PDH 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 Jersey's absolutely fine for your time period. A Google search informs me Jerseys are known to habe existed in the UK mainland since 1741 and probably well before that. Today there are several large herds near me here in Devon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEBRITFARMER Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Hi They are classed as Jerseys. I think they a too bulky to be Jersey though as they are a small fine boned cow. I would repaint them as Freisians or perhaps Ayrshires or Brown Swiss or maybe even Guernseys. I think that particular mould would be better suited to those breeds. Thanks for the updated pictures great as ever. I have sme pics of said breeds that I have repainted in the Anuimals section of the forum under Animal conversions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEBRITFARMER Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Here is the link http://www.farmtoysforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6591.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bROADOAK Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 I have just been looking at pictures of Jersey?s and I think you are right TBF they are more delicate looking than my models. I think I?ll take the easy option and paint them as Fresians, we have a herd at the farm at the back of our house, so I can use those for reference. I remember as a lad a local farm had Ayrshires lovely white and brown cattle with very large horns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bROADOAK Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 A general view of the yard with the now repaired Porter with its short train leaving for the piggery. The Opel will follow pushing a couple of wagons. I think it?s called permissive block working in railway terms. A bird?s eye view looking down the layout towards the fiddle yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bROADOAK Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 A side view of the whole thing, when I looked at this you I thought, ?what the devil have you been doing all this time?. I don?t think there is one item I have been able to use straight out of the box as it were without modifying it in one way or another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bROADOAK Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 The greenhouse is now almost complete, in the end I raised the beds to fill it up a bit more.. There are still a few things to be done, handles for the doors for instance and painting, but overall I?m not displeased with it. The tomato plants are wire and flock, and the canes to hold them upright are cocktail sticks. The tomatoes themselves are simply blobs of thick acrylic paint. I tried a painted background but it didn?t look right. I?m test running the Wasp and the Barclay using my bent wire couplings on the KD fitted stock and they work remarkably well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEBRITFARMER Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Looks tidy broadoak, the plants certainly add to the greenhouse nice job. What type of background did you have for the greenhouse. If not tried how about just white lines to represent the frames of the greenhouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bROADOAK Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 I used to be a commercial artist so I understand the rules of perspective. The problem is the vanishing point is at your eye level and as you move about, it goes with you. The real green house on the Nacton Estate was very long with a 2 foot narrow gauge railway running the length of it. I?m afraid viewers are going to have to use their imaginations TBF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEBRITFARMER Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 I used to be a commercial artist so I understand the rules of perspective. The problem is the vanishing point is at your eye level and as you move about, it goes with you. The real green house on the Nacton Estate was very long with a 2 foot narrow gauge railway running the length of it. I?m afraid viewers are going to have to use their imaginations TBF. Ah okay I understand, just had another look at the second pic and viewed from that angle it looks ok. Don't really notice that it is just the sky in the greenhouse. Lovely job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bROADOAK Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 A shot showing the ripe tomatoes in all their glory. The little wasp and small train setting off for the fields. You can see the bent wire coupler at the front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bROADOAK Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 The Barclay now festooned with chains and ropes rumbles past the yard foreman?s hut and cold frame. Tending his prize marrows keeps him occupied between trains. The hut interior needs another coat of paint and general finishing with small details adding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bROADOAK Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Having a clear out and tidy up in the workshop means all the tractors are out working in the fields. The Barclay lurches over the points on its way into the yard. I?ve got some real coal to crush into small pieces to put on the coaling stage. I think this is one of my favourite pictures so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEBRITFARMER Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I would have to agree there broadoak that last pic is a peach. Looks almost real Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I would have to agree there broadoak that last pic is a peach. Looks almost real your right there Scott! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakescot Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 you can almost smell the fumes , the ripenin tomatoes etc from this SUPER DETAILED as real as they come set up...........I`m very impressed! great greenhouse oh and that oak tree......... straight from the top drawer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 A minor bit of a question here, how did you make the tufted grass at the foot of the small wall of the coal bunker? That Oak tree is a king, looks so lifelike in there casting a mighty shadow over everything below it. I can't believe you have managed to make such a relatively small display look so damn real, without the easy mistake of making it appear overcrowded. The size, content, detail and scale of everything is just superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bROADOAK Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Thanks for your kind comments Tris, the long grass is actually made of the bristles from an old shaving brush dyed green. I think the material is synthetic rather than real hair. I glue it with a little white PVA . You can also drill small holes in the baseboard and glue in small clumps of grass. Woodland Scenics do a range of materials for railway modellers, well worth a look in your local model shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Lovely, thanks for that. It would be handy if you could buy it in lengths on backing tape wouldn't it, be a doddle for walls,around barms etc. I've a very good model shop not far from me so I will have to jot that down and remember to ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bROADOAK Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 I have taken a few pictures looking towards the front of the layout by way of a change. It?s the little Barclay again rolling into the yard pushing a wagon of Welsh steam coal for the Porter 0-4-2 tank engine to burn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke p Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 I have taken a few pictures looking towards the front of the layout by way of a change. It?s the little Barclay again rolling into the yard pushing a wagon of Welsh steam coal for the Porter 0-4-2 tank engine to burn. like the set mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Ferguson Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 The realism of this layout is just astonishing... I love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 I am still looking for a big bag to pop that tree in. The more I see it the more I love it (and the rest) Perhaps Two Sisters could join up with a few sections of Leakey Vale one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bROADOAK Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Fresh out of the paint shop the Friesian cows are driven in for afternoon milking across the bridge. The little Davenport diesel passes below with a small train of bagged potatoes, the driver looking enviously at the yard foreman?s thriving cold frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEBRITFARMER Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 The cows look better for a lick of paint The detail is just simply amazing, one almost feels the need to pinch some of that veg for the Christmas dinner :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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