Finishing the unfinished
- RylstonLight
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Finishing the unfinished
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.
One of the two scratch-built cattle waggons; which stills needs the door-catch and weathering.
They are photographed in the Rylston Light's workshop (an ever-ongoing project). I thought you might like some mood-shots.
That's all. But I thought some pictures may be welcome on a winter's evening.
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.
One of the two scratch-built cattle waggons; which stills needs the door-catch and weathering.
They are photographed in the Rylston Light's workshop (an ever-ongoing project). I thought you might like some mood-shots.
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
Andy wrote
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.
Grant.
You are not alone there Andy, what self respecting modeller doesn't operate that wayI have a dreadful confession. I have a habit of starting more projects than I finish.
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.
Grant.
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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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Fantastic, I think the hopper is brilliant.
If at first you don't succeed, use a bigger hammer!
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Is this real stuff...you wouldnβt know if you hadnβt said what you have done Andy...very impressed indeed.
ROD
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Life is so easy when I run my trains.
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https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
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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
Hope you are well on the way to recovery and able to post more eye candy
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The lettering on that Calor Gas cylinder is excellent. How was it done?
Rik
Rik
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Fantastic modeling on the wagons and the workshop. Attention to detail is brilliant thanks for sharing.
Regards
Kevin
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Brilliant workmanship. A very realistic workshop.
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Re: Finishing the unfinished
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.
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.
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.
Two of the five Brandbright Rugga tippers, that have been half built since the original version was released, but only just finished
The costomonger's cart from IP, with excellent value luggage from SLR Models.
And finally another couple for ambiance, thanks for reading
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.
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.
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.
Two of the five Brandbright Rugga tippers, that have been half built since the original version was released, but only just finished
The costomonger's cart from IP, with excellent value luggage from SLR Models.
And finally another couple for ambiance, thanks for reading
Andy S. at the Rylston Light Railway
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My keyboard is now embarrasingly damp from the drool dripping from my mouth!
What incredible adapting and detailing, I am certainly in awe!
What incredible adapting and detailing, I am certainly in awe!
The best things in life are free.... so why am I doing this?
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All brilliant - now my favourite is the workbench!
Where did I put that uncoupler?
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I second what Peter said. The kind of pictures you keep looking at, and notice more and more detail.
Grant.
Grant.
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Excellent work again, I still donβt know if this is real, so very lifelike
ROD
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
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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
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?
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.
If I make more progress on the stalled-project list I might add pictures as an incentive to get them done.
Remember cookeen?
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.
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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Encouragement from other members get my projects finished so keep posting please.
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As Tom mentioned encouragement and posts by other member is enough to keep you motivated.
Regards
Kevin
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Even the newspaper is the right era. "Giant Blimp falls into sea". Detail.
Grant.
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