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Re: From test track to Pendale
Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 9:08 pm
by Del Boy
Sorry Broadoak, as a beginner on here how do I see your photographs? All that I have are ? ? ? Where they should be. Obviously I am doing something wrong!
Derek
Re: From test track to Pendale
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2023 1:43 pm
by broadoak
Hello Derek, I am afraid I am no expert on this but it seems the problem is at your end as others can see my photographs. The problem seems to be in the way your PC is set up, assuming you are using a PC. If it is a phone then I'm sorry to say I haven't a clue. Perhaps one of our more computer literate members can help, they are a friendly and helpful bunch.
Regards Peter M
Re: From test track to Pendale
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2023 1:38 pm
by broadoak
Re: From test track to Pendale
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2023 9:44 am
by broadoak
A few shots of a class 8 shunter working at what is now known as Pendale dries or halt. She has a load of wooden wagons loaded with ball clay.
Peter M
Re: From test track to Pendale
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2023 4:07 pm
by broadoak
Another useful member of my loco stud is the Class 128 parcels carrier. Being very heavy the model runs superbly, just right for shunting. So we assume she is bringing some parcels in the wagon being towed, probably animal feed and seeds for sowing the farmers collect them from Pendale Halt.
Sometimes as in the photos the empty wagon is for a load of bagged ball clay for an urgent order. The empty wagon is swapped for the full having run round its train.
Peter M
Re: From test track to Pendale
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2023 1:38 pm
by broadoak
I have done a little more work on Pendale in the hope of making it look a little more realistic. I have never been very happy with the buildings I drew on the left hand back scene so they have now gone and been replaced by a drawing of an abandoned clay dry which I think looks much better.
The narrow width of the base board restricts how much can be added so I have had to rely more on painted back grounds than three dimensional models. I am in the throes of adding some small odds and ends at the right hand end in front of the clay dries to give a bit more interest.
I should not complain really as it started out as a test track and was never intended to be a layout in itself. Some photographs will follow in due course when I have decided how much I can get away with.
Peter M