tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13470606708768199912024-03-06T15:09:10.145+10:00Splitters Swamp CreekHome of the Eternal Beginner
& Splitters Swamp Creek, now retired.
NSWGR modelling Steam Era pre 1940.
In the spirit of the ‘Eternal Beginner’, new modelling exploits are afoot. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger155125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347060670876819991.post-39390840240459258462019-09-15T19:32:00.000+10:002019-09-15T19:32:06.233+10:00Hoskins Hollow, a new project.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For those of you that read this very intermittently updated Blog, I should bring to your attention a new blog that has begun. Nothing lasts forever, so I'm almost at the point of beginning another layout project, that being 'Hoskins Hollow'. It is set in an earlier period than Splitters, and will be all steam, with an occasional Railmotor. Over the last few years I've been attending the Early Days convention in Sydney. That along with some very fine kits being produced now of rollingstock, and locomotives has made it hard to ignore this interesting time period.<br />
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The plans are up to their fourth incarnation currently and that will increase for sure. Please join me for the ride along constructing a new show layout. There should be a fairly recent post link on the side of the Splitters blog.<br />
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So what does this mean for Splitters? Well it has been around for quite a few years now, there are a couple of shows it could attend, I'm just not sure it will. We shall see.<br />
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Have a great week!<br />
Ooroo!<br />
Geoff.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347060670876819991.post-61971289158174463382018-08-02T11:23:00.000+10:002018-08-02T11:23:27.013+10:00Completing the roofing and smoke hoodI've been beavering away on a few smaller parts for the loco shed. The smoke hood and associated smoke stacks have been on the workbench for a while now. Then there's the shed doors to be constructed.<br />
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The last part of the building has been the extension of the roof. Yep, measure twice cut once, doesn't always get followed to the letter. Consequently the roof has been set aside for a while as I thought on the best way to move forward.<br />
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There are moments in this hobby, for me, where the fine art of procrastination seeps into the conscious mind, and makes the idea of moving forward simply impossible. That's the way it's been regarding this roof issue, for what seems like months. Well not seems like, it has been months. In the end the job ended up being easier than I thought. I had to remove all the iron and then cut it into two pieces. Then I extended the roof by the few millimetres it needed, then a reroof. The smoke stacks are made up of basswood with the top being made from cardstock that has had various paints put on to have it look like metal, somewhat weathered. Then it was simply a case of adding the curved iron for the top of the roof, and yep, there she was. I've gotta say I really like the mass of this building and what it adds to that end of the layout.<br />
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So there she is weathered up a little bit, and set into the scene.<br />
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I've enjoyed the construction of this building, even though it's taken way too long. The finished product is something I'm happy with, can't wait to have built some steam to be in there!<br />
The 'to do' list doen't seem to be any shorter these days.<br />
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Enjoy your week, model a bit, laugh alot!<br />
Oorroo!<br />
Geoff.<br />
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I thought it worth showing you all what I've been up to. The next step in the completion of the loco shed was to weather the building then continue the scenery or greenery around it.<br />
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I enjoy weathering, however it seems that each time I have a crack at it, my technique changes. This is a good thing if you are after variation. This time though I made a few notes in my trusty notebook for future reference. I used three products for the rusting of the corrugated iron, two rust coloured washes and isocol. I began by putting on the lighter wash first, even dry brushing of this seems to work, as it doesn't take too much to be a little heavy handed. A second coat of the same wash I applied to give the rust some depth in a few areas. Next was the dark rust wash, not a lot of this was applied, but it is worth it.<br />
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After all this I had a break from it, did a few other things, then came back to it. It is surprising how your perspective changes after a break. The weathering was 'calmed down' with an earbud dipped in isocol. The high points of the corrugations are less likely to rust, so removing the rust from some of the high points really does make a difference.<br />
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The greenery is fairly run of the mill stuff, although I think that I need to reduce the colours that I've been using. A few extras have made there way into the mix. I need to reduce the number of colours, otherwise in my opinion, it looks too busy, and a little overdone. I'll have another look at it in a few days, and may need a touch up, as in I'll take some off or overlay with another colour.<br />
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On the workbench there are assorted spindly tree thingies that will soon find there way into the undergrowth, along with some sturdier ones as well. More on that next week. Yep! Next week, it has been ages since some modelling time presented itself, and I really haven't had much modelling mojo to get me back into it this new year. So yessiree weekly updates are the go! Here's hoping!<br />
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Have a great week!<br />
