Sun Chariot
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A non-heat loco, during the "cold snap" you've modelled up thread? I hope those passengers are well wrapped up.
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A non-heat loco, during the "cold snap" you've modelled up thread? I hope those passengers are well wrapped up.
I’m probably going to set it around winter 1985/86 just towards the end of steam heating in Scotland. That means I can run things like my Railfreight 26 that’ll still fit into that timeframe.
Actually I don’t think I’ve posted this, but apologies if I have. Bit by bit I’ve been sorting out the railway shed.
The top level will be for the O gauge and it’ll eventually run into the garden through the far end once I’ve extended the shed.
The bottom level is for a future N gauge project that I’ve had in mind for a while, but I’m just using it for storage at the moment.
All the insulation down the far end I got for free from a job, so I’ve been insulating as I go. It’s toasty in there!
Iskra
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Re the new acquisition: that’s a stunning looking train!
Please give the shed a number, 66XXX
Please give the shed a number, 66XXX
Sun Chariot
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Genius!Please give the shed a number, 66XXX
Re the new acquisition: that’s a stunning looking train!
Please give the shed a number, 66XXX
It’s green, so suppose it should be a Freightliner one?
Iskra
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Or the GBRF BR Green Evening Star one, the more classy choice
Or the GBRF BR Green Evening Star one, the more classy choice
But I’d have to change the bit of wood on my facia board from the arrows of indecision to an earlier version!
Iskra
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Haha, very good!
Now someone suggested a Tourist Green theme for my shed once I’d finished it but I can’t remember who it was? Anyway, hopefully you’ll notice the subtle addition to the facia board.
This is how it looked a few weeks ago.
I’ve finished the outside, replaced the roofing felt with shingles and nearly finished the inside, so things are moving on.
Here it is.
I’m going to build a desk in by the window as the view is nice and it’ll be a good place to sit and make things.
This is how it looked a few weeks ago.
I’ve finished the outside, replaced the roofing felt with shingles and nearly finished the inside, so things are moving on.
Here it is.
I’m going to build a desk in by the window as the view is nice and it’ll be a good place to sit and make things.
hexagon789
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Superb, the paint scheme looks *chef's kiss*Now someone suggested a Tourist Green theme for my shed once I’d finished it but I can’t remember who it was? Anyway, hopefully you’ll notice the subtle addition to the facia board.
This is how it looked a few weeks ago.
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I’ve finished the outside, replaced the roofing felt with shingles and nearly finished the inside, so things are moving on.
Here it is.
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I’m going to build a desk in by the window as the view is nice and it’ll be a good place to sit and make things.
And I very much approve of the "badge" at the apex of the roof
4COR
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Well, that looks lovely and tidy!
Superb, the paint scheme looks *chef's kiss*
And I very much approve of the "badge" at the apex of the roof
Thanks Hexagon.
I’ve now got just over 5 metres inside to play with (enough for a small Scottish terminus in O).
I’ve also future proofed the exit into the garden with this cunning hatch…
hexagon789
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Lol - "Trexit"
Iskra
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Lovely stuff!
Sun Chariot
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Great stuff, @Cowley 
The hatch, an exit for BR era trains: BRexit
Oh of course, that's already been taken
The hatch, an exit for BR era trains: BRexit
Oh of course, that's already been taken
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I've only just caught up on this today.......great stuff @Cowley
That's a splendid shed you have there (loving the roof sign!) but while big enough for an excellent N gauge layout on the lower level, I can see why the garden Trexit is needed for O! They're massive, and presumably the locos are a few kilos, so I can't wait to see the structure you devise on the other side of the Trexit hatch!!
My military kits and dioramas were 1:35, so I know how big oil drums or fences are at that scale, so I fully appreciate you can't fudge detail like in N!
Brilliant work though ....you're clearly very good at this! The brambles and the drain/catchpit thingy are particularly superb (it's really good how you've got the brambles to look like they've grown up and over the buffer stop like that), so I'm really looking forward to this taking shape over the coming months.....and how it gets integrated into the wider planned layout.
(Also, it's encouraging to see that your sketch layouts are just as 'freehand' as mine! However, despite me being able to make locos and rolling stock look half decent, looking at this reminds me of just how much I have to learn and how many other skills I'm going to need!)
That's a splendid shed you have there (loving the roof sign!) but while big enough for an excellent N gauge layout on the lower level, I can see why the garden Trexit is needed for O! They're massive, and presumably the locos are a few kilos, so I can't wait to see the structure you devise on the other side of the Trexit hatch!!
My military kits and dioramas were 1:35, so I know how big oil drums or fences are at that scale, so I fully appreciate you can't fudge detail like in N!
Brilliant work though ....you're clearly very good at this! The brambles and the drain/catchpit thingy are particularly superb (it's really good how you've got the brambles to look like they've grown up and over the buffer stop like that), so I'm really looking forward to this taking shape over the coming months.....and how it gets integrated into the wider planned layout.
(Also, it's encouraging to see that your sketch layouts are just as 'freehand' as mine! However, despite me being able to make locos and rolling stock look half decent, looking at this reminds me of just how much I have to learn and how many other skills I'm going to need!)
Great stuff, @Cowley
The hatch, an exit for BR era trains: BRexit
Oh of course, that's already been taken
Yeah. I didn’t think it was wise.
They are massive.
Just to get a modest 3 coach and loco station, run around and a little shed is going to take around five metres!
