSmdVTjFk0UjAFbWHvM7EdVxV0C0aNQ9drO9BBHko6_9jTewlt5i7PW3zR5vWMMPVuB0lKxq2rEJrRyQMKQmlU0-nY5q9Tdf-Q5d9kYFP4oB9z_1JftrLap7KSNKLUmeTiq6KV-iI_eMI9OPO-hUa8q1VBDugW/s320/IMG_3086.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next door ended up reusing a Hornby building that had been on the original Isle of Stoner L shaped layout.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzPkmylrkNFo6-6ncoT54-glwRLi8jjnSBZosGquWx4iDV5A9T3X18RWhxNyqeCrKKLqFd_bzgxJ1L6PIMOsU1Cnj4kE1M7pIH-HSaG7qHGIevH8HMClXIZWsOEc0YnKUP-TH6yFDrl6lHVFntS-W3OBsTrfDYBqasVtIMYUfJC-Gk-YH6V2PgbJZzuURV/s2786/IMG_3090.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2058" data-original-width="2786" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzPkmylrkNFo6-6ncoT54-glwRLi8jjnSBZosGquWx4iDV5A9T3X18RWhxNyqeCrKKLqFd_bzgxJ1L6PIMOsU1Cnj4kE1M7pIH-HSaG7qHGIevH8HMClXIZWsOEc0YnKUP-TH6yFDrl6lHVFntS-W3OBsTrfDYBqasVtIMYUfJC-Gk-YH6V2PgbJZzuURV/s320/IMG_3090.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A garden of two halves.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgElf3UCEdhi6xZ6iV5zHUAksEEIugBnpnUgBZRqCNaAXR8zBHWhIOiMAauyccuwwo_iuEKFgd_z4f24wwkTrF5OVOPvLByevwAgMK-MpFBHlvt3x8wdrF-vJIxWzGsyo2pUiIlU-cHzgFuEJhDwyWEfThpjgViUP3DuFslAwIHnYCNdubfXNSfVPe8T_AF/s1844/IMG_3100.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1674" data-original-width="1844" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgElf3UCEdhi6xZ6iV5zHUAksEEIugBnpnUgBZRqCNaAXR8zBHWhIOiMAauyccuwwo_iuEKFgd_z4f24wwkTrF5OVOPvLByevwAgMK-MpFBHlvt3x8wdrF-vJIxWzGsyo2pUiIlU-cHzgFuEJhDwyWEfThpjgViUP3DuFslAwIHnYCNdubfXNSfVPe8T_AF/s320/IMG_3100.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a laser cut low relief warehouse which I found on eBay and which was very good value for eight quid. It will sit at the back somewhere and look the part.</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzX_H0m5YNqy5c13kCmyjNup8iVpnss1mfdsoFvxO74pEaDIgsJwJ2J17ixzVWUaOKUb35EubZmzjLZzyUUbO_J9133KCUi3i0-IXaWSucPur7YVuxVDfb2veL-jfKHo9QO8mqTi6g1XxOA85Qn33P4P36n4SNATpMVu3sVON4HotYu7Rh9C2vgwUVWKhf/s4032/IMG_3053.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzX_H0m5YNqy5c13kCmyjNup8iVpnss1mfdsoFvxO74pEaDIgsJwJ2J17ixzVWUaOKUb35EubZmzjLZzyUUbO_J9133KCUi3i0-IXaWSucPur7YVuxVDfb2veL-jfKHo9QO8mqTi6g1XxOA85Qn33P4P36n4SNATpMVu3sVON4HotYu7Rh9C2vgwUVWKhf/s320/IMG_3053.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the next module which will include these three buildings and a row of low relief buildings behind and starting to rise up a hill, the Airfix shop will probably end up here too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPjVp0jjNfQdXNv3HqRIoaxxWJftAT2WnOHi1XxJTOR0MKsiumBAVipgaanf6NRLJqs7YJueNyuJVqDcdJwUR-6QH5qd3PqI9FMyROKSXr2-CeWjjcII2hf2e6AEAX62J3t1EaaKc-ME-vCa4UXxo5R3Lpr-tWemI9SNQ13u_zlDLYz_7ke74YmJSv4qd/s3281/IMG_3096.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="3281" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPjVp0jjNfQdXNv3HqRIoaxxWJftAT2WnOHi1XxJTOR0MKsiumBAVipgaanf6NRLJqs7YJueNyuJVqDcdJwUR-6QH5qd3PqI9FMyROKSXr2-CeWjjcII2hf2e6AEAX62J3t1EaaKc-ME-vCa4UXxo5R3Lpr-tWemI9SNQ13u_zlDLYz_7ke74YmJSv4qd/s320/IMG_3096.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I haven't only been building buildings, this is the brand new kit from Chivers for the WHR/FR Ashbury coach. It was a nice kit to build and will make a nice addition to my VoR bashes and will be painted dark green and cream.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4HsrmIXx-bz7EhO7wVfoJCZp6gCy8H0e2sEtZmg96F8jTjLDymMuc74ZLnIeRVEfPqnmRfBBtSYZi_JFo2Uh8oQ1P9Gu46huofyv8MsHTTI0T8yKMesT2BKciPuMCQaqkENiPCEfa3X62IBP7jYYrZlLoBDMyFdmMnK7nYjKinbZH8CBALBkvSLuhtoya/s1820/IMG_3101.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1413" data-original-width="1820" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4HsrmIXx-bz7EhO7wVfoJCZp6gCy8H0e2sEtZmg96F8jTjLDymMuc74ZLnIeRVEfPqnmRfBBtSYZi_JFo2Uh8oQ1P9Gu46huofyv8MsHTTI0T8yKMesT2BKciPuMCQaqkENiPCEfa3X62IBP7jYYrZlLoBDMyFdmMnK7nYjKinbZH8CBALBkvSLuhtoya/s320/IMG_3101.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now here's a thing. I've wanted a Mallet for a while and have been keeping an eye out for the lovely Minitrix one but I can't justify £300+ for a second hand chassis. I realised that maybe there is a different solution so I've had a rummage in the bits of kits box and found some bits of a Langley WD 2-6-0 tank. Early days but it might just work...</div><br /> <p></p>Lord Stonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735046388170436892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560322057997297901.post-64434935189350552852024-01-25T13:48:00.000-08:002024-01-25T14:53:38.921-08:00Doing some modelling <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />I've got my modelling mojo back and I'm enjoying doing a variety of bits and bobs. Sadly the weather has just been too vile to contemplate spending long in the garage so progress on Port Lucy has been mainly things I can do from the sofa. This includes ordering a pair of curved n gauge points which will help get a smooth entrance to the platform roads: hopefully</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbl9_uil2ttxNtq48xLQ-10SHg1FeISoxhOrmQeXg8L3-9cmb2Tqw1dfwIKusaJZg8ZJhyphenhyphenFUjeUpUaZbCFxDfQBz1z1WyR3OJosKW-amr-xVyrb-xN5VJfCrDmhpKlIbw-Dj4PMB74y6AJmIQV4VJgW_6aWgODFOX8ZDgyBbCz2b8FPmCga9GLWU4ApvZ/s4032/IMG_2543.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbl9_uil2ttxNtq48xLQ-10SHg1FeISoxhOrmQeXg8L3-9cmb2Tqw1dfwIKusaJZg8ZJhyphenhyphenFUjeUpUaZbCFxDfQBz1z1WyR3OJosKW-amr-xVyrb-xN5VJfCrDmhpKlIbw-Dj4PMB74y6AJmIQV4VJgW_6aWgODFOX8ZDgyBbCz2b8FPmCga9GLWU4ApvZ/s320/IMG_2543.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In other news, the new Bachmann Ashover coaches have hit the shops and I wasn't that interested but then I noticed that they do one ready painted in IoSR livery. It needs a bit of weathering and some people but it runs really nicely and fits in pretty well, ugly thing though. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9pxrQ-bzLRmQt18JLikTY78mX0ngilLdrJVBZcAWkMh6QPtfC_xDLGTBR46XSfxxLbza-2Q40V0_n80IBDiqJjiU4yAfgIZym_xjiL9GBgJp6hPK6eAnKIxSy71Djf4DFZ1Aq-wCrhVApsGMOjiWZLjPGfIwA6aDn5d7pCzBtE3N2DVnUDKo8YC8YWBob/s4032/IMG_2548.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9pxrQ-bzLRmQt18JLikTY78mX0ngilLdrJVBZcAWkMh6QPtfC_xDLGTBR46XSfxxLbza-2Q40V0_n80IBDiqJjiU4yAfgIZym_xjiL9GBgJp6hPK6eAnKIxSy71Djf4DFZ1Aq-wCrhVApsGMOjiWZLjPGfIwA6aDn5d7pCzBtE3N2DVnUDKo8YC8YWBob/s320/IMG_2548.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGI8PRfvifpflrYwc-wuUFHdnHL8suWknuouAGy_skmwulWqmfEas6gkAgp_RVEOZsTDDn83pI72UOkPJ3r9AKdMUgO6_xiiDBgkYGq8kva5Q3_-6AV8oF49jhKyP5e9bSuErPJO1udbGIY6WVMoZRuLlrYjLvDvaMGTdHR6j7zGuC8Hp7VzuoNnpIVCXV/s4032/IMG_2630.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGI8PRfvifpflrYwc-wuUFHdnHL8suWknuouAGy_skmwulWqmfEas6gkAgp_RVEOZsTDDn83pI72UOkPJ3r9AKdMUgO6_xiiDBgkYGq8kva5Q3_-6AV8oF49jhKyP5e9bSuErPJO1udbGIY6WVMoZRuLlrYjLvDvaMGTdHR6j7zGuC8Hp7VzuoNnpIVCXV/s320/IMG_2630.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is my ‘Burnmouth’ which is a bash of a Chivers Chevalier kit that I did years ago, it runs on a Bachmann 04 chassis with valve gear from a Minitrix dock tank. It also has a fake front pony truck making it nominally an 2-6-0. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijmVVJhcJBtxeXX324kUy_zc8R4wVnIX5OdVFW-vz9z09NMgNaH1p7jrlnz-QdBrmBN-8-uWR-EArwvHSXNtQpnzXQd19bDgffGi_nkl_gP4uZFv4r14prHt-g4MeqAPKvtCMzMjZwlXdibXXWw7IvTFYPTfSjC-xwVCFFYqqGx6lG8Mm2V-z-annyOWAe/s2828/IMG_2690.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1591" data-original-width="2828" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijmVVJhcJBtxeXX324kUy_zc8R4wVnIX5OdVFW-vz9z09NMgNaH1p7jrlnz-QdBrmBN-8-uWR-EArwvHSXNtQpnzXQd19bDgffGi_nkl_gP4uZFv4r14prHt-g4MeqAPKvtCMzMjZwlXdibXXWw7IvTFYPTfSjC-xwVCFFYqqGx6lG8Mm2V-z-annyOWAe/s320/IMG_2690.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">…consequently I was delighted when Fourdees dropped their Kintyre kit which is basically a slightly shorter version of my Burnmouth so it was a no brainer to order one. I knew these Contractor series of kits was expanding so I preemptively purchased a couple of quarry Hunslets for these kits as I would happily have most of them. My loco has coal rails so to make the new one look like a stable mate I’ve added some to the kit. I’ve used the same brass etch on both locomotives. It is actually seat slats from the Langley L&B coach etch; this is an excellent resource which has all the coach furniture and the seat slats which are very handy for this sort of thing. I’ve given the kit a mild tidy up and added liquid gravity and it now awaits some less vile weather to get a spray of primer on and then paint. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YnVParLTN7vfz0pFMYh0AdIJKOLFXvYDg1ZNU0b3SjY5fsRL6oXF2MWilNkRXb57bCEPMYzqLjmubnhikcE7rFcWRxKs2GvZRFoIKehufTy5JnG2ZkKhomcMKnLvbtTwGt77q8anBLShlxmK8wTLcUGeYlx2FcfCvAW8QIydlOmFzH_JZGapVve4Sxht/s3020/IMG_2705.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3020" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YnVParLTN7vfz0pFMYh0AdIJKOLFXvYDg1ZNU0b3SjY5fsRL6oXF2MWilNkRXb57bCEPMYzqLjmubnhikcE7rFcWRxKs2GvZRFoIKehufTy5JnG2ZkKhomcMKnLvbtTwGt77q8anBLShlxmK8wTLcUGeYlx2FcfCvAW8QIydlOmFzH_JZGapVve4Sxht/s320/IMG_2705.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have three of the Fourdees kits and this one is the Little Issac which is based on Issac and Gelert which are both locos I really like in the real world. It is the least ready of the three but isn’t far behind. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMj35icXvWfxxybPaaIN6C60lLK3R03ZK-EW__PCqbDcYmU2zwiTGvFstZBDpNUWWgd4d6_7QmWsDC6VEDlmGM-cRRH5Qpb6EJohYpO2JIN7hkjqVvjecNsc4hT3cY-XmhEMA92o6o2WjaMTTGGWlBaeJ-hwoYtyCqdJmY9RSMJwrvT6bUSgiO3iJhE_Ce/s2824/IMG_2706.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1588" data-original-width="2824" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMj35icXvWfxxybPaaIN6C60lLK3R03ZK-EW__PCqbDcYmU2zwiTGvFstZBDpNUWWgd4d6_7QmWsDC6VEDlmGM-cRRH5Qpb6EJohYpO2JIN7hkjqVvjecNsc4hT3cY-XmhEMA92o6o2WjaMTTGGWlBaeJ-hwoYtyCqdJmY9RSMJwrvT6bUSgiO3iJhE_Ce/s320/IMG_2706.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first one I got was this ‘Windle’ which is now finished apart from some tiny weathering and a waft of Dulcote. Named Underhill I think it is a cracking design and just the little Hunslet that I have wanted for years. Thanks Dan. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8xJiDCYf_QBItizdKp_Y5C52k5hGD6vCpM2EDS6XsnMLTftG5FkhPyp9Ax-HNI5TtoXM6L4H8tMGponksCQCJRHn6CKqmWojnEeRZmR6fKzCtLyUHXQ-ZCuKNfwcd59UAU8xks6q1djZKRYKo6m6jP23WIQYDEjUX4GQo-iojvQJjO4-mf98YN7TdgwY7/s4032/IMG_2717.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8xJiDCYf_QBItizdKp_Y5C52k5hGD6vCpM2EDS6XsnMLTftG5FkhPyp9Ax-HNI5TtoXM6L4H8tMGponksCQCJRHn6CKqmWojnEeRZmR6fKzCtLyUHXQ-ZCuKNfwcd59UAU8xks6q1djZKRYKo6m6jP23WIQYDEjUX4GQo-iojvQJjO4-mf98YN7TdgwY7/s320/IMG_2717.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1SvME582QjwkqCS1ZsepK3XtNR6z6aHHCS4RerYJszTx-DfTiEWIr8cXbaPLzwf1wR8kvgOkhXITq2nNVfPqOrAkj8f0tdsz4sx3rI9cNeCUsloFaT-bmVFbJK8YddrXXlsc0RVwUasqqOIjKtLryB1GCi6lqEgvsbGkon9dACRNj6pVtUJno9WFNooya/s3460/IMG_2723.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1047" data-original-width="3460" height="97" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1SvME582QjwkqCS1ZsepK3XtNR6z6aHHCS4RerYJszTx-DfTiEWIr8cXbaPLzwf1wR8kvgOkhXITq2nNVfPqOrAkj8f0tdsz4sx3rI9cNeCUsloFaT-bmVFbJK8YddrXXlsc0RVwUasqqOIjKtLryB1GCi6lqEgvsbGkon9dACRNj6pVtUJno9WFNooya/s320/IMG_2723.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Three little maids…</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG9piP1CpDESc02YiVBUmAZ0BB-fbWoNtvFZPaWOTYKCVC66yBok0Os1MyMeJr37CBiw0QBob3e4jfHlUbTTZLNBPnuYshRm-VYag0MDs_o8b6quLFSLh_SznYUTz0xrtGkbY23X3SJLC78dMjR7reu_DRlFRl5Ool5_fADbll_3EJ33Wiw5gS9fUOIe5B/s4032/IMG_2801.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG9piP1CpDESc02YiVBUmAZ0BB-fbWoNtvFZPaWOTYKCVC66yBok0Os1MyMeJr37CBiw0QBob3e4jfHlUbTTZLNBPnuYshRm-VYag0MDs_o8b6quLFSLh_SznYUTz0xrtGkbY23X3SJLC78dMjR7reu_DRlFRl5Ool5_fADbll_3EJ33Wiw5gS9fUOIe5B/s320/IMG_2801.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Meanwhile I’ve been adding some depth to the building modules of Port Lucy. First addition is the brick built warehouse which is great and adds some depth as required. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsY-oqaP_pJM733P7EvS65w5mBkZIa9NEianUoNE_XS6NSoK0PY0mBZX1AJQT_TruFp9CM-Uk1aI9Utz6sByXpvEnNPs9tBuOKbk2MDC7tkB33ofB_w2nTNiKy5QK4KPceJr4bdPyGUxDlvXPP9aVJKmfQlaFtH2AgzzqaytT1RVpeTwGxltLUmRKWVWOV/s4032/IMG_2802.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsY-oqaP_pJM733P7EvS65w5mBkZIa9NEianUoNE_XS6NSoK0PY0mBZX1AJQT_TruFp9CM-Uk1aI9Utz6sByXpvEnNPs9tBuOKbk2MDC7tkB33ofB_w2nTNiKy5QK4KPceJr4bdPyGUxDlvXPP9aVJKmfQlaFtH2AgzzqaytT1RVpeTwGxltLUmRKWVWOV/w219-h180/IMG_2802.jpeg" width="219" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I’ve also added a Scenecraft narrow warehouse entrance which ties it all together nicely. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXEXxnlz8-y5CsiFbiEoU_8vaqIIFWUIWTN_fuQBo9qRVdIO7i3VReWq67CpoOG4cfQlgb7wZqtEJX6o8mtnYCwol_NhRH3sxXFcwJO2YhwQbBOVOhNf-nGQU9gyGSnj8sHA-asn67YgCF6pVlVAfjPwxsKni8VhDQQUfl9g7GuXQ_diNA50z9BLCfKkmC/s3014/IMG_2733.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1841" data-original-width="3014" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXEXxnlz8-y5CsiFbiEoU_8vaqIIFWUIWTN_fuQBo9qRVdIO7i3VReWq67CpoOG4cfQlgb7wZqtEJX6o8mtnYCwol_NhRH3sxXFcwJO2YhwQbBOVOhNf-nGQU9gyGSnj8sHA-asn67YgCF6pVlVAfjPwxsKni8VhDQQUfl9g7GuXQ_diNA50z9BLCfKkmC/s320/IMG_2733.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also decided that I needed another small building with a timbered structure so the obvious kit is the old Airfix thatched cottage which my dad made one of in the 1960s. I didn’t want the thatch so I replaced it with slates. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4v0I63rftEu0BMuQ0XM24eOq3JcdI-Co1uEWH5YhCMjZVn9wvjgzyim4xDgS2x_SeFMR4Uizzn1KGHlA4Evs5_SGhanPwFkI4Gp_AiIwRtL0JXB4NiOtJkCnVUUt7HfN8cAuL2TpW6wZVQeqa_Eu5Oj_zw2I66YD3_VcJwhk39eST0TrYVJrpT4TdAPn/s3041/IMG_2735.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1711" data-original-width="3041" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4v0I63rftEu0BMuQ0XM24eOq3JcdI-Co1uEWH5YhCMjZVn9wvjgzyim4xDgS2x_SeFMR4Uizzn1KGHlA4Evs5_SGhanPwFkI4Gp_AiIwRtL0JXB4NiOtJkCnVUUt7HfN8cAuL2TpW6wZVQeqa_Eu5Oj_zw2I66YD3_VcJwhk39eST0TrYVJrpT4TdAPn/s320/IMG_2735.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also knew that I had a laser cut kit for a shop front in the cupboard. It was just the right size so I chopped a hole in the wall and popped it in. Perfect. I’ve also ordered some 3D printed Tudor chimney pots to top it off. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiefS7w2GO2X8clTS-OEVjyxu5KAovxudseqPQ8dWJsk66EcnTslx5JGYGDkeeeMfQ4-rAr9Dx-MwQ8uS86PY5LExoModtk73_psqJl6Qncb-NxI-sWX_T80V-lGqVOpwFDGAZfoH3FY7DpGxkJJqc4L3I5YwD7x1w1hBLlstjmN4mBHV53iERMN_92vk5l/s2390/IMG_2736.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="2390" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiefS7w2GO2X8clTS-OEVjyxu5KAovxudseqPQ8dWJsk66EcnTslx5JGYGDkeeeMfQ4-rAr9Dx-MwQ8uS86PY5LExoModtk73_psqJl6Qncb-NxI-sWX_T80V-lGqVOpwFDGAZfoH3FY7DpGxkJJqc4L3I5YwD7x1w1hBLlstjmN4mBHV53iERMN_92vk5l/s320/IMG_2736.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A while ago I bought this 3D print of the famous Talyllyn brake van but just put it in the pile of unmade stuff. I have a soft spot for brake vans so another one seemed like a good idea. I have an early, open verandah version in my green liveried TR set but this one will be done in late 1950s tatty red and brown to go with my Dolgoch. I’ll probably do a couple of coaches to suit too. A very nice print which went together simply and with the addition of some top hat bearings also runs nicely too. Another victim of the waiting for weather to get primed queue. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJMqtoDzOMexof8N6Qd7Ro-jDTdpeseST8vUbc7LGJrjf-oGGGV9o-nMPC7jt1qR75sqF7_1wvy4NYY7cRE8rO7nsHGbip4nsnnmGqi9ywSFpOXWmePN-pAT3MdF01vZahrZFMIiNXPXSRDIF5fijCRCrv0MlSR6hF91RDE0js9FDrsbg4iucb9DgkOesP/s2363/IMG_2737.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1329" data-original-width="2363" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJMqtoDzOMexof8N6Qd7Ro-jDTdpeseST8vUbc7LGJrjf-oGGGV9o-nMPC7jt1qR75sqF7_1wvy4NYY7cRE8rO7nsHGbip4nsnnmGqi9ywSFpOXWmePN-pAT3MdF01vZahrZFMIiNXPXSRDIF5fijCRCrv0MlSR6hF91RDE0js9FDrsbg4iucb9DgkOesP/s320/IMG_2737.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Lord Stonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735046388170436892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560322057997297901.post-65786828431758289192023-12-16T10:02:00.000-08:002023-12-16T10:02:32.686-08:00Post Warley come down <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Before I took 'Bont' or strictly speaking 'Pen y Bont' to the Warley MRC show at the NEC in Birmingham I had one last part to make. I'd been putting it off because I had made a measuring error when constructing the baseboard which was impossible to rectify by the time I noticed. Fundamentally I hadn't left a big enough hole to allow the incline cage to fit; it took me ages to come to the conclusion that if I just made the cage as it should be and then suspended it part way up the incline it probably wouldn't be noticed.<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh2eDHS47w7oqCaxH6dMxP3fyTdJ8oT4p8gO6XvVc-mKXeuKu1jN-pkaSC11RkmYpocuV-n2GV05vTpuEbhuH5NI_sasm8WmTy6MrnMxa8SjfA7WDss5pPzEdd0vtnyneL0j7IzN_IUIbpklIv3FI4_yUy0_tKvBWyMY_L82zGERWIJWj6dleUmgItMC2r/s4032/IMG_2129.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh2eDHS47w7oqCaxH6dMxP3fyTdJ8oT4p8gO6XvVc-mKXeuKu1jN-pkaSC11RkmYpocuV-n2GV05vTpuEbhuH5NI_sasm8WmTy6MrnMxa8SjfA7WDss5pPzEdd0vtnyneL0j7IzN_IUIbpklIv3FI4_yUy0_tKvBWyMY_L82zGERWIJWj6dleUmgItMC2r/s320/IMG_2129.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here you can see the unpainted cage demonstrating the problem.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJjfoEHBTeJVVv8ItJO19moH-sBZDOwt7iW_pXYeMHFzte4IquC1j2Ch_DI7nFLfRcaBOHgGTlFsjkl41Qgtql3t0xbr9VE1RnetKpv_wp-bRhb_tpUqtAt228xM-DDeF2J_jPHfX7E9jBS7KGTWfSCnzZLEjMtdhlCdSib12rIDrUiQ_tGJAHHngTIe99/s4032/IMG_2132.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJjfoEHBTeJVVv8ItJO19moH-sBZDOwt7iW_pXYeMHFzte4IquC1j2Ch_DI7nFLfRcaBOHgGTlFsjkl41Qgtql3t0xbr9VE1RnetKpv_wp-bRhb_tpUqtAt228xM-DDeF2J_jPHfX7E9jBS7KGTWfSCnzZLEjMtdhlCdSib12rIDrUiQ_tGJAHHngTIe99/s320/IMG_2132.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here it is painted and suspended, No one mentioned it not fitting at the show so I guess I got away with it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4AV9XyQdquliY5w1dig2dYnSafWW-M6Ste5clPqZFQaLhazohZ9xCRmHF8aqD_HSVSaLe-GNyx1WW4o-0ZQE6Y8CjVLwF7nsea3ixDPcJcrHxJPf4PyC4SFxglGnfZ5McPFOsCUUA4cm7kN_nbPRRWpuJGjhq80wz2U2orKSo8pIlQN0ZFLg-ixm6VmUw/s4032/IMG_2176.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4AV9XyQdquliY5w1dig2dYnSafWW-M6Ste5clPqZFQaLhazohZ9xCRmHF8aqD_HSVSaLe-GNyx1WW4o-0ZQE6Y8CjVLwF7nsea3ixDPcJcrHxJPf4PyC4SFxglGnfZ5McPFOsCUUA4cm7kN_nbPRRWpuJGjhq80wz2U2orKSo8pIlQN0ZFLg-ixm6VmUw/s320/IMG_2176.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Port Lucy hasn't had much attention recently what with Warley and it being blooming cold out in the garage. However I have cut some platforms out of plywood and given myself a sense of what the station end of things will look like.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkf0b9TTtIRdrLrDwcBWbEnpgucoww4z8VRi5DGz-LqpxwQO_GaTVS6RWrJFMf1VNfjgod64tNerm9aEfh55W0Nh2-zTf20VS-dphl_4S9L43G1-FKMyMrlRGEwf-oOktGEWPUkTPbbL5ZMaXupUcRfRSR9iJjg3vlJ__yqpNX297CqD95Sw2EyVZqG3r/s4032/IMG_2185.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkf0b9TTtIRdrLrDwcBWbEnpgucoww4z8VRi5DGz-LqpxwQO_GaTVS6RWrJFMf1VNfjgod64tNerm9aEfh55W0Nh2-zTf20VS-dphl_4S9L43G1-FKMyMrlRGEwf-oOktGEWPUkTPbbL5ZMaXupUcRfRSR9iJjg3vlJ__yqpNX297CqD95Sw2EyVZqG3r/s320/IMG_2185.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I fell in love with a new loco from Fourdees and had to have it ready for Warley. It is a 'Windle' class Hunslet style loco which I think is particularly handsome. It is an excellent 3D print which fits on a Bachmann Quarry Hunslet chassis with the addition of a pony truck.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAtbnOqEE9pYv0dlILX8ssd2JSys7LyY6w7JwgxHkFK9MDwXZabz8ncybQgwSFJlB3SG546bwOQ-MNttu5Akb9ylesyONTID6FFmtXAO3kooVH33xnQs98VnfCCVRhSKTOvoTCZxEWCT5DepoAjrlGGF_XCKevIBd8OmrojQeK7-sm0cn1AtoD4QRyscfq/s4032/IMG_2193.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAtbnOqEE9pYv0dlILX8ssd2JSys7LyY6w7JwgxHkFK9MDwXZabz8ncybQgwSFJlB3SG546bwOQ-MNttu5Akb9ylesyONTID6FFmtXAO3kooVH33xnQs98VnfCCVRhSKTOvoTCZxEWCT5DepoAjrlGGF_XCKevIBd8OmrojQeK7-sm0cn1AtoD4QRyscfq/s320/IMG_2193.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg90eO3gxXHxdm8aXDBATNNbv_8RbFevDk1U8SL9T0ClHkYyV6YWIL1T2LaK2mHx8BgFLkpmxXyAsizdh6UIm44VGctgkMSgqE1OuFOquyPJVLgloLeypwT2ddBEPF5cz7yFHF9Y9Ee8ahdH039RwRWaT0seu6f9nRYSrWitpf7Prk5K8rxWQIuW79cL6pg/s2869/IMG_2200.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1614" data-original-width="2869" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg90eO3gxXHxdm8aXDBATNNbv_8RbFevDk1U8SL9T0ClHkYyV6YWIL1T2LaK2mHx8BgFLkpmxXyAsizdh6UIm44VGctgkMSgqE1OuFOquyPJVLgloLeypwT2ddBEPF5cz7yFHF9Y9Ee8ahdH039RwRWaT0seu6f9nRYSrWitpf7Prk5K8rxWQIuW79cL6pg/s320/IMG_2200.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kit comes with a dummy chassis so that the donor loco can still pose in a siding, here they are together.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgni-mTYpAWqxfIfdeN5is6oXvtjChlXOLo4vV5VTN__WJzeX_1vjJzNiyy7WKIsUKMIQEGdpgXtvsIpYu0G0C25atz4sUmbsmZ22Ga3WspjFswXiqG6DP4CWpcgRppT5H26M4Mtxh_dZhuBVuNEpJCosrhcjcXz8v0FXqyHq2X-Jx5vyBsDr_Kx7ceVATC/s2285/IMG_2180.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2285" data-original-width="1285" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgni-mTYpAWqxfIfdeN5is6oXvtjChlXOLo4vV5VTN__WJzeX_1vjJzNiyy7WKIsUKMIQEGdpgXtvsIpYu0G0C25atz4sUmbsmZ22Ga3WspjFswXiqG6DP4CWpcgRppT5H26M4Mtxh_dZhuBVuNEpJCosrhcjcXz8v0FXqyHq2X-Jx5vyBsDr_Kx7ceVATC/s320/IMG_2180.