Inspired by Roger and the fabulous photos of Wrenton, I took "Windmill Hill" outside in natural light, as today has been quite mild, to try and get at least one nice photo.
I like this one, but looking at it carefully, spotted there is a modelling mistake. :-[
Can anyone spot it ?
(http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/62/5755-120318191409-62853105.jpeg)
Has anyone else got any pics we can spot any "Deliberate ::) mistakes" in !
All best wishes
Kevin
:beers:
Upside down sign.
Fabulous picture again Kevin.
I guess the mistake is that Green Shield sign which is back to front
Flippin' 'eck David :D
That was quick ..... 2mins 21secs :o
Yes the little sign is upside down..... not even sure a Green Shield Stamps sign should be there.
It will be replaced ;)
There will be a pint of cider for you if you get to Dorset :claphappy:
All the best
Kevin
:beers:
Quote from: Phoenix on March 12, 2018, 07:36:37 PM
There will be a pint of cider for you if you get to Dorset
I'm on my way, oh, hang on, I have to go to work tomorrow night! :'(
Quote from: Phoenix on March 12, 2018, 07:28:11 PM
Inspired by Roger and the fabulous photos of Wrenton, I took "Windmill Hill" outside in natural light, as today has been quite mild, to try and get at least one nice photo.
Great photo, as usual, Kevin. Wish I could get Wrenton outside, but it's a bit too big. And it would have got rather damp today!
Can't see any green shield stamp, but the hut is leaning, most noticeable being the door.
Subsidence? :hmmm:
:D
Cheers Roger,
I am trying my best with the little camera I have. The thing with Windmill Hill is it is all in one little case, and will go anywhere :D
I found I get better pics outside, and until I get a proper camera set up and try the image stacking, I get better depth of field taking the pic further away, and then cropping the pic to the scene I want.
Never noticed the wonkeyness of the hut Mike ...... till now ;)
It is subsidence Daffy, all the vibrations from being that close to the trains :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
All best wishes
Kevin
:beers:
:laughabovepost:
I think earthquake,
due to the proximity of that volcano in the distance behind the abutment, also probably jogged out 3 of the 4 screws of the sign, allowing it to pivot into its present precarious position.
Ah, that could also explain the recent thermal transients, it woz a pyroclastic surge wot dunit !
It's not raining!
Volcano :o Earthquake :o Thermal Transients :o Pyroclastic Wotsits :o
What shall we do ? .......
Hide in the Pub 'till it's safe to go out again :beers: :beers: :beers:
Anyone else got any pics
Kind regards
Kevin
PS. Thanks Malcolm for your help with the loose track :thumbsup:
Quote from: Phoenix on March 12, 2018, 09:20:50 PM
Never noticed the wonkeyness of the hut Mike ...... till now ;)
Does nothing but add to the charm!
Take a cue from Microsoft, call the unfortunate unnoticed error a 'feature', embellish with casual 'worker' leaning nonchalantly / idly against one side ?
The Leaning Shed of Windmill Hill
:angel:
Quote from: Phoenix on March 12, 2018, 09:20:50 PM
I found I get better pics outside, and until I get a proper camera set up and try the image stacking, I get better depth of field taking the pic further away, and then cropping the pic to the scene I want.
:thumbsup:
Also, pray excuse teaching eggs?, depending on availability of manual settings ?? with more available light and a tripod, one can use a really small aperture for depth of field and compensate with longer duration of exposure.
Picolay is a user-friendly freeware stacker.
Quote from: Phoenix on March 12, 2018, 10:39:52 PM
Hide in the Pub 'till it's safe to go out again :beers: :beers: :beers:
good idea !
Re. quakes, 4 screws wouldna' work but three might ? :
(http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/62/3699-130318013659.jpeg)
sorry sorry ocd and residual coordinate transforms are to blame ! pse excuse :)
nurse, nurse , quick, the pills
Cheers Malcolm,
Looking at that hut so close ...... that's a HUGE outside light :goggleeyes:
Best wishes
Kevin
Off to get some copydex tomorrow :D
Quote from: Phoenix on March 13, 2018, 02:00:21 AMthat's a HUGE outside light
Oh ! I thought it was an air raid siren :)
see elsewhere Spitfire refs :) :D
I thought it was some strange telephone cover.
(The shunters hut on the station I'm modelling was a wooden shed with a wooden box on the outside for the phone to the signal box)
Leave the hut as it is.
In real lfe things are frequently not perfect.
Often with model railways we try to make things too twee and tidy.
Oh yes Martin,
You are quite right, the hut stays as is. Nothing in life is truly straight up and down. Here in Weymouth, where some houses date back to the Civil War, anyone who has tried to fit a wardrobe, of build a fitted kitchen certainly knows that. :D
I don't think the hut goes that far back though, but as PeteW says, it has charm !
The upside down sign was niggling me though :D
All kind regards
Kevin
Quote from: Phoenix on March 13, 2018, 11:06:25 AM
Oh yes Martin,
You are quite right, the hut stays as is. Nothing in life is truly straight up and down. Here in Weymouth, where some houses date back to the Civil War, anyone who has tried to fit a wardrobe, of build a fitted kitchen certainly knows that. :D
I don't think the hut goes that far back though, but as PeteW says, it has charm !
The upside down sign was niggling me though :D
All kind regards
Kevin
Quite right. We live in a 200 year old cottage.
Nothing is straight here. If we put up a picture it's either level with the ceiling or the floor - but not both. And that poses problems for getting the railway level too.
All the best
Martin
I can sympathise with that. Part of the reason things have been quiet with Dartley Coombe is we are decorating the hall, stairs and landing.
The upside with wallpapering a 200 year old cottage is I don't need a ladder to do the ceiling.
The downside with wallpapering a 200 year old cottage is there are no straight edges. :confused1:
I like the leaning hut. Adds character. :beers:
Apologies for going a bit off thread.
You talk of 200 year old cottages ???. The new part of my 'cottage' was built about 1983, so no problems. The old part, (an old 3 roomed Irish cottage), is a different story - the room we use as the lounge is 12 feet wide at the rear wall, but 12 feet 5 inches wide at the opposite, chimney breast wall and as for the room I use as a work/modelling room!!! I have just built myself another workbench in there, it is 6 feet long and the two right hand legs are virtually the same length. The left hand rear leg is 2 inches longer than the right hand legs, but half an inch shorter than the left hand front leg! Took some doing to get the worktop level. :'(. My theory is that the floor slopes as it does, so that it could be washed and then the water just swept towards what was at that time, the main door.
Our 112 year old house has single brick walls and foundations all of a foot deep, hence one bedroom has a 2 inch slope across the room.
The worst I've been in, was a room I had in the White Hart Hotel, In Salisbury just outside the cathedral walls.
Due to the layout there is only one place for the bed but that leaves your feet several inches higher than your head. I solved that by sleeping with my head at the foot of the bed. If I owned the place, I would have put blocks under the feet to level the bed. Nice hotel though and good food.
Our first rented house was built in 1700 and something. Not much above high tide level on the River Tamar (Cornwall side) It had a well in the kitchen under a slate flagstone. This room was lower than the rest of the house, so could wash the floor and the water ran out of the door.
First house we bought in Looe, Cornwall could only be reached via 70 steps. Good view of the harbour and kept us fit.