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A nice interesting read this Mark and the end results look great.

 

Whilst I appreciate yours will be loaded, so the interiors not so visible, would it be possible that they could be scribed whilst they are in flat pack mode still on the sprue? In case peeps do wish to have a few empty ones?

 

Glad to see progress on rolling stock for the Teign Valley project - I for one am impatient to see this layout project....once you have got that American and Narrow gauge stuff out of your system

 

Pete

Thanks Pete.

Agreed I did think about scribing the planking on whilst in flat pack mode as you say.  I've a number of these kits to build so may have a go because all the wagons can't be full at the same time!

The other idea was to add a slip of Slaters planked Plasticard (Try saying that after a pint of Broadside!) adding door details and gluing it to the inside.

I will look into both of these options.

As for the other distractions of a narrow gauge theme well there's a few clues in the pictures to ongoing work!

Cheers,

Mark

Hi Mikkel,

Thanks for those kind words.

The lack of interior detail is a problem and I have seen it scribbed on before which may be the answer.

The wagons will be loaded to disguise the lack of detail.

The panel on the door reads as follows:

Roads Reconstruction Ltd, Building Contractors,Bristol

I'm not sure of the exact date this was applied but is was from a latter period.

If you wanted one for Farthing the wagon with the 'Bovey' address would be more appropriate for the Edwardian period.

Cheers,

Mark

Not sure what's happened to this entry but the picture above always positions itself at the bottom of the text rather than where it should be. Have tried editing to no avail!

Wonderful as ever Mikkel.

A great tale in installments as well to keep you on the edge of your seat! 

The modelling's not bad either!

Cheers,

Mark

Looking good Pete

Love the sketches and you still managed to get a reference to JV in there as well!

Cheers,

Mark

Looking good Pete.  

Pleased the show went well and it gave you a chance to reconsider future options.  Shame about the decision on CJM but can understand the rationale behind it.  

Just hope it can be kept on the back burner. 

Cheers,

Mark

Lovely story Job backed up with some charismatic photos.

The modelling of the buildings is great and I like the rusted gate.

Cheers,

Mark

Excellent work there Mark. I especially like the way you tackled that chimney. They can be difficult to align, and I've certainly had such problems with chimneys in the past..

Thanks for the kind words Rob.

I'm pleased with how the work on 7802 is going.

Cheers,

Mark

Lovely work Robert.

Nice build and the finish/weathering is nice and subtle.

Cheers,

Mark

Morning Mikkel,

Yes the up date was a nice surprise to me and the axle diameter of the driving wheels has also been increased, The shell for 7811 and tender will be put aside whilst work continues on 7802.

The lamp irons on 7802 were made from staples previously hence the size difference.  I've to add the one on the smoke box as didn't do it first time around.

Hopefully if the weather warms up this afternoon I may be able to respray some of the green areas and smoke box. 

Cheers,

Mark

I can just imagine the local headlines: "Red alert at the station: Railway porter rescues pet hamster from drowning in locomotive tender". :-) 

Another tale from Farthing awaits!

Hi Mark, really nice work as Rob says - no need for the nervous to look away :-)

 

Nice bit of detail with the fire irons on teh tender, very convincing. I like that open water filler, but have no idea if the GWR would have left it like that. Still a company consists of individuals, so maybe it all depends on the footplate crew? 

Thanks Mikkel,

Nice to get back to a bit of GWR modelling.

Thanks for the comments re: the fire irons. Simply wire folded up and painted with your favourite Valejo acrylics.

I'm sure you could come up with an interesting tale on Farthing for the water filler if it was set in 1947!

Cheers,

Mark

Lovely job Mark and just the inspiration I need to do mine.

Thanks Robin,

I look forwards to seeing work commence on yours.

Cheers,

Mark

Not sure about that chimney now that I can see it, actually. Looks a bit broad - something you would see on a Hall or a Grange.

Here's a photo of 7818 taken at Tyseley during 1939.

http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/gwrt309.htm

It shows the original style of chimney which is broader than the BR version the preserved locomotives are fitted with. In my eyes the BR one looks better and I think we may have a perceived picture of a Manor with the neater looking BR chimney.

Thus the broad GWR version doesn't look right.

It's looking good Roly.

Some interesting conundrums to address as well.  It sounds as if you learnt a great deal when building the Class 50.

Cheers,

Mark

Nice work there Mark, nice clean job. A little bit of a problem with the roof on 47045, or is it a banana van?

Think it's a Banana Van!

I'll tame the beast with some Superglue!

Thanks for the kind words Roly

Easy tiger - TMI - this is a family show

I'll not mention Instalagel then!

Am intrigued what the jar of vas is used for?

You never know when there's a need for emergency lubrication!  

Which is actually the truth.

When I've cleaned the airbrush through with cellulose thinners I dip the airbrush needle in the pot of Vaseline and then insert it into to the airbrush. (This is sounding well dodgy! ) I then withdraw the needle and store the airbrush.  

This hopefully ensures the airbrush mechanism is well lubricated for the next time where I repeat the above process, leaving the needle in and blasting some water or windscreen washer fluid through it before loading up the paint.

Cheers,

Mark

I've not tried KY Gel by the way!

Hi Mikkel,

What lovely sculpted figures enhanced with your painting.  The Valejo paints are superb for this type of work as you've shown.

One thing though.  As Pete mentioned earlier I'm looking forwards to the accompanying tail for these figures on Farthing.  The GWR Police will have their work cut out but have we met the miscreant yet?!

Cheers,

Mark

Beautiful work Rosspop.

I think this class may have worked from Wellingborough as well on the Higham branch.

I'm pleased you're only going to do minimal work on her because she's a lovely model and well nicely finished.

Be good to see some work on the autocoach.

I wonder what else is stashed in your loft?

Cheers,

Mark

Blimey! I used to have one of those.

Looking at it's proportions it's certainly better than the Mainline offering.

Taking off the tension locks would be good. Parkside do a nice pack of NEM coupling pockets for a Bachmann coupling.

Other than that I'd probably look at replacing the roof rain gutters with Microstrip and a couple of MJT vents and you'll have a nice model.

Alternatively leave well alone and lightly weather.

Look forwards to seeing the finished article.

Cheers,

Mark

That's quick work Roly.

Must say it looks impressive already.

Look forwards to further updates.

Cheers,

Mark

Hi Roly,

Looking forward to seeing this develop.

Good choice.

Mark

I bet you're so frustrated with damaging your handywork Roly?

Thankfully you've managed to do a damage limitation exercise a repair it nicely.

It's coming together nicely and look forwards to seeing it on it's chassis.

Cheers,

Mark

Must say Marcus this is coming on nicely.

The hut looks good. Concrete is one of those hard colours to get right. I've recently painted a Wills pillbox kit with Valejo acrylics which took several attempts, washes and dry brushes.

If you haven't tried the Valejo range its worth a go. Lovely paint to work with and water soluble.

Love the shots of 46403.  One day it will have to meet my 46400, 46444 and 46495. Alex has 46496.

At the weekend I had a real fix of 46512 on the Strathspey Railway.

Look forwards to more updates soon. Would it be worth starting a layout thread do you think?

Cheers,

Mark