00 gauge - Pen Y Bryn.
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Ron
NCE DCC ; 00 scale UK outline.
NCE DCC ; 00 scale UK outline.
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Great news Phil. Chris is still a member of this forum by the way and his work is shown on several of our pages.
Thanks Robert, I hope it will do the mags justice!
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I've checked it out and will leave a reply when i'm accepted as a member.
Knowing that your layout is going to be featured makes you look at it in a different way, i'm finding lots of things to do to make it more acceptable, i've spent most of today just working on the area in front of the tunnel. Adding foliage, trees and generally making it look better :roll: I've rummaged through old boxes of stuff that I haven't looked at for ten years, found some etched point levers, three link screw couplings, signal kits (made one which has gone next the the signal box) ground signals, etc. etc. and that's the simple part of the layout!
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NCE DCC ; 00 scale UK outline.
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Great news about the publicity but it's good to know "we saw it first" on here. thumbs:thumbs
The transformation of the factory from pristine plastic to finished article is something to behold. A brilliant job. Each little scene has so much to offer. Nothing we didn't know was there but things we'd have missed out if we were doing it ourselves - regardless of the quality of our finished work compared with yours.
I'm sure I've said before that it's the attention to detail that moves a model railway into being a miniature version of the real thing. Pen y Bryn is a layout that has, without any doubt, successfully made that move.
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Thanks Peter your kind words are appreciated!
These new pics were taken with my new light setup, I'm still experimenting with it, 2x 7 bulb sets, total of the equivellent of 5000w, here's the link.
http://www.stevesphotoshop.co.uk/daylight_fluorescent_lighting_set_bank_seven_bulb_SVOCT350P.html
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What did it start out as and how did you make it look so brilliant ?
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It started out as a hydrangea flower minus the petals, Polyfilla was added to the trunk which was then painted. Woodland Scenics was stretched over the branches and then WS's foliage. Hair spray was used as adhesive. As it was, the tree was not big enough and not quite the right shape so copper wire was pushed into the centre to create an over hang and all of the above was added again.
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Always try to look on the bright side of life!
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By-the-by, you ought to show members on here your shotgun engraving - it deserves a wider audience…
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Wow Phil, what a journey. :shock::shock:Peter,
It started out as a hydrangea flower minus the petals, Polyfilla was added to the trunk which was then painted. Woodland Scenics was stretched over the branches and then WS's foliage. Hair spray was used as adhesive. As it was, the tree was not big enough and not quite the right shape so copper wire was pushed into the centre to create an over hang and all of the above was added again.
Phil
No wonder it looks so good - a real "specimen" tree. Hard work but very well worth all the effort. thumbs:thumbs
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Cheers
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[user=567]gastwo[/user] wrote:
Cracking work Phil - as usual!
By-the-by, you ought to show members on here your shotgun engraving - it deserves a wider audience…
Shaun.
Thanks Shaun, and for those interested here's my day job stuff
http://s289.beta.photobucket.com/user/Philcog/library/ps
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Did those all start as "plain" guns or did the manufacturer give you something to work on ?
I also notice they're cheap guns !!! ;-)
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