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hi I hope your all well .iv had a bit of time away from the forum with having a baby to look after working a lot and doing work on the house. the railway modelling has had to stop for a bit.but I have found a bit of time now baby is a bit bigger and sleeping etc .I have built a gas temnial and a few more buildings I will upload more pics when I can find them on my phone

gas work and industrial lights

more buildings the mill and gas works made to look very worn and old

all made from plastcard

and iv made as gas terminal this mode is now finished and painted but cant find more pics

Great work - and nice use of the beer tin!

Wonderful work Jim, you have mastered the use of plasticard well and the finish is superb.

thank you for the comments I will post some better pics when I can find them on the computer and my phone .been having trouble getting pics off my phone and the laptop has been playing up.loveing using plasticard peter I have to say I think im slightly addicted to it now when I go to my local model shop to stock as soon as they see my .they say back for more plasticard

It is a nice material to work with and easy to use. Best of all it is waterproof and capable of being left outdoors in the rain. You have created some lovely effects with render and brickwork which would be difficult to do any other way.
Congratulations on being adventurous.

Nice work Jim, you have been busy. Good to see you back after "the baby induction period", hope your getting some sleep now. Great weathering on the buildings too.
Grant.

rolling stock cable reel made

Hi Jim good to see you back and congratulations on the baby. Some nice builds there.

with lots of industrial buildings on the north avenue line .I feel it needed a water pump for the old coal mine so after googleing a few pics iv started to made one .its going to be a horizontal beam type engine with a big flywheel

Brilliant build Jim.... you really have taken to plasticard and it looks great.

jim@NAL wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2018 9:27 pm with lots of industrial buildings on the north avenue line .I feel it needed a water pump for the old coal mine so after googleing a few pics iv started to made one .its going to be a horizontal beam type engine with a big flywheel

Loving this. You've created some fantastic 'wrought iron' work there!

Totally agree with Peter and Phil, that front truss is a great piece of artistic design. Waiting to see what you do for the rest of it.
Grant.

a trip to the local model shop and some more plastcard purchased the very kind bloke at the model shop had saved me some 00 gauge trusses that iv used. iv very nearly finished the water pump just some painting and some roofing sheets to finish .this has been very complicated to make the wheel took me ages but its getting there now.the model will work if I put a small motor on one part to get it to turn.

Very impressive Jim. You have quite an imagination to create that structure from a pile of random bits.

Wonderful work Jim, good to hear you have a helpful local dealer who takes a personal interest too.... good business strategy!

For a timber man, you have sure mastered the use of plastic Jim. It will be good to see it painted, different colours will make the machinery stand out from the building.
Grant.
PS just noticed the rim of the flywheel, did you bend that, or find a suitable ring from somewhere?