RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted February 21, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 21, 2023 I'd leave it like that with the setting sun on it aided by Sahara sand due to a southerly from North Africa. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted February 21, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 21, 2023 I like your thinking - I'll sign it now! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted February 21, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 21, 2023 3 hours ago, chuffinghell said: Oh wait, that's a Wizzard, not a wizard. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 (edited) 7 hours ago, Graham T said: I struggle massively with painting people on canvas, I'm afraid. That's why I cheat and paint on furniture grade plywood. Canvas too bouncy for my dodgy hand, so I adapted, still gets referred to as a canvas though, otherwise you have to explain it every time..... 😉 As for the subject, I can't do animal portraits, whereas some people can knock out a photographic likeness of a beloved pet over a weekend. As for the Brunswick green on the loco, I might experiment with a mix of Hookers green and Paynes grey initially on a bit of scrap. I've drawn lot's of locos, can't remember the last time I tried to paint one, I must have been at school still. I think that I saw Don Breckon's GWR locos and gave up! It is probably worth googling his work and having a bit of a crib at his colours. Edited February 21, 2023 by MrWolf 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted February 21, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 21, 2023 Thanks Rob, I'll take a look at some of his work before I break the brushes out again. I'm using stretched canvas this time, which isn't actually my favourite surface; I prefer to paint on panels as well but couldn't find any locally at the right size. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Graham T Posted February 21, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 21, 2023 (edited) Playing with trains last night, I decided to try to assemble a few trains so that I don't have to constantly faff about with the three links. This showed up a few wagons that don't behave quite as nicely as I'd like. Apart from the three-legged D1666, which I've ordered some W-irons for, two others seem to have buffer issues. On one, the buffer heads seem too small, so I'm replacing them with metal ones. The other culprit is the GWR steel open, which bizarrely seems to have buffers that are too long... And so it doesn't like travelling around the tighter curves on the layout. Taking a closer look, the shanks are noticeably longer than on most of my other wagons (I suspect there was a choice on the Cambrian sprue and I took the wrong ones). So, the metal buffer heads will be removed - hopefully for re-use - and I'll trim a mil or so off the plastic shanks. The upside of all this is of course that I got to play trains, which I don't actually do all that much! So here we have a rather busy Chuffnell Regis, with pannier 2732 waiting to depart with a cattle train, and perhaps one of the GW classics at the platform - small prairie and B-set. I need to finish painting the platform benches so that my passengers have somewhere to sit, they're starting to grumble... Edited February 21, 2023 by Graham T 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Keane Posted February 22, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2023 16 hours ago, Graham T said: My apartment gets good light in the afternoons, so I binned work after lunch and took the opportunity to make some more progress with the painting. It hit a bit of a wall after the initial sketch, but I've found that often happens to me with paintings and so wasn't too concerned... This afternoon's session has brought things closer to being back on track (ahem). Next I need to figure out how to mix something like GWR green in oil paints. Maybe @Gedward or @MrWolf can help me out? Wow! - this is looking great - really looking forwards to it being finished. Andy 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Keane Posted February 22, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2023 13 hours ago, Graham T said: Playing with trains last night, I decided to try to assemble a few trains so that I don't have to constantly faff about with the three links. This showed up a few wagons that don't behave quite as nicely as I'd like. Apart from the three-legged D1666, which I've ordered some W-irons for, two others seem to have buffer issues. On one, the buffer heads seem too small, so I'm replacing them with metal ones. The other culprit is the GWR steel open, which bizarrely seems to have buffers that are too long... And so it doesn't like travelling around the tighter curves on the layout. Taking a closer look, the shanks are noticeably longer than on most of my other wagons (I suspect there was a choice on the Cambrian sprue and I took the wrong ones). So, the metal buffer heads will be removed - hopefully for re-use - and I'll trim a mil or so off the plastic shanks. The upside of all this is of course that I got to play trains, which I don't actually do all that much! So here we have a rather busy Chuffnell Regis, with pannier 2732 waiting to depart with a cattle train, and perhaps one of the GW classics at the platform - small prairie and B-set. I need to finish painting the platform benches so that my passengers have somewhere to sit, they're starting to grumble... These photos are a real tribute to your modelling - very impressive. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWsTrains Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 (edited) 18 hours ago, Graham T said: Next I need to figure out how to mix something like GWR green in oil paints Surely you're joking! It's already perfect in Stroudley's' iconic "Improved Engine Green" - He would be proud of you. See "Stepney" on the Bluebell Rwy. https://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/pics/stepney.html Edited February 22, 2023 by BWsTrains 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted February 22, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 22, 2023 (edited) 44 minutes ago, BWsTrains said: Surely you're joking! It's already perfect in Col. Stephens' iconic "Improved Engine Green" - He would be proud of you. See "Stepney" on the Bluebell Rwy. https://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/pics/stepney.html William Stroudley! Stephens tended to go for blue... An interesting note on colour perception - The 'desert sand' colour used on the 'Western' Diesels was exactly the same as Stroudley IEG - yet without the lining, it looks a lot more orange... Edited February 22, 2023 by Nick C 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWsTrains Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Nick C said: William Stroudley! Correction! Yes I was confusing him with the other fellow who ended up using his locos, I shall fix that up. Edited February 22, 2023 by BWsTrains 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 16 hours ago, Graham T said: Playing with trains last night, I decided to try to assemble a few trains so that I don't have to constantly faff about with the three links. This showed up a few wagons that don't behave quite as nicely as I'd like. Apart