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The backhead is a separate part so it is a simple matter to paint it before fitting into the cab. Very nice it is too.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3s-q3kuhqTlPCbh_urNPV6yv6jccyXiJO_AiYFIggFBHTSqAV3ti0W3lhjvOmKnKNjyZN_DIRKa8JrMkRqVebnlTJdLCrdDf6LrTw105KCwhJHDMv5fIS9MJ0IuQ1J9TUQhi2n2p28chXepCPyOTDg3SQiThlpYCeX3dOPSatd9xOFE4B2xQEY4koHUc/s2764/IMG_2283.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2027" data-original-width="2764" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3s-q3kuhqTlPCbh_urNPV6yv6jccyXiJO_AiYFIggFBHTSqAV3ti0W3lhjvOmKnKNjyZN_DIRKa8JrMkRqVebnlTJdLCrdDf6LrTw105KCwhJHDMv5fIS9MJ0IuQ1J9TUQhi2n2p28chXepCPyOTDg3SQiThlpYCeX3dOPSatd9xOFE4B2xQEY4koHUc/s320/IMG_2283.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the bulk of the stock I took to the show.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZrkGaD0vDcmBd6wUhGnjrbY_25MNd66wlMO-car8YqDSGo9-1_r4zFrek7vW2dp5aC6vv5-igeinnRfQ4DBw_Nh2LaiqaguHbMMDRqxg7ygOJGJnQ7UPTBsWzJkFRr3I-fKCjWmrD1miNx5PCTz0TsnFlbpWX-lYGrjdaK9QoTHnbB9eXElnBkam5uL0/s4032/IMG_2317.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZrkGaD0vDcmBd6wUhGnjrbY_25MNd66wlMO-car8YqDSGo9-1_r4zFrek7vW2dp5aC6vv5-igeinnRfQ4DBw_Nh2LaiqaguHbMMDRqxg7ygOJGJnQ7UPTBsWzJkFRr3I-fKCjWmrD1miNx5PCTz0TsnFlbpWX-lYGrjdaK9QoTHnbB9eXElnBkam5uL0/s320/IMG_2317.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was part of the 009 Society village helping to celebrate the 50th year of the society. I was very proud to be invited and was in illustrious company.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjssQaQjOFCrQAxjrtKXCeRoLTg7n8TvtcQdVNAuzkT2yXPhnG67Zx82jrwHEa1jVp6HbDcGDXbzAwkujYQc1ztxDIrjYtKa6KINNxY7gZ-aZf55Pp7N3Byz8ODKfqxlYDz0pFmV0HhvxcQDoo3srImXymk0vIYm9pPBO9PopZwcDMriwMjNs4wa_FmmKfe/s4032/IMG_2319.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjssQaQjOFCrQAxjrtKXCeRoLTg7n8TvtcQdVNAuzkT2yXPhnG67Zx82jrwHEa1jVp6HbDcGDXbzAwkujYQc1ztxDIrjYtKa6KINNxY7gZ-aZf55Pp7N3Byz8ODKfqxlYDz0pFmV0HhvxcQDoo3srImXymk0vIYm9pPBO9PopZwcDMriwMjNs4wa_FmmKfe/s320/IMG_2319.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fiddle yard view</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBFaWtddaCgAQQs5735JgXHoMRyKP7htX5is0QZ9qRq5g3Mxl5nimUXk1sKWaP4zS2oek1Ihr4I09zhXzSkrXZC25W4Rf83VcvLP9ekWg05j4N8s3e1ieuv6BENV0MQGOHFHSP5upNcFUrrQYma3FLDVrnngB86BMP8-X1p4Pa0fQUKrDucApg15R9iBRf/s4032/IMG_2325.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBFaWtddaCgAQQs5735JgXHoMRyKP7htX5is0QZ9qRq5g3Mxl5nimUXk1sKWaP4zS2oek1Ihr4I09zhXzSkrXZC25W4Rf83VcvLP9ekWg05j4N8s3e1ieuv6BENV0MQGOHFHSP5upNcFUrrQYma3FLDVrnngB86BMP8-X1p4Pa0fQUKrDucApg15R9iBRf/s320/IMG_2325.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was also part of the F&WHR team and here we all are eating curry.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz8njmdyeyqJ9A8u0WXWOm3fjOnDuMZOwpDTE9UDWbEkX4-dvswzbjj21bhUI-911gEzBSqOsA9riLn-ESCOVrbqJ2LrlHkMfO0KbJdCavy05KRoAXPnVdqx4m6Qt8-L9F_y2C1QS7XBjdEFNWAMtwLyVNrVLKrkGwfqrT3gNuLLzLZ6hcLGoBtUFrQf3x/s4032/IMG_2328.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz8njmdyeyqJ9A8u0WXWOm3fjOnDuMZOwpDTE9UDWbEkX4-dvswzbjj21bhUI-911gEzBSqOsA9riLn-ESCOVrbqJ2LrlHkMfO0KbJdCavy05KRoAXPnVdqx4m6Qt8-L9F_y2C1QS7XBjdEFNWAMtwLyVNrVLKrkGwfqrT3gNuLLzLZ6hcLGoBtUFrQf3x/s320/IMG_2328.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">'Dennis' the railbus - Sunday afternoon service probably</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVsETQro1NtsGzbFP-NzlYeFb12m2eEPZcD5VErqC981b5cF0nodZbjovyqgRfMGsP3mMVkalehv6MDiGL3gWvRG63rPGOBUfCwmjUUkVD1gz4sYWg2HljqYxxAwHdml4DCn8e5EqtBQ3DBLW84C3FbbU110XgwLlDTfK1Mw5Ye2BRDOH9Hj3VIXZCC7ak/s4032/IMG_2334.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVsETQro1NtsGzbFP-NzlYeFb12m2eEPZcD5VErqC981b5cF0nodZbjovyqgRfMGsP3mMVkalehv6MDiGL3gWvRG63rPGOBUfCwmjUUkVD1gz4sYWg2HljqYxxAwHdml4DCn8e5EqtBQ3DBLW84C3FbbU110XgwLlDTfK1Mw5Ye2BRDOH9Hj3VIXZCC7ak/s320/IMG_2334.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Unusually for a show I went home with more working locos that I went with including getting 'Ned' to behave himself.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDd8V-veM2KIN5tQTEKsYgEBGV-S5LKg5BeujErz0OGdi35MY3d6wxD-Z7El_lA3l9NBwJ-3XdYoU0U_bKD4RU4N6M6rictaeOu5wEZT7AUy_TZibIs-zKB0q5P1aPlX7FCecDFdfdWicjrnGFVplGjyCS7vQ1xqW8DEQB1qSusfFG-TK4lRyXCWrQnWA1/s5472/IMG_2337.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3080" data-original-width="5472" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDd8V-veM2KIN5tQTEKsYgEBGV-S5LKg5BeujErz0OGdi35MY3d6wxD-Z7El_lA3l9NBwJ-3XdYoU0U_bKD4RU4N6M6rictaeOu5wEZT7AUy_TZibIs-zKB0q5P1aPlX7FCecDFdfdWicjrnGFVplGjyCS7vQ1xqW8DEQB1qSusfFG-TK4lRyXCWrQnWA1/s320/IMG_2337.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All went well on Saturday and then first thing on Sunday morning my controller went pop and would only output a full 12v output. Fortunately the Gaugemaster stand wasn't far away so a replacement was purchased and installed fairly quickly. Ironically I had had a Facebook conversation about not taking a spare controller because they never go wrong... </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDOV2R37qWdxfFtdbdeQ6AMa-S3gRlbYapPl8ZgQN6PYWtRyf8JoMFEX_FyYg2bxZ_4FQHlP8jaizFrcHy0jhS-UbV7eW8h9-JYm5Z3IdGEDDvip4wgcjIXkpJQ1U2pMeBHd3W-z2z0aiOuH5c2QT_smoJVXLckgmBFKTRIyRZhiAWecOpWusCi7biAe0/s5472/IMG_2341.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3080" data-original-width="5472" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDOV2R37qWdxfFtdbdeQ6AMa-S3gRlbYapPl8ZgQN6PYWtRyf8JoMFEX_FyYg2bxZ_4FQHlP8jaizFrcHy0jhS-UbV7eW8h9-JYm5Z3IdGEDDvip4wgcjIXkpJQ1U2pMeBHd3W-z2z0aiOuH5c2QT_smoJVXLckgmBFKTRIyRZhiAWecOpWusCi7biAe0/s320/IMG_2341.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1usSoRkErbA1aBBwzJpRd38duR-IluI247G4c7px3MXGFPjQgcgUZK7w_qjuqImeYDjbXHnd28CJvC6UvhNk0ctCyCBGSs6ciL5vys8VUxJjg7dmmg3MpnLtZAE1fvk7VQGmfMqm6PDh38rwC04N7UCNuulqF9TkkPrFpK1R0rNv-2VQtx8CALZRdUq2E/s4032/FullSizeRender.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1usSoRkErbA1aBBwzJpRd38duR-IluI247G4c7px3MXGFPjQgcgUZK7w_qjuqImeYDjbXHnd28CJvC6UvhNk0ctCyCBGSs6ciL5vys8VUxJjg7dmmg3MpnLtZAE1fvk7VQGmfMqm6PDh38rwC04N7UCNuulqF9TkkPrFpK1R0rNv-2VQtx8CALZRdUq2E/s320/FullSizeRender.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The whole of the 009 gang with me acting the arse as usual.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtelcMMRDxUlBnF_ubPzC81XOXSqLryXaeZAhBt_ZHgcbY7ODWKPiAYVdxNTlPR6aFlvwM3U6kv-o0e6XRruK4qiOLFJbwWyz__0ksVnWebiBrnFZYsZmj5TJ6vF2D_GTf1MhOawISNKh66HZPpZrcWVq7UBn9pXmpsAUaYE3eE5i7mOWnG6uuLYRbAUJz/s2239/IMG_2351.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1262" data-original-width="2239" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtelcMMRDxUlBnF_ubPzC81XOXSqLryXaeZAhBt_ZHgcbY7ODWKPiAYVdxNTlPR6aFlvwM3U6kv-o0e6XRruK4qiOLFJbwWyz__0ksVnWebiBrnFZYsZmj5TJ6vF2D_GTf1MhOawISNKh66HZPpZrcWVq7UBn9pXmpsAUaYE3eE5i7mOWnG6uuLYRbAUJz/s320/IMG_2351.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hmm, I don't think this one is going to bring me happiness.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQllWweBJHF8whl7l0wSOn-gf8tSR3QXgFjT3WxNDcojOT4USVYGLnRgxBo8sUXjt3BK4pEAfZlSU_yGRHYoEB7De3zkZ_DuyOtUWRTtZBeIsrIYPvZ_Y4Bh98R0JHkmFgQDXQgwh68dwvSRQQwrBxbzHFZFX1pjvndyxnPAFfk_JXd7GbAks59LCrofx/s4032/IMG_2354.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQllWweBJHF8whl7l0wSOn-gf8tSR3QXgFjT3WxNDcojOT4USVYGLnRgxBo8sUXjt3BK4pEAfZlSU_yGRHYoEB7De3zkZ_DuyOtUWRTtZBeIsrIYPvZ_Y4Bh98R0JHkmFgQDXQgwh68dwvSRQQwrBxbzHFZFX1pjvndyxnPAFfk_JXd7GbAks59LCrofx/s320/IMG_2354.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After Warley was all done and dusted James Hilton and I finally managed to get together on The Isle of Stoner; as ever he brought some of his lovely models with him including a Bachmann 'Linda' with a KATO tender representing how it looked when it first ran on the FR having transferred from the Penrhyn. It came for a trip on the island with a couple of beautifully finished Dundas FR style coaches.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5V1EhIfosS2DPtQ_WFvpft53NO0ygC_0U44RsuUrr0nipmmx7QBxoDLzjC-L9CziY8jsg-c5PEmI4A-tv_RQjLoyGSTatbwOkpsUlbAn7DCxWurt-6lT30qRE6LGWmt59HvwWcuvEXXWOqKTG6kBjqgjcNtwQUNrIlrPOIPIxy3rzsj5WhjQs4tRpaCtf/s4032/IMG_2355.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5V1EhIfosS2DPtQ_WFvpft53NO0ygC_0U44RsuUrr0nipmmx7QBxoDLzjC-L9CziY8jsg-c5PEmI4A-tv_RQjLoyGSTatbwOkpsUlbAn7DCxWurt-6lT30qRE6LGWmt59HvwWcuvEXXWOqKTG6kBjqgjcNtwQUNrIlrPOIPIxy3rzsj5WhjQs4tRpaCtf/s320/IMG_2355.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA507mQ_Vvp2aGW25VlfgXiaHHhtWdxpyMluklKGM7bJ7fA6yuEbymzHnBZKCkWemc8WFq4sACnD9UaIxC0gggfkfO6Vi4zxs9WUR41vbd1uvKGu3QHlipzded_ZleuWvXvmzVyOvTUnSdAvYm-YsJQiLDMlU7Fg-q0xxw6pdw1ItY1jInRfA9Bf0XiQ60/s4032/IMG_2356.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA507mQ_Vvp2aGW25VlfgXiaHHhtWdxpyMluklKGM7bJ7fA6yuEbymzHnBZKCkWemc8WFq4sACnD9UaIxC0gggfkfO6Vi4zxs9WUR41vbd1uvKGu3QHlipzded_ZleuWvXvmzVyOvTUnSdAvYm-YsJQiLDMlU7Fg-q0xxw6pdw1ItY1jInRfA9Bf0XiQ60/s320/IMG_2356.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The train looked very good and was quite at home</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9DPkVXtljNXeF5yvJphmLQpJZJ4q7ILq3nUIKrvWHKooKwpyQ0Z9IiR3zYdQ4JPHzQRNMNocGSL6W9xxfS7kOjX1s1OgxR3ixILb5RzzBNoBu7lyB5G7y9rZrx58VSjiWeEHSpAuxqdvFpcX69jB5YPMsfhm8NFe6kz0UqU_UWRG9HxaYyfZU-PPFeqs-/s4032/IMG_2359.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9DPkVXtljNXeF5yvJphmLQpJZJ4q7ILq3nUIKrvWHKooKwpyQ0Z9IiR3zYdQ4JPHzQRNMNocGSL6W9xxfS7kOjX1s1OgxR3ixILb5RzzBNoBu7lyB5G7y9rZrx58VSjiWeEHSpAuxqdvFpcX69jB5YPMsfhm8NFe6kz0UqU_UWRG9HxaYyfZU-PPFeqs-/s320/IMG_2359.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He also brought a nicely finished 'Prince'</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn91YNp_6IsdYNVgpI4ldnVllzYmgX_dHTZOEtJ7l7STl-hYGKCNB2DGOgi45OQQRDDTTKzNjAlbwaZrGfWb9xMhwq_QzgnWV3QQ5lhVMNcV65SLtMkHJgW8I1cL07KIH_6IxsJQmaaOPsCKfoExodxKW56CqeyGV0GekO12777TwoD9ISWI2UpsmAmuCI/s4032/IMG_2361.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn91YNp_6IsdYNVgpI4ldnVllzYmgX_dHTZOEtJ7l7STl-hYGKCNB2DGOgi45OQQRDDTTKzNjAlbwaZrGfWb9xMhwq_QzgnWV3QQ5lhVMNcV65SLtMkHJgW8I1cL07KIH_6IxsJQmaaOPsCKfoExodxKW56CqeyGV0GekO12777TwoD9ISWI2UpsmAmuCI/s320/IMG_2361.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJexdVedbPRSbKRjZF4w8zNhjsoviVZhRuJkrwCWMxka_K9ldRCPBH3uhI0-kvnSVhIdqqHK1Uje8O3o8FaWyEi6P6vPxJMuotkTd3MLgokvHm1VgwrHM1IUmjQdCav0xJnLucyStqzq9MD7Wv6zzyQO8x-yBX26dwYeizmhD4hZZW_EfrmGgDfPeZJZJY/s4032/IMG_2378.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJexdVedbPRSbKRjZF4w8zNhjsoviVZhRuJkrwCWMxka_K9ldRCPBH3uhI0-kvnSVhIdqqHK1Uje8O3o8FaWyEi6P6vPxJMuotkTd3MLgokvHm1VgwrHM1IUmjQdCav0xJnLucyStqzq9MD7Wv6zzyQO8x-yBX26dwYeizmhD4hZZW_EfrmGgDfPeZJZJY/s320/IMG_2378.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've also acquired a set of three Dinorwic slate wagons from Bachmann. They are very lovely little things and they go very well 'Alice'. Here they are as they come out of the box...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7WKMIHDLocqnkqKcGU8CBM922KW3gK2O6qtKQ2fUmYyMIw3WBVge7o51clFXft_ccVZaXEdCAha6-q1tTLwKcR6-g1378gBrCQuLwOLusjT0HXTcv_jVEPDTZ52-mSNVHo2YbVuZ_aWVp6mK9LqMHQjIjueLsfAW-JDhcr3BOS5jiecrRPjCssMRkYSn5/s3738/IMG_2391.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1082" data-original-width="3738" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7WKMIHDLocqnkqKcGU8CBM922KW3gK2O6qtKQ2fUmYyMIw3WBVge7o51clFXft_ccVZaXEdCAha6-q1tTLwKcR6-g1378gBrCQuLwOLusjT0HXTcv_jVEPDTZ52-mSNVHo2YbVuZ_aWVp6mK9LqMHQjIjueLsfAW-JDhcr3BOS5jiecrRPjCssMRkYSn5/s320/IMG_2391.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...and here they are weathered. They do them in a grey finish too which is not that unrealistic for wagons left to bleach and rot in the Welsh weather but they don't have the numbers printed on like the red lead ones.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOgTeE9t22xLMlK1_cRWAznWJUXTbpaTFrjnbMLLZTAiAzLs8Olbmw_EQ5TW6-34aITpwphBHBOAoBwiiRQkqhg22KIU_0_0XXjVue4ts_-nYAiHv_rkXaQ4BsHdV3jeFXCuVF4-74TRPn_81YRAlL5EbS6otNEk8Nm_TN4knDaOI0ca0AFNsbqx2v2RxK/s4032/IMG_2394.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOgTeE9t22xLMlK1_cRWAznWJUXTbpaTFrjnbMLLZTAiAzLs8Olbmw_EQ5TW6-34aITpwphBHBOAoBwiiRQkqhg22KIU_0_0XXjVue4ts_-nYAiHv_rkXaQ4BsHdV3jeFXCuVF4-74TRPn_81YRAlL5EbS6otNEk8Nm_TN4knDaOI0ca0AFNsbqx2v2RxK/s320/IMG_2394.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTwqA-0Lmq6x0JrP2G52MZxCmqHBTrqAjp5mP-hh0Lzg1VVKhHMnZMIfVu6RlL1h9dEMjJIummMtgvm4VXkFlfsV-OfRelTY6OUwb3PwfwiVX599jct4Kik2fXu7lPu98IsPJ-soRjR5cnbkJ7vPsX5KEAVo96vzOM4ko_LI2JF2Itb7K18qKM118Sdfv/s3826/IMG_2433.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1850" data-original-width="3826" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTwqA-0Lmq6x0JrP2G52MZxCmqHBTrqAjp5mP-hh0Lzg1VVKhHMnZMIfVu6RlL1h9dEMjJIummMtgvm4VXkFlfsV-OfRelTY6OUwb3PwfwiVX599jct4Kik2fXu7lPu98IsPJ-soRjR5cnbkJ7vPsX5KEAVo96vzOM4ko_LI2JF2Itb7K18qKM118Sdfv/s320/IMG_2433.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It has been an expensive couple of months for 009 stock as the much awaited PECO FR Bowsiders have arrived. I had to add one to my FR train and very lovely it is too.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZTUX1eNFgf_6V0rS2hYlq27aNDBPaePm_PnqBzxuJI5fkrBnTUWGNvnAg42Xs809pkBIqieE0RtxWw4sH657S1qAQ6STGeTBA2YoQsdJ8-QfDifxi_0-cy6yajRXnpzdYCV1aXYqwJ9QLJkCT_MvDinREgB9xyibEwqSMBgol3cMka_zCC6eK0ckGS6N/s3327/IMG_2437.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1949" data-original-width="3327" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZTUX1eNFgf_6V0rS2hYlq27aNDBPaePm_PnqBzxuJI5fkrBnTUWGNvnAg42Xs809pkBIqieE0RtxWw4sH657S1qAQ6STGeTBA2YoQsdJ8-QfDifxi_0-cy6yajRXnpzdYCV1aXYqwJ9QLJkCT_MvDinREgB9xyibEwqSMBgol3cMka_zCC6eK0ckGS6N/s320/IMG_2437.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw9M0CHeANuTwtGV-Yz0sORTdv_jTF9k1S0OLmhE1wwnt4Ztjzvepbd7xJS5SxNBPo_qjvvUDwjAmUMsk1kfombyx145lSk3Zm5-mlMN4oQb6Jb_wNQcOQtKWEcl7Cdgacwjx9f0VqwOhORjXT4scnJ1iY-kupcCuR2SDmi0PId5JzEAmozQbJCyOHD9B_/s3590/IMG_2458.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2021" data-original-width="3590" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw9M0CHeANuTwtGV-Yz0sORTdv_jTF9k1S0OLmhE1wwnt4Ztjzvepbd7xJS5SxNBPo_qjvvUDwjAmUMsk1kfombyx145lSk3Zm5-mlMN4oQb6Jb_wNQcOQtKWEcl7Cdgacwjx9f0VqwOhORjXT4scnJ1iY-kupcCuR2SDmi0PId5JzEAmozQbJCyOHD9B_/s320/IMG_2458.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh, and one more thing. I have another Fourdees/Bachmann loco ready to go onto the lap tray, this one is the Little Issac which is again an 0-4-2 much as you might expect. Based on the Bagnall Issac and Gelert. It looks like a lovely print and I can't wait to get it finished. More next time probably.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Lord Stonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735046388170436892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560322057997297901.post-44503616004288577452023-11-19T14:04:00.000-08:002023-11-19T14:04:57.880-08:00Getting ready for Warley and that...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've been getting Bont ready for Warley and fingers crossed all is well. One of the things I've done is sort out my tool box into a smaller one for travelling. Wonder what I've forgotten?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhBB0ofkplDLZ6bezu841AzfFIX3kFRO1uXuSRapobVIVHQntsmL-15pCU3an2x43JJ7Rb77iQLgvNXSbXijQRuYP0gWZvvHbnWdQDZzDxzBQ0hqw_n30XEBR2Frv4hfy_Q-swolIrjRCgvF8VC8rF6-kG-lzctrwUUBPhO6-B8kMBSoZPfOxLeNg2xZRx/s4032/IMG_2176.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhBB0ofkplDLZ6bezu841AzfFIX3kFRO1uXuSRapobVIVHQntsmL-15pCU3an2x43JJ7Rb77iQLgvNXSbXijQRuYP0gWZvvHbnWdQDZzDxzBQ0hqw_n30XEBR2Frv4hfy_Q-swolIrjRCgvF8VC8rF6-kG-lzctrwUUBPhO6-B8kMBSoZPfOxLeNg2xZRx/s320/IMG_2176.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Port Lucy has had a bit of a pause while I worry about Bont but this is the revised station building layout and the position of the loco release crossover. This arrangement also provides for platform 2A which will be the home of a tramway set.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmpVi3PJtxnZwmMf8llmTd2SILXk-sIMQBxUDocbFLFN8YpOEl48YVOrFz5FBLcpA0ig18yhhCmwhTVJZT4bzsbwylW-qGcvFTeNyNNSReHHhs1-ZYWy7-tckAonOsCHXLecGGgRPFNsx5NfrHG_WGavfJIUf0uJgmKObKumA-T0NVjUV_QPiouE5ReDJ/s2285/IMG_2180.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2285" data-original-width="1285" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmpVi3PJtxnZwmMf8llmTd2SILXk-sIMQBxUDocbFLFN8YpOEl48YVOrFz5FBLcpA0ig18yhhCmwhTVJZT4bzsbwylW-qGcvFTeNyNNSReHHhs1-ZYWy7-tckAonOsCHXLecGGgRPFNsx5NfrHG_WGavfJIUf0uJgmKObKumA-T0NVjUV_QPiouE5ReDJ/s320/IMG_2180.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What I've actually been doing with my laptray time is painting and finishing off the lovely Fourdess 'kit' Windle class Hunslet. Calling it a kit is underselling it really as basically the only bits you need to add are the chassis from a Bachmann quarry Hunslet, Nesta in my case, and the backhead and cab roof come as separate items to make painting easier.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOt1znLdMpEp-Nqkb8YDBQLxVemh0A4CRcd3nJIGn0sHhGgm6INK4TwP256eOYjCFJpFaOxB_gAOLa9nOcrdScoBAOwC6HiM4zbbeelqvG3bwjJ51A2YKaV3YMxXvF5CDDIQLMUN5zksBSnFvqrDjEDDrZaxmjtaxYoQfxuHe2xLSeypaKlYafRHZ_JKXH/s4032/IMG_2191.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOt1znLdMpEp-Nqkb8YDBQLxVemh0A4CRcd3nJIGn0sHhGgm6INK4TwP256eOYjCFJpFaOxB_gAOLa9nOcrdScoBAOwC6HiM4zbbeelqvG3bwjJ51A2YKaV3YMxXvF5CDDIQLMUN5zksBSnFvqrDjEDDrZaxmjtaxYoQfxuHe2xLSeypaKlYafRHZ_JKXH/s320/IMG_2191.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the more or less finished thing. I've used the works plates provided with Nesta for now although I've ordered name and works plates from Light Railway Stores. Ultimately it will be called Underhill.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEini_dDjbpi9uVR46GY9yg7MR5G2UDXxW31NpWYYx6iXEwksAyOxRelcRwnjUWYJwhjIA8k4jBMX1XQlBcZ2GqT7cQ0LjN9ba65tpoYm08Tc86u_iAlKC8Uc_RJ0Yqqp4wHU74GtMgEt9qxgU1vms-yGdhW3zb9JmqvG1RzFlYPFsfMGpBh_t-_Sc1WsSJZ/s4032/IMG_2193.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEini_dDjbpi9uVR46GY9yg7MR5G2UDXxW31NpWYYx6iXEwksAyOxRelcRwnjUWYJwhjIA8k4jBMX1XQlBcZ2GqT7cQ0LjN9ba65tpoYm08Tc86u_iAlKC8Uc_RJ0Yqqp4wHU74GtMgEt9qxgU1vms-yGdhW3zb9JmqvG1RzFlYPFsfMGpBh_t-_Sc1WsSJZ/s320/IMG_2193.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf0TtWTbj02fzz1AToJtd-3xJpz-L_Wp4s-mw8dMQr6V-_-Lbxj4wT9Jl711pBZFRPFUYsGswzIL3-JgGGp3xEzWFgX_kADfSKlocJPrl5EvzEfmnvRIGZYyi_2DAcAEGJIHIhTovNsn4Uwe8iUBDrwb7Sg0KGe5KA72bWAm2fJaLEF-va6E_OgTpf8rNG/s2646/IMG_2198.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1491" data-original-width="2646" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf0TtWTbj02fzz1AToJtd-3xJpz-L_Wp4s-mw8dMQr6V-_-Lbxj4wT9Jl711pBZFRPFUYsGswzIL3-JgGGp3xEzWFgX_kADfSKlocJPrl5EvzEfmnvRIGZYyi_2DAcAEGJIHIhTovNsn4Uwe8iUBDrwb7Sg0KGe5KA72bWAm2fJaLEF-va6E_OgTpf8rNG/s320/IMG_2198.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is Underhill with Nesta's working chassis and Nesta with the 3d printed chassis that comes with the kit so that original loco becomes a static model. I've also added a pair of RT models PQR couplers to finish it off. It will look very nice parked in a siding.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9tTOJ1W3aPZ2WTD4X-bkCQXaHgPVGffRpOb8uuH4yVVN5eoPF-JO1Vj1y9sE1Aj0A78cp65FQiBGpFxUMU-KD5fCsVm39xV6eYbwMlgUKZO94CoT47bwOMYzTZBlLqW60negtfUQOeU2g2_ASkFVaGOwAKXisLrCkZFdldjAXLV3vAwBSm1UVt0IYLs5x/s2100/IMG_2199.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1183" data-original-width="2100" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9tTOJ1W3aPZ2WTD4X-bkCQXaHgPVGffRpOb8uuH4yVVN5eoPF-JO1Vj1y9sE1Aj0A78cp65FQiBGpFxUMU-KD5fCsVm39xV6eYbwMlgUKZO94CoT47bwOMYzTZBlLqW60negtfUQOeU2g2_ASkFVaGOwAKXisLrCkZFdldjAXLV3vAwBSm1UVt0IYLs5x/s320/IMG_2199.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKlPCYo_Mdd7je_seNk97R2n-kY5exH_jPjRIEaFqNTjcw6bkUbHrVe6_ynaV0pgD4N9Ffoh4Rl8pI-ExGUzpyshf-MHoOym98Qn_Kxzqj-0S3Fdc_mVoKnarx0flRUq4vjiRkbmnIz4qpgCxybOLbGQpR2scwjF-AefDHtPhgGBI6QjP8wYQsAe9Z0v81/s2869/IMG_2200.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1614" data-original-width="2869" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKlPCYo_Mdd7je_seNk97R2n-kY5exH_jPjRIEaFqNTjcw6bkUbHrVe6_ynaV0pgD4N9Ffoh4Rl8pI-ExGUzpyshf-MHoOym98Qn_Kxzqj-0S3Fdc_mVoKnarx0flRUq4vjiRkbmnIz4qpgCxybOLbGQpR2scwjF-AefDHtPhgGBI6QjP8wYQsAe9Z0v81/s320/IMG_2200.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Come and see both of them at Warley.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Lord Stonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735046388170436892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560322057997297901.post-34618234229357493142023-11-01T04:08:00.005-07:002023-11-01T04:08:58.253-07:00Possibly the final plan B<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Having sorted out the woodworking side of things it was time to put as much finished stuff in place to see what would fit and what wouldn't. The heart of my overly ambitious plan still fits for the most part but I've moved the carriage sidings to alongside the platforms, this way I'll be able to reach them easily and I think I should be able to stable four rakes rather than three in the first plan. The loco shed is now much less than I'd hoped but is actually much more appropriate for a railway of this size.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_vAYelHwcMhJzbVCD3VA29Ff7pMi3QJH86OzOQTDDyQ6emaMO3hEYutJ9wol0KGPCLXLVVNOgY1H5WExLgcTDAxYp5AhbO51fR8uJcpfoyZksZCJTIrz1TXs2jBVVRKFfpHObejn5uGCeIcjzCdxEfkgxa2mMgtTuUuSFcVwqSJCtsamMy9kc9PBYtjP/s4032/IMG_2093.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_vAYelHwcMhJzbVCD3VA29Ff7pMi3QJH86OzOQTDDyQ6emaMO3hEYutJ9wol0KGPCLXLVVNOgY1H5WExLgcTDAxYp5AhbO51fR8uJcpfoyZksZCJTIrz1TXs2jBVVRKFfpHObejn5uGCeIcjzCdxEfkgxa2mMgtTuUuSFcVwqSJCtsamMy9kc9PBYtjP/s320/IMG_2093.