Finishing the unfinished

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Finishing the unfinished

Post by RylstonLight » Fri Dec 15, 2017 9:49 pm

Hi, I have a dreadful confession. I have a habit of starting more projects than I finish. The usual thing is to start during leave from work then run out of time, and the inevitable outcome is a house crammed with unfinished projects.

A recent break from work due to ill-health made me re-appraise all these projects. The resulting rehabilitation has allowed me to tackle the lighter projects. I have managed to finish 2 Brandbright hoppers (and scratch-build a similar to more contemporary style to complement them), 5 Brandbright Rugga tippers, 2 Slaters WD tippers, and a GRS Leek & Manifold transporter waggon. In addition I have nearly finished 2 scratch-built cattle waggons (inspired by the general dimensions of the Tenmille GVT box vans used from many years on the RLR). In less able periods I have ungraded a dozen or so telegraph poles with more realistic (scratch) insulators.

All in all I am pretty satisfied and since I got the camera out today for another post, I decided to share a few pictures.

The scratch-built hopper inspired (as a more contemporary) to match the Brandbright versions.
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One of the two scratch-built cattle waggons; which stills needs the door-catch and weathering.
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They are photographed in the Rylston Light's workshop (an ever-ongoing project). I thought you might like some mood-shots.

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That's all. But I thought some pictures may be welcome on a winter's evening.
Andy S. at the Rylston Light Railway

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Re: Finishing the unfinished

Post by tom_tom_go » Fri Dec 15, 2017 10:13 pm

Very impressive!

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Re: Finishing the unfinished

Post by LNR » Fri Dec 15, 2017 10:26 pm

Andy wrote
I have a dreadful confession. I have a habit of starting more projects than I finish.
You are not alone there Andy, what self respecting modeller doesn't operate that way :lol:
Fabulous pictures taken inside the Rylston workshops, the detail on the chain hoist, the cattle damage to the plank on the wagon (deliberate!), the rust on the hopper,wonderful! Hope your rehabilitation was successful, and that you can start again on a list of unfinished projects.
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Re: Finishing the unfinished

Post by markoteal » Fri Dec 15, 2017 11:12 pm

Great pics - that Hopper wagon is fantastic - and the workshop clutter is not half bad too!
Where did I put that uncoupler?

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Re: Finishing the unfinished

Post by Big Jim » Sat Dec 16, 2017 12:18 am

Fantastic, I think the hopper is brilliant.
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Re: Finishing the unfinished

Post by FWLR » Sat Dec 16, 2017 6:31 am

Is this real stuff...you wouldn’t know if you hadn’t said what you have done Andy...very impressed indeed. :notworthy: :notworthy: :santa:

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Re: Finishing the unfinished

Post by bazzer42 » Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:49 am

Beautiful modelling, the comments about the hopper are justified - a cracker.

Hope you are well on the way to recovery and able to post more eye candy :D

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Re: Finishing the unfinished

Post by ge_rik » Sat Dec 16, 2017 9:13 am

The lettering on that Calor Gas cylinder is excellent. How was it done?

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Re: Finishing the unfinished

Post by steamer68 » Sat Dec 16, 2017 12:13 pm

Fantastic modeling on the wagons and the workshop. Attention to detail is brilliant thanks for sharing. :thumbleft:
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Post by invicta280 » Sat Dec 16, 2017 5:52 pm

Brilliant workmanship. A very realistic workshop.

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Re: Finishing the unfinished

Post by RylstonLight » Sat Dec 16, 2017 7:04 pm

Thanks for the comments. The workshop is a long-term project that has got out of hand. It was designed as a photo-stage that folds away. Over the years it has been populated by small odds-and-ends from shows and quite a few small scratch built projects. It also is a repository of a lot of my near-miss sub-parts of scratch-builds.

Rik wants to know about the Calor gas lettering. I hunt suitable on-line images and print them on Decal paper (from Crafty Papers). The draw-back is there is always a white edge "tell" line. I use it a lot for labelling boxes and jars around the workshop. Although quite a few jars had labels provided from a magazine advert for books that had tiny reproductions of the covers; from a distance of few cm you can't really tell.

Oh I forgot another sick-day project achieved was an IP Costomonger's cart.

Here are a few other pictures.

Another Decal paper showing white edge-line.
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A comparison of Bandbright's hopper based on a Pickering design for the C&M Rly, but never built before they closed, and my imagination of an updated version. Welded rather riveted, and with steel (rather than wooden) solebars. The height is slightly less just for variation.
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A comparison of the Tenmille GVT box van with my imagination of a cattle van from the same supplier. Hopefully there is some family resemblance.
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Two of the five Brandbright Rugga tippers, that have been half built since the original version was released, but only just finished
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The costomonger's cart from IP, with excellent value luggage from SLR Models.
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And finally another couple for ambiance, thanks for reading
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Andy S. at the Rylston Light Railway

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Re: Finishing the unfinished

Post by Peter Butler » Sat Dec 16, 2017 10:56 pm

My keyboard is now embarrasingly damp from the drool dripping from my mouth!
What incredible adapting and detailing, I am certainly in awe!
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Re: Finishing the unfinished

Post by markoteal » Sat Dec 16, 2017 10:59 pm

All brilliant - now my favourite is the workbench!
Where did I put that uncoupler?

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Re: Finishing the unfinished

Post by LNR » Sun Dec 17, 2017 5:59 am

I second what Peter said. The kind of pictures you keep looking at, and notice more and more detail.
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Re: Finishing the unfinished

Post by FWLR » Sun Dec 17, 2017 6:34 am

Excellent work again, I still don’t know if this is real, so very lifelike :santa: :santa:

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Re: Finishing the unfinished

Post by bazzer42 » Sun Dec 17, 2017 8:58 am

I agree with Rod on the realism in my first pass of the top photos it was the Lucas foglights that convinced me it was a real narrow gauge railway ....more please!

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Re: Finishing the unfinished

Post by RylstonLight » Sun Dec 17, 2017 4:23 pm

Two more mood pictures, but there is a limit of new views in a stage that is only 600mm wide. I'll upload a thread of still-stalled projects separately.

Remember cookeen?
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Here is Severn Models working tool-kits and tools. They specialise is etch-brass models for smaller scales, but do two etches for 1:19. A opening cantilever toolkit and a selection of many tools. They are great detail.
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If I make more progress on the stalled-project list I might add pictures as an incentive to get them done.
Andy S. at the Rylston Light Railway

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Re: Finishing the unfinished

Post by tom_tom_go » Sun Dec 17, 2017 4:28 pm

Encouragement from other members get my projects finished so keep posting please.

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Re: Finishing the unfinished

Post by steamer68 » Sun Dec 17, 2017 4:37 pm

As Tom mentioned encouragement and posts by other member is enough to keep you motivated. :D
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Re: Finishing the unfinished

Post by LNR » Sun Dec 17, 2017 10:53 pm

Even the newspaper is the right era. "Giant Blimp falls into sea". Detail.
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