tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84093751296427032882024-03-18T19:08:07.893+01:00Nystrup GravelA Small Danish Industrial Railway in 1:19 ScaleClaus Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941765156840735956noreply@blogger.comBlogger521125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409375129642703288.post-57676742468819310162024-03-13T00:05:00.004+01:002024-03-15T08:38:17.448+01:00Nystrup's Timber Bogie Bolsters<p>Several of Nystrup Gravel's pits were located in wooded areas and before removing the overburden over the gravel deposits, trees had to be cleared away. For transporting felled trees from the pits Nystrup Gravel used a pair of bogie bolster units. I have now aquired 4 bogies and will in no time have them up and running on the layout.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPUu31nmxeGS_9B9fWB2W2UkKTJYWIWP_3Amb8szPshy6dN6vNmHEHmNnKNSsacie1Wvla6UcaOLjMcDIWTE15ZIAFjadIq90JkFqBo3bcw4fE8QCmQ4agGXb1aF1OJgmSJyBZncCUnDH3FbaO5X8bKt8KRjkJ3p7aR0CkYZAB6UbkEunhYTNmCMwTmU/s4714/CLN_0755%202.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2652" data-original-width="4714" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPUu31nmxeGS_9B9fWB2W2UkKTJYWIWP_3Amb8szPshy6dN6vNmHEHmNnKNSsacie1Wvla6UcaOLjMcDIWTE15ZIAFjadIq90JkFqBo3bcw4fE8QCmQ4agGXb1aF1OJgmSJyBZncCUnDH3FbaO5X8bKt8KRjkJ3p7aR0CkYZAB6UbkEunhYTNmCMwTmU/w640-h360/CLN_0755%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Four timber bogies fresh from the producer in the UK. Chief mechanic Petersen inspecting the new equipment.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The bogie bolsters are from the <a href="https://railprintuk.co.uk/" target="_blank">British producer Rail Print</a> and 3D printed in resin in differing colours. The print quality is from fine to moderately fine. On some spots the prints will benefit from sanding. As usual for 3D printed models in the scale an assortment of bolts and rivets are missing, particularly on the buffer planks. I note that brake shoes and rods are also missing on the braked bogie. As they are not particularly visible I haven't yet decided if I will fit them myself.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0rEFFWtEDgAP9djI1jxSehK0TuiCEYoS392x_aymdQ88lnRiNY8_YgO__Sc0HlWTr1aMwdd6IRSkFGJOZck2J_njHDELs9Sbf86Xl5nzIxIQQfk_vCePAH3V_RrfjgSOibS3dGXkID0bmo5jeXsVNEMdHMn95zjPMhHpUtfRjeBhKjYtgAMUS7Owtqw/s6000/CLN_0741%202.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3375" data-original-width="6000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0rEFFWtEDgAP9djI1jxSehK0TuiCEYoS392x_aymdQ88lnRiNY8_YgO__Sc0HlWTr1aMwdd6IRSkFGJOZck2J_njHDELs9Sbf86Xl5nzIxIQQfk_vCePAH3V_RrfjgSOibS3dGXkID0bmo5jeXsVNEMdHMn95zjPMhHpUtfRjeBhKjYtgAMUS7Owtqw/w640-h360/CLN_0741%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Braked bogie with plank deck for the brake man. Railing and brake handle is supplied in the kit ready to fit in the corner brackets.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEu_-Qi4Ff64iPr3rkVadQt0wKbKkM5vTkBCLZ11QplgiPkCzLvctsyHb6ZrK52Bn2ulLgIkZ2cFGygQEqWLLXZxmHbA3lgGLP1xqTAnDKHWYkBfAPN4FU12uGeMIzeXQrCdATxnTsVavNLraem_SlK-lfepQu9q2hB8fnCxa9pi6_AOQ0SBhYFc-A21E/s4584/CLN_0748%202.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2578" data-original-width="4584" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEu_-Qi4Ff64iPr3rkVadQt0wKbKkM5vTkBCLZ11QplgiPkCzLvctsyHb6ZrK52Bn2ulLgIkZ2cFGygQEqWLLXZxmHbA3lgGLP1xqTAnDKHWYkBfAPN4FU12uGeMIzeXQrCdATxnTsVavNLraem_SlK-lfepQu9q2hB8fnCxa9pi6_AOQ0SBhYFc-A21E/w640-h360/CLN_0748%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My timber bogies as delivered. While they basically only need a single part fitted and paint to finish, I will be working a bit more on them adding details.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgusUizO2XKGy4pxZaXlxb0Jh0de1TG9b3hYTATwjQaQ7Ecqn3MZNi2A274ai0EPqFH-S_kZtOQmQlAg_akbHRxWWVnxZojyAuSbCdnC5fQGkdu79UYVTfyCDvuAqI3Sh0OtRCvipO-s1OrNisR2CWtRQVYhppZ4sHwNU1CGAVucAgJiBtPxVRRcbfxttI/s5502/CLN_0744%202.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3095" data-original-width="5502" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgusUizO2XKGy4pxZaXlxb0Jh0de1TG9b3hYTATwjQaQ7Ecqn3MZNi2A274ai0EPqFH-S_kZtOQmQlAg_akbHRxWWVnxZojyAuSbCdnC5fQGkdu79UYVTfyCDvuAqI3Sh0OtRCvipO-s1OrNisR2CWtRQVYhppZ4sHwNU1CGAVucAgJiBtPxVRRcbfxttI/w640-h360/CLN_0744%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A pair of bogies seen from above.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>On the real Nystrup Gravel felled tree trunks were pulled to the 600 mm narrow gauge line with horses and after WWII with <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-soviet-tractor-at-nystrup.html" target="_blank">a huge Soviet made crawler tractor</a>. The timber was then loaded on a pair of bogie bolster units and taken to Nystrup by rail where they were sold to a local timber merchant selling them on to a saw mill in the other end of the country in the <a href="https://sundborg.wordpress.com/2021/08/22/savvaerk-del-1-planlaegning/" target="_blank">town of Sundborg</a>. Must have been some rather good timber to warrant such long transport!</p><p>Bogie bolsters were seldom seen on Danish industrial narrow gauge railways and Nystrup's 4 bogies are thus quite unique. Most likely they were brought to Denmark by the German authorities during the occupation of Denmark 1940-1945 for work at the airfield at Mellemåen (Middle Stream) not far from Nystrup. A selection of locos, track and wagons was aquired from the airfield by Nystrup Gravel after the war. <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2012/03/a-brief-history-of-nystrup-gravel.html" target="_blank">Read more about the airfield and Nystrup Gravel's relationship here</a>.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxnpHmCzvuqhrlcJdkJudMPcJzBMjh6E4xSjT413eEwtL6xWUdBhSAZSTJ7-_auzHT_wzPUIN_X0c8WnXBjhG9JpWTQR1icikDavxUWy6TWJ95nf_6FRICKXDa5ZAtJQp79Zarp2uvyMaZuQnT9bW7WMk88ljFIWrK4WKhmQbXsHSMItv_aGtV1h_2Gpc/s4000/2Billede%20103%20wem%202012%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxnpHmCzvuqhrlcJdkJudMPcJzBMjh6E4xSjT413eEwtL6xWUdBhSAZSTJ7-_auzHT_wzPUIN_X0c8WnXBjhG9JpWTQR1icikDavxUWy6TWJ95nf_6FRICKXDa5ZAtJQp79Zarp2uvyMaZuQnT9bW7WMk88ljFIWrK4WKhmQbXsHSMItv_aGtV1h_2Gpc/w640-h360/2Billede%20103%20wem%202012%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">German timber bolster bogies at the 600 mm gauge Waldeisenbahn Muskau. 2012.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhu-S1HBhyeO8tvUjZn1os2jx2aC_XAyu5tbVJnOeMZZybP4OvJaU7Zpuozsb9fc7D-h0Dd_Siwdw5QwcdnuTK47vnMUCjD0Q5WsCww8pEkKYdHHUAd8I41JhMI1TeUU0bHxow_br77w6O3b2HYYCnKiUJ6CrSglqGmcWrggJsTPIwtI2_BASXecZny8/s994/100-0041_IMG%202003%202.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="994" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhu-S1HBhyeO8tvUjZn1os2jx2aC_XAyu5tbVJnOeMZZybP4OvJaU7Zpuozsb9fc7D-h0Dd_Siwdw5QwcdnuTK47vnMUCjD0Q5WsCww8pEkKYdHHUAd8I41JhMI1TeUU0bHxow_br77w6O3b2HYYCnKiUJ6CrSglqGmcWrggJsTPIwtI2_BASXecZny8/w640-h360/100-0041_IMG%202003%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two unbraked bogies coupled. Notice the dangerously narrow spacing between the bogies leaving very little room for the worker doing the coupling. Photographed at Waldeisenbahn Muskau in 2003</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The Rail Print bogies are a good and reasonably priced way of getting some charateristic timber bolsters on my little 1/19 scale layout. For me the task of removing some of the traces from the printing proces and adding a little extra detail doesn't detract from their quality. I like to work on any model regardless of quality to make it my own personal interpretation of the prototype. For the modeller needing a a pair of bolsters in 32 mm gauge with no need for extra detail, all that has to be done is fix the railing and apply a coat of paint. Ready to roll! And speaking of rolling, the 3D printed wheels worked fine on my short test run. I expect them to perform quite well in traffic. Time will tell. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTKBU2Tw0M0jnlAkm-7vfdJJVlgYghjCe0AGnBsJvglfW_PiSKunHgs9mNYbLyO5iNJkemO8dcYeuq6D3GBqYPOfd5jfliQq18hFZAukF1hlZ-nQIaD6vRHilAXVFP38Hc6AZH9owZvh_7A3U7QxSDUQisAhwDem-gfq-aUY2Sm5JGKWkfdDsiJPQ3IfQ/s3860/CLN_0752%202.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2171" data-original-width="3860" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTKBU2Tw0M0jnlAkm-7vfdJJVlgYghjCe0AGnBsJvglfW_PiSKunHgs9mNYbLyO5iNJkemO8dcYeuq6D3GBqYPOfd5jfliQq18hFZAukF1hlZ-nQIaD6vRHilAXVFP38Hc6AZH9owZvh_7A3U7QxSDUQisAhwDem-gfq-aUY2Sm5JGKWkfdDsiJPQ3IfQ/w640-h360/CLN_0752%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 3D printed part for the brake platform. Detail isn't super sharp, but nothing that I can't fix.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGvsPH37xnsiMH1UssZ3nl-iR1CBRvjG1u8opYjFLHTvCPAEOhJ6wPi6XDczXVVrsixPbOCWxP1FSBIgWmqlKyM7oGxcp8n5VQi4kZ7mn-PoaImt3rwuEq58R3-svEYJHeScBk90Oxbv9H7byEDrwl0SNEoYLPM60-sV-AF0HeSqFoJdaYLGGqeQg7e4/s2048/428601812_824201156387192_7651740520846836528_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGvsPH37xnsiMH1UssZ3nl-iR1CBRvjG1u8opYjFLHTvCPAEOhJ6wPi6XDczXVVrsixPbOCWxP1FSBIgWmqlKyM7oGxcp8n5VQi4kZ7mn-PoaImt3rwuEq58R3-svEYJHeScBk90Oxbv9H7byEDrwl0SNEoYLPM60-sV-AF0HeSqFoJdaYLGGqeQg7e4/w640-h360/428601812_824201156387192_7651740520846836528_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image of 4 bogies printed (or painted?) in black with loads. With a load of tree trunks they are looking really good. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>With loads of new stuff having now arrived I better get the worktable geared up for some modelling!</p>Claus Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941765156840735956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409375129642703288.post-90909013671845466802024-03-05T15:09:00.000+01:002024-03-05T15:09:25.890+01:00Ramp Track Photo<p>Currently I'm in the process of choosing where to place the wooden poles with lamps around the lorry loading ramp. I'm in no hurry to decide where to put them. Actually the lorry loading ramp looks so in balance with the surrounding nature that I have had some doubts if it's a good idea to erect them. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQA3xNpCXdh_5M_8FesU6BJDEqhWhEN8dFsAEGIC2vuaOq9K7geXx-mPxiO4SNxAQMCfonUh1nGFYe1vVVrXNsl4sJYHIj0sH3yGwPSKhcFpOBVNr3E6LqePNGC_2b5gbgj8xbuhOG7cZ_5kB5jx-Pp6dr76fQIdcL4y_y3PLvYZygyXVylKtuQcmywo/s3597/IMG_20240228_192332%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2023" data-original-width="3597" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQA3xNpCXdh_5M_8FesU6BJDEqhWhEN8dFsAEGIC2vuaOq9K7geXx-mPxiO4SNxAQMCfonUh1nGFYe1vVVrXNsl4sJYHIj0sH3yGwPSKhcFpOBVNr3E6LqePNGC_2b5gbgj8xbuhOG7cZ_5kB5jx-Pp6dr76fQIdcL4y_y3PLvYZygyXVylKtuQcmywo/w640-h360/IMG_20240228_192332%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I can almost hear the birds sing and smell the sleepers.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>But Nystrup Gravel isn't a nature reserve for flora and fauna, but an industrial location brutally exploiting the planet's ressources. Some wooden power poles with lamps is a minimum to convey an atmosphere of some human growth oriented activity.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQnrL4ZV8urF03XVgGH-PZTcFKfo514n-DxojBP4qJAQ_aaar_NbbsdtmsO36i_vMfzeSjBjFjJcInvyWdg5NbX4TOSPbM0m6g9k5qNXuOxmVb4EZXEruaKUPeBLUJu4U8bPP0P6-yT85ie6DbhbBRdNYsd0lDjGkLi12skDGkGQlvZ1w_KXIkuMj3Am4/s5591/k%20CLN_0362%205.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3145" data-original-width="5591" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQnrL4ZV8urF03XVgGH-PZTcFKfo514n-DxojBP4qJAQ_aaar_NbbsdtmsO36i_vMfzeSjBjFjJcInvyWdg5NbX4TOSPbM0m6g9k5qNXuOxmVb4EZXEruaKUPeBLUJu4U8bPP0P6-yT85ie6DbhbBRdNYsd0lDjGkLi12skDGkGQlvZ1w_KXIkuMj3Am4/w640-h360/k%20CLN_0362%205.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One drawback with poles around the ramp is the awkward shadows they will cast on the backscene. This image is a cruel preview of what to expect unless I find a cunning way to place the poles.</td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><p>Besides playing with wooden poles around the loading ramp, I'be been adding a little extra ballast here and there in the track and added water to the puddles in the area under the ramp's chute. They've ended up looking more like tar holes and I wonder if if they're worth redoing or if I'm simply going to fill them in.</p>Claus Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941765156840735956noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409375129642703288.post-64854880978687039332024-02-27T20:16:00.003+01:002024-02-27T20:20:15.295+01:00Self-propelled Skip<p>The variety of vehicles on narrow gauge industrial railways is enormous! From huge locos to the tiniest being basically nothing but motorised skips. With two large locos on their way into service on Nystrup Gravel I looked for a quick way to balance the <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2022/06/fowler-arriving-at-nystrup.html" target="_blank">Fowler</a> and <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2021/03/new-locomotive.html" target="_blank">Baguley-Drewry</a>. I could hardly think of a better way than transferring a resonably sum to <a href="https://www.locoremote.co.uk/" target="_blank">Loco Remote</a> for their recently designed and produced 3D printed 'Planet' 6 hp motorised skip.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjQuzvmsvz5yuvZrc7BUq3qgDHlUZvsziVAN3gDOLiXXHYDHxLew5cEWBPDyT4uwIkmeittNGllj6NlVlOPXGvHJRZ9ceGA2lWMFbG6zIYNVV8U-HJt72Y7grChGjQvQfL6OheAmBNmS1BmCeav7RBY58cpRB_JZv9V5I6NjxbR9UXSOwNZzAbwORS2Mo/s960/417487341_884074956846595_3393866325433782456_n%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjQuzvmsvz5yuvZrc7BUq3qgDHlUZvsziVAN3gDOLiXXHYDHxLew5cEWBPDyT4uwIkmeittNGllj6NlVlOPXGvHJRZ9ceGA2lWMFbG6zIYNVV8U-HJt72Y7grChGjQvQfL6OheAmBNmS1BmCeav7RBY58cpRB_JZv9V5I6NjxbR9UXSOwNZzAbwORS2Mo/w640-h360/417487341_884074956846595_3393866325433782456_n%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loco Remote image of assembled 'Planet' motorised skip. A small and simple kit of a unique prototype that fits very well on a small 1/19 scale layout like Nystrup Gravel.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Several Danish industrial railways used self-propelled skips for smaller tasks. On one railway the motorised skip was the only form of mechanical traction present. On the waste processing plant in the Danish town Thisted a small 600 mm railway transported household waste on a short track. The motorised skip was probably homebuilt by adding a lawn mower engine to a standard steel skip with chain drive to one axle. Contrary to the factory made 'Planet' skip, no dedicated place for the driver was provided. When driving he simply stood next to the engine on the skip's frame.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj63nkWN4Gf14KGJCcpZAhaBETngGXDnWshgP6U6MT_ljM3Yyh4V5Ao07wVLN2FT7gAEHAjwOiR7Q5ylRgudCmhsccMqaHR6PW4mGjxj6f8BucfV0p6n4NRj3UxO87ymHo1RnBJJGk7Vj0FyCNHpgAH8CjVZwpu_0iTC1_Z1_LqKo88EoTqaui1n7uyb7c/s2578/1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2504" data-original-width="2578" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj63nkWN4Gf14KGJCcpZAhaBETngGXDnWshgP6U6MT_ljM3Yyh4V5Ao07wVLN2FT7gAEHAjwOiR7Q5ylRgudCmhsccMqaHR6PW4mGjxj6f8BucfV0p6n4NRj3UxO87ymHo1RnBJJGk7Vj0FyCNHpgAH8CjVZwpu_0iTC1_Z1_LqKo88EoTqaui1n7uyb7c/w400-h389/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ILO lawn mower engine mounted on a lengthened skip at the waste processing plant in Thisted. Photo: S. A. Guldvang, 1972.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsH-Yc2iM4XEHgI8gwTmp2V-Yy-yZ4HIn7GQt3mTBqeiDr0ScfvbjGXmkjGrZ2K8Rx4TC69YkhDnxTMaaEaDJoBF8DIM4am5Th56zh5SzacRH3W94dn_BUeR6K1yciO3459N7POpu_uk-2eJx6BY1Q9K2W03o3gxT4oAvAsG9DijTxMjEm9xyrJNols0s/s2841/2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2841" data-original-width="1897" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsH-Yc2iM4XEHgI8gwTmp2V-Yy-yZ4HIn7GQt3mTBqeiDr0ScfvbjGXmkjGrZ2K8Rx4TC69YkhDnxTMaaEaDJoBF8DIM4am5Th56zh5SzacRH3W94dn_BUeR6K1yciO3459N7POpu_uk-2eJx6BY1Q9K2W03o3gxT4oAvAsG9DijTxMjEm9xyrJNols0s/w268-h400/2.jpg" width="268" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Engine and transmission seen from above. The rebuild only allowed coupling at the rear of the motorised skip. Photo: S. A. Guldvang, 1972.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The kit arrived packed in a sturdy box with no damage from the transport. The kit includes everything you need to build a running model of the 'Planet' skip except for a battery. The Loco Remote website gives good advise on which battery to buy for a perfect fit in the battery mounting under the skip. Print quality varies from fine to relatively coarse. Fortunately the coarse printing is mostly appearing on parts rather hidden in the finished model or in places where the surface irregularities are easily sanded smooth. The only real challenge is on some of the frame parts, where the layers of the printing are clearly visible. I will have to deal with those in the build process. When ordering the kit I had to choose a version of a vehicle equipped either with a standard V-skip or a wooden cargo box. My model will be with a skip assembly, and as usual I will add and replace detail on the kit. Expect my model to feature metal spring for the axle boxes, rebuilt floor under the skip body, detailed driver's position as well as added bolt and rivet detail. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYqEAz7BL9irgNCrhRk4mucLNHJUGmf64e4KxE8BMtE7AuEGMvpmSJXC8gLz8a96wHSoEbaF-zFmt67ZfGtIWm4f0AQbdHJZSW7aakrg6G6geigR76hdii1YnHMteKUb2sBXdqjj756PjSHzgrV427NrfMTnyRP8TeFucK0W7yz1EfUbuig3nNGRbi2x0/s2048/417474948_890413416212749_2415583355908861777_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYqEAz7BL9irgNCrhRk4mucLNHJUGmf64e4KxE8BMtE7AuEGMvpmSJXC8gLz8a96wHSoEbaF-zFmt67ZfGtIWm4f0AQbdHJZSW7aakrg6G6geigR76hdii1YnHMteKUb2sBXdqjj756PjSHzgrV427NrfMTnyRP8TeFucK0W7yz1EfUbuig3nNGRbi2x0/w640-h480/417474948_890413416212749_2415583355908861777_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What I found in the kit's box (except for 5 box parts to the left). Here in a very orderly spread-out arranged and photographed by Loco Remote.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG7NEzp1gfyf8Zyomfq80Rs_gqEVDb-vGDe3W7ct6ggvkExqM_cwBupo5XHWyP-LZPYfUzHLMg_ooAr4TtdPwRrC3SFJvXhhCUJ3a2VRRmPIr7QWorRjc0qZyNtFGwICA9mV5Mt4S6WSwzR-ivRIZuoDyCgF96xn8Uk-yqUTmuoMkbixBKYxKVEvn9iRA/s3878/IMG_20240227_171131%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2181" data-original-width="3878" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG7NEzp1gfyf8Zyomfq80Rs_gqEVDb-vGDe3W7ct6ggvkExqM_cwBupo5XHWyP-LZPYfUzHLMg_ooAr4TtdPwRrC3SFJvXhhCUJ3a2VRRmPIr7QWorRjc0qZyNtFGwICA9mV5Mt4S6WSwzR-ivRIZuoDyCgF96xn8Uk-yqUTmuoMkbixBKYxKVEvn9iRA/w640-h360/IMG_20240227_171131%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frame part with coarsely lined surface from the printing process and driver's 'cab' with only minimal traces of the printing.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Included in the box was a custom designed driver made by David Clavey. Named 'Ben' the figure has been made to specifically fit the skip's driver's seat and controls. Despite the figure not looking as detailed as Modelu's scanned and 3D printed figures I ordered it anyway. Having now examined the figure and the two different heads accompanying it, I'm glad I made the purchase. The quality is far better than the images circulating of it online. I will still be refining the figure a little (particularly around the pelvis and legs) but having a starting point where legs and arms actually fit the model and facial detail is quite good is an excellent opportunity I'm glad I didn't miss. You can see <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/581337106171455/" target="_blank">David's figures here</a>.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqtgrntOLKgzi4Upzsm4ZKT7R3YYgpFS8VN9muxybJuOOtLb4cEd7T_nlauEWOOqciSDY4a0YYolyiL8T77By2jPg0SoGEsDep5H41rtq_LaTYP99YzWi069g_PMNmiOdQ4zGDe-Bq9uzXxMQIlwYXn8q66_5eLXPMRRoqDv2foKCnDqPEU1WiO3TxqTc/s3595/IMG_20240227_171040%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2022" data-original-width="3595" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqtgrntOLKgzi4Upzsm4ZKT7R3YYgpFS8VN9muxybJuOOtLb4cEd7T_nlauEWOOqciSDY4a0YYolyiL8T77By2jPg0SoGEsDep5H41rtq_LaTYP99YzWi069g_PMNmiOdQ4zGDe-Bq9uzXxMQIlwYXn8q66_5eLXPMRRoqDv2foKCnDqPEU1WiO3TxqTc/w640-h360/IMG_20240227_171040%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The David Clavey figure for the 'Planet' with different heads.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Currently I'm designing and building the cab interior for the Fowler and adding ballast and ground cover on the layout. I'll be ordering a battery (or two) and possibly a charger so I'm ready for building the little vehicle once the other things are out of the way.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdsGgk08Vf3ZroZyJH8TyRz2DKrcKM4dFID12TOvn7RH_tvyfpwLw13LSsUeSC7zrf8J-hH12FrKyccNuh3jL7PV88ARkHHdAHDxeWz4ua3ZkNZkVUwewCiqp617FnVVdXZR4qziEP4RB0TTkZqGygOYGRbTSXfKvmWpDYsSjGoIfd9_O8mkemXy0bNLc/s4344/IMG_20240227_171253%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2443" data-original-width="4344" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdsGgk08Vf3ZroZyJH8TyRz2DKrcKM4dFID12TOvn7RH_tvyfpwLw13LSsUeSC7zrf8J-hH12FrKyccNuh3jL7PV88ARkHHdAHDxeWz4ua3ZkNZkVUwewCiqp617FnVVdXZR4qziEP4RB0TTkZqGygOYGRbTSXfKvmWpDYsSjGoIfd9_O8mkemXy0bNLc/w640-h360/IMG_20240227_171253%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the box from Loco Remote was also a complete 1/19 scale 32 mm gauge 3D printed railway for exhibition purposes. More on the steel sleepered track panels in a later post.