HO Eine Sekundärbahn

Tim Hale

Tim Hale

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Elsewhere on WT there is a description of a small (indoor) Inglenook, that will keep me busy without the need to risk taking another tumble whilst bimbling out to the workshop. The most recent fall happened yesterday and resulted in yet another visit to A&E, all this is downstream of the recent Covid episode in April that has left me rather unwell, I simply can no longer cope.

Tim
 
Roger Pound

Roger Pound

Western Thunderer
Tim Hale said:
Hi,

For the last few months I have been ignoring my deterioration and I suppose that this post is inevitable as recent events have had a profound effect and life is becoming increasingly difficult.

Pottendorf will be one of the first casualties.

Tim
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As someone finding himself in a very similar position health-wise, albeit from different but just as serious causes, my sincere commiserations Tim. Your Pottendorf thread has been and remains both very educative and a delight. We just have to keep on doing what we can whilst we are able, my friend and I am so sad that you feel unable to continue.

Regards,

Roger.
 
Tim Hale

Tim Hale

Western Thunderer
Hi,

I intend to take it very quietly, I am unable to dismantle let alone sell the layout but maybe once the after-effects are subsiding I might be able to carry on…..
In the meantime keeping reasonably busy with an item that I ordered quite some time ago and has just pitched up. The cost is irrelevant, I always wanted one but lacked both the skill and equipment to make it, painting it grey will be a leap of faith, first red oxide primer after a good scrub with isopropyl and then left in the sun for 24hrs.
The prototype was not common, only one in Kempten and another in Miltenberg but they are unique to Bayern hence my obsession.

Feeling both pleased and full of trepidation.

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Tim Hale

Tim Hale

Western Thunderer
Hallo,

The family albums reveal lots of overlooked features in the background, hidden behind images of the 'feral tribe' there was cow parsley at the side of the road, they grow everywhere in Franken. They are used to decorate the church for rural weddings or at least, they were popular in the '50-60s, much cheaper than flowers from the market. The richer the family, the greater the amount of cow parsley.

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Model cow parsley, these look very interesting and good value, a pack of 32

I seem to be obsessed with green stuff

Tim
 
Herb Garden

Herb Garden

Western Thunderer
Tim Hale said:
Hallo,

The family albums reveal lots of overlooked features in the background, hidden behind images of the 'feral tribe' there was cow parsley at the side of the road, they grow everywhere in Franken. They are used to decorate the church for rural weddings or at least, they were popular in the '50-60s, much cheaper than flowers from the market. The richer the family, the greater the amount of cow parsley.



Model cow parsley, these look very interesting and good value, a pack of 32

I seem to be obsessed with green stuff

Tim
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Where did you get these from.... They look great
 
timbowales

timbowales

Western Thunderer
Tim Hale said:
Hallo,

The family albums reveal lots of overlooked features in the background, hidden behind images of the 'feral tribe' there was cow parsley at the side of the road, they grow everywhere in Franken. They are used to decorate the church for rural weddings or at least, they were popular in the '50-60s, much cheaper than flowers from the market. The richer the family, the greater the amount of cow parsley.



Model cow parsley, these look very interesting and good value, a pack of 32

I seem to be obsessed with green stuff

Tim
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Well didn't your mother keep telling you to eat your greens?
Tim T
 
NHY 581

NHY 581

Western Thunderer
Cow parsley is available in the Tasma products range but I'd suggest going for the N Gauge version to use for 00/HO. Proportions look better.

Rob
 
Tim Hale

Tim Hale

Western Thunderer
Rob,

Cow Parsley is not particularly low growing, it normally looks most folk in the eye at a shade under 1,8m, its other feature is just how dense it grows. The Tasma 4mm 00898 is a nominal 11mm, a bit too short for 1:76 but marginal for 1:87. It needs to be densely 'planted' preferably amongst other road/trackside flora much like this image that features an unknown white plant amongst the grass, I am not sure how this will be achieved as the Tasma product is resistant to my clumsy efforts.

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AJC

Western Thunderer
Tim Hale said:
Rob,

Cow Parsley is not particularly low growing, it normally looks most folk in the eye at a shade under 1,8m, its other feature is just how dense it grows. The Tasma 4mm 00898 is a nominal 11mm, a bit too short for 1:76 but marginal for 1:87. It needs to be densely 'planted' preferably amongst other road/trackside flora much like this image that features an unknown white plant amongst the grass, I am not sure how this will be achieved as the Tasma product is resistant to my clumsy efforts.

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Agreed - it can be comfortably head high in the hedgerows when I'm cycling, meeting the Hawthorn coming from the opposite direction. Looks amazing, if - in the Hawthorn's case - terrible for my hayfever.

Adam
 
Tim Hale

Tim Hale

Western Thunderer
“It needs to be densely 'planted' preferably amongst other road/trackside flora much like this image that features an unknown white plant amongst the grass, I am not sure how this will be achieved as the Tasma product is resistant to my clumsy efforts.”

I wonder if the best method is to copy nature and closely clump together no less that five plants at a time, try to plant as many as possible, maybe re-use the thin slice of packing foam that has been painted earth brown. The idea is to embed the cow parsley amongst the surrounding grass, just like the real thing.

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Once all the 32 plants are bunched together, slather the PVA around the plants as densely as possible and then apply static grass. Hoover off only when set really hard.


Tim
 
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Tim Hale

Tim Hale

Western Thunderer
I apologise if anyone was expecting a series of rather dry posts about railway stuff but building a layout is as much a personal journey through both a landscape and time. It is no accident that the 'railway' occupies as little as 47% of the available space, my intention is to replicate as much of the surroundings as possible, my only regreat is that the ratio is way too much in favour of the railway.

The next 'big thing' will be RBWH and Jack-go-to-bed, not sure how to replicate them in HO, at least they cost next to nothing.

Tim

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Tim Hale

Tim Hale

Western Thunderer
Much as I like the Pola Agenturgebäude (wooden bungalow), I think that Pottendorf warrants a slightly more imposing building at the end of the line, maybe a würfel.

Pola offered a small example of the würfel (dice) building in various forms, I have an unopened example thanks to Mike G.

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It bears a vague similarity to Redwitz an der Rodach on the line from Bamberg to Kronach, it just needs slight changes. Moreover, the same kit has been used before, this is the older Ep2 version of Pottendorf.

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I tend not to move too far from my comfort zone, having used the same kit on three different occasions over the past twenty years. Its simplicity lends itself to modification, none of the three stations were identical although I tend to repeat the same rendered finish with subtle washes of raw sienna. It merely reflects my lack of imagination.

Tim
 
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