7mm , Blackney, A Glimpse of the Forest and Forest Sidings

[RichardG]

I find this sort of reorganising takes over the whole house but is always worthwhile in the end. My last session was to strip out a chunk of H0 layout to make room for a pillar drill, plus somewhere to take photos and a fiddle yard.

I am sure a fiddle yard is a necessity at home, if only because it guarantees a bit of free space to hold the current project

 

[ovener]

Yes, it can be a whole pile of work. Sometimes reminds me of tetris - you can only move something when there's room for it, but you need to move something else first while gradually filling up the space you originally made.... However the end result is worth it, hopefully.
I also often find odd things that have fallen behind something or been half forgotten. Followed of course to the obligatory trip to the recycling centre!
Good luck with the reorganistation.
Richard

 

[Alan]

Almost there

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

Yes, it can be a whole pile of work. Sometimes reminds me of tetris - you can only move something when there's room for it, but you need to move something else first while gradually filling up the space you originally made.... However the end result is worth it, hopefully.

And find it's all moved around 360˚ - back to where you started?

 

[Alan]

At long last the tin shedhas had a coat of paint and the 3Dscenery started.

 

[Alan]

Room looking far tidier.

 

[Quintus]

Trouble is, when I have a tidy up I can never find anything

 

[Alan]

That seems familiar.

 

[Alan]

3D scenery slowly creeping forward or up or down depending on where the weeds, undergrowth and evenyually grass will go. You may notice in the last two snaps some workers appearing (not quite finished painting yet)

 

[Alan]

Thought I'd have a play instead of scenic work

D9502 dropping off a couple of ballast wagons for future work up the line.

 

[Alan]

A quiet moment at lunch time at the Sidings.

 

[Alan]

A couple of additions, the fence yet to be weathered and people yet to have the flesh tones added.

A bit of shunting.

 

[Jordan or Plymouth Mad]

people yet to have the flesh tones added.

Interesting. I usually start with the flesh tones, as if I get any paint on the 'clothes', it'll get covered easily with those colours, as the clothing is raised detail.
Bit like reality, I suppose....

 

[Alan]

The work force having a lunchtime chat probably about Coventry's visit to Kingsholm thei coming Saturday.

 

[simond]

Alan,

might I suggest (with no qualifications or honours to justify the opinion) that your chatting gents would benefit from a very matt topcoat?

they just look a little too reflective to me. Whilst they surely have variations in tone, I don’t think clothes should have highlights.

best
Simon

 

[Alan]

I think I agree with you Simon, strangely the close only appears in the photos but not in real life.

 

[simond]

I think I agree with you Simon, strangely the close only appears in the photos but not in real life.

I can imagine that.

The camera might not lie (well maybe, depends on the photographer/editor/publisher) but it does have a markedly different response to the human eye/brain combination, and what you/me/anyone sees, and what the picture shows, may well be different.

Hopefully a bit of dulling down will aid both.

I think you’ve nailed the conversation group. The look quite natural, like they “should” be there.

one of my efforts…




someone‘s getting a bollocking in front of the coddy!

 

[Alan]

A little work around the shed.

 

[Jordan or Plymouth Mad]

someone‘s getting a bollocking in front of the coddy!

Ok, despite a web search, 'coddy' is a term I remain unfamiliar with....

 

[simond]

Ok, despite a web search, 'coddy' is a term I remain unfamiliar with....

I believe it was slang for the shed foreman. I’d have to go looking but I’m guessing I picked it up from the Didcot Fireman book

EDIT - just had a quick look and can’t see it, the books I had in mind were Harold Gasson’s “Firing Days” and “Footplate Days”