Wykeham - Somewhere in the south!
- bulleidboy
- Posts: 2299
- Joined: Thu Oct 04, 2018 6:30 pm
- Location: Basingstoke, Hants
- Contact:
Re: Wykeham - Somewhere in the south!
Thanks for the comments Chops and cheshire lines. There is an apple green (LNER) Flying Scotsman lurking somewhere in the cupboard along with a garter blue Mallard - again, at the time, essential models for the collector. Most of my purchases over the last few years have been BR Southern loco's. BB
- bulleidboy
- Posts: 2299
- Joined: Thu Oct 04, 2018 6:30 pm
- Location: Basingstoke, Hants
- Contact:
Re: Wykeham - Somewhere in the south!
At Post 286 I showed my "new" field, and said I would add some animals - horses. This has now been done, and an old trackside shed has been cannibalised into a shelter. I found a Langleys Models water trough on ebay. As the picture shows the water trough is empty.
I had a length of trough shaped plastic strip which I blocked off the ends and filled one end with PVA and the other end with DeLuxe Glazing Glue - both, as expected, have dried crystal clear -water? I think the inside of the trough needs a colour - it will be hardly noticeable, but I know it needs to look authentic - so what colour should the inside of the trough be - brown/black? The trough also needs weathering.
IMG_0752 by Barry Clayton, on Flickr
I had a length of trough shaped plastic strip which I blocked off the ends and filled one end with PVA and the other end with DeLuxe Glazing Glue - both, as expected, have dried crystal clear -water? I think the inside of the trough needs a colour - it will be hardly noticeable, but I know it needs to look authentic - so what colour should the inside of the trough be - brown/black? The trough also needs weathering.
IMG_0752 by Barry Clayton, on Flickr
- Walkingthedog
- Posts: 4953
- Joined: Thu Oct 04, 2018 5:51 pm
- Location: HAZLEMERE, BUCKS.
- Contact:
Re: Wykeham - Somewhere in the south!
Greeny brown should be OK Barry. Or perhaps even browny green.
Nurse, the screens!
- bulleidboy
- Posts: 2299
- Joined: Thu Oct 04, 2018 6:30 pm
- Location: Basingstoke, Hants
- Contact:
Re: Wykeham - Somewhere in the south!
Hi Brian - I've been looking at water troughs under Google Images (there are lots!), and the water colour varies from clear to muddy. I'll have a play.Walkingthedog wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 10:27 am Greeny brown should be OK Barry. Or perhaps even browny green.
- Walkingthedog
- Posts: 4953
- Joined: Thu Oct 04, 2018 5:51 pm
- Location: HAZLEMERE, BUCKS.
- Contact:
Re: Wykeham - Somewhere in the south!
There is a trough in a field where we occasionally walk the dog that is a grubby silver galvanised colour on the outside and green on the inside but the water is clear as a bell.
Nurse, the screens!
- bulleidboy
- Posts: 2299
- Joined: Thu Oct 04, 2018 6:30 pm
- Location: Basingstoke, Hants
- Contact:
Re: Wykeham - Somewhere in the south!
My youngest son bought a wrought iron water trough from a house reclamation site. It was loaded by crane into the back of my son's Land Rover 110 - when he got home, the trough was to heavy to lift out of the 110 - that was five years ago - it's still there!!
-
- Posts: 392
- Joined: Tue Oct 09, 2018 4:40 pm
- Contact:
Re: Wykeham - Somewhere in the south!
Nice touch having one of the horses with a coat on.
As an aside, driving home from Whitby today we saw a horse tethered in the middle of a roundabout near Thirsk.
Would make an interesting cameo!
As an aside, driving home from Whitby today we saw a horse tethered in the middle of a roundabout near Thirsk.
Would make an interesting cameo!
- Walkingthedog
- Posts: 4953
- Joined: Thu Oct 04, 2018 5:51 pm
- Location: HAZLEMERE, BUCKS.
- Contact:
Re: Wykeham - Somewhere in the south!
I expect Barry made the coat with his micro sewing machine
Nurse, the screens!
Re: Wykeham - Somewhere in the south!
Barry,
As both banker and unpaid groom to my daughters two horses I can confirm that the trough will be thoroughly “manky” and the ground around it perpetually muddy......The area around any gate or feeding area will also be well trodden and muddy.
I sometime lie awake at night dreaming about the huge layout I could have if it wasn’t for horses and the old 7.5ton Horsebox - LOL
Cheers - Richard
Ps - when recently modelling my cottage scene on Montgreenan, I made a small paddock and wanted to place an Ivor Williams horse trailer in the adjacent field, but despite searching far and wide I could not find such an item in 00 scale.
As both banker and unpaid groom to my daughters two horses I can confirm that the trough will be thoroughly “manky” and the ground around it perpetually muddy......The area around any gate or feeding area will also be well trodden and muddy.
I sometime lie awake at night dreaming about the huge layout I could have if it wasn’t for horses and the old 7.5ton Horsebox - LOL
Cheers - Richard
Ps - when recently modelling my cottage scene on Montgreenan, I made a small paddock and wanted to place an Ivor Williams horse trailer in the adjacent field, but despite searching far and wide I could not find such an item in 00 scale.
- bulleidboy
- Posts: 2299
- Joined: Thu Oct 04, 2018 6:30 pm
- Location: Basingstoke, Hants
- Contact:
Re: Wykeham - Somewhere in the south!
Thanks for that first hand information Richard - I'll get the manky/muddy paint pot out. Barry
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: Ahrefs [Bot] and 2 guests