Lady Ferguson Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Personally, I really like the Massey on Crossover Farm... adds a nice splash of colour (but then I would, wouldn't I ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bROADOAK Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Can I clear up a little misunderstanding. The layout is called Two Sister?s Farm and is named after our two cats. Rosie who is black and white and Amy who is tortoiseshell. The picture shows them both looking out of the lounge window. I think Steve when he started the thread called it Crossover farm because it combined a model railway with a collection of model tractors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Ah I see the missunderstanding now. Two Sister's it is!! The cats look like great draft excluders!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Ah I see the missunderstanding now. Two Sister's it is!! The cats look like great draft excluders!! More like a pair of very neat bookends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bROADOAK Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 TWO SISTER?S FARM WILL BE AT TOYTRAC IN OCTOBER 2008 I have received an invitation from Steve to show Two Sisters at Toytrac next year and have accepted his kind invitation. If any of you who have been following the thread on the forum visit the show please say hello, it?s nice to put a face to a name. I will post some more pictures of progress soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bROADOAK Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I have after some experimentation added a KD coupler to the front of both the trucks. This makes them a little more versatile and I think they look quite good towing one or two wagons. They can also be used to shunt the yard ready for either the Davenport, Barclay or the Porter to take the made up train to the standard gauge interchange. It?s another legitimate reason for shuffling wagons round the yard. These first shots illustrate the Chevrolet with the Davenport on shed and the wasp on a hopper train. The chevy then pushes a couple of wagons out of the yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massey Boy Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 thats really good i like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Hi Broadoak.. What have you used for the white greenhouse looking structure positioned at the back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bROADOAK Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 The greenhouse is a basic brick foundation made of 1/35 scale Italeri walling. The glass is clear plasticard and the rest is styrene sheet, L shaped strip or plain strips. I roughly got the proportions from a book about the potato railways of Lincolnshire. It was a pretty large structure as it had a 2 foot gauge light railway running along its entire length. I hope this helps William. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bROADOAK Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 A couple of views showing the Opel truck having pushed in a flat wagon loaded with sacks of potatoes from a nearby field. The wagon, empty now is about to be towed back out of the yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Superb, you'l have to get an old Landy and trailer for doing the village rounds with the tatties now!! Lovely pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bROADOAK Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 A scene showing the foreman?s hut, primed internally and glazed waiting for the outside to be painted. It will be painted the same colour as the small water tower. The barn in the background has got a couple of Fordsons in being serviced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bROADOAK Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Looking down on the yard with the Davenport on shed and the little Wasp on a train of side tippers, these will be loaded with muck from the cowsheds to take to the fields. The Chevrolet is about to push a couple of wagons out to one of the fields to do some repairs on a tractor or implement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brown 1410 power! Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Very nice! But im surprised you dont have one of them early trackmachine/cranes on your layout you no the ones that look like sheds on tracks most early pics ive seen of railways and docs have one of them for unloading cargo. Again very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 I am a teensy bit uncertain what the grey gentleman is about at the door of the foreman's hut! Perhaps you should open the door a bit. Looking great - can't wait to see it completed and for real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bROADOAK Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 A moody picture showing some early morning activity. More pictures of the Porter steam engine with problems to follow. The Opel Blitz truck is setting off to the fields to do a bit of on site welding. The hut is waiting to be detailed inside so it is just painted plain grey and not much to see. I think the door must be stuck that?s why the man in grey is still outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bROADOAK Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 ?I?d only just opened the regulator when I heard this clonking sound.? The Porter with a problem. The two mechanics bending ( Tamiya figures ) are in primer and in the throes of being modified. They should be ok as they?ve got their Snap-On red tool box. I?m not sure about the drivers footwear, boots would be more appropriate than tennis shoes I would have thought. His feet are yet to be painted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 what set are those tamyia figures then i asume they are from thier f1 car sets they do, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bROADOAK Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 They are from 1/35 scale Tamiya Military Miniature series No 180 German Tank Engine Maintenance crew Set About ?7. Is this any help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 They are from 1/35 scale Tamiya Military Miniature series No 180 German Tank Engine Maintenance crew Set About ?7. Is this any help? yes saw one of those today, thanks for that, been after some half decent working figures for the layout for a while now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Nice story with the recent photo's, so much thought and attention it just makes for a pleasant few minutes lost in 1/32 land Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bROADOAK Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 I?ve added some rudimentary buffer stops, just bits of log really but I think they will do the job. You can see the end of the track that ran the length of the greenhouse. Sacks of potatoes and bales of straw on the loading dock having been brought in earlier. The Opel Bilitz is waiting for the train of V tippers to clear the points so that he to can leave the yard pushing a couple of wagons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bROADOAK Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 I got these cows the other day, they are made by Britains and are made of a hard plastic. There was a bull as well but I?m not using him. Can anyone tell me what breed they are so that I can re-paint them in a less shiny finish than they are now. They will have a man behind herding them along. Could I get away with painting them black and white and calling them Fresians or are they totally the wrong shape, they should of course be dairy shorthorns. I've added a little cold frame for the yard foreman to grow some cucumbers in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDH Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 According to Britains catalogue they are Jersey's. With a good repaint they could pass as such but to me they are no particular breed. Britains did various cattle from different moulds earlier in their history which are far better. Mandy can give you the full low down but theya are still available via Mandy's website and Ebay amongst other places. It may save you having to repaint these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bROADOAK Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 My thanks PDH, it didn?t say anything on the packaging. I will repaint these as Jersey?s at least they will do temporarily. I can check the colour out on the web. I presume I?m ok with the breed in my time period ie, the late 1950?s to early 1960?s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.