Hakuho scene 2

kevsmith Nov 29, 2022

  1. JoeS

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    Cool video! It shows so much better the way the layout is situated.
     
  2. kevsmith

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    Time to crack on now getting it photographed and the article submitted to CM magazine. First thing was to make a simple photo extension for the rear to me me some flexibility in framing the pictures

    Uber simple. You'll notice the use of quick clamps.The boards angle brackets are designed to use the same holes in the baseboard as the lighting rig. No, its not gloss paint, it is a mix of PVA glue and Burnt Sienna readymix paint and is still wet

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    Here you can see it in the foreground with the scenic scatter applied (lots of extra hold hair spray involved in that). The 'Sky' boards are clamped to the rear to hide all the workshop clutter. These are made from hardboard sheets painted with a Chalky blue emulsion and get used for everything!
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    The two DD51s are pulling the Hokutosei sleeper train on the way to Sapporo while another DD51 waits to take the container train north after the Kiha 42 railcar clears the section

    rows of redundant box vans fill the sidings as the DE10 hauls a short Petrol tanker train past, The preserved D51 2-8-2 is hauling a short vintage freight train for a photo charter. The C57 waits to head out on the steam excursion and the newly preserved EF66 electric has been positioned outside the shed. The layout has been turned 90% in the workshop and the sky bord moved to the other end

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    The museums 'Railking' is moving one of the vintage Porter built 4-4-0s as one of the C57 4-6-2s hurries past on a steam charter. All three D51 2-8-2s are out in the yard as is the C11 2-6-4T

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    To get the maximum depth of field I deployed a large array of lights to get the lens closed down as far as possible. F22 on the 50mm on the EOS 5d and F29 on the wide angle zoom on the EOS 700D. This involved the workshop lights which are LED striplights, two portable twin Flourescent 2ft units. A 600 Watt halogen Floodlight plus the available light through the windows and the Canon Speedlight flashgun turned up to 11 (Spinal tap mode) giving me a shutter speed of 1/8th second

    Kev
     
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    Looking the other way towards Hakuho town
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    Behind the scenes the workshop is a bomb site!

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    Kev
     
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    The last job before I put it away. Stood on its side (Clamped very, very firmly!) to do the overhead shot. The magazine designers can do the trackplan off this

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  5. Kurt Moose

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    I know your other works have been in Ztrack Magazine, will this one be in there soon?!

    Get ahold of Rob K.!(y)

    Love all the little details you do!
     
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    So we did the one day Kirkby Stephen East show today. Originally slated to be two days the organisers, The Stainmore Railway Company could not find enough hotels for us for the Saturday night so had to scale the show back.

    Setting up this morning for the exhibits on the original North Eastern Railway station platform with 0-4-0ST F C Tingey, NER 2-4-0 No, 910 and a Gresley teak buffet coach as a backdrop

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    We were in the meeting room with a model railway dealer alongside use

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    A little bit cramped for space but we were O.k

    outside they were running the train with 0-4-0ST Lytham St Annes on one end

    The covers are to protect the paintwork during the prep

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    At the orthen was 4wDH Elizabeth

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    It was a busy ahow but at the end we got a pleasant surprise

    We won! The Phil Mills Memorial award for best layout

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    I've let Brooklyn take it home to his mom's for a week so he can impress his friends!

    Kev
     
  7. Kurt Moose

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    Congratulations!!
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  8. John Bartolotto

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    Congrats Kev! Well done!!
     
  9. kevsmith

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    I had a hint Continental Modeller magazine were going to run Part 2

    Six pages

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    Going for a beer. Back soon

    Kev
     
  10. Kurt Moose

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    Nice work Kev!
     
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  11. CNE1899

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    Kev,
    Congrats on the article! Looks great on the pages as well.(y)(y)(y)

    Scott
     
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  12. Zscaleplanet

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    WOW, great coverage in the magazine! Congratulations!
     
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  13. JoeS

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    That’s a great spread in the magazine Kev! Congratulations!
     
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    So, the big one this weekend

    The Manchester Model Railway Society Christmas show. A fixture on the Calender since the 1950s and always very busy. The organisers are arranging it so as much of Hakuho's 360 degree viewing is possible, which they did with Shasta when it was there

    report to follow next week

    Kev
     
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  15. rray

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    Nice article Kev! Very well done!
     
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    So.......

    Manchester was a 'chalk and cheese' sort of show

    The show itself was great

    Great show, busy with keen model rail fans who know their stuff and appreciate the work that has gone into Hakuho. The guy who was at it's debut at Macclesfield just before the Pandemic is still a massive Sumo fan and when Brooklyn told him that our 'Port Shaughty' layout was going to be called 'Kirishima (Kiribyama)' I thought he was going to faint!

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    We were in an barriered off part of the hall, in an island, all by ourselves. Getting an electrical supply to us was a bit problematic.



    Below is a view of the sceniced rear as seen as at a show. The visitors could see it 360 degrees as a result of our position



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    The stockboxes were far enough away from the public to avoid problems

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    Brooklyn sets the stock up on Sunday morning before the public come in

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    So, The show was great but The City of Manchester itself was a nightmare. We set off from Cumbria at 16.30 on the Friday and having fought our way through Nightmare traffic for the 94 miles route we arrived at 19.40 totally frazelled!. All we could do was get into the hall and set it up very basically. When we set of to the hotel which was just down the A34 it took us an hour to get from the City Centre to Cheadle. When we got to the hotel the restaurant was shut and I ended taking Brooklyn to a Macdonalds so the poor little lad had something to eat.



    But we overcame those issues and had a great weekend when we looked back



    Kev
     
  17. Zscaleplanet

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    Great update Kev. Always glad to see what is going on Z-scale wise on the other side of the globe.
     
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