Somewhere SW of London. Somewhen before today

[user=1753]Gwiwer[/user] wrote:

[user=321]SRman[/user] wrote:

[user=6]Petermac[/user] wrote:

Ooooh errrr - interesting goings on in Railway Terrace, Waddlemarsh……….

Maybe it's  just an extension of a work meeting ……….. :hmm

Petermac: They were just forming a committee!

p.s. some lovely modelling work there, Rick.

Thank you Jeff.  

I'm not sure what those two are up to but they might have closed the curtains first :roll:

 

unless there are drones flying around, those on upper floors don't expect people to be able to see in  … unless there is a similar building across the road.

[user=1753]Gwiwer[/user] wrote:

Thank you Jeff.  

I'm not sure what those two are up to but they might have closed the curtains first :roll:

If you aren't sure what they are up to, Rick, maybe you should watch them a bit longer. You might learn something.

How it all works: when a Mummy and a Daddy love each other …

All in the very best possible taste. And talking of tastes, my favorite wine is a local one from about 60km up the road in Jumilla, Murcia. The bodega is called De Lampa and the wine is exodo. A very fruity red, somewhat appropriate for the subject matter. It's one of the bodega's more expensive bottles at € 5.50 a bottle when we last bought it - we buy it by the case, in the interest of the environment of course, as it saves all that toing and froing in the car.

That’s more than cheese and wine!
The buildings are coming on very nicely though!

Ongoing furtling in the Waddlemarsh has seen a small coal facility installed at the end of the kick-back siding. This will be a public delivery facility though I’m sure some will be used to refill the bunkers of shunting locos at times.  This is an Ancorton “Sleeper Built Coal Staithe” assembled, painted, planted and supplied with two grades of coal from Woodland Scenics Mine Run and Cinders packs. The wagon also has Mine Run loaded and fixed with PVA. 







Railway Terrace has also been securely fenced off from the adjacent railway with six-foot chain-link fence also from Ancorton. This is the security fence kit with post toppers removed and barbed wire omitted. And of course it has been painted and weathered. 

That coal looks good Rick - just like the real thing.   :thumbs

The rest of the scene isn't too shabby either ………. :cool wink

Hi Rick,
The latest feature looks great 👍. The terraced houses with their interiors aren't bad either 😉 

The pictures show some great modelling. I especially like the fencing, will have to have a look at the Ancorton offering when the time comes. Unfortunately for me, it's the subtle colours and weathering that make your scenes so good which is my achilles heel (among others).

Strangers in the camp!

 An Ex-GWR pannier tank now L89 in LT stock and Metropolitan electric loco “Number 12” named “Sarah Siddons” accompany the newly-arrived and eagerly-awaited EFE Rail 1938 tube stock unit. This is a motorised reworking of the earlier EFE unpowered models. It looks rather nice with internal lighting. Running is smooth and positive. Not a cheap purchase but at £298 for a four-car unit it’s cheaper than some. 

Hi Rick.  Yes a good choice. Of the three of em, I only have the ex GWR pannier tank just for the sake of it  . Of course I never drove one, but I knew a man that fired them. Best wishes Kevin 

Aiming for the look of an uncared-for lane with wheel-tracks and puddles. 

Materials are black acrylic paint base with fine cinders scattered into it and allowed to dry. Then puddles of Deluxe Materials “Aqua Magic” followed by stippled and brushed application of a mix of Raw Umber acrylic plus Woodland Scenics Earth base colour mixed with a little Peco ash for texture. 

This is inside the railway boundary so I don’t need to fence off between road and railway here

Hi Rick.  You having shown your latest purchases reminds me, during my training for guard, back in the 60’s , part of the course involved four days with the driver and two days with the guard. And they bunged me on the central line but, the trains were much newer, 1962? I think, I did very well apart from the time when the guard gave me the bell against the stick ( slang for signal) I didn’t move the train I just waited, but when the guard gave the bell again I accidentally dropped the button ( slang for the dead mans handle) . The driver suggested that I did that on purpose.Those were the days. Best wishes Kevin 

Passed Driver wrote:

Hi Rick.  You having shown your latest purchases reminds me, during my training for guard, back in the 60’s , part of the course involved four days with the driver and two days with the guard. And they bunged me on the central line but, the trains were much newer, 1962? I think, I did very well apart from the time when the guard gave me the bell against the stick ( slang for signal) I didn’t move the train I just waited, but when the guard gave the bell again I accidentally dropped the button ( slang for the dead mans handle) . The driver suggested that I did that on purpose.Those were the days. Best wishes Kevin 

The Central Line used 1962 stock which was much younger than the 1938 stock EFE Rail has just released but was broadly similar in body design.  The electrics under the floor wasn't too much different either.  The 1959 stock which initially ran on the Piccadilly Line looked almost identical but had an MG (motor generator) unit whilst the 1962 stock had alternators.  

 Other detail differences included the '59 stock running in 7-car trains whilst the '62 stock was formed into 8-car trains this being due to the different platform lengths on those lines.  Following a mid-life facelift the two types were fitted with red marker lights on the cab ends.  The '59 stock had two white marker lights with a red stabling light nearer the centre whilst the red was nearer the outer corner and on the other side of the markers on the '62 stock.  

Bell-against-stick is still an occasional issue where trains are worked with a traditional crew of two.  No tube train has carried a guard for many years now but those I am responsible for on South Western Railways all carry guards.  I have been aware of one "dispatch against red" as it's officially known these days and where two platform staff both gave the tip to go and the guard duly closed the doors and gave "ding-ding" to the driver.  (Tube trains used one bell for "start" - all other railways use two).  That's three staff all making the same error and thankfully the driver was alert and refused to move!  Such things should not happen but human error can never be totally eliminated.  We have safety systems these days which help to mitigate any such errors and had that particular train moved the TPWS (Train Protection and Warning System) would have intervened and brought it to an immediate halt.  

An awkward empty corner has been filled. 

The mechanical horse is loaded with coal for the local round. Outside the pub the Saturday market stall is open for business. The open gate leads onto the muddy lane. 

Here’s a better view of Colin Coleman being the ….. errrr ….. coalman!  

 Using mostly artificial light some of this scene is hard to pick up on camera. For a short time in the morning there is enough natural light through the window to give a different perspective. 

Maybe camera angle Rick but those rail buffers look huge against the rest of the  scene…… :hmm

Probably the camera angle as you say. They match the wagon buffer height nicely and woukd be around four feet from ground to lamp in real life. We often see them from a platform so their height is not so apparent. 
The coal man figure is a Preiser HO chap so 1:87 rather than 1:76 and perhaps looks a little small but there are only so many correctly-scaled OO figures readily available. Some of those which there are look over-scale to me. 

[user=1753]Gwiwer[/user] wrote:

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The coal man figure is a Preiser HO chap so 1:87 rather than 1:76 and perhaps looks a little small but there are only so many correctly-scaled OO figures readily available. Some of those which there are look over-scale to me. 

They bred 'em smaller in the ol' days.

:twisted:

I have a lot of Preiser HO figures, they're very good but too small for closeup shots, ok though in the distance.

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

I have a lot of Preiser HO figures, they're very good but too small for closeup shots, ok though in the distance.

Agreed. HO and OO can be used together with care. Singly (as above in my views) or to force persepctive at times.