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pretty much the whole thing</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7JFtODPypbRMIu76DZipMz3F3-0EVjrudBre4-1ohHT-XGMvB4xueKwIpSvdfPg8daxLhyrgGYSI1d1z9da22yUQQpiByXmzl3Ozx6xZf0DsW9i2BDTkjnecrCpQt7tA7Z8Uc6_dIpZWwel8gdDCmP2PTrVKd62B0uG_0Y3oC1d5c9dNsQTF_l257_up/s4032/IMG_2095.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7JFtODPypbRMIu76DZipMz3F3-0EVjrudBre4-1ohHT-XGMvB4xueKwIpSvdfPg8daxLhyrgGYSI1d1z9da22yUQQpiByXmzl3Ozx6xZf0DsW9i2BDTkjnecrCpQt7tA7Z8Uc6_dIpZWwel8gdDCmP2PTrVKd62B0uG_0Y3oC1d5c9dNsQTF_l257_up/s320/IMG_2095.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Loco shed</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuAdj4LfW9Q1PHF6iXeiyCFiJNHl2ssgUSR9Ye7McVXTyp4Zd6tiCTgcQZlpLzZjj6AYrdUAXR0FNKPTUaWCy8TMnd3iaf_0xbHXaDn5S7Uh2n7H3ftmnvXERA85XjrgeKj70kFDNFsMp-B_57rls7CtN0zDvbilUhW4V_ppUBirFKH7lDwms5QEBMySJH/s4032/IMG_2096.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOcRK6bRB9nxxO4ivo0PNf3uElu048_NkvfRPep5EKLItMtus8jGvVdV029ryU2vhfFNTiAMVVUCIrKCLJRM1s2Naq6AouUnfAlgSZdIlqsPywf8Ws34qmnVJZ3A0jU19803Da6ypQNjopG4IKbyUv9gdLkdB_C8G2FDOU0L59ttP52K8nica9-V1pQDqr/s4032/IMG_2098.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOcRK6bRB9nxxO4ivo0PNf3uElu048_NkvfRPep5EKLItMtus8jGvVdV029ryU2vhfFNTiAMVVUCIrKCLJRM1s2Naq6AouUnfAlgSZdIlqsPywf8Ws34qmnVJZ3A0jU19803Da6ypQNjopG4IKbyUv9gdLkdB_C8G2FDOU0L59ttP52K8nica9-V1pQDqr/s320/IMG_2098.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The house on a hill will provide a bit of a scenic break between the old layout and the new bit</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2IVlMX1QMhHTeBVUMU4dB_KDQvNwW2ztpi3HhgYno_37zdk45-7iWHjwh0SH2bpYgxO4FV6w8BQjBnIGLJzecLIoNGNOjziBsuxn314Zq0qCYwwnbFVRUBFq85bsmnrDcjAY_pY7oN7tKGuqwLpu1uZD9gtewK5dxYnkvI5dAB9OMsd9qSwdwUdMk7JCd/s4032/IMG_2099.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2IVlMX1QMhHTeBVUMU4dB_KDQvNwW2ztpi3HhgYno_37zdk45-7iWHjwh0SH2bpYgxO4FV6w8BQjBnIGLJzecLIoNGNOjziBsuxn314Zq0qCYwwnbFVRUBFq85bsmnrDcjAY_pY7oN7tKGuqwLpu1uZD9gtewK5dxYnkvI5dAB9OMsd9qSwdwUdMk7JCd/s320/IMG_2099.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Port Lucy Station buildings, I wanted it to look as though the buildings had evolved</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGm-pr18OI2aQJ99roFMrSeAQHdMHySogX1ZAx85Gz_j3Gmuoie3xIjV3RsmdzxTYDfp-cHY4PQaFLovOj55nL01jmkD13KMS0qmVDdAn5OysoPQVWHASISOckmHYNMi8IwKj-yCnwLvow7tUUo2jj5zxnf0fdjNgxoWS9cg-VuzmL-3Eoqs11OrEOgwe/s2825/IMG_2101.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2825" data-original-width="1973" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGm-pr18OI2aQJ99roFMrSeAQHdMHySogX1ZAx85Gz_j3Gmuoie3xIjV3RsmdzxTYDfp-cHY4PQaFLovOj55nL01jmkD13KMS0qmVDdAn5OysoPQVWHASISOckmHYNMi8IwKj-yCnwLvow7tUUo2jj5zxnf0fdjNgxoWS9cg-VuzmL-3Eoqs11OrEOgwe/s320/IMG_2101.jpeg" width="223" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hopefully the final plan</div><br /> <p></p>Lord Stonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735046388170436892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560322057997297901.post-55670024793278135162023-10-28T15:33:00.000-07:002023-10-28T15:33:43.818-07:00Onwards and ever so slightly upwards<p>Life keeps on getting in the way of the growth of Port Lucy but tonight I took a big step forward; and a couple backwards.</p><p>As I mentioned before the base board I had built was too big and so I needed to chop nine inches off the rear, ideally some more would have gone but if I cut anymore off Port Lucy would be even smaller than it now will be.</p><p>I took the plunge and partly un assembled the pre existing structure, no mean feat in the confined space and with all the boxes of crap stored underneath. Anyway to be brief I managed to cut it down and fit it back in by using my super powers of contortionism. I previously had no idea these existed and now my back hurts quite a bit: If I ever build another layout it will be much smaller or I will have won the lottery and will get someone else to do all the tedious bits like woodwork, track laying and electrics. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIHDh_swu5lnOH9Yg9_YGL09oI7sV8R2d6q3ADgFpkGpLlGXpJccDMOEPJOcSiJQ9eggZvQBpNLtA3v0_x3PUbPy-ccjEKxDliTyTk6MaaYKDfFFNBNghmUbAN4IAI2pLl_MVy94lYo9pui1WIZJ7YM0z_hyl_5lhUsTQb8m9bQUv4sQBMJyxTL-Xd8s6_/s4032/IMG_2074.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIHDh_swu5lnOH9Yg9_YGL09oI7sV8R2d6q3ADgFpkGpLlGXpJccDMOEPJOcSiJQ9eggZvQBpNLtA3v0_x3PUbPy-ccjEKxDliTyTk6MaaYKDfFFNBNghmUbAN4IAI2pLl_MVy94lYo9pui1WIZJ7YM0z_hyl_5lhUsTQb8m9bQUv4sQBMJyxTL-Xd8s6_/s320/IMG_2074.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There we go nine inches shorter</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I looked at it and came to the terrible realisation that my legendary measuring skills had resulted in my building the new board a couple of centimetres lower than the bit it will connect to. First I thought about just ignoring it but that wouldn't help the track jump down a significant distance. There was only one thing for it and that was to screw a piece of wood onto the bottom of each leg. Contortion time again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit7rTL_H1Q4bGgoDfIzrSz9jrsCrxlD3vCB8ozwy5Cwb2wraB1oCVgk33y5PEceryxmKhsAuc2K-Zcs5thl6ZibzJyZOiO4Rt3TRMNNCjbtSs_XoxesnIakVTpQPfWxkxMn4iif3G0GUL0JiM6Jn0gSwpruuVnJtQjxePsQfRRAX1Tni1PjA9fiDAqzM5I/s4032/IMG_2075.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit7rTL_H1Q4bGgoDfIzrSz9jrsCrxlD3vCB8ozwy5Cwb2wraB1oCVgk33y5PEceryxmKhsAuc2K-Zcs5thl6ZibzJyZOiO4Rt3TRMNNCjbtSs_XoxesnIakVTpQPfWxkxMn4iif3G0GUL0JiM6Jn0gSwpruuVnJtQjxePsQfRRAX1Tni1PjA9fiDAqzM5I/s320/IMG_2075.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now the correct height and with a connecting bit of wood.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hopefully that is all the back breaking wood work done and I can now get on and sort out a final track plan and start being able to play trains again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While avoiding woodwork I have done a bit of work on the next section of Station Road.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQVRQheZOXSf69YVKuI69LBx0AYR_Gg7YaIOKlf8yf1tJ0J-CEMrumZ8Ji8Eu1wGx6giACroY-TGKVQdioplFk-Ea8CmcHeOiY9neN7toRQVMdz_bMe0pZ15sQZg6W4izCWiLzFFspTchk0PBNunVbVcWmoEMgy0BRWUIl1rOK3Phzp-Kl8OnAUJ8YqOs/s4032/IMG_2076.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQVRQheZOXSf69YVKuI69LBx0AYR_Gg7YaIOKlf8yf1tJ0J-CEMrumZ8Ji8Eu1wGx6giACroY-TGKVQdioplFk-Ea8CmcHeOiY9neN7toRQVMdz_bMe0pZ15sQZg6W4izCWiLzFFspTchk0PBNunVbVcWmoEMgy0BRWUIl1rOK3Phzp-Kl8OnAUJ8YqOs/s320/IMG_2076.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The old vicarage and the Town Hall and tower.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8eURW7bTsqzwobPm43DlqqL3lHWGPuhGGZ9N_l38ShXgjz0vXw38xc8LOsEuJp-TSJtiqLizKx2Ck2G-yr2jIm6AwHc9wg0VHZsUiLtUQywerjuaXaJjNMO8l40a1ZVIxi3Pscx31sIfAxVF_kbgK12RU3zUjtvFrN_kp9aSfkMv7Cs85Ox6QXT55Udci/s4032/IMG_2077.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8eURW7bTsqzwobPm43DlqqL3lHWGPuhGGZ9N_l38ShXgjz0vXw38xc8LOsEuJp-TSJtiqLizKx2Ck2G-yr2jIm6AwHc9wg0VHZsUiLtUQywerjuaXaJjNMO8l40a1ZVIxi3Pscx31sIfAxVF_kbgK12RU3zUjtvFrN_kp9aSfkMv7Cs85Ox6QXT55Udci/s320/IMG_2077.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These are the next two buildings which will be on a hill</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinf9gnkoFz5bpxRx8ezAvpiqUciyts_hkmkA4WufAhz8rF-XrRiks33kiSNOVTKtuS4AaYhoRJdM_fmAz3uFGdy4NB5PvncAtgm76e_4Qr8vKyoxH7AVo9gAsPqWMbQFRtbFLhYIM8jMxq21bqPbrVg5VzRTXd3aDBNRN-6ANQL13Je2BZfxATaLel_5Er/s4032/IMG_2078.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinf9gnkoFz5bpxRx8ezAvpiqUciyts_hkmkA4WufAhz8rF-XrRiks33kiSNOVTKtuS4AaYhoRJdM_fmAz3uFGdy4NB5PvncAtgm76e_4Qr8vKyoxH7AVo9gAsPqWMbQFRtbFLhYIM8jMxq21bqPbrVg5VzRTXd3aDBNRN-6ANQL13Je2BZfxATaLel_5Er/s320/IMG_2078.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Imagine the platforms and track in the space.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A long way to go but it is starting to seem like it might one day get somewhere like done. I do hope so as I have a large pile of kits to build and more that I'd like too.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Lord Stonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735046388170436892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560322057997297901.post-66265353178277218842023-10-15T09:41:00.000-07:002023-10-15T09:41:49.991-07:00Port Lucy wasn’t built in a day<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> I’ve been away on holiday and busy at work and now I have a filthy cold which won’t go away but I’ve really got the urge to get on with Port Lucy. What I really need to do is to get out in the garage and sort out the baseboard but that’s not been possible. While I was away I did lots of thinking and scribbling of track plans. This needs to get simpler and less ambitious as usual. </span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1-ALw7XdMQpge6yuCC9rmylBs97lodzzSOF-YBX2ZbOwqdp0EUa69JjC2ZJsr4HqP3O9DR1g8UgvVLe_rJWW0WX9qVhpxEvv8vN1-gIAS2LoEE7sUFSZW51xxV37F7xKB0f-Z6te4F74KUvmlUzyzZoiN6YjntnvAcHl8Ouxx4yRSQqrxgA-2bwTrzjB8/s2795/IMG_1613.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2795" data-original-width="1927" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1-ALw7XdMQpge6yuCC9rmylBs97lodzzSOF-YBX2ZbOwqdp0EUa69JjC2ZJsr4HqP3O9DR1g8UgvVLe_rJWW0WX9qVhpxEvv8vN1-gIAS2LoEE7sUFSZW51xxV37F7xKB0f-Z6te4F74KUvmlUzyzZoiN6YjntnvAcHl8Ouxx4yRSQqrxgA-2bwTrzjB8/s320/IMG_1613.jpeg" width="221" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The latest plan</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyway, today I decided that I would start making the street which runs up the left hand side as I’m pretty sure which buildings will be where and am going to put them together in modules so that I can work on the lap tray and then fit them together onto the layout complete with details. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Module one is the buildings at the front of the layout which form the street area which the station buildings face. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPw4WfcsupiarsI_uOmJjTNWFrhUqKLIZSU0qtDvEZlaF6YAm7ga_rzOhdSGl-D4LhuShfdH9aMmJsbJXlYkDP02Emw3eOGAwd2dnFckbRR8t9Q6_AoN4W-rhrB_eVo2fVYdgQMuc311-ejszG8bC3k-wPLQwKBneCDU4-HSj1bYbm3pSoXIL7f16WDz0t/s4031/IMG_1934.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1656" data-original-width="4031" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPw4WfcsupiarsI_uOmJjTNWFrhUqKLIZSU0qtDvEZlaF6YAm7ga_rzOhdSGl-D4LhuShfdH9aMmJsbJXlYkDP02Emw3eOGAwd2dnFckbRR8t9Q6_AoN4W-rhrB_eVo2fVYdgQMuc311-ejszG8bC3k-wPLQwKBneCDU4-HSj1bYbm3pSoXIL7f16WDz0t/s320/IMG_1934.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAao-C1oVwYi1Yo-mi1IfjmNT7fE8-FIMhyphenhyphenhsMsBzETKgT0tuBXhqUZVV67N2NtKXBAjxt5SJCYuh1_YKeQa-8jLDRP3yNaf4Sh36V3dlYvnCFzxw57m8PGT_6b98QaUJTVN_5KVBJ9ZYkqVgaMnxeR5Dm2fMBtKlSum0inlqw5RRH-ubbHaUyvddwmTwE/s4028/IMG_1933.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1724" data-original-width="4028" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAao-C1oVwYi1Yo-mi1IfjmNT7fE8-FIMhyphenhyphenhsMsBzETKgT0tuBXhqUZVV67N2NtKXBAjxt5SJCYuh1_YKeQa-8jLDRP3yNaf4Sh36V3dlYvnCFzxw57m8PGT_6b98QaUJTVN_5KVBJ9ZYkqVgaMnxeR5Dm2fMBtKlSum0inlqw5RRH-ubbHaUyvddwmTwE/s320/IMG_1933.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So this is Station Square, the cobblestone road is by Noch and it’s sort of embossed, printed card. A bit shiny but a spot of weathering and maybe a waft of Dulcote once it’s installed and it will be fine. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next module will feature The old rectory and the town hall and its clock tower and garden. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Lord Stonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735046388170436892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560322057997297901.post-85460488839662331772023-08-28T12:20:00.005-07:002023-08-28T12:20:48.455-07:00That was quick<p><br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH2EspEjai0trNVewU81VIWGkE2qjZFsmHXayg49oIXr_J-RfzwuywqFqFn4-eNng9wWkZS8XxclMyhKHv_InQUJPSZpHxU3Hc6HR4AwJipiDCz2XSfj979odkVIA5kGsyWjaynnJvJCeluc1z3sU5HGuBW8a_cIYjRJZgr5QIzbQ1Jq1pypIA2tebA1qU/s4032/IMG_1244.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH2EspEjai0trNVewU81VIWGkE2qjZFsmHXayg49oIXr_J-RfzwuywqFqFn4-eNng9wWkZS8XxclMyhKHv_InQUJPSZpHxU3Hc6HR4AwJipiDCz2XSfj979odkVIA5kGsyWjaynnJvJCeluc1z3sU5HGuBW8a_cIYjRJZgr5QIzbQ1Jq1pypIA2tebA1qU/s320/IMG_1244.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well my little diversion is virtually finished. Amazing how fast I can build a small project while prevaricating. I painted the rocks and earth with the usual acrylic paints and coloured the mdf paving/platform with acrylic paint pens. I also used these for the rail colour. The rail would rust heavily in a position where the sea might break over the track. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSszSkNo4w9nHjeFHwQWTnHXAHw6_tP3KyLKpR1zyFkIdWbgyQVVy8kWupiAQp0V3Agw6aJCsaTda3QpBDRqkHwYQgWzF8Bs5QYzgv0BOxlUVQA9HO2tDnApwfbTcog7JH3lcSrGLbN9ITsZOrUr7SABJoUmuvAurdX0stGMQCmvEoSyJdOGgJmvSDRRoM/s4032/IMG_1251.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSszSkNo4w9nHjeFHwQWTnHXAHw6_tP3KyLKpR1zyFkIdWbgyQVVy8kWupiAQp0V3Agw6aJCsaTda3QpBDRqkHwYQgWzF8Bs5QYzgv0BOxlUVQA9HO2tDnApwfbTcog7JH3lcSrGLbN9ITsZOrUr7SABJoUmuvAurdX0stGMQCmvEoSyJdOGgJmvSDRRoM/s320/IMG_1251.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next was ballast and greenery. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSkNfoXi39bV_u9uJv2FLBr3zWsSd0mUmsmg4qlmQZltBOjsGfRZGs-DNhfRszoEMfsWPIpm2gAWaE5ewploJw47fOiAoi6vInjIBHCznVZH2RFhuT46h4M-9scmD5nyI7kqHrshw6BFABXbxgWXjDqb3EjpaYnLkKoLa4xzLV11B4bMdsBaJaUC-0bXbG/s4032/IMG_1253.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSkNfoXi39bV_u9uJv2FLBr3zWsSd0mUmsmg4qlmQZltBOjsGfRZGs-DNhfRszoEMfsWPIpm2gAWaE5ewploJw47fOiAoi6vInjIBHCznVZH2RFhuT46h4M-9scmD5nyI7kqHrshw6BFABXbxgWXjDqb3EjpaYnLkKoLa4xzLV11B4bMdsBaJaUC-0bXbG/s320/IMG_1253.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I fitted the LED lights while the paint and glue set and then slid the baseboard into the box. I haven’t fixed it in as there are a few extras to add such as a running in board and some people. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqTIlzYweZroAhT5Ku9fcW1rOPnIjDNHMvdoJXeTiy2W_2Vm07fSSipicLn_fhMkR0PbXMFFAwxMGO-XwFGA5HMYhNP5j6mSFeBrWvVoVelt3m2BtY3_ATpOeszu3f6x_TVWNnvKUhjckUjQ-wfNvtclJArJe8DcdwBYR4AupqRem8sJkLwowVR2GlaiU/s4032/IMG_1255.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqTIlzYweZroAhT5Ku9fcW1rOPnIjDNHMvdoJXeTiy2W_2Vm07fSSipicLn_fhMkR0PbXMFFAwxMGO-XwFGA5HMYhNP5j6mSFeBrWvVoVelt3m2BtY3_ATpOeszu3f6x_TVWNnvKUhjckUjQ-wfNvtclJArJe8DcdwBYR4AupqRem8sJkLwowVR2GlaiU/s320/IMG_1255.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A close up of the building and the static Fourdees loco restored from cat vandalism. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Lord Stonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735046388170436892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560322057997297901.post-5642588386250660792023-08-26T15:11:00.000-07:002023-08-26T15:11:00.438-07:00A slight diversion - not just any diversion <p> I’m very good at not doing what I should be doing and doing something else. Even when it’s just a hobby. So rather than getting on with Port Lucy, more on this later, I decided to make a little diorama that I’ve had in mind for a while.</p><p>Some good friends visited a month or so ago and by way of thanks they sent us some wine from M&S; it was very nice and came in a lovely wooden box. I immediately thought that it was too good for kindling and I’ve been toying with the idea of a model of the legendary but never built Portmerion branch of the Festiniog. I don’t have room or the inclination to build a whole layout so this box is ideal.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb_5-AdMKxVWUkDBPjhVNQXNm30FtkkWVjCnyNtP_kG-fRnQTw3yfG4buTycrEwSGIs9Irzu_3FWqHSmSFrO4C6cPOsMHlGt1za8QZETEtLrm7hzxY8babnCrWuL8FEQn8cpRnBeWiQaA7Tuqo_g4jUFiyG1HRJRA3xzhHUYS5SlqEqIt7Zpg-jK7_u-Vd/s4032/IMG_1227.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb_5-AdMKxVWUkDBPjhVNQXNm30FtkkWVjCnyNtP_kG-fRnQTw3yfG4buTycrEwSGIs9Irzu_3FWqHSmSFrO4C6cPOsMHlGt1za8QZETEtLrm7hzxY8babnCrWuL8FEQn8cpRnBeWiQaA7Tuqo_g4jUFiyG1HRJRA3xzhHUYS5SlqEqIt7Zpg-jK7_u-Vd/s320/IMG_1227.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQahSNSxdBJeU17TncWFGxGBuis6L7O4a-LWrcQuEJLTMRHCfqBqZD_h5Zow0sEoClxta0fHibOmecBzJjz8ZLZ5BJoDCw-GaRwNs77G-RQHu5-4jqX2WajnVAp7c12wzxiN0fAS_CC1J21eLpxJM3yjTUHIUrz7rmFrcn4cALD9C3ZcMfcY6qSo5DAqF/s4032/IMG_1224.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQahSNSxdBJeU17TncWFGxGBuis6L7O4a-LWrcQuEJLTMRHCfqBqZD_h5Zow0sEoClxta0fHibOmecBzJjz8ZLZ5BJoDCw-GaRwNs77G-RQHu5-4jqX2WajnVAp7c12wzxiN0fAS_CC1J21eLpxJM3yjTUHIUrz7rmFrcn4cALD9C3ZcMfcY6qSo5DAqF/s320/IMG_1224.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got a lovely little resin model of the Minffordd down platform shelter off evilbay, it was a bargain but I had no need of it. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCQgZiY65ZR2zIfckYPL5o9OVW91XE2KecwjtRWnAjFQQieHtFd2Oh4QL4pelVMjPsJayJhKjL_PFUpM7JAjjqwvnK08Y8GuWxj0A7YelApSCymeezfmqbh24KRRVTa9LYMg3VZPFfvTWe6n1-1ggAPnF6jdCsIMYZVAjWp5b0xNW-JIq82O6lta50vtzJ/s4032/IMG_1223.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCQgZiY65ZR2zIfckYPL5o9OVW91XE2KecwjtRWnAjFQQieHtFd2Oh4QL4pelVMjPsJayJhKjL_PFUpM7JAjjqwvnK08Y8GuWxj0A7YelApSCymeezfmqbh24KRRVTa9LYMg3VZPFfvTWe6n1-1ggAPnF6jdCsIMYZVAjWp5b0xNW-JIq82O6lta50vtzJ/s320/IMG_1223.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The diorama represents a halt along the headland called Dolphin and the building is ideal. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7CPDKxhlw1Ht30lLy4vQREMCuIxqFafb-Q-yrg3fkS3bI8Qf54Yd4FklGVHUcaV07QB8dsWfZJDjWyb9k4QFpILGnxHxlvMQNqYn0_icI7rftLGSddYF2q2RLTIqU0KIR6cpsiN0kA_RwbTq8KVuwa_gIp7-DeNVvj743Fb0JrnHjB4ZCgT1lyj-ykwPd/s4032/IMG_1226.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7CPDKxhlw1Ht30lLy4vQREMCuIxqFafb-Q-yrg3fkS3bI8Qf54Yd4FklGVHUcaV07QB8dsWfZJDjWyb9k4QFpILGnxHxlvMQNqYn0_icI7rftLGSddYF2q2RLTIqU0KIR6cpsiN0kA_RwbTq8KVuwa_gIp7-DeNVvj743Fb0JrnHjB4ZCgT1lyj-ykwPd/s320/IMG_1226.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So far I’ve glued the sky paper into the box and cut the divider that was in the box to fit as a baseboard. Platform, track and fence are glued in place. I have some battery powered LED lights to fit and some plaster ballast and minimal scenery to do then it will be done. </div><br /><p></p>Lord Stonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735046388170436892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560322057997297901.post-66055661999734441962023-08-17T02:52:00.000-07:002023-08-17T02:52:31.281-07:00Progress and a possible problem<p> I've done a bit more woodwork and it has left me scratching my head somewhat. The area of the new bit is pretty big; obviously I knew that when I 'designed' it but it's all very well scribbling in a note book but when the full size of the thing emerges it is quite another.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHAoRVNlRz-2cqV4DscPM99V8R2yI6gHDdLYHiokiv_adeE3ORb9xWKgr2IF-xxS5t2LJAu9qqLQCod66N2kba9d58HlZxSbd8xpnAbS8ybYP0qwvdD-mvpGpbWU_eZWiJ9jNHztT1Ny_0GPjXiOPSRifDA_xojc3SK6hvdeJc51E7INNoRoaojZxyEqLX/s4032/IMG_1149.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHAoRVNlRz-2cqV4DscPM99V8R2yI6gHDdLYHiokiv_adeE3ORb9xWKgr2IF-xxS5t2LJAu9qqLQCod66N2kba9d58HlZxSbd8xpnAbS8ybYP0qwvdD-mvpGpbWU_eZWiJ9jNHztT1Ny_0GPjXiOPSRifDA_xojc3SK6hvdeJc51E7INNoRoaojZxyEqLX/s320/IMG_1149.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The plywood sheets aren't attached but I wanted to get an idea if my track plan would vaguely fit in the space available. I think it pretty much will for the station and the wharf but carriage sheds and loco works might be a step too far.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOjR-I4VMCBD4LuVWBeum9xM4FRF1wPEHOlZhkjDPgoEKtuPf6r_2l5aXbP4msjg6mQ9jRljSLIabSge9x7uaMLHbnlnyi6FFYvHtMtND1S0t18twv6WTTXrMu_9NDPBdfsfgDDNTJj5wI4-8uMu6HCmyTHGnbxfGv644yhrrq1ZuXMRusukTNl-oU-75/s4032/IMG_1150.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOjR-I4VMCBD4LuVWBeum9xM4FRF1wPEHOlZhkjDPgoEKtuPf6r_2l5aXbP4msjg6mQ9jRljSLIabSge9x7uaMLHbnlnyi6FFYvHtMtND1S0t18twv6WTTXrMu_9NDPBdfsfgDDNTJj5wI4-8uMu6HCmyTHGnbxfGv644yhrrq1ZuXMRusukTNl-oU-75/s320/IMG_1150.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The main issue is that I can't reach the back of the layout and this is causing problems already. Hmmm. Some thought needed before I go too much further. In the words of Macbeth (I think) 'Vaulting ambition o'er leaps itself.'</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsC1QXtkdo4Ca8NoDkPvOdNNU1PYzghIyDrhWGcXJYMOP50Xdd0jBX87S--UEmf4oOCofnZPyNY7coE2x5LhjTm2gfD3xT0ioZX2pju2RbxfymWHCUnHXAm7Uc5QHboBCE_H-aqYvlwArxPyld926AKsdIlBJaCQITisH0J9-I8DyN3vMuDIIgvQaYt3nG/s4032/IMG_1151.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsC1QXtkdo4Ca8NoDkPvOdNNU1PYzghIyDrhWGcXJYMOP50Xdd0jBX87S--UEmf4oOCofnZPyNY7coE2x5LhjTm2gfD3xT0ioZX2pju2RbxfymWHCUnHXAm7Uc5QHboBCE_H-aqYvlwArxPyld926AKsdIlBJaCQITisH0J9-I8DyN3vMuDIIgvQaYt3nG/s320/IMG_1151.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The train on the left of the picture is the Diesel set which will be in use on the 'mainline'; ie disappear into a tunnel representing the rest of the island.</div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Lord Stonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735046388170436892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560322057997297901.post-91577335051519996712023-08-10T13:33:00.001-07:002023-08-10T13:33:33.678-07:00The boy is back<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> It’s been ages since I’ve done any modelling but today I have made a leap forward. I tidied the workshop. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDjbsclDa_t0mI7UFEesJUgOpLQDYe6j4nfac7W972b694PsXddofZPxQ2eBUClyqWQNiL8lKtKxKBdZZl9a1yJ5XQXQT8PMUxn0ilKl7ue2kRqMR8v2xabrTOg7QYb1aOqhGsaYhf_uGQ9VinajahiW59qq-PAAQhEsA35-6nvr_SdvrWyYMK6i7QV1D/s4032/IMG_0995.