Clevedon WC&PR

This is all coming together very nicely.

 

The weathering is lovely and subtle and captures a work weary look.

 

I really like the eclectic mix of motive power/rolling stock too.

 

This layout is going to be something special when its finished.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

Blimey thought farmers weren't meant to tip milk into rivers?!!

Tonnes of atmosphere in these shots, it's such a great concept you've got going here I think. And the tanks are brilliant - not just in terms of the modelling quality, but also how they add to the height and depth of the layout. Great stuff :-)

Thanks for the comments folks!

Looking great, Andrew.

 

Any tips or lessons for us with laying the clay?

Looking great, Andrew. Any tips or lessons for us with laying the clay?

I can only repeat what I've learned on here really. The track was previously ballasted (Carrs sandstone). I put a layer of PVA (Resin W) down by dabbing the glue in straight from the pot with a small paint brush. Small blobs of DAS clay is then flattened out in the fingers and placed approximately. Starting at one end, I then use fingers to work it down, wetting with water. You can apply quite a bit of pressure and the clay doesn't split. Eventually it'll start to act a bit like puddle clay, I don't know quite how else to describe it. Try it and you'll see. I then keep rubbing until the tops of sleepers are visible. Keep wetting fingers (but not with saliva - the first time is ok but then... ). Then I use a piece of plasticard (30/40 thou), wet it again and scrape the clay until a uniform depth is achieved. A flat blade screwdriver helps for the awkward corners and rail webs. Finally a stiff paint brush is used to pummel the clay, removing any creases/scratch lines and adding a texture. When dry, I paint with Humbrol roof grey acrylic (I also tried Lifecolor) and then sprinkle small quantities of ash ballast and/or coal. The baby powder/Carrs weathering powder concoction is then liberally sprinkled from a dry brush and blown across the surface. When dry, a dry brush is swept over the area to remove loose powder. I've seen ground white pepper used in gloss paint to achieve this texture but a) I don't want to risk gloss paint on the polyfoam and B) pepper doesn't smell as nice!!

 

I'll take some photos and do a step by step next time (I've still got a lot to do).

Love it, love it, love it. Really convincing atmosphere.

 

Mike