John,

A flywheel does smooth things out and also helps with momentum, but not possible with the Bachmann motor.

Phil

Ah well, the Bachmann motor was toast.  I fitted a compensated Perservence chassis, Romford GB and Mashima motor.
John

Well now your talking, but there's room for a flywheel with that motor?…I have a Mashima fitted to mine.

 

Phil

 

Ha Ha!  Yes, but I sold the thing.
John

Well, there you go :lol:

Just an update, Chris Nevard has sent me the pictures that he took of Pen Y Bryn, they look great, waiting now for a date when they will appear in Model Rail, probably in a few months time.

 

Phil

I'm thinking of getting a Canon G12 it's medium size, it has 10MP, a vari-angle LCD so it can be put almost anywhere on the layout and still be focused, it also has a wide angle lense and can focus down to about an inch, in the meantime here's one from my other Canon.

 

I STILL have'nt decided what to do with this area,   http://yourmodelrailway.net/view_topic.php?id=10077&forum_id=21&page=10   the easy way is to make it just a country scene, but that seems a waste really…or is it?

 

Phil

A nice bucolic scene with horseys and moo cows - why not?  Not more track surely?  I did a country scene in front of my fiddle yard - not a rail in sight!  I think it looked quite good.




John

Hi John, no, no more track, just some modelling :lol:

 

Here's my first bash at some ferns, still in the experimental stage!

 

Phil

 




 

Words fail me, so very evocative.  :cheers

John

Here's what I did.

I loaded a picture of a fern into Photoshop, added a brown background and changed the colour so that I had a selection, I also varied the sizes. They were then put into rows and printed out to scale. I used an knife to cut them out and slice between the segments. They were then twisted and curled and stuck into place.

Phil

Thank you…. Filed for future reference… Although I don't know if it will work for N scale.

Marty

Excellent!
Certainly look the part..
The scene as a whole look great.

Khris

[user=753]Phil.c[/user] wrote:

Here's what I did.

I loaded a picture of a fern into Photoshop, added a brown background and changed the colour so that I had a selection, I also varied the sizes. They were then put into rows and printed out to scale. I used an knife to cut them out and slice between the segments. They were then twisted and curled and stuck into place.

Phil

Lovely work Phil.  Etched ferns (bracken) are available here:

http://www.scalelink.co.uk/acatalog/Foliage___Scale_1_60_to_1_100___Feuillage_HO.html

Terry

Marty, this doesn't work in N the ferns won't print that small.

Thanks for the link Terry, I knew about etched ones but I thought i'd give it a go myself, it takes about 30 seconds to cut one out and stick it in place.

Khris, I find that a scene can always be added to!

Phil.

G'day Phil,

Looked at that scene that needs filling-in and thought that a nice low level double line trestle bridge could be incorporated as it is below the hill in the corner and may resemble the area where you live… The trestle could be located just to the right of the points. It could be made of the 'local' stone like the road bridge or from brick. You could still include the cows/sheep in this scene as well.  Then again, I have just noticed how long the switch blades are on your points… Just a thought !

Cheers, Gary.

Gary,

I don't know of any low line tresle bridges where I live, i'll have to check it out, but a bridge of some sort is a good idea, maybe from the headgear, across the tracks and then running down onto ground level?

 

By the way, if anyone wants to print off my ferns, PM me and i'll email the picture.

 

Phil

Hi Phil,

I have read in one of your previous posts that the railway line has been ripped up and replaced by a bicycle track. Have you walked or cycled this track ? Is there any remnants of interest that once lied on the line that could be useful as a modelling suggestion ?? I know you have also mentioned the lake, did the railway line follow the lake side, or take a different route ?

Cheers, Gary.

 

Gary,

The railway ran from Cardiff to Brecon, it was closed by Beecham but the spur to Ogilvie Colliery remained open until it's closure in 1975. The lake that you mentioned was created after the colliery was turned into a country park it's in the same place as the washery was, please see the B&W picture in my link.

 

The track was re-opene as narrow gauge some years back, from Pant to Pontsticill and is doing well for tourism, it has a number of locos mainly from South Africa. http://www.breconmountainrailway.co.uk/ steam, but I think, converted to diesel.

 

I often walk the old track with my dogs, now a cycle path, but there not much left on it to model, just a few small stone bridges.

 

Phil