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDjbsclDa_t0mI7UFEesJUgOpLQDYe6j4nfac7W972b694PsXddofZPxQ2eBUClyqWQNiL8lKtKxKBdZZl9a1yJ5XQXQT8PMUxn0ilKl7ue2kRqMR8v2xabrTOg7QYb1aOqhGsaYhf_uGQ9VinajahiW59qq-PAAQhEsA35-6nvr_SdvrWyYMK6i7QV1D/s320/IMG_0995.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p>This meant that I had room to start on the woodwork which will form the basis of Port Lucy the terminus of the Underhill branch and the Isle of Stoner Railway mainline. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOK7nxa0Af_Tr2RO8gVHBcv5KU8guu2t3kPLMK5liVJ6O_ii6XD2N0BOf5MBFEaVIsdSLmaW0fq1IM0wmmhwro-rIJ1oJuhhjxAhoRDFtnksK1kij22Qr3tfYjqQeJQ3f-upeakPQ8LzoRdRZyVjUD4vIcrfZgGPlxt1VHnKqVjCuAWvfBb6yIV9v7YENV/s4032/IMG_0996.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOK7nxa0Af_Tr2RO8gVHBcv5KU8guu2t3kPLMK5liVJ6O_ii6XD2N0BOf5MBFEaVIsdSLmaW0fq1IM0wmmhwro-rIJ1oJuhhjxAhoRDFtnksK1kij22Qr3tfYjqQeJQ3f-upeakPQ8LzoRdRZyVjUD4vIcrfZgGPlxt1VHnKqVjCuAWvfBb6yIV9v7YENV/s320/IMG_0996.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLYOzKPgkVSK5YQ10noi1Pjmf3otIBxzrnSnOVVOu4KgmSIBAG3XC71wNYVC__qGiPmIwU8R-HmLnFFeaCRc7F9aWgpMo2nu5d8r_E3N6pJNy_lsZbbDGOU-1ES8jKDBW9Ebj_X4hfYLBzov4kqt9goDn5OWdnJzYWa6A1AZ4-Z7y6E_-Nsr1X25-5Wfi/s4032/IMG_0998.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLYOzKPgkVSK5YQ10noi1Pjmf3otIBxzrnSnOVVOu4KgmSIBAG3XC71wNYVC__qGiPmIwU8R-HmLnFFeaCRc7F9aWgpMo2nu5d8r_E3N6pJNy_lsZbbDGOU-1ES8jKDBW9Ebj_X4hfYLBzov4kqt9goDn5OWdnJzYWa6A1AZ4-Z7y6E_-Nsr1X25-5Wfi/s320/IMG_0998.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr5E3V7YUjolzMo9KvtEJ3vXzev9e7jWC2s_BfNzbXzLU_4dQKPHydGAu-ZwlksUwnp07V-j8oz6mx23PtuGywl17ZEPRkkOnzKX-DNgDSmt4brWs3DP8MepB-kMXoG1riC3heFfF1R286ZuFXzq-lBXz-qGlZgtrcq3dGxOCfraqcdQfdhN-QNxI4b3Jc/s4032/IMG_0999.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr5E3V7YUjolzMo9KvtEJ3vXzev9e7jWC2s_BfNzbXzLU_4dQKPHydGAu-ZwlksUwnp07V-j8oz6mx23PtuGywl17ZEPRkkOnzKX-DNgDSmt4brWs3DP8MepB-kMXoG1riC3heFfF1R286ZuFXzq-lBXz-qGlZgtrcq3dGxOCfraqcdQfdhN-QNxI4b3Jc/s320/IMG_0999.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I’ve had a plan in my head and on paper but as ever reality is slightly different. However I re drew the basic idea tonight and I think it should fit. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-A64yT3R6rW4k8VQ4hz2MU2hQkFnztmAvRjjA3MrItsNNkZOlVcfCpoEHDcK-XZlEXgjT49REZ8kktcVN0Ig73-_dVKpzSG1fBjHMtLCaNtsWWrL5CXjR9sTqzBXC2OWG2aug32q9Fma5jCg9t-eEDoADJINwNXZnZS_aATgLt99GIHqIY9pGlMucmOP-/s3223/IMG_1001.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3223" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-A64yT3R6rW4k8VQ4hz2MU2hQkFnztmAvRjjA3MrItsNNkZOlVcfCpoEHDcK-XZlEXgjT49REZ8kktcVN0Ig73-_dVKpzSG1fBjHMtLCaNtsWWrL5CXjR9sTqzBXC2OWG2aug32q9Fma5jCg9t-eEDoADJINwNXZnZS_aATgLt99GIHqIY9pGlMucmOP-/s320/IMG_1001.jpeg" width="203" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It will be interesting to see how it turns out. My Facebook memory today was completing the trackwork on Underhill, seven years ago. Underhill has two half dead point motors so that will need sorting to but one thing at a time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p>Lord Stonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735046388170436892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560322057997297901.post-2238639515341184432023-03-30T06:55:00.000-07:002023-03-30T06:55:00.188-07:00Some nice pictures of Stoner<p> I haven't been doing much modelling recently as it has been too cold to go into the garage and Bont is virtually finished. I've also lost my modelling mojo a bit too although I can feel the urge the urge to get going again bubbling up. Port Lucy needs building to give the IoSR another end and I've got stacks of kits to build too.</p><p>In the meantime I thought it would be nice to publish some of the excellent pictures of the layout that Chris Nevard took last year. They were published in Model Rail magazine which was very flattering.</p><p>In no particular order here are some. Theses are he posh edited ones.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK34mC_grudxYf6aETFGJ_h6Ez2dQxT113yEPqmtjgf3c73uWh0GNYZMBHn4ahSVd5po_8P4U9F0LGwpPn_6H5Z1aaNI1tVZ62zPLf45ZTE-B2PIV6x6_4-9PLsg7rRM4cHeT9M_vyBcSfFFYybZ2_LtQL1x9HFIEQVBs2uDT5WdwnSBTUQoSZD7KTSg/s6000/211206%20Isle%20of%20Stonor%20Rly%20DSC_3129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK34mC_grudxYf6aETFGJ_h6Ez2dQxT113yEPqmtjgf3c73uWh0GNYZMBHn4ahSVd5po_8P4U9F0LGwpPn_6H5Z1aaNI1tVZ62zPLf45ZTE-B2PIV6x6_4-9PLsg7rRM4cHeT9M_vyBcSfFFYybZ2_LtQL1x9HFIEQVBs2uDT5WdwnSBTUQoSZD7KTSg/s320/211206%20Isle%20of%20Stonor%20Rly%20DSC_3129.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Lord Stonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735046388170436892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560322057997297901.post-79753518808704900492023-01-28T09:30:00.000-08:002023-01-28T09:30:46.637-08:00009 Allsorts<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I haven't had a huge amount of time to get on with Port Lucy but I have purchased timber and track so in actual fact real progress has been made even if it seems it hasn't.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiln1k6lfwMGAB67Ij0bdGI-YNvLopKMF2cYfvM3f79_U7jC2ghget5V1LcH6Ppo6-zndGVKZ6IQirUViRpt4kSz5DuIByeVgrq1v6YN2hpYdRTdn-4LnnOpXNaLTqSs3v7vWh1Fx4J7vILAQScy124E5-kNpGLqPov2PqxWA27C_cqgdCdyu9HHnH75w/s3106/5AC23C34-32D0-41BD-908C-D39F822C3F8B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The bay window has got a big grey face looking out if you look closely. I don't know why, it just seemed like a good idea at the time. This will be a part of the town above the station in Port Lucy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXsJ9GB1ukZSXw4julPVUjbltbDOEvMRUetGOP4v9cLTeIhXF11FNIQVgsWbSgson9nUz75rXKQ2FyFGop9dVPrGKfVmzVa3pmAuTz3t0mCX4LMA_DdImuOjbsX2tyQ9-A8GWeUy5iXwKC8YxjytKIEfJQQO5hx8i6iC5w4RdfD4tgvJIUAs4oBZQ3rQ/s4032/0D3F74E9-08D0-49FA-B9F9-FDC203D14737.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXsJ9GB1ukZSXw4julPVUjbltbDOEvMRUetGOP4v9cLTeIhXF11FNIQVgsWbSgson9nUz75rXKQ2FyFGop9dVPrGKfVmzVa3pmAuTz3t0mCX4LMA_DdImuOjbsX2tyQ9-A8GWeUy5iXwKC8YxjytKIEfJQQO5hx8i6iC5w4RdfD4tgvJIUAs4oBZQ3rQ/s320/0D3F74E9-08D0-49FA-B9F9-FDC203D14737.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A while ago I bought a couple of 'not working' locos from Tootaly Thomas as they were cheap and I figured they probably didn't have much wrong with them. Skarloey needs a motor and is another story abandoned in a small box for now, however Percy needed the quartering sorting out and one of the pins which hold the rods on had too big a hole in it so it kept falling to bits; I actually think this might have been what put the quartering out. Anyway, a new pin and a bit of a fiddle and it seems to be fine, it's still not quite smooth but it is certainly good enough to say that it works... now what to do with it?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9gte-cq41OnTbXMf9jR6rj5w41j16Z8dmWjPv3FXh7r5p6A_pvpNHJqFhkhCE7Tmfkppt_3LPO3SUPBbexW7AHqJGVj3YLFUoZbOniXfMf_QJo_PM4aSU0h5WlbHyx8eW_BnWkik3wuhRT_c4WSolDL-XcKVVQP6gFajIsTQf0KXQrGf7154iOd3bxw/s4032/7049666C-CD06-49C4-B5C0-AD8A864ECD0B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9gte-cq41OnTbXMf9jR6rj5w41j16Z8dmWjPv3FXh7r5p6A_pvpNHJqFhkhCE7Tmfkppt_3LPO3SUPBbexW7AHqJGVj3YLFUoZbOniXfMf_QJo_PM4aSU0h5WlbHyx8eW_BnWkik3wuhRT_c4WSolDL-XcKVVQP6gFajIsTQf0KXQrGf7154iOd3bxw/s320/7049666C-CD06-49C4-B5C0-AD8A864ECD0B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My boss has aked me to make a diorama for the shop window with the new Scenecraft Harbour Station buildings so I've go this far so far. Some paint, ballast and tiny amount of greenery and it can go to the real Harbour Station. I did wonder if I should make a small model of the model to go inside in the style of Russian dolls.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5K-grgr1uMRsbsU0aBnmF4dACjHkMV_Px1scDzfX9FhWMxX7g3gBaTZPdQcXfR8gMMGRuHh2bD2uh_Fu4SD5l4z2c5vy4EcB40JyJd_ZuN_X69bi5F1QB1WE_-yfw_K_ua1XMfil2mKlb1zT8TvzMzJmzY9a9rcMiVYwlf8mr8prG7Zivp9MmBaW5Q/s1957/5527B1E5-C6BF-44C5-BB39-5C50307E0235.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1538" data-original-width="1957" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5K-grgr1uMRsbsU0aBnmF4dACjHkMV_Px1scDzfX9FhWMxX7g3gBaTZPdQcXfR8gMMGRuHh2bD2uh_Fu4SD5l4z2c5vy4EcB40JyJd_ZuN_X69bi5F1QB1WE_-yfw_K_ua1XMfil2mKlb1zT8TvzMzJmzY9a9rcMiVYwlf8mr8prG7Zivp9MmBaW5Q/s320/5527B1E5-C6BF-44C5-BB39-5C50307E0235.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is 'Ned' the finished Fourdees Kerr Stuart on a Bachmann Peter Sam. I like the look of the loco and might add some lining at some point, unfortunately the chassis is slightly lumpy, not bad at line speed but a reluctant slow runner. Can't work it out at the moment, running in may make it better.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOP3T52IrF3CPNhLBV8aaaLM4NLVhN6PT3NhacFb73oGv6s2K9w9SfZHxllsL2K5E8nbI0FmIKSD1wzMP-EaK3OqoMoMDncA2Y9u3C4MLrnjOvZLm9sQt5-ox0qB83_hjamu7oeTC4WCxys3Yv5ZIoDc4GzM76XDaVU-rJbKeVRXFqlke8NAWT1h7uGQ/s4032/4B0ACBB2-C79E-452C-9C9E-9D8FB06A6104.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOP3T52IrF3CPNhLBV8aaaLM4NLVhN6PT3NhacFb73oGv6s2K9w9SfZHxllsL2K5E8nbI0FmIKSD1wzMP-EaK3OqoMoMDncA2Y9u3C4MLrnjOvZLm9sQt5-ox0qB83_hjamu7oeTC4WCxys3Yv5ZIoDc4GzM76XDaVU-rJbKeVRXFqlke8NAWT1h7uGQ/s320/4B0ACBB2-C79E-452C-9C9E-9D8FB06A6104.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvo-saXoyIVi8IQgdOtdgxANZYoVYg-GWJp88rg8CHgGF5tH7i6opU1_pYxjcx56s0CPgRNA1B7sej3KtdH5Dl_Yfe1aZYVTxSpR6xgc4z34fp_mWioNNgE1Ed7O-NU-KRS_mcL1NmMfHWv3tOsYoEuEPVAxy0DT0Hy1-Bi3VWiytp3bGZaoQOMgSRQ/s4032/D5E1C3DB-2DC7-4CF5-B224-64397DC1AD17.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvo-saXoyIVi8IQgdOtdgxANZYoVYg-GWJp88rg8CHgGF5tH7i6opU1_pYxjcx56s0CPgRNA1B7sej3KtdH5Dl_Yfe1aZYVTxSpR6xgc4z34fp_mWioNNgE1Ed7O-NU-KRS_mcL1NmMfHWv3tOsYoEuEPVAxy0DT0Hy1-Bi3VWiytp3bGZaoQOMgSRQ/s320/D5E1C3DB-2DC7-4CF5-B224-64397DC1AD17.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWOIYFQAEFkJXJsFOAoJ6xG3LxyXrqB_pXnmZcyhlEQU01bR1CLnx590r_TZkVoajXRP4Ob_Ob-l1l81PI-lN4xcvi0ZDVqd88gKgcfZ_jM9sZN_LX1moteJmhaRmxX8kY1JJ_6x2dYe4d4AwRIZeTImQDOwyBnTH5dJDtucbWal3zF1M0fmzRFGIS6w/s4032/F43D1907-B418-4C62-A9FC-BD786D25CC09.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWOIYFQAEFkJXJsFOAoJ6xG3LxyXrqB_pXnmZcyhlEQU01bR1CLnx590r_TZkVoajXRP4Ob_Ob-l1l81PI-lN4xcvi0ZDVqd88gKgcfZ_jM9sZN_LX1moteJmhaRmxX8kY1JJ_6x2dYe4d4AwRIZeTImQDOwyBnTH5dJDtucbWal3zF1M0fmzRFGIS6w/s320/F43D1907-B418-4C62-A9FC-BD786D25CC09.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Passing 'Ned' and his train is 'Alice' the inevitable |Bachmann Hunslet. This runs very well and was having a trip out on the IoSR by way of a test. Very nice.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT_H3GYj3g6SQ7AeXLCTdwB7F51WvaQnIiTJDyb9jEO8_GzzGMw2LpZ_U1rT5xY2upYfpnA3GqQjogFNQTR3V36iUxDezAxSnT-wkuTCxNAEpfOubHJ9nqYHzR5IvZDiVCFzq-I8nKTVdcS-fw71pnxk4GdLf46-BvgMWL3myjjNmRPxjPuDjqJeeaYQ/s4032/50B8D36C-E0A6-4CDA-935F-AD955B4C7FAC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT_H3GYj3g6SQ7AeXLCTdwB7F51WvaQnIiTJDyb9jEO8_GzzGMw2LpZ_U1rT5xY2upYfpnA3GqQjogFNQTR3V36iUxDezAxSnT-wkuTCxNAEpfOubHJ9nqYHzR5IvZDiVCFzq-I8nKTVdcS-fw71pnxk4GdLf46-BvgMWL3myjjNmRPxjPuDjqJeeaYQ/s320/50B8D36C-E0A6-4CDA-935F-AD955B4C7FAC.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next loco on the to be painted list is a delightful 3D print from Nigel Brooks. The GVT van in the train is also one of his prints which among the best I've seen. It is currently in the paint shop.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYDd3gZsBr2CKKAT-hRQEBSFGadT8AS6aJm_4Cwy185stZusCn5N-dgg23D7GkpvAk4kYSm65vklMxhpcfB6uOVeObApkwfJuD9LXMi495seGBQaHaQ8vFQ0lG_RJHW6xu3St4QcVn9DSG9MnkT0fVAusZ27onNhULLRt9UupMq_Uxo22mTXs7ovzDrw/s4032/DDE7F076-536B-461F-AB9C-A40BB76D2D99.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYDd3gZsBr2CKKAT-hRQEBSFGadT8AS6aJm_4Cwy185stZusCn5N-dgg23D7GkpvAk4kYSm65vklMxhpcfB6uOVeObApkwfJuD9LXMi495seGBQaHaQ8vFQ0lG_RJHW6xu3St4QcVn9DSG9MnkT0fVAusZ27onNhULLRt9UupMq_Uxo22mTXs7ovzDrw/s320/DDE7F076-536B-461F-AB9C-A40BB76D2D99.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTHvNuf9Bi2lvSzCsZeb5DxWeNWdem2qbOAq715p0NNkNa3VLXk3Nm7gXzIbRMzkBOzfLscZfxa73xUqYJAb3W_O682cRJ-NGkMKMo_3x5fcn8d7RCgaiR6xipblTvwgcHi1DwAjEUiqesGMc8ol4zU6KexB-Haa_QpwSquZreP3TgLuxKWVDtYVGvKg/s1284/58AED1AA-4B03-4285-A42F-AB3BCD2F94C7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="963" data-original-width="1284" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTHvNuf9Bi2lvSzCsZeb5DxWeNWdem2qbOAq715p0NNkNa3VLXk3Nm7gXzIbRMzkBOzfLscZfxa73xUqYJAb3W_O682cRJ-NGkMKMo_3x5fcn8d7RCgaiR6xipblTvwgcHi1DwAjEUiqesGMc8ol4zU6KexB-Haa_QpwSquZreP3TgLuxKWVDtYVGvKg/s320/58AED1AA-4B03-4285-A42F-AB3BCD2F94C7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a world exclusive, The F&WHR were the first to commision special livery wagons from PECO and they have always been a great success so here is JGF4 which should be available in the next few weeks. Design by Dave Malton and I think it's a goody, in the vein of traditional FR wooden wagon liveries. We've only ordered fifty so I think they won't hang about long.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZkwo9t6Op9H9Wq3zWnYiaTo6nLUICEwrZQ6z3k7zOB728DV3NFdkbby-3YSFevAKqWzV_ho4cT2h-qbKP2Euxeh9zxhFaxgF-EgUmFlfO02f7rml0iJYbcv9GyBppi3Orc2qohVeo8DVhgtUmvdeq4fFluXjBq7qoffjP94AgcwTKjG7VCm3YdbTig/s4032/140E59DE-0A6D-4411-9878-138862EED3E4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZkwo9t6Op9H9Wq3zWnYiaTo6nLUICEwrZQ6z3k7zOB728DV3NFdkbby-3YSFevAKqWzV_ho4cT2h-qbKP2Euxeh9zxhFaxgF-EgUmFlfO02f7rml0iJYbcv9GyBppi3Orc2qohVeo8DVhgtUmvdeq4fFluXjBq7qoffjP94AgcwTKjG7VCm3YdbTig/s320/140E59DE-0A6D-4411-9878-138862EED3E4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">By way of a diversion from all the other things I have to do, I've decided to make a small diorama to feature the legendary but never built Portmeirion branch of the FR. This would have turned right at Pen Cob and run round the back of Boston Lodge out along the headland, through a tunnel and back left into a station on the foreshore near the hotel in Portmeirion. Who knows how the history of the FR would have turned out had it been built? I've painted and FR van in a nice pale blue which goes very nicely with the now static remains of 'Nadine' MK1. Also in the paint shop are a couple of four wheel coaches from the Colin Ashby stable, nearly small Birminghams but not quite. When I get around to it I'll build a diorama with the Portmeirion platform and room for a few coaches and the loco.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD18GYCo2J2nyY1WFhYklk5M1Mp_YWQAHUBnodaa3DXYeYGt7LNw_ZhZ-F3fd22oeQBC-3RcpsAG6YbAT77CUd79CQp41jWhhRMiM8YlgMCn_XuaDIrjOa35E4B2k1-OSr8U03UBJalEN_weBV0U-U3S6AM9cez5L_hqcHpPfMxYIt7Tki8cO03Vpguw/s4032/E67A9895-5F74-49F2-B159-0641DA00A142.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD18GYCo2J2nyY1WFhYklk5M1Mp_YWQAHUBnodaa3DXYeYGt7LNw_ZhZ-F3fd22oeQBC-3RcpsAG6YbAT77CUd79CQp41jWhhRMiM8YlgMCn_XuaDIrjOa35E4B2k1-OSr8U03UBJalEN_weBV0U-U3S6AM9cez5L_hqcHpPfMxYIt7Tki8cO03Vpguw/s320/E67A9895-5F74-49F2-B159-0641DA00A142.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Lord Stonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735046388170436892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560322057997297901.post-56086808737905202832023-01-07T14:41:00.000-08:002023-01-07T14:41:15.806-08:00Another Hunslet and that<p> Christmas was rather a modelling hiatus so thankfully all that jollity has been packed away and the lap tray has been restored to the lap.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDTtUxOFzZB2ZH_HRsL_APsTxTy2-3GREBsTsi4wGmGNx_qeXt25n-nCP3wItdmXCXYKAUq5oE6YAGaTsOow8M6xS0lEvm7wEyFz2WRwnoTWapEOd3V0syJ6WRb6ssgfeXY2v5WFY8n44-fhkjSByM3z86OKylY2OE-noQaD5VW1dL-lmBUz-8ozsCw/s4032/FEC0C1E1-2540-4C17-AB66-6687D79C5A6A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDTtUxOFzZB2ZH_HRsL_APsTxTy2-3GREBsTsi4wGmGNx_qeXt25n-nCP3wItdmXCXYKAUq5oE6YAGaTsOow8M6xS0lEvm7wEyFz2WRwnoTWapEOd3V0syJ6WRb6ssgfeXY2v5WFY8n44-fhkjSByM3z86OKylY2OE-noQaD5VW1dL-lmBUz-8ozsCw/s320/FEC0C1E1-2540-4C17-AB66-6687D79C5A6A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">'Nadine' above and 'Veronica' below are both now complete and attached to their chassis. 'Veronica' is next to have her crew painted and installed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNJXY_L9ccG3M6yqrQ6hCRBu2DzuoDoCNjQK1htqgca2Lbcy-4CersozXyGfE5jep0_ldwJKQ7v5_a-aYFre6ejPU4tVASqAy3Vx0xexRUAfmzIVPduTtS4j44ikZGjMyLWIDD87ifsPZSYiW6ugemKtyVgIu0DaviWOY9bDge9sFFUSSu7OqDRw5B5w/s4032/B63C48D3-1051-4BE2-B346-7B3D79E8C6C1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNJXY_L9ccG3M6yqrQ6hCRBu2DzuoDoCNjQK1htqgca2Lbcy-4CersozXyGfE5jep0_ldwJKQ7v5_a-aYFre6ejPU4tVASqAy3Vx0xexRUAfmzIVPduTtS4j44ikZGjMyLWIDD87ifsPZSYiW6ugemKtyVgIu0DaviWOY9bDge9sFFUSSu7OqDRw5B5w/s320/B63C48D3-1051-4BE2-B346-7B3D79E8C6C1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD7sRHFICImPiJ8dmcCXiDD9moBP0Y-RmwrNrr8X1TdNB4Pz2sWoppkwXIgv4jl8bKBE6vTGXaS_ABC5P6B8e4TEzySKogPg0nv16fUiMyH35oXMqwCDQmGtHrDLcW_H6DDGJQmtFWC_6H_k1tPHN2EWUMgu6yzL-y685e2Np2kGodCUzMWvl6c-ax9A/s3332/E1A8ADF4-7E9B-4F80-B7EF-271EF7E06FE4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1874" data-original-width="3332" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD7sRHFICImPiJ8dmcCXiDD9moBP0Y-RmwrNrr8X1TdNB4Pz2sWoppkwXIgv4jl8bKBE6vTGXaS_ABC5P6B8e4TEzySKogPg0nv16fUiMyH35oXMqwCDQmGtHrDLcW_H6DDGJQmtFWC_6H_k1tPHN2EWUMgu6yzL-y685e2Np2kGodCUzMWvl6c-ax9A/s320/E1A8ADF4-7E9B-4F80-B7EF-271EF7E06FE4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another marvellous Fourdees print has had some attention including a bit of a rub down here and there and the replacement of the printed couplings with brass ones. I also managed to break the printed smokebox door handles so replaced them with a brass one I had in the box of bits. It had a trip to the ultrasonic bath this evening to remove any loose smoothing bits and hopefully tomorrow I will be able to get some primer on it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjocF5ffmRLvszccrHW_4ZHWcqrJtbxLscHXzGP5MBIb9Rc7cBDsXh2qO9RaDr9bOSKf-4cAkxEW9J6gT3fy_GQRXxalcZaNtV-EPYKY4PO6509UPn5qMoLa3xDKxaKHdvP8w3W5cRDgmAs0G1nvyF2uydR2CqMJD158mk5_ouvFNA91S5kcCrCpFing/s4032/D5D8961E-F494-493D-BE22-EFDC078D3FF3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjocF5ffmRLvszccrHW_4ZHWcqrJtbxLscHXzGP5MBIb9Rc7cBDsXh2qO9RaDr9bOSKf-4cAkxEW9J6gT3fy_GQRXxalcZaNtV-EPYKY4PO6509UPn5qMoLa3xDKxaKHdvP8w3W5cRDgmAs0G1nvyF2uydR2CqMJD158mk5_ouvFNA91S5kcCrCpFing/s320/D5D8961E-F494-493D-BE22-EFDC078D3FF3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">'Alice' my Bachmann quarry Hunslet is now detailed, weathered and has mini me at the controls.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEa68tzuENqO5L70-K5J_FsrHHKCgj0mYOErAf9Y0L1wbUtI_7FKSkCWwfs8Nq07JdBodb_GYP2Uqnx6M8ewO62u_lr9mTQUpnje_FtwzNdCfxMBaI6QNmVQfQ4dKCjxnMHNbVK8sIPLja5uJ6yxvXWChSaw3kPzjA74u8xBwADoQldY8bFyTgp6SzWQ/s4032/C946588D-3FE0-4D01-80E3-951EEBCCE68A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEa68tzuENqO5L70-K5J_FsrHHKCgj0mYOErAf9Y0L1wbUtI_7FKSkCWwfs8Nq07JdBodb_GYP2Uqnx6M8ewO62u_lr9mTQUpnje_FtwzNdCfxMBaI6QNmVQfQ4dKCjxnMHNbVK8sIPLja5uJ6yxvXWChSaw3kPzjA74u8xBwADoQldY8bFyTgp6SzWQ/s320/C946588D-3FE0-4D01-80E3-951EEBCCE68A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The weathering is just a light coat of a black wash with a little bit of rust added here and there. I added some real coal to this one and the two locos mentioned above.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig9ZeCG6FRo-7Cle51gQHKferPC5KXp90kIULFgY1-PiD3t5vxV_Gbmck8C9F0eET4tV0XEyLyUrpH6ByJyQw932LjxSTDvCLBtuvkc0_7r6ir0-_EIdFjxr8NVKj5G6_8azz0mm_2V_dYbXwu7DtUHldD3bznrFvhTWiIHYXOyFqWq2RilwULYgv8Pw/s4032/35752B63-2B9C-4B64-808C-98744BBBC5F3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig9ZeCG6FRo-7Cle51gQHKferPC5KXp90kIULFgY1-PiD3t5vxV_Gbmck8C9F0eET4tV0XEyLyUrpH6ByJyQw932LjxSTDvCLBtuvkc0_7r6ir0-_EIdFjxr8NVKj5G6_8azz0mm_2V_dYbXwu7DtUHldD3bznrFvhTWiIHYXOyFqWq2RilwULYgv8Pw/s320/35752B63-2B9C-4B64-808C-98744BBBC5F3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">'Charles' has also joined the fleet. It was a thank you gift from Bachmann for which I'm very grateful. In my usual way I've changed the couplings and added a few details like the bucket on the buffer beam; strictly speaking it should have a lid but I can live with it. I made some fire irons too, the loco has prominent brackets to hold them so they seemed obvious things to add. It is a beautiful model and I don't intend to do much else except add a crew.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2P8fJXy8uI3P3YWdL8psnolTGj52Rtix9Ee0Qj-PUmPiNpDqemuvqWUkso9WGZ4IGRLxbU3KZOzzMJ9b1GQw9Nb2z0bEryMmnRnqj0f-Gzhb8pyVYvmf9eUgceyN7meZxTMt4J76jcvWbboP3xDFzS3gTBAXYnHP1z6SAzl414-W0Pmvgd976gvCD-Q/s4032/9F09D440-32D0-4ABB-A47D-F8A0CBF2286D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2P8fJXy8uI3P3YWdL8psnolTGj52Rtix9Ee0Qj-PUmPiNpDqemuvqWUkso9WGZ4IGRLxbU3KZOzzMJ9b1GQw9Nb2z0bEryMmnRnqj0f-Gzhb8pyVYvmf9eUgceyN7meZxTMt4J76jcvWbboP3xDFzS3gTBAXYnHP1z6SAzl414-W0Pmvgd976gvCD-Q/s320/9F09D440-32D0-4ABB-A47D-F8A0CBF2286D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Lord Stonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735046388170436892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560322057997297901.post-48002954096614311302022-12-22T07:19:00.001-08:002022-12-22T07:19:59.877-08:00Loadsa locos<p> I had been so busy with buildings that the large pile of locomotives waiting to be finished had stalled however with the long evenings of winter and now the Xmas holidays upon us I’ve got my finger out and the results can be seen here. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcOHBTSj56qAq19aMTgU3PhRu-eoyePClcb9JzCbqOxLvPw-H5JQ5-OFXwGUJyvzh3HeKFiJ5_1IgvKMOTYlbsZTeDrNm-hQ-1p7e1t3GysE_XoIuDSnWAFpEki5baWvwuRShSxxDwmuL-wcD4uSQcZWIhaA5fD0EQg7EniBt7fLbJ8N6y0CkgoD95fg/s2267/98F892E3-E2CC-4A4E-8652-55E11C76C10A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2267" data-original-width="2267" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcOHBTSj56qAq19aMTgU3PhRu-eoyePClcb9JzCbqOxLvPw-H5JQ5-OFXwGUJyvzh3HeKFiJ5_1IgvKMOTYlbsZTeDrNm-hQ-1p7e1t3GysE_XoIuDSnWAFpEki5baWvwuRShSxxDwmuL-wcD4uSQcZWIhaA5fD0EQg7EniBt7fLbJ8N6y0CkgoD95fg/s320/98F892E3-E2CC-4A4E-8652-55E11C76C10A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOXGesQ-Wz85sJQv6Bt_MNmRM5Dc6LagXWhiFPPK7fKJx0YPXJQ2iomCJpWND3NXxGiy4FTNvw4C1jNpAKVV1VS2bXlv2tZFfN-O_LWeb2OH8T7GqWr0OR572rwYUzciifqCe02csqaGkudygR4SozCvNkxFixX-dMuWP4lZoKGTBRSAKa0AcU6Ph5lA/s4032/20669094-0006-4278-BFB8-153C1F16B975.