Oorroo!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347060670876819991.post-21280547875919330032017-06-30T11:11:00.001+10:002017-06-30T11:11:32.140+10:00Locomotive shed update<br />
There has been some changes to how I've constructed the loco shed. Previously I had been constructing the shed bay by bay, unfortunately this meant the structure was not strong enough along its length to be self supporting. If I'd built it from the base up it may have worked, but this would have slowed up construction much more and brought with it other issues. A rethink, and a restart of the project was required.<br />
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So the new version has a top and bottom rail that runs the length of the building, thus meaning each of the four sides can be constructed on the plan separately then joined together. The resulting sides are much stronger and we're faster to build. I moved on to the roof trusses and made up a simple jig to hold them all in the correct alignment.<br />
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The four sides have been glued together, and can be seen here set on the baseboard, but not fixed down yet. I still need to build up the ground to sleeper height, and add the inspection pit.<br />
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I tried using a new product from Riot Craft stores for the floor of the shed. It is an acrylic paste with a fine texture in it. My thought was to then add some paint on this surface as the floor of the shed.<br />
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You can see in these few photos how I've put down the floor of the shed. I've left the edges free of the flooring so that the base of the walls sit on the balsa base. The rails are contained within the flooring and the surface slopes down away from the rails so that locos can run into the shed without the risk of not running back out.</div>
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The paint of the floor is called blue bitumen from Modellers Warehouse. This paint really goes along way with plenty of coverage from a small amount, well done Dave!<br />
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You can see here the main structure mounted on the base. From here it was onto glueing on the corrugated iron. Not a favourite job of mine that's for sure.</div>
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The shed has been set on the layout and I've begun the landscaping around it. This has been a longer build than I expected, but I'm happy with how it's come together. Those of you who've read previous posts would have seen this area with completely different buildings on it. Well I am much happier with this current arrangement and it was in my original plan.</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347060670876819991.post-84078766895630324872017-04-17T22:04:00.000+10:002017-04-17T22:04:00.204+10:00Loco shed for Evans GapThe process of constructing and landscaping a layout, I've found, can be quite a fluid thing. When I was putting together the original ideas for Splitters Swamp Creek, I had fairly lofty ideas of what I could include in the design. As time has gone on I've changed some ideas and tweaked a few others, but overall I've stuck to the original concept.<br />
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Due to space restrictions I've had to alter some ideas, but I have found a little more room than I originally thought I had. In a previous post I put together some buildings with some new weathering ideas with the idea of creating a scene at the end of the layout. This was a complete departure from the original plan. The picture I had in my head for this area was well and truly out of scale. So it now resides elsewhere on a mates layout.<br />
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I reverted to the original plan that included some basic loco facilities. Those being a loco shed, coal stage, and a second goods shed. Once I'd made the decision to revert to the original idea things have started to move forward nicely.<br />
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I've began with the locomotive shed. The area that the shed occupies has meant that the baseboard has had to be altered to how I'd finished it for scenery work. Thats ok as like I said I need to keep the process fluid. I have worked out the footprint of the loco shed and the coal stage and they work in well. The coal stage has been finished and the scenery will be added to the base before adding it into the environment.<br />
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The loco shed has been a bit of a process to construct. I like to try and keep the timber to the scale sizes that were used in the original building, and also I like to try to copy my impression of how it would have been constructed in the real. I decided to build individual frames for each 'bay' of the shed, and then use a jig to hold each frame to then allow the studded walls to be added. In theory this would work. In practice it proved very challenging. A couple of photos here to illustrate.<br />
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This first one shows the frame that I made up sited in the jig. These worked ok, but when added to the jig in the photo below and the wall detail added, they just weren't strong enough.<br />
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The individual noggins ( I hope that's the right term) had to be cut up in matching parts for bay 1,2,3, and 4. As you can see from the numbers on the plan.<br />
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It seems I'd forgotten a rule that I'd made up myself. That being that the model construction had to be as close to the original as possible, only as far as the resulting structure has to be strong and rigid enough to be self supporting. The building in the photos above was not.<br />
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So what now? Well I actually went back to online photos, whether they were from facebook or other sources. The result was an idea to construct the walls differently, and it seemed, closer to how they were, rather than the written plan. I need to be ready to restart something that just isn't working. Instead of flogging a dead horse.<br />
