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Re: The Potters Orchid Railway
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 9:34 pm
by Peter Butler
Oooo! you are a tease..... actually I think MAM is giving the sniffing check first.
Re: The Potters Orchid Railway
Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 9:58 pm
by Hydrostatic Dazza
The S and T department consider a sample semaphore kit and this one they consider promising. They have one more kit to consider that is yet to arrive. Then they will give their final report to the POR board of directors of which firm they suggest to award the POR signal contract to.
Re: The Potters Orchid Railway
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 5:08 pm
by markoteal
That was a big box for one signal!
Re: The Potters Orchid Railway
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 10:41 am
by markoteal
Loving it - be really interesting to see how they come out of the kiln - the detailing on the steps is particularly good
Re: The Potters Orchid Railway
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 9:50 pm
by jim@NAL
looking great
Re: The Potters Orchid Railway
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 8:16 pm
by Hydrostatic Dazza
I detest painting, anything to do with paint\, models, house, bikes, anything to that is not art.
I have Chris Vines book "How To Not Paint a Locomotive" as part of my therapy.
Out comes the Humbrol last night.
Re: The Potters Orchid Railway
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 8:19 pm
by tom_tom_go
I agree I am not a big fan of painting, I try and chemically blackening stuff these days.
Re: The Potters Orchid Railway
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 8:33 pm
by Hydrostatic Dazza
tom_tom_go wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2018 8:19 pm
I agree I am not a big fan of painting, I try and chemically blackening stuff these days.
I have to master painting. Not since my Airfix days have I used the Humbrol in any meaningful way.
So getting my head around using brushes and air brushes again is the need and some signals and some resin buildings is a start so with progressive steps and learning of techniques I can get a good finish on the LLW #1 loco, and then onwards.
Re: The Potters Orchid Railway
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2018 8:42 pm
by Hydrostatic Dazza
MAM continued on with the POR building contract. Another water tower base was constructed, it is yet to be fired.
Re: The Potters Orchid Railway
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2018 10:15 pm
by Peter Butler
The brickwork is so good it could be full size. It will be interesting to see after it is fired, I hope it retains its matt finish.
The only advice I can offer about the use of Humbrol (other paints are available) is to sort out all gloss paints and throw them away. Any surface finish can be achieved with a final lacquer and give far better results than any gloss paint.
My own preferred paint is acrylic which will withstand the weather conditions outdoors on structures made from a variety of materials, even through the worst West Wales can throw at it.
Re: The Potters Orchid Railway
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 2:22 am
by Hydrostatic Dazza
Thanks for the good tip with the paint. Every one and any one, feel free to reply to my threads with any tips. You are most welcome.
We have one thing here that Wales has less of.
Huge amounts of UV , hence we are the skin cancer capital of the world
I will pass on the nice comments to MAM
Peter Butler wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2018 10:15 pm
The brickwork is so good it could be full size. It will be interesting to see after it is fired, I hope it retains its matt finish.
The only advice I can offer about the use of Humbrol (other paints are available) is to sort out all gloss paints and throw them away. Any surface finish can be achieved with a final lacquer and give far better results than any gloss paint.
My own preferred paint is acrylic which will withstand the weather conditions outdoors on structures made from a variety of materials, even through the worst West Wales can throw at it.
Re: The Potters Orchid Railway
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 1:06 pm
by philipy
The clay structures do look good, but like others have said, I've been wondering if they would turn glossy when fired. I'm sure MAM knows what she is doing though!
Just one other comment, the brown brick water tower colour looks too even, to my eyes. Bricks even from the same batch are never all the same colour.
Re: The Potters Orchid Railway
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 8:45 pm
by Hydrostatic Dazza
philipy wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2018 1:06 pm
The clay structures do look good, but like others have said, I've been wondering if they would turn glossy when fired. I'm sure MAM knows what she is doing though!
Just one other comment, the brown brick water tower colour looks too even, to my eyes. Bricks even from the same batch are never all the same colour.
The tower is made from slabs, not individual blocks, and its all MAM's fun. She tells me that the glazing processes are not all completed. One can have matt glazes post firing. The glaze subject is huge and I have no comprehension of it all. After firing some glaze outcomes are different than what was expected, so if the out come does not work, just do another one. She is using recycled Pugged clay. It might crack etc. The intention is that Potters Orchid Railway is not going to be a super detailed scale diorama. It will be more a garden with a railway in it than a railway in a garden. However the points and signals (with LED lamps) will be fully operational from two interlocked frames (provision to disconnect two key points so they will trail and one can ignore the signals etc for simple operation) The intention is to be operating, with the sights and smell and sounds of steam with friends, fun to operate and fun for all ages. The super detailing I will leave to others as I have model engineering desires to sate and I also play with 12" to the foot scale stuff as well.
Re: The Potters Orchid Railway
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 10:57 am
by Peter Butler
What amazing plant growth in a short time..... Indiana Jones would not look out of place there!
The rocks will make a wonderful backdrop and give a sense of scale to the railway.... nice to have some time to devote to your hobby at last.
Re: The Potters Orchid Railway
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 11:25 am
by bazzer42
Those rocks are something else and will make wonderful view blockers of trains on the move. Can't beat catching sight of a train and trying to guess when it will reappear.
Re: The Potters Orchid Railway
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 6:36 pm
by mymodeltrain
Re: The Potters Orchid Railway
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 7:59 pm
by IanC
mymodeltrain wrote: ↑Mon May 14, 2018 6:36 pm
That is a good mask for working with cement, spray paint aerosol and any other work that has dust particles.
Yes, I use a mask like that, with replaceable filters for all painting, sanding or anything else involving fine airborne particles.
That plant growth must have taken some clearance!
Ian
Re: The Potters Orchid Railway
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 8:27 pm
by Hydrostatic Dazza
We on the coast had the perfect summer for growing any thing, sun, heat, with weekly heavy rain and more sun woith many showers to keep all moist. The sweet potatoes were huge! Some 30cms longs.
Yet the inland is in a terrible drought and our drive down the Newell Highway to Melbourne was grim to see. Dirt and dust and feed was being trucked in for the live stock. I was doing work in the Red Room in the evenings on the loco and I am close to completing the assembly of the motion but for making the eccentric rods, however I am keen at the moment for the cooler months to be spent on landscaping labours, so I need to sort the signalling out and get that installed and working before the summer .