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Semi-scale BR: Strictly Bulleid*

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:17 pm
by BertieB
More video fun: round and round the garden like a... cartoon-scale, Q1-derived tank engine (first effort with Deltang R/C) and a (track powered) Leader.



At low speeds they don’t provide too much soundtrack on their own (annoying squeaks largely) so 1:1 scale audio (and music) has, I’m afraid, been shoveled on. Steam locomotive soundtrack porn.

It’s all a bit heavy handed and indulgent, of course. 13 minutes you won’t get back. Great fun to do though.

I was a little twitchy about the sequence of build pictures, given the superior skills generally on display on this forum but well, you know, what the...
And someone did actually once ask.

Bulleid, of course, (for non-obsessives, should there be any) was the controversial, innovation-at-all-costs (and last) designer of Southern Railway locomotives prior to nationalisation in 1948. He’s worshipped today by many and absolutely isn’t by others.

*Apologies to the Swanage Railway who ran a terrific, similarly named event a few years ago, featuring umpteen Light Pacifics.

Re: Semi-scale BR: Strictly Bulleid*

Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2019 7:00 am
by idlemarvel
Excellent. Why shouldn't you envisage another narrow gauge SR line, most of our railways are fictional based on personally selected facts! :D

Re: Semi-scale BR: Strictly Bulleid*

Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2019 7:49 am
by DonW
A good video with some very nice atmospheric shots. Your choice of locos may be unusual but you have made a good job of the builds. One of our local club members a former SR driver has an 0 gauge model of a Leader which got a lot of interest when running at Guildex.

Don

Re: Semi-scale BR: Strictly Bulleid*

Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 4:31 pm
by BertieB
Thank you for your comments.
idlemarvel wrote: Mon Sep 02, 2019 7:00 am “...most of our railways are fictional, based on personally selected facts!”
Thanks, yes. We can make a couple of thin factoids go a long way. Well, I try.

Re: Semi-scale BR: Strictly Bulleid*

Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 7:38 pm
by -steves-
I love the build thread at the end of the video, really great work and very interesting to see, well done :thumbup: :thumbup:

Re: Semi-scale BR: Strictly Bulleid*

Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 11:09 pm
by BertieB
-steves- wrote: Tue Sep 03, 2019 7:38 pm “I love the build thread at the end of the video...”
That’s very decent of you. It’s strictly kitchen table and plasticard. I wasn’t sure about showing it, as I’ve explained, in the context of the more accomplished stuff regularly featured on this forum - including, of course, your own. So, thank you.

Re: Semi-scale BR: Strictly Bulleid*

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 1:02 pm
by BertieB
For anyone who can handle even more of this stuff, here’s the ‘new’ (compiled from previously published clips) YouTube channel trailer.
Short and noisy!


Re: Semi-scale BR: Strictly Bulleid*

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 8:32 pm
by Peter Butler
Excellent video, I do love your individual take on semi-scale model making.... very refreshing!

Re: Semi-scale BR: Strictly Bulleid*

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 8:48 pm
by ge_rik
Brilliant!! Excellent editing of both video and sound synching. Love the ending....

Rik

Re: Semi-scale BR: Strictly Bulleid*

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 11:02 pm
by invicta280
Another cracking good video from this interesting and distinctive railway.

Re: Semi-scale BR: Strictly Bulleid*

Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 10:40 am
by FWLR
Well (Bert) that was two very interesting videos, although for me as most members know I don't like music with them. The natural sound of your locos are well worth it on their own for me. I wasn't lucky enough to spend my schoolboy free time watching trains pulling their wares and when I see videos I always imagine me being there seeing those wonderful machines....

However having said that, I loved the B&W video and it was has if I was really there, brilliant. The end with the colour was actually a nice touch also. Can I make a suggestion for your next one if you are thinking of doing another B&W video, can you not verge the colour in like they do with professional films that are shown, not saying yours isn't professional it certainly is....

The second one with the short clips was excellent also, the cat popping its head through the plants was a touch of genius....