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Above you can see that I've constructed a whole side of the building over the plan. I did the same for the other three walls. I haven't discussed windows, so here's a photo update. I chose one as close as possible, however they are not perfect, but close enough I think. Those are the ones from tichy train group #8157.<br />
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With all four sides completed I joined them together and placed them on the layout for a mockup of that area of the layout. The coal stage is in the shot also. The base board has been trimmed since then to fit the space available on the layout.<br />
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Next has been the construction of the roof. I kept the original frames and removed the 'legs' to just have the truss. The jig is a simple one, but serves its purpose well.<br />
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Next is the addition of the smoke hood that goes down the centre of the building. This has been a little bit of a steep learning curve also, with a change of process on this as well. Basically it will be board by board as seen here.<br />
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That's where I'm up to today. It has been a challenging build, and not over yet by a mile, but enjoyable.<br />
more progress soon.<br />
Have a great week!<br />
Oorroo!<br />
Geoff.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347060670876819991.post-80654987962630845732017-01-15T14:06:00.002+10:002017-01-15T14:06:40.497+10:00More trees for SplittersFor a while now I've had a few trees half finished above the workbench. In the spirit of the New Year I thought it worth finishing them up. I also had a modelling night to attend a week ago, and the trees are something I can work on without much fuss whilst talking to the rest of the people that attended.<br />
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The trunk and branches are finished in the same way as previous trees, so I won't go over it again. I spent a bit of time painting the trunk and branches with a few darker brown colours, and then highlighted some deeper bark markings with a diluted black wash. It didn't take too long to do. I am finding that I tend to take too long procrastinating about a finish. This time I attempted to not go overboard on the finer details that no one can see anyway. I'm quite happy with the result, let me know what you think.<br />
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Here I've finished the painting and I've applied a layer of flock to the branches with some matt fixative spray. The fibre I use for foliage is sprayed and the flock applied to it. Then I sprayed the tree and applied the foliage to it. A fair bit of trimming with scissors occurred then a final spray to seal it all together.<br />
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The finished tree is here. I have been looking at the photographs of willows that I've taken, and I'm not all together happy with the final colour. I've purchased some green acrylic to air brush on. I'll post some photos when I've completed the spray.<br />
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As always I welcome your thoughts,<br />
have a great week,<br />
Oorroo!<br />
Geoff.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347060670876819991.post-31555545421791478162017-01-04T17:37:00.000+10:002017-01-04T17:37:01.927+10:00Coal stage revisited<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The start of the New Year had me addressing a few things on the modelling front. I spent a little time working out what conventions/shows etc I was going to attend this year (in a post on 'the Eugowra Branch', my other blog) and realised that I'd not posted an update on Splitters for a while.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Previously I'd shown you the top of the coal stage. Next was to build the mount for it. I want to be able to complete this project at the workbench so a base will be necessary also. The data sheet makes this job very easy. I used some dowel, and basswood and set about staining it before building, hopefully to make the job a little easier.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The stand is fairly straightforward, a simple jig to build each of the uprights</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once all the uprights were built I installed them as you can see here.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Then once it was all dry I drilled the posts and added the bolt detail. There are a lot more bolts present in the actual stage, but for the sake of my sanity, and what you can see I've only added them where they are plainly seen. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Out with the sculptamold to cover up about a third of my work. I wanted it to seem like it was part of scene not sitting on top of it. It also gives you a better idea of how it will fit into the scene. Anyone who has read some of my previous posts will see that the 'scene' of buildings for behind the stage are not there. I did enjoy working on them, but it just seemed too busy for a small layout like mine. I have a few other ideas for this area instead, stay tuned!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The early coal stage was designed around the common D wagon, rather than an S. It has a smaller opening and needs to be set at a height compatible with this wagon. A trial fit in this location is seen here. The stark colour of the sculptamold will be covered up soon.</span><br />
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A little bit of progress on the facilities for Splitters. I've wanted to start this for a while. As I've said many times I enjoy working with timber and this project was a simple one to do on the workbench.</div>
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The Data Sheet available from Greg Edwards has two different types of stage and the 1900 one is the perfect one for my layout. There are a few different timber sizes, but basically the structure is the same for each design. </div>
