Partisan Attack!....1st Blood.

[spanner570]

Sorry if I have missed developments on the various builds boys and girl...Been missing!

Not very exciting compared with other progress for the G/B but here is the last element for my contribution to the summer build. No sprue shots as such 'cos it's just a bag of loose bits!

I have been trying, without success, to find an OO scale German Locomotive kit circa 1941/2, unless I payed a rediculous amount of money for one that is.. So I found this model on ebeegeebee bay for £6.00. With a bit of modification I reckon it will perhaps pass muster for a German look a like, sez he with not much conviction!

I hope to push on a bit now, so I will post a before and after for your appraisal soon.

Once again my apologies for not posting regularily.

Thanks,

Ron

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[spanner570]

Hello lady and gents, as promised here is the 'before' locomotive built from the box with no primer/painting done. I reckoned this loco is the nearest for starters to clone. Although a very old kit made by Dapol, this OO scale B.R. 2-6-0 Mogul class went together with no fuss.

I will now try and 'Germanize' it to make it look summat like a 1940's loco during the invasion of Russia

I will post some pictures if and when I am successful. Prayer mats at the ready please!

Please understand you good railway people on here, I am not going for anything but a rough interpretation of a wartime loco 'cos it's ultimate fate might not be too pleasant...

:cheers:

Ron

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[Guest]

Looking forward to this, brilliant.

[AlanG]

Sorry to drag off topic for a second but. I got a little shiver down my spine when i first saw this thread Ron. The last picture on your first post imediately made me think of this...

http://www.the13th.com/wolfdisguisedasmonk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/auschwitz.jpg

[spanner570]

Sorry to drag off topic for a second but. I got a little shiver down my spine when i first saw this thread Ron. The last picture on your first post imediately made me think of this...http://www.the13th.com/wolfdisguisedasmonk/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/auschwitz.jpg

Quite uncanny this Al, after I had taken that particular picture I too thought the same as you.

I hunted through my piles of reference books and came across a photo which just showed a set of rail tracks going through some gates, everything was white with snow except these two horrible black lines......

Ron

[spanner570]

Looking forward to this, brilliant.

Thanks Ray, good to see you joining in with gusto!!

Ron

[Guest]

Ron the loco looks top notch mate, lovely job indeed can't wait to see this finished.

scott

[spanner570]

Thanks Scott, I'm getting stuck in now...Until the present Mrs. Ron has other ideas!!

O.K. all, I've managed to do a bit more to the diorama:-

I have started on the railway bridge and done a bit more to the water and foliage. I had an idea a while ago to build an Airfix girder bridge for this dio. but I realised (A) it would be too big and (B) the project was starting to get out of hand and far too complicated. So I have kept the bridge very basic and made it out of scrap balsa.

Plenty to do on it yet but it's a start and I really wanted to see if it was in keeping with the rest and I reckon it's O.K....Wot say you?!!

The next stage will be to finish the bridge, add the ballast and lay the track properly, do the water and add more 'forest'.

I hope you approve thus far and any suggestions are welcome, as long as it's not painful or is physically impossible!

:cheers:

Ron

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[Guest]

Stunning as always Ron, never ceases to amaze me how you pull these out the bag looking so real. I am doing anything at the moment that will prevent me from starting the base for my GB, really worried about it lol.

[Guest]

What can i say Ron except wow very cool indeed.

scott

[spanner570]

Thanks for the nice comments boys.

I must confess I do enjoy making scenery almost as much as the models. Trouble is with this particular one although I am enjoying making the base, I know what's coming down the track! lol

Graham my dear chap, what a load of nonsense you be uttering, me 'ansom....Go for it, look to nature and just copy. C'mon you can do it boy!

Scott, thanks again. I always appreciate your kind words and all the better for having actually met you at Cosford!

Ron

[Ian M]

Well someones been a busy laddy!

That base looks the bee's buzzy bits! The Loco looks great to but I know nothing what so ever about them.

Can hardly wait to see what you do to the loco and the rolling stock.

Ian M

[tr1ckey66]

Hi Ron

The scenic base is looking great. The bridge looks just right and the water looks superb.

Paul

[spanner570]

Well someones been a busy laddy!That base looks the bee's buzzy bits! The Loco looks great to but I know nothing what so ever about them.

Can hardly wait to see what you do to the loco and the rolling stock.

Ian M

Thanks for that Ian,

I have a reasonable working knowledge of locos 'cos I used to go trainspotting in my spotty youth and this particular type of loco was very common being a bit of a work horse, pull anything sort of beast.

First lesson in identifying.....the wheel configuration on this engine is 2-6-0, which means 2 small bogie wheels in the front, 6 big drive wheels and no rear bogie wheels below the cab. There are various layouts such as 0-6-0 (small tank engines) 4-6-2 (main line express) 2-10-0 (big freight pullers)..the list goes on...

Here endeth the first, and perhaps the only lesson on the subject! lol

Ron

[spanner570]

Hi RonThe scenic base is looking great. The bridge looks just right and the water looks superb.

Paul

Thanks Paul, glad you like it so far. Yes, I think the bridge is just about right too, I didn't want anything big and fancy.

Bit more work to do on the water to give it a good reflective shine, plant a few more trees.

Modify and paint the loco, paint the rolling stock.(should bring the beginning of October!)

Then toot toot, train coming.....!!

Ron