MrWolf Posted August 28 Author Share Posted August 28 I think we managed to scratch together enough information and pictures of the cabs, although they don't always tally with the two diagrams represented by the upgrade kit. Any help required, just ask and if the paint won't come off your old coach, you're welcome to my spare one. 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neal Ball Posted August 28 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 28 5 minutes ago, MrWolf said: I think we managed to scratch together enough information and pictures of the cabs, although they don't always tally with the two diagrams represented by the upgrade kit. Any help required, just ask and if the paint won't come off your old coach, you're welcome to my spare one. Thanks Rob on both counts. I recall seeing cab photos on one of the threads, just couldn't remember which one. I already have some of the relevant pages bookmarked. My aim will be to add it as a carriage build blog, so all my photos are together in one place. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MrWolf Posted September 1 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 1 (edited) A little progress with the plantation: Ground cover added, this is WWS Forest Ground Cover with the big bits fished out. Otherwise it reminds me of Russian tobacco, maybe it is? A close up of the long dead tree that demolished the wall. It's actually a very dead bit of privet that has had a few days in the freezer, just in case. Edited September 2 by MrWolf Replaced picture 35 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MrWolf Posted September 9 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 9 (edited) Some rather impressionist splodges of green / grey / brown applied to the back scene and the plantation has been planted. This is roughly what I was aiming for and I think that @Winslow Boy will approve of the lack of ground cover. I flattened the back of the rear row of trees so that any shadows will hopefully merge into the painted background. The light makes a big difference. Edited September 9 by MrWolf 25 18 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted September 9 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 9 Super smashing great. 3 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 (edited) 7 hours ago, MrWolf said: Some rather impressionist splodges of green / grey / brown applied to the back scene and the plantation has been planted. This is roughly what I was aiming for and I think that @Winslow Boy will approve of the lack of ground cover. I flattened the back of the rear row of trees so that any shadows will hopefully merge into the painted background. The light makes a big difference. Excellent Rob, really great scene, love the broken gate Edited September 9 by Gopher 1 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemonkey presents.... Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Excellent job on the trees and the whole scene. Really convincing and nicely down. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MAP66 Posted September 9 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 9 Superb work on the trees Rob, you gotta be pleased with the result. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted September 9 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 9 10 hours ago, MrWolf said: Some rather impressionist splodges of green / grey / brown applied to the back scene and the plantation has been planted. This is roughly what I was aiming for and I think that @Winslow Boy will approve of the lack of ground cover. I flattened the back of the rear row of trees so that any shadows will hopefully merge into the painted background. The light makes a big difference. That’s really impressive, Rob. I can almost fear the pheasants! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 9 Author Share Posted September 9 49 minutes ago, Limpley Stoker said: That’s really impressive, Rob. I can almost fear the pheasants! I hope we don't hear pheasants, we'll have grandpa in law up here with his shotgun! 3 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MrWolf Posted September 9 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 9 Not glued in place yet as I have some of the infamous GWR fencing to install, but these three are disguising the great hole in the sky. Next job is to disguise the dirt track that drops away into the backscene with more trees, paint and general subterfuge. Which of course means making more flippin' trees and a first forage into the boxes of seafoam... 20 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted September 9 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 9 30 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Next job is to disguise the dirt track that drops away into the backscene A bus tractor would do the trick. 1 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 9 Author Share Posted September 9 2 hours ago, St Enodoc said: A bus tractor would do the trick. A bus would just result in another big hole in the backscene... A tractor would be a good idea, but, I'm trying not to overpopulate the layout with vehicles and / or figures particularly at this end. Even today, Aston is a quiet place, somewhere the tourists just pass through on the way to Clun castle. I've only planned for a few figures, one at the garage, immersed in swearing at a recalcitrant Austin 7, then two or three at the station. It's a bit of a balancing act. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 9 Author Share Posted September 9 One thing I would like to include on the western side of the bridge is a linesman's telephone hut as I imagine that the branch would be part of the economic maintenance scheme, or at least save walking back to the signal box at the opposite end of the layout. The only picture I have handy is this one taken from the book on the Shipston On Stour branch. I imagine it to be about 4ft deep, 3ft wide and 7ft 6 inch to the ridge. Does anyone have any better photos or an actual drawing for these? 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted September 9 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 9 4 hours ago, St Enodoc said: A bus tractor would do the trick. Or a couple of cows. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 4 minutes ago, Stubby47 said: Or a couple of cows. Or Squire out for a ride. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted September 9 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 9 1 hour ago, MrWolf said: One thing I would like to include on the western side of the bridge is a linesman's telephone hut as I imagine that the branch would be part of the economic maintenance scheme, or at least save walking back to the signal box at the opposite end of the layout. The only picture I have handy is this one taken from the book on the Shipston On Stour branch. I imagine it to be about 4ft deep, 3ft wide and 7ft 6 inch to the ridge. Does anyone have any better photos or an actual drawing for these? That is a terrible photo. Regards Lez. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 9 Author Share Posted September 9 5 minutes ago, lezz01 said: That is a terrible photo. Regards Lez. Yes, it is. Which is why I was hoping someone else has a decent photo. They always seem to have a telephone pole behind them too. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted September 9 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 9 I'll have a look in my books and see if I can find something but it's probably gonna be Midland or LMS I don't have much in the way of GW book wise although I do have some of the old Bristol-Birmingham line and lines around Birmingham so I might get lucky. Regards Lez. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted September 9 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 9 Nothing in my two GWR books that aren't either Broad Gauge or Loco Drawings, also broad gauge, Ok so it is a little weakness of mine, I have some BR books as well about the west midlands so I haven't given up other than that it's midland or LMS. Regards Lez. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted September 9 Author Share Posted September 9 Thanks for taking a look, I've found a couple of pictures but they are in deep shadow and only recognisable by size and the short telephone pole at the back. I have a small mountain of books to go through methinks. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted September 9 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 9 I'm hoping to find one b4 I hit the MR/LMS and derivatives section. I have so many of them it'll take weeks. Regards Lez. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 (edited) Rob I'm going to show my ignorance here, but here goes. Never stopped you before comes the cry back. Wouldn't a lines man hut be the same whether it was? It is just a hut containing a telephone after all and at the end of the day it would be a fairly simple affair i.e four walls and a roof (pitched or sloping) just big enough to fit a man inside. As I said I know nothing so freely ignore, but just thought I'd try and stop you before you disappeared down a rabbit hole. Edited September 10 by Winslow Boy 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonHMT Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 I can't remember whether I've got a book on GW signalling, I suspect that would be the most likely place to find a drawing. Having now moved, I've just emptied most of my boxes of books onto actual shelves, so I may even be able to find it, if I've got one, though I think there are still some boxes in the garage... Thoroughly enjoying this thread (even the diversions)! Cheers, Simon. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold GWR57xx Posted September 10 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 10 (edited) I found this photo of a 7mm model GWR linesman’s hut which says it is based on an article in Great Western Journal no 27: http://www.gwr.org.uk/galatkinson1.html (scroll half way down the page). edit: I just checked my stash of GWJ and unfortunately I don’t have no 27, however the WesternThunder index says p178 contains a drawing of a "Standard Fog Hut" together with a photograph. Edited September 10 by GWR57xx 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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