</td></tr></tbody></table>Claus Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941765156840735956noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409375129642703288.post-67372308948257052892024-02-23T11:26:00.010+01:002024-02-24T21:45:00.288+01:00UFO Mothership<p>Back in august 2023 I took some hours off from serious modelling and <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2022/08/ufo-sighted-at-nystrup.html" target="_blank">built two UFO's for a quick fly-by over Nystrup Gravel</a>. In need of a refreshing change from 1950's era modelling I have now finished the drones' mothership. Not a fancy flying one, but a humble Lada Niva model 1980 in Ukrainian pixel camouflage. Basically a simple repainting job to make the car match the drones and highlight that Russia''s full scale invasion of Ukraine has now been going on for 2 years. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCVCFC8jlvZDlPVDneR-l8kP6AGPug1F-noLCNP1giYZR2THNYK3Qo9ic2lWavFmvm24GEGhmTMS_BKbtWHtvO3dbGCPxXsFf8RObPbYQxcRLIok0uGVqGnWbXs4Cp154C5G5_yZsDH4oKILmeG91pcQg-XUSJIaUHExnlKAvcSxXB9xOIJqQqumpUwCc/s5274/CLN_0697%203.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2967" data-original-width="5274" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCVCFC8jlvZDlPVDneR-l8kP6AGPug1F-noLCNP1giYZR2THNYK3Qo9ic2lWavFmvm24GEGhmTMS_BKbtWHtvO3dbGCPxXsFf8RObPbYQxcRLIok0uGVqGnWbXs4Cp154C5G5_yZsDH4oKILmeG91pcQg-XUSJIaUHExnlKAvcSxXB9xOIJqQqumpUwCc/w640-h360/CLN_0697%203.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The finshed Ukrainian army Lada Niva parked across a narrow gauge line.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The Lada Niva was the world's first mass-produced off-road vehicle with a unibody construction. The Niva was initially aimed at the rural market much like the Land Rover, but later models also targeted urban users. As many other less than high profile car models the Lada has received cult status in certain sub-cultures exactly like the East German Trabant and IFA-lorry. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6TBvc0TCAXixBnUZfplRjcXOYFABgzhWKhnPK6u5j7IGmW6CvJl8FTee1BXXZxVHYocSg6qd9JDnDJd-FltogWcJWX4ilDYPZPQWa3WI7kZvzD0ua6jttDctNtIa1MfIeBHc5YG90IH4sZlgYdGUtomYchpUoDAxED7kreufOMX8Pgd_2x-WFvvYrDoU/s748/uNdXJeb798KyV9v5JRXyh8WvCxw-960.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="748" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6TBvc0TCAXixBnUZfplRjcXOYFABgzhWKhnPK6u5j7IGmW6CvJl8FTee1BXXZxVHYocSg6qd9JDnDJd-FltogWcJWX4ilDYPZPQWa3WI7kZvzD0ua6jttDctNtIa1MfIeBHc5YG90IH4sZlgYdGUtomYchpUoDAxED7kreufOMX8Pgd_2x-WFvvYrDoU/w640-h360/uNdXJeb798KyV9v5JRXyh8WvCxw-960.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The versatility of the Niva is shown to great effect here. A practical use of bonnet design enabeling long branches to be carried with no fuss.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>The base for my model of the drone mothership is the <a href="https://www.solido.com/en/" target="_blank">Solido</a> Lada Niva 'Vagabund' model 1980 in 1/18 scale. The model depicts a sporty version of the Niva without bumpers and with an added roof rack for storing equipment. Made in a heavy metal casting the detail is a bit soft, but shape and general design looks very fine. Details like mirrors and windshield wipers are made in soft plastic that makes them a bit more resilient to snapping than details in hard plastic (that on the other hand often looks better).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrThHVveEWNfnOqg51c1YNT8oeSrVeNeTO-NvalWj6YL9WPmd5qd6cIHRrUELLlExhmDQRA2Tj2Hq-IqjAXyMnvTsCOd8pcksm6F3Wt51T9pjgq62F7dZUnGZQtcLq4fEth3Td8ejBfiYVXoP5cSfoTigzsDOplLq_I2-1t9qiyPVaK8XIdBm3bkgydLQ/s5041/CLN_0333%202.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2836" data-original-width="5041" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrThHVveEWNfnOqg51c1YNT8oeSrVeNeTO-NvalWj6YL9WPmd5qd6cIHRrUELLlExhmDQRA2Tj2Hq-IqjAXyMnvTsCOd8pcksm6F3Wt51T9pjgq62F7dZUnGZQtcLq4fEth3Td8ejBfiYVXoP5cSfoTigzsDOplLq_I2-1t9qiyPVaK8XIdBm3bkgydLQ/w640-h360/CLN_0333%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Straight out of the box and onto the layout for photography. The Niva crosses the tracks quite easily due to its high gound clearance.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>First step in my conversion was to disassemble the car into four main assemblies: roof rack, interior, chassis and body. All markings on the body were removed with a cloth with acetone. Even if the body was to receive several layers of paint I was afraid that the printed markings could show through. Better safe than sorry. The rear lights and windows were masked with Tamiya masking tape while the head lights were simply removed. I only masked the windows and left the rubber edging free for over spraying.</p><p>The first layer of new paint was a black primer to make sure later paint would adhere properly. With smal squares of masking tape I built up the black part of the characteristic pixel camouflage. With the black squares in place I air brushed a light sand over the car and when dry, masked the formations to stand out in light sand. Then I air brushed a light green over the model and once that layer had dried I masked the squares to stand out in light green before I covered everything in dark green. After drying the camouflage masking was removed with tweezers. I kept the masking on windows and rear lights. After cleaning up a few edges on the camouflage pattern, I air brushed a layer of matt varnish over the body and finished with some light dusting of the lower parts with a light earth colour.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjoiqxSi-DHl6N1Kdy8EqAt7t7oqn-dBvmHTmPDKUfZpS8UHSkEQ9zrkHJlu1f8rU5SbCq0yg-yW-Q_ExC-i79aPAalnFl7ts49ENRSv7OcWjx3NjoImqjTVoL1f7NqluPWJH7zDAsJGi5Zp3OpB9mVwmLYY2OMrKQfpLI3Izyy2xOR1kQnJK8hkpFPLQ/s4199/IMG_20240113_195347%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2362" data-original-width="4199" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjoiqxSi-DHl6N1Kdy8EqAt7t7oqn-dBvmHTmPDKUfZpS8UHSkEQ9zrkHJlu1f8rU5SbCq0yg-yW-Q_ExC-i79aPAalnFl7ts49ENRSv7OcWjx3NjoImqjTVoL1f7NqluPWJH7zDAsJGi5Zp3OpB9mVwmLYY2OMrKQfpLI3Izyy2xOR1kQnJK8hkpFPLQ/w640-h360/IMG_20240113_195347%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The model disassembled in four major assemblies.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwz1TPXfR7YfdpOEJghA5THjKhjoqFLZbV4LFFT70PHrPiKJk4p8Aa61MXVNjP3FdEqWNfJvP7xba6Qq1A1vmluhy5kvRq6T8cVxDemx7yXAhhW0ONtMmXZ_YK9VATvTVWPNvXM5Equrrgok7raKWzXl1-D2FTa8ZgTAZmDf8Utc5nbcf3QNAgqpNLvfw/s4168/IMG_20240208_225706%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2344" data-original-width="4168" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwz1TPXfR7YfdpOEJghA5THjKhjoqFLZbV4LFFT70PHrPiKJk4p8Aa61MXVNjP3FdEqWNfJvP7xba6Qq1A1vmluhy5kvRq6T8cVxDemx7yXAhhW0ONtMmXZ_YK9VATvTVWPNvXM5Equrrgok7raKWzXl1-D2FTa8ZgTAZmDf8Utc5nbcf3QNAgqpNLvfw/w640-h360/IMG_20240208_225706%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The light sand paint is drying. The masked black areas can be made out around the door.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeEoawiqeIF2r9QO1-cn-RDkEMlZ4cMhlVgc-4qbedEZwUSIKpyxhg504ircD2re7aEFui4XiFew9kOZVGZLq8-Ki-QUM4byifSV0SUeThgG1GQeazOiiloAABdwNXBIDzA_4lKlsE7Nd_cgUK8FJe1aAP02C2VuklQpN-izEwe_i-m4kUg2ngMxu4ptI/s4259/IMG_20240209_113540%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2396" data-original-width="4259" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeEoawiqeIF2r9QO1-cn-RDkEMlZ4cMhlVgc-4qbedEZwUSIKpyxhg504ircD2re7aEFui4XiFew9kOZVGZLq8-Ki-QUM4byifSV0SUeThgG1GQeazOiiloAABdwNXBIDzA_4lKlsE7Nd_cgUK8FJe1aAP02C2VuklQpN-izEwe_i-m4kUg2ngMxu4ptI/w640-h360/IMG_20240209_113540%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The camouflage masking squares have been removed. Some of the edges will have to be cleaned up by brush as paint has crept under the edges of the tape in places. Overall an acceptable result for a quick job.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The interior received a few quick bursts with two earth coloured paints through the air brush. I washed the floor with heavily diluted brown oil paint. The seats received a little air brushed wear. I added some fibre grass on the floor and in the trunk. Some card board from discarded boxes was glued to floor and seats and a shovel thrown on top. In the trunk some plastic tube painted olive drab partly covered with a tarpaulin from copper foil might just look like M 72 LAW anti tank weapons seen through the windows.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8hRAIDH1EWbj-xOh11gGiafeU19fKvEx2AByQBhA1rUCEFJqaR1oC4CgDrj6nxIDp21mzWmL4uITs8FQYB0zmAc4c5EUO892SpIAnfLw96nIKrjB_qtybJA7RRDLsDWCLAtxdezKD5p0S_YETg_xJXt-IdHTQmTphIi7x49KFxnVabkmHLKXxJmtRzvk/s4219/IMG_20240218_184414%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2373" data-original-width="4219" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8hRAIDH1EWbj-xOh11gGiafeU19fKvEx2AByQBhA1rUCEFJqaR1oC4CgDrj6nxIDp21mzWmL4uITs8FQYB0zmAc4c5EUO892SpIAnfLw96nIKrjB_qtybJA7RRDLsDWCLAtxdezKD5p0S_YETg_xJXt-IdHTQmTphIi7x49KFxnVabkmHLKXxJmtRzvk/w640-h360/IMG_20240218_184414%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interior before the body is mounted and fastened. A few minutes of adding detail helps add some realism to the interior.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOh6cxcAFMrcdv53-g_FWB2eOaC5ax2kFYfUPzhcTRNoznYUl_7pML3d0WLJ3HqVAwOAvNmsGJxnGji-0Kr3fU5E2R5DweOyNMdleAN6Tm1ZXgG2gmF7WgBzQIv3rqzefcjF-YXvU1ouOH8KKHR_6DuV87xz51v8n01uOb0PoAuCnUYv68Aw2M-7OweVA/s3881/IMG_20240218_184425%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2183" data-original-width="3881" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOh6cxcAFMrcdv53-g_FWB2eOaC5ax2kFYfUPzhcTRNoznYUl_7pML3d0WLJ3HqVAwOAvNmsGJxnGji-0Kr3fU5E2R5DweOyNMdleAN6Tm1ZXgG2gmF7WgBzQIv3rqzefcjF-YXvU1ouOH8KKHR_6DuV87xz51v8n01uOb0PoAuCnUYv68Aw2M-7OweVA/w640-h360/IMG_20240218_184425%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bringing much needed LAWs to the brothers in the front line.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I removed the jerry cans on the roof rack and disguised the holes left by their mountings with a rolled up camouflage net. I rolled some first aid gauze around a little block of styrofoam and soaked it in diluted white glue. While the glue was still wet I placed strips of white paper randomly on the roll. Once fully dried the roll was painted dark green and the paper strips picked out in different shades of greens. </p><p>Finally I removed the masking on windows and rear lights and painted three white crosses as recognition markings. Then I gave the car a wash of heavily diluted black oil paint. After the wash had dried, I air brushed another layer of dust over the car. Finally I fitted the front lights and painted some scratches with a light green colour on exposed locations on the car. These small cars receive a beating near the front lines. The roof rack was fixed in place and the car ready for display.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaYw4WerxRLItIapn0rPlsgTOGExIHt2f4Ub864UIep6UNHyWucT4GF3AuZk9zgpAcTdiyOk1V-YVa957SPBnwv7TtkDbCfhlTH8Xbnd40b2doXDCNaQmjoAQLsVbM4suIRkAnNHScrQHFm_V-Q6PDD9YU6ZPqPRhPmJH20bwDbROnnl5GQU30Q_iH_LM/s4803/CLN_0660%203.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2702" data-original-width="4803" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaYw4WerxRLItIapn0rPlsgTOGExIHt2f4Ub864UIep6UNHyWucT4GF3AuZk9zgpAcTdiyOk1V-YVa957SPBnwv7TtkDbCfhlTH8Xbnd40b2doXDCNaQmjoAQLsVbM4suIRkAnNHScrQHFm_V-Q6PDD9YU6ZPqPRhPmJH20bwDbROnnl5GQU30Q_iH_LM/w640-h360/CLN_0660%203.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Southern Ukraine is flat and criss-crossed by tree lines.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNCl98yYJNh7z2seg8cwQ28ql5Tf_88JsGv-kZhC1xA33xpUFvme-1Bc8ZRPX7Ruar6Uj0p_cetsTiZTv2MpKf6qLYsZsXZh8PFnS4M28LbOE2FtKaWZpKzuBKe8JOQ74dNVGUSl6edebhKAxSVQ8uAgCTMWOMZh4SZjx8Mdpm3VArpPhFZFAsyjPckf8/s3248/CLN_0675%203.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3248" data-original-width="2461" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNCl98yYJNh7z2seg8cwQ28ql5Tf_88JsGv-kZhC1xA33xpUFvme-1Bc8ZRPX7Ruar6Uj0p_cetsTiZTv2MpKf6qLYsZsXZh8PFnS4M28LbOE2FtKaWZpKzuBKe8JOQ74dNVGUSl6edebhKAxSVQ8uAgCTMWOMZh4SZjx8Mdpm3VArpPhFZFAsyjPckf8/w303-h400/CLN_0675%203.JPG" width="303" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Despite the camo repaint in a Ukrainian garage, the guys painting the Lada left the logo intact. The spot light cover is a reminder of happier times...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqJmzHmbj_ggQgcwtRME5cP9O4KuBuPZT-T73oFKmTm1-819FY5cNLA2FnvC3PRWZpjCAUgLDnnuraPgdsIg0IfKVig0vdI03rUYVNJBSz55eK8xA-S3vZ5WVtjkKKbp06mkQG8Z6WsjcvoplB8cpuOIi_d1cpV3nj5tuSOVYa7EpuUi07lfh2zALQYy8/s4510/CLN_0724%204.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2537" data-original-width="4510" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqJmzHmbj_ggQgcwtRME5cP9O4KuBuPZT-T73oFKmTm1-819FY5cNLA2FnvC3PRWZpjCAUgLDnnuraPgdsIg0IfKVig0vdI03rUYVNJBSz55eK8xA-S3vZ5WVtjkKKbp06mkQG8Z6WsjcvoplB8cpuOIi_d1cpV3nj5tuSOVYa7EpuUi07lfh2zALQYy8/w640-h360/CLN_0724%204.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drone in the air!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>One of the sub-cultures that have taken the Niva to heart are the supporters of hardbass music. A lovely Niva with Adidas-stripes feature in the music video to the tune 'Slav King'. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIjKijhv1OU" target="_blank">See the video here</a> and remember to turn sound on to enjoy a few minutes of hardbass!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwn_kdBHKRUTPCq8wtjEnJYviTeoeCfcVwritpNLA_4RE5ekWVhIGk-ysG7x2oEuxgLDUyseQ-7OgaNdsg5geUSCgH_hOlAjSenuOGyXij-vrz1hyphenhyphenA5gWdcd8QL1EWIKVVxvJL5FVnc2mr_Nh60B00ftFCGtQeLjtAe82A5eGErBg2eZdt3qjt5ZPa9Y/s885/i001437390.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="885" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwn_kdBHKRUTPCq8wtjEnJYviTeoeCfcVwritpNLA_4RE5ekWVhIGk-ysG7x2oEuxgLDUyseQ-7OgaNdsg5geUSCgH_hOlAjSenuOGyXij-vrz1hyphenhyphenA5gWdcd8QL1EWIKVVxvJL5FVnc2mr_Nh60B00ftFCGtQeLjtAe82A5eGErBg2eZdt3qjt5ZPa9Y/w640-h360/i001437390.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ever popular Adidas stripes have spread to the Niva! 'Boris' on his ride in true gopnik squat-style.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>While the Niva has been a fun modelling project the war in Ukraine is bloody and cruel. Think about that while sitting at your cozy worktable modelling. You may even be able to donate a small sum for some much needed humanitarian help to Ukrainians rather than adding another kit to the stash of unbuilt models?</p>Claus Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941765156840735956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409375129642703288.post-46025118470621804602024-02-12T15:29:00.003+01:002024-02-12T15:29:35.902+01:00IKEA Vegetation on Nystrup Gravel?<p>I have used natural materials and commercially available moddeling products for ground cover and vegetation. Now I have begun to consider using some of the artificial plant products made for interior decoration. For the time being I'm experimenting with a product from IKEA.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-jjwzCig3dW82xyFSc-abtqjHautNGx-aOYEMvGx1-ThYxr5lWVXr6hoVlTX3W6uacCPiwvp2nutp3MUsyaCOUcOzFlWtIVjt9OAxZBAhwBBWHuy7vOAue6jm0iCxOcmR9SlBLHKrxNYAAryvBSTYhqoOh6RBmHUDg0Cja0K2v_5LZln3jC750kMp64/s4318/IMG_20240208_222027__01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2429" data-original-width="4318" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-jjwzCig3dW82xyFSc-abtqjHautNGx-aOYEMvGx1-ThYxr5lWVXr6hoVlTX3W6uacCPiwvp2nutp3MUsyaCOUcOzFlWtIVjt9OAxZBAhwBBWHuy7vOAue6jm0iCxOcmR9SlBLHKrxNYAAryvBSTYhqoOh6RBmHUDg0Cja0K2v_5LZln3jC750kMp64/w640-h360/IMG_20240208_222027__01.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New vegetation has conquered a corner of the Nystrup layout. But only for a short time. If accepted the vegetation will move elsewere.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The challenge of finding grass and rush-like vegetation large enough for 16 mm scale has recently made me study the artificial plants' section in IKEA more closely than ever before. I have brought home a simple product of long grassy looking plastic fibres mounted in a rectangular piece of dark plastic fitted into a white plastic open-topped box. </p><p>The plastic grass leaves are far too high for 1/19 scale and vill have to be cut down before they are mounted in the layout's surface. For experimental purposes I have fitted the plastic grass near the layout's edge to find out if the result is credible enough to continue working on. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrfbBQIQLmzhwMrI8aeSDhwRypAfGRRptd7hpVu42f_TgUSqVFCgcMRzyK2AGjv5EH0b9xuWsbgxALR6ObqEUfkincMXdOkz_7Y3crMXfa6lYtV-PoUCZv0_O-B44h8Uy3FpQBcrwoaYfxJsGpMtYGPJ_9NdPpo1iZcYArWhzZICA8WCPTfgKgG0nWbVQ/s900/fejka-kunstig-plante-m-urtepotteskju-indendors-udendors-graes__0748876_pe745265_s5.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrfbBQIQLmzhwMrI8aeSDhwRypAfGRRptd7hpVu42f_TgUSqVFCgcMRzyK2AGjv5EH0b9xuWsbgxALR6ObqEUfkincMXdOkz_7Y3crMXfa6lYtV-PoUCZv0_O-B44h8Uy3FpQBcrwoaYfxJsGpMtYGPJ_9NdPpo1iZcYArWhzZICA8WCPTfgKgG0nWbVQ/w400-h400/fejka-kunstig-plante-m-urtepotteskju-indendors-udendors-graes__0748876_pe745265_s5.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">IKEA photo of the FEJKA artificial grass.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Have you had any experience with artificial plants on your 16 mm scale layout? Please leave a comment in the comments' section below or write an e-mail to the company mail nystrupgravel@gmail.com</p>Claus Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941765156840735956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409375129642703288.post-45093357790727396512024-02-04T14:22:00.008+01:002024-02-05T13:21:43.984+01:00Fowler Exterior Detailing<p>With the Fowler locomotive finally equipped with remote control and moving along the track on my little layout I have now begun fitting details to the rather sparsely detailed model. I have planned to do this in two major stages: the loco's general exterior and cab interior. I decided to do the exterior detailing first. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisotA7haoUabjsCnf2ig9MaF6qDl2txN2osAqcC_gpuKSPFKSCJgcetLHBQUZLAijc5knId8DMVx8oDXq248dXWX5oBSzCvRTgydSgbWYOFCYUbnUPgq51MijPSi4gQ-jKVwW0ZgfM-9o34OGuPDjRcUEyThi7f3j20bJBXSqTK0ReqKV_hUdrrkDW8kU/s4172/IMG_20240202_184257%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2347" data-original-width="4172" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisotA7haoUabjsCnf2ig9MaF6qDl2txN2osAqcC_gpuKSPFKSCJgcetLHBQUZLAijc5knId8DMVx8oDXq248dXWX5oBSzCvRTgydSgbWYOFCYUbnUPgq51MijPSi4gQ-jKVwW0ZgfM-9o34OGuPDjRcUEyThi7f3j20bJBXSqTK0ReqKV_hUdrrkDW8kU/w640-h360/IMG_20240202_184257%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Fowler heading out of the gravel works heading east with four skips.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>I wasn't aiming for all out fine scale detailing, but wanted to add an extra level of detail to the loco as it looked rather bare in its out of the box condition. I added the following parts:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>strapping on bonnet and gear box cover</li><li>bolt heads on radiator</li><li>L-profiles with bolt heads under footplate</li><li>bolt head detail on frame sides</li><li>hand rails and handles on bonnet doors</li><li>bolt heads on jackshaft cranks</li><li>adding horn and brackets for jack</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8y6m0O6YbZirP4SVXKk6qZFnta3aqqEf0AmeYxA9g-st5w4c03IZdlZFOwoGewR7dvdfa-rCYxZkG0WRa-A5GY6br8z4yVGhLBofuJEexnhGqBeLGPSVjC7MzaZe3n0iiorM031-tOG7X-nUd_6ChrEF0Yc7DuxxcNtQS-tqXwnH_xywmJfmendAYExE/s4501/IMG_20240126_183717%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="4501" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8y6m0O6YbZirP4SVXKk6qZFnta3aqqEf0AmeYxA9g-st5w4c03IZdlZFOwoGewR7dvdfa-rCYxZkG0WRa-A5GY6br8z4yVGhLBofuJEexnhGqBeLGPSVjC7MzaZe3n0iiorM031-tOG7X-nUd_6ChrEF0Yc7DuxxcNtQS-tqXwnH_xywmJfmendAYExE/w640-h360/IMG_20240126_183717%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exterior detailing in progress. Metal strapping in the form of plastic strips fitted with AC glue. Behind the Fowler a for-fun Lada Niva project is just visible in black primer.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Strapping was added with plastic strip and L-profile superglued in place. Where needed I added bolt heads from slices of hexagonal plastic profile. Small gaps were filled with Vallejo plastic putty and sanded smooth. Bolt head details on the frames were added using the same hexagonal profile. </p><p>Handles and hand rails were made from 1 mm NS wire AC-glued in holes drilled in bonnet and gearbox cover. I used flat nosed pilers to get 90 degrees bends on the hand rails and a small drilling jig to get the correct distance between the holes I drilled for mounting the hand rails.</p><p>Most trains at Nystrup Gravel experienced derailments now and then and a jack, some blocks of wood and a length of rail was standard equipment for derailing work. Archive images of the Fowler in service shows a large jack positioned on the right side of the bonnet with wooden blocks being kept ready under the cab floor on the left hand side. I fitted a large former German Army issue jack in a bracket on the loco's right side. Bottom plate and bracket was cut from NS plate and bent in appropriate shapes. