7mm Bleddfa Road

LarryG

LarryG

Western Thunderer
Bleddfa Road is a very neatly built layout and I suppose you have reached the stage where you're thinking....what now? The (EM) layout with a loco shed doesn't look much fun.
 
Yorkshire Dave

Yorkshire Dave

Western Thunderer
Geoff said:
More planting is under consideration for this area as well, and I'm also considering revamping an old project from my 4mm scale modelling days
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Having messed around with 7mm scale and as you've noted yourself in post #641 I don't think you would return to 4mm scale.

However, I feel Bleddfa Road is at the stage where you can just now tinker with additional details such as the extra planting, flowers, telegraph wires, etc, etc; i.e. the small everyday details we see and take for granted but only notice when they become conspicious by their absence.

An example in urban areas is street furniture such as pillar boxes, dustbins, bollards, road signs and fire hydrants. In the countryside it could be items such as grass clippings tipped over a hedge, a part fence repair, repair materials lying around, tree stumps, and old VR post mounted post box, etc, etc, in fact anything.

These are small projects in their own right and are the sort of thing you can pick up at any stage when the mood grabs you.
 
Geoff

Geoff

Western Thunderer
Alan said:
The railcar story seems familiar.
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Indeed it does Alan, such a shame that it didn't have a happy ending when they were used on the Tetbury, Cirencester and numerous other branches.

LarryG said:
Bleddfa Road is a very neatly built layout and I suppose you have reached the stage where you're thinking....what now? The (EM) layout with a loco shed doesn't look much fun.
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Thanks Larry, I am indeed at the stage where I'm thinking what now, and at times I think perhaps it might be time to call it a day.

The shed scene wouldn't be much fun to operate, but it would be fun to build it in 7mm scale.

Yorkshire Dave said:
Having messed around with 7mm scale and as you've noted yourself in post #641 I don't think you would return to 4mm scale.

However, I feel Bleddfa Road is at the stage where you can just now tinker with additional details such as the extra planting, flowers, telegraph wires, etc, etc; i.e. the small everyday details we see and take for granted but only notice when they become conspicious by their absence.

An example in urban areas is street furniture such as pillar boxes, dustbins, bollards, road signs and fire hydrants. In the countryside it could be items such as grass clippings tipped over a hedge, a part fence repair, repair materials lying around, tree stumps, and old VR post mounted post box, etc, etc, in fact anything.

These are small projects in their own right and are the sort of thing you can pick up at any stage when the mood grabs you.
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Tinkering with the layout as you describe is very much in my thoughts Dave, I've also got plenty of wagon kits to build and the Fordson truck to complete.

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In fact the tinkering has already started when I stripped back this area, only time will tell if I've made a big mistake :rolleyes:

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Geoff
 
cmax

cmax

Western Thunderer
Geoff said:
Indeed it does Alan, such a shame that it didn't have a happy ending when they were used on the Tetbury, Cirencester and numerous other branches.


Thanks Larry, I am indeed at the stage where I'm thinking what now, and at times I think perhaps it might be time to call it a day.

The shed scene wouldn't be much fun to operate, but it would be fun to build it in 7mm scale.



Tinkering with the layout as you describe is very much in my thoughts Dave, I've also got plenty of wagon kits to build and the Fordson truck to complete.

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In fact the tinkering has already started when I stripped back this area, only time will tell if I've made a big mistake :rolleyes:

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Geoff
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You can always put it back later, if you think you have made a mistake, What ever you decide, you have made a superb model.

Gary
 
Geoff

Geoff

Western Thunderer
Well the first stage of the tinkering is over, and this is how the scene looks today.......

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I might make a few simple changes to the composition of the scene, but I will leave things for now. As a matter of interest, the layout is 21 inches (53 cm) wide at this point.

Enjoy the weekend.

Geoff
 
Geoff

Geoff

Western Thunderer
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Imagine my surprise when I caught a whiff of diesel fumes and saw this DMU idling away in the station platform this Saturday morning.


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How times change, for I hated the sight of these things when they started to take over from steam. I took a chance when I saved this rather sad, neglected, non-running DCC model. Being an old dinosaur I converted it back to DC, and its engine, sorry motor sprang to life, it has a loose exhaust and a few missing details but nothing that can't easily be repaired. That white cab roof will disappear under a coating of exhaust stains when I get around to a spot of weathering

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Anyway, enough of oil burners, this kettle was caught simmering away yesterday morning.

Enjoy your weekend.
Geoff
 
Geoff

Geoff

Western Thunderer
chigley said:
can't smell the diesel, but a coal burner mmm:)

Ken
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You can't beat the smell of hot oil and steam Ken.

michael mott said:
Lovely photos Geoff which issue of RB did you pull them from…….just kidding.
Michael
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Thank you Michael, can't remember where I pulled those photos from. :rolleyes:

Muddysblues said:
Lovely stuff as always Geoff, nice to see the GRCW Bubble (later tops class 122) on service.

Happy modelling
Craig
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Cheers Craig, hope you are keeping well.

The Bubble hasn't been seen since Saturday, and things have returned to normal.

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Geoff.
 
Geoff

Geoff

Western Thunderer
cmax said:
It just oozes atmosphere, beautiful.
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Thank you Gary, sorry for the late response but I've been having problems posting on the forum. I started this update early this morning only for it to disappear, it is back again now so I best crack on whilst things are working correctly.



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Scroll back and you will find a couple of photos of 5807 arriving at the station, she has now run around her single coach passenger train, and is about to set back into the platform road.

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The guard noticed my camera after checking the tail lamp had been attached.

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It is almost time to return to Kington.......

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Later in the morning 4600 arrived with the pick up goods.

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After shunting the yard 4600 heads back down the branch with a rake of empty coal wagons.

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This Gloucester RC&W single car unit is becoming a bit of a regular on the midday passenger turn.

Happy Easter to one and all.
Geoff
 
LarryG

LarryG

Western Thunderer
Diesels are of little interest to many of us, although on a personal level, I made quite a bit of extra money out of photographing them at one time.

In one of his Ian Allan 1940s railway albums, O. J. Morris had slipped in a photo of a Southern electric unit to show that, no matter what he said it was doing, it was impossible to convey an impression of motion.

Photos of the steam locos, in contrast, are full of interest, probably because whether moving or not, they conjure up a period in railway history that we oldies remember, while diesels remind us of the downfall of the UK rail system, ~ Not just the motive power and rolling stock, but the whole infrastructure and a way of life.
 
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