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Messages - Mark Dalrymple

#916
Kit Building / Re: FSM #145 Coal Tower
July 10, 2020, 03:25:15 PM
Looking terrific, George!

And the rain is good for the garden and modeling!

Cheers, Mark.
#917
Layout Tours / Re: Shadowlands and Tellynott
July 09, 2020, 04:33:19 PM
Hi John.

Yes, it is.  Highs of around 8 - 10 degrees Celsius at the moment (46 to 50 F).  We have spent several $1000 on trees and shrubs, including 102 beech hedging trees.  All of these need to be planted this winter.  The area where they need to go needs about 80 cubic metres of soil moved to level and I am doing this with the rotary hoe and bucket on our 1 series tractor.  Hence, not a lot of progress on my modeling empire lately.  I'm hoping to change this soon!

I have started chipping away at finishing the second room in the barn.  Nailing battens up and across the seams of the plywood sheets and filling all the knot and nail holes.  These walls were never insulated, so I had to punch all the nails, remove the plywood sheeting, install insulation and then reattach the sheeting.  I seem to do a lot of work like that - work that takes ages and looks exactly the same when you have finished as it did before you started!  Its the plastering of the 3.4m ceilings that is holding me back.  I've found the sort of bending over backwards that you do a lot of hard on my back post back surgery.  I might price getting a stopper in to do this job.  I must admit that stopping isn't my favourite job in the world!

OK - time to get back to leveling those gardens!

More soon, cheers, Mark.
#918
Nice to see some new starts of the show there, courtesy of Dan.  Some lovely additions to your empire.

I agree that the light in the roundhouse looks just right - not too bright.

Cheers, Mark.
#919
Kit Building / Re: FSM Kit #30 Signal Tower
July 07, 2020, 03:46:01 PM
This came out really nicely, Karl.

I especially like the hip and ridge tiles.

Cheers, Mark.
#920
Hi guys.

Thanks very much Karl and Curt!

Well - I've been busy with gardening projects and family stuff for a bit, but hope to find some regular time to work on the cannery again.  In the mean time, here are some workers I painted up for the fish preparation.  I used a shovel to cut up and reattach as knives.  Please remember these are magnified!  If they look OK to me with my glasses on, then that will do!

More soon, cheers, Mark.
#921
Kit Building / Re: FSM #145 Coal Tower
July 07, 2020, 01:19:34 AM
Nice progress, George.  Its coming on a treat!

Cheers, Mark.
#922
Lots of work has been done while I've been away, and looking good!

Cheers, Mark.
#923
Layout Tours / Re: PRR Bellevue Sub Build
July 02, 2020, 03:11:00 PM
Looks terrific, Curt.

Cheers, Mark.
#924
Kit Building / Re: FSM Kit #30 Signal Tower
July 02, 2020, 03:03:49 PM
Looks great, Karl!

Cheers, Mark.
#925
Kit Building / Re: FSM #145 Coal Tower
July 01, 2020, 03:10:14 PM
Looking good, George.

Cheers, Mark.
#926
Kit Building / Re: FSM #145 Coal Tower
June 27, 2020, 07:04:55 PM
Good start, George.

I'll be watching.

Cheers, Mark.
#927
Looks great, Frank.  Nice job!

Cheers, Mark.
#928
Kit Building / Re: FSM 2 Stall Engine House
June 22, 2020, 03:09:56 PM
Looking really nice, Joe.

Cheers, Mark.
#929
Looking good, John.

I'm just wondering why the ends of the clapboard wall sections don't line up with the timber beams between each track?

Re the cutting of clapboard (just wondering if it might help - for next time) - I would cut out the middle window first, then the far end of the two outside windows, then about 3/4 the way along the outside windows (leaving a quarter of clapboard remaining). then the last bit.  This should ease the pressure on the remaining piece a bit.  I would cut all the way through against the grain first (I often flip the walls over to finish this) on every cut, and would put tape on the back before I started.

Cheers, Mark.
#930
Kit Building / Re: FSM #115 Coal & Sand Shed
June 18, 2020, 03:09:07 PM
Looks very nice, Karl.

Cheers, Mark.
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