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I began with prestaining all the timber so that I didn't have to worry about trying to stain after gluing it up. I also prefer doing it first so that when it is built there are different colours to the timber that doing it after construction would be difficult to achieve.</div>
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I cut up all the decking timber first and had a pile to use. By laying all the decking down first I built this part from the deck down. So the bearers were glued on top of the decking timber and set aside to dry.</div>
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Next up were the sides of the coal stage, one whole side and the other with a gap wide enough for a D wagon. This is one of the main differences between the two designs on the sheet was that the later design had a gap fitting much longer wagons, whereas the early ones were specifically for the shorter four wheeled D wagon.</div>
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To help with holding the sides in place the universal jig, bluetac was put in place.</div>
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Once this had all dried out I did some light weathering on top of the deck to show some change in colour of the timber.</div>
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This photo shows up the variation in the deck before the addition of coal.</div>
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I've pre drilled holes in the timber uprights to hold the bolt detail, and they are being weathered as I write this.</div>
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Next up the base of the stage and there is a bit of cutting and sanding involved. So I'll leave it there for this post.</div>
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I know, I know, three posts in less than three days! Let's just say I've a little ground to catch up on. Facebook and the few modelling groups I'm involved with do make it a bit easier to post quickly, but mostly it is about seeing what others have been doing for inspiration. So now a refocus on Splitters is more than passed time to happen.<br />
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Here's a photo of progress on installing the corro' iron on the roof of the shed. I tried to make it look like it had been added onto at a later stage, by laying the sheets differently and with different weathering pattern. The Woodstock is all basswood, I love this stuff! It stains so well. I've found a light sand between coatings enables a different result. It certainly removes any fuzz. There is another benefit in a light sand that being a big reduction in the shine that can be left when the stain dries. I also do it between paint colours to show some variation in patterns on peeling paint.</div>
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A shot from the rear before the paint goes on. I've used 'simply glues' wood glue as it dries quickly, even holding the metal iron in place.</div>
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I've posted this photo before but I've just realised its the only one I have at this aspect. Hopefully you can see the effect I was trying to achieve with the different weathering of the roof sheets.</div>
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I still want to have another go at the level of rust, with a dry brush of the grey of the sheets across the top of the rust, as the least rusted sheets rust in the low parts first. Does that make sense? Ok that's it for this project for a bit. Time to share how the other items are coming along.</div>
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Continuing on from my last post. The office building is a simple build, however as I'm always up for trying something new I had a go using some different weathering ideas on this one. I started with a basic off white colour then added some washes that I'd purchased along with a quick drying purple mask made by Humbrol, that I wanted to try.<br />
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Here you can see the end of the building that has had a layer of the humbrol applied over some base colours. The idea now being to apply some more paint over the top, to then peel off the purple mask to reveal some weathered 'wood' or peeling paint beneath.<br />
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The same building with the top layer of paint applied, ready to peel away the purple.<br />
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This next photo shows the office a little further on with a simple awning over the door and a storage rack on the back of the building also. The area this goes in will be clearer in the next photo, with a couple of other simple structures that go with the office.</div>
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If you're wondering about the plastic bag it's acting as a separator between wet sculptamould (the white you can see) and the track behind it. Because I've used a separate ply board to mount this all on I had to be able to work on the scenery behind the buildings. As when it is located there will be no way to reach in there.</div>
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The taller of the three buildings is a mishmash of styles, due to it being added onto and altered over time. I'm using the humbrol mask on the wood as I was really happy with how it worked on the styrene.</div>
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I've been beavering away on this project for a while now. There is a corner of the layout that has just had basic scenery on it for far too long. My plan has always been to create a busy corner of the layout with a few opportunities for some buildings.<br />
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There will be some facilities for locomotives in the area, a loco shed and coal stage for starters. Along with some non railway related structures for added interest. It is these structures I plan to construct first.<br />
