Merlins Castle Line

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Re: Merlins Castle Line

Post by tom_tom_go » Sun Feb 25, 2018 2:56 pm

Hi Peter,

Apologies, you will need to edit that post with the pictures as I tried to do some maintenance earlier to the forum and it went wrong so I had to restore from a backup that does not have the most recent images posted.

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Re: Merlins Castle Line

Post by Peter Butler » Sun Feb 25, 2018 4:46 pm

Thanks Tom... I have added the images to the post with a short explanation.
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Re: Merlins Castle Line

Post by LNR » Sun Feb 25, 2018 9:56 pm

Same here Dwayne, though using Irfanview. I find picture loading couldn't be simpler and I'm certainly no computer whiz. The caveat is an important point too.
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Re: Merlins Castle Line

Post by Peter Butler » Tue Feb 27, 2018 5:53 pm

While Julie is continuing to suffer with photo posting issues she has sent me pictures of the latest installation work inside her shed.
The two of them have certainly been busy pasting huge murals on walls as back scenes and fitting shelving to act as baseboards for their railways.... Dennis has '00' scale as well as assisting with Julie's 16mm.
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Re: Merlins Castle Line

Post by tom_tom_go » Tue Feb 27, 2018 6:41 pm

If she needs help posting pictures I can help, however, the issues are not with the forum.

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Re: Merlins Castle Line

Post by Peter Butler » Tue Feb 27, 2018 6:52 pm

Thanks Tom,
Julie and Dennis visited today and we attempted find a solution to the problem but I have no computer skills to pass on. I think Julie would be most grateful for your help so possibly a PM to her would start the ball rolling?
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Re: Merlins Castle Line

Post by Just Julie » Tue Feb 27, 2018 9:17 pm

Hope this works
Hope this works
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Re: Merlins Castle Line

Post by Just Julie » Tue Feb 27, 2018 9:28 pm

Happy again, I have managed to post a pic. I eventually found out how to resize.
The photo is my Merlin of Merlins Castle Line along with his dragon which is on the wall of the shed. :lol:

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Re: Merlins Castle Line

Post by tom_tom_go » Tue Feb 27, 2018 9:36 pm

Glad you worked it out.

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Re: Merlins Castle Line

Post by Just Julie » Tue Feb 27, 2018 9:42 pm

Thank you for your help. Back on track now :lol:

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Re: Merlins Castle Line

Post by Just Julie » Tue Feb 27, 2018 9:45 pm

Dennis's part of shed for his oo gauge
Dennis's part of shed for his oo gauge
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The turntable that Peter Kindly made for me.
The turntable that Peter Kindly made for me.
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Re: Merlins Castle Line

Post by tom_tom_go » Tue Feb 27, 2018 9:51 pm

Looks like a good space for both of you to use.

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Re: Merlins Castle Line

Post by Just Julie » Tue Feb 27, 2018 9:57 pm

I think it will work out fine when its finished. The relaxing time will be adding track, scenery etc.

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Re: Merlins Castle Line

Post by Peter Butler » Tue Feb 27, 2018 10:55 pm

Great news Julie, and thanks to Tom for helping with the problem.
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Re: Merlins Castle Line

Post by FWLR » Thu Mar 01, 2018 7:45 am

Glad you have got your photos sorted Julie, that a great bit of work from one of the truly great masters of Garden Railways ( Peter Butler)... :thumbright:

Loving your shed, just wish I could get rid of my L shaped N Gauge layout now to get a track laid in there too.

Just one point on your photos Julie, are you using a camera phone for your photos, if you are I load mine from my phone onto my laptop and then put them on the forum, it’s an iPhone 6 airdropped on to my macbook, so it’s fairly easy for me.

Anyway so glad you are now able to update us on your line. :thumbright: :thumbright:

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Re: Merlins Castle Line

Post by Just Julie » Fri Mar 23, 2018 9:05 pm

Track is now laid in shed and is looking good thanks to help from Peter.
Unfortunately no photos again. Take photos on my iPhone 4s pics get sent to iPad but still says file too large and now won’t load to Mac where I could resize. Never mind I will persevere until it’s working.

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Re: Merlins Castle Line

Post by Peter Butler » Fri Mar 23, 2018 9:16 pm

A real pleasure to be able to help you both, we would love to see pictures of the progress so here's hoping your 'phone problem can be sorted.
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Re: Merlins Castle Line

Post by Just Julie » Sat Mar 24, 2018 2:36 am

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Re: Merlins Castle Line

Post by Just Julie » Sat Mar 24, 2018 2:39 am

Thank you Tom Tom for your help with snapseed. I had to reduce to lowest size. Really happy now 😀👌🏻

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Re: Merlins Castle Line

Post by tom_tom_go » Sat Mar 24, 2018 8:38 am

Just Julie wrote: Sat Mar 24, 2018 2:39 am Thank you Tom Tom for your help with snapseed. I had to reduce to lowest size. Really happy now 😀👌🏻
Glad it's worked. The app like many others has to be set to reduce the size of the original images.

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