hexagon789
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Either way he's still probably doing better than GWR...Have your cool little box things worked @Cowley? Have trains been blocked due to excess flooding?
-Peter
Either way he's still probably doing better than GWR...Have your cool little box things worked @Cowley? Have trains been blocked due to excess flooding?
-Peter
HahaEither way he's still probably doing better than GWR...
Either way he's still probably doing better than GWR...
Have your cool little box things worked @Cowley? Have trains been blocked due to excess flooding?
-Peter
That’s a very nice looking locomotive and you’ve done some great work on it to make it look realistic. I like your rule number one too
That is a lovely engine. The detail work you've done really adds to the front of it: I can't imagine being able to do that on such a small scale! The weathering is really nice too: I've mentioned before that when I think of BR, I think of that sort of thing and so to me it looks pretty much perfect. Then again, I didn't see BR for myself, so I may well be talking nonsense (which happens quite often).No flooding so far which is good.
I treated myself to a blue 31 this week as a birthday present to myself (and the passengers on the Barnstaple line of course).
Rule one of Lapfordeggishford is nothing runs on the railway unless it’s weathered and in the case of locomotives, has a bit of detailing done. So the last couple of evenings have been taken up by me turning this ‘fresh out of the box’ 31:
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Into something that looks a little more work worn.
I tried to use the pack of detailing parts it came with but I found them virtually impossible, there’s at least eight different pipes on the front of a 31/1 (not my photo)!
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I ended up using a couple of bits from the pack and making the rest out of wire as you can see here:
(I know how geeky this is don’t worry)
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And here it is with the pipes painted and everything back together:
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And then again after being attacked with the weathering airbrush (nerves of steel me):
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I’ve just spent a couple of hours running it after fitting the chip and it runs really nicely. Ever so smooth.
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Look. Still no floods!
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That is a lovely engine. The detail work you've done really adds to the front of it: I can't imagine being able to do that on such a small scale! The weathering is really nice too: I've mentioned before that when I think of BR, I think of that sort of thing and so to me it looks pretty much perfect. Then again, I didn't see BR for myself, so I may well be talking nonsense (which happens quite often).
Nice to hear there haven't been any floods too - imagine the havoc that would cause, especially with the point motor you were fiddling around with!
-Peter
You're very welcome.I hadn’t even thought of the point motor!
Thanks for that Peter. You are right about BR though. You’d find it astonishing having grown up in this era if you could go back in time 35 years or so (actually that would be astonishing) to see how dirty everything was. There was grime on virtually everything and some of the locos (especially 50032!) that got pushed into departmental work looked absolutely deplorable.
I loved it though. That’s why I’m always trying to recreate it.
Yeah I’d noticed you’d got a couple of new loco’s recently.Thanks @Iskra.
Because I don’t buy lots of stuff it’s quite easy to keep on top of stuff like this, saying that I’ve bought two locos and to coaches this last couple of weeks so it has been a little bit of work.
I reckon most of your fleet can’t be far off being weathered now?
Lovely, that really adds to the character the detailing and weathering.No flooding so far which is good.
I treated myself to a blue 31 this week as a birthday present to myself (and the passengers on the Barnstaple line of course).
Rule one of Lapfordeggishford is nothing runs on the railway unless it’s weathered and in the case of locomotives, has a bit of detailing done. So the last couple of evenings have been taken up by me turning this ‘fresh out of the box’ 31:
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Into something that looks a little more work worn.
I tried to use the pack of detailing parts it came with but I found them virtually impossible, there’s at least eight different pipes on the front of a 31/1 (not my photo)!
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I ended up using a couple of bits from the pack and making the rest out of wire as you can see here:
(I know how geeky this is don’t worry)
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And here it is with the pipes painted and everything back together:
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And then again after being attacked with the weathering airbrush (nerves of steel me):
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I’ve just spent a couple of hours running it after fitting the chip and it runs really nicely. Ever so smooth.
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Look. Still no floods!
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Speaking for myself, I intend to have one spanking fresh paint, uber clean loco on my layout. A bit like how some depots had a shed/depot 'pet' they kept all tarted up.Clearly the your lines are not allowed a clean ex-works loco, just dirty ones!
Lovely, that really adds to the character the detailing and weathering.
Though is it filthy enough?
(Yes, it probably is - it's not a 47... or an HST PC with the traction motor gearboxes throwing oil left, right and left again - I've the perfect reference shot for that project)
Are your coaches all weathered too before 'entering service' @Cowley or is that something in progress?
Clearly the your lines are not allowed a clean ex-works loco, just dirty ones!
