4mm Llanfair ....
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Mike Garwood
Western Thunderer
Fair play Larry, wonderful stuff!
Mike
Mike
John Duffy
Western Thunderer
Just a small point Larry, but - certainly in this part of the world - the timbers on the fence behind the weighbridge would be vertical. The straps to hold them would follow the angle of the land, but the spars themselves would be plumb. (As very roughly demonstrated here, on Rosehearty) [I could have sworn they were vertical!
All the best
John
All the best
John
michael mott
Western Thunderer
Wow you painted up the weighbridge hut pretty fast, and it looks great. I really likes the sublty of the B&W shot earlier.
Michael
Michael
…..perspective and depth of field are all spot on and I particularly like the cottages down the road in the distance absolutely superb
Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
It's always the way - the more you photograph the layout in close up the more you notice the small details which require adding to complete the scenes.
LarryG
Western Thunderer
Built Wills coal staithe and distressed some of it. It was then sprayed sleeper grime and very dark grey colours. Same with the ground. Then the ground was messed around a bit making road vehicles marks etc with an electric sander. Nothing is bedded in during the trial......
At this point I was still undecided where to position the coal office. The Austin coal lorry was disassembled and the cab sprayed with matt lacquer while the chassis was given a dusting of sleeper grime. Chrome decorative strips added to 'radiator'...
In the end, the coal office was placed beside the weighbridge, convenient for customers to order coal. ..
At this point I was still undecided where to position the coal office. The Austin coal lorry was disassembled and the cab sprayed with matt lacquer while the chassis was given a dusting of sleeper grime. Chrome decorative strips added to 'radiator'...
In the end, the coal office was placed beside the weighbridge, convenient for customers to order coal. ..
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simond
Western Thunderer
Larry,
what are your thoughts about the front of the layout? I can imagine a wall (a fence would be too fragile perhaps) from the edge of the staithes in the last-but-one pic would be “appropriate” in the sense of providing a boundary?
of course, the other side of this is having a ground level edge which offers photographic opportunities.
cheers
Simon
what are your thoughts about the front of the layout? I can imagine a wall (a fence would be too fragile perhaps) from the edge of the staithes in the last-but-one pic would be “appropriate” in the sense of providing a boundary?
of course, the other side of this is having a ground level edge which offers photographic opportunities.
cheers
Simon
LarryG
Western Thunderer
Yard space is already at a premium and so i decided to not bother with a wall or low embankment. You cleverly guessed it also offers ground level opportunities for photography.
JasonBz
Western Thunderer
I like the coal office near the weighbridge (and therefore also close to the yard entrance).
I may be wrong, but I would assume that the railway also liked such an arrangement, as it prevented coal seeking customers from just wandering around the goods yard.
I may be wrong, but I would assume that the railway also liked such an arrangement, as it prevented coal seeking customers from just wandering around the goods yard.
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Nick Rogers
Western Thunderer
Looks lovely, Larry. Lots of inspiring stuff.
All the best,
Nick.
All the best,
Nick.
