7mm Melcombe Magna
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Quintus
Western Thunderer
Yes, and the detail is amazing and there is all the detail underneath, which is mostly unseen but all correctly modelled.
I have memories a 28XX slogging up from the Severn Tunnel with a rake of these in the early 60's.
IIRC they were unloaded at STJ up yard in connection with the construction of the first Severn crossing.
David Waite
Western Thunderer
Hi Mike
Stunning work
The last photo of the oil drum in the shed reminded me when I was a apprentice many years ago and trying to move and roll the 44 gallon drums full of oil or solvent along on their beaded edge not a easy task believe me, there was a nack and you had to watch out for your toes!
David.
Stunning work
The last photo of the oil drum in the shed reminded me when I was a apprentice many years ago and trying to move and roll the 44 gallon drums full of oil or solvent along on their beaded edge not a easy task believe me, there was a nack and you had to watch out for your toes!
David.
michael080
Western Thunderer
Mike,
I took the time to browse through the whole thread and noticed to my surprise that no one ever mentioned your superior photo quality. Let me do it:
Your pictures are as close to the prototype as you can get. I admire your very sophisticated lighting and focus technique. Always a pleasure to see new content in this thread.
Michael
I took the time to browse through the whole thread and noticed to my surprise that no one ever mentioned your superior photo quality. Let me do it:
Your pictures are as close to the prototype as you can get. I admire your very sophisticated lighting and focus technique. Always a pleasure to see new content in this thread.
Michael
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Quintus
Western Thunderer
Thank you Michael, I am very flattered. I enjoy taking the photographs, but in fact they are nearly all taken with only the layout lighting (led battens), very seldom do I use any supplementary lighting. The camera is a Nixon D3200 with a 18-135 Nikon lens, nothing too sophisticated these days.
I use the photo editor that comes free with photo gallery on my Windows 7 laptop to crop or fine tune the exposure if necessary, and sometimes a program called Paint that I think is still a free download, this is useful for editing out things like the window frames that sometimes appear at the top of the backscene. Most of the time the camera is on auto focus and aperture priority with the aperture stopped down as much as possible, (it goes down to f32). I have not yet come to grips with things like photo stacking.
When composing the photo I always ask myself "where is the photographer standing?" hence not too many helicopter shots.
Thanks again. for your interest
Regards
Mike
Quintus
Western Thunderer
Today a 64XX is rostered on the goods turn in place of the usual 57XX pannier. No doubt the driver will not be so happy with screw reverser on this class, as this duty requires quite a bit of shunting, starting from Yeovil Pen Mill to Dorchester West, shunting at stations along the way. It then travels up the branch to Melcombe Magna before continuing to Weymouth. The fireman obviously prefers the knotted hankerchief to the regulation grease top hat.
paulc
Western Thunderer
Mike , its been said before but your weathering on that loco is wonderful .
Quintus
Western Thunderer
I am much encouraged by your kind comments, thank you.
I have been experimenting with trying to give some of my locos the patina that comes from having some recent attention with an oily rag, or to be precise, oily cotton waste. In the case of 6421, before I took the photograph, I lightly brushed the side tanks and cabsides with white spirit over the existing weathering, which gives the desired effect, but as it dries the effect is lost. I am now going to try Pledge, the replacement for Johnsons Kleer, to see if I can replicate the effect permanently.
Regards
Mike
I have been experimenting with trying to give some of my locos the patina that comes from having some recent attention with an oily rag, or to be precise, oily cotton waste. In the case of 6421, before I took the photograph, I lightly brushed the side tanks and cabsides with white spirit over the existing weathering, which gives the desired effect, but as it dries the effect is lost. I am now going to try Pledge, the replacement for Johnsons Kleer, to see if I can replicate the effect permanently.
Regards
Mike
michael mott
Western Thunderer
Mike as much as I enjoy looking at your photographs, I find you descriptions equally interesting, and thanks for the information about your camera settings.
Michael
Michael
Quintus
Western Thunderer
This is a RTR Heljan one. I did a few mods, front numberplate, new safety valve bonnet and I made a drawbar to give closer coupling twixt loco and tender. It is a very nice running loco, and despite having pick ups on the tender only, I have had no problems with current collection.
In truth, I much prefer the version with the Collett cabside window, but that means perhaps a Springside kit, which would have cost me more than the Heljan model, which I bought at a bargain price. Also , I think the Collett version was a Red route loco, which is stretching credibility for by minor backwater at Melcombe Magna.
Here is a pic of the later version.
I took the photo at Severn Tunnel Jn, around 1960
Quintus
Western Thunderer
The Weymouth Auto again, this time a 8750 pannier has been rostered for the duty. Not being auto fitted, the loco has run round the trailer and is seen simmering in the platform awaiting thre right away. The coal merchant's Morris Commercial is leaving the yard with another load of best house coal.