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOXGesQ-Wz85sJQv6Bt_MNmRM5Dc6LagXWhiFPPK7fKJx0YPXJQ2iomCJpWND3NXxGiy4FTNvw4C1jNpAKVV1VS2bXlv2tZFfN-O_LWeb2OH8T7GqWr0OR572rwYUzciifqCe02csqaGkudygR4SozCvNkxFixX-dMuWP4lZoKGTBRSAKa0AcU6Ph5lA/s320/20669094-0006-4278-BFB8-153C1F16B975.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz9Dr88LbQlDm7jIDub11G_vIUjoTlvt3HqJb_xRTd932EMiT3vmMlRCUOvuxBzDp9A738tQoTjvHWhEqt9SyL2nZVUs_3XogRMF4FxLc4Eud8tz5NRPFm8UEtQGOsBV2gvkLk1umdzMHHN8oKhmz6PNWRJG04PHL9wieiJQQiMudvdOuKy9JMsDWpVQ/s4032/A8908C0D-DF36-44F6-8691-E8822D5536C0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz9Dr88LbQlDm7jIDub11G_vIUjoTlvt3HqJb_xRTd932EMiT3vmMlRCUOvuxBzDp9A738tQoTjvHWhEqt9SyL2nZVUs_3XogRMF4FxLc4Eud8tz5NRPFm8UEtQGOsBV2gvkLk1umdzMHHN8oKhmz6PNWRJG04PHL9wieiJQQiMudvdOuKy9JMsDWpVQ/s320/A8908C0D-DF36-44F6-8691-E8822D5536C0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First to be finished (again) was Nadine mk2. The first version got spoiled by a cat based incident, Dan very kindly sent me another print and I’ve finished it off in the same livery etc of the first one. I think I’ve done a better job this time too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmAavlwCMA9_QeWNGYQlJl7PtCTsMO6VzGAbhlFkLUp9enywri3tLcaQ6JcKYOhaiPviqcA7kjkUkulQWT_c3r2SKYp66ZWkXcmEu-pBoovQlmYK5-3y46lmLES8lWssBxexaQp75G10xYxtgEgcGQr4REN6NYA5aaQHjB8rFqN-Wcx6upujaFCW31A/s4032/950C8076-2B67-4163-9F21-ECCE41B1CC58.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmAavlwCMA9_QeWNGYQlJl7PtCTsMO6VzGAbhlFkLUp9enywri3tLcaQ6JcKYOhaiPviqcA7kjkUkulQWT_c3r2SKYp66ZWkXcmEu-pBoovQlmYK5-3y46lmLES8lWssBxexaQp75G10xYxtgEgcGQr4REN6NYA5aaQHjB8rFqN-Wcx6upujaFCW31A/s320/950C8076-2B67-4163-9F21-ECCE41B1CC58.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcIdcKuBX04x5vqwCXU9t7YfKFy0yH0GwEuC_AW0go25XTg6i0FF6JcjpXsfkX1aGSi_6stYUj07mGwq_FoV313Oug4-BYD4wDX46E2eW5g3YUEahptIZF-C3fq1gG5o66EwbWhd9WxUVQK6mbBKeepQZdBSza9cqaeLuER1vPSbJDMjaUH56EhBDPqQ/s2835/820927E7-89B6-4D81-A9C7-800B3B5CCB26.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2835" data-original-width="2172" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcIdcKuBX04x5vqwCXU9t7YfKFy0yH0GwEuC_AW0go25XTg6i0FF6JcjpXsfkX1aGSi_6stYUj07mGwq_FoV313Oug4-BYD4wDX46E2eW5g3YUEahptIZF-C3fq1gG5o66EwbWhd9WxUVQK6mbBKeepQZdBSza9cqaeLuER1vPSbJDMjaUH56EhBDPqQ/s320/820927E7-89B6-4D81-A9C7-800B3B5CCB26.jpeg" width="245" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicxlRIV9bGsi448F37kCSLLuMcMUNuF2uIxjhuLkLgwLpQ9ew77h2Tl4SXTaIUh5alZfV4gj4hdVijYooL-fVF9Cnrkq0s14T6GpD8xso1huidzCcd8QJ_bPKRmmgLvlP2JIArTl6wr8q_J8dIqFsSjC1YL2NTePG4IJArhjRwidhDTKfMIznn0FUfvA/s2821/A46D9B02-3183-43F5-8E66-C5A66CB6B8BC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2821" data-original-width="1816" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicxlRIV9bGsi448F37kCSLLuMcMUNuF2uIxjhuLkLgwLpQ9ew77h2Tl4SXTaIUh5alZfV4gj4hdVijYooL-fVF9Cnrkq0s14T6GpD8xso1huidzCcd8QJ_bPKRmmgLvlP2JIArTl6wr8q_J8dIqFsSjC1YL2NTePG4IJArhjRwidhDTKfMIznn0FUfvA/s320/A46D9B02-3183-43F5-8E66-C5A66CB6B8BC.jpeg" width="206" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vPIhIHsIZW61aAZPd4_24JmmS2flXqL-Q47rOsGONLB7EmD-l4Xy3TTHrzIuCV3NLKoLruAuigycSj-gZ3L7WDjuAbsvBK974d9xMHAm8c_K-QvmIWsC0CsvURDSh7z7U0Fm-6RCPulh85KfzX0z-QN43sqDH7-qQ5gx5vYCrjPFeYhAXKaAUw54uw/s4032/F556A41C-3D35-433E-AA20-59A00C249783.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vPIhIHsIZW61aAZPd4_24JmmS2flXqL-Q47rOsGONLB7EmD-l4Xy3TTHrzIuCV3NLKoLruAuigycSj-gZ3L7WDjuAbsvBK974d9xMHAm8c_K-QvmIWsC0CsvURDSh7z7U0Fm-6RCPulh85KfzX0z-QN43sqDH7-qQ5gx5vYCrjPFeYhAXKaAUw54uw/s320/F556A41C-3D35-433E-AA20-59A00C249783.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next in the paint shop was ‘Veronica’, the younger sibling of ‘Nadine’ also from Fourdees and on. KATO England chassis. This one also got bounced by the cat but the only damage was the handrails which I replaced with brass ones. I’ve also changed both locos to have my standard RT models couplers. ‘Veronica’ needs a couple of touch ups here and there and the crew from Modelu which needs painting. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0moKAsec6f9skWn_yMKLoE8iLZhwsHl74MEjrre02wdDdZ0FOqvxkIVwjlN_TZo5DHkSqCmW_cMPfgnZ5cvVTvUVkZmfb8nlCl2MkplYF4ygkuEgVHLnnvXUV3mTwf1Us1xw6BOWInv85euUYue-W7dwMdXb1LyzHnyPbfPmnXlaUbNI-tYYVwT_YSA/s4032/3C908F51-7F5E-47D0-958D-C578BE3B29A9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0moKAsec6f9skWn_yMKLoE8iLZhwsHl74MEjrre02wdDdZ0FOqvxkIVwjlN_TZo5DHkSqCmW_cMPfgnZ5cvVTvUVkZmfb8nlCl2MkplYF4ygkuEgVHLnnvXUV3mTwf1Us1xw6BOWInv85euUYue-W7dwMdXb1LyzHnyPbfPmnXlaUbNI-tYYVwT_YSA/s320/3C908F51-7F5E-47D0-958D-C578BE3B29A9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Talking of Modelu figures here is mini me driving my new Bachmann ‘Alice’. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJpA6dIxn_eEs_6iXx6KcElwfyk-Imiuhal1yqrYZBsWdYiKF6GCVMU6inmd1HN3RzZ0PvcdrUSUYt40_1qmlVHqdXzI33kj5CcfWgHZNkZQ1y2rTfP9S4br2b4z0lqqR_8L84hPC0eBWl3hn0PF8RruuKWPp8WOs3xjhCcVJnmBX3tnBLVyKBDwhucg/s4032/8AB52B8D-9E63-485D-83AF-754A7422BE9B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJpA6dIxn_eEs_6iXx6KcElwfyk-Imiuhal1yqrYZBsWdYiKF6GCVMU6inmd1HN3RzZ0PvcdrUSUYt40_1qmlVHqdXzI33kj5CcfWgHZNkZQ1y2rTfP9S4br2b4z0lqqR_8L84hPC0eBWl3hn0PF8RruuKWPp8WOs3xjhCcVJnmBX3tnBLVyKBDwhucg/s320/8AB52B8D-9E63-485D-83AF-754A7422BE9B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had a visit from these three this week and ‘Alice’ is definitely staying. I’ve done a few little additions but haven’t had the heart to weather it into quarry condition. All four of these tiny locomotives are absolutely gorgeous and I wouldn’t be surprised if ‘Nesta’ comes home too. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjVGzUFnd1q24B8Vo5HqqyXFaO_R-w08BWH6gtESUtcX55KqrZwLqYQqDlH-iePoxUgPVRywdj3uew2uidyGxkInzA9oRyzofil0RGr5OVP7vrXVVDMgqrTSEtLpgHPz8yHBVwmaA59iz6-hPl0XpzSqcATkeJx4lLLJEX-nuT2bgRC7nCpOpb0OPawQ/s4032/8F860F69-FF76-41E1-8B01-4E04659C0A16.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjVGzUFnd1q24B8Vo5HqqyXFaO_R-w08BWH6gtESUtcX55KqrZwLqYQqDlH-iePoxUgPVRywdj3uew2uidyGxkInzA9oRyzofil0RGr5OVP7vrXVVDMgqrTSEtLpgHPz8yHBVwmaA59iz6-hPl0XpzSqcATkeJx4lLLJEX-nuT2bgRC7nCpOpb0OPawQ/s320/8F860F69-FF76-41E1-8B01-4E04659C0A16.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">‘Dorothea’ with my kit built one. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDd5TkNypqXJ_Qq16-Eh65-U2IdMH9a9gwnk7YiQGJ22-j-kNHIUAtnUNnuoiAJk5VZO6XFqQU0hEuVb8HAeFrWeFAB1UpxgBb6CCaOw3wVnaSD09vUz7Ak1PHtHqRVaT9wLiusHxchc_PwLuAEZUIFvactx7kMRC7FZif-cb1MQU4J9fFPkL5Amy0pQ/s4032/92420CB8-9911-41D2-87EE-7AAEDCE3C6BF.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDd5TkNypqXJ_Qq16-Eh65-U2IdMH9a9gwnk7YiQGJ22-j-kNHIUAtnUNnuoiAJk5VZO6XFqQU0hEuVb8HAeFrWeFAB1UpxgBb6CCaOw3wVnaSD09vUz7Ak1PHtHqRVaT9wLiusHxchc_PwLuAEZUIFvactx7kMRC7FZif-cb1MQU4J9fFPkL5Amy0pQ/s320/92420CB8-9911-41D2-87EE-7AAEDCE3C6BF.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last but not least is Corris No4, I decided I could do a better job on the paint finish and that I wanted to change the couplings. I’ve also ordered some number plates from LRS. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFc4f7CobxEjQH2Pd36RALpXRFCulxCv0D2ZXuZphgN6qVbGcPxq_o7dOfk4KpMsHSjZeajMtZ_qs-UV7vXU28Kvyw1YqU6Y-wM3TDoyqkTY8qTcAsRj-g_2KTSVukNo2J86gf6lnmtXQwQ6hXatIkL5dM-DDvpnsq0iV6hA7fTwSWVNz02vF4CX8aw/s4032/5BDF1228-0FF4-4341-AE0D-0E6C98F3E849.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFc4f7CobxEjQH2Pd36RALpXRFCulxCv0D2ZXuZphgN6qVbGcPxq_o7dOfk4KpMsHSjZeajMtZ_qs-UV7vXU28Kvyw1YqU6Y-wM3TDoyqkTY8qTcAsRj-g_2KTSVukNo2J86gf6lnmtXQwQ6hXatIkL5dM-DDvpnsq0iV6hA7fTwSWVNz02vF4CX8aw/s320/5BDF1228-0FF4-4341-AE0D-0E6C98F3E849.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIZLP-dNEmGSXgGa6OdwIAPw2CBD1SjGmbSmnAjLuWj0-pItmbeAM10OprhE0HtzLbeqa3IqVUpqmcbU_2IzicvDXx0TbqlZ5-OKQgNy82wflgdXeTxBzBM6DkV5DFoQZoKctsc1dygFFQMMnCEnhqU7iyn0_mNr2FGipwX2JkUltaYpDzygh7JUWW9Q/s3575/BC5EFFF1-2996-4D9A-B671-C611142D2593.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2011" data-original-width="3575" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIZLP-dNEmGSXgGa6OdwIAPw2CBD1SjGmbSmnAjLuWj0-pItmbeAM10OprhE0HtzLbeqa3IqVUpqmcbU_2IzicvDXx0TbqlZ5-OKQgNy82wflgdXeTxBzBM6DkV5DFoQZoKctsc1dygFFQMMnCEnhqU7iyn0_mNr2FGipwX2JkUltaYpDzygh7JUWW9Q/s320/BC5EFFF1-2996-4D9A-B671-C611142D2593.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At the Warley MRC show I was nattering to those lovely Hastie chaps on the Dundas stand when the Minitrains Schneider loco caught my attention. We had them at work and I even got as far as bringing one home but decided I couldn’t justify it at the time; having subsequently regretted this decision I relieved Dundas Models of one. It goes very well with my other maroon ics and here it is with glazing, a crew and some weathering. A nice loco and in my opinion one of the best Minitrains have made. It adds a little more Gallic charm to my channel island too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fdQXMGdV6LkzLmHP83dLzdoqMcIWXNncH1z9Vpet7EJFiSP2Kacg0V88tdAGE6KXGYUz-EtnJNch6gjq5DpYKP8Wn2JqZG8GEPXCKm6Z732Gp2X2HMzTBfWmASmC7RqXK2-AQzjxYWFaddXqM203GEPMKLTh3AJhEUPJseyGwbPDD8pLpuGQBXEOng/s4032/324B2E73-4F59-4361-8E5B-512B8523B3A0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fdQXMGdV6LkzLmHP83dLzdoqMcIWXNncH1z9Vpet7EJFiSP2Kacg0V88tdAGE6KXGYUz-EtnJNch6gjq5DpYKP8Wn2JqZG8GEPXCKm6Z732Gp2X2HMzTBfWmASmC7RqXK2-AQzjxYWFaddXqM203GEPMKLTh3AJhEUPJseyGwbPDD8pLpuGQBXEOng/s320/324B2E73-4F59-4361-8E5B-512B8523B3A0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5G5ONUMsk4BwT9mRqNq3DofRyaOHjconDBhb5yp0wMqFUfMkT5IThnHT7YSTxDPrmByPCE2e7k3shhWJVgyyvpXopfkr975ZJAcGKH8ibt_AJ_RhAf3wxnwEB9AgYTA4FwxYoQT9tFYGdtSzhYCXbqKIafUFUQ_aNmOWDjXf7WdXuEpk9WbOJIbHj6A/s4032/CAAE4653-0B14-40DA-BEBC-D91CC224786F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5G5ONUMsk4BwT9mRqNq3DofRyaOHjconDBhb5yp0wMqFUfMkT5IThnHT7YSTxDPrmByPCE2e7k3shhWJVgyyvpXopfkr975ZJAcGKH8ibt_AJ_RhAf3wxnwEB9AgYTA4FwxYoQT9tFYGdtSzhYCXbqKIafUFUQ_aNmOWDjXf7WdXuEpk9WbOJIbHj6A/s320/CAAE4653-0B14-40DA-BEBC-D91CC224786F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It will be named ‘Speedy’ after a sadly deceased French cat. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9xYtuVaE3aMonqUTMtsSd-CxA1ZjHCcuddE7zxR5n2-8gU9w63UCoVrIXckz_touai1LjshVoQyOVzCIQcy1gpfoz_JdU4CnLdbkU2HNgs3MNs5ddr9nLQamqVoxPTwQiz-3NUDLuGKzxwNlGs-a8LyodPioME04VrRXfdSm5Wtsog5wikr9kHuLtjA/s4032/65EA294E-415E-46B8-8B49-F0527F3A7379.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9xYtuVaE3aMonqUTMtsSd-CxA1ZjHCcuddE7zxR5n2-8gU9w63UCoVrIXckz_touai1LjshVoQyOVzCIQcy1gpfoz_JdU4CnLdbkU2HNgs3MNs5ddr9nLQamqVoxPTwQiz-3NUDLuGKzxwNlGs-a8LyodPioME04VrRXfdSm5Wtsog5wikr9kHuLtjA/s320/65EA294E-415E-46B8-8B49-F0527F3A7379.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Meanwhile PECO have released their Mk3 quarryman’s coach and the two vans in a rather fetching grey livery. It would make a good undercoat for freelance liveries but it occurred to me that there are pictures of the quarrymen’s train in a very tatty state and that this would be a good place to start attempting this from. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMZSxt3wWvZkppn2hiniXVsNzkEly_dnblI9ctnl2SmcCDojlY98xfQQjJO5MxvtZqJ6nDX4iuxGZVpYQc4rsOi1tQZtUW93-NBwpYBbrq9ceYpQ0gjZswtfUlZWEO5qEaPn9F0VzrCvf4KY896odliWnyBomFJ_ET1V9NTsq-jJoHmHxOE5o2qGk_Q/s4032/F721FD93-3C00-4A1E-BEFA-D4AA38AA34BE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMZSxt3wWvZkppn2hiniXVsNzkEly_dnblI9ctnl2SmcCDojlY98xfQQjJO5MxvtZqJ6nDX4iuxGZVpYQc4rsOi1tQZtUW93-NBwpYBbrq9ceYpQ0gjZswtfUlZWEO5qEaPn9F0VzrCvf4KY896odliWnyBomFJ_ET1V9NTsq-jJoHmHxOE5o2qGk_Q/s320/F721FD93-3C00-4A1E-BEFA-D4AA38AA34BE.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So far I’ve only done the coach so you can see the grey van here, next to the painted coach alongside two factory finish vehicles. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I painted individual planks starting with a brown that is close to the ‘proper’ colour and then painted most of the rest of the planks in three shades of grey and beige. The finishing touch was to dry brush the ‘proper’ brown on top to simulate tired and peeling paint. The genuine articles spent their lives either by the sea in Portmadoc or in a siding in Blaenau so no wonder they didn’t fare well. Anyway I think it looks the part and when I get round to it the vans will get the same treatment. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg72-1xHevBwqqFPK-1m5N2O_7N-ylbVki6Aw7glC6bau_DuXzip8klvFCiPZj9LWyGDUjOa9Xze3z6YkUcWwYxfyTixajuI3qQ8gSTElpjwydqY6Pagk9zuJ76fbVHJO1F-_kv8MtDxHgOr0HDC7pDlKL5P4AnMjJG0i4HIWw5X5-ME6oFjtmPJXC1MA/s1584/8A8ECE5F-A559-4303-9927-CFB96B54C41E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="1584" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg72-1xHevBwqqFPK-1m5N2O_7N-ylbVki6Aw7glC6bau_DuXzip8klvFCiPZj9LWyGDUjOa9Xze3z6YkUcWwYxfyTixajuI3qQ8gSTElpjwydqY6Pagk9zuJ76fbVHJO1F-_kv8MtDxHgOr0HDC7pDlKL5P4AnMjJG0i4HIWw5X5-ME6oFjtmPJXC1MA/s320/8A8ECE5F-A559-4303-9927-CFB96B54C41E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More to come next year, hopefully Port Lucy will be in action by this time in 2023. Have a happy Christmas, Hanukkah, Winter Solstice or whatever. See you next year. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Lord Stonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735046388170436892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560322057997297901.post-62738592797764231642022-12-10T09:35:00.000-08:002022-12-10T09:35:21.640-08:00Painted and glazed<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>It doesn't look like I've done much but I've finished The Old Vicarage with a coat of Vallejo Ground Texture - Grey sand. It is virtually the same colour as the filler but has a fine sand in it so it now seems to have a painted pebbledash finish which is quite subtle and just the job.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhinF-uqClmsX5ovTs4zaU4ZPI2C-rxCvGHRrL9hcrd6-U7_rZp6UBBxKUGwGWnclQdt1Q3tx1uM-r_92tQ9I_G6u8pK8v12Eh-KXDgaItGyQdnkkHnLZfgg6hQbKpwg0DCwoltzNHfdG_ODD6s_WQTxFD9kOqIZ39FozlY6ooxU8m_XqqL3rImJenfNw/s2230/F9069920-C7A6-403D-86CD-3FB2B05E4615.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2156" data-original-width="2230" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhinF-uqClmsX5ovTs4zaU4ZPI2C-rxCvGHRrL9hcrd6-U7_rZp6UBBxKUGwGWnclQdt1Q3tx1uM-r_92tQ9I_G6u8pK8v12Eh-KXDgaItGyQdnkkHnLZfgg6hQbKpwg0DCwoltzNHfdG_ODD6s_WQTxFD9kOqIZ39FozlY6ooxU8m_XqqL3rImJenfNw/s320/F9069920-C7A6-403D-86CD-3FB2B05E4615.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The loco shed is also now complete, the machines are fitted and all looks well. I haven't painted the filler as it looks good as a rendered finish.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIC4A4L1bmvuiNvu2SPrOecw8-WRv3sI7zZtZGAxF89EATSJrUK-YhhmDekiAjTVPwkCo2tDWqNtFhA_rNCTSlo6r50oB65zm4Q8bDHVhd1lukSMUb4BFU0ftdNk4wvYzjjy5MfegfjvAb0pmVvOGy9eZFYEPqC-2cPN6mHNLMyBpbis3FTmXS2MhTOw/s3707/A8513701-7608-425C-A0E7-89312862E331.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1851" data-original-width="3707" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIC4A4L1bmvuiNvu2SPrOecw8-WRv3sI7zZtZGAxF89EATSJrUK-YhhmDekiAjTVPwkCo2tDWqNtFhA_rNCTSlo6r50oB65zm4Q8bDHVhd1lukSMUb4BFU0ftdNk4wvYzjjy5MfegfjvAb0pmVvOGy9eZFYEPqC-2cPN6mHNLMyBpbis3FTmXS2MhTOw/s320/A8513701-7608-425C-A0E7-89312862E331.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In addition to building new structures I am also renovating some previously used ones. This Skaledale product was the station building at StRuth. Not sure what it will be this time as I still find it attractive. It has had a clean up and the roof and sign board have been repainted.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLXx_SpcfxF8m4POyhudUuwkzylvMWAs0X8cycWR4pHoMd_oMCLeSmdzyTAP3EaRUzO59UplJYrWuI3jD3rDLnKl93Ut-YcYN5pCQaCCkGpEVK5Eg4naw-mm0foFn6YuEpdaDoyf3i5uxfIExaAK4c-q8XaKR5IQ5GFKWSmyXmM2Q6aJ-e5NAtMn9BNg/s2342/741F7D3E-EE3E-4223-B293-915F833398D4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1525" data-original-width="2342" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLXx_SpcfxF8m4POyhudUuwkzylvMWAs0X8cycWR4pHoMd_oMCLeSmdzyTAP3EaRUzO59UplJYrWuI3jD3rDLnKl93Ut-YcYN5pCQaCCkGpEVK5Eg4naw-mm0foFn6YuEpdaDoyf3i5uxfIExaAK4c-q8XaKR5IQ5GFKWSmyXmM2Q6aJ-e5NAtMn9BNg/s320/741F7D3E-EE3E-4223-B293-915F833398D4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1AoeB1_hkMhBrFfVKvrBeN4eLjCje5nnOX58TsMiavj_EajoN-cugWyqi-0duZJsj-xaeT-nPKN26vy5xqjr_BctgTa7kxvWdHSVAA5DKFFw1F_h9jr6rahAhcVMUfdPvabX8RyB2ujRHQXKotOlt0wam0t1bkMOdCXcjf5cGlQqBHtjrECmEhwTC-A/s2283/F1FDD03E-E0EC-4D0A-854A-BB1985E0D6A0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1560" data-original-width="2283" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1AoeB1_hkMhBrFfVKvrBeN4eLjCje5nnOX58TsMiavj_EajoN-cugWyqi-0duZJsj-xaeT-nPKN26vy5xqjr_BctgTa7kxvWdHSVAA5DKFFw1F_h9jr6rahAhcVMUfdPvabX8RyB2ujRHQXKotOlt0wam0t1bkMOdCXcjf5cGlQqBHtjrECmEhwTC-A/s320/F1FDD03E-E0EC-4D0A-854A-BB1985E0D6A0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><p></p>Lord Stonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735046388170436892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560322057997297901.post-7175337925016340462022-11-30T15:28:00.000-08:002022-11-30T15:28:40.210-08:00Neither Port Lucy nor Rome were built in a day<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Since the last post most of my modelling time has been spent progressing the buildings for Port Lucy.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDj5a_ylHdpBVacll6zG8VsF5F7SnXVNgDqxax3QRV_RkGqf7Ejkag3cwpeDf4-zjmP5m-SUcGGlzPKKr5lpOJI_Q6YCwz8U2KyFOcEpHDZ0kpiyJ2X7de7qdWRYUTLMZWawFYZxHlvPik3tUYZXCRdUDiCakI7O5RgdUkqqMYl8sEoTMVg2rgE5BYQ/s2694/8D4B9800-BD96-4199-8D8F-A3C336BC85B8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2042" data-original-width="2694" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDj5a_ylHdpBVacll6zG8VsF5F7SnXVNgDqxax3QRV_RkGqf7Ejkag3cwpeDf4-zjmP5m-SUcGGlzPKKr5lpOJI_Q6YCwz8U2KyFOcEpHDZ0kpiyJ2X7de7qdWRYUTLMZWawFYZxHlvPik3tUYZXCRdUDiCakI7O5RgdUkqqMYl8sEoTMVg2rgE5BYQ/s320/8D4B9800-BD96-4199-8D8F-A3C336BC85B8.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The loco shed is finished with just painting to do, the machine tools for inside are also waiting for the paint brush to visit before they are fixed inside. The water tower is also complete and primed.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8iN5_5v0Sft0AwwVJWVpzXvbZ8CU8VKLRWMfCdQyRdQu5r_6MJbuSj9p_zDXjipTlqOdOC4lnQIeyWlGQ67aZnG8rIgViEsk5-YMDlzNyvPpwSEeua_xUlPHPEevJcpyDq9WCRVm_Io9cVtyPq5lPx_q_gU44JAI_PXKn9QGk-MucAV3BlNu3BLyHJw/s2545/7703F3C7-AC87-46C4-85A3-3E6ABBC15193.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2045" data-original-width="2545" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8iN5_5v0Sft0AwwVJWVpzXvbZ8CU8VKLRWMfCdQyRdQu5r_6MJbuSj9p_zDXjipTlqOdOC4lnQIeyWlGQ67aZnG8rIgViEsk5-YMDlzNyvPpwSEeua_xUlPHPEevJcpyDq9WCRVm_Io9cVtyPq5lPx_q_gU44JAI_PXKn9QGk-MucAV3BlNu3BLyHJw/s320/7703F3C7-AC87-46C4-85A3-3E6ABBC15193.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The house is also just in need of painting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The signal box awaits the attention of the paintbrush too, then glazing and the roof fixing on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQBVYadbPHkIfDKCx3Uz3R8XaAytsG2Ex7FC0Tp6ym_zdoMRUzBppZphkzGOaWNA-abai4f7zioY04Hnt8x4P2XhggXsKOYuNdUi9_xpGBAPjXxhX_sp5uPjh6FV9-Vxr-v31CpA7IGVIN0zdscIp7qnXw1ilpd51G_fbWVuP9xAqSi01SejvuejsNQQ/s3125/C781395D-3CCC-490C-AA85-BC75D5103240.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1758" data-original-width="3125" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQBVYadbPHkIfDKCx3Uz3R8XaAytsG2Ex7FC0Tp6ym_zdoMRUzBppZphkzGOaWNA-abai4f7zioY04Hnt8x4P2XhggXsKOYuNdUi9_xpGBAPjXxhX_sp5uPjh6FV9-Vxr-v31CpA7IGVIN0zdscIp7qnXw1ilpd51G_fbWVuP9xAqSi01SejvuejsNQQ/s320/C781395D-3CCC-490C-AA85-BC75D5103240.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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This means two nights and two days away from home. This has plusses and minuses, plusses are meeting up with loads of folk that I hardly ever see and having long chats. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WIqIB4F_eDAXWGBRCVwLmBd-7crcT9MMPg0S-X8GMfdXWNWkM7PHIbLJnu5tBCqIJS90NwPzEk9eCBeZwuYs6W9CrptohEq0i0CcyTZsfmzNABEO4EQOMC-7AiAVhj86I2CUVzvUjHIsrTuAwC5A5gRfR8WHEgPnaKAAUPqVCquwGSMwMbgTqxZdkg/s2558/86B4043C-5331-4FC6-82A6-0D9E550B717A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2099" data-original-width="2558" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WIqIB4F_eDAXWGBRCVwLmBd-7crcT9MMPg0S-X8GMfdXWNWkM7PHIbLJnu5tBCqIJS90NwPzEk9eCBeZwuYs6W9CrptohEq0i0CcyTZsfmzNABEO4EQOMC-7AiAVhj86I2CUVzvUjHIsrTuAwC5A5gRfR8WHEgPnaKAAUPqVCquwGSMwMbgTqxZdkg/s320/86B4043C-5331-4FC6-82A6-0D9E550B717A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got myself scanned by Modelu as did Dave Malton, hopefully I'll be driving a Bachmann 'Alice' before long.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRByZZQIdblBcW_ZUgUa643WT-BdaacF1Et5_Do5E9QmMVe4K_nHjKkne7MZ90uVCko5T_OsIB8Z3stK5W7Wuvug4OPSIwBezcOkB755rdBSGjuF0XdjA3PUTGw_1dgFFWC2sl1q_TYV3_vjfhE3ImQ-EjMzAVxwmOydy6GtF4r1oTauBVgSwd2Hq0cA/s4032/96FD47E7-E461-431F-B3FC-1155910BA116.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRByZZQIdblBcW_ZUgUa643WT-BdaacF1Et5_Do5E9QmMVe4K_nHjKkne7MZ90uVCko5T_OsIB8Z3stK5W7Wuvug4OPSIwBezcOkB755rdBSGjuF0XdjA3PUTGw_1dgFFWC2sl1q_TYV3_vjfhE3ImQ-EjMzAVxwmOydy6GtF4r1oTauBVgSwd2Hq0cA/s320/96FD47E7-E461-431F-B3FC-1155910BA116.