A clapboard Goods Shed
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Summat different...
Hello again Doug. Just a thought, but as you are primarily working with Scalescenes' products, might it be worth contacting John at Scalescenes to get his views as to a publication? He might be interested in promoting a book which advocates the use of items from the Scalescenes' range.Regards,
Terry
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'You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil…' Aesop's Fables
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
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Quite enjoyed a bit of chippying, didn't have to get cold or wet!
Poop-poop
Douglas
'You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil…' Aesop's Fables
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
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Douglas
'You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil…' Aesop's Fables
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
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Whether I will bother to take it up again, I don't know.
Still, dry roof overhead, full larder and a warm bed, so life ain't so bad!
Doug
'You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil…' Aesop's Fables
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
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Built quickly and cheaply on the footprint of the original brick shed following a fire in which 'Smiff the Whiff's' predecessor was implicated, he having fallen out with the Station Master over the matter known as 'Gustave and the exploding seagull'.
Saw a Pyrene extingiusher recently, so had to include one of those…
My latest pride and joy, a B.R. era Auto coach. I missed the latest iteration [Dapol?] of the 14XX so I'm looking for one with early BR crest.
Crane close-up. Still not happy with the cable catenery, but that's a long term tweak.
Hope it pressed a few buttons [where do I pick up these expressions?]
Douglas
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'You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil…' Aesop's Fables
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
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Thank you very much.
Best,
Bill
At 6'4'', Bill is a tall chap, then again, when horizontal he is rather long and people often used to trip over him! . . . and so a nickname was born :)
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The crane hook is a piece of brass wire, annealed, flattened and tweaked, the ponder ball is a glass dress making bead with minute off-cuts of the tube from a WD40 spray as swivel bearings. The wire rope is one strand of a length of brass picture hanging wire straightened out. The crane is made from the innards of a kitchen timer, bits of clock, press studs and two coffee stirrers.
The extinguisher is a tapered piece of BBQ skewer twiddled in a drill, pierced with a N0. 78/0.016 drill for the handle, and a liitle piece of brass nail for the 'STRIKE KNOB ON GROUND AND SHAKE bit at the bottom.
Doug
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'You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil…' Aesop's Fables
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
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I love the way you use oddments from here, there and everywhere to make these wonderful models - there was me thinking you'd given some RLW tokens to Mr Wills or Mr Ratio in exchange for the crane………………….
'Petermac
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The backscene is from
info@art-printers.com
the home of ID backscenes which are commonly available at all sorts of outlets, presumably at a mark-up. I needed a tall series, printed at 12" high so contacted them directly. The order was put in the post, virtually by return accompanied by an invoice. Old fashion business, eh?
Douglas
'You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil…' Aesop's Fables
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
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Terry
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That's an extremely impressive looking shed Doug and a great backscene to set it off against - from a Gaugemaster photo backscene ?
I love the way you use oddments from here, there and everywhere to make these wonderful models - there was me thinking you'd given some RLW tokens to Mr Wills or Mr Ratio in exchange for the crane………………….
I am suspect the RLW went on that splendid Hawksworth Autocoach but I am guessing for a lot less than the recommended retail! There were some great deals recently.
Doug you should probably look out for a used Hornby 14xx….with a bit of research not too many RLW required.
The Goods shed and associated detail are ,as one would expect, quite brilliant. Coarse modellers like I can only look on in envy. We definitely need a couple of Max’s elephant stamps
Best wishes
John
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No, thank you Doug and I must apologise, as I suppose I should have known it would have been scratch built, but I was focused on the clever, but practical securing of the hook with the chain around its base, as I'd never seen that modelled before and it struck me that of course there would have been such an arrangement. This has just now prompted my memory of such an arrangement on a seldom used hand cranked dockside crane in Newport, IOW in the early 70s.Thank you, Bill.
The crane hook is a piece of brass wire, annealed, flattened and tweaked, the ponder ball is a glass dress making bead with minute off-cuts of the tube from a WD40 spray as swivel bearings. The wire rope is one strand of a length of brass picture hanging wire straightened out. The crane is made from the innards of a kitchen timer, bits of clock, press studs and two coffee stirrers.
The extinguisher is a tapered piece of BBQ skewer twiddled in a drill, pierced with a N0. 78/0.016 drill for the handle, and a liitle piece of brass nail for the 'STRIKE KNOB ON GROUND AND SHAKE bit at the bottom.
Doug
Clever modelling and well worthy of a picture of the month.
Bill
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At 6'4'', Bill is a tall chap, then again, when horizontal he is rather long and people often used to trip over him! . . . and so a nickname was born :)
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'You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil…' Aesop's Fables
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
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