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This first photo shows the part of the layout that I plan to change. There isn't a lot of room to play with but it will be enough for my plan. The area closest to the front of the layout is where the coal stage and locomotive shed will be located. The area between the siding and where the line disappears into the backdrop will be for non NSWGR buildings, freelance style.<br />
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The first structure is a small office styled building. It is styrene with a corrugated iron roof. A quick build after cutting up a kit of parts, as you can see here. I use the citrolene glue, as I prefer smelling of oranges than superglue, and a t gives a little more time with a similar result.<br />
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The main building took just an hour or so, so it works in well to a mid week hour session in the shed. I've had a few one hour sessions, and working with a plan in mind it is surprising just what you can get through. I always try and pre plan a little bit, for example if I'm going to build using wood I try to have a 'kit' of wood already stained up ready to go.<br />
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So keep an eye out for part 2!<br />
Have a great week!<br />
Oorroo!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We lost a Mate this year with the passing of Mike. He was around when I first came back to the hobby as an adult, and we shared many hair raising car driving experiences, and heated discussions. He was always happy to share his knowledge, especially to those who jumped in and had a go. There was never any bull with Mike, may he rest in peace.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> So what's next? This year as far as the hobby goes, I plan to work through all my projects currently on the workbench, and vow not to start anymore. There you have it in writing! I suffer with the 'joy of starting something new' syndrome, fairly common I think, but this year, no more, it's all about completion, of projects, models, goals. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's nice to be back at the keyboard, and modelling bench for 2016. I promise to be more regular posting this year.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oorroo!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This first one is just to show how I've covered the trunk so that it to doesn't get a layer of green over it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This next one is with the foliage attached. It is a product I've previously mentioned from a company in the UK called Treemendus. It is fixed to the branches with a matt adhesive or fixative spray.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Here I've added the flocks. I really do prefer the fine ground turf that adheres to the fibres making it look like much finer branches. It is interesting to compare the colours in the foliage in the photo above and below. The difference is the colour of the light. My layout light in the second shot is a much more yellow light compared to the almost blue/white light in the first photo.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> There is still some trimming to be done, but you get the idea. Not bad for an hours work I thought.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That'll do for now, enjoy your week, Happy New Year!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oorroo!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Geoff.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347060670876819991.post-40343757380528051902014-12-28T18:20:00.002+10:002014-12-28T18:20:22.778+10:00Tree modelling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has been some time since I did some work on the landscaping of Splitters. So I thought some time spent on creating some trees would be worthwhile. I've taken to using florist wire for the core of the larger trees. I used whatever wire i had, and if you look closely in the first photo you'll see some uncoated wire as well in a different gauge. I have found that the coated wire works better when adding the acrylic paste over the top. The uncoated wire does tend to rust through the paste as it dries. Not really an issue I suppose as I paint right over the lot anyway. I used a solid base of pine that makes the tree easier to handle as you work on it. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOhe-22DETC9Z4CyMvF0xjAXESi-WZPLd-ZXt4umPRmSHLTb2WwgItb-xQBaCgLBs-vyDufa4irKhAbbkVs3YwofgFkXuXsQIyUAdRvxUssUR9b2cZjBzzDExe8nvClDwVABFqZDKkCVw/s1600/photo+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOhe-22DETC9Z4CyMvF0xjAXESi-WZPLd-ZXt4umPRmSHLTb2WwgItb-xQBaCgLBs-vyDufa4irKhAbbkVs3YwofgFkXuXsQIyUAdRvxUssUR9b2cZjBzzDExe8nvClDwVABFqZDKkCVw/s1600/photo+1.JPG" height="320" width="239" /></a></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This next photo is after applying a base amount of brown paints then an airbrush over the top to tone it down as I really felt it was a little overdone. I added a few highlights, a little dry brushing on the trunk. Then that gets us to the last photo.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6EntWS7lN-xNjgJ4HSDQvJ8GbsCzicdllrKpblv1vWuPreI7PUe0tRkHBSDlZmIcIYDE0v9Z3amLPVxdNsD-r-4-E2vfH4Am-mbZ0yXfhGRZQZNxi3arRxMvl31oicHZpddVmDDCCZcY/s1600/photo+3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6EntWS7lN-xNjgJ4HSDQvJ8GbsCzicdllrKpblv1vWuPreI7PUe0tRkHBSDlZmIcIYDE0v9Z3amLPVxdNsD-r-4-E2vfH4Am-mbZ0yXfhGRZQZNxi3arRxMvl31oicHZpddVmDDCCZcY/s1600/photo+3.JPG" height="320" width="239" /></a></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I do tend to get a little carried away, less is more is my mantra. The base will have some flocks added between the roots when it is added to the layout. Next up is the foliage, the messy but quick part. That will have to do for today. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEija_2ATtbbU29Ui7a1RzEkL1RBSIDzyLdXXQ9BZUZu4XdDFHOBZ_UQS-o5nu5i_A6-QlpdxgfC9gUK1ommR5mayXGL_JjhC_yV0bdiJ4VNb7lA76c6NMaaevgasSyNitl1rwZZ7Pbzn68/s1600/photo+4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEija_2ATtbbU29Ui7a1RzEkL1RBSIDzyLdXXQ9BZUZu4XdDFHOBZ_UQS-o5nu5i_A6-QlpdxgfC9gUK1ommR5mayXGL_JjhC_yV0bdiJ4VNb7lA76c6NMaaevgasSyNitl1rwZZ7Pbzn68/s1600/photo+4.JPG" height="320" width="239" /></a></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have a great week, </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oorroo!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Geoff.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347060670876819991.post-72040884197677342632014-11-23T16:39:00.003+10:002014-12-09T09:25:16.094+10:00Armidale Convention 2014Last weekend I headed down to Armidale and met up with some other modellers from Qld for the Armidale convention. Darren, Brendan, Craig and I shared a unit for the weekend, and Peter was smart enough to to get some peace in a room by himself. I headed down a day earlier hoping to spend some time at Dorrigo and a bit of bush walking at the NP near Ebor.<br />
