Tim Hale
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Tim
HO Eine Sekundärbahn
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David Waite
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Would I be correct in saying the front LH buffer on 98 812 has a flat face and the RH one is convex.
David.
David.
michael080
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Tim Hale
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Obsessive - not a good adjective but I do like to get it 'right' if I can.
Now I can reveal the result of trying to recover the rocks, just one completed so far to test the idea, here goes:-
First, just a dusting with matt white acrylic
The top surface was brushed with WSS Weathering Powder desert yellow
This side received a thin wash of W&N Yellow Ochre watercolour mixed with some matt medium and water
The thin wash of W&N Yellow Ochre watercolour mix is more migratory and settles nicely in almost every crevice.
Now, all the rocks will be given the same treatment, then carefully cut to fit along the backscene in natural groups.
Tim
Now I can reveal the result of trying to recover the rocks, just one completed so far to test the idea, here goes:-
First, just a dusting with matt white acrylic
The top surface was brushed with WSS Weathering Powder desert yellow
This side received a thin wash of W&N Yellow Ochre watercolour mixed with some matt medium and water
The thin wash of W&N Yellow Ochre watercolour mix is more migratory and settles nicely in almost every crevice.
Now, all the rocks will be given the same treatment, then carefully cut to fit along the backscene in natural groups.
Tim
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Yorkshire Dave
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Depending on the photo imaging software there is usually a function to adjust/correct for daylight balance.
For layout lighting I always go for either daylight bulbs or LED strip.
Tim Hale
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A couple of old posters has been attached to various buildings, a typical feature, the indistinct poster advertises a local dult (fair) which seems to occur every weekend somewhere in Oberfranken. Milk was still loaded onto the train in churns in the '50s, it would travel to Nürnberg or Bamberg for processing.
Tim
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Tim Hale
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The modelling mojo is slowly making its way back into my life, with the sensible decision to keep P’dorf and simply do stuff…..the first stuff upgrade is a tiny laser cut lean-to which will be part of the locoshed area. The open lean-to is suitably tatty but allows lots of nice little details to be on show inside, RT Models offers some lovely details. A suitably ragged tarp will partially hide the interior and there will be a surprise inside.
The roof is subject to an experiment with a salt mask, currently drying in the shed, I suspect that it will fail.
Tim
The roof is subject to an experiment with a salt mask, currently drying in the shed, I suspect that it will fail.
Tim
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Tim Hale
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OK, part two - the reckoning
Salt sprinkled on water and left for 24hrs
A soft 'waft' of grey
Bone dry paint, a careful rub with thumb
The result - better than expected, with be painted with MiG Decay Wash to replicate green lichen
Not too shabby for a first attempt, beginners luck.
Tim
Salt sprinkled on water and left for 24hrs
A soft 'waft' of grey
Bone dry paint, a careful rub with thumb
The result - better than expected, with be painted with MiG Decay Wash to replicate green lichen
Not too shabby for a first attempt, beginners luck.
Tim
Tim Hale
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Not all German models are plastic kits, most of this is scratchbuilt with a couple of very old castings.
I think the decision to 'stick with it' is the right one.
Tim
Not all German models are plastic kits, most of this is scratchbuilt with a couple of very old castings.
I think the decision to 'stick with it' is the right one.
Tim
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Tim Hale
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Sunday, up to no good.
The reason why I built Pottendorf is an attempt to show that rural Germany is attractive. There are no obvious stereotypes or cliches, just a very simple scene as I remember. I hope that it can be judged as an affectionate eulogy to a period within living memory.
The reason why I built Pottendorf is an attempt to show that rural Germany is attractive. There are no obvious stereotypes or cliches, just a very simple scene as I remember. I hope that it can be judged as an affectionate eulogy to a period within living memory.
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Tim Hale
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Pottendorf is still active, thanks to this photograph of 64 031 taken before closure on the branch.
Not particularly exciting except the wagon originated in the US as part of the USRA effort in WW1, at least four types of basic wagons were made in large numbers and shipped overseas. The low-sided open has diamond bogies and full buffing gear and because the French railways received the bulk of the rolling stock, possibly, it had been captured in WW2 and eventually became part of the DB's depleted stock.
The wagon had been available as a model but it was not until just before Fleischmann failed when this was released.
Hen's teeth have been more prolific, I never saw one for sale when first offered and this was discovered as NOS in Barcelona. It has received a preliminary wash to kill the 'newness' unfortunately the Ammo wash remained sticky for days until removed with Humbrol thinners, in future I will revert to using acrylics, the image is a wash with Humbrol 29.
