Isle Ornsay

[Tigger]

Speaking as one who has to book time on the kitchen table, I'm envious of your loft space!

A very good point Hugh.  those of us lucky enough to have a dedicated space sometimes don't appreciate how lucky we are to be able simply to 'drop everything' at the end of the day and just walk out and leave it.  Time-share of the kitchen/dining room table is certainly not conducive to continuity and those who turn out their masterpieces under such circumstances should really be congratulated.

[invercloy]

A very nice observation car indeed; well done!  Please let us see the finished article.  Makes me wish one thing - that my own layout had something more useful than the paltry Talyllyn loading gauge it's got!  It does, however, inspire me to have a go at the observation car which I've promising for the line for the last 20 years or so!

Thanks very much, it's been fun to make, and is the most complex ratio bash I've done to date.  I'd like to do another some day, but have the other 8 from the initial batch waiting semi-assembled.

A very good point Hugh.  those of us lucky enough to have a dedicated space sometimes don't appreciate how lucky we are to be able simply to 'drop everything' at the end of the day and just walk out and leave it.  Time-share of the kitchen/dining room table is certainly not conducive to continuity and those who turn out their masterpieces under such circumstances should really be congratulated.

I'm certainly liking having a dedicated space, it's fairly new to me as I was building things on a small fold up table in the lounge until about a year ago.  There is such a benefit to being able to leave things and return to them in the same condition.  I admire people that also have massively messy workbenches and such a tiny clear space to work in!

[invercloy]

Just to prove that John's not the only one building the RT Models Peckett kit...



Nowhere near as neat as John's, and the chimney IS straight, it's just the angle which accentuates the appearance of it being wonky I think - it's square against the footplate and cab sides anyway.

[pilotfriend]

Doing OK Tom. I understand that the front of the pannier tank was a cast weight which is why the holes are there. I did not like it and modified..... but then again, I always change things!

[invercloy]

I shall crack out the filler then! They look a little odd to me. I do like the curved handrail you've done on yours though John, so I can see that featuring on mine too.

[pilotfriend]

Agreed, the straight handrail looks wrong. Neither you nor I are modelling 'Harrowgate' so what the hell.

[invercloy]

Finished and prepared for primer.  I'll add the handrails after painting.



Just realised that I need to drill out the holes for the handrail on the front of the tank...

[pilotfriend]

looking good. Gosh, Tom, your lens is either on the huck or your chimney is!

Would suggest that you fit handrails first and treat with Maskol as it is hard to fix them later without getting any glue problems.

[invercloy]

It's a cameraphone, John, so the lens distortion is fairly impressively bad! It's square relative to the footplate and cab sides.

It now has a coat of primer on, will see about handrails soon.

[Hugh Norwood]

That's pretty darned good for a phone camera!

[Tigger]

And the loco and observation coach are nicely matched.  Looking very smart.

[tedp]

Nice going, Tom. Will you bring it to Tonbridge next month?

[invercloy]

That's pretty darned good for a phone camera!

I've been very impressed with it, it's the latest iPhone (4S) and has an 8,000,000 pixel backlit sensor and f2.4 lens.

And the loco and observation coach are nicely matched.  Looking very smart.

Thanks, not intentional as they will be operating in different rakes, but it's nice to know.

Nice going, Tom. Will you bring it to Tonbridge next month?

Certainly,  Ted, I've not chipped it yet, so will hold off until after Tonbridge.

[tedp]

If it's not chipped, it can run on DC!  ;D

[invercloy]

In addition to the Peckett I've also been working on some new carriages for Isle Ornsay, based on MickT's principals of ratiobashing which he has outlined in the News on a couple of occasions.

This is how the collection stands at present:



I should really break this stuff out into a workbench thread separate from the layout...

I'm off to Barton le Clay this coming weekend to help man the Narrow Planet stand - is anyone else going?