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Friday afternoon we headed over to the bowls club to sign in and catch up with those that we knew. Every time I go to this convention I always end up meeting new people that have some real value to add to the hobby, and to life in general. as happened this year, along with chatting to some familiar faces as well.<br />
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The programme followed the same as others. I won't bore you with all the details. Let's say that the speaker and the food on the Saturday evening were outstanding. So what do I want to share with you?<br />
The inspiration comes from many perspectives. Steve McElroy has a method for layout construction that was truly miles apart from anything that I would attempt. The tables were not 100% correct, but you know that encouraged those present to put into use the formulas that he uses. This for me was worth so much more, don't sweat it Steve, we got what you were doing, absolutely! Thanks for doing all the hard stuff to get us to this point.<br />
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Ian Dunn didn't disappoint with his session on four wheelers, the research he does is extensive. I think Ian's gift is that he offers a huge amount of knowledge and information that he gets you started with. Then the rest is up to you, I was intrigued.<br />
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I can't go passed talking about the convention with out mentioning the Cat on the hot tin roof that was Ian Faingies, now this guy can talk! The amount of info and technique that he brings to a session is almost overwhelming, but very doable. Thank you for your passion and enthusiasm Ian.<br />
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Linton, was great to catch up again, great having a chat with Ian and the guys as well. What you've done with sound files, wow!<br />
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Is this getting wordy yet? It was meant to be short and to the point. I must mention that without the efforts of the organising committee this wouldn't have been quite so enjoyable, so thanks to Warren, Geoff, Jim, Dave, Kerry, and Gary for their efforts and abilities.<br />
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The weekend simply put is inspiring, giving a new method or perspective to your modelling, and most of all encouraging to do more. So with that thought in mind here are some of the many photos I took on the trip. Not at the convention, but isn't that the idea of going, learning something new and making it your own?<br />
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So that will do, except to thank everyone involved with the weekend. To Allan your layout 'Bullenbung Creek' is amazing, a real credit to you. To Ian, and Len, thanks for letting us get 'inside' the layout.<br />
Gary, thank you for the invite I just love what you're doing, and where you live is just fantastic!<br />
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The boys over at Kerry's layout, a pleasure as always!<br />
All the boys I caught up with, thanks it was great! For those I didn't meet, there's always the next one!<br />
Oorroo!<br />
Geoff.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347060670876819991.post-4229438684478235762014-09-08T22:42:00.003+10:002014-09-08T22:42:40.837+10:00Carriage shed progress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been working away on this project for a while now. I can say that is starting to take shape finally. The timber really is enjoyable to work with. If you haven't read before it is bass wood that I've purchased from Gwydir Valley models, cut up in scale sizes ready to use, great stuff. In my last post I'd built up the uprights on a jig. There is another jig I made up that held the uprights on their sides so that I could add the top plate that links the side together, then the diagonal bracing to each side. Once all that had dried it was to the roof with the battens being fixed in place. I should mention that a couple of mates came over for a modelling night a few weeks back, and I actually managed to get most of the battens glued down, between drinks! Quite the challenge.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The corro' iron was next, but I did need to trim it up to the right sized sheet. All of them for this project were a scale 6ft long. The paint on the sheet is the grey primer made by Tamiya. I like this one as it is very fine and can be put on very lightly allowing some of the shine to show through. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here it is with some of the sheeting attached. I use the white glue made by simply glues called rapi-bond, it is fast drying and holds really well. I think the differing shades of grey are worth making up a couple of batches of iron with slightly different amounts of paint on them.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whilst the glue dried I used the time to put on the first layer of weathering. A very thinned down rust coloured wash has been used, acrylic. Acrylic? I hear you say? Love'em, thin down easily with isocol, and you can even take some off if you've been too heavy handed if you are careful. There is a bit more done on this but I will save that for the finished product post. Not long now I hope.