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Congratulations on the village Peter, really well thought out and beautifully executed, and what better than a rainy day to photograph a Welsh village
I'm following your build for the Lineside Hut kits as well. I bought a couple of their wagon kits at Llanfair, but haven't started them yet.

LNR wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 07, 2018 10:29 am

Hi Phil,
I used 1/2 inch diam. dowel about 12 inches out of the ground. Didn't worry about planing flats on some during the tapering either, as some real ones seem to be almost octagonal in cross section.
Grant.

Great stuff Grant. Thanks.

You may have left taking a photograph late Tom, but the result is wonderfully atmospheric.

Lovely to see more images of your line Grant. As always you have captured the 'real' nature of outdoor railway modelling, and you have such amazing light - I'm sure we rarely get light of that quality :scratch: One quick 'technical' question - what diameter dowel did you use for your telegraph poles...

Picking up the beading on the upper panels is OK for the early 1920s, but by the late 20s labour was getting expensive, and the custom was dying out. Three of the four post-grouping railways had lined out single colour (or lack of it in the case of the LNER) liveries, and the lining tended to disap...

+1 for Cuttle brook.
We have a similar 'mispronunciation' nearby. Ordnance Survey shows a local farm as Kepp House, whereas a locally produced earlier map clearly shows it as Cape House. However, OS wins out and the house nameplate is now Kepp, not Cape.

Hi Howie, and welcome to a great hobby. Like you I'm in the Northwest, not far from Kirkby Lonsdale. As laalratty has said, it would be well worthwhile contacting the NWAG guys. You will be made welcome to come and see others lines in use - that can be very useful for avoiding some of the mistakes t...

Those figures can be made to work when modified… My particular favourite is this one although I have no idea who he was based on..... IMG_4344.JPG Well, he's the spitting image of my mate Fred, but I'm pretty sure he never featured in any franchise :lol: As for finding these figures at the right pr...

That really is looking splendid Andrew. I'm with you on the aestheics of buildings on the railway, even if there are no trains

That bridge is lovely, and as Peter said it is a 'typical' British idyllic scene. Peter, I'm sure your idyllic village needs a copy?? However, I feel that it might collapse at the mere thought of having to carry the weight of a train! On that subject I have now gone back to my own Stream thread on ...

ge_rik wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 21, 2018 1:58 pm

Lonsdaler wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 21, 2018 10:19 am

I thought he was standing on road cones Ruj.
Is that your new moniker?

The hand is quicker than the eye (at least when it comes to typing .... )
Rol

I thought so

ge_rik wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:36 pm

I like the stiletto heels.

Ruj

I thought he was standing on road cones Ruj.
Is that your new moniker?

A nice 'stone' arched bridge would compliment your stream beautifully I think! Funnily enough I've been scouring the 'net for stone bridge pictures these last couple of days. :D I keep shifting my thoughts around how best to fit a stone arch to a Rik style stone lined stream, but I think the ideas ...

Phil, With nothing better to do, I'm cogitating my stream bridge again, and your thread a few weeks ago resurrected a related idea on my 'to do' list from years ago. May I ask how thick your moulded concrete 'stone' panels are, please? It's difficult to judge from the pictures but they look about 1...

IanC wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 16, 2018 10:08 pm

Yes. I remember the London to Brighton film too.

They did several didn't they. I'm sure i remember one of Euston to Birmingham