The Sheep Chronicles. A Sheep dips his hooves in various bucolic backwaters.
NHY 581
Western Thunderer
Evening all,
The run up to Taunton RailEx saw a bit of activity to prep Ewe for it's appearance. One of the things attended to was the weathering of a Bachmann MOY private owner open. This specific wagon appears in John Hayes' The 4mm Coal Wagon. The most noticeable difference between the Bachmann offering and the prototype wagon is the lack of coke rails so these were chopped off. The rather bland factory applied weathering could then be tweaked to produce something a bit more appealing....well, to my eye at least.
Still a bit to do but it looked the part when placed on Ewe.
And seen here with one of the resident J70s..
Rob
The run up to Taunton RailEx saw a bit of activity to prep Ewe for it's appearance. One of the things attended to was the weathering of a Bachmann MOY private owner open. This specific wagon appears in John Hayes' The 4mm Coal Wagon. The most noticeable difference between the Bachmann offering and the prototype wagon is the lack of coke rails so these were chopped off. The rather bland factory applied weathering could then be tweaked to produce something a bit more appealing....well, to my eye at least.
Still a bit to do but it looked the part when placed on Ewe.
And seen here with one of the resident J70s..
Rob
NHY 581
Western Thunderer
The Flaxfield thread has seen an influx of colourized East Anglian images as befits a East Anglian focused thread.
However, I have eclectic tastes and these mainly revolve around weedy backwaters of the most rural in nature. One of my favourites is the Bishops Castle Railway and in particular, Horderley..
I'm pretty certain these views of Horderley are by H.C Casserley and are post closure so mid to late 30s ?
Rob
However, I have eclectic tastes and these mainly revolve around weedy backwaters of the most rural in nature. One of my favourites is the Bishops Castle Railway and in particular, Horderley..
I'm pretty certain these views of Horderley are by H.C Casserley and are post closure so mid to late 30s ?
Rob
NHY 581
Western Thunderer
Morning all,
Staying with slightly run down backwaters and byways, I'm hoping to pick up a new loco today and this has led to much anticipation and the research of a new ( to me ) railway, The North Sunderland Railway to be exact.
Now, I'm not a fan in fact, I never will be a fan of the L&NER despite my East Anglian leanings which I box off as " modelling the former GER ".
However, there is no denying that I am partial to a small tank engine and this new purchase fits that description precisely.
Rapido are certainly bringing some lovely examples to market and their newly delivered NER H Class, a Y7 in L&NER parlance seems to be a bit of a belter.....and they ran passenger services on The North Sunderland Rly !
One version is that of an example sold to the NCB. The rather rustic cab extension alone qualifies it for purchase.
And I'm thinking that this might look at home on Sheep Dip ( or, with the NCB lettering removed...an impecunious light railway ? ) the current focus is on a L&NER liveried version which by some weird quirk of fate may have been trialled at Blackwater Pier............
Stand by on that. Updates will follow.
Rob
Staying with slightly run down backwaters and byways, I'm hoping to pick up a new loco today and this has led to much anticipation and the research of a new ( to me ) railway, The North Sunderland Railway to be exact.
Now, I'm not a fan in fact, I never will be a fan of the L&NER despite my East Anglian leanings which I box off as " modelling the former GER ".
However, there is no denying that I am partial to a small tank engine and this new purchase fits that description precisely.
Rapido are certainly bringing some lovely examples to market and their newly delivered NER H Class, a Y7 in L&NER parlance seems to be a bit of a belter.....and they ran passenger services on The North Sunderland Rly !
One version is that of an example sold to the NCB. The rather rustic cab extension alone qualifies it for purchase.
And I'm thinking that this might look at home on Sheep Dip ( or, with the NCB lettering removed...an impecunious light railway ? ) the current focus is on a L&NER liveried version which by some weird quirk of fate may have been trialled at Blackwater Pier............
Stand by on that. Updates will follow.
Rob
NHY 581
Western Thunderer
Well, the Y7 has landed and is currently running in on the rolling road. I'll post some images in due course but it's delightful and pre running in it ran pretty well.
Here are a couple of tweaked images of The North Sunderland Railway.
Rob
( As you may guess, I'm not bored with this yet ! ).
Here are a couple of tweaked images of The North Sunderland Railway.
Rob
( As you may guess, I'm not bored with this yet ! ).
Lyndhurstman
Western Thunderer
Ah.. it's always good to see. Poddling around with a single wagon is very meditative.
Cheers
Jan
Osgood
Western Thunderer
Must say these last pictures demonstrate a huge improvement in your colourisation skills, although I think they're almost too good - I prefer your earlier style.
Captain Kernow
Western Thunderer
Could that have been me doing one of my arty farty shunting manoeuvres at Exeter, whilst you were away in the refreshment tent?
NHY 581
Western Thunderer
Hi Tim,
No, definitely me. I've only used the Punch and Judy drapes at Maidstone or Taunton. Pretty certain this footage was done at Maidstone.
Yer orf the 'ook, my son.
Rob
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
Would save you the time and effort with wires, and point motors etc. Doesn't look like anything has moved for years. Ideal layout for shows where you can just natter. Next train is... Never.
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
To be fair I've not seen you do the multi-tasking operation/talking thing. The video could be an important historical record.
NHY 581
Western Thunderer
NHY 581
Western Thunderer
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
Sometimes you can add eating nuts and crisps too.
