Killybegs- Irish Narrow Gauge in 3mm Scale.

 Dave has progressed well with his rendition af Killybegs.
Shown are the carcasses of the buildings as well as the station and harbour areas.
Compromise has to be made in the form of the tunnel portal which is a bit of modellers licence. The story goes that after building work was completed , a large amount of soil and rock were left. So, the comment was-'We might as well use it- we'll build a tunnel'.

Dorset Group March 2013 Meeting.

 The March meeting saw seven attending. No layouts this time but plenty of modelling .
Details of these will follow during the next few posts but to whet appetites for all things 3mm, a couple of pictures of Roberts Southern Queen Mary brake van .
An interior photo of the work area available- plugs are well situated so several workstations are possible.

Paint went wrong but it looks good.

Humbrol Matt 91 is the paint chosen to colour the roof of the cottages. For a Humbrol Matt paint it seemed very thin when compared to their Matt Black.
However, I persisted and this is the result.
Close up you can see that it doesn't cover as well but from a distance it looks pretty good.
I might give it a thin wash of Badab Black from Games workshop but i'm not decided yet-comments are welcomed as usual-Thanks to Neil Cherry for his kind comment.
Just the chimney tops to add plus drainpipes- not going to worry about guttering this time- no one has missed them so far-thats probably just about to change!

Chimneys.

I have made the chimney tops separately from the stacks.
Three pieces of artists mounting card wrapped with a couple of courses of brick paper- easier to say than do- very fiddly but, I hope you agree, worth it.
The pots are 3MM Society castings, just need final cleaning up and painting then the whole lot can be glued to where they belong.

Support your local Model Shop!

My views of the local Model Railway Shop are well known by my modelling aquaintances.
So most of my needs are aquired at shows I attend or, mostly, at 3mm Society events.
However, needing some paint, I popped into a general model supplier, mainly aircraft. Historically they stocked a small amount of Model Railway items, mostly Hornby, but couldn't make it pay.
Hiding in a cabinet was a long forgotten 16V AC plug in transformer by Hornby which will do just right for operating the Dapol signals I recently reviewed and it only cost £7!!. This will save me having to have a jump cable to transfer 16Vac across the join. Also picked up some brass strip which will do nicely for the Hymek chassis- Goes to show mail order isn't always best. In case you are interested-Channel 4 Models, Charminster Road, Bournemouth.

March 2013 Dorset Group Meeting.

A reminder that our next meeting is tomorrow  Saturday 9th March 2013. 

Usual meeting place-Furzebrook Village Hall, Wareham BH20 5AR. Take the sign for Blue Pool at roundabout on Swanage road and the hall is about a mile on the right hand side.

Refreshments are available as is free car parking and chat! A small charge is made for the hire of the hall.

Yeoman Models for 3mm.

 Currently on e-bay are a number of Nathans creations under the Yeomans Models heading.
Shamelessly, and with the best intentions and for no gain of my own I have uploaded images of Nathans products.
Now, I have a few of Yeomans Models products adorning Teignford but, due to my mistrust in Paypal and being unemployed, I have not purchased any of these latest offerings.
If they are as good as the K3 Telephone Box, AA & RAC Boxes, not to mention the post box then I can thoroughly recommend them.
Check out e-bay and purchase them- this may encourage Nathan to do some more.
I understand that he is open to suggestions- so contact him and
express your wishes- If you don't ask you don't get!!!

Roof On!

The roof was glued on with PVA around the edges and strengtheners.
To aid this the roof was held in place with low tack masking tape.
Whilst waiting I looked for something to use for the curtains. My solution was the ad for settees and chairs in one of the Sunday supplements. These small pictures are ideal as they are in a variety of colours and patterns. Probably won't show up that much but I know that they are there.
Right, just five more chalet roofs to fit and then the chimneys need finishing- hope I have enough pots!

I'm not counting.

 Don't ask me how many pieces of thin card cut to 3x6mm have been used to tile this roof.
I really don't have the time or inclination to count them either.
The backing was coated with Elmers in small sections and the tiles plonken on using the sharp point of a snap-off knife.
The roofs for the chalet windows are the small triangular pieces and these were tiled in the same way. Should have said that lines were ruled onto the backing beforehand.
Still, its ready to fit and this tedious operation is  now complete.

Forty Fasond fevvers on a frush!

The landmark figure of 40,000 views of the blog has taken place on Friday 1st March 2013.
This has really been achieved over the last three years and it shows, as have some of the comments, that there is a real interest in 3mm modelling.
To all those of you who have taken the time to comment I thank you- I hope that I can continue interesting some in the coming months et al.

Heres to another 40K.