00 Gauge - The Far North Line
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Thanks for the updates regarding the platforms, platform edging and ballast. As usual, you have provided more great photos and good desriptions of your work.
Looking foward to see the 'greening' of the layout.
Cheers, Gary.
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These are mostly of the branch train, that ran to Dornoch, and latterly had an ex-GW pannier tank as the motive power for the line. These were serviced at Helmsdale, so will still appear in future photographs.
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I think you've posted these latest photos in the wrong place - thay should be in the "Prototype" section …………………
Some absolutely stunning photos there, really stunning.
There's very very little to identify them as models rather than the real thing - and I mean very little !!
The one glaring give-away is the fact that, in Thurso, you'd never get fine weather for long enough to walk from one end of the station to the other to take those photos - you either "cheated" using Photoshop or you had 2 photographers …..
It really does beg the question - why in heavens name, did you scrap the layout ? Surely you weren't planning to do something better !!! :shock::shock::shock::shock:
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This was one of the reasons for scrapping the last set-up;- it was built into the lean of a sloping roof, which made a decent height of backscene impossible. It also was begun in 1992, so I felt it had had a decent innings. If the room had been bigger and I had placed it against another wall, I might have retained it, but I wanted to have a go at Helmsdale, which has more operating potential- TBH, I was getting a bit bored with The Mound, and I wanted to build something that gave me more movements.
I have plenty of images of the scrapped stations, and as my thread title is the Far North Line, I will drop some more in now and again
Oh and BTW, Thurso and the northern tip os Scotland has had the best weather of the whole of Britain this summer- hardly any rain at all and a glorious May and June when there was hardly any darkness at all for six weeks- not normal weather for the area, but it does happen from time to time!…..
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I'll really look forward to seeing more of the now defunct Mound Ben :thumbs
I have plenty of images of the scrapped stations, and as my thread title is the Far North Line, I will drop some more in now and again
Oh and BTW, Thurso and the northern tip os Scotland has had the best weather of the whole of Britain this summer- hardly any rain at all and a glorious May and June when there was hardly any darkness at all for six weeks- not normal weather for the area, but it does happen from time to time!.….
And we mustn't forget that, in your latitudes, your twilight May and June is balanced out by November and December when the sun only just manages to scrape underside of the horizon .……………..
"Everything" happens from time to time Ben and, although palm trees grow on the beach as far north as Aberdeenshire, the sea is a few degrees cooler than in the Med !!! :shock::shock:
At least you're not troubled too much by traffic jams and wardens ………………:roll::roll:
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As you say, if it was always like that, who would ever want to go anywhere else …………..:cheers
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Here are a couple from the session- both types of engine long associated with the area in days gone by.
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Thanks for all the posts!
Bozzy(never known to pass a pub)
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I have been working on the Thurso goods shed, adding an office - found enough traces of its existence to hazard a guess at its appearance- and done the ridge flashing. The roof pitch has been altered as I made a mistake in the original build- working from photos- and it looks more in proportion now.
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Superb photos - thanks for sharing them :thumbs
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In the below photo that was on a recent post what did you do to create the effect on the trackwork in the yard. Was it plaster painted a grey colour or DAS clay or another substance you have used. It looks excellent, as do your other photos. Keep inspiring us with more photos as the layout progresses.
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Shed ground cover was Fine surface, or whatever it's called- comes in a tub- Polyfilla put on with an artist's palette knife and painted with a mix of acrylic greys, put on wet and blended together. I am going to go back to this bit as the finish has come out a bit glossy, but it is something that can wait till I get further ahead.
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