The Leawarra Nayook Railway

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Re: The Leawarra Nayook Railway

Post by philipy » Tue Jun 30, 2020 6:10 am

Fntastic as always.
You have a such an amazing knack of posing scenes to look natural and realistic.
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Re: The Leawarra Nayook Railway

Post by FWLR » Tue Jun 30, 2020 7:51 am

Great photo's Grant. :thumbright:

Some great work done on the wood yard, it's looking very busy. Looks like things are looking great for the company.

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Re: The Leawarra Nayook Railway

Post by Peter Butler » Tue Jun 30, 2020 10:54 am

Excellent pictures Grant, a real pleasure to study in detail.
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Re: The Leawarra Nayook Railway

Post by Soar Valley Light » Tue Jun 30, 2020 6:48 pm

Hi Grant,

Another visual treat!

You have taken great care in your selection of unprocessed lumber, each piece looks just like a scale trunk. I shall get a great deal of pleasure from studying these closely over the next few days. Thanks Grant,

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Re: The Leawarra Nayook Railway

Post by Lonsdaler » Thu Jul 02, 2020 10:51 pm

A fantastic tableaux you've created there Grant. Will you take in the raw 'lumber' so it doesn't weather, or are you just going to let nature take its course? Lovely stuff either way.
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Re: The Leawarra Nayook Railway

Post by LNR » Fri Jul 03, 2020 12:18 am

Lonsdaler wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2020 10:51 pm Will you take in the raw 'lumber' so it doesn't weather,
Yes Phil, the whole lot goes inside at the moment. It's all built to stay out during the warmer seasons, there's too much exposed detail to leave out in winter.
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PS we have timber down here, not lumber!!

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Re: The Leawarra Nayook Railway

Post by Lonsdaler » Sat Jul 04, 2020 11:21 am

LNR wrote: Fri Jul 03, 2020 12:18 am
Lonsdaler wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2020 10:51 pm Will you take in the raw 'lumber' so it doesn't weather,
Yes Phil, the whole lot goes inside at the moment. It's all built to stay out during the warmer seasons, there's too much exposed detail to leave out in winter.
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PS we have timber down here, not lumber!!
Same as here then - I was trying to use a term to refer to the uncut timber :dontknow: :D
It's still a wonderful diorama anyway.
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Re: The Leawarra Nayook Railway

Post by ge_rik » Sat Jul 04, 2020 12:42 pm

A good job you didn't enter one of these photos for the Lineside Industries photo comp. My photo wouldn't have stood a chance!
Really great atmosphere created. The yard has a busy feel to it.

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Re: The Leawarra Nayook Railway

Post by LNR » Sat Jul 04, 2020 1:48 pm

ge_rik wrote: Sat Jul 04, 2020 12:42 pm A good job you didn't enter one of these photos for the Lineside Industries photo comp.
Hi Rik and thank you,
I have taken close to 100 photos of the mill building and some yard items in various positions with a view to getting both suitable background and a plausible working situation. I likened the process to Graeme (GTB) as similar to forensic crime dramas, where they have all the string lines to show the path of bullets. The final decision came, it took three of us to lift the concrete slab (80+Kgs) into position, set everything up and these pics. were taken about half an hour before I posted them and well after the photo comp.
The site still requires working up, but it hasn't stopped raining so things are on hold.
I imagine you may have found the same thing with your mill, not realizing how much work and how many different objects need to be made to complete the picture.
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Re: The Leawarra Nayook Railway

Post by LNR » Sun Jul 19, 2020 2:03 am

A SCRAP BIN BUILD
This Lockdown business is making me do things I probably wouldn't normally do.
Thinking what to do for the main mill engine. I found an old vice casting laying around, some bronze bushes from a photocopier, an unused crankshaft and flywheel from some past build, machined up a cylinder with piston valve, a flyball governor (complete fluke, it actually spins when the flywheel is turned!) put it all together and Presto. :D
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And ready to go, pipe work to be added when position is settled.
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I had a boiler sitting around, and have built a lean-to on the side of the main building for the engine and boiler.
Just waiting for some better weather to put it all together.
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Re: The Leawarra Nayook Railway

Post by FWLR » Sun Jul 19, 2020 6:04 am

It's amazing what you can knock together with bits laying around. It's brilliant. :thumbright:

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Re: The Leawarra Nayook Railway

Post by philipy » Sun Jul 19, 2020 6:39 am

Brilliant.
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Re: The Leawarra Nayook Railway

Post by ge_rik » Sun Jul 19, 2020 10:39 am

Wonderful, if not, wondrous!

I think it takes a particular sort of talent to recognise that a pile of seemingly unrelated bits and pieces can be turned into a sight to behold.
Will it be motorised?

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Post by Old Man Aaron » Sun Jul 19, 2020 11:31 am

Great use of junk, there. Beautiful little thing. Cosmetically speaking though, it'd be hard to go wrong with giving it a hard whack with the grime stick. :D
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Re: The Leawarra Nayook Railway

Post by LNR » Sun Jul 19, 2020 1:16 pm

Thanks for the kind replies,
ge_rik wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 10:39 am Will it be motorised?
I have thought about it Rik but (a) that would show that the valve gear does not work and (b) you wouldn't notice it in the "Engine House"
Old Man Aaron wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 11:31 am it'd be hard to go wrong with giving it a hard whack with the grime stick.
Aaron you didn't really think that I wouldn't be doing just that !!! It will definitely look like a working engine when I've finished with it LoL.
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Re: The Leawarra Nayook Railway

Post by LNR » Mon Jul 20, 2020 6:48 am

One oily sawdust covered Austral steam engine.
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Post by ge_rik » Mon Jul 20, 2020 8:02 am

Is that painted on or have you got some sort of large engraving tool?

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Re: The Leawarra Nayook Railway

Post by LNR » Mon Jul 20, 2020 9:03 am

Hi Rik,
I used Slaters plastic letters stuck on with supa-glue. I should have used the next size down that I also have, because the full
name should be AUSTRAL OTIS
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Re: The Leawarra Nayook Railway

Post by Peter Butler » Mon Jul 20, 2020 10:44 am

That looks so convincing, with the correct background it could easily be mistaken for the real thing.
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Re: The Leawarra Nayook Railway

Post by LNR » Mon Jul 20, 2020 11:03 am

Thanks Peter, I'm actually itching to get it, the shed and the boiler out in the sunshine to take some close up photos.
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