WEST ORTON

[Mountain Goat]

Nice. Reminds me of Hornby Dublo but better.

[Brian]

Nice. Reminds me of Hornby Dublo but better.

You mean the one below? I think Steve's is far better

Bridge.jpg

[Steve M]

Nice. Reminds me of Hornby Dublo but better.

You mean the one below? I think Steve's is far better

But probably much cheaper.

[Steve M]

I made the new stretchers earlier today and gave the bridge a coat of grey primer.

20210816_170942 by Steve Mumford, on Flickr

The bridge is held in place on the layout by four neodymium magnets to allow removal of the bridge for track maintenance and to allow the lift up section to fully lift without hitting the other layout.

20210816_170757 by Steve Mumford, on Flickr

Completed bridge in place, small boat in the river and static grass applied.

20210816_170450 by Steve Mumford, on Flickr

[Steve M]

"A neighbour has also dropped off a Wrenn A4 to be serviced - still with the original price tag on it - £16.95."

So he has had it for a year or two

My neighbour has dropped off three more locos for servicing. All bar one has been returned as I am trying to convince him it needs repainting.
It started life as a Wrenn 2-6-4T in LMS crimson but has already been posted green and had a couple of GWR transfers applied - just not been done very well.
I was surprised to learn that Wrenn did actually turn this loco out in GWR livery so a repaint in those colours would not be out of place.
Also, he insisted on paying for my work so far - I did protest. He doesn’t know it yet but I intend building him an engine shed similar to mine.

[Steve M]

The parts bin for my friend’s engine shed is filling up. Mainly the roofing sheets to do.
I’m using a resin with a slightly longer potlife which makes it easier to pour the thin sheets but there is a longer time before they are able to be demoulded. Also the parts really need to be left overnight on a flat surface to fully cure.

2021-08-20_12-41-47 by Steve Mumford, on Flickr

[Carl L]

Your speed of progress is phenomenal, and your doing stuff for others, I'm tired out catching up on your posts.

[Steve M]

It’s official. We have a complete set of parts for the engine shed and with a bit of resin to spare.
I’ve already cut the side and Louvre sections to the correct height so I can start supergluing my fingers together shortly.

I called in to my local modelshop to buy some plasticard halfround for gutters - out of stock. But rumours persist that they are shortly to close for good. So I thought I’d pop up to Gravesend as my other local had moved part of the operation there - checked online for opening hours only to find that online and reality are completely different. No wonder Amazon are doing so well.

2021-08-23_02-45-47 by Steve Mumford, on Flickr

[bulleidboy]

Do you think Airfix are getting worried?
Did you make the moulds, are are they available commercially? It all looks very neat and tidy.

[Steve M]

Do you think Airfix are getting worried?
Did you make the moulds, are are they available commercially? It all looks very neat and tidy.

Airfix, no.......but Skaledale and Scenecraft have gone a bit quiet.

I bought the moulds as a set from Scalecast. Designed primarily for plaster moulding but work very well with the resin. I think they are based on the old Linka system. Quite easy to adapt to different lengths of shed.
You do have to give some thought to how to best join the bits together, and best not to cast them too thick. They form a good base to add some detailing to. Cost is not too bad (ignoring the cost of the mould - easily recouped on eBay if necessary), the resin for this shed is less than £20. Add in the cost of paint and plasticard for gutters etc and the material costs are about a third of the Scenecraft shed we were looking at.