from the three-legged D1666, which I've ordered some W-irons for, two others seem to have buffer issues. On one, the buffer heads seem too small, so I'm replacing them with metal ones. The other culprit is the GWR steel open, which bizarrely seems to have buffers that are too long... And so it doesn't like travelling around the tighter curves on the layout. Taking a closer look, the shanks are noticeably longer than on most of my other wagons (I suspect there was a choice on the Cambrian sprue and I took the wrong ones). So, the metal buffer heads will be removed - hopefully for re-use - and I'll trim a mil or so off the plastic shanks. The upside of all this is of course that I got to play trains, which I don't actually do all that much! So here we have a rather busy Chuffnell Regis, with pannier 2732 waiting to depart with a cattle train, and perhaps one of the GW classics at the platform - small prairie and B-set. I need to finish painting the platform benches so that my passengers have somewhere to sit, they're starting to grumble... That's really looking great Graham, everything just flows together, rather like the painting, with subdued colours. It also reminds me that I need to make or buy a couple of GWR standard evergreen trees! 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted February 22, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 22, 2023 Thanks Rob. It is starting to come together now, just a shame that I made such a hash of the track-laying... I think the standard issue trees came from MBR. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted February 22, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 22, 2023 (edited) Another hour or so spent on the painting this afternoon before I lost the light. Not much done, but a little bit of progress on the shed and the coal stage. Also out in some of the deepest darks on the loco. After this I had a stab at the greens for the loco, using viridian with a touch of cadmium yellow, toned down with my own black mix of ultramarine blue and burnt sienna (I don't like to use straight black from the tube for paintings). There wasn't enough daylight to get a good photo of that by the time I'd finished, so I'll post one tomorrow. Edited February 22, 2023 by Graham T 9 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Graham T Posted February 22, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 22, 2023 The benches and trolleys and so forth have been added to the station now. Although the ungrateful lot at Chuffnell R seem to be giving the new seating facilities a good ignoring! I'll shift some of the milk churns into their sun-shelter in the pagoda hut at some point. I have one more of the large luggage trolleys to build, and another two benches, which will go further down the platform, to keep these company... The luggage trolleys will all live in the space between the station building and the pagoda hut. I also have some wooden half barrels, which I'm planning to make into planters to space out along the platform. Need to finish fixing the gate at the end of the bay platform loading dock too. 19 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted February 22, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 22, 2023 I also tried to make up a parcels train this evening, but the results were a bit disappointing! The stock kept derailing on its way through the point leading into the bay platform. Mostly when being propelled back out onto the main running line, but also sometimes on the way into the bay. I'm too tired to do any more trouble shooting tonight (and have just about drained the profanity bank dry anyway), but I suspect the trouble might lie with the bogies; the Siphon G and the LMS van are old Lima items, and the Siphon H is from Mainline. I've already replaced the wheels on the Lima vans, and have new bogies on order for the Siphons, so we'll see if they help. I'm guessing that in the real world the pannier would have run around the train on one of the loops first, and then pushed the vans into the bay? 11 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWsTrains Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, Graham T said: and have new bogies on order for the Siphons Hi Graham where are you sourcing these, I might need some myself? Colin Edited February 23, 2023 by BWsTrains 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold sjrixon Posted February 23, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23, 2023 10 hours ago, Graham T said: I'm guessing that in the real world the pannier would have run around the train on one of the loops first, and then pushed the vans into the bay? Yes, they would probably have sat there all day to be unloaded, and maybe reloaded. So you wouldn't want to trap the loco, it would have other things to do. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted February 23, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23, 2023 Thanks Scott, that's what I thought. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted February 23, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23, 2023 6 hours ago, BWsTrains said: Hi Graham where are you sourcing these, I might need some myself? Colin Morning Colin. They are MJT items from Dart Castings. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neal Ball Posted February 23, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 23, 2023 You have a couple of nice scenes there Graham. The Pannier loco would definitely have propelled the vans into the bay yes. If they are derailing, have a check on the back to backs to see they are correct. I also need to change the bogies on my old van Siphons. I have Comet bogies in stock, just need the time to do it! The old Lima wheels run on the sleepers, the flanges are that big! Which could also be the issue here if they are too coarse for your points. Good luck! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted February 23, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23, 2023 Hi Neal. I checked the back to backs, and the Lima wheels are long gone! A bit of experimentation shows that the Siphons are ok with being propelled into the bay, it's the LMS parcels van that is giving the problems. I think that's a combination of the short wheelbase and the medium radius point leading into the bay causing the buffers to lock. I need to look a bit deeper, but perhaps slightly larger buffer heads on the LMS van might be a solution... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Graham T Posted February 23, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2023 A little more progress with the painting this afternoon. Not entirely convinced by the greens... Still a long way to go with this one. In other news, the ex-MR 0-4-4T still refuses to play 🙁 15 1 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted February 23, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23, 2023 Wish I could paint like that! it looks fantastic 1 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWsTrains Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 5 hours ago, Graham T said: Not entirely convinced by the greens.. No two people will ever agree on GWR green so I'll not open that door on your topic! See my PM for some thoughts. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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