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1aIvhlIqwNhN7fGGY9aNQ9hypXPpbqhzPqr1QjhUsoNWyb1g8UgJp7EnyPs4KOZkxu7Fllbyz3J9J5JQt5C3WrV7_phBindOxO9n12n6fmhfoO6VcMETSyPkvAnueDt456nPFmnyRpyC2iAufhsLCGj8pkhidA_SLoWeCu0_sJoKRl3RDG3Gye4kmRE/s3240/IMG_20240202_184446%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1823" data-original-width="3240" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1aIvhlIqwNhN7fGGY9aNQ9hypXPpbqhzPqr1QjhUsoNWyb1g8UgJp7EnyPs4KOZkxu7Fllbyz3J9J5JQt5C3WrV7_phBindOxO9n12n6fmhfoO6VcMETSyPkvAnueDt456nPFmnyRpyC2iAufhsLCGj8pkhidA_SLoWeCu0_sJoKRl3RDG3Gye4kmRE/w640-h360/IMG_20240202_184446%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The jack placed in its bottom plate and bracket locked in position with a piece of bent wire. <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2019/08/equipment-for-lister.html" target="_blank">The jack was built from a whitemetal kit in 2019</a> originally meant for another project, but judged far too big.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The horn is a brass casting from the trade supplying ship modellers with parts. There are quite a few nice items from that area of modelling that can be put to good use in large scale railway modelling. The horn was mounted in a hole drilled in the cab roof. I mounted it in a crooked angle to illustrate the loco's age and well used condition in the beginning of the 1950's.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3OJ_uzzn5tI3k2jWsJA5yoaUmekDIAlhrBTExk2Zql7fBlCzrGCP4S0LnCT88X-FWqw2mFxd4_8OTeoHlpCKrcCHdqpH7StrnGw_Xh_O9Aedl-SCihKiiI7NLFr5b2T8Ij0l5k5WhIdlNsPqA_xNyG_kE5sXiXkjx0Hi4KFPfFt_Zzf30fGf_VaQ0LyU/s3684/IMG_20240202_184420%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3684" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3OJ_uzzn5tI3k2jWsJA5yoaUmekDIAlhrBTExk2Zql7fBlCzrGCP4S0LnCT88X-FWqw2mFxd4_8OTeoHlpCKrcCHdqpH7StrnGw_Xh_O9Aedl-SCihKiiI7NLFr5b2T8Ij0l5k5WhIdlNsPqA_xNyG_kE5sXiXkjx0Hi4KFPfFt_Zzf30fGf_VaQ0LyU/w640-h426/IMG_20240202_184420%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The horn glued in place on the roof of the loco. The slight crookedness is a sign of many years of service and some worn bolts working themselves loose during running on the line's uneven track.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>In total no less than 98 exterior detail parts were added, by far the majority being bolt heads. The details may not be particularly obvious once the model is repainted, but I think it adds to the overall appearance of the model. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKpLk4ara0AwCafz9mxSRaIBXgTfW0eQApQ_qAYopua1SMiCczmnZgCfwx5WfI9bnXonnWX1zAdyFskhAbTmza3C-muuMqtOutRcHPoosnP2snl-wXZz7foD_JEJu0_sp7rjf16U1BcRoi3bkXnC-1CQfOqCfcipvxoMbIOS4ioUeSMY_N4-q_-NS7uAc/s4471/IMG_20240202_184336%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2515" data-original-width="4471" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKpLk4ara0AwCafz9mxSRaIBXgTfW0eQApQ_qAYopua1SMiCczmnZgCfwx5WfI9bnXonnWX1zAdyFskhAbTmza3C-muuMqtOutRcHPoosnP2snl-wXZz7foD_JEJu0_sp7rjf16U1BcRoi3bkXnC-1CQfOqCfcipvxoMbIOS4ioUeSMY_N4-q_-NS7uAc/w640-h360/IMG_20240202_184336%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of the unfinished loco's right side. I removed the Essel Engineering's building plates from the cabsides. One of them will be fitted out of sight inside the loco. </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>With the main exterior detailing finished I assembled the locomotive and took it for a ride on the layout. Next task on the Fowler is the cab interior that will include brake, regulator and gear levers, basic instrumentation and sand boxes. Oh, and the bolts on the jackshaft cranks that I forgot to fit.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_bnIAKCUJLeOiRMCPcGdZQCFG2KBvnqhy-YXCK3F0nvuF5DDsPbWUXBg7d57jwGX2ElECTwaB1UXnJQVRqq8gtWrIEfSe-6OGId2RlJ9ZIJjgXOdcFxiRv9l8B9vYmARQdzRXOHNFqB2p9DHe-vj9J81vUzuZEgjWqBEf_AUgLv_eeLdMaK7Vc71Z20/s3299/20240203_233044%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1856" data-original-width="3299" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_bnIAKCUJLeOiRMCPcGdZQCFG2KBvnqhy-YXCK3F0nvuF5DDsPbWUXBg7d57jwGX2ElECTwaB1UXnJQVRqq8gtWrIEfSe-6OGId2RlJ9ZIJjgXOdcFxiRv9l8B9vYmARQdzRXOHNFqB2p9DHe-vj9J81vUzuZEgjWqBEf_AUgLv_eeLdMaK7Vc71Z20/w640-h360/20240203_233044%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shortly before bedtime I couldn't resist taking the Fowler for a little running on the layout. Just to keep the appetite for a completely finished model intact.</td></tr></tbody></table>Claus Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941765156840735956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409375129642703288.post-70532241457303839192024-01-21T20:48:00.005+01:002024-02-05T13:16:20.901+01:00Remote Control and Battery for Fowler<p>Finally after very long time and a lot of frustrations my second loco can now move under its own power. The Fowler F 30 from Essel Enginering has been fitted with a new control system and battery. Now traffic can finally take off to new heights on the 1/19 scale model of the 600 mm gravel line at Nystrup Gravel.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi90ymY5HJzW5AU-35dgcUPOAKNPN5YdseP592pHW9NWNyhdYYiE-P2AuFoUqFG9Dvz2AXZaNQzGX2jVQ4bns4HXEYI0-DdJojj5oaDQNQfVXJEDt-QPT2hqDGS8CzAdpPPklXzjiZC4Wq7hs9Scit6HHuZjZmRYhMg60-FATSeO-hUXYmtvBnjzMWOtzQ/s3626/CLN_0705%20(3)yy2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2040" data-original-width="3626" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi90ymY5HJzW5AU-35dgcUPOAKNPN5YdseP592pHW9NWNyhdYYiE-P2AuFoUqFG9Dvz2AXZaNQzGX2jVQ4bns4HXEYI0-DdJojj5oaDQNQfVXJEDt-QPT2hqDGS8CzAdpPPklXzjiZC4Wq7hs9Scit6HHuZjZmRYhMg60-FATSeO-hUXYmtvBnjzMWOtzQ/w640-h360/CLN_0705%20(3)yy2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For the real Nystrup Gravel company the arrival of the Fowler in 1934 meant an increase in capacity. The Fowler could pull longer trains than the smaller Danish built locos.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>As delivered the Essel Engineering Fowler was equipped with a huge battery pack and manual control via toggle switches in the cab and chimney. That's probably not too bad on a garden railway with few directional changes and long or continuous runs. On a very short layout manual control is (in my view, at least) unpractical, even if the chimney speed control on the model worked fine. Having had good experience with the RC equipment built into my little Lister it was my plan to fit the Fowler with RC gear from <a href="https://www.rctrains.co.uk/" target="_blank">RCTrains</a>. Despite being quite a patient guy, I simply gave up waiting for an RC-receiver. Having been e-mailing back and forth with RCTrains regarding the order since July 2022 without any results to show for the effort, I looked for an alternative. Now the Fowler has been fitted with a Maxi unit from <a href="https://www.locoremote.co.uk/" target="_blank">Loco Remote</a>.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpAvH9sDie5KBxNF6eb3CtRTW1lgdjqw96TfKGPpLxa4yodTNB75eX_xnjj0aI_mvvDn_79il6Sp5b5L2aoykW3tQXre0Yjl4ZGtFzDYa1F2JFRCr2fNpAlSe4Db5cs-Du6Gzqc8YjEZA-9gtOTzHNkOzWUGMa2wHEy-0ZafF3TwXVh0oHGAA8BuJrqsM/s4137/IMG_20231229_180244%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2327" data-original-width="4137" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpAvH9sDie5KBxNF6eb3CtRTW1lgdjqw96TfKGPpLxa4yodTNB75eX_xnjj0aI_mvvDn_79il6Sp5b5L2aoykW3tQXre0Yjl4ZGtFzDYa1F2JFRCr2fNpAlSe4Db5cs-Du6Gzqc8YjEZA-9gtOTzHNkOzWUGMa2wHEy-0ZafF3TwXVh0oHGAA8BuJrqsM/w640-h360/IMG_20231229_180244%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Testfitting the Maxi unit next to the motor.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>While the RCTrains equipment works with a hand held RC transmitter and receivers in the locomotives much like the better known RC cars and planes, the Loco Remote design is based on a unit placed in the locomotive and a controller interface generated by the unit on a Wi-Fi device like a phone or tablet. Quite clever actually, meaning you only have to purchase the unit for the locomotive as most people have a Wi-Fi enabled phone these days. The Maxi unit consist of three prints with components assembled into a single 'brick' to be connected to battery and motor. </p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hpInnl9BHJKS80QWrCy7Ndv_akPSqQyysI_XfWV2uXytP15gFRqvWIl5ebLU-4jDW_gGp1dCPyVg8dv-MptHzgrrxdAeqnTJZpQ20RdAYew5w_ZshJQnU7tzMgcbXDldrUorXKsLHcIaiM6DC9HiBHy-3u5a7kmWLgSS0zt3zeq-r-dkR8jz5T3d2lw/s4624/IMG_20220707_063514%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2601" data-original-width="4624" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hpInnl9BHJKS80QWrCy7Ndv_akPSqQyysI_XfWV2uXytP15gFRqvWIl5ebLU-4jDW_gGp1dCPyVg8dv-MptHzgrrxdAeqnTJZpQ20RdAYew5w_ZshJQnU7tzMgcbXDldrUorXKsLHcIaiM6DC9HiBHy-3u5a7kmWLgSS0zt3zeq-r-dkR8jz5T3d2lw/w640-h360/IMG_20220707_063514%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Originally a huge battery pack protruded into the cab. Here seen before I dismantled it and the original speed controller (seen to the left of the motor).</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>The battery pack in the Fowler originally consisted of no less than 6 AA-batteries. A small layout like mine has no use for locos with neither the power or endurance as a garden railway and I cut down the battery size to a single rechargable 9 V battery. How I <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2023/01/taking-fowler-apart.html" target="_blank">dismantled the Fowler was described in this blog post</a>. I fitted the new Li-ion 9 V battery between the frames mounted transversely between the axles. The battery was simply fastened to the loco's underside with double sided tape. I used a standard click-on connection to the battery's poles and ran wires to a sliding switch under the cab floor.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxiTrI3tfVGLIzkm6pQdQJbiPa5mNNe-W_KIFqt3UJgkO9wi0ehrScwjzzHihjUF8d5TNTodS_mTywf_ttT6zNg6q_q2QIHtXDlHlzoS0C5u6KudMeKUSBQTfi8JWGgJ5AhUM4NMdAZ8MdCd2RvtROHktQkiUwplcBE0ddS_ODX6Dlgb7nUSNCqdqk-s/s4026/IMG_20231230_222433%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4026" data-original-width="3114" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxiTrI3tfVGLIzkm6pQdQJbiPa5mNNe-W_KIFqt3UJgkO9wi0ehrScwjzzHihjUF8d5TNTodS_mTywf_ttT6zNg6q_q2QIHtXDlHlzoS0C5u6KudMeKUSBQTfi8JWGgJ5AhUM4NMdAZ8MdCd2RvtROHktQkiUwplcBE0ddS_ODX6Dlgb7nUSNCqdqk-s/w310-h400/IMG_20231230_222433%202.jpg" width="310" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Battery well hidden between the frames held in place with two pieces of double sided tape. The battery can be recharged in the loco via the USB connection.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The wires were routed to the sliding switch under the footplate through a hole in the scratch built cab floor via a small fuse. From there wires were run to the Loco Remote Maxi under the bonnet. The inside of the bonnet was covered in insulating tape to avoid accidental contact with the electrical components. The motor terminals were then connected to the Maxi and that's all the wiring needed on the loco. I will be installing lights on the locomotive later and wires are of course needed for that, too.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf7R20EI4ZXJgCHRm8RwHW2RGud6ECIK2w40Yx7RFWrRof9WYSXrTQxvo38spaunSoQWPBY0PqP9lDdbYQfA9jFpWb0GiHXF_ircemloCURo5RqtxC-KWnk5QnOFM0FPJ0DlaNeVNytKajUFpUJzjMnoK_mio7wCABzdz-mqV2z2CMJp4JUeHsl0Vaijo/s4474/IMG_20240121_191029%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4474" data-original-width="3359" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf7R20EI4ZXJgCHRm8RwHW2RGud6ECIK2w40Yx7RFWrRof9WYSXrTQxvo38spaunSoQWPBY0PqP9lDdbYQfA9jFpWb0GiHXF_ircemloCURo5RqtxC-KWnk5QnOFM0FPJ0DlaNeVNytKajUFpUJzjMnoK_mio7wCABzdz-mqV2z2CMJp4JUeHsl0Vaijo/w300-h400/IMG_20240121_191029%202.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Switch and wires fitted under the cab floor connecting battery and Loco Remote Maxi unit.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib43upuGoUHKvwzQC-Wz0KyIPSq9pjPtULw9fQXWDCr11fLGE60nlfMSwazM3H_-rsH8fwrNYp8FI83meSWxQeRbAHO4ByzVYLElAYQgxdviLzeT75Cd5_qbuu-MOdPNvh_QlOz6yXK7pdG9MS9MdhFxF3ruYjYIdgIhTB9tVCl-RT1xn5jtp3eJhqB8M/s3773/IMG_20240121_191140%20(1)%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3773" data-original-width="2833" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib43upuGoUHKvwzQC-Wz0KyIPSq9pjPtULw9fQXWDCr11fLGE60nlfMSwazM3H_-rsH8fwrNYp8FI83meSWxQeRbAHO4ByzVYLElAYQgxdviLzeT75Cd5_qbuu-MOdPNvh_QlOz6yXK7pdG9MS9MdhFxF3ruYjYIdgIhTB9tVCl-RT1xn5jtp3eJhqB8M/w300-h400/IMG_20240121_191140%20(1)%202.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Protective plate fitted under the model's rear end. Makes sure no wires snag on my prototypically bad and overgrown track.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw8MaBzq1_KZnm-n6f5p6lawVuPz9waJLk7r3OvjQp_oaJ0_4Ds7ck4ZV2bcsCue-8PUTjlQZKScpESktPFMmJXfdrfeLT3A8Gd6u_hkWkXS7h1jnofxE4Z2hDIkn_O05HCwTpDpONejdCrFY1x-YqLUBcKsj9RGc-qWFh7P058Qw9TEbwbhD3MOzRa98/s4230/IMG_20240121_191215.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2379" data-original-width="4230" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw8MaBzq1_KZnm-n6f5p6lawVuPz9waJLk7r3OvjQp_oaJ0_4Ds7ck4ZV2bcsCue-8PUTjlQZKScpESktPFMmJXfdrfeLT3A8Gd6u_hkWkXS7h1jnofxE4Z2hDIkn_O05HCwTpDpONejdCrFY1x-YqLUBcKsj9RGc-qWFh7P058Qw9TEbwbhD3MOzRa98/w640-h360/IMG_20240121_191215.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loco Remote Maxi unit mounted between motor and gear box cover. I covered the inside of the bonnet with insulating tape, but the Maxi unit fits perfectly and could possibly work risc free without. But better safe than sorry!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>The business of connecting the unit installed on the loco with the controller interface on my phone worked out without any problems at all. I simply followed the guide from Loco Remote and everything worked exactly as laid out in the instructions. I guess anyone with a modern phone could do this - my 80 year old dad included.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsRHjOueWRVDKDu2KMEIm__-QmP7unYyXAe3A7AjY0WPvaFcMkIoVpmU0j_9SOhn4lUAwE8P2-xqo-yme5Zkq0ZNS9P_60Y6wcNL0R_B5rpRnFWZIimq7FLVZIsCDtFInzzGTfTVIr1oAIkGGZJ5QU2r8OIneQydHORqbMmv4wvAsu2UqsBqQpt4MImls/s3559/IMG_20240121_195843%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2002" data-original-width="3559" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsRHjOueWRVDKDu2KMEIm__-QmP7unYyXAe3A7AjY0WPvaFcMkIoVpmU0j_9SOhn4lUAwE8P2-xqo-yme5Zkq0ZNS9P_60Y6wcNL0R_B5rpRnFWZIimq7FLVZIsCDtFInzzGTfTVIr1oAIkGGZJ5QU2r8OIneQydHORqbMmv4wvAsu2UqsBqQpt4MImls/w640-h360/IMG_20240121_195843%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy moment on Nystrup Gravel! The Fowler is moving smoothly along my home built track controlled by my phone. A true breakthrough for my small model railway.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>With functuality and power established I'm now moving on with <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2024/02/fowler-exterior-detailing.html" target="_blank">detailing the Fowler to make it</a> resemble the Nystrup prototype with all its small modifications.</p>Claus Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941765156840735956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409375129642703288.post-8127292803476775692024-01-18T14:03:00.001+01:002024-01-18T20:59:36.429+01:00Snow, Frost and Gravel Extraction<p>It has been rather cold in Denmark lately and with a cover of snow all over the country. It's been a few years since we have seen that. Snow didn't hamper gravel extraction as such. As long as the temperatures didn't drop too much below zero making the ground's top layer frozen, an excavator could force it's way to the gravel.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxUqIvN0IevNIfHS53t16ozTBWVSYSsbeLYPSAdo4Lz5MeXm4yXPx7YwPmlZFZmXjSZB7p_VEDYyWohUEHZdqcuNmmZmKD2Gfj75J-DUZvMzdSa83z4Tc85svFk2hDySa43p4omY7BK4xwacx6xyrEWsUfjcQHsmQ8IOBF10lrFi8eiYggKirclUGB-Bw/s2746/20240107_Hedeland%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1545" data-original-width="2746" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxUqIvN0IevNIfHS53t16ozTBWVSYSsbeLYPSAdo4Lz5MeXm4yXPx7YwPmlZFZmXjSZB7p_VEDYyWohUEHZdqcuNmmZmKD2Gfj75J-DUZvMzdSa83z4Tc85svFk2hDySa43p4omY7BK4xwacx6xyrEWsUfjcQHsmQ8IOBF10lrFi8eiYggKirclUGB-Bw/w640-h360/20240107_Hedeland%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Winter in a gravel pit. Photo: Mimi Kristiansen.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The main reason for Nystrup Gravel's low production during winter and snowy conditions was the demand for gravel from construction projects. Most construction projects were stopped or reduced during winter to limit the risk of stoppages due to frost and snow. Winter was thus a season of repair and maintenance of equipment and production facilities.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipcBxxVCGu6ee2IA3xdUt3Qd5br0oGCYkw1zGucugs3r7eclJLDnQKIOORFgcLTsnh_6sPKzOTPfIOC5A5ifjeS47mGsmTgycbvRtBBeCo7y_egzwHkCuA2IeuI3xX8yg6t1LPXh5b3qxbKqrgqn8VBkhj1CjeW9un3077W3Q44pI_8pchFycFVLrQnOo/s2299/036%20Bent%20Jensen12022014_0000.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1533" data-original-width="2299" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipcBxxVCGu6ee2IA3xdUt3Qd5br0oGCYkw1zGucugs3r7eclJLDnQKIOORFgcLTsnh_6sPKzOTPfIOC5A5ifjeS47mGsmTgycbvRtBBeCo7y_egzwHkCuA2IeuI3xX8yg6t1LPXh5b3qxbKqrgqn8VBkhj1CjeW9un3077W3Q44pI_8pchFycFVLrQnOo/w640-h426/036%20Bent%20Jensen12022014_0000.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the workers at a Danish gravel company taking a break in the shadow of the company's loco shed. If they had good skills for maintaining equipment they kept their job during winter and frost periods. Otherwise they were laid off and had to find other jobs to help sustain their family. Often hard during winter where manual labour wasn't needed in agriculture. </td></tr></tbody></table>Claus Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941765156840735956noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409375129642703288.post-45320972291714655692024-01-09T12:34:00.003+01:002024-01-10T15:00:36.239+01:00Power, Poles and Isolators<p>A little over a year ago I received some <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2022/12/porcelain-isolators.html" target="_blank">excellent 3D printed porcelain isolators</a> for my little 1/19 scale layout. I have now fitted a few isolators to poles made earlier. The poles are first stage in the electricity and lighting installation on the layout.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5gezmEuvEXYFCEj1qURMZZBj-o-aTpxdp2_1pJzLVSBlthLKwdPCbhyphenhyphenwEvKpBgdynn_99yJgizi_2tyJUDKdon-VIFvUE7_j8pL1vQWTxiMhdscKbzgiMVxy3YxmkNlDj3AuPWB1WIChC__MXtB5nDxjL99rVjoCT9zWKkr0w6Hibm7YzyQi62sEZMg/s3635/IMG_20240108_235853%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3635" data-original-width="2730" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5gezmEuvEXYFCEj1qURMZZBj-o-aTpxdp2_1pJzLVSBlthLKwdPCbhyphenhyphenwEvKpBgdynn_99yJgizi_2tyJUDKdon-VIFvUE7_j8pL1vQWTxiMhdscKbzgiMVxy3YxmkNlDj3AuPWB1WIChC__MXtB5nDxjL99rVjoCT9zWKkr0w6Hibm7YzyQi62sEZMg/w300-h400/IMG_20240108_235853%202.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished pole top with isolators and protective sheet metal cover.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>In Denmark wires hung from steel or wooden poles are fast disappearing completely as most wires and cables are being buried. Some may appreciate the improved view from their house, but I've always liked the nice and orderly impression of power or telephone wires on a wooden pole. But while poles are becoming abscent from the Danish landscape new ones are now being erected on the Nystrup Gravel layout.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGtj1o1ANzqIVdsuTdqpfiCl_mGCoL1UHf855maUiB2qz4LnJ_KlxGHs8QyuQSPXzHAsXzrQE-tDw1vM8pgjqBtP8BG09JoT1mRd-A5pIt4j68jrKJr8k0EII7I5IArmwKtAvPbVmblMOz1tL5dkPd4aTgfD60KeHX63KcPBmSnX9Fd97aPzBUEqO9dAw/s900/2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="900" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGtj1o1ANzqIVdsuTdqpfiCl_mGCoL1UHf855maUiB2qz4LnJ_KlxGHs8QyuQSPXzHAsXzrQE-tDw1vM8pgjqBtP8BG09JoT1mRd-A5pIt4j68jrKJr8k0EII7I5IArmwKtAvPbVmblMOz1tL5dkPd4aTgfD60KeHX63KcPBmSnX9Fd97aPzBUEqO9dAw/w640-h360/2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fate of many Danish poles: stacked waiting for a new owner or the chipping machine.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>My work began with separating the isolators from the small print support sprue and file away the tiny attachment stub. The 1/19 scale isolators are designed with a small hole in the bottom to accept a 1 mm wire for mounting. I had planned to make a small jig for bending the isolators' mounting bracket, but I soon realised that making a jig would consume more time than hand bending double the number of brackets freehand and binning the worst. I bent the brackets from 1 mm nickle silver wire and having selected the best, they were trimmed and isolators test fitted. Each bracket was then adjusted to ensure a minimum of similarity of the isolators' position on them.</p><p>Once I was satisfied with the isolators' fit on the brackets I painted the isolators with a light sand colour and the brackets a light grey. When dry I mounted the isolators in pairs on the poles in predrilled holes. My model poles correspond to a prototype height of 6.5 m and I fitted the isolators with a distance of 2 cm on the poles with reference from prototype poles. Once the AC glued had dried I weathered the isolators lightly with a wash of black oil paint while the brackets received a burnt sienna wash for imitation of rust.