Now on to the build.....WOW, you are brilliant at working with Plasticard, it makes my poor efforts look ordinary. You are also correct in the fact it does take sometime in building with Plasticard, well it does with me. Well done (Bert) it's a brilliant build and I am looking forward to your next build.
:thumbright: :thumbright: :thumbright:

Ps. Can we have a video next time without music, pretty please..... :notworthy:

Re: Semi-scale BR: Strictly Bulleid*

Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 11:58 am
by idlemarvel
Very nice. And I can tell the misses I've been watching a dodgy video without the normal repercussions... :D

Re: Semi-scale BR: Strictly Bulleid*

Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 12:40 pm
by DonW
Lovely video and the sound track with music was fine by me. The line and stock looked really effective. The cat of course stole the show.
Great stuff

Don

Re: Semi-scale BR: Strictly Bulleid*

Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 10:45 am
by Lonsdaler
There's some lovely editing together of pictures and sound there - very effective indeed. :thumbup:

Re: Semi-scale BR: Strictly Bulleid*

Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2019 10:33 pm
by BertieB
Thanks again for all the encouraging comment. Greatly appreciated.

I can understand that the music isn’t going to be everyone’s cup of tea. I began tinkering with it just to hide background noise, then slowly woke up to the notion that it can provide timing to edit to - and scope to contrive ‘jokes’ (however clunky).

Still, if you’ve enjoyed this stuff, I’m chuffed.

Re: Semi-scale BR: Strictly Bulleid*

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 9:04 am
by FWLR
Don't get me wrong Bert, I do like music and your videos are brilliant, but with all the programs on the TV now that has music that it seems to try and make what is being shown more dramatic or meaningful doesn't in my opinion work. There are loads of people who are also in the same frame of mind. The BBC are getting so many complaints, has are other companies.

Don't let me detract from how you produce your videos Bert, if music is what you want, then carry on mate. I just like seeing your trains on the videos which are always brilliant. :thumbright: :thumbright:

Maybe turn the sound down a little..... :lol:

Re: Semi-scale BR: Strictly Bulleid*

Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 10:36 am
by Andrew
I'd missed this before, lovely video, thanks. I particularly enjoyed the banked goods train featuring both locos. And, for me, the music and sound effects work well...

Your locos reminded me of a letter I saw in an old magazine, possibly a Garden Railway World from 30-ish years ago, where the writer submitted a photo of a Mamod he'd modified to look "as if Bulleid had bought it for his grandson". It had a tender, air-smoothed casing and Malachite Green livery with yellow stripes... I may have said it before, but I reckon an N or U class mogul would look great in "B Scale"...

Anyway, a belated thanks for the video,

Andrew.

Re: Semi-scale BR: Strictly Bulleid*

Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2019 4:52 pm
by BertieB
Andrew wrote: Fri Oct 18, 2019 10:36 am ...I reckon an N or U class mogul would look great...
Thank you. Absolutely.

I did have a go at a sort of, ‘generic’, distantly Southern inspired, mogul a few years ago, though I really ought to have tried a bit harder – most of the effort went into the smoke deflectors! But it looks OK trundling round the garden...

Based on a useful off-cut of 68mm guttering downpipe. I was after a ‘substantial’ looking locomotive
Based on a useful off-cut of 68mm guttering downpipe. I was after a ‘substantial’ looking locomotive
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There’s the Schools class, too - which I’ve always thought actually looks (especially in profile) like a full-size toy train, if you know what I mean.


Plan from Maunsell Locomotive Society
Plan from Maunsell Locomotive Society
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Round topped firebox, parallel boiler, four enormous driving wheels and lots of ‘space’. Sourcing an appropriate motor block (and / or wheels) a bit of a challenge though.

Re: Semi-scale BR: Strictly Bulleid*

Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2019 12:47 pm
by Andrew
Nice! Especially the smoke deflectors...

Yes, the Schools is a great idea - would you consider tender drive to be cheating?! Playmobil Wild West loco?

Cheers,

Andrew.

Re: Semi-scale BR: Strictly Bulleid*

Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2019 1:28 pm
by BertieB
Andrew wrote: Tue Oct 22, 2019 12:47 pm ...would you consider tender drive to be cheating?
No, I certainly wouldn’t. That’s a neat idea. I even have a suitable motor block. Hmmm...