Jim76 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Great photos Dave - I thought it was real and had to take a second look as the track is so realistic, the only giveaway was the Class 56 which wasn't common until the early 90s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted July 20, 2016 Author Share Posted July 20, 2016 Great photos Dave - I thought it was real and had to take a second look as the track is so realistic, the only giveaway was the Class 56 which wasn't common until the early 90s. You're quite right, Jim, of course. I generally run stock that would have been seen in the Edinburgh area in the late 70s through to the early 90s, but I never let that get in the way of some modelling fun and my modeller's licence is fully up to date. :senile: Cheers Dave 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Absolutely fantastic photos Dave. They just look so real. Think my favourite is the 20's with the MGR but, I maybe biased. Any chance of a 37 in the same setting then I may have to change my mind. Great work indeed. Cheers Marcus 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted July 20, 2016 Author Share Posted July 20, 2016 (edited) Absolutely fantastic photos Dave. They just look so real. Think my favourite is the 20's with the MGR but, I maybe biased. Any chance of a 37 in the same setting then I may have to change my mind. Great work indeed. Cheers Marcus I'm sure it can be arranged, Marcus. I'll have a word with the traction controller. I have a quite few more shots like that in mind of WW's various rakes and locos. I realised I had left the Velux windows open last night after yesterday's mini-heatwave and woke up to a torrential downpour this morning. Went up to the railway room to find the two wings to the fiddle yards soaked. Hopefully it will dry out and no harm will be done. No scenery was affected fortunately. Edited July 20, 2016 by Waverley West Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 I am with Marcus, if you are up for a few requests can we have 37043 on some MK1s or 2s and a class 26 on ballast. Please. Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted July 20, 2016 Author Share Posted July 20, 2016 I am with Marcus, if you are up for a few requests can we have 37043 on some MK1s or 2s and a class 26 on ballast. Please. Cheers Peter. Consider it noted, Peter. Cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 I'm sure it can be arranged, Marcus. I'll have a word with the traction controller. I have a few more shots like that in mind of WW's various rakes. I realised I had left the Velux windows open last night after yesterday's mini-heatwave and woke up to a torrential downpour this morning. Went up to the railway room to find the two wings to the fiddle yards soaked. Hopefully it will dry out and no harm will be done. No scenery was affected fortunately. I noticed last night you were having quite a storm in you're neck of the woods. Hopefully there's no lasting damage to the layout. If its a plywood base its pretty resilient these days. Cheers Marcus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted July 20, 2016 Author Share Posted July 20, 2016 I noticed last night you were having quite a storm in you're neck of the woods. Hopefully there's no lasting damage to the layout. If its a plywood base its pretty resilient these days. Cheers Marcus Cheers Marcus. Yes, it was quite a storm. It's still going on now in fact. There's some pretty impressive forked lightning outside my window every few minutes as I'm typing now. The layout base is plywood, so hopefully no lasting damage. A lesson learned though hopefully. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 45156 Posted July 20, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20, 2016 Hope all is well with the layout - water is a bit of a B*gger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Cheers Marcus. Yes, it was quite a storm. It's still going on now in fact. There's some pretty impressive forked lightning outside my window every few minutes as I'm typing now. The layout base is plywood, so hopefully no lasting damage. A lesson learned though hopefully. This is quite interesting. Haven't seen a storm quite like that over the UK for a while. http://www.lightningmaps.org/#y=54.1478;x=-4.8074;z=6;t=3;m=sat;r=0;s=0;o=0;b=0.00;n=0;d=2;dl=2;dc=0; As you say, still going on now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 61656 Posted July 20, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20, 2016 I realised I had left the Velux windows open last night after yesterday's mini-heatwave and woke up to a torrential downpour this morning. Went up to the railway room to find the two wings to the fiddle yards soaked. Hopefully it will dry out and no harm will be done. No scenery was affected fortunately. You can get retrofit motors and rain sensors for Velux windows; they're not cheap, but then neither is rebuilding a model railway. Alternatively you can get a rain sensor that just sets off an alarm to tell you its raining, which you only have activated when the window is open, it can even alarm to your mobile phone if you want. Personally I'm not sure that knowing I'd left the windows open when I'm 4 hours from home would really be a benefit. Great pictures though - what really works is that there is no obvious limit to the railway, the scenery goes on forever in all directions. Normally the eye isn't fooled because it sees something like a backscene edge which shouldn't be there. Fantastic modelling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Waverley West Posted July 22, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 22, 2016 (edited) I'm sure it can be arranged, Marcus. I'll have a word with the traction controller. I have a quite few more shots like that in mind of WW's various rakes and locos. I realised I had left the Velux windows open last night after yesterday's mini-heatwave and woke up to a torrential downpour this morning. Went up to the railway room to find the two wings to the fiddle yards soaked. Hopefully it will dry out and no harm will be done. No scenery was affected fortunately. Hi Marcus, I had a word with the traction controller and he was very obliging. He even put double stamps on the Cockenzie MGR run for me this morning... Hope to be back soon with some more of the same. Cheers Dave PS After the flooding of the line at the weekend, services appeared to be back to normal so no harm done. Edited July 22, 2016 by Waverley West 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted July 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 22, 2016 (edited) Being as I live in Norfolk I loves a tractor. Seriously, thats just brilliant. Edited July 22, 2016 by colin penfold Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Hi Marcus, I had a word with the traction controller and he was very obliging. He even put double stamps on the Cockenzie MGR run for me this morning... 37s 7 BW.jpg 37s 7.jpg Hope to be back soon with some more of the same. Cheers Dave PS After the flooding of the line at the weekend, services appeared to be back to normal so no harm done. Think I've just died and gone to heaven. That looks absolutely superb. Thanks for carrying out my request. Can't beat a pair of work stained tractors. Really glad to here that the flooding caused no permanent damage. Cheers Marcus 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 56084 trundles past Haymarket MPD with yet another load of coal for Cockenzie... 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 27052 heads past its home depot with a train from Dundee... 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 45156 Posted July 22, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 22, 2016 Of course, in your era the power station is still working and the MGR service frequent. Unlike when I was at Cockenzie last week. NIce one, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 45156 Posted July 22, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 22, 2016 A quick suggestion, are you ever planning to model the earlier Glasgow-Edinburgh services, with a 27 at each end and 6 mk2s in between, or don't you have any 27/2s? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 As requested, Peter... Railfreight 26025 on a ballast working 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 45156 Posted July 22, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 22, 2016 Please stop it - all this nostalgia is getting habit forming - on second thoughs, keep on posting, I love it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 Of course, in your era the power station is still working and the MGR service frequent. Unlike when I was at Cockenzie last week. NIce one, though. Absolutely Stewart. My rules! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 (edited) A quick suggestion, are you ever planning to model the earlier Glasgow-Edinburgh services, with a 27 at each end and 6 mk2s in between, or don't you have any 27/2s? Yes, I am. I only have two 27s at the moment though, neither of which is a 27/2 and I've renumbered my 27/1 to a 27/0, but it is a plan for the future. I've been looking out for another TOPS era Heljan 27 but they are pretty rare at the moment and Heljan don't seem interested in doing any more right now. I know I could use a pre-TOPS era one, but it would be a bit easier with a TOPS one, especially as the numbers would be in the right place, even if they would have to be removed.. Edited July 22, 2016 by Waverley West 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Waverley West Posted July 22, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 22, 2016 (edited) Some more shots of 56084... Edited July 27, 2016 by Waverley West 39 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack374 Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Some more shots of 56084... 56084 6 Closeup.jpg 56084 6 Closeup BW.jpg There are dedicated threads for prototype shots Dave, you don't have to keep posting them on here you know! Oh...wait.... Truly excellent modelling and very inspirational...please keep the photos coming! Thanks, Jack. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 45156 Posted July 22, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 22, 2016 Yes, I am. I only have two 27s at the moment though, neither of which is a 27/2 and I've renumbered my 27/1 to a 27/0, but it is a plan for the future. I've been looking out for another TOPS era Heljan 27 but they are pretty rare at the moment and Heljan don't seem interested in doing any more right now. I know I could use a pre-TOPS era one, but it would be a bit easier with a TOPS one, especially as the numbers would be in the right place, even if they would have to be removed.. You could try a couple of 33s (see previous jests) and I once heard from a reliable source that on one occasion, a 33 or two turned up at Eastfield for servicing, off the Cliffe-Uddingston cement service and the staff at Eastfield had big ideas about trying to hijack them to see how they'd do instead of the 27s which were by then starting to show real signs of over-use. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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