Kent & North Wales Light Railway: New Boy

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More than one loco you might get away with...more than one garratt is really pushing your luck :D
 
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Brilliant. I think thats the best livery I have seen that loco in..
 
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railwayman198 said:
More than one loco you might get away with...more than one garratt is really pushing your luck :D
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Yeah, the ELR coal-fired one sitting next to the Accucraft version was a bit of a give-away, I grant you. :-\
 
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Got back from the Peterborough with some stuff that had been repaired or lined out. Ok, with some new stuff, too.

K&NWLR: Pre-owned Peter Angus-built Single Fairlie, newly lined out by Matt Acton by kandnwlr, on Flickr

This is a Peter Angus Single Fairlie of a certain age, newly painted and lined out by Matt Acton.

K&NWLR: TME Quarry Hunslets "Maid Marian", after repairs and lining out by TME, and "Nesta", a carefully looked after pre-owned locomotive by kandnwlr, on Flickr

And a TME Maid Marian, having had an overhaul and being lined out by Chris TME himself. And luckily I came across this black TME Quarry Hunslet looking for a new home.
 
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It´s been raining outside, so I´ve got no excuse to put off the landscaping and tree planting activities in the corner of the layout below Stokesay Castle. And rumour has it that the Regner rack railway locomotive "Rigi No. 7" is on its way, so there may even be a locomotive to get the tourists up to the attraction.

K&NWLR: Stokesay Castle in the background with bridge of rack railway (in prep.), and a Pearse W&L "Earl" on the upper loop, and a Peter Angus Single Fairlie on the lower. by kandnwlr, on Flickr

K&NWLR: Both parts of Stokesay Castle after landscaping and tree planting by kandnwlr, on Flickr

K&NWLR: Left hand end of Stokesay Castle by kandnwlr, on Flickr

K&NWLR: Stokesay Castle from below with rack railway entrance to the right by kandnwlr, on Flickr

K&NWLR: View of Stokesay castle from the level of the company warehouse by kandnwlr, on Flickr
 
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Stainzmeister said:
Blummin gorgeous !! ;D
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Many thanks. Gotta make some more trees now ;)
 
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KandNWLR said:
Many thanks. Gotta make some more trees now ;)
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Do, you have your own website?
And,
Does it contain a tutorial on how you make the different trees at all?
PhilP.
<Envious> they are rather excellent! :( ;D ;D
 
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PhilP said:
Do, you have your own website?
And,
Does it contain a tutorial on how you make the different trees at all?
PhilP.
<Envious> they are rather excellent! :( ;D ;D
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No website, sorry. Just a Youtube video site.
 
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Brilliant work! Like PhilP, I am curious as to how you achieve such fantastic results. It is the foliage that intrigues me! Come on, share some of your secrets ;D
 
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There is a guy in Germany called Manfred Grünig, who sells the stuff, but more importantly runs training courses to teach how to do it. Next one, according to his website is 17/18 May. Essentially, the technique is well-known, and uses copper electric cable, twisted in to ever thinner branches, with a mix of plaster and paint to cover. P.S. Trees are generally grey, not brown :-) The choice of foliage is up to you. He sells stuff or you can use the usual suspects such as Woodland Scenics, etc. But I think that the trick that he has is that he studies very carefully what trees actually look like. So while twisting copper wire is the one thing, the other is to practice getting the 3D shape right. And I haven´t found anyone who is better at it, yet.
 
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Many thanks. I´ve still got work to do over Easter. I´ll post some pics if it comes out the way I hope. :-\
 
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We look forward to it. Your attention to detail is something to strive for..
 
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I am going to move this thread to the 'Pictures' section with all the other great layout pictures.
Will leave it here for a day or two so people can pick up on that.
 
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Fair enough. That way I´ll know where to find it :-\ :P
 
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Dawn on the K&NWLR

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More pics soon ..... I hope ???
 
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Now that's a beauty! I really like it.
 
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trammayo said:
Now that's a beauty! I really like it.
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It was such a surprise that it finally arrived (ordered in 2012) that I don´t yet have the LGB rack railway components. And Regner forgot to send me a version with R/C ..... If you look at the layout, collecting it from the top left hand corner of the castle station is going to be a problem ...... :-\
 
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