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Ghsfgx-aMblAwDV6-QVxSs8eZVMjSAARLJXwzQkkATbrBkLibRvFm-gOUQSLOqrdiIqkfv1wn30O_sQXLC1R37u1L7STCM4m0V3r8w2xb055WIZYtukK2oS5yWAb2SlJGZjw7vTwWsQvhSRPbfPtCuxx-nyec8YNtIfT6XMf9_CwNZcsbMGyUUUAy2M/s4228/CLN_0019%20(3).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2379" data-original-width="4228" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Ghsfgx-aMblAwDV6-QVxSs8eZVMjSAARLJXwzQkkATbrBkLibRvFm-gOUQSLOqrdiIqkfv1wn30O_sQXLC1R37u1L7STCM4m0V3r8w2xb055WIZYtukK2oS5yWAb2SlJGZjw7vTwWsQvhSRPbfPtCuxx-nyec8YNtIfT6XMf9_CwNZcsbMGyUUUAy2M/w640-h360/CLN_0019%20(3).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fresh from the 3D printer: A 20 piece double row of Danish pattern porcelain isolators in 1/19 scale from Per Møller Nielsen of <a href="https://epokemodeller.dk/" target="_blank">Epokemodeller</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZajWYI56jPTm8gwL1RNo-yCRdXgZpYHZhFTXDtkCMtnWw8BvIWyp1iX_IahVGUGCairPkY1Et802Pr4Qslk0UbYfN1A08dHD0PR_DgFWyyZ9dHEYDcCNFvvz13qBBpTNYMaJj8tb0oAE07GWplFFLRQfRzShY2vpYK7hd8rcRCBXZCFcDGr8NxXIaAtc/s3660/IMG_20240108_182927__01%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2059" data-original-width="3660" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZajWYI56jPTm8gwL1RNo-yCRdXgZpYHZhFTXDtkCMtnWw8BvIWyp1iX_IahVGUGCairPkY1Et802Pr4Qslk0UbYfN1A08dHD0PR_DgFWyyZ9dHEYDcCNFvvz13qBBpTNYMaJj8tb0oAE07GWplFFLRQfRzShY2vpYK7hd8rcRCBXZCFcDGr8NxXIaAtc/w640-h360/IMG_20240108_182927__01%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Four isolators fitted to nickle silver 1 mm wire. Final adjustment still to be done to ensure a minimum of similarity of the isolators' position on their wire brackets.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The previously made wooden poles had been fabricated from round wooden sticks that I sanded with a file to obtain a slightly tapering shape. I smoothed the surface somewhat with finer modelling files before I treated the pole with dark grey wood staining fluid and an assortment of thinned acrylic colours. Each pole took no more than 10 minutes to make. Before I mounted the isolators I fitted the poles with the usual top protection to avoid the rotting from the top in the humid Danish atmosphere. I made two types from cut-up soda can metal: the simple bent pointed plate and the flat topped round version. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_oWqV8Mk2ENLRaUozrAK-mw07CB8vD65-Eg9aEdR65VlXWgUDNjobIXoWa2dNh31vWUoRKWYTFUviciv4alrcxD5EscCSYDXGC_xXk49ttccZRI3_39tyN1ZdLn_6vKAbMQSFVmf9h7Dwg02fBXEJvaX566Ikbt-YTVE3L2jrKy4bvLZiZ_QbeTL_UbE/s3145/IMG_20240108_235853%204.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1769" data-original-width="3145" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_oWqV8Mk2ENLRaUozrAK-mw07CB8vD65-Eg9aEdR65VlXWgUDNjobIXoWa2dNh31vWUoRKWYTFUviciv4alrcxD5EscCSYDXGC_xXk49ttccZRI3_39tyN1ZdLn_6vKAbMQSFVmf9h7Dwg02fBXEJvaX566Ikbt-YTVE3L2jrKy4bvLZiZ_QbeTL_UbE/w640-h360/IMG_20240108_235853%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up af a pair of isolators on a pole.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I have yet to find permanent locations for the poles as I'm still looking for an ideal balance between what will look good and at the same time put the poles least in risc of damage during traffic on the layout. Once the poles have foundt their final upright positions I'll show them in their full height and glory!</p>Claus Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941765156840735956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409375129642703288.post-51240367013531758322023-12-31T14:05:00.000+01:002023-12-31T14:05:32.715+01:00A Review of 2023<p>2023 is fast approaching its end and I'm enjoying a cup of coffee in a comfy reading chair in my library/workshop. I'm looking back on the year's events for the 1/19 scale Nystrup Gravel layout. Definately not a year without progress, but the number of posts has never been lower. With only 34 posts 2023 even underperformed the 'annus horribilis' of 2017 that reached 35 posts. On the other hand the blog could <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2023/08/22-mm-grass-tufts-blog-post-500.html" target="_blank">celebrate post number 500 in August with a story about new grass tufts from Spain</a>.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21ZJ3MKDiSSxbggu0Bcc66oJn0bEHC8l4ZCKlSQOU8AvpLLAlWRsx_HY0UivSiOaFepPeWTndCYLo4L5eydSsSe5NE8O_uhmitiOfxaARE8t5u2lCSm2dG5k0XSBbuH9iK1lse3l0yntTMxlr2cPwwsXQ-naj9IC-mZdYNSWq1GJJyQEAWXJxx115bCs/s4313/CLN_1086%20(3).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2426" data-original-width="4313" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21ZJ3MKDiSSxbggu0Bcc66oJn0bEHC8l4ZCKlSQOU8AvpLLAlWRsx_HY0UivSiOaFepPeWTndCYLo4L5eydSsSe5NE8O_uhmitiOfxaARE8t5u2lCSm2dG5k0XSBbuH9iK1lse3l0yntTMxlr2cPwwsXQ-naj9IC-mZdYNSWq1GJJyQEAWXJxx115bCs/w640-h360/CLN_1086%20(3).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three underground skips were taken into use at Nystrup Gravel in 2023. They mostly serve ash transport to emptied parts of the gravel pits. Ash was dumped in the old pits, that were also used for a lot of the company's general waste. Normal practice in the early 1950's for many companies.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The year began with work on three of the six 3D printed Hudson underground skips that Nystrup Gravel used for ash and general spoil transport to empty parts of the old gravel pits. The <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2023/05/finished-underground-skips.html" target="_blank">finishing of the three narrow profile underground skips</a> was somewhat delayed as I squashed and broke a finger while building a 1/1 scale platform. That meant a break from modelling, but not more than I could <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2023/04/danish-model-railway-union-exhibition.html" target="_blank">visit a large Danish model railway exhibition</a>.</p><p>The most visible progress on the layout has been my continued work with landscaping and vegetation. In april I managed to build the stairs used by the workers to access the loading ramp and finish the ground cover on the ramp module with a mix of used ground coffee, sieved gravel, small stones and twigs. Most of it was soon <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2023/08/grass-on-loading-ramp-segment.html" target="_blank">covered by static grass in several colours</a>. The plank road and gravel covered area at the ramp was also almost finished, now lacking only the final detailing. In the final weeks of 2023 I began working my way through module 1 with ground cover and coarse sisal grass.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRZEtsUFK4vg7-Gp7Czyhob_VIFlkiVysgsDNULWbEyz16E3-pboFOpWgT9yiaxY_Ki6-PJdNauoyzO3c2ivfFpT4DwzCZCIS2nJICnQ3jLsH9E7h4_-yxn1Cf-kY058Npy4TVTf52nfyy1nEYfJNYYcd8ZIfUyNbOOt2hkSWCxXJnuWNdLueUIwEaeu0/s5160/CLN_0695%202.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2903" data-original-width="5160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRZEtsUFK4vg7-Gp7Czyhob_VIFlkiVysgsDNULWbEyz16E3-pboFOpWgT9yiaxY_Ki6-PJdNauoyzO3c2ivfFpT4DwzCZCIS2nJICnQ3jLsH9E7h4_-yxn1Cf-kY058Npy4TVTf52nfyy1nEYfJNYYcd8ZIfUyNbOOt2hkSWCxXJnuWNdLueUIwEaeu0/w640-h360/CLN_0695%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The area around the loading ramp was covered in grass of several lengths, colours and coarseness during 2023. </td></tr></tbody></table><p>The most monumental leap forward for Nystrup Gravel was however the beginning of installation of battery and remote control equipment in the Fowler diesel. A project that had been postponed for far too long due to difficulties in acquiring RC-equipment from a supplier. After a long proces I lost patience and bought WiFi-equipment from <a href="https://www.locoremote.co.uk/" target="_blank">Loco Remote</a> - no waiting needed for their services! Within 14 days I had two Loco Remote Maxi units on my door step. That even included customs processing and payment as Loco Remote is located in the United Kingdom and Nystrup Gravel in the Kingdom of Denmark, European Union. Expect news about the Fowler in the near future.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ4qqsWA7sgT-3-wBRBQw6gihOF9XITc-ecLrJDqtncM08mmVyt-vPr___6nPu59rPF91BkedKxesQ3q5Tq6ei8ymBcWurxsl5AQtz7ZOvFJGg9LRWrxHNvbjBBoW9wQRJBy8WCfs0EkBMpjsKW1OjXZZZtnN3WuxTOrGC3XhpQhpHjVrmywbHOMkr1AE/s3887/IMG_20231224_150815%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="3887" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ4qqsWA7sgT-3-wBRBQw6gihOF9XITc-ecLrJDqtncM08mmVyt-vPr___6nPu59rPF91BkedKxesQ3q5Tq6ei8ymBcWurxsl5AQtz7ZOvFJGg9LRWrxHNvbjBBoW9wQRJBy8WCfs0EkBMpjsKW1OjXZZZtnN3WuxTOrGC3XhpQhpHjVrmywbHOMkr1AE/w640-h360/IMG_20231224_150815%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before the work commenced. Most of the main parts laid out around the loco. Cheap Chinese 9 V battery to the right, in bubble wrap above the loco chassis two Loco Remote Maxi units and an assortment of cables.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The first stages in the rebuild of the Fowler was succesfully completed in 2023. The huge battery pack was removed and a new cab floor assembly was built. For a more reliable service with the Nystrup Gravel skips I also <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2023/01/fowler-rebuilding.html" target="_blank">lowered the buffers on the loco</a>.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP4yG38PX5qXHMADYcimtgfpy9aWlwLrpspqdMRwWs2yn7MaWn66f7BXqBT6_i3bk9Jxa3Ei9lwaJR9tHJ0pRw6BWVp-5aqpHQf0MIQRr4SGa2xM8gSbpr0iIYb1ahdt-uoAQLHp0zgidfEgyZ1PT4yg5akY8d1BpojuOqPud0_5Fs31IUbT4Qrayu740/s2984/20230127_170207%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1678" data-original-width="2984" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP4yG38PX5qXHMADYcimtgfpy9aWlwLrpspqdMRwWs2yn7MaWn66f7BXqBT6_i3bk9Jxa3Ei9lwaJR9tHJ0pRw6BWVp-5aqpHQf0MIQRr4SGa2xM8gSbpr0iIYb1ahdt-uoAQLHp0zgidfEgyZ1PT4yg5akY8d1BpojuOqPud0_5Fs31IUbT4Qrayu740/w640-h360/20230127_170207%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lowered buffers on the Fowler to fit the layout's fleet of skips. Looking at the photo I'm glad I chose to build the track myself. It looks much more prototypically than standard Peco SM32 track.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>2023 was a year where, for the first time in many years, no new road vehicles were added to the collection. The Land Rover Series I bought in 2021 received the usual treatment of decals fitting the Nystrup setting; Danish license plates, detail painting and a light weathering. As a vehicle from the Danish National Forest District 4 the <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2023/07/land-rover-in-service.html" target="_blank">Land Rover is now an active part of the car collection</a>. My work on the Land Rover even prompted a good Danish modelling colleague to work on his Land Rover as well. <a href="https://sundborg.wordpress.com/2023/11/26/land-rover-fra-traktorerstatning-til-livsstilsikon/" target="_blank">Check his work on the Sundborg blog out here</a> - in Danish, but with lots of images. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiziKJLhGKsFhi-HFcF2QpGUhUPU0WL4rRMYfPWoKLMhA8bw_0QNAeURcLVo9Fvowtk8_shQBMtf618BQIl2JYJjy3ASri2R-kluJAfA3SvIAokoKTiv0Cjm9vWdeg5WAYJbxGOigJS0FXVRJyinRHT4jkI0cM2pvFSd8lK5v7X5DaHcTFyIiWidaUbQwk/s4922/CLN_0301%203.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3281" data-original-width="4922" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiziKJLhGKsFhi-HFcF2QpGUhUPU0WL4rRMYfPWoKLMhA8bw_0QNAeURcLVo9Fvowtk8_shQBMtf618BQIl2JYJjy3ASri2R-kluJAfA3SvIAokoKTiv0Cjm9vWdeg5WAYJbxGOigJS0FXVRJyinRHT4jkI0cM2pvFSd8lK5v7X5DaHcTFyIiWidaUbQwk/w640-h426/CLN_0301%203.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Minichamps Land Rover parked in the wrong side of the road. Both passenger and driver has left the vehicle. Perhaps to study rare flowers in the ditch?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>During 2023 I began a series of small scale experiments. Of course it is a distraction from my main modelling effort, but small scale modelling is fun and a different challenge. It also allows me to explore an Eastern European theme that I have always wanted to try. <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2023/03/soviet-narrow-gauge-187-scale.html" target="_blank"> In march some 3D printed kits arrived from Kyiv</a> and occasional work on them saw a <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2023/11/pd-1-draisine-finished.html" target="_blank">PD-1 draisine on a small diorama finish in November</a>. I hope to take the Eastern European H0e adventure a bit further and have bought track and some mining equipment to slowly start a small scene.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq2MOHQ1gvfIj8TO-uFVSWQL5lEEVlioequNvbepwPz1dOEwcwUlrKgQwkVjX10toXj2wNuATb-Xkge-zBuXGvz_IpVE326m0ThMfiPG06GxMrfrnSN3767jETyFrMc4jDnc7e_X9bDlaDsccDcYH0fw-umvIY_KMTdIDFF3UdYMruVbXWm0BYGBlNQ9k/s3723/CLN_0871y%202.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3723" data-original-width="2725" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq2MOHQ1gvfIj8TO-uFVSWQL5lEEVlioequNvbepwPz1dOEwcwUlrKgQwkVjX10toXj2wNuATb-Xkge-zBuXGvz_IpVE326m0ThMfiPG06GxMrfrnSN3767jETyFrMc4jDnc7e_X9bDlaDsccDcYH0fw-umvIY_KMTdIDFF3UdYMruVbXWm0BYGBlNQ9k/w293-h400/CLN_0871y%202.JPG" width="293" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With the fields and forest near Baranyvka in the background draisine no. 2 of type PD-1 poses on its small diorama.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>During the year I have been trainspotting abroad on a few occasions. Mostly in neighbouring Sweden where I went both in my professional capacity for a Danish railway contracting company and for fun with a team of mates from my vintage railway. The 31. Internationales Feldbahntreffen in Germany was also paid a visit. Two German societies had teamed up for the event and consequently I checked in at both Frankfurter Feldbahnmuseum and Feld- und Grubenbahnmuseum Fortuna. Some great days was spent enjoying narrow gauge and networking with enthusiasts preserving our industrial heritage. In 2024 the 32. Internationales Feldbahntreffen will be hosted by the <a href="https://www.ibk.dk/en/" target="_blank">Hedeland vintage railway in Denmark</a>.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQ6AsBCt3NvqPg-0fGRHYo2CH37kjoRFcCuJKEmF1UfKxEmyZyyAcas7vuOcHqrp6TkrpAPJ-zIA0ZoeZdAh1DS3MBvrgcKlq3G9DHVxN4owdqfSA9X62x7gxunlOcOCSs2OKkJuL18cfcRZWBdgIva2gHBHSh_BtYphLtwJ2YIq1sYAi-gDGdUOpDxw/s4750/CLN_0424%202y.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2672" data-original-width="4750" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQ6AsBCt3NvqPg-0fGRHYo2CH37kjoRFcCuJKEmF1UfKxEmyZyyAcas7vuOcHqrp6TkrpAPJ-zIA0ZoeZdAh1DS3MBvrgcKlq3G9DHVxN4owdqfSA9X62x7gxunlOcOCSs2OKkJuL18cfcRZWBdgIva2gHBHSh_BtYphLtwJ2YIq1sYAi-gDGdUOpDxw/w640-h360/CLN_0424%202y.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loco 3 (O&K 6625/1913) pulling a train of skips through a wooded section on the short circular line at the Feld- und Grubenbahnmuseum Fortuna. The gauge is 600 mm and the train was manned by a brakewoman.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>During 2023 I got all the blog posts with content in 1/35 scale clearly marked with the appropriate scale in the title. That should help readers distinguish between my previous 1/35 scale and current 1/19 scale. With my main focus on modelling in 1/19 scale it is interesting that the most popular 1/19 scale post of the year is only the fourth most viewed post on the blog. Two posts about 1/35 modelling and one with 1/87 lead the race for most popular post of the year in 2023. It shows that years of modelling Nystrup Gravel in 1/35 scale still appeals to modellers out there and the blog is still searched for. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRZK14iKsUXu6Ebw9mQpuS-9apJRWmNu1DxgDXQitzPgloctYBBBhLFs103Ou8D7kLInwW2D6EQEM92r7SG6sfrcU13K3sWwB_x6FlFFW07M-DPQf5qixee5AevmSpUMr1ikd4zUpkcZW92J0vzspR4u_cMXQeeaiN43GeDx78TwBDECdc4t1QpHNOcO8/s822/Sk%C3%A6rmbillede%202023-12-27%20183526.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="822" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRZK14iKsUXu6Ebw9mQpuS-9apJRWmNu1DxgDXQitzPgloctYBBBhLFs103Ou8D7kLInwW2D6EQEM92r7SG6sfrcU13K3sWwB_x6FlFFW07M-DPQf5qixee5AevmSpUMr1ikd4zUpkcZW92J0vzspR4u_cMXQeeaiN43GeDx78TwBDECdc4t1QpHNOcO8/w640-h364/Sk%C3%A6rmbillede%202023-12-27%20183526.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top 5 of the most viewed posts on the Nystrup Gravel blog in 2023.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The number of views is slowly increasing and passed 56.000 views in 2023. I hope visitors take something with them from their visits no matter what scale they model in. I visit several blogs in different scales that inspire and provide me with new methods. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_oWjlpzCKoGDGMczQX4IBXLk4GkQc7kj7m7-GfsNDyvICusNdlB-77Smp0TjOMWM6puzVaPLeV5_Nqb_UVsANdSiL95U_yS8XAz_sameR-Vdinzstjn486wIZ9mvnvqlhiFyFJ_1Wan8qxTCCijlf_SLPCZt2xOS3G4kG8GWXez6m16Jj0ip2zspEJ_M/s6000/CLN_0106%202.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3375" data-original-width="6000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_oWjlpzCKoGDGMczQX4IBXLk4GkQc7kj7m7-GfsNDyvICusNdlB-77Smp0TjOMWM6puzVaPLeV5_Nqb_UVsANdSiL95U_yS8XAz_sameR-Vdinzstjn486wIZ9mvnvqlhiFyFJ_1Wan8qxTCCijlf_SLPCZt2xOS3G4kG8GWXez6m16Jj0ip2zspEJ_M/w640-h360/CLN_0106%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As usual I have spent the majority of my spare time not modelling, but helping run a full scale vintage 700 mm narrow gauge railway running. On one of the last days of 2023 we had to dispose of some excavated material. It was taken away in skips and while it's fun to run skip trains in 1/19 scale it's even more fun in 1/1.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Next year I hope to cover the layout completely with vegetation. I have shopped some artificial plants that I will test for providing different textures to my layout. I also hope to finally getting the Fowler running and detailed to my usual standard. Lights and wooden poles with power cables are also on the schedule for 2024 as well as detailing a pair of road vehicles. Perhaps I can even begin working on the Baguley-Drewry?</p><p>Happy New Year to readers wherever you may be located. I wish you health and fortune, particularly if you've had a less than happy 2023.</p>Claus Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941765156840735956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409375129642703288.post-43231556403767932782023-12-10T19:18:00.003+01:002023-12-10T22:43:29.143+01:00Lister Problem and Modification<p>With a working industrial railway the equipment needs some maintenance. My Lister R had lost one of the bolts in the bar keeping the axles in place. The bolt had torn off every layer of paint down to the bare white metal. Something had to be done and there was another problem that needed attention, too.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGa9e2MMo3q7QOvzGv_k8Gz2FD5obzuC8DEjgnaQ7K-J_lZ15ndIscFvFsZzqf0GaeIF0qAStC62kxCOCdeTxroSrV_egOvKevsjAyLfcdHSIZzYcDiWjxxNrC8L6c37NR3co4OQo8Etp31NmIfZio5MNZsReNEABILSGvnWeT_POe5pazEo5DiGm2Uk/s4624/IMG_20231209_152022%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2601" data-original-width="4624" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGa9e2MMo3q7QOvzGv_k8Gz2FD5obzuC8DEjgnaQ7K-J_lZ15ndIscFvFsZzqf0GaeIF0qAStC62kxCOCdeTxroSrV_egOvKevsjAyLfcdHSIZzYcDiWjxxNrC8L6c37NR3co4OQo8Etp31NmIfZio5MNZsReNEABILSGvnWeT_POe5pazEo5DiGm2Uk/w640-h360/IMG_20231209_152022%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The left bolt below the driver had fallen off and the bare white metal spot stood out like a sore thumb.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I replaced the missing bolt with a slice of hexagonal plastic strip glued on with AC-glue. The repaired area was painted with a mix of Vallejo paints to appear as in red primer after an urgent repair. I gave the area a quick wash of heavily diluted black oil paint to blend in with the rest of the loco. Having done that, I began tackling the other problem: the frames of skips being 'caught' under the Lister's buffers particularly when being pushed. This has led to some very prototypical derailments that I'd nevertheless would rather avoid. The steel buffers are simply placed too high on the kit. To prevent the skip frames being caught under them, I added a wooden beam under each of the steel buffers to get a level buffing surface.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn27pGes5g6c6XPVgtvI3pYhQ_aWMhyphenhyphen0ODXHsn49jK1Ou6saUPjvMHfA5oykY9UtGTbq95Y3bfEwf05AVUm9PPCEwLeGuX2jw2QV23sVDZSrnCkwcgPA70badw4l5OPbCxcnFCTK0x2XOt86z6mJb3JTvJwxuKFXb0hW0wt4ulzze9JshavSXIxKXcJCA/s4624/IMG_20231209_213545%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2601" data-original-width="4624" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn27pGes5g6c6XPVgtvI3pYhQ_aWMhyphenhyphen0ODXHsn49jK1Ou6saUPjvMHfA5oykY9UtGTbq95Y3bfEwf05AVUm9PPCEwLeGuX2jw2QV23sVDZSrnCkwcgPA70badw4l5OPbCxcnFCTK0x2XOt86z6mJb3JTvJwxuKFXb0hW0wt4ulzze9JshavSXIxKXcJCA/w640-h360/IMG_20231209_213545%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The white plastic bolt head is glued in place and the wooden beams fitted with plastic details.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The beams themselves were dyed grey after being treated with junior hack saw and knife. Steel fixtures of plasticard and strip were fitted with AC-glue and the beams glued to the loco's ballast weights under the buffers. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoUu7SBVLhyphenhyphentpEvEOMkycar8FtR4X01ZFJ5M6Uqdz03vWaJavnu220pXafmoIBLbQqlcUgn7qGhcO-XMufnbLkFnIAMgGm3L5FaRQ3Qe-jNHQhFqPDEj5Uk4XcgE8OtMCNU0Vs82PEgNAB2bz2tLr2ylZHPnkkZqdTpToj0f721sFN_lhUwlAiZ2y4AMs/s4806/CLN_1023%203.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2703" data-original-width="4806" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoUu7SBVLhyphenhyphentpEvEOMkycar8FtR4X01ZFJ5M6Uqdz03vWaJavnu220pXafmoIBLbQqlcUgn7qGhcO-XMufnbLkFnIAMgGm3L5FaRQ3Qe-jNHQhFqPDEj5Uk4XcgE8OtMCNU0Vs82PEgNAB2bz2tLr2ylZHPnkkZqdTpToj0f721sFN_lhUwlAiZ2y4AMs/w640-h360/CLN_1023%203.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nystrup loco no 3 with bolt repair and new extra wooden buffers.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi06dqg-5l2AGvgbj1qThleuDjLG57g_LZ19INBdN1yrQpFkP6TOwvm1dHE6O3YBCYPjk78HDyF8AMRtoBJqHq5wupLhFZx6GQ8acw8rhgZi86Duvo_7tDqkKM6cpl0U2DpXo8jpYmqgu8FlZowHqneLnUsVkkMp0cWxRaYU6aKjQoG9lFqI_9q7ZtmDeQ/s4719/CLN_1025%202.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2654" data-original-width="4719" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi06dqg-5l2AGvgbj1qThleuDjLG57g_LZ19INBdN1yrQpFkP6TOwvm1dHE6O3YBCYPjk78HDyF8AMRtoBJqHq5wupLhFZx6GQ8acw8rhgZi86Duvo_7tDqkKM6cpl0U2DpXo8jpYmqgu8FlZowHqneLnUsVkkMp0cWxRaYU6aKjQoG9lFqI_9q7ZtmDeQ/w640-h360/CLN_1025%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The steel bolts were painted in the same primer red paint as the bolt repair.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Initial testing with one skip showed that the problem couldn't be recreated during three test runs up the gradient to the loading ramp. So far so good. Further running will show if the solution works in daily service, cutting down on derailments.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhIF8WrnzR4ggbATfJarbDM6Woxu6gX_IBBan2Fv6ZF-VRkkABTwnNITErU-ohPw6-YGaRBKaRzDf9nGGRxEgNdqjDuj8QT2UXaNpm_sNqJ4mNIjbX3t0ianCyyTrbKos6IcLnVuDDw9abC_Q5DNdfYRP-cip4M2rh3BcmGZvr5SoiSxwgOS7iUUK1Kk/s5568/CLN_1032%202.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3132" data-original-width="5568" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhIF8WrnzR4ggbATfJarbDM6Woxu6gX_IBBan2Fv6ZF-VRkkABTwnNITErU-ohPw6-YGaRBKaRzDf9nGGRxEgNdqjDuj8QT2UXaNpm_sNqJ4mNIjbX3t0ianCyyTrbKos6IcLnVuDDw9abC_Q5DNdfYRP-cip4M2rh3BcmGZvr5SoiSxwgOS7iUUK1Kk/w640-h360/CLN_1032%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Up the gradient with the new wooden beam mounted under the steel buffers.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-w94WrzWeHFbGuArE5lX-3BzC8oM2XWf6pfQX6XXmLERhe8bv-xZ_ct-dB4qS-sOd0PfiJ6_Y-jHfS8bfHvaiyg-qt1fEJ23R4i9S7WX2eC_fAzk74mM0y5W_M6jeV_dg7rUcHO-migcZnoGXUGYpMY-tAsA3sFFV1T0NgASC6WvIfB3RuiSbVyT5Q0w/s2132/CLN_1032%203.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="2132" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-w94WrzWeHFbGuArE5lX-3BzC8oM2XWf6pfQX6XXmLERhe8bv-xZ_ct-dB4qS-sOd0PfiJ6_Y-jHfS8bfHvaiyg-qt1fEJ23R4i9S7WX2eC_fAzk74mM0y5W_M6jeV_dg7rUcHO-migcZnoGXUGYpMY-tAsA3sFFV1T0NgASC6WvIfB3RuiSbVyT5Q0w/w640-h360/CLN_1032%203.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crop of the image above show how high the steel buffers sit in relation to the skip frame. The wooden beam helps create a continous buffing surface.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p>Claus Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941765156840735956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409375129642703288.post-42063435017785252342023-12-08T10:02:00.003+01:002023-12-08T10:16:58.036+01:00Slate Quarry Point<p>A slate quarry point at Nystrup Gravel? Isn't that a bit far fetched? Perhaps, but calling the point something a bit more technical like a 'point for double flanged rolling stock' makes it more in keeping with the Nystrup Gravel theme. Double flanged rolling stock wasn't widespread on Danish industrial narrow gauge railways, but was used on one large first generation sugar beet network with 700 mm gauge as well as on several smaller operations. And a turnout for double flanged wheels will also accomodate the more usual one flanged wheels.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbtT3Z2Yn0OiOPagjQCuzJIU1tZaP-uG7vMriIkBVMLzze88Uo2MqRgrWa7_HY1Jd5eLzDoOAEhD-5fpqAc2uP8Og6_SvKWHkcqLW4Cm-n9Sx3_UBGqRH48enYTfHJwaib8CUvOOqrA9AX0rmMgOCjbgj4xjFALZgWT2_dHiUTwwHBiqSJKOEp88MvS4/s1052/405108440_320311387556805_7288230330560543433_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1052" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbtT3Z2Yn0OiOPagjQCuzJIU1tZaP-uG7vMriIkBVMLzze88Uo2MqRgrWa7_HY1Jd5eLzDoOAEhD-5fpqAc2uP8Og6_SvKWHkcqLW4Cm-n9Sx3_UBGqRH48enYTfHJwaib8CUvOOqrA9AX0rmMgOCjbgj4xjFALZgWT2_dHiUTwwHBiqSJKOEp88MvS4/w640-h304/405108440_320311387556805_7288230330560543433_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Atropos kit's box is white and flat. What is unusual is that the point can be assembled as a left or right hand point and even a Y-point. That leaves a lot of decision making to the modeller! Image: Ebay seller's photo.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The point is a kit labelled 'Slate quarry cast component point' from now gone Atropos Garden Railway Equipment. I only learned about the manufacturer 3 weeks ago from the useful 16 mm Narrow Gauge Association Facebook group. A quick search on eBay showed a single kit for sale for a most reasonable price of 20 £. My quick reaction and good service from the seller saw the kit arrive in Denmark just a little over a week later.</p><p>So what's in the box? 6 wooden sleepers, rail spikes and bolts, 4 short lengths of Peco code 143 rail and three metal castings (two switch plates and one crossing) and assembly instruction including drawings. The rail size is an exact match to my own hand built track which is very nice. The sleepers appear a bit wide, but will be easy to adjust or replace. The three castings puzzled me at first: I couldn´t get the bars to move and for a moment I thought the point was a static item, not intended for operation. Closer inspection found the bars only slightly stuck, perhaps from having not been moved for a long time.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYO3inbhm1Efzl1yaABEpm1u0VjwIct6KZzHzwxiAoVM218r2m0DTntYrgRnQ5N4gXCJsTpM3UdkxgxgjP7JZOMBruC_QXq96swa9fu30VjXdxxoi9PSNnBCpkALB_MLCCbRiLIMMY2CaWhRzt-pwZNgv4Rd3swstjEz-piMnsGy-jOcxEqFmIHtSP_M/s4077/IMG_20231206_193247%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2294" data-original-width="4077" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYO3inbhm1Efzl1yaABEpm1u0VjwIct6KZzHzwxiAoVM218r2m0DTntYrgRnQ5N4gXCJsTpM3UdkxgxgjP7JZOMBruC_QXq96swa9fu30VjXdxxoi9PSNnBCpkALB_MLCCbRiLIMMY2CaWhRzt-pwZNgv4Rd3swstjEz-piMnsGy-jOcxEqFmIHtSP_M/w640-h360/IMG_20231206_193247%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside the box, wrapped in paper was the kit's parts in small zip lock bags. The cast metal crossing and switch plates have been removed from the bags for clarity.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjQE_o2zGj69Is5dDdYOLDWKluko0cZeDVEzxZcnG3lgBeuA2gzNJ3FbfIV0XBMKwQvGs6vA6GPlPZWQ1SxyhewiMpzYfBDpCNhh9QuF6I0cx0uDnAjuoqZP9snsJrfAf-_ahCVIptYzn7VrkrlIJEhV4RGhF20bWOe4ELtH3QsykSGj-rN8mQFyrV88/s3751/IMG_20231206_193315%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2110" data-original-width="3751" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjQE_o2zGj69Is5dDdYOLDWKluko0cZeDVEzxZcnG3lgBeuA2gzNJ3FbfIV0XBMKwQvGs6vA6GPlPZWQ1SxyhewiMpzYfBDpCNhh9QuF6I0cx0uDnAjuoqZP9snsJrfAf-_ahCVIptYzn7VrkrlIJEhV4RGhF20bWOe4ELtH3QsykSGj-rN8mQFyrV88/w640-h360/IMG_20231206_193315%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up of crossing and switch plates. The metal bars in each component that changes running direction in the turnout are movable. With a little care it should be possible to create a working point for double flanged rolling stock.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The templates for sleeper placing and assembly shows the turnout to end up being 19 cm long which is considerably shorter than my Peco points that measure out at around 30 cm in length. Even if the turnout is short I have nowhere to install it. My current layout takes up all the available room. Consequently the kit's parts go back into bags and box and storage until I have thought out a way to expand the layout to include a little more of the Nystrup Gravel's main line and some of the many funny track arrangements found around the gravel treatment area and the drying facility for Nystrup Gravel's specialised foundry sand 'Multisand'. <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2016/12/nystrup-gravels-wagons-no-49-and-51.html" target="_blank">The 'Multisand' product featured on my 1/35 scale version of Nystrup Gravel</a>, and may make a comeback in 1/19 scale before long?</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIBvDzQ2nuZvP_4EMrTdo3XNWzZbSLhE4kMB_Yxl_sRMjqRSpEPzoYbKbqVz5TEvksliUnLVLBTaf6RyowGtafln7LlhNPTAma6af9dtDxRemzT919jgfW3UL_rNXenbYpov-rjDcfJKcs4_9hmxWHeDcJ_7wLpWRBUlLj9vZITivTDxI9keZKJrMqbMk/s2771/IMG_20231207_180649%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1559" data-original-width="2771" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIBvDzQ2nuZvP_4EMrTdo3XNWzZbSLhE4kMB_Yxl_sRMjqRSpEPzoYbKbqVz5TEvksliUnLVLBTaf6RyowGtafln7LlhNPTAma6af9dtDxRemzT919jgfW3UL_rNXenbYpov-rjDcfJKcs4_9hmxWHeDcJ_7wLpWRBUlLj9vZITivTDxI9keZKJrMqbMk/w640-h360/IMG_20231207_180649%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The kit comes with several drawings and templates for building the turnout. Here the drawing in A3 format.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I have played with different track constructions in 1/19 before and hope to include some of the different types of track that Nystrup Gravel employed on their sidings in the future. <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2020/03/wooden-rail-at-nystrup-gravel.html" target="_blank">I have previously made a short test track with all-wooden track</a>.<br /><p>Now I'm going back fixing sisal grass and ground cover to the layout - dreaming of an even larger layout in the future!</p>Claus Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941765156840735956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409375129642703288.post-73432048489735961802023-12-07T12:32:00.001+01:002023-12-07T12:32:11.243+01:00Merry Christmas!<p>Christmas is coming! I wish every reader of the blog a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 2023 has been a comparatively quiet year for Nystrup Gravel. Nevertheless work on the little layout has moved on with decent results. Thanks for your comments and sharing of ideas.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzaspmsfB86NZnGY8xAiZHYDhDK-MMOYyOFcPCI0JwbHXP4Nzl_j2pBaC4YBN_RLsos0vuPdsPcbqG39Xenb_iw8YfTt5g9hkhy9-afKq-jdiYVWB_TkDgvzfITvZOyni24RlnLqD1K1G-H-GEemcACBciiOpXDxNxAbwO3SW7i945Ciq47rAUoNNHSU8/s1280/PhotoFunia-1701896322.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzaspmsfB86NZnGY8xAiZHYDhDK-MMOYyOFcPCI0JwbHXP4Nzl_j2pBaC4YBN_RLsos0vuPdsPcbqG39Xenb_iw8YfTt5g9hkhy9-afKq-jdiYVWB_TkDgvzfITvZOyni24RlnLqD1K1G-H-GEemcACBciiOpXDxNxAbwO3SW7i945Ciq47rAUoNNHSU8/w640-h360/PhotoFunia-1701896322.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christmas is a time of traditions and as usual I have created a truely horrid Christmas card. This Christmas it is the Fowler that performs its painful and pityful duty on the card. Perhaps next year things will change... </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I celebrate Christmas with my family and hopefully the holidays will also provide some time to work on the 1:1 scale vintage railway as well as a little 1:19 scale modelling. All in all a quiet and trouble-free Christmas. Not everyone is so fortunate. </p>Claus Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941765156840735956noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409375129642703288.post-83029489985302772632023-12-06T13:14:00.036+01:002023-12-07T09:38:51.444+01:00Sisal Coarse Grass<p>During a few evenings I have untwined, glued and dyed a handful of sisal rope for some coarse grass. A very simple task and one of the many unstressful railway modelling activities. I used two different dyes - a dark green and a light grey. The light grey sisal strings have worked fine as dry or dead grass in track areas before. Now I want to try them in bigger tufts mixed with dark green ones.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_a1GEHrzvs_dusDiEhF-77l1nVI_Q4uKUpIfWY1EJmF1-6dprgo4z2SLsuGhEOny18lyOZVlF5UszPpRnUBfA9InyGtrRmnplpB9VhMFaLiM4ocvIWMQuLuy6CoPlOv0-TMc6HoK8KBHKYiJEM8dUtqPT_Rc0K9vogaZMp7srO52G869H4ynNXxKeAI/s4401/IMG_20231205_233835%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2476" data-original-width="4401" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_a1GEHrzvs_dusDiEhF-77l1nVI_Q4uKUpIfWY1EJmF1-6dprgo4z2SLsuGhEOny18lyOZVlF5UszPpRnUBfA9InyGtrRmnplpB9VhMFaLiM4ocvIWMQuLuy6CoPlOv0-TMc6HoK8KBHKYiJEM8dUtqPT_Rc0K9vogaZMp7srO52G869H4ynNXxKeAI/w640-h360/IMG_20231205_233835%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A cruel snapshot with bad lighting to show how the sisal grass looks when newly planted. Small pieces of the foam underground are still lying around on the layout's surface. Once fully dry I adjust height of the tufts and fit more if needed.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I simply cut lengts of 5-7 cm of a string of sisal rope. The pieces of rope are then glued with PVA glue to keep the fibres together. When the glue is dry, the lengths are roughly untwined, dyed and left to dry. They are then further worked to spread out the fibres and cut down to fit the area and position. The tufts are then planted with PVA glue in holes cut in the layout's landscape. Once dry the height of the tufts can be further adjusted and teased out to form clumps of high grass.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyitPiObHlRwoIH1vaNu-yYkT960PPkB7GwJM1LitpscUNDw1z9B7iPnLcU5IoSGwAX0ch3t5yC0Q2kFFnfMcKN1T5ODFMsgrjhS6-ber2UDrbVe9Eucy-mDi_SqII0zCDx87F_DXYCgRnmJFlxx_394Iq1MNIomdwjdEWOU3Lq7V4UUZqjbUCZshbYak/s3921/CLN_0692%202.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2206" data-original-width="3921" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyitPiObHlRwoIH1vaNu-yYkT960PPkB7GwJM1LitpscUNDw1z9B7iPnLcU5IoSGwAX0ch3t5yC0Q2kFFnfMcKN1T5ODFMsgrjhS6-ber2UDrbVe9Eucy-mDi_SqII0zCDx87F_DXYCgRnmJFlxx_394Iq1MNIomdwjdEWOU3Lq7V4UUZqjbUCZshbYak/w640-h360/CLN_0692%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green sisal grass can be seen left of the Lister - to the right a small tuft of grey sisal can just be recognized.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The sisal coarse grass isn't a new method for me. I used it as an experiment on the gradient to the lorry loading ramp in larger lumps for the first time. I think it makes a good contrast to the thin static grass I use for the majority of grassed areas on the layout. I'm still looking to find out how to fit a representation of spikes to the coarse grass. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpbgKqMZJxAUQ5WcrkYUPCEHSxyDgBNrbHAh7K-c6aiLG0oNiP0NLIldTD2ZgJnyGWokhYbb3g46YKg4y6Vf4nv1iJPUZSkxc2EuLFdCR5dG7JzLGNsK8esvV_Yz47EKoYIa8VgDIvtEoeh_mQGORDyigNYj1RNr4vprzS80JRsqfPAuzLACwla92S8Ow/s4148/IMG_20231129_170114%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2333" data-original-width="4148" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpbgKqMZJxAUQ5WcrkYUPCEHSxyDgBNrbHAh7K-c6aiLG0oNiP0NLIldTD2ZgJnyGWokhYbb3g46YKg4y6Vf4nv1iJPUZSkxc2EuLFdCR5dG7JzLGNsK8esvV_Yz47EKoYIa8VgDIvtEoeh_mQGORDyigNYj1RNr4vprzS80JRsqfPAuzLACwla92S8Ow/w640-h360/IMG_20231129_170114%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lengths of sisal rope being glued with PVA glue. After drying the individual sisal strings are being untwined to resemble plant strands.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj31-H2loH5y958fbABGZUlUVM_1Q9Wt6uO60u_xPkAHIKgKv6rO0fpRNtqtBxxcmL7UjROiQjcmJczhjxfI9qJrtK18ElAsrkpoOc3o5Mpwtnko8EltH8ZKEJuHhM0vdaQugGL2k35w1hoHdn65VRU1I4v5GHO96mCfyQIQpzy5dled7uEBG91YRpyKgE/s4215/IMG_20231130_194023%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2371" data-original-width="4215" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj31-H2loH5y958fbABGZUlUVM_1Q9Wt6uO60u_xPkAHIKgKv6rO0fpRNtqtBxxcmL7UjROiQjcmJczhjxfI9qJrtK18ElAsrkpoOc3o5Mpwtnko8EltH8ZKEJuHhM0vdaQugGL2k35w1hoHdn65VRU1I4v5GHO96mCfyQIQpzy5dled7uEBG91YRpyKgE/w640-h360/IMG_20231130_194023%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sisal fibres with light grey dye drying.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6e4CbOsTCREmn-ZyGW8dvJTXblFGJbnv2WKVzbDZjLhBUjPFyrtR2ZIgkPun3LN4oJOiUDF0BeL3TihgSMw3Vz0H3p9kG0_z_ST6BYlt2-476g9ke8Hh7JBSJmnf5ch-Z7kgWxcjRkaFxy0r6KAwwsnN0BH7T3-qZFQ6BewvpvR2gucxKJI6n9O2Gzs/s4085/IMG_20231201_205338%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2298" data-original-width="4085" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6e4CbOsTCREmn-ZyGW8dvJTXblFGJbnv2WKVzbDZjLhBUjPFyrtR2ZIgkPun3LN4oJOiUDF0BeL3TihgSMw3Vz0H3p9kG0_z_ST6BYlt2-476g9ke8Hh7JBSJmnf5ch-Z7kgWxcjRkaFxy0r6KAwwsnN0BH7T3-qZFQ6BewvpvR2gucxKJI6n9O2Gzs/w640-h360/IMG_20231201_205338%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two colours of sisal coarse grass ready to be planted on the layout. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Claus Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941765156840735956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409375129642703288.post-54037490353334343672023-11-23T14:24:00.004+01:002023-11-23T20:21:01.870+01:00PD-1 Draisine Finished<p>With little time for modelling lately I have accomplished very little at the worktable. The only finished item for a long time is<a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2023/03/soviet-narrow-gauge-187-scale.html" target="_blank"> the little 1/87 scale Soviet PD-1 draisine</a> from Ukrainian K-models that I have painted and weathered. Calling it finished is actually not quite true as it lacks galzing in the window openings. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifWrnks8O8FA2oV1GfawQG4yeIZ_Bi_XxN-KUeburO_9oWXhv9P4AAoNHu6zLtup0fXZ85y9v4RXpCUYSCwnrEZOwXQxLwUT3DJJ00hFD-DM9K9v33wuCvq_9_mRsNCLERDva2X8gfu02ZdSx5YO6-Jio8AJDshHnnSJKEbVgicjka6hXtBbK0mhf8Eo/s3949/CLN_0881yy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2221" data-original-width="3949" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifWrnks8O8FA2oV1GfawQG4yeIZ_Bi_XxN-KUeburO_9oWXhv9P4AAoNHu6zLtup0fXZ85y9v4RXpCUYSCwnrEZOwXQxLwUT3DJJ00hFD-DM9K9v33wuCvq_9_mRsNCLERDva2X8gfu02ZdSx5YO6-Jio8AJDshHnnSJKEbVgicjka6hXtBbK0mhf8Eo/w640-h360/CLN_0881yy.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The finished PD-1 draisine seen from the front. </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>The painting began with the question of what colour to paint the draisine. The answer wasn't easily found as there has been so many interesting liveries for this type of draisine. I finally decided on a quite conservative green colour with a horizontal orange stripe with details picked out in red. I have another draisine that I'll probably give a heavily weathered, worn and faded paintjob.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNNQIDm8EEUh_MIszc0XoMfRQ-BKbkGqY-NiFlTFGyev-2UWtfKdCA-eCpe8-75HfJw3HaL1lhpFv1TcrK0HG4P4uXpT77_hczyO6irnpnmEK9Dz9VAUK_0aGOfUAnaS2NA0u9hCpNqp-CnHebFe3EfousEvgZYsDU8IZ_7V3rkGDhEevog6ozHnd8II/s3045/IMG_20231030_093852%202y.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1713" data-original-width="3045" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNNQIDm8EEUh_MIszc0XoMfRQ-BKbkGqY-NiFlTFGyev-2UWtfKdCA-eCpe8-75HfJw3HaL1lhpFv1TcrK0HG4P4uXpT77_hczyO6irnpnmEK9Dz9VAUK_0aGOfUAnaS2NA0u9hCpNqp-CnHebFe3EfousEvgZYsDU8IZ_7V3rkGDhEevog6ozHnd8II/w640-h360/IMG_20231030_093852%202y.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painting is in progress. Lots of faults to correct and parts still needing correct colours. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>With the paint scheme decided I airbrushed a layer of Vallejo 'Deep Green' 70.770 on the upper body taking no notice of eventual overspray. The draisine is a tiny model compared to what I usually work on, so it took a little adjusting of eyesight and aiming before I got a few good thin layers of green on the model. Once dry I painted the orange stripe free hand and touched up the uneven edges with green. The roof was brush painted grey. The roof line may not be quite straight, but I have been comforted by PD-1 prototype images also showing some hamfisted painters' work. Frames and under body were painted in 'Black' 70.950 and 'Dark Grey' 70.994 while fuel tank and cow catcher were picked out in 'Ferrari Red' 71.085.</p><p>For numbering I used decals from two old decal sheets from plastic kits of Soviet military vehicle. The numbers were cut and added to the cab's doors and a decal with the text 'люди' (people) fitted on the rear doors to warn approaching vehicles that the draisine could possibly be filled with people rather than clay, peat or minerals. The type of sign was standard on Soviet lorries or vehicles in industry used for passenger transport, although I have never seen it on a rail vehicle.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTa_0GjM_FxiUWLKvMWcCjLwJEAUa1Kdtb-MXmnL239Atdl4BfrDxbpTgCfy40nklifbiOtNsywE7qtxh7KTejrwzeEQ-uyd2wX1HvFgQuehEfQUVRCaxjEFpxrHLTolcYLg7lBw5cNprw8YsVzDUi7DDWG3idRFpUF1R6DSxFo1Ke7DkVskLxsNpMDI/s4672/CLN_0865y.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4672" data-original-width="3114" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTa_0GjM_FxiUWLKvMWcCjLwJEAUa1Kdtb-MXmnL239Atdl4BfrDxbpTgCfy40nklifbiOtNsywE7qtxh7KTejrwzeEQ-uyd2wX1HvFgQuehEfQUVRCaxjEFpxrHLTolcYLg7lBw5cNprw8YsVzDUi7DDWG3idRFpUF1R6DSxFo1Ke7DkVskLxsNpMDI/w266-h400/CLN_0865y.JPG" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The large tree illustrates the small size of the narrow gauge draisine.