Thanks for that. Hopefully through winter I can start working on the actual layout.My military kits and dioramas were 1:35, so I know how big oil drums or fences are at that scale, so I fully appreciate you can't fudge detail like in N!
Brilliant work though ....you're clearly very good at this! The brambles and the drain/catchpit thingy are particularly superb (it's really good how you've got the brambles to look like they've grown up and over the buffer stop like that), so I'm really looking forward to this taking shape over the coming months.....and how it gets integrated into the wider planned layout.
The N gauge might have to wait for a bit though…
You are very good with the weathering. I’m sure you’d also be good at the scenery side of things if you gave it a go.
Just get a few bits and build a hut or a house. It’s fun once you get into it, kind of finding ways around problems etc.
Crikey
That is mahooosive right enough! That's enough for a nice section of scenic mainline with full intermodal length passing loops in N! Good stuff is always worth the wait!
I have had a go, but I'm better at painting things than I am at making them! Bertie Bachmann and Davie Dapol usually make my things for me and I just add some paints, washes and powders to them! I have scratch built some rather wonky farm buildings and stone walls but I'm at the bottom of the learning curve still. My experiments at replicating water haven't been too bad though......and YouTube is great for seeing how things are done.
Speaking of building huts etc., isn't your house on the Lapford layout? So will you be making a small N gauge green shed to take down to the club where it now resides, to place in your garden?
lostwin(m)
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I'd scanned these two pictures taken at Fort William in '86 for my photo thread but haven't got round to using them. As they align with the period and Region you are modelling, maybe a captured detail or two might prove useful. The 37 is about to run round its train and the platform focused shot gives a good feel for some of the associated clutter. The formed concrete litter bin was a very common design at many Scottish stations at the time.
Sun Chariot
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Oh, the dozens of those trolleys which, during the 1980s and very early 1990s, served as an essential seat, an armrest, a carrier of my camera bag and clothing holdall. Oh - and as one form of entertainment during those train-less periods: my brother and I would push these to running speed, then release the handle - which sprang upwards and locked the wheel brakes, causing the trolleys to wildly skid around the platform.
Luckily we never sent them over the platform edge....
Those are great @lostwin(m). Some of your photos have been really useful for remembering the stuff you never took any notice of. Even that concrete bin is interesting to me (I can be fun at parties too though)!
Sun Chariot
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At least your sheds are more interesting than those EMD contraptions.
Sun Chariot
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He could legitimately have a Biffa red one
I've been reading your updates as they came off the internet press @Cowley but have only just found time to comment! The shed looks excellent and the potential to extend the railway into the garden is particularly clever. I'm really looking forward to seeing how this all develops - as I've probably said countless times I think there's someting inherently cool about O gauge simply because it's so big. The engines and rolling stock have a real presence to them (and I imagine you'd certainly feel it if you dropped an errant coal wagon on your foot).
-Peter
-Peter
It’s been a while since I posted anything on here because I’ve basically been too busy to do much in the railway modelling area.
Anyway, I missed out on Rails of Sheffield flogging off their last few O gauge 20s for £299 each a few weeks ago and I was fairly disappointed. I’ve been keeping an eye out for one ever since and this beauty popped up second hand on eBay the other day, it’s missing some cab steps but I should be able to make some up, I’ve tested it and it runs fine. It ended up being a bit of bargain (by O gauge standards).
I’ve just added a couple of Eastfield doggie symbols to the nose end doors and my original wish list of banger blue 20, original Railfreight 26 and large logo 37 is now complete.
I suppose I ought to start building something now…
Anyway, I missed out on Rails of Sheffield flogging off their last few O gauge 20s for £299 each a few weeks ago and I was fairly disappointed. I’ve been keeping an eye out for one ever since and this beauty popped up second hand on eBay the other day, it’s missing some cab steps but I should be able to make some up, I’ve tested it and it runs fine. It ended up being a bit of bargain (by O gauge standards).
I’ve just added a couple of Eastfield doggie symbols to the nose end doors and my original wish list of banger blue 20, original Railfreight 26 and large logo 37 is now complete.
I suppose I ought to start building something now…
hexagon789
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Sun Chariot
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Perfection! That ED stable takes me back.
As for what next: a sickly MetCamm twin, requiring a rescue loco...?
As for what next: a sickly MetCamm twin, requiring a rescue loco...?
Niiiiiice!
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Your rails, sleepers and trackbed look really fantastic too, by the way. I wish I could get mine to look like that!
And what model of vehicle is that with those headlights? A Sierra? Or a Chevette? I like the wee bit of barrier too......
(You'll notice I've stopped just looking at the trains!)
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Your rails, sleepers and trackbed look really fantastic too, by the way. I wish I could get mine to look like that!
And what model of vehicle is that with those headlights? A Sierra? Or a Chevette? I like the wee bit of barrier too......
(You'll notice I've stopped just looking at the trains!)
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Yeah it’s getting there. This is very much a slow burn.You have built something...
... a very tasty fleet by the looks...
Probably a few wagons now. I was thinking of a couple of a couple of TTA’s to stick on the back of a mixed train, 1980s West Highland style.
It’s definitely easier doing that kind of thing in O gauge rather than N!Niiiiiice!
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Your rails, sleepers and trackbed look really fantastic too, by the way. I wish I could get mine to look like that!
It’s a Sierra (wait for it, wait for it) Ghia.
You can’t get more 1980s than that!