Love Lane, B.R. (E) c.1956-59
- Thread starter Eastsidepilot
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michael mott
Western Thunderer
Enjoyed the loco coming out from under the bridge the sound and smoke brought back a lot of childhood memories.
Michael
Michael
Arun Sharma
Western Thunderer
I am biased but I do like the 30T ex-GRCW flat wagons. Nicely weathered.
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
Sorting out the photo files on the computer brought up further aspects of Love Lane.
Must be Sunday afternoon as they look to be closed.
Short freight running through on the down. Whilst the LT tank shunts the yard
Definitely Sunday afternoon with the loco yard full of loco's, with the J15 having to be stabled in the goods yard head shunt due to lack of space, awaiting duty rosters during the night and Monday morning
Col.
Must be Sunday afternoon as they look to be closed.
Short freight running through on the down. Whilst the LT tank shunts the yard
Definitely Sunday afternoon with the loco yard full of loco's, with the J15 having to be stabled in the goods yard head shunt due to lack of space, awaiting duty rosters during the night and Monday morning
Col.
LarryG
Western Thunderer
The corner shop looks so realistic, like during the rationing years when they had now't to display. The Established 1946 sign is a bit suspect though. I doubt anyone would open a shop just after the war seeing as existing shop owners would be struggling to get stock. The first 10 years of my life were spent under rationing.
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Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
Larry,
I built the shop from a bare basic laser cut shell drawn up by Love Lanes' host and I think you'll find it was more of an in joke with a certain person being established rather than the business
The printed matter in the window along with the chocolate box etc. was all sourced off the internet and scaled down on an ink dot printer. The signs are from a commercial colour printed sheet, Tiny Signs ? I think, the blind does open, made from brass rod and a paper blind . The shop front window frame is plastic micro-sections whilst the render is from dolls house miniature stone coating sold by Charles Products.
Col.
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Arun Sharma
Western Thunderer
I do like the weathering on the footballer. That effect of effectively outlining a panel in dirt and leaving the centre clean with a sort of 'radial fill' of weathering going out from the centre almost [but not quite] to the periphery - wonderful.
Alan
Western Thunderer
Agreed. It looks the cleaner has decided to only the totem and numbers.
Osgood
Western Thunderer
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
Definitely the pannier's fault.
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
The key to realistic weathering is to copy what you see in good photo's of the prototype, I see too many interpretations, usually at exhibitions, where it's obvious that they have just invented the weathering in their heads instead of doing the research, and it looks bloody awful.
There are plenty of photo's available on the internet and in books. Colour photo's are preferable but a lot can be gleaned from b/w photo's also.
For Eastern Region fans I can recommend two books by Peter Swinger ' On Great Eastern Lines' and ' Steam In East Anglia'.
ISBN 0-7110-2502-9 and 0-7110-2687-4 respectively.
Col.
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
Permanent way gang take possession at Love Lane ! 
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....you'll just have to wait and see
.......... ....you'll just have to wait and see
john lewsey
Western Thunderer
Superb
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
Small update regarding alterations, the track has been laid on the short extension the Station end.....
........and another board has been extended by having a triangular section grafted on at the far end of what will be the goods yard and road bridge.
........and another board has been extended by having a triangular section grafted on at the far end of what will be the goods yard and road bridge.
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
We'll keep taking the tablets