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's it for now,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">have a great week,</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The workbench has been calling me of late, hence the new project. The Carriage shed is about 80 scale feet long. The overall size of Splitters has meant that the shed is about half the size of the scale drawings I have. The Data Sheets from Greg Edwards show two different designs and I've chosen the skillion roof one to model. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made a simple jig to make up the uprights for this new project. I've used basswood that has been prestained with india ink to give it an aged look. I have made up the frames with a gap at the top of each upright column so that the top plate can be added later to tie all of them together.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCX8VW-VQc5k7oIeb907K0V7F-SwcU4L7U86xvfm8fHvLYJmXS_AJjwgPnU0buWPdcz_4JXdvFz6kARaRg5hMGJkR9h-2utjTtYDeQBVpRN_04s-CLK23Ungh3Laos2zJhI3s6wxK5QSo/s1600/catz2014+_01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCX8VW-VQc5k7oIeb907K0V7F-SwcU4L7U86xvfm8fHvLYJmXS_AJjwgPnU0buWPdcz_4JXdvFz6kARaRg5hMGJkR9h-2utjTtYDeQBVpRN_04s-CLK23Ungh3Laos2zJhI3s6wxK5QSo/s1600/catz2014+_01.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV9qOqKLjCAXPsXYXwqOh4U7nggjiEUE-OxZ8dkOTerX0YDcfmdg1cNidfQs5oMySrPoy1VNvkJOpgDPWSHSfIdf8Drt3lN6ZjHYhcSIZiY3QYE-hScwNZRUxaiEpJ8h87Tf3SGOhk9_I/s1600/catz2014+.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV9qOqKLjCAXPsXYXwqOh4U7nggjiEUE-OxZ8dkOTerX0YDcfmdg1cNidfQs5oMySrPoy1VNvkJOpgDPWSHSfIdf8Drt3lN6ZjHYhcSIZiY3QYE-hScwNZRUxaiEpJ8h87Tf3SGOhk9_I/s1600/catz2014+.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This last photo gives you an idea of what is next to come. I will be putting the third jig on the back of this, just to hold the 'flimsy' frames in the correct spacing so that the roof batons can be added as well. So there you go, just a short post today. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFbYdjMfXmf-8SEomIz1YzShTP7DBnR93tNy3yy_l8i4shkn4Vtq0L8f_EfvzYv0lfYNKLtexyWWi47qVnB4RxVmZWBsxYjACZzfiH6xF_Ow1XwfIip-ZUksc70l7vWwyuopwMD7Tcrg/s1600/catz2014+_07.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFbYdjMfXmf-8SEomIz1YzShTP7DBnR93tNy3yy_l8i4shkn4Vtq0L8f_EfvzYv0lfYNKLtexyWWi47qVnB4RxVmZWBsxYjACZzfiH6xF_Ow1XwfIip-ZUksc70l7vWwyuopwMD7Tcrg/s1600/catz2014+_07.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have a great week, Oorroo!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Geoff.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347060670876819991.post-59388029546585159372014-05-25T18:45:00.003+10:002014-05-25T18:45:54.710+10:00TMTEX 2014<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well everyone, it's here again, the Toowoomba model Train Exhibition is on next weekend. The show has a generous number of layouts all in the one huge shed. Yes it is located in the Toowoomba Show grounds and is well worth the visit. Have a look at the plan, whoa! So many things to check out!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the words of Mollie 'do yourselves a favour!'</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Geoff.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347060670876819991.post-35451225840545974802014-05-06T18:37:00.000+10:002014-05-06T18:37:06.527+10:00too Shay!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here's the shay with a bit of green thrown on it. I've decided to put it where I originally planned at the end of the 'other' side of the layout. It will be at the end of a disused siding, below the mill. There abouts is the plan, but it's not glued down yet! </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcBOKhWMWVllcb04QmY4CePsNaWeHt9tO3PhjF1PHya1kmVFWAtH-j6Hy-6XvNiiZhb3dB-vQMyMnf4sjC8yVt93DN_LrigFtfY3kkCsVFW5tPj3A_jn0_DMfDW1cmQcBxZTIeCXeqhJU/s1600/west+trip+_04.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcBOKhWMWVllcb04QmY4CePsNaWeHt9tO3PhjF1PHya1kmVFWAtH-j6Hy-6XvNiiZhb3dB-vQMyMnf4sjC8yVt93DN_LrigFtfY3kkCsVFW5tPj3A_jn0_DMfDW1cmQcBxZTIeCXeqhJU/s1600/west+trip+_04.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Excuse the photography, it looks a little better up close in front of you. Anyway a quick post tonight, off to the train club. Been a while I might need to wear my name badge so people know who I am. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have a great week! Oorroo!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The first shot shows the side of the loco. I applied the base rust colour and let it dry. Then once cured applied the chipping coat and let it air dry for about half an hour. Then straight on with the grey top coat.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As soon as it is dry looking it was out with a wet paint brush. You basically apply the water and the top layer of paint breaks up. I have found out a couple of things worth sharing. The first is that you need to be sparing with water as it all happens pretty quickly. The second is that you can use alcohol instead of water. It does dissolve the paint rather than flake it off. You do need to wipe the brush though as you don't want a milky wash over the top of your rust.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> This last shot is a group of the products I'm using. The model air is the base colour, then the chipping, then a top coat of acrylic (not shown) The vallejo wash on the right has been used in the above photos after the chipping stage. It is easy to use and there are a couple of colours available in their range. The Rustall will be used along with the pulverised clay that is in their pack, great stuff.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is along way to go, but I thought it worth sharing these products with you. The next steps will be to further weather the metal, then the wood, then work on the base it is buried in. It feels good to post again,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've had a bit of time out in the shed today, so I was able to finally put the Derrick crane in it's location. I have had a bit of fun finishing this one off using oingo boingo wire and some nicely laser cut pulley wheels. I had to glue the 'wire' to the pulley wheels before mounting the wheels on the crane. It would have been near impossible to get it right after mounting the pulleys onto the crane. It was fiddly but ended up ok. