Just thought folks might be interested in a progress report! All vehicles just about completed now; just the black ironwork on the cattle vans to be painted in. :)
I've made a start on loads for them as well, as you can see. The coal load is removable and has some steel coathanger wire embedded in the load to make it easy to extract with a magnet; a method I employ on Buccabury.
Very nice!
Tell me, have you made three of each, or is that the result of some clever time-lapse photography??? :)
Excellent modelling, David - but what did you do to the sheep? Drilled them into a military formation or what? They are VERY disciplined! ;D
Why thank you kind sirs! Having learnt the gentle art of cloning, there are indeed three of each! As for the sheep, firstly as you'll notice they're all identical (cloning again so I'll call them all 'Dolly'...) and I think, Ted, when they've settled down a bit they'll be a bit more unruly! Discipline was only effected on this occasion by yelling "MINT SAUCE!!!" at them! ;D
Left hand sheep of the rear rank is way out of dressing - and that is not mint sauce dressing but alignment............. :police:
Mick (I have served before the colours and know about this sort of thing even if I know nowt about layout building)
My humblest apologies are duly proffered on behalf of my slovenly and undisciplined livestock!! ;D
Quote from: MickT on January 16, 2012, 19:48
"Left hand sheep of the rear rank is way out of dressing..."
I put him on the 'fizzer,Sir. I love roast lamb...
;D
And get yore aircut YEW orrible specimen................
Yes, Sarnt Major, sah!
In Navy parlance: aye aye, sir!
Quote from: MickT on January 21, 2012, 16:03
And get yore aircut YEW orrible specimen................
Shouldn't that be "EWE orrible specimen ........."?
;D ;D Oh dear, what have I started?
OK, so the production set actually have eight animals each and just to frustrate the military'minded, they're completely undisciplined now! Photos later, once I've finished weathering the vehicles.
Nice to see you at Barton le Clay, David. The new stock looked very nice indeed. I look forward to reading of more being built.
I can confirm the now rather undisciplined way the sheep have arranged themselves.
MORE?? you want MORE?? The railway already has over a hundred items of rolling stock on its tracks (not counting locomotives!), 75 of which are in regular use! Actually, I have a feeling that even these twelve new items will disappear once they're in service! I put them all on the railway last night to see how they looked alongsie the original stock and they seemed to melt into the background as though they'd always been there! I now need to photograph them before I weather them. Chatting to Pete Wilson yesterday I've worked out how I have so many spare Penrhyn slate wagon brake handles. There were two in every kit. If that's the case I must have had 45 spares! Likewise, good to meet you yesterday and many thanks for the compliment. Both RSM Thornton and Cprl Webb seem to approve of the more relaxed appearance of the sheep which are now 'at ease' rather than 'to attention'!! :)
And when did Private Webb tell you he had been promoted to Cpl? Impersonating a senior rank is a very serious crime that in his case could result not only in at least 14 days Jankers but a spell of spud sorry pug bashing.
To the Naafi - dis...........wait for it...................MISS. Turn smartly to the right, pause 2 - 3, shout "we love 009" and get orf moy square ewe (thankyou for typo correction Rhobart) 'orrible harticools.
Suggest subject distraction has now run its course and back to David's splendid models! :)
Mick
Excellent distraction Mick - many thanks and good to see you yesterday!
Back to my Naafi tea... ;D
Wot? Undisciplined sheep in the ranks? Baaa-aa-aa! ;D
Quote from: MickT on January 23, 2012, 11:30
And when did Private Webb tell you he had been promoted to Cpl? Impersonating a senior rank is a very serious crime that in his case could result not only in at least 14 days Jankers but a spell of spud sorry pug bashing.
To the Naafi - dis...........wait for it...................MISS. Turn smartly to the right, pause 2 - 3, shout "we love 009" and get orf moy square ewe (thankyou for typo correction Rhobart) 'orrible harticools.