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the PECO stand an early (and wrong) green England was spotted, A darker shade will be used for the finished item; confirmed by Hiroshi Kato himself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKRb63L7L3-JSoObquv_aaqZUtEywduO524K9IGsdOnf5puRvX3ny7upvciBZ7dAnhBq_GRsNDwxuJ37R4b8RBC_aatsWCC5RJ-buufn0KacGhhV0DI1vfJ0TsTVyzjlV20jjUlzwsE2FOAMQ1TiiWJRQ_1UW4-YqC7vAVyv8KlXQw6UBeUXQlNI1uNg/s3716/DBCA6002-7AFC-4345-A43F-92764D11166B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2101" data-original-width="3716" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKRb63L7L3-JSoObquv_aaqZUtEywduO524K9IGsdOnf5puRvX3ny7upvciBZ7dAnhBq_GRsNDwxuJ37R4b8RBC_aatsWCC5RJ-buufn0KacGhhV0DI1vfJ0TsTVyzjlV20jjUlzwsE2FOAMQ1TiiWJRQ_1UW4-YqC7vAVyv8KlXQw6UBeUXQlNI1uNg/s320/DBCA6002-7AFC-4345-A43F-92764D11166B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of my longer chats, with the lovely chaps at Dundas Models resulted in me buying a Minitrains Schneider diesel home. I thought I'd missed the boat with these, it fits right in with the other two maroon diesels.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKug4heZ_ioPEQlWqvv3SrSCab99wTRT3JndFxJ7F1MthmRQpcH3AgcOewLXx_LoT64F0XnEeHStHxT-O1s2D99H1myLJwqAcflQ8PQtcjy6KZ1RnghGjctdm5H49jGOXGHLZR1jQqf9Fl-qgh4ZvJocCNn9HrsxMu_U48d7thhwFOP0E9KH4vLYRPPw/s4032/86076B73-8F5C-4673-9FCF-8F89197CBA3D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKug4heZ_ioPEQlWqvv3SrSCab99wTRT3JndFxJ7F1MthmRQpcH3AgcOewLXx_LoT64F0XnEeHStHxT-O1s2D99H1myLJwqAcflQ8PQtcjy6KZ1RnghGjctdm5H49jGOXGHLZR1jQqf9Fl-qgh4ZvJocCNn9HrsxMu_U48d7thhwFOP0E9KH4vLYRPPw/s320/86076B73-8F5C-4673-9FCF-8F89197CBA3D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCNJIx5Z6FPrRfW47UtB6_kdQR0kNqFoTpS38vrh_DixnYu1gaRAQsvN9pIVsZyc5_BxBPdddqNW48h-cHICaiuM0tadZFAE8xywOHYnbFqCmIdjxPoU1OXIyy_yJSnJMbadMLO5TF8PJ-tEUdBjh3Lzybn3c-Ob2mFwIaKXIxmvP9ZKKPrqLF0k0SHg/s4032/2483474A-D037-4831-9688-4127E3D93567.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The next section goes here covering the area of the fiddle yard and the toolbox on the left. I've started gathering timber to start the baseboard but I'm still a bit in two minds how to approach this as the track plan will be reasonably complex. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMwFU8pwLWuuvPd8QrADdmVB2sAPy0y89VeT-8ck6b4IPVnH4gpsdClz2hSYdvEWmuxoH-4NOjWwMvzxYa2bHzGoYp6yBue3jSJ4M94wB-H3oLkPETsqjXylEBYFBuVMNJ1ewDG0Z4U2PhF44cdFvX81Z9qTct9WnWYrMqFAV0YeSybHZ8OIlIBSmkA/s4032/54C1181F-432E-4FCB-A980-E337A505455D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMwFU8pwLWuuvPd8QrADdmVB2sAPy0y89VeT-8ck6b4IPVnH4gpsdClz2hSYdvEWmuxoH-4NOjWwMvzxYa2bHzGoYp6yBue3jSJ4M94wB-H3oLkPETsqjXylEBYFBuVMNJ1ewDG0Z4U2PhF44cdFvX81Z9qTct9WnWYrMqFAV0YeSybHZ8OIlIBSmkA/s320/54C1181F-432E-4FCB-A980-E337A505455D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzwLZ8hE4NaNikPKo2qIoZxyoAe7rcSu8TlF-zbsPJXQ_iBMTiinb4ZYOp8MfA-FyvFfaQj4bdqMzIvx93P0tGET_vhuEu5wLGyMVAJUsdakSWx24i6ff5ByT4c65X7k0_rWNf8s1KVIEserWdq_GGakY31vEhNlAiqmZkqV6T2RZ5R73edxyixV6QgQ/s4032/0C77430E-9ECA-4DFD-B45C-DEC5108F451C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzwLZ8hE4NaNikPKo2qIoZxyoAe7rcSu8TlF-zbsPJXQ_iBMTiinb4ZYOp8MfA-FyvFfaQj4bdqMzIvx93P0tGET_vhuEu5wLGyMVAJUsdakSWx24i6ff5ByT4c65X7k0_rWNf8s1KVIEserWdq_GGakY31vEhNlAiqmZkqV6T2RZ5R73edxyixV6QgQ/s320/0C77430E-9ECA-4DFD-B45C-DEC5108F451C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The basic shape of the new bit will be town at the back then railway and harbour at the front, to that end I've started assembling the buildings, I want to achieve that jumbled and unplanned look which real places have. It's tricky to plan the unplanned. These are the complete buildings, some have been in store since StRuth was dismantled and some are new.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZBErpA4AabcjSyJFW8ruZXh6wzhEk_jd6WI9RpYzjYYOMGkMo7qPqciISnL6bfGLs8gHprCOQwX3l1dejOJeNx3fEwiGPqK5Ohm5ooxKq8z3dnzeCOA23NNh49ZB62yG3WwgMDm8vYPUQcMTvKrKZuV4Z-MWWVlLh7-XBTGUOn2H0Lc-2QwE54qh6jA/s3341/3F6C8A23-2EB1-4287-8CAD-F6FEA0269439.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1879" data-original-width="3341" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZBErpA4AabcjSyJFW8ruZXh6wzhEk_jd6WI9RpYzjYYOMGkMo7qPqciISnL6bfGLs8gHprCOQwX3l1dejOJeNx3fEwiGPqK5Ohm5ooxKq8z3dnzeCOA23NNh49ZB62yG3WwgMDm8vYPUQcMTvKrKZuV4Z-MWWVlLh7-XBTGUOn2H0Lc-2QwE54qh6jA/s320/3F6C8A23-2EB1-4287-8CAD-F6FEA0269439.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've also started construction of some new structures like this signal box and water tower.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiquvgqMoVk9JlOloliOedIoWizAGwXRUNOssgFVSBqZ_Hs9khLp2QQedtNGPWTbSBELEjogd8GuUXfkTyFwjcgA-PWc0O3PQag8YRaq58wl5aATImpIKAah1ViCTcVbtnmAMvOUAQ3OBahUBrcrg-ypA_RSx4VYR6u97Yfpna-h17C0ZAtna0NFYB5gQ/s2208/A2335288-7AD5-43E0-8271-A2CF09F95D14.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2208" data-original-width="1722" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiquvgqMoVk9JlOloliOedIoWizAGwXRUNOssgFVSBqZ_Hs9khLp2QQedtNGPWTbSBELEjogd8GuUXfkTyFwjcgA-PWc0O3PQag8YRaq58wl5aATImpIKAah1ViCTcVbtnmAMvOUAQ3OBahUBrcrg-ypA_RSx4VYR6u97Yfpna-h17C0ZAtna0NFYB5gQ/s320/A2335288-7AD5-43E0-8271-A2CF09F95D14.jpeg" width="250" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The signal box is a laser cut kit designed to be a ground level structure but I've given it a brick plinth to stand on and have added a fully featured interior and will install interior lighting.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4UE5VbBfIxFBH1grFTwrLokFm0L7DTf5lXZ5v4bRDSD5uIKVuq4usT5QW9QVa2OSvs65SULxEKRVGByGiao3OPpnAUVrs3tn8PfDxDl50nl8-Us-xVfG3S1BqmW1q5vdqkcElpdItOAXK00jULa80Ghc3P8tJNPlqxdMPC4UH9WQ-kE6NVFiCY4sYuQ/s2523/E0FD9B23-E066-42DB-8433-5E4BA00D9418.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2076" data-original-width="2523" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4UE5VbBfIxFBH1grFTwrLokFm0L7DTf5lXZ5v4bRDSD5uIKVuq4usT5QW9QVa2OSvs65SULxEKRVGByGiao3OPpnAUVrs3tn8PfDxDl50nl8-Us-xVfG3S1BqmW1q5vdqkcElpdItOAXK00jULa80Ghc3P8tJNPlqxdMPC4UH9WQ-kE6NVFiCY4sYuQ/s320/E0FD9B23-E066-42DB-8433-5E4BA00D9418.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here it is with a roof. The tiles are from Scale Model scenery and are laser cut. A first for me and I'm very impressed with the ease of making realistic slate roofs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPi2BQqpW7EzQAgA17bDlplAL8WvwpaK0AS2XO4d1K3r_aKQFU0f1awwiynoEEcdUC_ZUV7UdoxXElgLGqx2G-g58aHv8KWpzxjyPv1UzSUeC3fxdr_M6kxT-zP1oA-0zWIuF-YI_gcQfbCDjEp-AMvWcOOA0-Jl-juh0PAz6nPrbAY19V8NDw6WAGZQ/s4032/6E9277A1-03A4-4AD2-B93E-361B9CA7739D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPi2BQqpW7EzQAgA17bDlplAL8WvwpaK0AS2XO4d1K3r_aKQFU0f1awwiynoEEcdUC_ZUV7UdoxXElgLGqx2G-g58aHv8KWpzxjyPv1UzSUeC3fxdr_M6kxT-zP1oA-0zWIuF-YI_gcQfbCDjEp-AMvWcOOA0-Jl-juh0PAz6nPrbAY19V8NDw6WAGZQ/s320/6E9277A1-03A4-4AD2-B93E-361B9CA7739D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The other new build is an engine shed, I already had the left hand corrugated iron part from previous layouts but the right hand part is new. It is a laser cut mdf kit from Fair Price Models as used previously. I've now got a small stash of their kits to add to the town too. The roof is laser cut tiles again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoptejQxyj75fB7ArTFkX_wNY4ZSnq4P7cU04ddfrGPF4HXhEFb-XMmO1fn8tKwAJ-8FImY73OhDauNZtOjrx7Ed7Yev6ET5CgAxHu4Dae_SCz-OZ_B4GFArTE0VSsPnSFjl8HJV4oaZWz6ggrpAZR5KtjbkhSpeR5XsssvRCOOJ50VMN82uC2sO1_Cw/s1920/1A0AB2F7-79CA-430F-BD70-4D671EF862C5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoptejQxyj75fB7ArTFkX_wNY4ZSnq4P7cU04ddfrGPF4HXhEFb-XMmO1fn8tKwAJ-8FImY73OhDauNZtOjrx7Ed7Yev6ET5CgAxHu4Dae_SCz-OZ_B4GFArTE0VSsPnSFjl8HJV4oaZWz6ggrpAZR5KtjbkhSpeR5XsssvRCOOJ50VMN82uC2sO1_Cw/s320/1A0AB2F7-79CA-430F-BD70-4D671EF862C5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Inside the new shed I've finally found a place for these rather nice 3d printed machine tools, again interior lighting will hopefully make them more visible.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On another subject and on the other layout I've had a visit from the new Bachmann Hunslets, Blanche and Britomart. Both are lovely models and I'm looking forward to adding a Linda and a cabless quarry loco as and when they appear. Rewind a few years and these would have seemed like science fiction and yet here they are.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDXA_kgiZ_oOIECJ1NHJ8gmGreXTJz0WLS2A0XWek7nWVWDXAXEEozkUwq7jxwRuNuRCmF0uoafsaPH-cV2fHj2IXYAoLlKLWy6InLREmcG2g7afHFLmydqe0JPIJWe0hWp2HfvqBiDBcsP6WtYd0Vk6fnNWt3uLqTEIV_1zpNwFzQKok3HHVXHoG9Q/s4032/00AAFDB3-18E8-4CF6-ADDD-F25D3F5469ED.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDXA_kgiZ_oOIECJ1NHJ8gmGreXTJz0WLS2A0XWek7nWVWDXAXEEozkUwq7jxwRuNuRCmF0uoafsaPH-cV2fHj2IXYAoLlKLWy6InLREmcG2g7afHFLmydqe0JPIJWe0hWp2HfvqBiDBcsP6WtYd0Vk6fnNWt3uLqTEIV_1zpNwFzQKok3HHVXHoG9Q/s320/00AAFDB3-18E8-4CF6-ADDD-F25D3F5469ED.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2HUTKXelGARmZWj_CR9Sbo9U7M03LTsGH77mwuTjgbJZctQ4rz6Fz9rB5wkR9i9f8WNjglcDk4ImoXHpaQJIrOPn37EmRgPNGgBtCj7Yrng5K11luHHygzwFepHcinTeOhYjskv3qur72Yn67g3oesAavoTxC9Sn8AnErrPb5U-EV9h8GbM2xiKQCfw/s4032/5BC6C0F3-842E-4618-AAC3-10997D7A496A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2HUTKXelGARmZWj_CR9Sbo9U7M03LTsGH77mwuTjgbJZctQ4rz6Fz9rB5wkR9i9f8WNjglcDk4ImoXHpaQJIrOPn37EmRgPNGgBtCj7Yrng5K11luHHygzwFepHcinTeOhYjskv3qur72Yn67g3oesAavoTxC9Sn8AnErrPb5U-EV9h8GbM2xiKQCfw/s320/5BC6C0F3-842E-4618-AAC3-10997D7A496A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWJskApS41V6Kw-0vaiPWT0vUPkaDVPIjKKfJp3pBu6jqAvfG924Vxw3HdULV3ZayESztrC8fzeWiXZexL-sarHnqDUKwxN_nx2I3S--Id2GxYdopbJjjOPjPCI8dhCzM6XmdoeAeoKn0bW8fxOvFxYAPBLPO6knzv6VnMg7ZZ27GBA6Kg3j3EF9wSQ/s4032/77DFE885-3F8B-4E7D-99D5-462E80BBD984.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWJskApS41V6Kw-0vaiPWT0vUPkaDVPIjKKfJp3pBu6jqAvfG924Vxw3HdULV3ZayESztrC8fzeWiXZexL-sarHnqDUKwxN_nx2I3S--Id2GxYdopbJjjOPjPCI8dhCzM6XmdoeAeoKn0bW8fxOvFxYAPBLPO6knzv6VnMg7ZZ27GBA6Kg3j3EF9wSQ/s320/77DFE885-3F8B-4E7D-99D5-462E80BBD984.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTx6PiLIoPM88YuGgFvx19RyRRoO22BBMsXznJEvgjgOGPfZ3_yU8FNqBhrqxEb7qsK7CNiolUQAjmaoBm-62Q5J-DFy0yycTjSdw6299ngsadvr4GTM7rHMLPz85K9tpsZ6gScGZNhkurnr4eAmUlrV4GJ_mQeWxVOzEPuZ_VP_piWgO93b4yh3QaA/s4032/351A011C-96C4-48D8-A7D5-BF2C4B847E0A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTx6PiLIoPM88YuGgFvx19RyRRoO22BBMsXznJEvgjgOGPfZ3_yU8FNqBhrqxEb7qsK7CNiolUQAjmaoBm-62Q5J-DFy0yycTjSdw6299ngsadvr4GTM7rHMLPz85K9tpsZ6gScGZNhkurnr4eAmUlrV4GJ_mQeWxVOzEPuZ_VP_piWgO93b4yh3QaA/s320/351A011C-96C4-48D8-A7D5-BF2C4B847E0A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Lord Stonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735046388170436892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560322057997297901.post-73426864723821229002022-11-12T19:36:00.000-08:002022-11-12T19:36:19.360-08:00A year later…<p> Well then, time passes when you’re having fun and what with one thing and another I haven’t posted anything on here in just about a year. Sorry about that team. </p><p>It hasn’t been hugely busy in The Island in this time but there have been a few developments; the quarry has a loco shelter and there are lots more trees. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UI9sYl-0-R6So_yIKourINU3CsxKm1RsVXnyWH1b1p-772RUZBJ0B2kwl18a1E7lr_aTzO23ElyBGS9eoI7_tBRSBES6PTrMWt7vOF8mNZLwpIwF742H1sMYyu-zDr0PSlXAl9XsUmzmkkJkdPaPzhXrIxhWhaBnDBkLCGHq7DdrGDCBIqTR0pHjHw/s4032/2043FC37-DE0F-46E4-A177-6FFB108E37C8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UI9sYl-0-R6So_yIKourINU3CsxKm1RsVXnyWH1b1p-772RUZBJ0B2kwl18a1E7lr_aTzO23ElyBGS9eoI7_tBRSBES6PTrMWt7vOF8mNZLwpIwF742H1sMYyu-zDr0PSlXAl9XsUmzmkkJkdPaPzhXrIxhWhaBnDBkLCGHq7DdrGDCBIqTR0pHjHw/s320/2043FC37-DE0F-46E4-A177-6FFB108E37C8.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Bont is Welsh for bridge and the layout features a big bridge. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGmSqHBTfz0PVLW1J0NtO8h--5Qq8dIw3Z9hCx-3BZ84T7Fm1T_QsYcn6INZSGAJhxnpM3DLwevVtNjAKqBYQGyK_aecDPnezBfVzq_1NJGiVRgzsSJpRsrgATJuRgoulA3yFDOJ5y5NwzLZ_TWUjtR_pc9yP0PhmcRDRZKJmIcwVHA-BPZ96tvqus0w/s4032/08ADAC48-9755-48C8-A51C-592916D25A40.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGmSqHBTfz0PVLW1J0NtO8h--5Qq8dIw3Z9hCx-3BZ84T7Fm1T_QsYcn6INZSGAJhxnpM3DLwevVtNjAKqBYQGyK_aecDPnezBfVzq_1NJGiVRgzsSJpRsrgATJuRgoulA3yFDOJ5y5NwzLZ_TWUjtR_pc9yP0PhmcRDRZKJmIcwVHA-BPZ96tvqus0w/s320/08ADAC48-9755-48C8-A51C-592916D25A40.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSHtmjeRC7NeSj050KS9AOPYIo9QBjDJA5xz0AxLbSAg_nYvjSdBuiEWY-K8XHyN7gMfAr7WvrKO8PfzCz0jxDsOwPZf3WBGiqFb1IuJn_VzCyCwOzcAabMGbrz8k0ZYCzNZPoFy1t-06b6I8rLST3_hM2T9HdLPpQLE0SRCxWSvK8XXrjZ0R__q9vkw/s4032/8FB37E4C-214F-41BC-9A34-00FB6095BAA0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSHtmjeRC7NeSj050KS9AOPYIo9QBjDJA5xz0AxLbSAg_nYvjSdBuiEWY-K8XHyN7gMfAr7WvrKO8PfzCz0jxDsOwPZf3WBGiqFb1IuJn_VzCyCwOzcAabMGbrz8k0ZYCzNZPoFy1t-06b6I8rLST3_hM2T9HdLPpQLE0SRCxWSvK8XXrjZ0R__q9vkw/s320/8FB37E4C-214F-41BC-9A34-00FB6095BAA0.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW9Y_NNUys5Iye-RnwDMHdTARZfUjD-moamMeAQoWZ2X6fLkOatSJBZFQ_qOI3PgZlPaloc46xixdxsD5IvEd-y38BCgVkiJUlnQ_1ohqrT5nNA6HsyJpPbLB8NokSDDEzy3qQZ_vDnZ60flSIWfxIqmMJMYIKSKDp0u2OaQWf-CXu9Q7WEVqtJZCzkw/s4032/48C299DF-1F14-452E-836A-3472F5B2366D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW9Y_NNUys5Iye-RnwDMHdTARZfUjD-moamMeAQoWZ2X6fLkOatSJBZFQ_qOI3PgZlPaloc46xixdxsD5IvEd-y38BCgVkiJUlnQ_1ohqrT5nNA6HsyJpPbLB8NokSDDEzy3qQZ_vDnZ60flSIWfxIqmMJMYIKSKDp0u2OaQWf-CXu9Q7WEVqtJZCzkw/s320/48C299DF-1F14-452E-836A-3472F5B2366D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoM8pibWcu3V9syhKyDsMjpNlLPdEB8u6AHNimy3rSDMWAog_szN49rGcOEQWwqfhcDBqKagixtVMUdbbfJEquyIAvemWkrrOOi4ocRjtByeJmgsBjCVKTKIf8wZNV_2KUWFlKaDnRTxwMn8Bng6_pvBlchrs31RRn-3d9XFBKMSyFoGnY6S1l-LpzCA/s4032/340B9872-0DD3-4813-85BE-606999BA0606.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoM8pibWcu3V9syhKyDsMjpNlLPdEB8u6AHNimy3rSDMWAog_szN49rGcOEQWwqfhcDBqKagixtVMUdbbfJEquyIAvemWkrrOOi4ocRjtByeJmgsBjCVKTKIf8wZNV_2KUWFlKaDnRTxwMn8Bng6_pvBlchrs31RRn-3d9XFBKMSyFoGnY6S1l-LpzCA/s320/340B9872-0DD3-4813-85BE-606999BA0606.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkVusgyH_f0dMuC1QPnpNtsR6ay3ICb1o3j1kOqz88M9s72icvNdLivxfWgw03uR8HhuOKkqcnTQ1xqU8GPYclOINWM6Eg8o2jz6gHawUOfXd44cfhqTI-fgugGxvxBGzRaQG75oQBCP7WjiEYIAu1RkwKsgk93RegrAaTif8GoMRSWLeoVHSLWAoukQ/s3642/CA48BB20-59EF-45CA-9D6A-CB3895198668.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1308" data-original-width="3642" height="115" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkVusgyH_f0dMuC1QPnpNtsR6ay3ICb1o3j1kOqz88M9s72icvNdLivxfWgw03uR8HhuOKkqcnTQ1xqU8GPYclOINWM6Eg8o2jz6gHawUOfXd44cfhqTI-fgugGxvxBGzRaQG75oQBCP7WjiEYIAu1RkwKsgk93RegrAaTif8GoMRSWLeoVHSLWAoukQ/s320/CA48BB20-59EF-45CA-9D6A-CB3895198668.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have temporarily changed to modelling a Welsh slate railway again because apart from anything else I have acquired a fair amount of appropriate rolling stock which isn’t at home on the Isle of Stoner Railway. It’s pretty much finished with only a couple of bits left to do and I’m quite pleased with the result. It’s supposed to be set on a November day in the mid 1930s which makes a nice change from the eternal summer of the Island. Hopefully this will get out and about to the odd show as it’s nice to meet up with fellow modellers and have a good old natter. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So what’s next for me and 009? Well I have a stack of part finished models that need my attention but also I’ve decided that the final instalment of the Isle of Stoner needs to be built. This is the other terminus of the Underhill branch, namely Port Lucy where the branch line meets the main line to StRuth. A recent family holiday to Staithes in Yorkshire rekindled the idea; it was the original inspiration for Underhill and indeed the backscene features it. However Underhill didn’t come out quite how I intended so I’ll have another go. I’m in the early planning stages really but have started to assemble the buildings which will be a combination of kit built and modified ready to plant ones from Skaledale and Scenecraft. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlrtmqnd9Bq49Wqk3HXchL0qJLdXTAeRRJCg4Tqcexzqu8v44IFgX011uMywgCoF0BdERm02ZDCSoHycU2SRSNOcwB6PtelWT6ny-9v74kYaAvUyfVqbaN4TwIi4l-w2ghJFvDI1jPwePJkOP-CGlNwsB3hbWQTO8hjlwL8COf-NQzLmet8yTChQCH_A/s4032/138106D7-D5A7-4447-ABF5-75C657F8EA21.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlrtmqnd9Bq49Wqk3HXchL0qJLdXTAeRRJCg4Tqcexzqu8v44IFgX011uMywgCoF0BdERm02ZDCSoHycU2SRSNOcwB6PtelWT6ny-9v74kYaAvUyfVqbaN4TwIi4l-w2ghJFvDI1jPwePJkOP-CGlNwsB3hbWQTO8hjlwL8COf-NQzLmet8yTChQCH_A/s320/138106D7-D5A7-4447-ABF5-75C657F8EA21.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPtVeFC3ZARv5EBdQGVKWy9b4JaA41lVBZjMmyzePGXkvTdoqM7kdSen3joF4iD0MJGpfOHSnTYASXVAxbolhRYMsQE3S78cntknmbwvgKV6uDnHQp4NmbbwzY8Keq86KaxsdFAPTfK4Q2QtKPyJt8-XkW-SWPaBp_RHGImRMuxebSSfKkvW6erMPD6w/s4032/56438031-F8DC-4C5F-B0FD-E8089987F4B7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPtVeFC3ZARv5EBdQGVKWy9b4JaA41lVBZjMmyzePGXkvTdoqM7kdSen3joF4iD0MJGpfOHSnTYASXVAxbolhRYMsQE3S78cntknmbwvgKV6uDnHQp4NmbbwzY8Keq86KaxsdFAPTfK4Q2QtKPyJt8-XkW-SWPaBp_RHGImRMuxebSSfKkvW6erMPD6w/s320/56438031-F8DC-4C5F-B0FD-E8089987F4B7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just some of the assembled buildings </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I shall keep the blog up to date while this build continues, it maybe a while before construction of baseboards commences though as it’s a bit chilly in the garage and I can’t afford to heat it now for reasons I don’t need to go into here. Anyway, lots more buildings to make etc. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Lord Stonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735046388170436892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560322057997297901.post-38648523515849026402021-11-28T10:03:00.000-08:002021-11-28T10:03:28.783-08:00Trying to get locos to run properly<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This week I've been endeavouring to sort out a couple of locos that don't run as well as I'd like. The first one being the Narrow Planet/Minitrains 0-6-0 Bagnall. Mine is named 'Jim' after our cat, here the similarities end.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-FtlcziwCUhDKb8crGOsK3XUcbHlOnLJFPr7RhpzNa9vgNczxSUoQUXrSPXilWQGRPEOMRhohUlWaQRG94sbs2A3KPiC1cdM6ICC5hJrxOEwLGBPrz_T_WvgRufSZtNQjE1RkVT0Zzrrp/s4031/0E7315E5-39B9-4DC0-B619-829450FE040E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2267" data-original-width="4031" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-FtlcziwCUhDKb8crGOsK3XUcbHlOnLJFPr7RhpzNa9vgNczxSUoQUXrSPXilWQGRPEOMRhohUlWaQRG94sbs2A3KPiC1cdM6ICC5hJrxOEwLGBPrz_T_WvgRufSZtNQjE1RkVT0Zzrrp/s320/0E7315E5-39B9-4DC0-B619-829450FE040E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The chassis has always been rather hesitant so I decided to dismantle it and get it going, I thought the problem lay with the pickups as it seemed to run freely enough without the worm gear engaged. I duly took it apart and bent the pickups out slightly to ensure better contact with the wheels. Then came the nightmare of fiddlieness of reassembling it. There was a lot of swearing and giving up and having another go before I finally had a chassis with all the pickups behind the wheels and the quartering looking right... The bloody thing still barely drags itself along the track so something is wrong somewhere. I'll pluck up the courage to look again soon. It is gear driven all through so maybe taking the pins out of the middle wheels will help?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLeC2rGde6AY5qU_7eguXvlAouAByVEDHHpiitflpGTOFQfaUMWB3To4ZckWs5eSIrqyr-EnwHpwa_mS6arJV-H33Kto4U_KO3mlSD16Q7fsB4NL1JOaRq689ctQFsLOCVkLD5Bv9qnty5/s4031/6AA1CAB9-05F8-4821-AAED-6D8F47AA40A8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2267" data-original-width="4031" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLeC2rGde6AY5qU_7eguXvlAouAByVEDHHpiitflpGTOFQfaUMWB3To4ZckWs5eSIrqyr-EnwHpwa_mS6arJV-H33Kto4U_KO3mlSD16Q7fsB4NL1JOaRq689ctQFsLOCVkLD5Bv9qnty5/s320/6AA1CAB9-05F8-4821-AAED-6D8F47AA40A8.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While I was at it I decided that it deserved a better paint job and a few extra details adding, so I took it apart as best as I could without causing any extra work and cleaned it up with needle files and fine emery. </div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPp5bje_SwRlT6scVTBWjZPPtWjmBt_w_RM3h1SODo8-YCL7sQUSUO71_8LNSKiIJQSUx0xPkJbL0gQlbX2MtiYFKfzIwkZBIMTP2yitea0qqKu1YcgdiktGLqob-tNlyoTtrwAVcYipxy/s4032/IMG_0843.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPp5bje_SwRlT6scVTBWjZPPtWjmBt_w_RM3h1SODo8-YCL7sQUSUO71_8LNSKiIJQSUx0xPkJbL0gQlbX2MtiYFKfzIwkZBIMTP2yitea0qqKu1YcgdiktGLqob-tNlyoTtrwAVcYipxy/s320/IMG_0843.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'd made a reasonable job in the first place but the colour was too dark for such a tiny loco, here it is ready for some paint.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7G9eUq2P9YHyWV7y8v7OmkTzJ34Ub0HjDhxYgvLrD7_71fy7o5QF5_jWuDnivoyO8QXrsvdJW01HF0ks7Z7EDIyMcuPLbvKFRrogI7B8R2yv4dshNNxxCPk9FH3m3ZNgyx3X0CsML9iln/s4032/0C8C7388-09A6-40AB-902E-E61001ECA6D9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7G9eUq2P9YHyWV7y8v7OmkTzJ34Ub0HjDhxYgvLrD7_71fy7o5QF5_jWuDnivoyO8QXrsvdJW01HF0ks7Z7EDIyMcuPLbvKFRrogI7B8R2yv4dshNNxxCPk9FH3m3ZNgyx3X0CsML9iln/s320/0C8C7388-09A6-40AB-902E-E61001ECA6D9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is is refinished in the maroon colour that I use for diesels and carriages usually. Much nicer.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbfDSVRYl0k-X6coQ90oVBYRREnDf2NzX03RNhTeEOXaHVENwk80X6JZg_8kn6pepB4DhCMLjSV-UkZ8pEEKxmbBC1SZnUosYbH1ngpzyKeCng4wQVPJjAG_HJgdASUHQK-2Sp2H8jTSq/s4032/3CF824CC-ACB1-465F-BE16-C5FD366E773F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbfDSVRYl0k-X6coQ90oVBYRREnDf2NzX03RNhTeEOXaHVENwk80X6JZg_8kn6pepB4DhCMLjSV-UkZ8pEEKxmbBC1SZnUosYbH1ngpzyKeCng4wQVPJjAG_HJgdASUHQK-2Sp2H8jTSq/s320/3CF824CC-ACB1-465F-BE16-C5FD366E773F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also added brass port hole surrounds from RT Models and glazed it with Glue n Glaze. I also pained the motor and flywheel in matt black to make it less visible as I seemed to have missed that in the initial build.