Penhayle Bay

[Gwiwer]

Just now and again there is a "moment".  I spot an angle I hadn't seen before for a good shot or perhaps there's some sunlight highlighting something momentarily.

 

Such a moment occurred this morning.  I popped by head out of the window to see why the chickens were making so much noise (they always object vocally to strong winds which we have again today) and found a shaft of sunlight across the clay dries.

 

With no time to set up the ideal of a china clay train in the sidings I only had seconds to grab the camera, use what was already outside and hope for the best.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30 seconds later the sun and the moment were gone.  But not before I had added to the collection

 

[Ralph]

you've captured some good photo's there

[gazmanjack]

Great pics once again.  How just a little ray of sunshine can change the appearance of a setting.

 

Have to ask about the corrugated iron used on the china clay building. Is it a OO scale product or the Broad Gauge Bodies (HO) corrugated card ?

 

Cheers, Gary.

[Gwiwer]

The clay dries buildings are supplied complete by Kernow MRC.  The structure is a resin casting and the roof is corrugated tin so far as I can determine.  It cuts with tin snips  So it is neither a 00 scale product in its own right nor a "Broad Gauge Bodies" one.

 

All I have done to change those structures from the standard out-of-the-box version is to scatter casting plaster around inside and out to represent china clay, plus fuse two units end to end and blend them into the scene with groundwork and a couple of workers inside.

[gazmanjack]

Thanks Rick,

 

I thought that you may have scratchbuilt the building. Regardless, it is a very nice model of the clay dries. Thanks for the info.

 

Cheers, Gary.

[Gwiwer]

Waking up somewhere unfamiliar and taking that first look out of the windows after a night in the sleeping car can sometimes be a moment of delight.

 

 

Weathered Bachmann sleepers with some of the compartment blinds half-open and passengers at some of the windows taking in the view.

 

 

 

EDIT to correct the "auto-correct" which changed "first" to "fort".  GRRRR

Edited August 26, 2013 by Gwiwer

[winterbournecm]

Waking up somewhere unfamiliar and taking that first look out of the windows after a night in the sleeping car can sometimes be a moment of delight.

 

 

Weathered Bachmann sleepers with some of the compartment blinds half-open and passengers at some of the windows taking in the view.

 

 

 

EDIT to correct the "auto-correct" which changed "first" to "fort".  GR

 

Aye Rick

 

The sleepers still have blearly figures peering from their double windows, and have produced some "interesting" glimpses from the boxes as it passes by! Mostly old boys in vests or old woman slurping their morning tea - but sometimes more pleasing on the eye!

[Gwiwer]

Not from us though Craig - we're careful to keep the blinds down until we're dressed!   Returning home we usually ask for an earlier call - at Snozzle -  than they often give PZ passengers which is around Truro so we can see the best bits with the blinds up or from the lounge car.

 

Having spent many nights on the "beds" your comment about the occasional glimpse of eye-candy rings true.  

[gazmanjack]

Very nice pics Rick, and some very nice coaches. They're certainly better looking than my 30 year old Hornby BR Mk1 maroon sleepers...!

 

Cheers, Gary.

[Gwiwer]

One piece of the Cornish landscape has been conspicuously absent from this layout other than in vague painted form.  Until today.  Despite several attempts at scratchbuilding I haven't managed to produce a credible mine engine house.  But the Kernow MRC team has and the two I had on order were waiting on the doorstep tonight.

It could almost have been there from the beginning but I promise you it's only been taken out of the box and placed there for the few moments it took in poor and fading light to grab some first images.



This is the small area of land I had always intended would have such a building placed on it.  The interior is shown here as a green Warship class runs past.



I'm very impressed by the representation of brick and stone on these buildings which will in my case only require a small amount of weathering and a little landscaping to become fully blended in.

Here another Kernow commission, a Dapol factory weathered Western also just arrived, heads an up train past Wheal Garden.  The Western has had a brush of "rust" added to its already excellent weathering.



Sharon has named the mine.  Mines often carried the name of the owner's wife such as Wheal Jane or a description of the hoped-for success such as Wheal Plenty.  "Wheal Sharon" was rejected and Wheal Garden has been chosen for a model which is almost in the garden and as pun on our own intent - "we'll garden"!  The second of these has always been destined for use as an ornament in the lounge room where it sits perfectly and looks very much the part on a shelf with the full series of "Poldark" novels.

