Geoff
Western Thunderer
Thank you John, trying to create atmosphere and a feeling of place is my core interest in modelling.
Geoff
7mm Bleddfa Road
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Thank you John, trying to create atmosphere and a feeling of place is my core interest in modelling.
Geoff
timbowales
Western Thunderer
Geoff
Western Thunderer
Well thanks very much Gary, but it's narrow gauge track at 31.5mm, the wheels aren't as fine as they could be, and it's a cheap, detailed plastic RTR model, with a dodgy chimney.
cheers TimboI think it's more a case of trial and error, with a little good luck thrown in rather than skill, but thanks Ade.
As for patience, being a happily married man I've always had plenty of that.
Geoff
cmax
Western Thunderer
Well thanks very much Gary, but it's narrow gauge track at 31.5mm, the wheels aren't as fine as they could be, and it's a cheap, detailed plastic RTR model, with a dodgy chimney.
Geoff,
Looking at the photograph, you can't tell its 31.5mm track, can't spot the flange depth, and it looks like a 14xx.
What you can see in the photograph is a work of art, your work of art, its full of atmosphere, when you decided to remove the siding and replace with the bridge, I thought mmmm, what's happening here, what's happened in my eyes, you've improved Bleddfa Road, less is certainly more.
Gary
Geoff,
Looking at the photograph, you can't tell its 31.5mm track, can't spot the flange depth, and it looks like a 14xx.
What you can see in the photograph is a work of art, your work of art, its full of atmosphere, when you decided to remove the siding and replace with the bridge, I thought mmmm, what's happening here, what's happened in my eyes, you've improved Bleddfa Road, less is certainly more.
Gary
Neil
Western Thunderer
Well thanks very much Gary, but it's narrow gauge track at 31.5mm, the wheels aren't as fine as they could be, and it's a cheap, detailed plastic RTR model, with a dodgy chimney.
Yes, but .....
Artistry trumps finescale exactitude every time. It's why in some hands relatively ordinary rtr stuff looks like a trainset and in others it becomes a complete knockout.
Geoff
Western Thunderer
Thanks for your kind comments and likes, guys.
Like Gary, I also wondered what was going on when I removed the siding and replaced it with a river bridge
When making such changes, and there have been a few of late I'm always wary of taking the less is more approach too far. But I think I've got away with it again with the latest chops and changes.
Got to say that I agree with Neil as regards artistry trumping exactitude. I do admire what is being done in the true finescale modelling world, but does an extra couple of millimetres here and there really matter? Whenever I look at layouts I don't notice how accurate the track gauge is, or how fine the wheels are, I'm more interested in the whole scene spread before me, and ask myself does it look like a model railway, or a model of a railway?
Geoff (ducking for cover)
Like Gary, I also wondered what was going on when I removed the siding and replaced it with a river bridge
When making such changes, and there have been a few of late I'm always wary of taking the less is more approach too far. But I think I've got away with it again with the latest chops and changes.Got to say that I agree with Neil as regards artistry trumping exactitude. I do admire what is being done in the true finescale modelling world, but does an extra couple of millimetres here and there really matter? Whenever I look at layouts I don't notice how accurate the track gauge is, or how fine the wheels are, I'm more interested in the whole scene spread before me, and ask myself does it look like a model railway, or a model of a railway?
Geoff (ducking for cover)