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Fg5Ug6xPXAaTrv29GTqNrh6mUe857xPWWAS_bLaaitI77DTyYJ1QWkRI_xUVFGdzOVkGd2yvX9hXw7Ix5kru4RnMY1M-5k1S_qYln2V128ttjKVjk2oawQTusxpdfCEDffSUjUrn1I5p/s4032/FD684075-835C-4CA4-85D8-1BB36A7D77ED.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Fg5Ug6xPXAaTrv29GTqNrh6mUe857xPWWAS_bLaaitI77DTyYJ1QWkRI_xUVFGdzOVkGd2yvX9hXw7Ix5kru4RnMY1M-5k1S_qYln2V128ttjKVjk2oawQTusxpdfCEDffSUjUrn1I5p/s320/FD684075-835C-4CA4-85D8-1BB36A7D77ED.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used the slotted port hole covers for the rear of the cab, adds a touch of something. I just need to get the blooming thing to run properly now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDa4ZIgtKSy91A_90WQAjLEeIWC5NF7e2UEpJhAPi91Z7n0-EIokAEm1qKqeBJfZxrq1J9K7BVrfsD7gvZPsw4Mlm274seY4C_Er-V0amw5RsHwDJH6PwrE8Sw4RufpFpJqTKlH0-eQqna/s4032/81929A08-0541-49F2-A581-FE5411A1EEC4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDa4ZIgtKSy91A_90WQAjLEeIWC5NF7e2UEpJhAPi91Z7n0-EIokAEm1qKqeBJfZxrq1J9K7BVrfsD7gvZPsw4Mlm274seY4C_Er-V0amw5RsHwDJH6PwrE8Sw4RufpFpJqTKlH0-eQqna/s320/81929A08-0541-49F2-A581-FE5411A1EEC4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The other engine I've had a poke at is my Bachmann 'Dolgoch' which has always had a rather lumpy gait as though something was rubbing somewhere on each rotation of the motor. It runs but lacks control because of this. I suspect it is my fault from when i did the conversion, when I stripped the paint I misunderstood the instructions and melted the plastic footplate part so it has always been a bit of a bodge. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69vbnKaoP5jUjgf-0RZic6fxnyn1G7q6XJpi0CFYKRZdcBCmltBpygCMArMsmOtMmUc252rGsfcGe0wpODZZnZ6RULMfY458hw3KtX6Ya00ZY3GDlomw1v6ryekaoU46Hx9uOsf0172Di/s4032/2195B7EC-DA4E-4376-A41E-2D9F37BA5FEF.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69vbnKaoP5jUjgf-0RZic6fxnyn1G7q6XJpi0CFYKRZdcBCmltBpygCMArMsmOtMmUc252rGsfcGe0wpODZZnZ6RULMfY458hw3KtX6Ya00ZY3GDlomw1v6ryekaoU46Hx9uOsf0172Di/s320/2195B7EC-DA4E-4376-A41E-2D9F37BA5FEF.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've fiddled around but am no nearer curing the problem.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuMmfPn_i-_IV3hvspEa4rGZGpPJn8hJGMyzKXfi74KS5H95wygFQFNsm6bo5aiKfGWLmfh6kiPfKJZ7Dh0ONNY3sFeLXnZIvzTeenyJ2oDi3wFweKU-9xC3sWkX6dRjoLU2iSMMhcOtrA/s4032/D4D5C5E8-6B13-46A3-800A-11E9D02E3BC7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuMmfPn_i-_IV3hvspEa4rGZGpPJn8hJGMyzKXfi74KS5H95wygFQFNsm6bo5aiKfGWLmfh6kiPfKJZ7Dh0ONNY3sFeLXnZIvzTeenyJ2oDi3wFweKU-9xC3sWkX6dRjoLU2iSMMhcOtrA/s320/D4D5C5E8-6B13-46A3-800A-11E9D02E3BC7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is a shame as I'm very pleased with the look of the loco, 'Dolgoch' being one of my favourite prototypes. I shan't give up on it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwgtKbxejL9JSXy4ZMG7RZ1bMDJNT6FOkih0agWkTchuQbzQlc4R73e-Q9W7O3Ov2twYbw89-tanhr2DJv3DjI-HnZfQkJh7dDCE6azFvbAq4-CTRjEoFuTsUZT8vZ6l8LVELsv_xbYBX/s4032/A3BB9AFE-4211-46F5-9F95-925E04D2A240.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwgtKbxejL9JSXy4ZMG7RZ1bMDJNT6FOkih0agWkTchuQbzQlc4R73e-Q9W7O3Ov2twYbw89-tanhr2DJv3DjI-HnZfQkJh7dDCE6azFvbAq4-CTRjEoFuTsUZT8vZ6l8LVELsv_xbYBX/s320/A3BB9AFE-4211-46F5-9F95-925E04D2A240.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also this week I've had a visit from three double Fairlies... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUd6P4xd__1cQjNLa1Uns0tuC7_dSXy-P_Rdcg2l9PLnQP3UIyhBcYL862JdEmEnzRLyF_rM3yLZKig0RH_qQLZNJ2Kbj9rT7j6gNhA4CMCKYhbfGZX_I7XrMSreK3PEDab-YK4R0OyjQw/s4032/057C726C-CEBC-4600-BC10-ABD33AB392DC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUd6P4xd__1cQjNLa1Uns0tuC7_dSXy-P_Rdcg2l9PLnQP3UIyhBcYL862JdEmEnzRLyF_rM3yLZKig0RH_qQLZNJ2Kbj9rT7j6gNhA4CMCKYhbfGZX_I7XrMSreK3PEDab-YK4R0OyjQw/s320/057C726C-CEBC-4600-BC10-ABD33AB392DC.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These are the Bachmann models which I've been biting my tongue about since they were measured up some years ago. I'm very happy to say that they are lovely models of prototypes which I have no desire to own, therefore protecting my wallet.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxIJR4aamlEKbnDFppIqm3cnqyHL-bfFot3ajOQOfHRtpgqtlpNRaMGfnuNteTZFVPMt57X3RBtC8zXj1-jCjZZJAMi2TxEQ69PgRcZ7TEEuA-RQswzyEUKgjNsVNpChfL1zBIFSt3-CpB/s4032/9960F498-D650-49E6-A697-088919677C76.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxIJR4aamlEKbnDFppIqm3cnqyHL-bfFot3ajOQOfHRtpgqtlpNRaMGfnuNteTZFVPMt57X3RBtC8zXj1-jCjZZJAMi2TxEQ69PgRcZ7TEEuA-RQswzyEUKgjNsVNpChfL1zBIFSt3-CpB/s320/9960F498-D650-49E6-A697-088919677C76.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Having said that, I have rather been taken by the original build condition 'Merddin Emrys'...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRhBJFemdMZMFF9os4KXSFGb0FfIKH_G9zEQMDN2_dm3dK5_w_6IaCH6jWLsNlAwrt7cLuuO7k7Ce6OIdlg4RjlbOFWPXeDj82R8J2QwLF0hckWP_A65ZiTf9IzzNMZvlTr0GOTy5x1Tou/s4032/6BC8574D-0522-402A-8346-F7D0BFBCCF53.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRhBJFemdMZMFF9os4KXSFGb0FfIKH_G9zEQMDN2_dm3dK5_w_6IaCH6jWLsNlAwrt7cLuuO7k7Ce6OIdlg4RjlbOFWPXeDj82R8J2QwLF0hckWP_A65ZiTf9IzzNMZvlTr0GOTy5x1Tou/s320/6BC8574D-0522-402A-8346-F7D0BFBCCF53.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Something which I could afford and have been waiting for for an almost equally long time is an L&B bogie brake van from PECO. Dave Malton has made an absolutely cracking job of it, test runs suggest it will be very useful on passenger trains. It needs a few little modifications to make it belong to the IoSR, like a less white roof and less L&B logos. Will be an enjoyable evenings work.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Lord Stonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735046388170436892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560322057997297901.post-32096078510803654502021-11-06T04:22:00.000-07:002021-11-06T04:22:30.725-07:00Never really finished<p> Despite the bulk of the work being done (for now) I keep on fiddling with things which don't look quite right or which need a little more detail. A wise man said to try black and white pictures as they show up whether it looks realistic better so I did.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVrb5I7QKvvH9SdWkmbWBSOVMCVUJVmLt25M2knvlM3ZdZccafEeaXnhyphenhyphenzaxxw_KpAyad2_GbqCU_ztNTB_niWeIm-WoEK61r-xBkvLELUwd1UVjtK4NnH0BOR4xBQdBLpCkNXrrHTT9M/s4032/E060F0FE-55C3-4825-B4CD-42D8B7DD35A7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVrb5I7QKvvH9SdWkmbWBSOVMCVUJVmLt25M2knvlM3ZdZccafEeaXnhyphenhyphenzaxxw_KpAyad2_GbqCU_ztNTB_niWeIm-WoEK61r-xBkvLELUwd1UVjtK4NnH0BOR4xBQdBLpCkNXrrHTT9M/s320/E060F0FE-55C3-4825-B4CD-42D8B7DD35A7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJLi9I8FuBH94fxJtE791J7_11ai-vxWBZSwvbpcMvuILnxvYmwFL3Bj0WzPxTC5MdZWYDO4bcElzFFyjIazItk2AVRva66BuhB_i-5sD7A_BAqz6by2IKhRFFgC_fOp5WhcO1bDJ_tBv/s4032/D908FF76-ED7E-4FBF-B308-F8DE98AE6ACA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJLi9I8FuBH94fxJtE791J7_11ai-vxWBZSwvbpcMvuILnxvYmwFL3Bj0WzPxTC5MdZWYDO4bcElzFFyjIazItk2AVRva66BuhB_i-5sD7A_BAqz6by2IKhRFFgC_fOp5WhcO1bDJ_tBv/s320/D908FF76-ED7E-4FBF-B308-F8DE98AE6ACA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaihHC7c2AIdprLQMyklH7sZv6hN8r3K7YM86MjWq8pdMSUhkrR8MUDc0hD5UtFOiPljOvsvkvz9aj3o41eCNV20IlAo-jBkpEwcX1_4c17gY37vWsg8e3a2N8lRxVgxVE7L3iC2bguVy9/s4032/563DEA8C-6D62-425B-811D-B921033B3E8F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaihHC7c2AIdprLQMyklH7sZv6hN8r3K7YM86MjWq8pdMSUhkrR8MUDc0hD5UtFOiPljOvsvkvz9aj3o41eCNV20IlAo-jBkpEwcX1_4c17gY37vWsg8e3a2N8lRxVgxVE7L3iC2bguVy9/s320/563DEA8C-6D62-425B-811D-B921033B3E8F.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have to say that I'm pretty pleased with these shots.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next big job is the creation of 'Port Lucy' the other terminus which will replace the fiddle yard and provide carriage sidings and loco shed facilities. I'm very much still in the planning in my head stage although I've done several doodles on paper too. I do have a baseboard which I built for a previous version but the more I think about it the less suitable it is, which is a shame as I hate doing that bit of layout building. Meanwhile I can enjoy playing trains on what I have now and adding bits and bobs as I see fit.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6LTl9biqKy9LwGeifZ-w0iX0ZQBhKGIZDUvta2xXAZJV5BbU33mIL7tsJJfoiYvKrDnIEY_DrqlOCtMRQ6A4Rv6ULHWjIixAbT3SZlMxJ8WccSTQZsL-k9RwBVxMrVKln5CxC0j3PSSn/s4032/B306C58A-0ED6-4C0C-9BAC-E002A39C009D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6LTl9biqKy9LwGeifZ-w0iX0ZQBhKGIZDUvta2xXAZJV5BbU33mIL7tsJJfoiYvKrDnIEY_DrqlOCtMRQ6A4Rv6ULHWjIixAbT3SZlMxJ8WccSTQZsL-k9RwBVxMrVKln5CxC0j3PSSn/s320/B306C58A-0ED6-4C0C-9BAC-E002A39C009D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the things I've added is an ice cream van and customers, I think they may be waiting a while as the ice cream vendor seems to have buggered off.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL1F4CrOuVfmsYv5XFi2J91rNI56oJUDdKrp1kLjmBVChuBXpUGhLq8vS22BlRSh_6GQl-u9VZsRGgm6Q4-8BN-efjUuPzLfjS0FHO7pj0uFAbSSr0kCuLXt8K0nspS1iB_B20gufnG0a4/s4032/48165D1C-6EA4-4EBE-BF4D-39C66DA59059.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL1F4CrOuVfmsYv5XFi2J91rNI56oJUDdKrp1kLjmBVChuBXpUGhLq8vS22BlRSh_6GQl-u9VZsRGgm6Q4-8BN-efjUuPzLfjS0FHO7pj0uFAbSSr0kCuLXt8K0nspS1iB_B20gufnG0a4/s320/48165D1C-6EA4-4EBE-BF4D-39C66DA59059.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The top field now has a hedge to enclose it and the footpath looks better for it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZSK5oEbBd9Evlv-r6qNmagmk-alS38oGoswWbzf29jsLyj9mfQIxS2F4eMMqZ-HbUzK43Gr4fUdgNvUMzdVJy5pTAv4V77cXXZJAFCl3oW69YYo9K8MWpfnVA2mT8vquPoER6ETzhst2K/s3136/90F8A815-7DBA-431A-A629-169E95E97DC0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3136" data-original-width="2105" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZSK5oEbBd9Evlv-r6qNmagmk-alS38oGoswWbzf29jsLyj9mfQIxS2F4eMMqZ-HbUzK43Gr4fUdgNvUMzdVJy5pTAv4V77cXXZJAFCl3oW69YYo9K8MWpfnVA2mT8vquPoER6ETzhst2K/s320/90F8A815-7DBA-431A-A629-169E95E97DC0.jpeg" width="215" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I like this angle.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVj8n0My8RFzw9zl1Cj94_aZts6m6V4fXobBCOFfEyzif66i_DrWttJNuL24iBvliIaI5LUXhM784pCJaWaLbUUNkGULsS_2Ph5i0-zfdtbzUH1og4RDpW9va1KmUaSR4zJYQQnG8HKdzA/s4032/33C72E64-7619-47E0-85DA-62F1A1867FA4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVj8n0My8RFzw9zl1Cj94_aZts6m6V4fXobBCOFfEyzif66i_DrWttJNuL24iBvliIaI5LUXhM784pCJaWaLbUUNkGULsS_2Ph5i0-zfdtbzUH1og4RDpW9va1KmUaSR4zJYQQnG8HKdzA/s320/33C72E64-7619-47E0-85DA-62F1A1867FA4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I found a statue (Preiser I think) and there seemed to be a space I could clutter up by the footbridge so here it is.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv1PWczur5VrLbPRC00QzimzAhLDTBnZb5Wh-UxOS6eHdaLYsaO4xYxDPhn3A73DeFJdrhZsqn39-5-ZcVxNGlZMrEjP6XTNJX8EGjDWNOon7W5pCaZJdcFEtLUkOnoD9gcPVJVNzOV09t/s2048/0F54A412-0268-4D17-8689-1E16781CFA0A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1758" data-original-width="2048" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv1PWczur5VrLbPRC00QzimzAhLDTBnZb5Wh-UxOS6eHdaLYsaO4xYxDPhn3A73DeFJdrhZsqn39-5-ZcVxNGlZMrEjP6XTNJX8EGjDWNOon7W5pCaZJdcFEtLUkOnoD9gcPVJVNzOV09t/s320/0F54A412-0268-4D17-8689-1E16781CFA0A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRaNvzLYSAnfI73nIUHPNAxswQ00rHXjGHbB1uKysvZJ1Piyeam8PlUh7HpVqq8Y3nJnE78SMXS-qoE-5iGCvM2vEZ80YRWC_AT_ix5MJeHels3yHyQdCdQkhHGECUpwgvQPdIrg7Ei1_C/s4032/7CDE13D3-83A3-4FFF-9B86-5A614D23F4C8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRaNvzLYSAnfI73nIUHPNAxswQ00rHXjGHbB1uKysvZJ1Piyeam8PlUh7HpVqq8Y3nJnE78SMXS-qoE-5iGCvM2vEZ80YRWC_AT_ix5MJeHels3yHyQdCdQkhHGECUpwgvQPdIrg7Ei1_C/s320/7CDE13D3-83A3-4FFF-9B86-5A614D23F4C8.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A quick tour along the layout, the fiddle yard is just to the left in this shot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpBG52mTBtoZTedXJLk5R8epXMdmzAmf4JVpy5Bg1OmySPH4bAdsJStvPnkKCSPrO5VCXBC2oBLgU5YsmEqyfhOYMTDNwqFLPhvHaDJgoGGE6NKFEskqcv7mx01SK9Vk4miIYAt68axEFw/s4032/5D902D86-5995-4EA6-8C5A-BC45F75CE579.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">'Town Quarry' is the oldest part of the layout and comes next.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSFZTlDXr6cRjiVpGfM-d8ef9TJGezXlZ4-nmNEwbcb-rFa2kCumy9Lh7ILA1DibMw5HqGFbs807x6fwVZq941cUlqWyCoF-pp_0o24bHHO40u25S-9S3LAkOixQwp3AcElNyrtrMT4Gi/s4032/5F82D6B3-D83A-478A-A279-29A551709A50.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSFZTlDXr6cRjiVpGfM-d8ef9TJGezXlZ4-nmNEwbcb-rFa2kCumy9Lh7ILA1DibMw5HqGFbs807x6fwVZq941cUlqWyCoF-pp_0o24bHHO40u25S-9S3LAkOixQwp3AcElNyrtrMT4Gi/s320/5F82D6B3-D83A-478A-A279-29A551709A50.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then on through 'Parrott Cutting' and into 'Underhill Town'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr29IPu1MOeTc1Hkrr3wwLyxhcfRVMJOv1TZj2VrIn__iqapMdWxxuO2rIHj57m1cHwDUHEHtauKozXJmT6VdshitayYyXY-ysR4HGwMibSGwLIZ7BCcjQDkio21A1FgKmDV9fLWA1Lk_L/s4032/14303568-16E6-4E96-92C0-6073CB8636DC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr29IPu1MOeTc1Hkrr3wwLyxhcfRVMJOv1TZj2VrIn__iqapMdWxxuO2rIHj57m1cHwDUHEHtauKozXJmT6VdshitayYyXY-ysR4HGwMibSGwLIZ7BCcjQDkio21A1FgKmDV9fLWA1Lk_L/s320/14303568-16E6-4E96-92C0-6073CB8636DC.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">'Smallerfield' waits in platform 2 while a young lad admires the footplate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Lord Stonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735046388170436892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560322057997297901.post-46680170633697483392021-10-12T12:25:00.000-07:002021-10-12T12:25:48.748-07:00A bit more finished<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After all the frantic work of the previous few weeks things have slowed down considerably in the garage. I've been enjoying adding scenery elements and playing trains.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Bvp47RkWMwAYqsSDxNyGx5STKNdz3afhctJjuJWtIm4092luwCnFGG4Cdkpd8cDoMf3M9wl3HqEQp0SxV0iTwfu4moNNMsJhjbfQTFjgPCH8sqbsx4ow4h850qcsDGtjZzSbAEXnkh77/s2048/2CC77507-268F-4A84-B033-CF1F12A0DE49.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Bvp47RkWMwAYqsSDxNyGx5STKNdz3afhctJjuJWtIm4092luwCnFGG4Cdkpd8cDoMf3M9wl3HqEQp0SxV0iTwfu4moNNMsJhjbfQTFjgPCH8sqbsx4ow4h850qcsDGtjZzSbAEXnkh77/s320/2CC77507-268F-4A84-B033-CF1F12A0DE49.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLJaAwf2T-IeNBcM_TUD_DAAJDswTECiuc_ICst0EfKApK_6gOPgWpZvWZ1zY63qa8lERcy4CzTFTsEM3rhsCrIz-dkFgBdayZmzHftMGxXZC79YUDg7Pg4nxJVTOb15Bui0VUTW4krKf1/s2048/8382828F-7883-4A80-9836-3FDE29D189F9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLJaAwf2T-IeNBcM_TUD_DAAJDswTECiuc_ICst0EfKApK_6gOPgWpZvWZ1zY63qa8lERcy4CzTFTsEM3rhsCrIz-dkFgBdayZmzHftMGxXZC79YUDg7Pg4nxJVTOb15Bui0VUTW4krKf1/s320/8382828F-7883-4A80-9836-3FDE29D189F9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX38PJwpqOhqrCCfjfPzJ5YRVSRsPZUsBGw3UnJWGx2mygzzMwKaGfZyzFN7-npv4dtnOxP_9w_S67VHcELk3EWTnZ8Oj_Z5an8dpqMYBFj0uM0WJjsWQXLY5Ktq6OxxVtHiH1UjlF-iy9/s2048/FF8D53CF-46CF-4011-9B58-EBDB4445E56B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX38PJwpqOhqrCCfjfPzJ5YRVSRsPZUsBGw3UnJWGx2mygzzMwKaGfZyzFN7-npv4dtnOxP_9w_S67VHcELk3EWTnZ8Oj_Z5an8dpqMYBFj0uM0WJjsWQXLY5Ktq6OxxVtHiH1UjlF-iy9/s320/FF8D53CF-46CF-4011-9B58-EBDB4445E56B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few people have appeared on the station but only three, it's an out of the way place so I'm trying to resist the temptation to over do it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhdBARQ2_heP-z1FFafuHn81SSo7tP1xucFb2Jf7G9pKrhae74ityqtjmIY5TJ3oNZWyKuJdl5tc-H8OzPJLp-msyOqo_ZGgf8gZ7lHlXPPGSFDqHrqUhpL2xwYHf-1nVF-h_DrYKS3QI/s2048/FB74FA18-B06D-4458-B823-5D9DFC15CBC2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhdBARQ2_heP-z1FFafuHn81SSo7tP1xucFb2Jf7G9pKrhae74ityqtjmIY5TJ3oNZWyKuJdl5tc-H8OzPJLp-msyOqo_ZGgf8gZ7lHlXPPGSFDqHrqUhpL2xwYHf-1nVF-h_DrYKS3QI/s320/FB74FA18-B06D-4458-B823-5D9DFC15CBC2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUj6bzdGCafiBujNBEqqp90rWXFZKyOAbSKO2LBDqF57Qv_VeHQyCUtGSgT1OOQil44VwE8YFAI8UbFUZTvnTXMJ5btQ_XeVUb77d9RTnvZzZWvwc80532PIe0r-N317MO4fFDdmHD21NW/s2048/E0A4C1C3-5047-492E-B403-C81F9F4E5172.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUj6bzdGCafiBujNBEqqp90rWXFZKyOAbSKO2LBDqF57Qv_VeHQyCUtGSgT1OOQil44VwE8YFAI8UbFUZTvnTXMJ5btQ_XeVUb77d9RTnvZzZWvwc80532PIe0r-N317MO4fFDdmHD21NW/s320/E0A4C1C3-5047-492E-B403-C81F9F4E5172.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've also had some time to devote to rolling stock and locos. The Minitrains Decauville has always been a hesitant runner which I'd always assumed was a pickup problem so I took the chassis to part and cleaned and bent the pickups out a bit. Putting it back together again was quite a challenge but after several false starts a much improved runner has joined the fleet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The armoured Simplex has a dodgy chassis but I thought some weathering and the number plates I bought a while ago have made it look much better. Still runs like a chicken though, another day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitKNjRMaR6GnZWs2SZLvjjE_z1novB1MR_di5Qm9lp0Zn2kXNd5fOQo0toDhF468i0Mw9Bpr2-OdW8VEbOrD9GcXlvpSMqZErhPSHE-TIucTSIyhvp_8_UX82xN_PJL7Klw_etKQoeAbje/s2048/8AAABC86-E0B6-4D00-AAF4-EB7F0656D9BE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitKNjRMaR6GnZWs2SZLvjjE_z1novB1MR_di5Qm9lp0Zn2kXNd5fOQo0toDhF468i0Mw9Bpr2-OdW8VEbOrD9GcXlvpSMqZErhPSHE-TIucTSIyhvp_8_UX82xN_PJL7Klw_etKQoeAbje/s320/8AAABC86-E0B6-4D00-AAF4-EB7F0656D9BE.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't have much luck with Simplexes as the little one which looks really nice and has a Portram chassis under it doesn't work either... well, the wheels on one side don't go round.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6iTGmOuOIEkvBwcHk5VlXgqGq0XOCoeoySxUU2C1dDWMDaJNqTLn1NsbHPjlSi_ub0Oj9v_lrfzdbQ10ySJEj1jhn6mNVmOnsNh-DoMkbUxeSZXxtXJy5AOV6aiqz1u8RZVWeLpu-qSQQ/s2048/AD7CD0F4-C283-4A3D-8AFE-4FC72FF65150.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6iTGmOuOIEkvBwcHk5VlXgqGq0XOCoeoySxUU2C1dDWMDaJNqTLn1NsbHPjlSi_ub0Oj9v_lrfzdbQ10ySJEj1jhn6mNVmOnsNh-DoMkbUxeSZXxtXJy5AOV6aiqz1u8RZVWeLpu-qSQQ/s320/AD7CD0F4-C283-4A3D-8AFE-4FC72FF65150.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It works as a scenic item though.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlB03MmIAup9IcbX9VFNhyxxpVWYZbt_Yxhbs0H-lwOkqqF2raqJ3dCKNp-iXMqzj0tpY7jQdFj4uDyUH7Kg9Xxrl9zUsXEERMF5JRv5cKJJA0tCuPj9F7GIKO8gx2MEpGfH8nXOG115aC/s2048/AC4DC7B3-5091-4711-8858-C0CECB2F9B3F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlB03MmIAup9IcbX9VFNhyxxpVWYZbt_Yxhbs0H-lwOkqqF2raqJ3dCKNp-iXMqzj0tpY7jQdFj4uDyUH7Kg9Xxrl9zUsXEERMF5JRv5cKJJA0tCuPj9F7GIKO8gx2MEpGfH8nXOG115aC/s320/AC4DC7B3-5091-4711-8858-C0CECB2F9B3F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've added telegraph poles and started to make some fences. I've used brass rod as fence posts and painted them to look like weathered wood. My plan is to use fuse wire as fence wire, or maybe cotton thread.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCe47EtGvAAHqnjwQfDujVXnsh5ws-uy6eFJZccmFAdWmtHkABRa7-IbRGKXW28rw_0OJ8ucct0P5YxseZeKvkAdKK2jg2ox51NCU2LqZkYUdQa7PZwGpV5YuEIlO_jhbIg3fm6dVsNx8P/s2048/5D0C9616-B34C-48B1-990E-62161E570F95.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCe47EtGvAAHqnjwQfDujVXnsh5ws-uy6eFJZccmFAdWmtHkABRa7-IbRGKXW28rw_0OJ8ucct0P5YxseZeKvkAdKK2jg2ox51NCU2LqZkYUdQa7PZwGpV5YuEIlO_jhbIg3fm6dVsNx8P/s320/5D0C9616-B34C-48B1-990E-62161E570F95.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Unfinished fence.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcORNxHQTrEd-TDwVCEbrt82tXARFd-LF3Y_nWdLrVbCHvLqxP_W86zvQmr7IAjefp1LtM9rDNoZZ8i6ud8C24fTD6sMbgMfze-Am8JObmy2pz0THQBvQBisUjHa7MN_gzwGfkr0Q-LNq/s2048/1CEA9CAC-4594-48A8-9FCC-326798695CAA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcORNxHQTrEd-TDwVCEbrt82tXARFd-LF3Y_nWdLrVbCHvLqxP_W86zvQmr7IAjefp1LtM9rDNoZZ8i6ud8C24fTD6sMbgMfze-Am8JObmy2pz0THQBvQBisUjHa7MN_gzwGfkr0Q-LNq/s320/1CEA9CAC-4594-48A8-9FCC-326798695CAA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The new rock cutting has blended in nicely with the addition of some foliage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6khnwPGqHt0gp618GBvGpe_wyHBYzcQBrLYRUes8yV1KAN2lmy4cXd8AJ1X2iT104XslIT8IQ9ZrJOJKbAQJ3r0izto3CLgn6NzaDKSJatPMlwcw_737YEfIZ1S2b6KY9zd0wmKNtaLPu/s2048/CAD959F5-594D-4680-8619-75E7DBF7DC07.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6khnwPGqHt0gp618GBvGpe_wyHBYzcQBrLYRUes8yV1KAN2lmy4cXd8AJ1X2iT104XslIT8IQ9ZrJOJKbAQJ3r0izto3CLgn6NzaDKSJatPMlwcw_737YEfIZ1S2b6KY9zd0wmKNtaLPu/s320/CAD959F5-594D-4680-8619-75E7DBF7DC07.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXyUNtRgyOBrTOoe4IfJLklJI8qnFf-52db5YD0s2IzZrbWGulL7hSReu2JaxU3-GYKAGe7gTeXCm-x9aLYDt6bxB1eaQH_h7i3zXBWNXtRPkTntTlRr7pzMuVx10FcY3OOedVu_h1uBNf/s2048/016D7A4B-253E-4C33-A253-DC621205F91E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="2048" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXyUNtRgyOBrTOoe4IfJLklJI8qnFf-52db5YD0s2IzZrbWGulL7hSReu2JaxU3-GYKAGe7gTeXCm-x9aLYDt6bxB1eaQH_h7i3zXBWNXtRPkTntTlRr7pzMuVx10FcY3OOedVu_h1uBNf/s320/016D7A4B-253E-4C33-A253-DC621205F91E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Paul Towers has kindly given me a 3D print of Manning Wardle 'Jubilee 1897'. It was a Penrhyn Quarry Railway loco so I'm going to have a go at finishing in PQR lined black. However there is a way to go yet before I worry about paint. It is designed to run on a Minitrains F&C chassis, the only one I have has no working motor, fingers crossed one is on its way. The only thing which bothers me about the loco is that the cylinders are far too far back so I may have to try and extend or replace the piston rods and move the cylinders to the right place. We'll see.