For a little light diversion, and before I got my head round modelling chalk cuttings, I decided to have a go painting some of the figures of people (and dogs!) I have been collecting for a while, from all different sources, to bring a bit more life to Brookford.
Looking at some wargaming sites recently has made me realise my figure painting techniques stopped developing at about age ten! Recently, I did a bit of surfing which led me to various websites with some good "how to" descriptions a
In response to queries about the techniques used on Brookford to do the grass and so on, here is a brief description.
I used a home made fly-swat/tea-strainer to start with. I have always been a great proponent of the home made tea strainer job, to the extent of boring people rigid (!) about it. This is mine:
The loco warning label is because of experience of frying DCC decoders if a loco is on the layout anywhere when using an electrostatic grass machine. Don't ask.
This produc
A new arrival at Brookford station from the works - an old favourite class of loco for me, which I first saw on the Isle of Wight on a boyhood trip with my brother around fifty years ago.
Adams O2 arrives at Brookford station by P L S, on Flickr
Adams O2 Fishbourne on the Isle of Wight by P L S, on Flickr
I used to develop and print my own photos as a teenager, with heavy curtains in my bedroom and a Keep Out notice on my door. I obviously left this print in the fixer too long an
Image by P L S, on Flickr
I've been building a loco shed for the new exhibition 7mm layout my local club is building. Since I am using the same techniques as I used to build the one for my layout Brookford, I thought I'd share what I'd learnt so far.
The frame is built from square section obechi.
I drilled and pinned the main joints for strength having glued them first with wood glue.
Image by P L S, on Flickr
I made the wooden cladding from beech veneer which I found on li
Brookford now sports twenty one feet (a scale quarter of a mile)
of two foot gauge track, around the existing yard area,
then leading off up an extension to a new area of baseboard.
That's 14mm gauge in 1:43 7mm/ft scale.
Hudswell Clarke well tank by P L S, on Flickr
The track is built with Peco Code 82 flat bottom rail soldered to PCB sleepers
as it's all being covered with cinder ballast to rail web height.
Image by P L S, on Flickr
Image by P L S, on Flickr
Lo
Brookford is due to be at the following exhibitions this year:
Monday 6 May 2013 Farnham & District Model Railway Club O Gauge Open Day, 10am to 5pm,
Wrecclesham Community Centre, Greenfield Road, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8TJ
www.farnhammrc.org.uk
Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th June 2013 Chatham and District Model Railway Club. Medway Park Leisure Centre, Mill Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 1HF, Sat 10am-5pm and Sun 10am-4pm.
http://www.chatham-mrc.com/show/home.php
Sunrise at Brookford by P L S, on Flickr
Hello. I have recently started to take my O gauge DCC layout Brookford to exhibitions, although there's a great deal more to do on the model.
Brookford is an imaginary location on the Hampshire/Suffolk border, with leanings towards the ex-LSWR Southern Railway. It depicts an era from the late 1930s to the late 1950s, depending on what stock I feel like running.
Shed yard by P L S, on Flickr
BACKGROUND
The Brookford & South Wes