Suggest subject distraction has now run its course and back to David's splendid models! :)
Mick
Corpral? Private? I thought I was
general public! ;D
Quote from: JulienW on January 24, 2012, 09:16
Corpral? Private? I thought I was general public! ;D
Indeed and a very fair point - sah!
I guess all this ought to be in the 'livestock train' thread but however, I've just picked up a load of Hornby cattle which appear to be Jerseys and Holsteins. By their general shapes I reckon they can be re-liveried to represent Jerseys (of the correct colour!), Gurnseys, Herefords and (polled) Welsh Blacks. They don't have to be perfect as they'll only be seen through the bars of the cattle vans. I remember photographing a mixed herd in the fields near Porthmadoc in 1984.
Quote from: Tigger on January 24, 2012, 12:32
I guess all this ought to be in the 'livestock train' thread but however, I've just picked up a load of Hornby cattle which appear to be Jerseys and Holsteins. By their general shapes I reckon they can be re-liveried to represent Jerseys (of the correct colour!), Gurnseys, Herefords and (polled) Welsh Blacks.
Wrong regiment. Court-martial for you, sir! ;D
That's the last time I'll do the military act, I promise, David. Don't let us distract you. Are the Welshpool sheep wagons big enough to take cattle?
No, but the widened Welshpool cattle vans are. I bought a whole load of Noch Holstein cattle but for 4mm they look a bit emaciated so today I popped into ModelZone and picked up a load of the Hornby ones. I could get six Noch ones into the vans but only four of the Hornby Jerseys and three of their Holsteins. No matter - so long as it can be seen that SOMETHING'S there, it's ok.
Meanwhile I now have a pair of wagon wheels, some logs, a new field gate and a tarpaulined load all prepared for the flat wagons. Other load ideas on the book are some sort of water tank, a spare boiler and an anti-aircraft gun to get those damned rivet-counters who hover over the layout and get picky. The railway's cannon doesn't have the elevation... ;D
I think those rivet counters are used to flack by now :-)
Hows about veal crates? That'd utilise those HO critters.
Have you seen the odd loads used by the (is it Romilly?) guys - OK they're 7mm but some interesting ideas. Twisted crates, one that is narrower in the middle an done that is wider in the middle.
How about a piano (for the chapel)? (Or might that be a harmonium?)
Some more ideas for wagon loads?
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http://www.009dutch.nl/cdr/main/foto/dunalistair/mdsc00062.jpg (http://www.009dutch.nl/cdr/main/foto/dunalistair/mdsc00062.jpg)
http://www.009dutch.nl/cdr/main/foto/raebridge/p3225402.jpg (http://www.009dutch.nl/cdr/main/foto/raebridge/p3225402.jpg)
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Hugh/Ted -many thanks chaps! Interesting as I was thinking about some of these things, especially the angled frame for steel plate. Perhaps a couple of 18" gauge tubs for the mines and a drum of steel rope for one of the inclines. Has anyone ever built a working 'blondin'? Keep your eyes on 'Letter from Llanmynach'; I've already written a piece on wagon loads based on my work from years ago! It's due to appear in the May News - not so much suggestions for loads as technique and I'm keeping it fairly basic which is the aim of the whole 'Letter' series.
Question - I was toying with the idea of repeating each 'Letter' article on the Forum after it's appeared in print - what do you think?
Quote from: hughn on January 25, 2012, 08:59
"...How about a piano (for the chapel)? (Or might that be a harmonium?)"
It would probably be a harmonium. The chapel already has a piano but only temporarily (oh ha ha!!) until I build a harmonium for it; I have photos of the one in the chapel in the Black Country Museum. However, there's no reason why chapels at Ichel Groes or Tawel-Llety shouldn't take delivery of one.
Last year I bought from Peco a whole load of coal sacks for domestic coal deliveries up the line so in time these will appear in the long wheel-base sided wagons. So I'll have to produce a heap of empty and folded coal sacks for the down train! Who else remembers deliveries of domestic coal? We used to get a ton at a time and I remember being given the job of counting the sacks in!
