00 Gauge - The Far North Line
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ScR steam in the 50's
Ben Alder said
- it has reached a stage where it is more or less at a level where little more needs to be done to it,
From “Post #292,603”, 2nd October 2025, 12:26 am
Time to start a new layout Richard 🤣
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I'd agree with you regarding the changes Warner made to the forum Richard. I wasn't really a big fan of it anyway - too big and impersonal for me plus, those 'at the top' tended to look down on we mere mortals and we were expected to know most of the technicalities anyway, otherwise we were considered dumbos ! I seldom go there although I know several modellers on there but find it quite difficult to navigate.Ben Alder said
Deleted it a couple of years ago - the loss of images from their crash was irrepairable for me as I hadn't saved many of them and I really don't like the way the forum has gone with Warners, along with the fact that I've more or less run out of anything new to say or show about the layout - it has reached a stage where it is more or less at a level where little more needs to be done to it, although I might do some more tracklaying when the Peco curved Bullhead points emerge but that will have scant visual difference as it is the throat of Thurso where they are concentrated and are mostly out of usual sight. My collection of layout pics is stored in various files in no particular order although for the last sux years I have been doing an annual file but it still involves me scouring through a dozen or more to track anything down, and that is just the current layout….Petermac said
I look forward to those Richard but I think I'm still a member on rmweb so I'll see if I can find your thread on there ……………
From “Post #292,602”, 1st October 2025, 12:18 pm
From “Post #292,603”, 2nd October 2025, 12:26 am
A huge pity you lost all those photos - invaluable to you. For the same reason when YMR had a couple of major crashes, I made a point of keeping all my photos on here. I'd still love to see the layout when you have time (or the inclination) to take some more shots. Those photos you've posted on here are absolutely stunning so please don't stop now !
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Ben Alder said
- it has reached a stage where it is more or less at a level where little more needs to be done to it,
From “Post #292,603”, 2nd October 2025, 12:26 am
Time to start a new layout Richard 🤣
Ed
From “Post #292,604”, 2nd October 2025, 6:04 am
Ha ha… plenty plans but running out of years and completly out of space. I don't want to dismantle the existing set up and I could possibly squeeze in a branch terminus in my other attic office/workshop but it isn't cat proof and I know how things went last time around with that….Dornoch weighs heavily on my mind and I was involved with Pop Up and the designer on this - almost all the buildings are available as kits and I have done some as samples for them and am slowly doing more for myself with thoughts of a shelf layout but whether it happens is moot. For rustic British charm it is hard to beat and worth a Google….
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I have just been browsing through your posts and looking at all of the wonderful pictures. There's lots to aspire to there. It is also good to see a layout that the owner feels is close to completion - quite rare!
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I use focus stacking, which basically means, taking shots with multiple focus points, loading them into the program, clicking render and it's done in 5 seconds.
Ben, if you're interested in more info, please PM me.
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Sorry, never got round to answering the last two replies but photo and modelling activity has been at zero this last year. A combination of distracting domestic needs and an ill thought out New Year resolution to try and concentrate on existing half done projects created a mental block that meant I hardly looked at either the bench or layout, as well as media. However, seem to be back in action and a recent FB group weekly theme meant a few photos, so here they are - two of the native Small Bens receiving coaling attention at their home sheds.
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Cheers Pete.
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First glimpse of the latest from the bench - a mish mash of Bachmann leftovers to make a 77xxx. Its trial photo shoot to spot the shortcomings the eye ignores and is very much a 3' rule loco but I'm OK with this. More to follow on it…
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Cheers,
Claus
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Claus Ellef said
I am amazed! How do you do it?
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Thanks. I'll post up a coup;e of pics showing the outlines of what happened in a day or two when I get time to sort them out.
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Cheers Pete.
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Not sure if I've asked before or if you've posted something but what does the whole layout look like - is it a sort of diorama or does it connect to the rest of the Highland line anywhere …….
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