Waverley West Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 'Hole in the fence' Just seen this one. I see you're back Jon, posting photos of the real thing on this thread again, are we? If you're going to do this Jon, at least make it look as though it could be a model. You must take us for mugs. Cheers, Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 I've just done the dirty deed and made my Hornby Thompson L1 suitable for circa 1953 when it had been in traffic for a few years. Moved the smokebox lamp bracket up 2mm and made a smokebox numberplate. Then weathered it. Adding a mono shot seems to be popular.... 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Come on Larry, own up - surely you just lifted that b&w shot straight out of one the Yeddon's books on LNER locos Lovely one of 60009 Dave, talk about raising the bar! Nidge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45157 Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 I've just done the dirty deed and made my Hornby Thompson L1 suitable for circa 1953 when it had been in traffic for a few years. Moved the smokebox lamp bracket up 2mm and made a smokebox numberplate. Then weathered it. Adding a mono shot seems to be popular.... Wow, that is good excellent stunning. I spent quite a while flipping between the two pics amazing myself at how the very, very subtle weathering does not come across in the monochrome pic and wondering how many prototype B&W photos of "reasonably clean" locos from the past are not all they seem. There are those who can, and the rest of us who, inspired by such models, happily keep trying. regards Stewart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
7APT7 Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Come on Larry, own up - surely you just lifted that b&w shot straight out of one the Yeddon's books on LNER locos Lovely one of 60009 Dave, talk about raising the bar! Nidge MMmmmmm.... Yes it does look like a book photo, now you have said that...Doh! Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted October 2, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 2, 2010 This is "Diesels in the Duchy", taken today at the Wadebridge show. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wibble Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 As always, some superb inspirational pics in this thread. I thought I'd post a pic showing a scene on Hornsey Road, as the layout will soon have to be packed away to make space for other projects. A quiet moment near Hornsey Road depot, with a class 08 and class 40 in the holding sidings. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Concrete slab walling and corrugated fencing was everywere in the 1970s, and so for me you have captured the era to a tee. Televisions 'The Sweeney' wouldnt be the same without corrugated fencing lining pavements...B) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer27jd Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Storm clouds gather over Fife as 47009 works the Oxwellmains to Dundee cement (6L58) passed Balbeggie Sidings. 2 paths are allowed for this service with one to Dundee and one to Aberdeen. Empties will be worked back tomorrow. 009 is a Haymarket engine and has been given a light grey roof, although you wouldn't tell from the work stained appearance. JD 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mason Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 hi i thought id add a couple from charlie street, i went for te good old black and white style D8507 waits in the yard for its next duties 33204 refuels at night "come on frank, lets o for a brew" 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 I'd like to draw the attention of contributors to this topic to the fact that the National Railway Museum supported by Model Rail and Bachmann are having a competition to find photographs of model railways that look most like the real thing. Details can be found on the NRM site here - http://www.nrm.org.uk/GetInvolved/competitions/modelrailway.aspx If some contributors aren't too backwards at going forwards for it I'd think there's a good chance that something from these pages could be in the running. The voting will be carried out by visitors to the NRM website. The closing date is 01 November 2010. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oggy1953 Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 I'd like to draw the attention of contributors to this topic to the fact that the National Railway Museum supported by Model Rail and Bachmann are having a competition to find photographs of model railways that look most like the real thing. Details can be found on the NRM site here - http://www.nrm.org.u...delrailway.aspx If some contributors aren't too backwards at going forwards for it I'd think there's a good chance that something from these pages could be in the running. The voting will be carried out by visitors to the NRM website. The closing date is 01 November 2010. Got to be a guaranteed winner in here, IMHO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Hi all, I haven't put a pic on here in a while. 45029 sits on the fuel tank road. 47535 is on the shed headshunt, waiting to set back onto the fuel road. Cheers Peter. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Simon Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Hi, I amazed at these photos, they just keep getting better! Keep them coming guys! Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren01 Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 West Ward Ho! On the 9.15am To Bournemouth. 1962. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold griffgriff Posted October 7, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 7, 2010 I almost feel embarrassed but here goes - my first photo post in this thread. I was playing around with a camera - taking some pictures of some projects that have been passing over the workbench, I had wanted to check their appearance through a lens. I have a small plank which is slowly developing but it's awaiting some paint and ballast - so I took some B&W pics. I soon became wistful and dreamt of 1990... escaping the world cup, visiting the Exeter Line and finding that some loco shortages had caused some interesting motive power to appear*... *(not unusual for the time - in fact most of the locos in this selection had powered trains some where between Waterloo and Exeter during this period) Cheers Griff 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren01 Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 08 working light 1962. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium eldavo Posted October 8, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 8, 2010 Cheers Dave 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
7APT7 Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 Cheers Dave Hi Dave Great Photo, running light, and great bit of flocking to, looks so real, just add a bit of blue sky, i would taken that as a photo. Regards Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Simon Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Hi, Another one from Hythe Parkway: Simon 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TomTank Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Another from me...recent picture of work on the layout, and I thought looked quite good 60800 on the ECML north of York 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Not sure if I can embed this as it will have copyright so just putting in a link. Scroll to the bottom to the picture of the M7: http://www.scalefour.org/portfolio/brighton.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Claude_Dreyfus Posted October 12, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 12, 2010 Not sure if I can embed this as it will have copyright so just putting in a link. Scroll to the bottom to the picture of the M7: http://www.scalefour...o/brighton.html Good heavens above . That M7 is nigh on perfect...and beautifully photographed. You would have to be told (and then convinced again) that was a model and not the real thing! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinkmouse Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Another from me...recent picture of work on the layout, and I thought looked quite good It does look very good, but if you pay a little attention to framing and cropping, it can look better! Note how I've removed both the very obvious track panel joints and the out of focus nearfield, both givaways that it's a pic of a model. The composition is also now such that the main focus of the eye is drawn from the primary object, the train, back into the landscape, just by putting the loco about a third the way up rather than dead centre. BTW, these comments are meant as positive criticism, to help you, (and others), take better pics, so please take in the good spirit intended! edit: Just had my second mug of tea, and noticed, (Doh!!), another neat little tweak. ATM, the loco looks like it's thrashing up a bank because the frame is not quite square. If I correct the horizons by rotating the crop, it now looks like it's coasting downhill, so easily explaining the lack of steam and smoke. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren01 Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 41313 Waiting to shunt back in to the shed road 1956. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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