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Lord Stonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735046388170436892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560322057997297901.post-81355496564438996302021-10-02T13:53:00.001-07:002021-10-02T13:53:18.898-07:00Sort of finished <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No layout is ever finished and this one is no exception. However I have made sufficient progress in the last couple of weeks to at least be able to run trains and have some entertainment.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5tlF3NjbSu0umUYgUoEootLybLtcOBPpoX84jW5r2oUJG4ODeMN8hbaXpb1-jz-wb3KfF8Cj7MJYp9KQWaMOs8a2VVgyM9q4Qdi_Jqpc3HyvBcQRaE_gI3fHzR5uMzD6xlg8IzR9pFvS/s2048/20210919_184014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5tlF3NjbSu0umUYgUoEootLybLtcOBPpoX84jW5r2oUJG4ODeMN8hbaXpb1-jz-wb3KfF8Cj7MJYp9KQWaMOs8a2VVgyM9q4Qdi_Jqpc3HyvBcQRaE_gI3fHzR5uMzD6xlg8IzR9pFvS/w320-h180/20210919_184014.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once the plaster was dry it was time for the basic colours to be slopped about. The brown was from a tester pot from B and Q and the road basic colour is a railmatch tarmac colour.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ieaXOMneEXM_Xi7lUjF22pKDQFcNJ887sSFHjz3Q4O_rAEXZZGu3pElyssI9pkfbmAu0kCWbLc2CCKT5DsxLRSvZN8hV0kvPxeKz5ijBPdNnePV1C7KZRRO0lcqijRNv-frY55Scaugf/s2048/20210920_192723.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ieaXOMneEXM_Xi7lUjF22pKDQFcNJ887sSFHjz3Q4O_rAEXZZGu3pElyssI9pkfbmAu0kCWbLc2CCKT5DsxLRSvZN8hV0kvPxeKz5ijBPdNnePV1C7KZRRO0lcqijRNv-frY55Scaugf/s320/20210920_192723.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Apart from the ordinary countryside there is an area of beach at the back which has a groyne on it. There is a picture of me at the age of about three sitting on one at Eastbourne so I've always had a fondness for them. Mine is made from styrene though.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVc2ZJeaBd2SRQhRxBaVNYi5PSYyJPJxVV8WywSJvxLtF3h5Rvo4rZ6IBVq-rY8f2uhGhKvC9oyn7qX9PGQnXs5qdLQhfHxD3dYxTLX1OmV54FSC1vI96EhPUtxZlz9M0fmdyJXSdg9Iie/s2048/20210920_193342.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVc2ZJeaBd2SRQhRxBaVNYi5PSYyJPJxVV8WywSJvxLtF3h5Rvo4rZ6IBVq-rY8f2uhGhKvC9oyn7qX9PGQnXs5qdLQhfHxD3dYxTLX1OmV54FSC1vI96EhPUtxZlz9M0fmdyJXSdg9Iie/s320/20210920_193342.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Away from the new section I had a hole in sky which I couldn't work out what to do about. It allows access to the room light switches. I decided that all I could do is to cut a bit of foam core to size and then disguise it with trees as best as I could. To do this the hillside would need to come nearer; out with the expanded polystyrene, plaster bandage and filler.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7l34r52OE0igvDq7UaDT4b5EgGwBfQSZ9Toby1YgsLzkMEQdWR9IhSjqMoQh2qXFTC2Ipt44rjwT8EYyt6gRAkL-bh9zasA8MJiQOiBldLnrFd1-PzT1OQzCx3Hh0O9-4CwtGDHck80B/s2048/20210921_162218.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7l34r52OE0igvDq7UaDT4b5EgGwBfQSZ9Toby1YgsLzkMEQdWR9IhSjqMoQh2qXFTC2Ipt44rjwT8EYyt6gRAkL-bh9zasA8MJiQOiBldLnrFd1-PzT1OQzCx3Hh0O9-4CwtGDHck80B/s320/20210921_162218.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSO4RV4rSYu_buFlMUwMHlgE1SLNI3LzSYsdrd8ZLexvEbt6Neq3GLUWDzlq6f37LpaVVUSYAHjVTU9G9L2MryLF2xZxIqE9U_nKEjoNXJyu8soWQ0VXqGDRU-1LtN12rtoBoFh_SAZG1t/s2048/20210922_105806.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSO4RV4rSYu_buFlMUwMHlgE1SLNI3LzSYsdrd8ZLexvEbt6Neq3GLUWDzlq6f37LpaVVUSYAHjVTU9G9L2MryLF2xZxIqE9U_nKEjoNXJyu8soWQ0VXqGDRU-1LtN12rtoBoFh_SAZG1t/s320/20210922_105806.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It seems to join in to the landscape which is already there.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx89fUwhypGCSESsq1oEz-ewPbMb0JJy8EDnIa4nRRmKZDouYpby4VTntQ63DANZb4-2w-Gz2biTws6oAd3ZZW0lLmilmAHqMbOlS7z5UH2eP0GUfMRtpfzkMzqqpO9oiYPYjyHlPj7n0g/s2048/20210922_172510.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx89fUwhypGCSESsq1oEz-ewPbMb0JJy8EDnIa4nRRmKZDouYpby4VTntQ63DANZb4-2w-Gz2biTws6oAd3ZZW0lLmilmAHqMbOlS7z5UH2eP0GUfMRtpfzkMzqqpO9oiYPYjyHlPj7n0g/s320/20210922_172510.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Meanwhile, colour and texture was starting to spread along the new bit.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3srVOMvXDYt9NVpYylRH3aCC9LcMGS6S9lIfwQDngtvk78_yoAsrNVTGM0Ds0YCX15Wlgc7VDnMCful_RqY5eoQ9Vwv34a5Wv5Kg57Q7fws1LHGgHxKbSAB9gx1Iw4DClreZP3OS6dZlD/s2048/20210923_165847.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3srVOMvXDYt9NVpYylRH3aCC9LcMGS6S9lIfwQDngtvk78_yoAsrNVTGM0Ds0YCX15Wlgc7VDnMCful_RqY5eoQ9Vwv34a5Wv5Kg57Q7fws1LHGgHxKbSAB9gx1Iw4DClreZP3OS6dZlD/s320/20210923_165847.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The track on this section is ballasted in my usual style with filler so it was straight forward to get it running again. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsiwCY9rUrsdrMjYv2ajhY8b-4MrwDCmcXq4HYRVbzNyVsoYKdI8Mv51Yo5zJ-mm-u6WTUI3UsuimAK5ilywbFy09enslvCusTyxSq3OnSkjoqqilOgJaYIVrhIyE-TatPhzvbu6zUn_0V/s2048/20210924_105413.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsiwCY9rUrsdrMjYv2ajhY8b-4MrwDCmcXq4HYRVbzNyVsoYKdI8Mv51Yo5zJ-mm-u6WTUI3UsuimAK5ilywbFy09enslvCusTyxSq3OnSkjoqqilOgJaYIVrhIyE-TatPhzvbu6zUn_0V/s320/20210924_105413.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The bridge to the beach is the Bachmann resin one which was built to cross over the 4ft gauge Padarn Railway at Bethel. This still exists and is about five miles from the layout. I bought it when they came out with no idea where I would use it but it fits in here nicely. I've made a different deck for the bridge as the resin casting was a little unsubtle and also didn't allow enough height to get a couple of my taller trams under it. Incidentally, 'Smallerfield' now has a Modelu crew and proper Hunslet works plates. Really like this loco, a cracking design from Dave Malton. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiFNt-zZrZggBi-FMQYlQMy2J5352S48KUG0fp2oGuy8yYgiL_MaaskpJ7l-W5vKgtzH_iXBW8qmBV5fxJbKSPRluaInHeJPdG3W4vBFMVk-5U1rqW86s_Xh6i3Rc3QpjkUTtvXhnS_Yyb/s2048/20210924_111459.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiFNt-zZrZggBi-FMQYlQMy2J5352S48KUG0fp2oGuy8yYgiL_MaaskpJ7l-W5vKgtzH_iXBW8qmBV5fxJbKSPRluaInHeJPdG3W4vBFMVk-5U1rqW86s_Xh6i3Rc3QpjkUTtvXhnS_Yyb/s320/20210924_111459.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">'Grace' and train about to cross the road bridge.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsY9hQfYQMHfqJwq1RBXrFQ513yv66DPdQNnlVLvDbWWRUiPsTTmIoq-8xKZXsUl5p9LFa1vg1fZAcUdw0oRNrsRCPdB4MNBmj0oK7z0jYo-QmNSpPWMT2Awkf0wZb8n6rMhQuw0KAR1LN/s2048/20210924_111529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsY9hQfYQMHfqJwq1RBXrFQ513yv66DPdQNnlVLvDbWWRUiPsTTmIoq-8xKZXsUl5p9LFa1vg1fZAcUdw0oRNrsRCPdB4MNBmj0oK7z0jYo-QmNSpPWMT2Awkf0wZb8n6rMhQuw0KAR1LN/s320/20210924_111529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few yards on and this is the side on view of Bethel bridge. As has been pointed out, it is a completely superfluous bridge as there are no fences to stop the citizens just strolling over the railway onto the beach. Fences may come later, or may not.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk55ElvROazSSM3qbeUwQWw_EBUDr9FSUDyVEAWICRPXTmWnlD6v99XRjkPHIJQWlWMZ1nYzVr9quu8rjQycinwFAhPblQXb1Yf9q2xlNBC8HjRz6WlZZaETwzS7WB2wq0X6dNs83GBfQ5/s2048/20210924_111643.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk55ElvROazSSM3qbeUwQWw_EBUDr9FSUDyVEAWICRPXTmWnlD6v99XRjkPHIJQWlWMZ1nYzVr9quu8rjQycinwFAhPblQXb1Yf9q2xlNBC8HjRz6WlZZaETwzS7WB2wq0X6dNs83GBfQ5/s320/20210924_111643.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What is definitely missing are telegraph poles, I think I have some more somewhere. The ones on the rest of the layout are Airfix ones chopped down to one cross piece.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4t9oGe0eBRAZR14eIK4ArY68BpENsMYOsuLowJFjl6DaI2dqm9OjkQ5vRIipVaJkoYBi2epvVYhihBlpN4zXoNuVB4T_l8QH9yEJs0Y09gkl6kHV3qhnKAfIgUUIBojpEKCtLAOJtIyd/s2048/20210925_184817.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4t9oGe0eBRAZR14eIK4ArY68BpENsMYOsuLowJFjl6DaI2dqm9OjkQ5vRIipVaJkoYBi2epvVYhihBlpN4zXoNuVB4T_l8QH9yEJs0Y09gkl6kHV3qhnKAfIgUUIBojpEKCtLAOJtIyd/s320/20210925_184817.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A birds eye view of most of the layout. Underhill Town is to the right and behind the camera. To the left will be Port Lucy and Chickentown works.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixwlatOZQA3nwhhkJEwKQbio0wSQ3edjvGJEaBbEYz1HXJ3dF0BdXMe882lk9DwQe5TKmMY3xfxHuC02mAw_MivxCnsIM2YJcIHpVZz06g_1Z5kt0aJmEBdGPw3Y9my_b5MMwhwlqSannN/s2048/20210925_190647.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixwlatOZQA3nwhhkJEwKQbio0wSQ3edjvGJEaBbEYz1HXJ3dF0BdXMe882lk9DwQe5TKmMY3xfxHuC02mAw_MivxCnsIM2YJcIHpVZz06g_1Z5kt0aJmEBdGPw3Y9my_b5MMwhwlqSannN/s320/20210925_190647.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The hole in the sky is nearly hidden now.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwiefZCWEnuOztfP64wuRJIwliNNSGpxA5ZbCIcHVAOQvhVBm0aNZWCeDsXe8RtXXnDlsU_q53inXOLjwYu6Us1PgyzGoDsoxdUujYooTmiYkCRWgyQ59hWDzejyK87O0dzAU93riCaQq/s2048/20210926_130135.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwiefZCWEnuOztfP64wuRJIwliNNSGpxA5ZbCIcHVAOQvhVBm0aNZWCeDsXe8RtXXnDlsU_q53inXOLjwYu6Us1PgyzGoDsoxdUujYooTmiYkCRWgyQ59hWDzejyK87O0dzAU93riCaQq/s320/20210926_130135.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I made 'Alice' I added a brass dome and it never looked right so I've now removed it and filled the hole in the boiler barrel. With a bit of a touch up to the paint and the boiler bands and cylinders lined out it looks much better.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9nKtlgXqtmxKGMbSmGOnKSIAzhOvYfbUBr83RosIpRCt6-K_TZLSotX3CwWYY1PYkwNwnHli5CXlRP4kcflXuB1B8QqykcFk1Zy-34UP4JMQM1X-rz537_zfao1XIPZHQHAFRFBhWnvwx/s2048/20210927_193748.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9nKtlgXqtmxKGMbSmGOnKSIAzhOvYfbUBr83RosIpRCt6-K_TZLSotX3CwWYY1PYkwNwnHli5CXlRP4kcflXuB1B8QqykcFk1Zy-34UP4JMQM1X-rz537_zfao1XIPZHQHAFRFBhWnvwx/s320/20210927_193748.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is all of the new bit, pretty pleased.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtBm5dpJMhuc6R-RBFkcFp-n24O94vfwx5tAHBEPo2jHlBHqtdYoYjo1TPAsCV9MMxSdiDlPPllQc1ZI9sZx2iaW6Nf3lEVcpD90sunADk-o-ERwzujk8aljRYruXw4I40LlyI1n-LSOO7/s2048/20211001_122108.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtBm5dpJMhuc6R-RBFkcFp-n24O94vfwx5tAHBEPo2jHlBHqtdYoYjo1TPAsCV9MMxSdiDlPPllQc1ZI9sZx2iaW6Nf3lEVcpD90sunADk-o-ERwzujk8aljRYruXw4I40LlyI1n-LSOO7/s320/20211001_122108.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">'Dennis' the railcar has been a pretty reliable early morning or evening service but sometimes just a few more seats would have come in handy so the CME and the boys in Chickentown works have made a trailer car to go along for the ride.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9UQmnZjZoNQsJlEFQ9yZgp43SvICe_p0Wyb2akIZ6Pg8090jtYG17MnUD1FZpkfUXGixUCaD7g1Ns4KDbZ7Apl3nL04KDarrdOafEeAZuwegD9Dm3LCDgzA-Z0Oo1ja_32pBKUx54ou9/s2048/20211001_122426.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9UQmnZjZoNQsJlEFQ9yZgp43SvICe_p0Wyb2akIZ6Pg8090jtYG17MnUD1FZpkfUXGixUCaD7g1Ns4KDbZ7Apl3nL04KDarrdOafEeAZuwegD9Dm3LCDgzA-Z0Oo1ja_32pBKUx54ou9/s320/20211001_122426.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Initially I had some problems with the coupling which threw the trailer off the track in a couple of places. This was caused by the long overhang of the engine bonnets. Second attempt seems better with the hoop which hooks over the coupling hook on the trailer being able to swing from side to side.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As I said there are a few bits and bobs to add like fences and telegraph poles but otherwise I'm enjoying having a layout where I can run trains back and forth with a passing loop half way.</div><br /> <p></p>Lord Stonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735046388170436892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560322057997297901.post-42954390254840604152021-09-18T13:45:00.000-07:002021-09-18T13:45:48.055-07:00Plastered and dyed<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well now, despite having been busy at work I've also grabbed quite a few half an hour periods and made lots of progress on the next bit of layout. It is simple trackwise so it's all about the scenery. For once I've known what I was aiming at so it's been quite straight forward.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfu9IAsIvJvnXqRlIhZ1K0sD0E3qmXYMnFN868OgD1lXlyjtgKZEtZGXHwGjPPbcA6eTeG-ctdf6TY4UBN4mF4ANNrtbCkROOyCPtDJMv5UeIURgFeNSwKVEFs_g3fwTablji7HdVUPW8/s2048/20210906_160623.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfu9IAsIvJvnXqRlIhZ1K0sD0E3qmXYMnFN868OgD1lXlyjtgKZEtZGXHwGjPPbcA6eTeG-ctdf6TY4UBN4mF4ANNrtbCkROOyCPtDJMv5UeIURgFeNSwKVEFs_g3fwTablji7HdVUPW8/s320/20210906_160623.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbxpBRolMsKK2VcY192OK2V4ylN_wqFFsiz64hHw22Gh_jZWRR7hcbYHLkPo1lY2TXuU1VHHZsZFoHTcGOnLrZ5tKNrT0gI28vzzjsoUCVxDcaQzgDgMqyCeOB5TCF14KBFcVhnhownDUt/s2048/20210906_161011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbxpBRolMsKK2VcY192OK2V4ylN_wqFFsiz64hHw22Gh_jZWRR7hcbYHLkPo1lY2TXuU1VHHZsZFoHTcGOnLrZ5tKNrT0gI28vzzjsoUCVxDcaQzgDgMqyCeOB5TCF14KBFcVhnhownDUt/s320/20210906_161011.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this is where the road will come up to be the roadside tramway.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAVOaX8Lg5wE9NcrehMWbAG3vgrHfvx_AIMSw0U8ef6xrOOR1g4G7UsAkbF3zRnuYCVnM2sLj22P0QX2n9TrfujJRoQO5d5zrAX1tfZ-zxjaPJZwmmQhr3WfyoJraSxtIkJNkcEyexuWRZ/s2048/20210906_161029.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAVOaX8Lg5wE9NcrehMWbAG3vgrHfvx_AIMSw0U8ef6xrOOR1g4G7UsAkbF3zRnuYCVnM2sLj22P0QX2n9TrfujJRoQO5d5zrAX1tfZ-zxjaPJZwmmQhr3WfyoJraSxtIkJNkcEyexuWRZ/s320/20210906_161029.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the bridge over the road to the beach. I've been enjoying a couple of bridge on the ex LNWR Bethesda branch which have a similar style of grid. This is made from two footbridges and some Wills chequer board etc.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LAwHnijlzAo_7sSL7oKgzHRJvuDaZ5zEmhK6zl1H6sSMeOW2zG55wqCWzCF5pUJ74VZR_gzqwi9-sEz9FHDtEflXvJXQjVKh-WQoiOegKBwZon5vofa6LVc2H8MyzMMr25LvH3EfcJUv/s2048/20210906_161817.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LAwHnijlzAo_7sSL7oKgzHRJvuDaZ5zEmhK6zl1H6sSMeOW2zG55wqCWzCF5pUJ74VZR_gzqwi9-sEz9FHDtEflXvJXQjVKh-WQoiOegKBwZon5vofa6LVc2H8MyzMMr25LvH3EfcJUv/s320/20210906_161817.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjG1L8-oV5lpe84a98-0WkntGYmVnHOjnbeOIT5KcobERZw3GpWKb_q5R93raV_Csr7F-vktpTIhv9afddAjgfhpeh_Lu6q9O-tYbx7Bei_EetBWIbXrWJtMKGLSmCrtATmtCLsx7ucesv/s2048/20210907_201818.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjG1L8-oV5lpe84a98-0WkntGYmVnHOjnbeOIT5KcobERZw3GpWKb_q5R93raV_Csr7F-vktpTIhv9afddAjgfhpeh_Lu6q9O-tYbx7Bei_EetBWIbXrWJtMKGLSmCrtATmtCLsx7ucesv/s320/20210907_201818.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Plaster bandage is the next phase.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlIIIK1Bl0zV_5-5E9wD_BxDw-MV-QbN0OD2pT5DS9py1o-Fkvp_K8VNToQiLh9mOVBG4OhlRjtAAd1EOOsC8HYPdj7rgQOwPfCZavdbJGTSfMXhPCeNK8lsi-a7HycZrRooasciHWIruQ/s2048/20210907_204412.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlIIIK1Bl0zV_5-5E9wD_BxDw-MV-QbN0OD2pT5DS9py1o-Fkvp_K8VNToQiLh9mOVBG4OhlRjtAAd1EOOsC8HYPdj7rgQOwPfCZavdbJGTSfMXhPCeNK8lsi-a7HycZrRooasciHWIruQ/s320/20210907_204412.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRjyGqMSiwlq8Mk1dKnwED3noFevuY1u1Mn5-eV2VrhaRaYjAinhr6CaV17bNNtulXBIlsbRRkmPo5UAHepus3KzzNPhk13kZhXR0w7Uw27Lq1CfPM6jWTxe20EyyX1YrzKWLcCcy4JoKn/s2048/20210908_144030.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRjyGqMSiwlq8Mk1dKnwED3noFevuY1u1Mn5-eV2VrhaRaYjAinhr6CaV17bNNtulXBIlsbRRkmPo5UAHepus3KzzNPhk13kZhXR0w7Uw27Lq1CfPM6jWTxe20EyyX1YrzKWLcCcy4JoKn/s320/20210908_144030.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBp7a_wZWGt7NnWpC-qy6HAPwcuym4sj8PzBf4Q4eFJt8wTir2SUjVl0hUwgH78ryDsE_eIVBmd_eFEpuDNLlcGrw0cwr7Jh3FNzmOPuMe52I_R2ijiFxSHXs5qVFvpUYFzrniVYtWvgnx/s2048/20210908_153716.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBp7a_wZWGt7NnWpC-qy6HAPwcuym4sj8PzBf4Q4eFJt8wTir2SUjVl0hUwgH78ryDsE_eIVBmd_eFEpuDNLlcGrw0cwr7Jh3FNzmOPuMe52I_R2ijiFxSHXs5qVFvpUYFzrniVYtWvgnx/s320/20210908_153716.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'd got a fair way on with the scenery so I decided that the next thing to do was to install the old fiddle yard. Eventually I'll replace this with a terminus and loco/carriage shed but for now this will do. Because I'm crap at measuring things it didn't fit in its original size so I chopped a few inches off and relaid the track to fit.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLIxnGtrj2_aoIiQlaaW3-43Cm3AeP-Dni0Bi3-ZuaSQTKEwFC7360_dl4ojtip3G0J-SjptLYF6vrmMhnbWWZpCYrAEh7oewyp3eLMMTp49Bb7t5SecCEcms47BQKDEPHcHE9xZO2R_9/s2048/20210909_150400.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLIxnGtrj2_aoIiQlaaW3-43Cm3AeP-Dni0Bi3-ZuaSQTKEwFC7360_dl4ojtip3G0J-SjptLYF6vrmMhnbWWZpCYrAEh7oewyp3eLMMTp49Bb7t5SecCEcms47BQKDEPHcHE9xZO2R_9/s320/20210909_150400.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Because I'm crap at measuring it still didn't fit. I forgot that none of the walls are parallel as the room was designed to be my recording studio. Parallel walls cause standing waves and resonant frequencies so I built the room with unsquare walls... No bloody help when building a model railway.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJZImrPPqDgwQpycFvJS4HCSS1c0KgY_LeBTC_KwYp5TpFehYQTc5pescpT7tW1I-mB1EncX1mAVSPJP543bqIFdtaWFm_kxpVr1df-gjfLlZGMwwN7W8mteVOzNQRDV7Hscf3AHUOGAW/s2048/20210909_150408.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJZImrPPqDgwQpycFvJS4HCSS1c0KgY_LeBTC_KwYp5TpFehYQTc5pescpT7tW1I-mB1EncX1mAVSPJP543bqIFdtaWFm_kxpVr1df-gjfLlZGMwwN7W8mteVOzNQRDV7Hscf3AHUOGAW/s320/20210909_150408.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPAGjvCJ-bK7ogSd6d3hLSXD-Al-jr1ltXyMlj87BMfL4EK9qbq1K_FBwG6-Hbip9aoCYWS8gMougG2NJPoVj3Mm5NRGH783j1_PNDqACB3-5LpkN2IekBMzuQxVqmvewmn6LvgTTKwLgP/s2048/20210909_160037.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPAGjvCJ-bK7ogSd6d3hLSXD-Al-jr1ltXyMlj87BMfL4EK9qbq1K_FBwG6-Hbip9aoCYWS8gMougG2NJPoVj3Mm5NRGH783j1_PNDqACB3-5LpkN2IekBMzuQxVqmvewmn6LvgTTKwLgP/s320/20210909_160037.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fortunately I could saw an inch off the other end to make it fit.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3NkIKhB-fVERy9GlRilClZbeg-9EeabWSXldwHXhN3cZ0xsd6_tt6bfL4CTOAP67kBelyEtpNTKo4Qjmj66OAXvseJ9hdhCW3FivasdPjgkJTLsn7qMifm9laavJVPcR3vb8rOKpOdq9K/s2048/20210912_142732.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3NkIKhB-fVERy9GlRilClZbeg-9EeabWSXldwHXhN3cZ0xsd6_tt6bfL4CTOAP67kBelyEtpNTKo4Qjmj66OAXvseJ9hdhCW3FivasdPjgkJTLsn7qMifm9laavJVPcR3vb8rOKpOdq9K/s320/20210912_142732.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With a little bit of work I connected up the remaining track and nailed it down. Hurrah a fully working railway.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwPtZRNmRzfsRDFvLvHPupoM7TSttYLi5y5iZQfuPSEFVeiQN_eMGTk2WG4OTTgdLYD0Ttm4DSMYvb1pPpIqnH3KeHhfv669lvld_yVfazwNLpkVEwKclyqNH45398aEP2YB7GHrZXt16I/s2048/20210917_173109.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwPtZRNmRzfsRDFvLvHPupoM7TSttYLi5y5iZQfuPSEFVeiQN_eMGTk2WG4OTTgdLYD0Ttm4DSMYvb1pPpIqnH3KeHhfv669lvld_yVfazwNLpkVEwKclyqNH45398aEP2YB7GHrZXt16I/s320/20210917_173109.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After that it was lots more filler and plaster bandage.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUgtXY_XbtnfDFg7EN7MQ_FugsOVxRZ8MDXI0uWfw5FR6zYCIOQkFDFF_hSQx2KwbxyQiNQeLM5ZVwuePdBaSCrmOju_tZItJvOMr1-EJmzLQCbg3YhpI9uBK2uDC5ZjJ9eBYNQ-7ZoT9p/s2048/20210918_162843.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUgtXY_XbtnfDFg7EN7MQ_FugsOVxRZ8MDXI0uWfw5FR6zYCIOQkFDFF_hSQx2KwbxyQiNQeLM5ZVwuePdBaSCrmOju_tZItJvOMr1-EJmzLQCbg3YhpI9uBK2uDC5ZjJ9eBYNQ-7ZoT9p/s320/20210918_162843.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The scenery is nearing its final shape including the Bachmann resin version of the footbridge over the Padarn Railway at Bethel. The deck of the bridge isn't a very fine bit of casting and also is too low for a couple of my larger trams so I've made a replacement deck which is higher. I think it actually looks better and now hopefully everything will fit.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7wFlNlsSwCxgQGEKsorI5V4V5e4_SLQgZh6OhbwSNkA3KCzzaLW4-AKa-DRT1B4o-fVJvzIftFhu5ZbEtjdl5tix-h8i7vs3lOo-fLMMvZTiMM94UC24Sb_YnWscrHt2-4WR1-w0r1_pj/s2048/20210918_172217.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7wFlNlsSwCxgQGEKsorI5V4V5e4_SLQgZh6OhbwSNkA3KCzzaLW4-AKa-DRT1B4o-fVJvzIftFhu5ZbEtjdl5tix-h8i7vs3lOo-fLMMvZTiMM94UC24Sb_YnWscrHt2-4WR1-w0r1_pj/s320/20210918_172217.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A dull but important bit of work was to add more lights to the lighting gantry. Big improvement.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG3mBWbgm9u0lYWKn6ohe9Xg4aShF4c9CQqq-9hzxu-DYfb_pJbHokwHFM9IhzIFG3fsKW_OmtjYOAYtIxV1uPtj7vRAD9liurEO6w7YYLuHJQcSize7GFAOUTR4_46QnsChBb5W2BgNhh/s2048/20210918_173424.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG3mBWbgm9u0lYWKn6ohe9Xg4aShF4c9CQqq-9hzxu-DYfb_pJbHokwHFM9IhzIFG3fsKW_OmtjYOAYtIxV1uPtj7vRAD9liurEO6w7YYLuHJQcSize7GFAOUTR4_46QnsChBb5W2BgNhh/s320/20210918_173424.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Enough filler was set to allow me to start basic painting. All the filler is done now except for 'ballasting' the track.</div><br /> <p></p>Lord Stonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735046388170436892noreply@blogger.com0