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The crane can rotate on the central post. By using the stretchy wire I'm able to attach the crane to the timber load, and it is taught. I'm also able to move the crane around to the line and can attach it to the load for a change in scene.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've tried a new brand of paint on the rust on this model, and it is an air brush ready paint made by Vallego, called their model air paints. They come in a drip dispensing bottle, already thinned to airbrush. They have some great colours, and are great to work with. Worth a look if you can find them, I got mine from a local wargammers shop. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The mech was fiddly to construct, but I'm happy with it now it's all together. The original kit that I purchased is really almost non existent, the timber and a few of the white metal parts, but over half have been left behind. Interesting the company who puts out the kit were no help with better instructions, or quality white metal castings. If I was building another one I'd do it from photos and put together a kit of parts myself. Once you get a handle on just how they go together they really aren't that difficult to construct, although threading the 'wire' was my 'favourite' part!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway a quick post tonight, have a good week,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oorroo!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Geoff.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347060670876819991.post-53105539887765782372013-07-30T10:46:00.000+10:002013-07-30T10:49:37.802+10:00Working on my stiff leg derrick crane.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The current modelling project has been the completion of my derrick crane. I was a little stumped at just how to construct the mechanism, and as usual my solution was to put it in the 'too hard' basket. I searched the net and came up with a few helpful ideas, from a site called Shorpy historical photos. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The instructions with this kit were horrible, and the white metal castings had enough flash on them to keep a streaker happy! So with gears from Peter Boorman ( thanks again Peter!) and a couple from Vector cut I had a go at the mech throwing away the original one. What you see below is the just painted item, ready for mounting, rusting and weathering. </span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ignore the square timber under it, that was just used to hold the item while painting it. There's still a bit to go, but I'm looking forward to finishing this one off, now the procrastination is over with.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8OgZ3K0Bohs58wClwOVfBrgTo5mgNQaZWu5YHa34tPv1Q68c8k-vUKBZG_7leQH_bvxBe0sA6hHS3jL1j2DW6V3hZgcGX2vmZ_YcIras5HsPJgtsnNSVT9tFan2D3MSymUphVdkm01c/s1600/1+_03.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8OgZ3K0Bohs58wClwOVfBrgTo5mgNQaZWu5YHa34tPv1Q68c8k-vUKBZG_7leQH_bvxBe0sA6hHS3jL1j2DW6V3hZgcGX2vmZ_YcIras5HsPJgtsnNSVT9tFan2D3MSymUphVdkm01c/s320/1+_03.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It will be mounted in the goods siding, beside the loading bank. I'll post a photo when it's in place. a quick post today, just to let you know I'm still here.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have a great week,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oorroo!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Geoff.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347060670876819991.post-59971975006531681152013-07-04T09:55:00.002+10:002013-07-04T10:02:10.678+10:00NSW Convention 30I had an opportunity to head to the convention this year as Z and I had some time away, just the two of us. Gary and Marcus were great in helping get things sorted. The day had me set up having a chat to people about landscape techniques I'd tried on Splitters.<br />
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The sheer number of attendees was huge, and the sessions available were many and varied. I attended two on the day, Sandy Hollow and modelling backyards. I thoroughly enjoyed both. The backyard scene is something I could really relate to as I firmly believe the scene sets the 'time' of the layout. I do have a few photos found on the net that will help when I get to that stage, and it was pleasing to find others wanting to set the scene in their layouts as well.<br />
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I met several modellers that I'd known by name only before through the blogs, great to finally catch up Gary and Linton. The level of involvement of modellers is great to see with many wanting to spend time with all of us set up for demos.<br />
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A great day, think I'll have to go next year,<br />
Geoff.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347060670876819991.post-80471633622490581792013-05-31T09:36:00.000+10:002013-05-31T09:36:24.075+10:00'Twas the Night before T'ba'Twas the night before Toowoomba when all through the shed,<br />
not a creature was stirring, not even a Ted.<br />
The tapes on the ground all aligned with care,<br />
In the hope that the layouts would soon be there.<br />
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The modellers were nestled all snug in their beds,<br />
while visions of diesels and steamers chuff along in their heads,<br />
And Ted in his PJ's and Smithy in his,<br />
settled down for a moment, Bill off in a tizz.<br />
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When out in the Showgrounds there arose such a clatter,<br />
It was Geoffrey reversing again, and smashed into the ....<br />
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Bugger! I got so close, see you up there fella's, looking forward to a great weekend<br />
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