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimV3LuhjmzpesLFwvP4wfiOErMM0ClfU_kfSUnc0I1nmsAmximeCM876RjBQpDrH2U-f5AbnGLsvhL7wZfVLs4RUWPaISUweFG38BVtAiNcHBvLrtbToc73vDsKkb4ZC3asay2fTeu5lxzliFld0K6sRG3qkfMQj1EZU043QC-IXg4RFjRQd_j4TbBc-M/s2414/CLN_0885yy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1358" data-original-width="2414" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimV3LuhjmzpesLFwvP4wfiOErMM0ClfU_kfSUnc0I1nmsAmximeCM876RjBQpDrH2U-f5AbnGLsvhL7wZfVLs4RUWPaISUweFG38BVtAiNcHBvLrtbToc73vDsKkb4ZC3asay2fTeu5lxzliFld0K6sRG3qkfMQj1EZU043QC-IXg4RFjRQd_j4TbBc-M/w640-h360/CLN_0885yy.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The yellow sign on the rear doors and the orange stripes adds a bit of variety to the green body. The Ukrainian bicycle parking in the foreground adds a hint as to where in the Soviet Union-area the draisine is working.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Light weathering was applied on top of an overall coverage of satin varnish. Standard wash of heavily diluted black oil paint was followed by added wash of rust and some selcted spot repairs of paint with different tones of green. A draisine with heavier weathering is planned so this was kept rather clean.</p><p>The images were taken with my 1/19 scale backdrop as background. The draisine has been a fun project during a time where my time for modelling has been limited. I'm looking forward to begin some projects for the 1/19 scale layout's further development.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Rcbtki0o-OuyibWcj3iBvOmZMOhV0XZeOlUTAozsNMHL2_vkI6HbkP-zwYcBG3FzRvBDytSBckBMPPyN6yjBhJF9gYl0QeOeXQPWa_qAMQ_aXvMpo5WcPinusw1clu5h5oahcjSddSZYMa6U_dld-wLeuC6mm_u3vo9W-DaICzoFgSeEkI71dTTeNQY/s5599/CLN_0895y.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5599" data-original-width="3435" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Rcbtki0o-OuyibWcj3iBvOmZMOhV0XZeOlUTAozsNMHL2_vkI6HbkP-zwYcBG3FzRvBDytSBckBMPPyN6yjBhJF9gYl0QeOeXQPWa_qAMQ_aXvMpo5WcPinusw1clu5h5oahcjSddSZYMa6U_dld-wLeuC6mm_u3vo9W-DaICzoFgSeEkI71dTTeNQY/w245-h400/CLN_0895y.JPG" width="245" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A slice of birch is a fitting base for a small Soviet draisine with blue and yellow bicycles left in the grass. </td></tr></tbody></table>Claus Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941765156840735956noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409375129642703288.post-39236099659566832542023-10-24T22:34:00.007+02:002023-10-24T22:38:48.316+02:00Visiting Railways in Sweden and Germany<p>I have lived through some pretty modelling deprived weeks lately. Work and travelling has prevented progress at worktable and layout. Fortunately some of the travelling has been to railway locations in Sweden and Germany. </p><p>One of the locations in Sweden was particularly interesting as it clearly illustrated why narrow gauge industrial railways were once popular. On a privately owned estate a 600 mm railway with light rails provided transport for timber to a small saw, processing the timber into boards. Short of using a horse to pull out the felled trees, a railway was the only method in an area either hilly or very wet. As trees were cut individually and not 'area harvested' no modern forest machine could navigate the area without destroying neighbouring trees or nature. See the <a href="https://okj.malmborg.info/" target="_blank">website of the Örkaggans Järnväg here</a>. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhieYQUOB5EvRPjGfi89K3p1FrcnzayZk3YdA_Iqk0IvzY4JXuLvTTvATMuAmC0iHH0swXt0Bsk7R8A67Uf7kNeTEWAY7XDTiXrURMGH5DfTv5vyRwg1yTaBst0V9iDhHMx4i3p7R3BVbh9J60MSqW6xj_IXc-uLWgW9re6Qh33LKefok0UwTleb3aGvMo/s6000/CLN_0086%202.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3375" data-original-width="6000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhieYQUOB5EvRPjGfi89K3p1FrcnzayZk3YdA_Iqk0IvzY4JXuLvTTvATMuAmC0iHH0swXt0Bsk7R8A67Uf7kNeTEWAY7XDTiXrURMGH5DfTv5vyRwg1yTaBst0V9iDhHMx4i3p7R3BVbh9J60MSqW6xj_IXc-uLWgW9re6Qh33LKefok0UwTleb3aGvMo/w640-h360/CLN_0086%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The railway's loco 4 'Edvin' (Simplex 9335/1948). Today running with a 10 hp Hatz engine. Here seen pulling no less than 3 timber wagons up a considerable gradient.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfOh1l1Jwar7RKG1ktC17X_xedH-9G-ru4AOpMlzByi379qxONrKd8M6EPtWAI2naHemGj-YYNG6JFr3liAxPNboBbkO58AEr3cobBO63O_kJM5jMWXDc6wyOir3NqHhucTNIf4OjYc8U-_pA1KgbGb0f31ErMlRsQ2O6g7NntZYOJwqllxEDRHLeO2zs/s6000/CLN_0107.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="4000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfOh1l1Jwar7RKG1ktC17X_xedH-9G-ru4AOpMlzByi379qxONrKd8M6EPtWAI2naHemGj-YYNG6JFr3liAxPNboBbkO58AEr3cobBO63O_kJM5jMWXDc6wyOir3NqHhucTNIf4OjYc8U-_pA1KgbGb0f31ErMlRsQ2O6g7NntZYOJwqllxEDRHLeO2zs/w266-h400/CLN_0107.JPG" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The railway's owner pouring sand from old oil cans like there was no tomorrow! Wet weather and a healthy growth of moss didn't exactly help traction.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>With my own plans of making simple trackwork and <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2020/03/wooden-rail-at-nystrup-gravel.html" target="_blank">my experiments with wooden rails</a> the simple, homemade turnouts on Örkaggans Järnväg obviously caught my attention. The points have no frog and only a single tongue rail present. Simple points very similar have been used on industrial railways in Denmark too, and it was interesting to study working examples in detail.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBHT-Q0byNbJUJaOKMFu8mnHT8__ruJZvW02hOx7nP83NySkW4T-VZaMr5np8qEMbwnO_IBEFCGiO0enBAC3KlAW3NJwI0gAmLKrldKN-cvVJPWT96l1bp7DVG7F7maf232wRbBZquuAenTFQ69XLAgrIJqh3S7GcYzknPnFaQx2lloFenUISi3ApJfFM/s4624/IMG_20230922_144225%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2601" data-original-width="4624" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBHT-Q0byNbJUJaOKMFu8mnHT8__ruJZvW02hOx7nP83NySkW4T-VZaMr5np8qEMbwnO_IBEFCGiO0enBAC3KlAW3NJwI0gAmLKrldKN-cvVJPWT96l1bp7DVG7F7maf232wRbBZquuAenTFQ69XLAgrIJqh3S7GcYzknPnFaQx2lloFenUISi3ApJfFM/w640-h360/IMG_20230922_144225%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>The trip to Sweden saw me and my mates visiting several other railways. A small selection of <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/nystrup_grus/albums/72177720312053944" target="_blank">images can be viewed on my Flickr site</a>. Captions should enable you to get a resonable idea of what we saw.</p><p>A week after my visit to Sweden I was off again exploring railways at the 31. Internationales Feldbahntreffen hosted by <a href="https://www.feldbahn-ffm.de/" target="_blank">Frankfurter Feldbahnmuseum</a> and <a href="https://feldbahn-fortuna.de/" target="_blank">Feld- und Grubenbahnmuseum Fortuna</a>. With well over 120 participants it's a good to see clubs teaming up for the task. The event took place at Frankfurt for 2 days and the moved on to Grube Fortuna for the last 2 days. Both locations with 600 mm gauge , comparatively short lines, but with many and very friendly volunteers. The amount of well restored and operational locos and rolling stock was equally impressing! More <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/nystrup_grus/albums/72177720311972436" target="_blank">images from the Feldbahntreffen can be viewed at another of my Flickr-folders</a>.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdv-aI-BBWB8uGSkNySdC7qaMBUnPuLaOFqjcmhRIFGu-aNivKZEbB3Pbwti7nNyLmhF1gsvmUQHZBRitFb2OSLIGoh2gFCgk7k9kpnTDqW8q5ujzjKRjlw2NAvcvWJWrjaOM2QoD2UKIbCtRWuwcC4G54hd5HUx2zTpL_6fJ_-tkFW9mSWihzR8skdw4/s4436/CLN_0143%202y.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2495" data-original-width="4436" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdv-aI-BBWB8uGSkNySdC7qaMBUnPuLaOFqjcmhRIFGu-aNivKZEbB3Pbwti7nNyLmhF1gsvmUQHZBRitFb2OSLIGoh2gFCgk7k9kpnTDqW8q5ujzjKRjlw2NAvcvWJWrjaOM2QoD2UKIbCtRWuwcC4G54hd5HUx2zTpL_6fJ_-tkFW9mSWihzR8skdw4/w640-h360/CLN_0143%202y.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A selection of steam locos in front of 'Lokhalle 1' at Frankfurter Feldbahnmuseum.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaF9j2mKcWrzkqtydrK_kEAj1nP6jDQJ6D0xwlYhf5AMPrSEs-7CXw9-jI1gbQjjRo7seVRi_Fj9xHKnH3urDyMWsMUv0IPTaYpJxgrqWB3rck97DUbH_1WeR2ABE8BKFniIujG254KHpPCmj_5aINda3Q2cSJ65PqpEMkkoU47q_1lBUwR3vRXJK2p-M/s4531/CLN_0645%202y.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2549" data-original-width="4531" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaF9j2mKcWrzkqtydrK_kEAj1nP6jDQJ6D0xwlYhf5AMPrSEs-7CXw9-jI1gbQjjRo7seVRi_Fj9xHKnH3urDyMWsMUv0IPTaYpJxgrqWB3rck97DUbH_1WeR2ABE8BKFniIujG254KHpPCmj_5aINda3Q2cSJ65PqpEMkkoU47q_1lBUwR3vRXJK2p-M/w640-h360/CLN_0645%202y.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lok 1 (Henschel 23170/1936) from Grube Fortuna visiting Frankfurter Feldbahnmuseum. Here with a lovely train of skips crossing the huge lawn of the Rebstock Park.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLYI2nh5FVlnY9NBUMWIapL_r6uBRd_cvCksgX1pNsukS2k5ZOE7NdSfO_vUidcKC0Xj7uYscm_oj9r6F-lAGtwE9D3dFk_csTb0_Bq1I_kDGdaz4SGIJO9qIcxCWNThT8UIaWb-BnrayvmYBUNQ2jL6_ASiOSLKYAZ4sDQ0dM8t38A4lsrivwZ7tmKGw/s6000/CLN_0801.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLYI2nh5FVlnY9NBUMWIapL_r6uBRd_cvCksgX1pNsukS2k5ZOE7NdSfO_vUidcKC0Xj7uYscm_oj9r6F-lAGtwE9D3dFk_csTb0_Bq1I_kDGdaz4SGIJO9qIcxCWNThT8UIaWb-BnrayvmYBUNQ2jL6_ASiOSLKYAZ4sDQ0dM8t38A4lsrivwZ7tmKGw/w640-h426/CLN_0801.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frankfurter lok D 7 (Ruhrthaler 3347/1955) with standard DIN-skips.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_5h4pA_SIVb39LIwWCVfC0PDHWwsfUrCTedz7mrc0w-cCVRV6oNVANbp05g4s06O4bPQ5oTojOJjl6hB3mp382HBrz3l9uoH9ESzGiDv4ZYG6jy8mNsOeMAIBXrKvTlraqeHk4dEhxj4JYtN59Jo8agjGTX0hWtk67OorN8DvLrDOn-uK_Vtw-A7boI/s5552/CLN_0611%202y.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3123" data-original-width="5552" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_5h4pA_SIVb39LIwWCVfC0PDHWwsfUrCTedz7mrc0w-cCVRV6oNVANbp05g4s06O4bPQ5oTojOJjl6hB3mp382HBrz3l9uoH9ESzGiDv4ZYG6jy8mNsOeMAIBXrKvTlraqeHk4dEhxj4JYtN59Jo8agjGTX0hWtk67OorN8DvLrDOn-uK_Vtw-A7boI/w640-h360/CLN_0611%202y.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the forest near Grube Fortuna: loco 28 (Deutz 5464/1927) type MLH228 with a short train of underground skips.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjU4eT_8ySY7sQRYCJ-2JGwyuK9Yqg-qw8UrkXkWgGLrO24ZqasLC4_gF_m-jg6o5gpxnw7RwEXKIXvNBTKBgOmGoexbKQ7ZROKdUtbKvCjkwaWeRl0fqowsDMhmNyVzGJAbuRzLiUK8X4SQJFQ7wDPjMoVYPOTTRI2pxbpfERFqhuTcDOCQNM7X7qY5M/s2016/received_249234031018425%202y.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjU4eT_8ySY7sQRYCJ-2JGwyuK9Yqg-qw8UrkXkWgGLrO24ZqasLC4_gF_m-jg6o5gpxnw7RwEXKIXvNBTKBgOmGoexbKQ7ZROKdUtbKvCjkwaWeRl0fqowsDMhmNyVzGJAbuRzLiUK8X4SQJFQ7wDPjMoVYPOTTRI2pxbpfERFqhuTcDOCQNM7X7qY5M/w640-h360/received_249234031018425%202y.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hand-over of the traditional bar sign from the German hosts to next year's hosts from the <a href="8https://www.ibk.dk/" target="_blank">Hedeland vintage railway, Denmark</a>. The ceremony took place in front of O&K 9244/1921.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>With eight days of narrow gauge trainspotting in 3 weeks what passes for normality has set in again. I'm having one of <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2023/03/soviet-narrow-gauge-187-scale.html" target="_blank">the H0e Soviet PD-1 draisines</a> set up ready for air brushing before I will be devoting more time for my main 1/19 scale effort. </p>Claus Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941765156840735956noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409375129642703288.post-37760941494708385402023-09-19T18:32:00.005+02:002023-09-19T22:25:15.992+02:00Mining Equipment in 1/87 Scale<p>With my intial <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2023/09/progress-in-small-scale.html" target="_blank">diorama experiments in 1/87</a> having been quite satisfying I have been making minor additional investments in track and machinery in the scale. As I had to buy a length of track for the small circular diorama, I bought a variety of Code 55 points and track in 9 mm gauge for a future larger diorama in the scale. To accompany the <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2023/03/soviet-narrow-gauge-187-scale.html" target="_blank">Э-652б dragline excavator from Ukrainian K-Models</a> I thought some underground mining equipment would look good next to a 750 mm siding. Fortunately a German company, Micro_Miners has taken up the production of mining equipment. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAxwuTmetEVHjd4xVzeUAkek2fGM01TB9-EDFxsRbqHMQzl7LaIz6hLCIVIo3sEZTbKipbTKdSy8Qf37NkoQ-Rzj6GgOT49epWZcsWWgMb7z_PWdADXdc8K0bb5HPR3SKSILSCIngbW9UUYv80pJtZ_EJ_mpaNQVLviW6TJ19b15mKTV3VqChk8Xhf8DQ/s4632/CLN_0087%202.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2606" data-original-width="4632" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAxwuTmetEVHjd4xVzeUAkek2fGM01TB9-EDFxsRbqHMQzl7LaIz6hLCIVIo3sEZTbKipbTKdSy8Qf37NkoQ-Rzj6GgOT49epWZcsWWgMb7z_PWdADXdc8K0bb5HPR3SKSILSCIngbW9UUYv80pJtZ_EJ_mpaNQVLviW6TJ19b15mKTV3VqChk8Xhf8DQ/w640-h360/CLN_0087%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'That's not a 1/87 scale skip' you might say, but look carefully. The 1/87 skip is on the sleeper next to the 1/19 scale skip's right wheel. The 1/19 skip is 8 cm in length whereas the 1/87 one is barely 1,5 cm!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The models from <a href="https://www.microminers.de/" target="_blank">Micro_Miners from Germany</a> are a relatively new and highly detailed range of 3D printed models depicting equipment from the mining industry in DDR (East Germany). Even if the state fell apart and 'closed' in 1990 many of the machines produced in DDR for mining and industry were considered state of the art in the communist world. There is no denying that some of the designs looked decidedly 'cool'.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgugm3tkg0s8IMHOylcQ8Vf7RHLhY_BP0ufTBvCCoPFX3oOLhBgv1XOQyiMQ-wEaMAp5AWHMveucXorEwDkYOxnGcN3SCIP_rQB6M8sPjF9RKTkXLeTtrN0gVLB6OTR8O-xxrwuV5g8DC9SKitFVOcH455KWHDJmmRK84iB1DjlLnCswBXKoF5rYZIo_Bw/s795/Sk%C3%A6rmbillede%202023-09-08%20132621.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="447" data-original-width="795" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgugm3tkg0s8IMHOylcQ8Vf7RHLhY_BP0ufTBvCCoPFX3oOLhBgv1XOQyiMQ-wEaMAp5AWHMveucXorEwDkYOxnGcN3SCIP_rQB6M8sPjF9RKTkXLeTtrN0gVLB6OTR8O-xxrwuV5g8DC9SKitFVOcH455KWHDJmmRK84iB1DjlLnCswBXKoF5rYZIo_Bw/w640-h360/Sk%C3%A6rmbillede%202023-09-08%20132621.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two mining vehicles on tires in 1/87 scale. Photo: Micro_Miners' web site.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The following items were delivered swiftly and professionally packed:</p><p>8 <a href="https://www.microminers.de/shop/hunte-und-foerderwagen/0-63m3-hunte/" target="_blank">'Hunte 0,63 m³'</a> </p><p>12 <a href="https://www.microminers.de/shop/dioramenzubehoer/stapelboxen-lagercontainer/" target="_blank">'Stapelboxen/Lagercontainer'</a></p><p>1 <a href="https://www.microminers.de/shop/bergbaugeraete/gleisbohrwagen-sbkns-2/" target="_blank">'Gleisbohrwagen SBKNS-2'</a></p><p>1 <a href="https://www.microminers.de/shop/bergbaugeraete/universalfahrlader-ul-2-1/" target="_blank">'Universalfahrlader UL 2/1'</a></p><p>1 <a href="https://www.microminers.de/shop/bergbaugeraete/wurfschaufellader-lws160/" target="_blank">'Wurfschaufellader LWS160'</a> </p><p>The 'Wurfschaufellader' (overhead loader) in the box was quite a surprise as I hadn't ordered one! It may have been sent to Denmark by a mistake or simply as a generous gesture by Micro_Miners with the added benefit of filling the cardboard box completely?</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicSL6Jo23o_oJoczi5FHEu8UTTZ6FsPkx_NAalQ570sXlm2ejcGomW08ho4z1ieFp36iXMsYjOiFAQ7QeDrHNS7w64-7tTlKj_4Q2pzf5t-Wm1isMchWXxEUXIUTQh5hiSyLaXbBW1sjAsjZ4lbFzFUb3H6JYtfP1ocqaZORjA3Vebc41FrJQilCupJwA/s4624/IMG_20230919_091534%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2601" data-original-width="4624" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicSL6Jo23o_oJoczi5FHEu8UTTZ6FsPkx_NAalQ570sXlm2ejcGomW08ho4z1ieFp36iXMsYjOiFAQ7QeDrHNS7w64-7tTlKj_4Q2pzf5t-Wm1isMchWXxEUXIUTQh5hiSyLaXbBW1sjAsjZ4lbFzFUb3H6JYtfP1ocqaZORjA3Vebc41FrJQilCupJwA/w640-h360/IMG_20230919_091534%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good and sturdy cardboard boxes protects the small and delicate kits from hard handling.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheO222iz0o2R2S-ERVUxTXYycT_IuhjF0ZFkbGYp5uDerpIERjGw0m8qkmv9lCyasZLwsui3XzfZc4BCv4Wp1PMuc4rw2ScFD8xhhljf7fH2ZOTWiUmyKrmX91Bw_jrFKnDyH8qiJH-LLqwZxBOsyr3pCuZwlOOUI39VNHzuxka1Bu5Hy0C9THRMDcId4/s4624/IMG_20230919_091552%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2601" data-original-width="4624" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheO222iz0o2R2S-ERVUxTXYycT_IuhjF0ZFkbGYp5uDerpIERjGw0m8qkmv9lCyasZLwsui3XzfZc4BCv4Wp1PMuc4rw2ScFD8xhhljf7fH2ZOTWiUmyKrmX91Bw_jrFKnDyH8qiJH-LLqwZxBOsyr3pCuZwlOOUI39VNHzuxka1Bu5Hy0C9THRMDcId4/w640-h360/IMG_20230919_091552%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A novel way of shipping fragile items. Hot glued to the bottom of the box avoids using huge amounts of plastic wrapping to protect the kits and the parts don't rattle about in the box. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>As the first image illustrates, the skip models are extremely small in comparison with my usual 1/19 scale models. A 1/87 0,63 m³ mine skip is only 1,5 cm long and 1,4 cm high with a width of 8 mm. To say that the models are tiny and fragile looking is an understatement!</p><p>My skips came 4 to a box. I have only separated one mine skip from the supports that carry the model during the 3D printing process. Separating the model from the supports seemed a daunting task, but with a little care and a sharp scalpel it worked out quite easy. The resin is surprisingly strong and I broke nothing on the little mine skip, despite my expectation of damage.</p><p>I'm not going to explore these little models more for the time being. The tiny skip will be wrapped in thin paper and packed away. The large scale model railway needs attention. Through my modelling I have learned that when nice models appear on the market it is wise to buy while one can. With small (sometimes enthusiast run) manufacturers the models may soon be impossible to source. Particularly 3D printed items that are often only printed on demand. My advise is: If you see something you like buy it (if you can afford it, of course).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWCwH_-H79NFzj5szLUGqi9IPpKFmNV7-q0fn9dLRTNEmm2jJvmnOdMMeQ1DL3HJx_WayJxvDV1M2VKfHUG4uVwn8r8BBTSz4-DdNonaWC4Nw35QzVIrG03y7dDCytCai3ISNcrVV4GcAyArMNZdIJnqIsUzwzRkJhRYVORo8CuYMCbjepmQN46uWC3s/s4440/CLN_0097%202.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2497" data-original-width="4440" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWCwH_-H79NFzj5szLUGqi9IPpKFmNV7-q0fn9dLRTNEmm2jJvmnOdMMeQ1DL3HJx_WayJxvDV1M2VKfHUG4uVwn8r8BBTSz4-DdNonaWC4Nw35QzVIrG03y7dDCytCai3ISNcrVV4GcAyArMNZdIJnqIsUzwzRkJhRYVORo8CuYMCbjepmQN46uWC3s/w640-h360/CLN_0097%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One mine skip ready for separating from the supports.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKettilA_cQ4HN4_ociKR-uixSOkl83MRzAFfKx4zwFrJxbLnMQfDdUdDVpNcfOn8Z0rGlnzazx4oG-yj1JqFjXfXCsta_rhoYNg1oU2ckM7RgUfMIL9jSzS5XY6hzltBxzsFybCsdS2q4FrwVGH-8Tc3EyoIuMbFQNxwC9LF3VvnkRfLdHNfRC7Vo-0/s4454/CLN_0099%202.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2505" data-original-width="4454" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKettilA_cQ4HN4_ociKR-uixSOkl83MRzAFfKx4zwFrJxbLnMQfDdUdDVpNcfOn8Z0rGlnzazx4oG-yj1JqFjXfXCsta_rhoYNg1oU2ckM7RgUfMIL9jSzS5XY6hzltBxzsFybCsdS2q4FrwVGH-8Tc3EyoIuMbFQNxwC9LF3VvnkRfLdHNfRC7Vo-0/w640-h360/CLN_0099%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As the model is completely in 3D printed resin the wheels don't turn and the model is for static use only. All major details from the prototype is present on the model - even couplings and the small handles for hand pushing in the mine galleries!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioHV6KY15Oy08eFya0dPds1Z7Du1uQ4tVp6_euMXHSiHMma5IKz-x51sVcyYGA2Zzt6hMzyxGrZhR0YVfvZoDBr8eaPzz02hanSROTUioVoL1y4AZXL5Rj9wQYjhWK6xhyACAfl4EGq_2KqgP2shu1w8W4RMWL2yTNS1oXuIJdhmRnXccomIMprm7BZyo/s4120/CLN_0102%202.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2317" data-original-width="4120" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioHV6KY15Oy08eFya0dPds1Z7Du1uQ4tVp6_euMXHSiHMma5IKz-x51sVcyYGA2Zzt6hMzyxGrZhR0YVfvZoDBr8eaPzz02hanSROTUioVoL1y4AZXL5Rj9wQYjhWK6xhyACAfl4EGq_2KqgP2shu1w8W4RMWL2yTNS1oXuIJdhmRnXccomIMprm7BZyo/w640-h360/CLN_0102%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A rear view of a 1/87 mine skip showing the level of detail possible with modern 3D printers.</td></tr></tbody></table>Claus Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941765156840735956noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409375129642703288.post-61556639519844948332023-09-14T19:06:00.007+02:002023-09-14T19:13:08.738+02:00Progress in Small Scale<p>In<a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2023/03/soviet-narrow-gauge-187-scale.html" target="_blank"> March I bought some 1/87 scale models of Soviet designed vehicles</a> from a Ukrainian manufacturer. I started work on them, but got sidetracked by my main modelling effort, the 1/19 scale Nystrup Gravel. I have now dug out the models from their cardboard box and begun a small test diorama. Work is progressing again. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTkDOLHo8W6uU2r2an__tVjTII4nW3-s_PjGbWCGmOWwmZxkNJ7yx15WuzTx3L79JzSA6fxhnlDgypro4TMU_p1sF045cYrAm_D2To7JqJApx510nM7pirRE3xor3bbVcGQBcJpv9Nmf3U4nrTOH8Jhw4gK-4hS52aNgvtk6v_s3fkRzj0ixSV6ajrYCs/s4624/IMG_20230914_092000.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3472" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTkDOLHo8W6uU2r2an__tVjTII4nW3-s_PjGbWCGmOWwmZxkNJ7yx15WuzTx3L79JzSA6fxhnlDgypro4TMU_p1sF045cYrAm_D2To7JqJApx510nM7pirRE3xor3bbVcGQBcJpv9Nmf3U4nrTOH8Jhw4gK-4hS52aNgvtk6v_s3fkRzj0ixSV6ajrYCs/w300-h400/IMG_20230914_092000.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Circular diorama ready for a 1/87 draisine.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>It was my plan to build a small circular diorama for one of the PD-1 draisines. I used a slice of birch tree trunk with a diameter of ca. 10 cm. I picked birch because it was easy to source and because it is a signature tree for many of the northern parts of the draisines' typical habitat: Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. Track bed and landscape contours were made from foam board and a length of homemade 9 mm gauge track soldered up from copper clad sleepers and Code 100 rail profile. The track turned out less than satisfactory both visually and funtionally. The track was ripped up and replaced with a length of PECO code 55 N-scale track with most of the plastic sleepers removed. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_NZIK9woRkp0Vr6a7pWO-2L8a7uawmzbgna1KaS2yS5neyfB2-w3npjsN4VISTpz0BapkXsDCWr_TlU9LFcJHYzacj3L7sqtC0D8Ny1tfzCAJ8bXkyjUYDZDaXZ9fe5RLyhqOoA1NrTQV6zWVIPi_BE8UOpP-pVU5G6gThZ34_ZzTyNQC0CVYKJrsNI/s4727/CLN_0299%20(2)%202.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2659" data-original-width="4727" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_NZIK9woRkp0Vr6a7pWO-2L8a7uawmzbgna1KaS2yS5neyfB2-w3npjsN4VISTpz0BapkXsDCWr_TlU9LFcJHYzacj3L7sqtC0D8Ny1tfzCAJ8bXkyjUYDZDaXZ9fe5RLyhqOoA1NrTQV6zWVIPi_BE8UOpP-pVU5G6gThZ34_ZzTyNQC0CVYKJrsNI/w640-h360/CLN_0299%20(2)%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I tried to solder my own 9 mm gauge track on copper clad sleepers. My precision that day was probably adequate for 1/19, but not for 1/87! The Code 100 rail I used was also far too heavy. Start again!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>With the diorama's diminutive size the ground work was fast accomplished. Rails painted rust, used ground coffee for earth and sieved gravel for ballast. Earth colours were slightly toned with diluted acrylic paint. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfDvyQsIE_HFrsMKuF2mz3g9sjoaTpopSmPG1RwyHbPrXj3IjeF1c28dn2qhJDLEUdBNEaail2atK4e6SqJNQ6-_gJMgv7v7z0aLEtTDokhooriXkDQghjV5w3dWe0Tc5OLjrl4IRUT1ThHZGcx_oirI-rvbc1UoRrh8MAle2o2h6309u3UZwkk1fRDsc/s4275/IMG_20230907_153442%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2405" data-original-width="4275" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfDvyQsIE_HFrsMKuF2mz3g9sjoaTpopSmPG1RwyHbPrXj3IjeF1c28dn2qhJDLEUdBNEaail2atK4e6SqJNQ6-_gJMgv7v7z0aLEtTDokhooriXkDQghjV5w3dWe0Tc5OLjrl4IRUT1ThHZGcx_oirI-rvbc1UoRrh8MAle2o2h6309u3UZwkk1fRDsc/w640-h360/IMG_20230907_153442%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Code 55 track glued in place. Landscape built up and prepared for mounting of a tree.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjelduGWJH9OIJSj9Qn5_lma8eVgJeu_DO5RcY4ya84mMjtrT0YXWdttFOVelgSZbUSMtfm6zW9_Qd2It2DXOMlyRGaIXpQun9cjfyCC_T4gBd2Hnsp0ScTAR_9hOwIg0ef5jp9pPb6n3uQdHzknVZvDcso1iIwpDERpKTzeC2UDK_iSTFouixvDYNndc/s3924/IMG_20230907_191259%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2207" data-original-width="3924" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjelduGWJH9OIJSj9Qn5_lma8eVgJeu_DO5RcY4ya84mMjtrT0YXWdttFOVelgSZbUSMtfm6zW9_Qd2It2DXOMlyRGaIXpQun9cjfyCC_T4gBd2Hnsp0ScTAR_9hOwIg0ef5jp9pPb6n3uQdHzknVZvDcso1iIwpDERpKTzeC2UDK_iSTFouixvDYNndc/w640-h360/IMG_20230907_191259%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ground texture and ballast glued on and treated with diluted paint. Hole for tree showing up in white.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>With the ground textures dry, I added a few grass tufts before I attached the tree. The tree is the dominating element in the diorama and is supposed to highlight the small size of narrow gauge railways. The tree is a handmade commercially available product bought several years ago from German GATRA Modellbau Union. The tree was glued in place with AC-glue. Where the tree trunk meets the ground I built up a nice smooth transition with white glue and scatter material. Then crushed birch seeds were glued down immidiately under the tree representing dead leaves. When resonably dry I added static grass. In front of the track I used 2 and 4 mm fibres in two green colours. Behind the track I used 4 mm green and a mix of 12 mm green and straw. </p><p>When the glue had dried I cleaned away the loose grass fibres and cut the top off those fibres I judged too high. Finally I sanded the edges of the exposed foam board and painted the areas in an earth colour. Once dry I could remove the masking tape and reveal the birch bark.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW61eWm3y9_So42vQJx3qScPS2yrBZtSp0N4C9Ixysag_w-ejrm_9yheL9r9S57I7KDMSUH5dTQNLDJUUbkwMEao2QRFyNZxYB7HthCuUGzqfOmMJVustAjS50p5v212-F4XiSC3tWnmMAGa7O8MHeab9nULU5fpvDI1_V8yN_jxPoONchgKYxzbEAzr4/s4624/IMG_20230914_092020.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3472" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW61eWm3y9_So42vQJx3qScPS2yrBZtSp0N4C9Ixysag_w-ejrm_9yheL9r9S57I7KDMSUH5dTQNLDJUUbkwMEao2QRFyNZxYB7HthCuUGzqfOmMJVustAjS50p5v212-F4XiSC3tWnmMAGa7O8MHeab9nULU5fpvDI1_V8yN_jxPoONchgKYxzbEAzr4/w300-h400/IMG_20230914_092020.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With tree and static grass added the mini diorama is basically finished. Effective construction time has probably not been more than 30 minutes. It's obvious that it is a much smaller scale than 1/19!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I'm now viewing a lot of images of PD-1 draisines to decide a livery for the model to be displayed on the mini-diorama. </p>Claus Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941765156840735956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409375129642703288.post-4902083605423913432023-09-12T22:01:00.006+02:002023-09-13T08:53:07.048+02:00Plank Road at Lorry Ramp<p>With the recent adding of grass near the loading ramp the only 'naked' areas remaining on the segment was the road area below the ramp as well as a short piece of track lacking ballast. The plank road under the ramp's chute needed lengthening and the rest of the road area covering with a suitable mix of sieved gravel. That work has now been finished (as if a model railway is ever finished!).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7LCPruwT7YF8ePDrIiYBgeqa4QO9JwDxzaCeVikEwYawLOObIR5lMt2fAPinqv7-JxenrPdj1TrHZWNdkY_l_DmVggW-AmpohPoBpIvkPG6fwThqZ6v9pdS6asRLep5Y7D7U2zyZkAOrg8gqI_P9Hb4hUk6KC2tu-f6YDpgMYcY5suIilASjFJgAR2Zc/s4624/IMG_20230912_191637%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2601" data-original-width="4624" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7LCPruwT7YF8ePDrIiYBgeqa4QO9JwDxzaCeVikEwYawLOObIR5lMt2fAPinqv7-JxenrPdj1TrHZWNdkY_l_DmVggW-AmpohPoBpIvkPG6fwThqZ6v9pdS6asRLep5Y7D7U2zyZkAOrg8gqI_P9Hb4hUk6KC2tu-f6YDpgMYcY5suIilASjFJgAR2Zc/w640-h360/IMG_20230912_191637%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Current status at the lorry loading ramp at Nystrup Gravel. Ground work is finished as far as plank road and gravel surface concerns. I still haven't got a lorry to display and the Ferguson acts as replacement vehicle.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>With a mix of differently sized grey stained planks produced, they were glued to the layout's surface. Some withered grass tufts were placed up against the plank retaining wall under the chute. A few green tufts were placed at the end of the loading area to illustrate a more humid ground. A few black spots were painted on the layout surface. They are the beginning of some small waterfilled potholes I plan to install. If they don't come out as expected they can easily be filled in.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYLej3Q1yxJIpWB9AVvAwlvN_bm6VcAd_Grd5k6Fa8fXH2gfB-mu2mfy5Szf8gKW1spGDSfdbwjO9PgU8tl5tCynQOY0oMJaz1X98tpx5ux-bJGjr_wcyz5kalrxjLeOGgS2tqy0JbnL-mm8LdAiCFcqM4zTnhj8w6pwYp801tkajADcbJw-InJB3Ddh8/s4624/IMG_20230908_154119%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2601" data-original-width="4624" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYLej3Q1yxJIpWB9AVvAwlvN_bm6VcAd_Grd5k6Fa8fXH2gfB-mu2mfy5Szf8gKW1spGDSfdbwjO9PgU8tl5tCynQOY0oMJaz1X98tpx5ux-bJGjr_wcyz5kalrxjLeOGgS2tqy0JbnL-mm8LdAiCFcqM4zTnhj8w6pwYp801tkajADcbJw-InJB3Ddh8/w640-h360/IMG_20230908_154119%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The stained planks have been glued in place under the loading ramp's chute. The planks helped avoid lorries getting stuck in rainy weather and wet conditions. The plank road is known from several Danish industrial railway locations and Nystrup Gravel naturally used the method too.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>A first layer of gravel and sand in differing tones was spread over the loading area with a plastic spoon. I decided to keep the gravel quite level without the ruts many modellers would have created in a similar area. I have gone with a quite subtle level of uneveness. More can always be added if I decide to. A few dead leaves were scattered where they would assemble due to wind and traffic. As usual the gravel was glued with diluted white glue.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmHqvVASe1rh7PVGJ_sfqBnjf7cSXezh7YapvCfMP1yWLqAJkQdqH2nDQdQxs-OJwtKpDpV2cYqDDD2clyT6_094xVuOCUu4UIrhodqQYuNmzKKH6q3DZpxIpy6FgtJog_62EiYlHJJQFdcO2WBEq_1KLc9460z5PyNcfvEGD98Or4gVz-s1bH0MkmCrM/s4004/IMG_20230908_173550%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4004" data-original-width="3304" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmHqvVASe1rh7PVGJ_sfqBnjf7cSXezh7YapvCfMP1yWLqAJkQdqH2nDQdQxs-OJwtKpDpV2cYqDDD2clyT6_094xVuOCUu4UIrhodqQYuNmzKKH6q3DZpxIpy6FgtJog_62EiYlHJJQFdcO2WBEq_1KLc9460z5PyNcfvEGD98Or4gVz-s1bH0MkmCrM/w330-h400/IMG_20230908_173550%202.jpg" width="330" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first layer of gravel and sand in differing tones is being glued down. I use a syringe loaded with a mix of PVA glue, water and washing up liquid. It's Friday afternoon and I enjoy a glass of homemade grape juice with vodka and sparkling water - always add a level area the size of a glass on each layout segment!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The next task at the loading area will be working with the colours of the gravel layer and work on the puddles.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhWFmlhk-wETeYOwPtuAkp-k5FYkCAaa9ihTCitl0ihWJvaGewW13lsTbXOnHZoWcsmLWk1V9Gc1c32-axDFxBHpn6mUBudUrFv4qf4eLCB5Rd3z3RFx3nueTg9zifmxfvi3aAQfe2gx1cHkTjqkRFP9igqLMRzTiZiSlBytxmTBbCU3Yv9Yn-jg-NyM/s4396/IMG_20230912_191512%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2473" data-original-width="4396" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhWFmlhk-wETeYOwPtuAkp-k5FYkCAaa9ihTCitl0ihWJvaGewW13lsTbXOnHZoWcsmLWk1V9Gc1c32-axDFxBHpn6mUBudUrFv4qf4eLCB5Rd3z3RFx3nueTg9zifmxfvi3aAQfe2gx1cHkTjqkRFP9igqLMRzTiZiSlBytxmTBbCU3Yv9Yn-jg-NyM/w640-h360/IMG_20230912_191512%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Despite the amounts of gravel loaded into lorries the loading ramp at Nystrup Gravel was a cramped location. Lorries had to reverse under the chute with not much room for manoeuvering.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Claus Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941765156840735956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409375129642703288.post-23976633525736783652023-09-07T11:20:00.006+02:002023-09-07T20:41:21.301+02:00Excavator in 1/19 Scale?<p>In 1/35 scale I had two excavators for my Nystrup Gravel layout. I never had anywhere to display them, as I didn't get to build a gravel pit module, so they were usually only used on special photo occasions. I <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2013/01/excavators-at-nystrup-gravel.html" target="_blank">presented the models and the history of Nystrup Gravel excavators on the blog 10 years ago</a>. It's hard to imagine a gravel company without at least one excavator and I have to find a way to build or acquire one in 1/19 scale. The problem is that excavators are rather large machines...</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLy7mq_5HFh6fO4NyDY6-ijg3qJbGC6rv7MObum5nNOwkFs4gTEl7ap-azAYmWuetKuzDMWzkfATSWyh0eAKluqSD7js4PwpNpldBMcE9fFmPvJAkzVipPeI13J22Jd8oTp6l3NcdyvO6Omztyr9GQeMdloZ8ssl-_fFczgJK8Ez5gu7jqq7xJYFkfSns/s1600/35155859780_536dc41210_o.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLy7mq_5HFh6fO4NyDY6-ijg3qJbGC6rv7MObum5nNOwkFs4gTEl7ap-azAYmWuetKuzDMWzkfATSWyh0eAKluqSD7js4PwpNpldBMcE9fFmPvJAkzVipPeI13J22Jd8oTp6l3NcdyvO6Omztyr9GQeMdloZ8ssl-_fFczgJK8Ez5gu7jqq7xJYFkfSns/w640-h360/35155859780_536dc41210_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Menck M 60 in 1/35 scale was a large and complicated model. Both regarding building and displaying. Here I have carefully transported the model out in a real 1:1 scale gravel pit.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>With both my Menck and Ruston & Bucyrus excavators beeing large and rather complex models in 1/35 scale I have been rather sceptical regarding the chances of having an excavator in 1/19 scale. There is nothing scale like commercially available and scratch building even a small excavator like an Ruston & Bucyrus RB-10 seems like a lot of work (although I know talented modellers have done it).</p><p>Recently I got a hint from a friend sending me an image of a lorry based excavator. A simple lattice boom with clam shell bucket mounted on a cut-down cab-less lorry chassis. Surely not an excavator for a high production output, but sufficient for extracting that high quality gravel in a corner of the gravel pit.</p><p>A model of the excavator could be made from a rebuilt die-cast Ford A pick-up with a lattice boom constructed from soldered brass profiles. The difficult part in creating a model of the ungainly excavator will probably be how to establish the details of operation: was parts of the excavator's functions motorized through the lorry's engine and how was the cabeling and pivoting arranged. I'll try to figure that out by closer study of the image.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFbov7rzLV6vQRx49xZTY4A5aIM1-364AmkWN6Wc2YlpKyW05kp1lHuPub0DCK7Xy5COjm_h3vjxZkqEBBclE1YBXZjN0johZj7coV5AL8PNHnAXCpaG5VcWY-rauVFGvM3JosxRvKUWRyGX6Yj2TaKXU6bhLLwK7TWx2BLe0DB3rMvQc_-pshjLlUCEo/s1220/Alslev%20Sognearkiv%20B20314%20Kristian%20Gade%20Alslev%20%C3%98stermark.%20%20Forumvej%2065.%201950%20%E2%80%93%201960..jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="1220" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFbov7rzLV6vQRx49xZTY4A5aIM1-364AmkWN6Wc2YlpKyW05kp1lHuPub0DCK7Xy5COjm_h3vjxZkqEBBclE1YBXZjN0johZj7coV5AL8PNHnAXCpaG5VcWY-rauVFGvM3JosxRvKUWRyGX6Yj2TaKXU6bhLLwK7TWx2BLe0DB3rMvQc_-pshjLlUCEo/w640-h362/Alslev%20Sognearkiv%20B20314%20Kristian%20Gade%20Alslev%20%C3%98stermark.%20%20Forumvej%2065.%201950%20%E2%80%93%201960..jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loading skips with sand at the Alslev gravel works. The two-skip train is pulled by a locomotive from Nagbøl Machine Works. Photo: Alslev Sognearkiv B20314.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p>Claus Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941765156840735956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409375129642703288.post-52654297509055140602023-08-28T11:25:00.005+02:002023-08-28T12:19:04.749+02:00Grass on the Loading Ramp Segment <p>After preparation of the basic ground covering with used ground coffee and sieved gravel and dirt as well as small stones and twigs, I finally pulled myself together and fired up <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2021/12/static-grass-applicator.html" target="_blank">the static grass applicator</a>. The loading ramp segment now has a basic cover of grass in varying tones. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhlSvgJlML_snw8w27NtGgByPaLEDEbszl7jMupkGygsVO5pqkQeSTFr9SyoqPCB5dcoduu1oXUKCES9ZJThtQXsd3R9TqwN-yD7ZJRUEkx_27HdfrRpUnotbWTPItkn5T4dgqrLmZqdHFtQ0lsrYY9p_mfjFoSK6pKPhNHo0JQd7OT8XxPe4OTCt9R3A/s4596/IMG_20230827_132803__01__01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2585" data-original-width="4596" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhlSvgJlML_snw8w27NtGgByPaLEDEbszl7jMupkGygsVO5pqkQeSTFr9SyoqPCB5dcoduu1oXUKCES9ZJThtQXsd3R9TqwN-yD7ZJRUEkx_27HdfrRpUnotbWTPItkn5T4dgqrLmZqdHFtQ0lsrYY9p_mfjFoSK6pKPhNHo0JQd7OT8XxPe4OTCt9R3A/w640-h360/IMG_20230827_132803__01__01.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After a few days in my covered car parking the loading ramp segment is fully grassed.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Before I added the static grass I placed grass tufts where I thought it was appropriate. To fasten the static grass I used <a href="https://www.rts-greenkeeper.de/en/product-category/kleber/" target="_blank">glue from RTS</a> in two variants. The best for the large areas was the 'Gras-Flock Kleber – cremig' smeared on the ground surface with a flat brush. I varied the thickness and covering of the glue hoping to create different levels of grass covering. In places I didn't add glue allowing the ground to show through.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFjlTnnl457T2hR_g57UnwiCyG1HtSZLqaZD4yRb9JEh57L-cbl9G65-uXw6SiGlfY_HRwUpttdPCue0gQQIy3sSiZT17OfNdjZrRk0fndVcs2nTqRwwkgwx_x_RCeA357s2nFekojYbJ6rxwchZ5UrXtHOE7DoqebwOxfaPfKnPAGGMDzw2yDeWQqHR4/s5624/CLN_0714%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3163" data-original-width="5624" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFjlTnnl457T2hR_g57UnwiCyG1HtSZLqaZD4yRb9JEh57L-cbl9G65-uXw6SiGlfY_HRwUpttdPCue0gQQIy3sSiZT17OfNdjZrRk0fndVcs2nTqRwwkgwx_x_RCeA357s2nFekojYbJ6rxwchZ5UrXtHOE7DoqebwOxfaPfKnPAGGMDzw2yDeWQqHR4/w640-h360/CLN_0714%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nystrup loco no. 3 rolling down the lorry ramp with an empty skip. The static grass in the foreground is a mix of RTS grass colours 'Early summer' and 'Straw'.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The rear side of the segment is fitted with a predominantly dry and pale growth of grass. The front side is more green and lush. Although the grass towards the rear isn't too obvious when viewed from the front, the idea is that the lighter grass will blend better in with the photographic backdrop. </p><p>Once the glue was applied, I started with a thin layer of 4 mm high grass with the name 'Summer' from RTS. Then I added 12 mm grass in the RTS grass colours 'Early summer' and 'Straw'. Where I wanted the grass to be green and fresh, living of good quaility soil I used most of the 'Early summer' variety and where I wanted the grass to look pale and struggeling with less fertile soil I used 'Straw'. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhww4vHAe4tTTfIYf3MtjebUqcB-GOX48XlYQMR0_BESBikHGJuPCwscoKy4_PMumvulBoP4edjff1RK5WoCTs5fvZvdgq_C5gxHIpArLOc4iBvJ4xIKlnpso6DB9wnvtVErVYFNyy_iii5UOuNM4D2BYZdljgGYg5DuJe7RnQJXkL6IaCiLyqUNvyeyVQ/s5260/CLN_0717%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2959" data-original-width="5260" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhww4vHAe4tTTfIYf3MtjebUqcB-GOX48XlYQMR0_BESBikHGJuPCwscoKy4_PMumvulBoP4edjff1RK5WoCTs5fvZvdgq_C5gxHIpArLOc4iBvJ4xIKlnpso6DB9wnvtVErVYFNyy_iii5UOuNM4D2BYZdljgGYg5DuJe7RnQJXkL6IaCiLyqUNvyeyVQ/w640-h360/CLN_0717%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The front side of the segment with the lorry loading area to the left. The homemade coarse grass from sidal rope isn't disqualifying itself totally, so I will probably be exploring that method further in the future.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRUJfaoC6Gqb5WKESaEM00Fa2G1jj2CA2IggeAjGChoi0RxNQ2l0igvYVyAh75PpmlBvnqc_bTdbCqU7BCDQi5QeI-klZSvAjzs8cl64FIwtdM43fbUXNmwopoJGGVWUaRmuKyE8kHxeArGv0ccFJmMruTp_ZeGW8VsAWxEVNsxC74-VxaeEHwbIrJ9xs/s5323/CLN_0723%20(4).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2994" data-original-width="5323" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRUJfaoC6Gqb5WKESaEM00Fa2G1jj2CA2IggeAjGChoi0RxNQ2l0igvYVyAh75PpmlBvnqc_bTdbCqU7BCDQi5QeI-klZSvAjzs8cl64FIwtdM43fbUXNmwopoJGGVWUaRmuKyE8kHxeArGv0ccFJmMruTp_ZeGW8VsAWxEVNsxC74-VxaeEHwbIrJ9xs/w640-h360/CLN_0723%20(4).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With a basic covering of grass the layout segment begins to show some of the views I had planned. There is still much to do, though. As I worked outdoor the photos were made in my garden.