[gazmanjack]

Very nice piece of kit. Looks better on your layout than in the suppliers catalogues...

 

Cheers, Gary.

[Ralph]

the engine house looks great set in your scenery.

[steve22]

A little while since I looked at you work, Rick.  I know it's daft but in the photos posted 16th August Western Talisman seems to actually be smiling with her / his cab bathed in sunlight (or does she / he enjoy posing for your camera?!).

[Swifty11]

Wow! This is a really good layout, the scenery is nothing short of spectacular! Especially those rock faces and beaches. Really very good and to me im not really interested in westerns but this does look brilliant!

[P.C.M]

Hi Rick,

That engine house looks superb for something straight out of the box. Nice looking Western too I know you had been waiting for it to arrive, I am sure its getting plenty of use.

 

Cheers Peter.

[QRModeller]

Looks exceptional!

 

Can't think of anything else to say really, other than probably the two most appropriate words;

 

Proper Job!

 

 

Matt.

[Gwiwer]

The engine house has now been fully fitted to the layout as described in more detail here :  http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/76200-cornish-engine-house/

 

 

With the building firmly planted and a little scenic work done it now looks as though it might have been there for many years not a few days!

 

 

[Sasquatch]

Great piece of modelling. Nice to see the lammy rider picked himself up and got straight back on too

[Gwiwer]

Great piece of modelling. Nice to see the lammy rider picked himself up and got straight back on too

 

Cheers!

 

The local yoof on his Lambretta can't afford petrol and only coasts downhill  When he falls over it's at very low speed so he just gets up and carries on

 

OK - I hadn't spotted he'd fallen over when I took the shot and it was dark by the time I posted it .....

[sjl1973]

Hi Rick

Engine house looks cool! Next to the line could almost be the one at Scorrier!

Simon

[Sasquatch]

Having spent the evening entranced by your Penhayle Bay layout I have taken the liberty of reposting some of your excellent photography rather than waffle on endlessly Rick.

Cornwall is the only county in England which I haven't been fortunate to visit (top of the list next time we go back) but I can see that you have captured the atmosphere so well. Only a true artist could manage that on such narrow baseboards. 

 

Some of your scene setting is spot on..........................

 

Breath taking scenery........

 

This pub scene brings back memories of weekends away in south Devon and on the IOW.

 

All this and then there are the superbly weathered trains............

 

You can almost hear the twin maybach engines rumbling in this shot

 

One can only imagine the fun you have watching double headed 22s on railfreight van duty, snaking thier way along through such fantastic model scenery. 

I take my hat off to you sir.

 

 

[Gwiwer]

Thanks you, too, Sir for your very generous comments.  And to all those others offering similar thoughts above.  Your feedback is very much appreciated.  And yes I can thoroughly revel in the prospect of double-headed 22s or at times a brace of 42s working hard over the gradients as they run through all those scenes at my command

[Gwiwer]

Hydraulic Heaven at Ponsangwyn!

A selection of Dapol Westerns and Bachmann Warships await their next duty with a couple of Dapol class 22 "Baby Warships" tucked in there as well. 



How varied can a single class be?  Three different liveries on the four leading locos; three are weathered and the fourth supplied pristine though with a light touch of my own weathering.  That on the right also has its 4-character headcodes attached as Dapol intend using stick-on vinyls outside the glazing.  The weathered ones have had their placed inside behind the glazing and the other will be modified in due course.



The quartet of Westerns commissioned by Kernow MRC has now arrived.  All four line up displaying four different livery variations.  All have had crews (not supplied), headcodes and brake rods (all supplied) added but are otherwise in out-of-the-box condition with the exception of my added rust below the grilles on Western Princess, the maroon SYP one.



Western Viscount comes off shed 

Edited September 18, 2013 by Gwiwer

[Ralph]

A fab gang of Western's all originally built in my home town.

[Oldddudders]

Sorry to be picky, Rick, but Western Viscount has to be either SYP or FYE. Your captions for the last two pics indicate otherwise!