Patrick Davey Posted January 28 Posted January 28 Love how neat the line is between the yellow and blue! 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted January 28 Author Posted January 28 That’s Tamiya masking tape for you - always works well.. Cheers Darius 1 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted January 29 Author Posted January 29 Cab front glazing and buffer beam hosiery fitted. Decals applied. Cheers Darius 2 Quote
Darius43 Posted January 29 Author Posted January 29 Light weathering to finish. Cheers Darius 12 Quote
Darius43 Posted February 15 Author Posted February 15 Built from the Scalescenes “download, print and stick onto cardboard” kit. Cheers Darius 14 Quote
David Holman Posted February 16 Posted February 16 (edited) That works well! As for that poster, am sure we all know how many ears Mr Spok has. It's three of course : left ear, right ear and final frontier. Edited February 16 by David Holman 7 Quote
Mol_PMB Posted February 19 Posted February 19 Superb placement of the figures to spur the imagination, while being entirely plausible that they're standing still. 1 Quote
Fran Posted February 19 Posted February 19 That is very cool layout, as a newbie to this forum I'm intrigued how layouts are made and the amount of patience and skills that are required. I have friends that create 'gaming terrain' where textures/colours are done by hand. I thought the process of producing a layout with a range of different shaped and sized buildings and other features, would be very time consuming to create, after checking out Scalescene I see that there are a few 'shortcuts'. Nevertheless I'm sure plenty of patience and skill are required. One of my next projects (not railway modelling related) is to create a building using a similar technique to that used in this video Printed textures and laser cut building. Scalescene could be a useful site for the future. Fair play for the work on Railway Parade. BTW I love the questionable Billboard advert 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted March 1 Author Posted March 1 Propeller wagons built using the 247 Developments resin wagon tops and crates fitted to a Peco chassis. The resin wagon tops were somewhat bowed as supplied so I gave them the hot water treatment, which initially straightened them. They seem to have a memory, however, and the bow returned. This was fixed by brute force, superglue and a lot of swearing. 247 Developments really need to look at this bowing issue I muttered whilst sorting the bow - or something like that… Cheers Darius 7 Quote
Broithe Posted March 1 Posted March 1 Where I worked, we had an engineering laboratory, which would get involved with all sorts of odd stuff from outside the business. The amount of really interesting stuff declined steadily, as the accountants increased their power to stop things happening. One chap I often did odd things with told me about the first job he had had as an apprentice. There was an interest in how the airflow varied immediately in front of a propeller disc. So, he was tied to a post in front of a Griffon engine driving a Dowty prop with a pipe in his hand, running back to a pressure sensor. Another chap stood behind the propeller with a bamboo stick, indicating where he wanted the open end of the tube to be. Obviously, he did survive this, though he said it was very exciting at the time. "They told me that I was selected for the task because I was the smallest and would cause the least disruption to the airflow, which might have been a small part of the whole reasoning..." 1 4 Quote
Darius43 Posted March 9 Author Posted March 9 Yesterday I was mainly adding details to the row of terraced houses. Cheers Darius 9 Quote
Darius43 Posted March 14 Author Posted March 14 (edited) MDF and card provender store kit completed. Cheers Darius Edited March 14 by Darius43 8 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted March 15 Author Posted March 15 And now for something completely different. Cheers Darius 6 3 Quote
Darius43 Posted March 15 Author Posted March 15 (edited) Followed by… Cheers Darius Edited March 15 by Darius43 9 2 Quote
Mike 84C Posted March 15 Posted March 15 Serious steam followed by very serious diesel. I wonder what a Baldwin Centipede sounded like at full throttle? And a 9000 did they also have the Gresley beat? Darius your taste in locomotion ranges far and wide please keep posting. 1 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted March 19 Author Posted March 19 (edited) The newly announced Accurascale “Clayhood” wagon is very nicely detailed but I have several Bachmann versions that are nice apart from the awful, ill fitting, “tea cosy” fabric hood. I have thus fitted aluminium sheet hoods using the thickish foil from left over pie bases. This technique can be used for any tarpaulin covered wagon and the aluminium sheet is easy to fold and keeps its shape once folded. I primed the completed hood with grey primer and then airbrushed a light blue enamel finish. Cheers Darius Edited March 19 by Darius43 11 Quote
Tullygrainey Posted March 19 Posted March 19 That works a treat! They look really well. Very convincing. Thanks Darius. I’ll try that. Pies! There goes the waistline. 3 Quote
murrayec Posted March 19 Posted March 19 1 minute ago, Tullygrainey said: That works a treat! They look really well. Very convincing. Thanks Darius. I’ll try that. Pies! There goes the waistline. I was thinking the same, I wounder what pies they were Eoin 2 Quote
Mol_PMB Posted March 19 Posted March 19 For the more traditional type of wagon sheet I use the paper-backed foil wrappers from Tunnock's Caramel Wafers. 2 Quote
Darius43 Posted March 19 Author Posted March 19 2 hours ago, murrayec said: I was thinking the same, I wounder what pies they were Eoin I would like to say that they were Pukka, but their bases are too small. Actually it was an M&S fish pie. Cheers Darius 2 Quote
Horsetan Posted March 19 Posted March 19 13 minutes ago, Darius43 said: I would like to say that they were Pukka, but their bases are too small. Actually it was an M&S fish pie. Not Fray Bentos? (Other pies are available.) 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted March 19 Author Posted March 19 16 minutes ago, Horsetan said: Not Fray Bentos? (Other pies are available.) Please don’t mention those. I’m trying to have lunch. 3 Quote
Tullygrainey Posted March 19 Posted March 19 51 minutes ago, Mol_PMB said: For the more traditional type of wagon sheet I use the paper-backed foil wrappers from Tunnock's Caramel Wafers. That won't help the waistline either! 1 Quote
Horsetan Posted March 19 Posted March 19 1 hour ago, Tullygrainey said: That won't help the waistline either! Tunnock's Teacakes are where it's at. 1 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted Tuesday at 12:12 Author Posted Tuesday at 12:12 (edited) Cheers Darius Edited Wednesday at 04:02 by Darius43 7 Quote
Patrick Davey Posted Tuesday at 23:20 Posted Tuesday at 23:20 One of the things I like best about this thread is how one never knows what is coming next!! Fab stuff!! 1 Quote
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