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>There is a lot more to do regarding grass and shrubbery on the loading ramp segment, but first I will work on the road area below the ramp. More plank road still needs to be made as well as covering the rest of the area with a suitable mix of sieved gravel - perhaps with some waterfilled potholes for variety. </p>Claus Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941765156840735956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409375129642703288.post-2224585078481262732023-08-25T22:52:00.002+02:002023-08-27T18:36:04.231+02:0022 mm Grass Tufts - Blog Post #500<p>As I worked my way through my supply of grass tufts (<a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2022/06/vegetation-from-new-source.html" target="_blank">mentioned in a previous post</a>) I made sure to order additional ones to avoid the work coming to a halt. As I did that I noticed that the supplyer <a href="https://www.greenstuffworld.com/en/" target="_blank">Green Stuff World</a> now had grass tufts 22 mm in height in several colours. Consequently three packs of high tufts were ordered in addition to the 12 mm versions.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRQWcpd9cvkzOPP9Dn9Y0Nz0waej5C_ZzkBGpYot3k4VSFbfHbGypsELfdVMiceblK2HQuKCLWju9jrWhmZRiLP0RpeKZwQqRwAQoUVHnKS4UezFHeTNpWk6CAqAkfgLVGmLNeMbYDKGddRZ2F3DQXh1aj5jWLyoU2lLfaiW2Zj4-D73dasMlf0dyFETA/s3284/IMG_20230824_202914__01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1847" data-original-width="3284" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRQWcpd9cvkzOPP9Dn9Y0Nz0waej5C_ZzkBGpYot3k4VSFbfHbGypsELfdVMiceblK2HQuKCLWju9jrWhmZRiLP0RpeKZwQqRwAQoUVHnKS4UezFHeTNpWk6CAqAkfgLVGmLNeMbYDKGddRZ2F3DQXh1aj5jWLyoU2lLfaiW2Zj4-D73dasMlf0dyFETA/w640-h360/IMG_20230824_202914__01.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view of three heights of grass tufts seen on the layout looking towards the fuel and lubrication shed.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I had ordered three colour variants of the 22 mm grass tufts and having arrived the colours 'Light green' and 'Dry green' seemed to fit perfectly fine with the colours I have previously used on the layout. The grass tufts with the colour 'Burnt' on the contrary, will probably remain in the box. The colour is much to dark and red for my taste. I have measured four tufts and they matched the stated 22 mm pretty well with some being slightly higher.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaDDuW5NgaSlgx5OYgNW08P6BttWT_KVUFNRrFpeswMuQyAZz6AdPeMcX9D-VPMbc5kKAcmnkPU3Xo-yvO7fOXHQGjU-t-X28GQRTRdpH4uEl0c-s3NNRZdolGqd2_23MtDWE0M9MmRX9FozWlGFh3bC7UhXeaF1WSgTHbjjjpQf5hR1b-_dcquw-gQaY/s3713/IMG_20230825_134011__01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2088" data-original-width="3713" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaDDuW5NgaSlgx5OYgNW08P6BttWT_KVUFNRrFpeswMuQyAZz6AdPeMcX9D-VPMbc5kKAcmnkPU3Xo-yvO7fOXHQGjU-t-X28GQRTRdpH4uEl0c-s3NNRZdolGqd2_23MtDWE0M9MmRX9FozWlGFh3bC7UhXeaF1WSgTHbjjjpQf5hR1b-_dcquw-gQaY/w640-h360/IMG_20230825_134011__01.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The grass tufts come in boxes measuring 15 x 9 cm.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs9Sg6a8REIDbV179nOq9n4aw5ky-zSeekkbQizmqrhLlu_d46D6igrhseCTJlr9vjQyRP6Isab-IV40jZM6wbn_Je7stR2xuWHU5hEsj3GUZcZri1lxCC8JtgYGSuz6FqxxnJc7QBnASNAkgG60UyrEVw_CAzWDCtsS0JR9pkpsZWi4VKhXTlmmuuC-A/s4624/IMG_20230825_134024__01__01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2601" data-original-width="4624" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs9Sg6a8REIDbV179nOq9n4aw5ky-zSeekkbQizmqrhLlu_d46D6igrhseCTJlr9vjQyRP6Isab-IV40jZM6wbn_Je7stR2xuWHU5hEsj3GUZcZri1lxCC8JtgYGSuz6FqxxnJc7QBnASNAkgG60UyrEVw_CAzWDCtsS0JR9pkpsZWi4VKhXTlmmuuC-A/w640-h360/IMG_20230825_134024__01__01.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While info on the box mentions the product's use in multiple scales, it doesn't mention 1/19 scale.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Cvd5eXvguNprrbkJPRl9H2In89KGuykgQCEg8qDQ27OW2NUFrVVhXvVwbxcw9j59coegiOlrqDC99QfD0ER7LsYh_NkG6gJtxdxWbt_yWLU2AyYQkalcYLEg1k0CO2Og0Q98fLVsa4F-hxa9HCLr43oDBoO3pptjoGT9rWyALRS0O17FXu9--CGltM4/s2308/IMG_20230824_202906__01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2308" data-original-width="1849" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Cvd5eXvguNprrbkJPRl9H2In89KGuykgQCEg8qDQ27OW2NUFrVVhXvVwbxcw9j59coegiOlrqDC99QfD0ER7LsYh_NkG6gJtxdxWbt_yWLU2AyYQkalcYLEg1k0CO2Og0Q98fLVsa4F-hxa9HCLr43oDBoO3pptjoGT9rWyALRS0O17FXu9--CGltM4/w320-h400/IMG_20230824_202906__01.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three sizes of grass tufts from Green Stuff World.: from left 12 mm, 6 mm and the new 22 mm tuft.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>As the title says this is the 500th post on this little modelling blog. When I started blogging more than 10 years ago, I hadn't thought it would develop into such a lasting activity. Now it has become an integral part of my modelling. Sometimes an inspiration and sometimes a reward allowing me to share the joy of a well executed project. I don't know if I will ever take the blog to celebrate the 1000th post. But so far I intend to keep up the blogging.</p>Claus Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941765156840735956noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409375129642703288.post-1708414548841382112023-08-16T10:32:00.001+02:002023-08-16T10:32:32.327+02:00Vacation and Models<p>During my vacation this summer I visited several museums that used models to explain historical and technical developments. I have previously <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2016/07/models-making-history.html" target="_blank">mentioned models from the German Museum of Technology in Berlin, their scope and history</a>. This summer models from Danish museums caught my eyes and made me reflect on how models help convey historical knowledge and provide context for other exhibits.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh045aZqiJI2bL-r8-zagt_rk7-mX-3PW8bkOEDLQOnotXzrQwN9wytmWYjlbCtDvE2ZUcn3wG_we9ofgR75NCAffXrTKlwrpe_fULX8lk3uw39fIHwRsiFhCpbuNZKiWVoWmJjYumfiBpl0Lsk3wvlZpk7QvT_8I_zwUriKB_CQYqd5ihGFLSvX3xQmbE/s4624/IMG_20230428_113815%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2601" data-original-width="4624" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh045aZqiJI2bL-r8-zagt_rk7-mX-3PW8bkOEDLQOnotXzrQwN9wytmWYjlbCtDvE2ZUcn3wG_we9ofgR75NCAffXrTKlwrpe_fULX8lk3uw39fIHwRsiFhCpbuNZKiWVoWmJjYumfiBpl0Lsk3wvlZpk7QvT_8I_zwUriKB_CQYqd5ihGFLSvX3xQmbE/w640-h360/IMG_20230428_113815%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Models help provide context and fuel the imagination of visitors in museums. Here a model of a 17th century ship yard. </span>Photo from the <a href="https://www.vasamuseet.se/en" target="_blank">Wasa museum in Stockholm</a> I visited earlier this year.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>In the<a href="https://www.monsted-kalkgruber.dk/en/" target="_blank"> museum at the old Mønsted lime works</a> models in several scales are used to illustrate how lime was quarried and processed. A faily large 1/87 scale model of the complete works and open pit quarry gives a good overview of the general layout of buildings and track. In a much larger scale (probably around 1/13 and definately larger than 1/19) a series of small dioramas and a huge one illustrated work methods as well as design and operation of the lime kilns.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuuAfJ5kIrjfo--5fRXmfFgb2Dyu7hFMOi8kQXyftPoQnO9ShLORZRlVzZKul44XubRJB8-EEluG5SREIi9jcxoUqSPf12Rc9hUVTTU2ZlXRaeW1YU9eziNALaZX-BlUfI1y96C0gZVYOM8ZCZNghovLZySjX3CENOj6ZfX9NDnMevXNVRQuzyU-FLoLg/s4622/20.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2600" data-original-width="4622" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuuAfJ5kIrjfo--5fRXmfFgb2Dyu7hFMOi8kQXyftPoQnO9ShLORZRlVzZKul44XubRJB8-EEluG5SREIi9jcxoUqSPf12Rc9hUVTTU2ZlXRaeW1YU9eziNALaZX-BlUfI1y96C0gZVYOM8ZCZNghovLZySjX3CENOj6ZfX9NDnMevXNVRQuzyU-FLoLg/w640-h360/20.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Showing how animal, humans and simple tools quarried chalk in the open lime pit area. One of a series of small dioramas illustrating sequences of quarry work and chalk treatment. The modelling is kept in a naive-illustrative style which actually works quite well. The primary function of the model is to show how a certain operation worked, not to be a highly detailed scale model.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKZ1t3LBB_TRX6JQ89HIBoGE77IeYZZQ241JHlX6ztUlynY-qOwPzQjf8tBUTUScPzgukvp1VnNmhp8q3hNBXJ0n8eteduJ_-5yZ8W__UpkRi431-E6IAcavFcplnR6s9SJC2BU0f9wcaxMVouwFyEc8kST0qGdswnKk_5zqj4yaSam-0c-avCr0lRDbY/s4622/21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2600" data-original-width="4622" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKZ1t3LBB_TRX6JQ89HIBoGE77IeYZZQ241JHlX6ztUlynY-qOwPzQjf8tBUTUScPzgukvp1VnNmhp8q3hNBXJ0n8eteduJ_-5yZ8W__UpkRi431-E6IAcavFcplnR6s9SJC2BU0f9wcaxMVouwFyEc8kST0qGdswnKk_5zqj4yaSam-0c-avCr0lRDbY/w640-h360/21.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A train emerging from the lime underground galleries. The portal is a fine model of the actual Mønsted mine entrance. While the skips are quite nice models, the locomotive is an approximation of an early model Pedershaab locomotive. For the average museum guest the very recognizable red brick mine entrance clearly sets the situation in Mønsted. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS6I6OUsrMrKUWlC7kWaLiT1F0U93Ryl5QAISpgGbVSsvZ11JgW3mqUQ5-HvE0iIMx_XISAsMr7UNL_mFHVJsExFsalbOqNslco8JN7OBfPV1VHTgOY6mKMNE3vXdTKB32qAEflo7zhQfL-5mu1g7oQiDhPeXolsnCHEST9IKBignXoFmwofRh7K0D4Is/s4412/23.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4412" data-original-width="3237" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS6I6OUsrMrKUWlC7kWaLiT1F0U93Ryl5QAISpgGbVSsvZ11JgW3mqUQ5-HvE0iIMx_XISAsMr7UNL_mFHVJsExFsalbOqNslco8JN7OBfPV1VHTgOY6mKMNE3vXdTKB32qAEflo7zhQfL-5mu1g7oQiDhPeXolsnCHEST9IKBignXoFmwofRh7K0D4Is/w294-h400/23.jpg" width="294" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two of the Mønsted ovens are represented in a large ca. 2x4 m diorama. Extremely well done buildings with detailed lifts for feeding lime into the ovens. The nice skips incl. weathering is present here as well. Rather coarse ballast is used in the track.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQTyxY8ePbB5q3cqxR6PPcJyvDZhS7FzccnSwcFRvSUaKSdJ1Vt7rBtCedvYEP2EXQGmHBIm2cTuOwhakyPwmksmVRk9tef42_uzzRtHBEgr7NLSnQL-k4WGM6MeWy6GITunRxyUgp_tbxQPXLGvDfxNNrWRAEMCzRFfFcokGp_gXEvJEq2ds0q01k7c/s4335/IMG_20230731_164519%20m.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2439" data-original-width="4335" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQTyxY8ePbB5q3cqxR6PPcJyvDZhS7FzccnSwcFRvSUaKSdJ1Vt7rBtCedvYEP2EXQGmHBIm2cTuOwhakyPwmksmVRk9tef42_uzzRtHBEgr7NLSnQL-k4WGM6MeWy6GITunRxyUgp_tbxQPXLGvDfxNNrWRAEMCzRFfFcokGp_gXEvJEq2ds0q01k7c/w640-h360/IMG_20230731_164519%20m.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The large model of the lime kilns features a cut-away side seen here and an exterior view as seen above. The diorama almost completely fills the room and is wasn't easy the capture the diorama in a single picture. The quality of the buildings in the diorama was of a quality I would be very proud of, if I had been the model builder.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>A completely different kind of museum - <a href="https://www.kongernessamling.dk/en/koldinghus/" target="_blank">the royal castle of Koldinghus</a> - also used models to give visitors an idea of the castle's development over time. A series of small scale models illustrated how the castle's structure and design changed through its more than 750 years of existence. Other Danish museums use digital 4D illustrations projected onto walls or viewed through binoculars and all the methods have their advantages. The physical models allow you to see several appearances over many hundreds of years at the same time, something the digital tools I have seen used don't do very well.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRbsQcGlIr6g4Qm-NFrmPXwlopx3Q3aYOJm660yn7wEzYZT_jmKnV8kY77XSLJ5qMuEIzCNtWh2qFT_JfNKQP6GPiKHA7B2wCz0CwarqBGJwU-A-Tos_e7EoXWHPFtCnW73zxHdd_V3JcxTzw0YE594Y6X6wwv_wZJapEJqcydW6pxFjWhpGQyhSPnDUs/s4446/IMG_20230803_100944%20m.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2501" data-original-width="4446" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRbsQcGlIr6g4Qm-NFrmPXwlopx3Q3aYOJm660yn7wEzYZT_jmKnV8kY77XSLJ5qMuEIzCNtWh2qFT_JfNKQP6GPiKHA7B2wCz0CwarqBGJwU-A-Tos_e7EoXWHPFtCnW73zxHdd_V3JcxTzw0YE594Y6X6wwv_wZJapEJqcydW6pxFjWhpGQyhSPnDUs/w640-h360/IMG_20230803_100944%20m.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Several neat little models in similar sizes allows the visitor to see the castle's development during the centuries. The models aren't particularly detailed, but that is not their purpose. They convey general size and design through the times and illustrate the castle's rise and fall.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>On my own worktable I'm currently working with outdoor lamps for buildings and poles as well as continuing the work on converting the Essel Engineering Fowler. The work includes new cab interior, adding lights and details as well as fitting new battery and RC equipment. </p>Claus Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941765156840735956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409375129642703288.post-67597576998251763232023-08-06T17:53:00.008+02:002023-08-07T10:42:37.020+02:00Ballasting Track<p>Vacation time usually allows some modelling. This year less than usually, but I got some grass tufts, ground cover and ballasting done on the long module on my small layout.The ground cover is slowly spreading from the left side of the layout toward the right. Surely not the most exiting news, but progress nevertheless. During my vacation I was lucky to see some models being used in several museums. Quality and scope was very different, but they filled their role very well. A future post will show a few of them.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9f4VcPtP2LVYemJo8edKyH3pzZzAPizsDMUE8tsvvnhf5RPdRzx2c7h63ZwTHFkCCWEXw88LwOR39L-Fc75hcCxZjBO2PKlt-cATC72sRmSEyY9hnAXCIrmcTczsmOtLTovAM6M5DilGXl2bRJR_HgzYomuhayqG9dPKbfx7OIIs4wR2Efg_YH-tcIRg/s4651/CLN_0468%20(3).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2616" data-original-width="4651" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9f4VcPtP2LVYemJo8edKyH3pzZzAPizsDMUE8tsvvnhf5RPdRzx2c7h63ZwTHFkCCWEXw88LwOR39L-Fc75hcCxZjBO2PKlt-cATC72sRmSEyY9hnAXCIrmcTczsmOtLTovAM6M5DilGXl2bRJR_HgzYomuhayqG9dPKbfx7OIIs4wR2Efg_YH-tcIRg/w640-h360/CLN_0468%20(3).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ground cover is gradually spreading on the Nystrup Gravel layout.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>As usual ballasting track is done with sieved gravel with coarser gravel sprinkled on top. In advance grass tufts have been placed in the track. Once sleepers have been swept clean with a flat brush and the ballast adjusted, I apply glue to the ballast. I use the traditional heavily thinned white glue with washing up liquid added to remove the surface tension. Once the ballast has been completely soaked with the glue mix there is time to clean away tools and materials while the glue dries.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxG-2_O4UOBlLaWr2CrFUkvgS63A0b78z9idE6VdHEH1uL2wqeBm1icz3viT2Ab_6jVpf0Ks7am9eeRey-UV7XLni9eg2GUh6eDrd9p3g8upQPotRs1h9rCTX5KjMnLh8UhWYf0lf5pevyLf672_CGkz9dqnzbrjlzoVHiQLKwsVKdm4RuC97kCAWFjU/s4622/1y.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2600" data-original-width="4622" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxG-2_O4UOBlLaWr2CrFUkvgS63A0b78z9idE6VdHEH1uL2wqeBm1icz3viT2Ab_6jVpf0Ks7am9eeRey-UV7XLni9eg2GUh6eDrd9p3g8upQPotRs1h9rCTX5KjMnLh8UhWYf0lf5pevyLf672_CGkz9dqnzbrjlzoVHiQLKwsVKdm4RuC97kCAWFjU/w640-h360/1y.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ballast has been applied, adjusted, sleepers swept and gravel particles removed from the tufts.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFL9vRo1FAH4DjarWOPehQO67iXmr4Difs_OBYcs9YzLulOjfeeG2SJSO4GAu7InPWTvwTW29CgWohi6lfTXxbvhV77ZBN0POgD-Y4kFSnFpmc1emdqVXKB9Pqc4vufygx_-W5bWaPZ7ZHUpC-daGiN9dB5jdZaplvwk9rEwkVd_73z7go7d-wFaQ3La4/s4622/2y.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2600" data-original-width="4622" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFL9vRo1FAH4DjarWOPehQO67iXmr4Difs_OBYcs9YzLulOjfeeG2SJSO4GAu7InPWTvwTW29CgWohi6lfTXxbvhV77ZBN0POgD-Y4kFSnFpmc1emdqVXKB9Pqc4vufygx_-W5bWaPZ7ZHUpC-daGiN9dB5jdZaplvwk9rEwkVd_73z7go7d-wFaQ3La4/w640-h360/2y.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The areas with water/glue mix is spreading. I use a syringe to apply the glue mix. A slow, but very precise method.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgdIlIx0KvJWc_nTIiIQnl4PPV5rxBXq2guk3Cpi7UAPcsU18ZlGGZnvk0eBry4vcULV82k5AWrPuX26Dsr9L2lULrq6GPGu6n4dX0c1IcYdXvyl4p1lbemnACdfyNCR8PMcL2ZW5EFlxBo2y3OQknt9p0Nd7hJi5T9cbRpcRRgExdBKv7qOvRzGq61T4/s4622/3y.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2600" data-original-width="4622" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgdIlIx0KvJWc_nTIiIQnl4PPV5rxBXq2guk3Cpi7UAPcsU18ZlGGZnvk0eBry4vcULV82k5AWrPuX26Dsr9L2lULrq6GPGu6n4dX0c1IcYdXvyl4p1lbemnACdfyNCR8PMcL2ZW5EFlxBo2y3OQknt9p0Nd7hJi5T9cbRpcRRgExdBKv7qOvRzGq61T4/w640-h360/3y.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A new section of track now waits for the ballast to dry, before the track can be finally swept clean for loose particles and tested.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>While most Danish industrial narrow gauge railways hardly used any ballast but dirt and earth, Nystrup Gravel has plenty of low quality gravel to use for keeping the line in decent shape. I try to vary the ballast from rather fine and clean in places to more dirty and coarse in other places with old leaves added here and there. </p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzqbaY33TlGkwS37ZDzh00jQE3Oeigj5UMIbc0PO-z7Zhh6H5glMs55vYASpS8z4_8WxG8N2KyRY0NPtqHPwmPXn-82gOiKljFEtiY7p8wZoWW-997C0gorB9v8jz1PGwhPF-VQrGrouHLzqAXmz5OJjd7Q3aZy0qwzgxBGKdENVEHN9YM3XgVSk6geE/s4412/23.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4412" data-original-width="3237" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzqbaY33TlGkwS37ZDzh00jQE3Oeigj5UMIbc0PO-z7Zhh6H5glMs55vYASpS8z4_8WxG8N2KyRY0NPtqHPwmPXn-82gOiKljFEtiY7p8wZoWW-997C0gorB9v8jz1PGwhPF-VQrGrouHLzqAXmz5OJjd7Q3aZy0qwzgxBGKdENVEHN9YM3XgVSk6geE/w294-h400/23.jpg" width="294" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the museums model I saw on my vacation use far coarser ballast than I do.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p>Claus Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941765156840735956noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409375129642703288.post-12020346231269961212023-07-30T17:24:00.004+02:002023-08-28T12:42:19.954+02:00Ford AA With New License Plates<p>Back in April 2022 I finished my <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2022/04/finished-ford-aa-recovery-lorry.html" target="_blank">rebuilding and repainting of a Ford AA recovery lorry</a>. By mistake I had designed the car's license plates a tad too small. As I ordered decals for the <a href="https://nystrupgravel.blogspot.com/2023/07/land-rover-in-service.html" target="_blank">Land Rover</a>'s license plates, I had new ones made for the Ford lorry. It was a quick job cutting and sanding a pair of new and larger pieces of plasticard for the plates. With a quick pass of a brush with gloss black paint they were soon ready to receive the decals from 'Skilteskoven'. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwSEUbGaPT5encJQklIgYY7tfE3CbiDtXpXuluctsNYyfLWNtFLqx2yzoUc4ShIZX-9WGmA07EkrhgAzLOaBfuOVTCzk5CAjEv3AeQ6h6GfVZX9ASZWeBNaD-f4LfYOPCHQThhW2eyWagDO2LwBeTSEQa_i8TZpy6JS9kO9wKW0tQhByrnoz7oU3Basmc/s5653/CLN_0362%20c%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3180" data-original-width="5653" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwSEUbGaPT5encJQklIgYY7tfE3CbiDtXpXuluctsNYyfLWNtFLqx2yzoUc4ShIZX-9WGmA07EkrhgAzLOaBfuOVTCzk5CAjEv3AeQ6h6GfVZX9ASZWeBNaD-f4LfYOPCHQThhW2eyWagDO2LwBeTSEQa_i8TZpy6JS9kO9wKW0tQhByrnoz7oU3Basmc/w640-h360/CLN_0362%20c%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I may be a minor detail, but in my view it looks better with true to prototype sized license plates. Here the recovery lorry is parked next to the lorry loading ramp in Nystrup.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The old license plates were carefully removed and the new ones fitted with AC-glue. Small scratches in the paintwork were repaired with a fine brush and black paint. As most car owners kept license plates resonably clean I didn't add any waethering to them.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQZr_Xq1G6BNiTzios4_NEdk99UZUW5Vxb3oMuoRCfGlL6qqrTrOjRiGP7whphPgZ51Y_3DHvSM74UEeAUhEpMNY-gD4HJBLeQdSJhg9tA2Yr9GzyLpdaRjK3W-SbdZJal5STlTidjbJdKXkh6qkJE-fFgbHPUfMMjp5Ax9iR8e_VVYe0DXqXu-x6Wy0/s5150/CLN_0337%203%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2897" data-original-width="5150" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQZr_Xq1G6BNiTzios4_NEdk99UZUW5Vxb3oMuoRCfGlL6qqrTrOjRiGP7whphPgZ51Y_3DHvSM74UEeAUhEpMNY-gD4HJBLeQdSJhg9tA2Yr9GzyLpdaRjK3W-SbdZJal5STlTidjbJdKXkh6qkJE-fFgbHPUfMMjp5Ax9iR8e_VVYe0DXqXu-x6Wy0/w640-h360/CLN_0337%203%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lorry is equipped with a warning sign looking pretty much like the Ukrainian flag. Hardly a coincidence as I finished the model merely a month after the unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Having to revisit a model to make small changes or correct minor mistakes isn't unusual for me. It's seldom something I write about on the blog, though. But it's a common practice as there is always something extra that can be done to add extra finesse to a model. Not least in a large scale like 1/19.</p>Claus Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941765156840735956noreply@blogger.com0