Tortuga Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 (edited) I was going to ask the significance of the railway’s lawyer being called Thunderbolt, but then it struck me that it wasn’t a reference to a lawyer involved in railway matters of this world. Edited to clarify no pun was intended. Edited November 30, 2018 by Tortuga 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted December 4, 2018 Author Share Posted December 4, 2018 I decided that what this layout needed, to give it a bit more point, was a little goods platform. I scratchbuilt one out of mounting board (10p from my local art shop) with Metcalfe brickwork and paving slabs. I used my old favourite, pound shop eyeshadow, to weather it. I’ve also added a pair of Peco buffer stops and weathered the track a bit. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted December 5, 2018 Author Share Posted December 5, 2018 A goods station really needs a crane, so I decided to try out this example by Metcalfe. This is a new one from them, and I have to say, it went together really nicely. It’s not the cheapest on the market, but it’s a perfect fit for New Ankh. It took me just over an hour to build. It’s pictured here in situ with the contractors’ loco. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Kevin Johnson Posted December 5, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 5, 2018 Nice modelling HonestTom. I like the Metcalf crane you have built, all fits together nicely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hesperus Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 I really like how this is coming together, you can just imagine Colon and Nobby walking down that street trying not to see anything amiss. Your username amuses me too, my best mate turned up on the other forum I use with under the handle Dodgytom. If you look in the link on my signiture below there is my take on Ankh Morpork which could really do with popping down from the loft for a bit soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 (edited) I really like how this is coming together, you can just imagine Colon and Nobby walking down that street trying not to see anything amiss. Your username amuses me too, my best mate turned up on the other forum I use with under the handle Dodgytom. If you look in the link on my signiture below there is my take on Ankh Morpork which could really do with popping down from the loft for a bit soon. I followed your layout link, Hesperus; it looks very interesting too, and very amusing. I obviously missed seeing it at the time your originally posted, but better late than never. As to names, all we need now is CMOT Tom! I'm sure that one would be a stage beyond 'dodgy'. Edited December 5, 2018 by SRman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 I really like how this is coming together, you can just imagine Colon and Nobby walking down that street trying not to see anything amiss. Your username amuses me too, my best mate turned up on the other forum I use with under the handle Dodgytom. If you look in the link on my signiture below there is my take on Ankh Morpork which could really do with popping down from the loft for a bit soon. Ah yes, a layout that pre-dates the actual arrival of railways on the Disc! Evidently the History Monks have been at work. Thanks as ever for the kind comments, folks. I’m soon going to be at the really fun part - adding figures. Here are a few in primer. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted December 6, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 6, 2018 An incomplete thought for trolls, could you start with large scale figures and modify them? do you you any manufacturers that might let you have bad attempts at casting? Would a scale smaller do for dwarves? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 An incomplete thought for trolls, could you start with large scale figures and modify them? do you you any manufacturers that might let you have bad attempts at casting? Would a scale smaller do for dwarves? For dwarves, my plan is to cut down some of the Airfix Ancient Britons, who I reckon would look the part (and I already have). I'm not sure about trolls - if they feature, I might well try to sculpt them myself. Ditto golems, gnolls and whatever else might show up. I suppose I could use T-gauge figures for gnomes? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 (edited) I planned to install fencing today, but instead I painted and installed my first figures. Here, an over-zealous railway policeman jeopardises his promotion prospects by failing to recognize Sir Harry King. The railway may be new, but that doesn’t mean the old skills aren’t transferable. For instance, Mr Perkins here used to be a hangman. Handle with care, Mr Perkins! Edited December 6, 2018 by HonestTom 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted December 8, 2018 Author Share Posted December 8, 2018 Assassins in training on the rooftops. 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 (edited) This is my first modified figure. It started out as an Airfix Friar Tuck, but the addition of a battered pointy hat and beard turned him into a wizard. The wizards of Discworld tend to be fat old duffers who’d rather bicker and eat enormous amounts of food than probe the mysteries of the universe, which sounds like a pretty sweet life to me. They’re my favourite characters, so of course one was going to show up on New Ankh. Edited December 10, 2018 by HonestTom 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSWM Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Will Death be making an appearance? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgiesimon Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Death has to be a defo somewhere I m sure, the wizard looks very good!! Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 Will Death be making an appearance? Death has to be a defo somewhere I m sure, the wizard looks very good!! Simon As it happens, Noch do a Grim Reaper figure, so he'll almost certainly be making an appearance. Interesting fact: in the map Death's Domain, published several years before Raising Steam, Pterry describes Death as the sort of person who would become a train spotter in the event that railways ever came to the Disc. So I think he's going to be by the lineside. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Kevin Johnson Posted December 10, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 10, 2018 HonestTom those are really interesting figures and nicely painted to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hesperus Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 With the lack of beard that must be Ponder Stibbons. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted December 13, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2018 This is my first modified figure. It started out as an Airfix Friar Tuck, but the addition of a battered pointy hat and beard turned him into a wizard. The wizards of Discworld tend to be fat old duffers who’d rather bicker and eat enormous amounts of food than probe the mysteries of the universe, which sounds like a pretty sweet life to me. They’re my favourite characters, so of course one was going to show up on New Ankh. 07133D7C-58AA-4AB0-BE05-0DF145372097.jpeg Shouldn't he have a staff (with a knob on the end)? Andi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 Shouldn't he have a staff (with a knob on the end)? Andi I know, but you just can’t get the staff these days. ANYWAY here’s the Librarian. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted December 14, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2018 I know, but you just can’t get the staff these days. ANYWAY here’s the Librarian. CDAB5BC9-C1FC-46D9-8796-36C7592C640B.jpeg If it was my layout I'd have had him dragging a piano through the streets Andi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 For dwarves, my plan is to cut down some of the Airfix Ancient Britons, who I reckon would look the part (and I already have). I'm not sure about trolls - if they feature, I might well try to sculpt them myself. Ditto golems, gnolls and whatever else might show up. I suppose I could use T-gauge figures for gnomes? Try searching for Dungeons & Dragons figures on-line - there is just about anything you can think of available - Dwarves, Goblins, Zombies, Trolls, Humans in a range of forms, Dragons, Vampires, Werewolves ..................... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgiesimon Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Try searching for Dungeons & Dragons figures on-line - there is just about anything you can think of available - Dwarves, Goblins, Zombies, Trolls, Humans in a range of forms, Dragons, Vampires, Werewolves ..................... The only issue there is that D&D are a larger scale then Tom is using, 28mm scale figures are much larger than OO scale figures. I am using D&D etc for my version - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/137363-ankh-morpork-light-railway/ Yeah, I know, a lack of recent updates due to all sorts of personal/family issues but will be on the go again soon. A[pologies for the hijack there, back to this thread, I am liking what I am seeing so far, keep up the great work Tom. Best wishes and Merry Hogswatch!! Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 The only issue there is that D&D are a larger scale then Tom is using, 28mm scale figures are much larger than OO scale figures. I am using D&D etc for my version - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/137363-ankh-morpork-light-railway/ Yeah, I know, a lack of recent updates due to all sorts of personal/family issues but will be on the go again soon. A[pologies for the hijack there, back to this thread, I am liking what I am seeing so far, keep up the great work Tom. Best wishes and Merry Hogswatch!! Simon No worries, that's pretty much what I was about to say. There are some fantasy figures available in 1/72 scale, which many of my figures are, but they tend to be based around a combat setting (understandably) and so would be hard to use without some major surgery. Actually, I am planning on including an altercation between some barbarian invaders and the City Watch just so I can use some of the figures without major alteration. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 No worries, that's pretty much what I was about to say. There are some fantasy figures available in 1/72 scale, which many of my figures are, but they tend to be based around a combat setting (understandably) and so would be hard to use without some major surgery. Actually, I am planning on including an altercation between some barbarian invaders and the City Watch just so I can use some of the figures without major alteration. Just have a game of foot-the-ball going somewhere; you can use as many combative figures as you want then! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 Panic on the streets of New Ankh! What started out as a simple misunderstanding over group fares has turned into a minor barbarian invasion. The Watch is on the scene, as Mr Vimes tends to take that sort of thing personally. The scene attracts the attention of onlookers. The genteel Parkinson family take in the street theatre. Being well brought up, the girls are going to be discreet about asking Mr Dibbler who’s offering good odds on the fight. Yes, Mr Claude Maximilian Overton Transpire Dibbler is there too, watching with interest (interest set at very competitive rates). 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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