Popular Post MrWolf Posted July 28 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 28 (edited) Branches arranged and more bark applied. The upper branches still need a trim. Only eleven more to go! Edited July 28 by MrWolf Missed a bit. 17 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemonkey presents.... Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 Beautiful 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 Well we're not counting. There were eleven pieces wire coated with gunk sitting on the piece of wood. Sorry doesn't have the right vibe to it. You'll have to think of something else. 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 Remember when thinking of how many trees to build, decide then double it. Works for me… 4 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted July 30 Author Share Posted July 30 On 29/07/2024 at 08:09, KNP said: Remember when thinking of how many trees to build, decide then double it. Works for me… Thanks, that's a good point. On that basis, I've ordered another box of mixed size seafoam from WWScenics for the rest of the layout. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted July 30 Author Share Posted July 30 On 28/07/2024 at 23:04, Winslow Boy said: Well we're not counting. There were eleven pieces wire coated with gunk sitting on the piece of wood. Sorry doesn't have the right vibe to it. You'll have to think of something else. If I counted the bits of wire, I'd have given up by now. PS, I think your dealer may be selling you "flea powder", just saying...😆 2 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 7 hours ago, MrWolf said: If I counted the bits of wire, I'd have given up by now. PS, I think your dealer may be selling you "flea powder", just saying...😆 Know I'm paying too much for it, that I do know. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MrWolf Posted August 1 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 1 A little more progress here. I've made a few compromises from Gordon's writing, as we're working at half the size here. In order to not weaken the dowel too much I've drilled fewer and fixed two aluminium wires in each. These are drying off before being trimmed and shaped. 20 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMKAT7 Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 Good afternoon Mr Wolf, Can I hear "A Forest" playing in the background? Although I understand there is a Cure for that 😂 In other news, having acquired another Pannier (16xx) two weeks ago I have now found a home for a small prairie (44xx). Oops, Britney calls. Cheers, Nigel. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted August 1 Author Share Posted August 1 It's also possible that once the larch plantation is done, other areas may gain a more mature forest, maybe this is a little too Goth? Casper Friedrich via wiki. 9 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemonkey presents.... Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 16 minutes ago, MrWolf said: It's also possible that once the larch plantation is done, other areas may gain a more mature forest, maybe this is a little too Goth? Casper Friedrich via wiki. Now if you can model that for likey likey wow 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortuga Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 2 hours ago, MrWolf said: …maybe this is a little too Goth? No such thing. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MrWolf Posted August 3 Author Share Posted August 3 This morning I have trimmed and adjusted the branches on all twelve trees before adding more bark mix to blend in the wire tops of the trunks. This generally takes three or four coats. As last night's monsoon had disappeared, we got the bikes out and went in search of countryside and lunch. By the time we got home, all was dry and ready for trimming any lumps and recoating. 13 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted August 3 Author Share Posted August 3 On 01/08/2024 at 18:26, Bluemonkey presents.... said: Now if you can model that for likey likey wow If only I had the room, I'd have a go! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted August 3 Author Share Posted August 3 Haughmond abbey? Or Lilleshaw abbey? Both in the right county at least! 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted August 4 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 4 Or Wenlock? Or Buildwas? Or even the refectory pulpit from Shrewsbury? 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted August 4 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 4 Acton Burnell Castle is my favourite secret place. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted August 4 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 4 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/202654230879 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted August 4 Author Share Posted August 4 (edited) 1 hour ago, Northroader said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/202654230879 Your challenge is to use that kit as a template for a fully detailed scratch build.... Which I think would be rather fun. But like the 1/35 military models I used to make, what to do with it once finished? House already full of books, musical instruments, motorcycle paraphernalia, model railway items, paintings and art materials, 400+ antique toy cars, Memsahib's vintage clothes, military bits and pieces and who knows what else. Edited August 4 by MrWolf Forgot some junk... 3 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted August 4 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 4 “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated” 5 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted August 4 Author Share Posted August 4 I suppose it is if you can cut yourself off from society and live as a monk? Speaking of complications, that chap is likely to have a good few of the medical kind of he doesn't lay off the pies. 🤣 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted August 4 Author Share Posted August 4 4 hours ago, Compound2632 said: Acton Burnell Castle is my favourite secret place. Now that's impressive, to the extent that I know that if I show her the pictures, plans will be made for a visit. Once my friends and I started to roam around on motorbikes, Grace Deiu Priory was a a favourite place to go, although in those days it was private and almost completely overgrown. The priory, once abandoned was partly rebuilt as a manor house, that iirc met its end in the civil war. Behind it in the woods is another attraction, the remains of a LNWR branch line. Back in the 1980s there were rumours that you should stay away from there at night, for the woods were the haunt of hell's angels and devil worshippers.* *Actually a lot of goth girls and a bunch of herberts on clapped out British bikes, but the notoriety was a bit of fun. 😇 16 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted August 4 Author Share Posted August 4 3 hours ago, Northroader said: “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated” You do have a valid point though and I'm grateful that we don't have credit cards, store cards, loans, overdrafts or any of the other things that many consider essential to modern life. 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted August 5 Author Share Posted August 5 A little more progress in between work tasks, all the bark is now applied and a coat of grey primer added. The tree tops aren't hugely important as I'm going to add a small amount of fibre to attach extra layers of needles to. They appear a little more dense towards the top where there's a multitude of young branches. At least I feel like I have the structure somewhere near right. When the aerosols of red brown paint I ordered arrive I can bash on. 18 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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