L & Y 2-4-2 Tank

My latest acquisition is the L & Y 2-4-2 Tank posing here behind the gypsy caravan. Please note the fire which I fashioned from a red LED, 1 x resistor embedded in Araldite surrounded by veneers to form the fire....Total cost = less than 20 pence...easy peasy...REsult

Just been pottering!

Well as the title says I have just been pottering and having ago with my macro lens (or should it be Lenz?)  So here we go...

You can actually read the text on the tool...

Another view...

A Heron waits hopefully for a meal...

I have 3 of these bird on the layout.

The tramp takes life easy...

Oy can see a tractor...

This is a Langley Models white metal kit...

The signal man practicing his tennis swing...

A Hare lurks...

The Tar boiler is Langley Models..

The Builders yard...

Note...The Police are keeping a good eye on Pub.

The Corona Lorry is a Springside white metal kit .This last picture is giving me a thirst...

Two sets of 3 furrow plough 

Layout control with programing track...

Static Grass on The shunting fan...

Well here is an overall view to give you the picture....Showing off my home made Grassinator  Mk2 courtesy of you tube...Cost well under £5

 This photo is a close view of the grass, 5mm and 10 mm towards the top of the ridge and the edge of the track. It also shows my must have camping coach, although I have not got anywhere for it yet, I feel sure everyone out there has these 'Must Have' pieces?

I thought you may like to see a vehicle under the bridge, Yes the girders and hand rails are now fixed in place. I just have to wait for my Slaters wire fence posts to arrive.

 Here we have a closer view of the bridge, I have had a go at rusting the girders and hand rails using Maskol. If you look to the right of the handrail you can see the height of the grass.

Below is a long shot mainly go give an idea of how the path is progressing..

The Rottweiler below disguised as a Chihuahua as you can see forced me to include her in these photo's

Keep on modelling....

Small shunting fan update

Well after starting this, and starting that an then going off and starting something totally different I find myself thinking 'it's about time I did something with the fan?' 
             Well here is a few piccy's of the Bridge. The Bridge I bet your thinking 'Another bridge, is he getting a thing about bridges?'
 Well we will have to see?

 The Railings and girder bits are from a Ratio kit, But I decided to make my own wings and supports

 A double Decker  Bus will Not clear the bridge, but is is going to be a B road...

 Just a look from the other side of the bridge, It is not fixed in place yet

                                                          Watch this space...

New Bridge Update

Well it's been a busy week and I finally got some time to do bits and pieces to the bridge..and here we are...

A overall view with backdrop from a previous layout attempt, I thought it better than looking at bricks?
 

 It appears that the milkman is running late...

 The bridge over the river was made from a piece of 9mm ply I had spare, A sheet of Slaters 7mm stone (about £2.70) and a bit of paint, Oh and not forgetting the Wills English bond courses cut from spare pieces in my bits box.....So all in all shall we say "A bridge for well under a fiver?" In my view That's a result?

Did anyone notice that I put two more ring courses to the arch?

 

J94 Number 15

Here it is! After new wheel set and con rods and chipped it is a lovely runner and very quiet. As you can see I put a Giesl Ejector chimney, then realized it still had the high bunker rear windows (glued in place) So after butchering out the rear panel I had to scratch make another, I was fortunate to have a fret with some spectacles left on it...Phew!
  I am waiting to hear from Narrow Planet about the plates I have ordered, Fingers crossed.

 

 Below is a couple of pic from a new bridge for a project which has been under sheet (literaly)

for a couple of years.

Weathered Coach's

I thought I would have ago at coach weathering, And her are my efforts...

I may have another session on this one, but I don't want to go overboard..

 I think it looks better from this side?

 Someone said to me that no way would they ever think of weathering £40 coach's, So I said "So you want it to look like a train set? Weathering enhances the model and highlights the details.. 

I must admit I am quite pleased with this one, Maybe a little more work on the roof?

This is one of three that I got from ebay a few years ago for under a tenner, All had no doors
I had a go at making some doors, I know they are not brilliant, But a blind man on a galloping horse would not notice? I added scale wheels and some brass rod from the V hangers, I think they are not bad considering the alternatives...

New Shed Update

Well just a little update on the 'New Shed' I made the little lean to building at he side to cover the plug and socket for the shed lights, and opted to put a red led on the socket to represent a glow from the fire...

 

 I know it hardly ever gets seen but at least it is there? And the red through the window reflects on loco's on the track...

I really must get round to making the drain pipes...

Just a quick look at The Boars Head, I found a 9 volt flasher unit with 2 x led's and after changing the colors Hey presto 'Disco Light's'

Self Binding Harvester

This was purchased from my local model railway shop
              http://www.railway-models.com/    Where I make a pilgrimage at least once a week, it interested me and when I did some research I found out that something was missing so I made the rotary reaper thingy from bits from my brass box. Although it is very delicate I am more than pleased with the results...

Below is a Buffer stop made from my off cut plastic card box and covered with over 60 years old veneers from my fathers Marquetry days when I was a toddler ( the veneers come in great for rustic fences too)

All that is required is to top it up with ballast..RE-sult