The wagon will be the 'timber' wagon
Tim
Not particularly exciting except the wagon originated in the US as part of the USRA effort in WW1, at least four types of basic wagons were made in large numbers and shipped overseas. The low-sided open has diamond bogies and full buffing gear and because the French railways received the bulk of the rolling stock, possibly, it had been captured in WW2 and eventually became part of the DB's depleted stock.
The wagon had been available as a model but it was not until just before Fleischmann failed when this was released.
Hen's teeth have been more prolific, I never saw one for sale when first offered and this was discovered as NOS in Barcelona. It has received a preliminary wash to kill the 'newness' unfortunately the Ammo wash remained sticky for days until removed with Humbrol thinners, in future I will revert to using acrylics, the image is a wash with Humbrol 29.
The wagon will be the 'timber' wagon
Tim
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Tim Hale
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One move and a thousand mistakes - The goods yard
This is the recently completed Fuchs timber crane
This was the inspiration for the scene, another Fuchs but with a lattice jib
Timber was cut from the local forest.
This is the recently completed Fuchs timber crane
This was the inspiration for the scene, another Fuchs but with a lattice jib
Timber was cut from the local forest.
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Roger Pound
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Patience is a virtue, so they tell me - but I do see where you are coming from with this
.Roger
Tim Hale
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Rabbit holes are not in short supply;-
I cannot find a good HO model of the Hanomag R40 featured in the YouTube film clip BUT Preiser used to offer its successor, the '55 built R55 (above and below), a tad bigger and I have a 'thing' for tractors.
It may well lose the cab but it will acquire a patina of rust and mud as befits a working machine.
Tim
I cannot find a good HO model of the Hanomag R40 featured in the YouTube film clip BUT Preiser used to offer its successor, the '55 built R55 (above and below), a tad bigger and I have a 'thing' for tractors.
It may well lose the cab but it will acquire a patina of rust and mud as befits a working machine.
Tim
Tim Hale
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Post 290 in June featured a rather nice tap standing outside the loco shed, unfortunately it did not survive, thanks to the generosity of a WT member, another tap is being fettled. It should be in place later this evening.
That tap is perfect. Thank you, Dai.
Tim
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Tim Hale
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The little details:
Inside the lean-to shelter next to the coaling stage, a couple of re-railing jacks and two cans of oil.
The shelter was purposely made empty in order to provide an ongoing stage to be filled with odds and sods. An etched bicycle and a tool bench await my attention, anything to keep me occupied.
Tim
Inside the lean-to shelter next to the coaling stage, a couple of re-railing jacks and two cans of oil.
The shelter was purposely made empty in order to provide an ongoing stage to be filled with odds and sods. An etched bicycle and a tool bench await my attention, anything to keep me occupied.
Tim
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Tim Hale
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One of the few pleasures of modelling German outline is the very rare release of a model that I actually want…..my eclectic tastes are Bavarian branchlines of the ‘50-60s. Thanks to improving standards, old crude wagons are being replaced, the Ommi51 is one such example.
It is a peculiar beast, a four wheeler with a framework holding four separate side-tipping buckets. The concept was driven by the need to deliver domestic coal to dealers with each bucket holding a different grade, the change of domestic heating made them redundant but they were repurposed to carry ballast for track maintenance. Like the GWR’s Herring, it did exhibit worrying tendencies such as falling on its side but tethering the opposite side of the wagon to the rail with chains seemed to work.
Some 20 years ago, Roco offered an all plastic version, long obsolete but Maerklin recently upgraded their old tinplate model with a mixed-content beauty and I own two. One is empty, presumably having dumped its load.
This is one of them, just after a wash of Humbrol Earth 29, the weathering will be built-up until satisfied, the interior of the buckets has been dusted with limestone-coloured powder.
Tim
It is a peculiar beast, a four wheeler with a framework holding four separate side-tipping buckets. The concept was driven by the need to deliver domestic coal to dealers with each bucket holding a different grade, the change of domestic heating made them redundant but they were repurposed to carry ballast for track maintenance. Like the GWR’s Herring, it did exhibit worrying tendencies such as falling on its side but tethering the opposite side of the wagon to the rail with chains seemed to work.
Some 20 years ago, Roco offered an all plastic version, long obsolete but Maerklin recently upgraded their old tinplate model with a mixed-content beauty and I own two. One is empty, presumably having dumped its load.
This is one of them, just after a wash of Humbrol Earth 29, the weathering will be built-up until satisfied, the interior of the buckets has been dusted with limestone-coloured powder.
Tim
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