Yes, I remember bags of coal. They arrived on a lorry and were brought round the back to the coal bin in the garden shed. That was shortly before they discovered a huge gas field which revolutionised heating in this country, back in the early 60s.
Bags of coal would be a nice wagon load. Unless you have a coal merchant's premises somewhere, where they turn a bulk load of coal into bags. Merit used to do a pack of coal bags and scales to weigh them. I used them at Rae Bridge: http://www.009dutch.nl/cdr/main/foto/raebridge/p3225390.jpg (http://www.009dutch.nl/cdr/main/foto/raebridge/p3225390.jpg)
Quote from: Tigger on January 25, 2012, 12:51
Who else remembers deliveries of domestic coal? We used to get a ton at a time and I remember being given the job of counting the sacks in!
Wadda ya mean "who remembers". We still get deliveries, and logs and even peat occasionally! :D
Ah! It must be lovely to live in an ancient community Graeme! Do you still burn witches? ;D ;D
Happy Burns' Night by the way.
Ted - it's the Merit ones I've got from Peco - or at least I'm pretty sure it is.
Blondins - I think That Dam Railway by the Chelmsford MRC chaps has a working Blondin on the top of the dam. Confirm anyone?
Mick
First thought "Damn (or perhaps Dam) - someone's beaten me to it" Second thought "Oh good, there's less incentive now to go and build one!"
Now that might be a better place - good idea.
No they do not have a Blondin on the dam layout. They do have a travelling crane that moves along the top of the dam though.
Pete Wilson did make a fully working Blondin on his 008 slate quarry layout, but it required a skilled and experienced operator
I suppose on a Welsh layout, you wouldn't have a Blondon but rather a Blodwyn? ;)
(Two Burns Night suppers down, two to go... I shall be maxed out on haggis an Scotch)
I knew I'd seen a blondin somewhere. I should have guessed it would be Pete! Now I know it's been done properly, it's a good excuse to avoid building one for Mynydd-yn-Bwlch!
Incidentally, in preparation for a livery change of the Hornby cattle I've bought, my colleague spotted me printing off photos of Jersey, Gurnsey, Welsh Black and Hereford cattle! I did try to justify myself by explaining to him that I
Quote from: Tigger on January 27, 2012, 09:50
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Incidentally, in preparation for a livery change of the Hornby cattle I've bought, my colleague spotted me printing off photos of Jersey, Gurnsey, Welsh Black and Hereford cattle! I did try to justify myself by explaining to him that I
Quote from: JulienW on January 27, 2012, 10:01
Memo to self - when one is in a hole it is best not to keep digging! :laugh:
More importantly, don't try to dig your way out sideways! "Someone take the shovel away from that man before he gets hurt!" ;D
Quote from: JulienW on January 27, 2012, 10:01
By the way Langley do some nice Highland cattle... ;)
Interesting, thanks ; I didn't know that - hopefully Tom and Ted are aware of it.
Quote from: JulienW on January 27, 2012, 10:01
"...Memo to self - when one is in a hole it is best not to keep digging! :laugh: ..."
Yes
"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."
- Mark Twain (1835-1910)
I once bought a set of whitemetal castings for Highland cattle from Highland Models. But thay ceased trading at least 15 years ago. I used several of them and I gave a few to Tom.
Didn't know Langley did Highland cattle.
Quote from: tedp on January 27, 2012, 13:30
I once bought a set of whitemetal castings for Highland cattle from Highland Models. But thay ceased trading at least 15 years ago. I used several of them and I gave a few to Tom.
Didn't know Langley did Highland cattle.
You did indeed, ;D They are going to have a home on Isle Ornsay in the cattle dock when I get to that point. I have some Langley ones to put into vehicles. They come with separate heads so they can be put in different poses.