I knew you had weathered at least some, but I want sure if you had the same rule as per your motive power.Yes all coaches and wagons are weathered @Hexagon. Although some are much more dirty than others - for instance my triple grey 47 has quite a light coating because it wouldn’t have been long painted (and named) in that livery at the time.
You've more than likely seen some of these, some are probably out of period but if I may profer:Yes it tended to be that anything available was sent up to Barnstaple in the last days of loco hauled workings. There is a photo of an immaculate 47 in Railfreight at Barnstaple that I’ve seen though.
I knew you had weathered at least some, but I want sure if you had the same rule as per your motive power.
You've more than likely seen some of these, some are probably out of period but if I may profer:
Double 25s arriving Exeter St Ds from Barnstaple in '78:
The streaks on the front would be interesting to replicate I think, reminds me of photos of Westerns which often seemed to end up in the sort of condition I think because of the automatic carriage washers25s at Exeter St. David's, July 1978
BR Sulzer Type 2s 25155 and 25207 arrive at Exeter St. David's with the 12:28 ex Barnstaple on 23rd July 1978. 57'2191flickr.com
Moving on a bit a '400' at Barnstaple in 1990: https://flic.kr/p/fnFtLa
A slightly grotty 31 at Exeter, I think your's is better :
31250 & 33022 Exeter St Davids 4 May 1985
The 16.07 Barnstaple - Paignton was terminated at Exeter St Davids on 4 May 1985 after 33022 failed near Chapelton, necessitating rescue by 31250.flic.kr
And finally, a fairly sparkly 43 at Barnstaple on a railtour:
19900318 123 Barnstaple. 43099 Has Arrived With Hertfordshire Railtours 125 Special 'The Atlantic Coast Express' From Paddington
Explore 15038's 16446 photos on Flickr!flic.kr
I think the 33 had failed. I had some of these saved to my Flickr account, but none were actually any of the ones I was originally looking for. There was a good one of a really clean 33 and then an almost 'before and after' type comparison with a beautifully filthy one!Actually I hadn’t seen any of those before. Might have to recreate the 31/33 combination.
I think the 33 had failed. I had some of these saved to my Flickr account, but none were actually any of the ones I was originally looking for. There was a good one of a really clean 33 and then an almost 'before and after' type comparison with a beautifully filthy one!
For a rural branch line, the Barnstaple line has seen some pretty varied traction over the years. Often on such lines you get one class of train, maybe two but Barnstaple can probably count at least 4 loco and about 5 or 6 DMU classes as relative regulars from the late-1970s to 1990s.
The last formation looks excellent; you have to look twice to be sure it's a model.I’ll do a mini recreation tomorrow night when I get time. Hopefully I’ve got the right combination of coaches as well.
Had a bit of a running session on my friends railway this evening and these were the pick of the photos.
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That last one is my favourite. I’ve actually had both of those on the mainline - 37133 and 37035, and 37035 was on an HST drag in Devon too.
The last formation looks excellent; you have to look twice to be sure it's a model.
Yes. I’ll try and find out which one I’ve got from my eBay history. Considering it was at the cheaper end of the market it’s very good.Do you use a static grass applicator for your grass? I was watching a demo on it.
Looking absolutely great. I do keep wondering what the impact would be of taking still photos with a big old flash or bright light off in one direction. Typical layout lighting is good at providing enough light to film, but the lack of Shadows always seems just slightly off to me
Again, looks highly realistic. It really is a scale representation of the photoHere you go. That’s my version of the same train.
The delayed 12:25 from Barnstaple is finally on its way..
It still looks amazing though!This was taken in that light I think but it’s quite an old photo and I’ve done more to it since then.
Either that, or he's got a collection of superb colour photos from the time, and is slowly sharing them...To achieve that realism in N gauge is amazing, you clearly have good close up vision & photography skills!
What an accusation!Either that, or he's got a collection of superb colour photos from the time, and is slowly sharing them...
-Peter
And now we're back to last night's pub brawl* - and I seem to have joined (well, blundered into, really)What an accusation!
OK @Cowley accused me, you have accused @Cowley , my turn nextAnd now we're back to last night's pub brawl* - and I seem to have joined (well, blundered into, really)
-Peter
*for those just tuning in - see posts #422-#429 in this thread: https://www.railforums.co.uk/thread...t-oo-gauge-layout.211382/page-15#post-5140902
This is like EastEnders - but much better. I'm to call the BBC at once, and demand at least one full hour of their finest tele-broadcasting time! This is surely 'good content', as it would be called on social media.