Ferret90

Only turfed this the other day and the thistles are already growing...

No more, the more I looked at it, the more I found things that needing redoing until I ended up with a different one thank you

thank you paul I kept meaning to post a bit but got carried away

Thank you Gary

Thank you zac, no this is a permanent one haha, I’ll get round to it one day

Thank you Pete

Thank you very much chaps, Very kind words still getting to grips with the camera, It only wants to focus on small things and blurs the rest, I’ll master it one day. On to the yard next, just finished the barn at the end of the track and trying to fit buildings around to create a yard in the middle

As a continuation from Coppice acre, I have started work completely changing my diorama so I thought it needed a new name and thread. Plaishford farm is based on local farms around me in in the south, I’m hoping to keep it looking traditional and as English as possible.It is work in progress at the moment but I have got a bit more done since the last post. 4 Backscenes down Ive finally found the right one that seems to fit. I decided to use polystyrene as a base to calve into and build areas up. After a bit of trial and error used woodland scenics Medium, light and conifer green fluff With seafoam as, even though it’s not cheap, the colours seem to be correct compared to the cheaper stuff, which came across blue and just didn’t look right. I found a guide on modelling foliage which was really helpful and Shows to what plants are around at certain times of year. I have set Plaishford in may-June time. I also had a go with woodland scenics realistic water to make the stream and ford, Its lot glossier than stuff I’ve used before but seems to creep up the sides http://www.009.cd2.com/members/how_to/modelling_plants.htm

This confirms it, people have gone mad... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Universal-Hobbies-Case-Maxxum-5150-50000-Limited-Edition-Model-Tractor-1-32/143920017539?hash=item21824d3083:g:M4YAAOSwqo1gA0Gi

Stunning job as always John look forward to seeing some paint

Look forward to seeing your build, they are lovely kits, I think it just depends on the glue, I had some scaledown glue which seemed to be good, but I found myself glueing more than just the model, just didn’t get on with it. I think it would be handy on the little parts, not sure how easy they would be to solder

I rather like burrells myself, hoping to base it on one near me, well the colour scheme. Going for green and a bit of weathering. They seem to be fairly accurate just a lot of filing required haha

Yes I definitely think the iron is the key, I would like to re do some old scaledown builds I did with glue which are falling apart, not sure about contamination from the glue and the solder but I think that’s something to look at when I’m a bit better at it.hope to get some more done soon, just trying to lay out the kit and make sense of it

I thought I would have a go at building my south eastern finecast allchin traction engine. I bought it not thinking of how I was to actually stick it all together. There seem to be a lot of glues which are designed to stick white metal but after my past experiences with a scaledown fordson I decided to have a go at low melt soldering. I did a bit of research on model railway forums and found there seems to be a lot of mystery surrounding white metal soldering, many people saying how easy it was to end up with just a melted pool of metal, so hopefully this will inspire a few people to have a go. I have never really done any soldering before apart from the odd wire here and there so I decided to buy a decent temperature controlled iron instead of using my Lidl one. I went for an atten 938d 60w iron. The idea is the solder will melt at 70 degrees and the castings around 200 so the iron can be set between the two. The advantage of having a higher watt iron is that it will heat up in a few seconds and will have enough power to deliver the heat quickly without the tip cooling and having to be held on the metal longer, heating the casting up and melting everything. Most tips supplied with the iron are rounded which gives a small area of contact And not much heat transfer so I ordered a chisel tip as well. as for the flux, I’m using Fry’s Powerflow paste instead of a liquid one. I watched a man on YouTube building a finecast kit who recommended it. This apparently makes it easier when holding things together and can be wiped off with a damp cloth. I am using Carr’s low melt 70 degree solder, which is not cheap but seems to work. Cleaning the castings seems to be the key, I cleaned them with water and then used some fine grade sand paper to remove the oxidation before soldering. Not sure if this is the best way to do it? I first had a go with some scrap white metal I had where I joined a little toolbox to a round spacer. I stuck them with the flux and got a bit of solder on the tip and it worked rather well. I had the iron set to 200 and couldn’t melt the metal but was a good temperature for the solder. I tried pulling it apart but is has properly stuck them together, much better than glue. To be honest it was quite simple and not as difficult as it is made out to be.after a bit of practice I decided to have a go on the kit. I stuck a small rod into the chimney and this is the result...I didn’t use much solder for this but it is really stuck , so much more effective than glue. I think this is the way to go and would be really interested to hear weather anyone has done this before or any tips. In my eyes it is a complete game changer when it comes to scaledown models etc , would be good to inspire some of you to have a go, it’s rather satisfying i found these guides really helpful... https://www.dccconcepts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SOLDERING-part-3-2019.pdf https://www.gaugeoguild.com/manual/01_5_1_soft Soldering.pdf i will keep you posted on my progress, so far so good, looking forward to getting on with the kit once I have got my head Round the utterly baffling instructions

That is lovely! fancy one myself another thing on the list of builds!

Stunning work mate, the foliage looks excellent, like the lights as well

Ta-daaa... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303594692613

Tidy work John

Bloody stunning Sean, the door latch!

Same lorry different seller https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124201101291

This cattle lorry is back as well https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/392811830940

Is was going to happen!!!

I recon £90

Credit to whoever built this, lovely truck but people have gone mad with the bidding https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303557474582

Very neat