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Cheddar P4 - April 2018 update

ullypug

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Since the last entry I've been mainly terra-forming the landscape around the Axbridge end of the layout. The sub-structure is a mixture of whatever I had to hand, namely off cuts of foam and cardboard strips which are then overlaid with some mesh material I had kicking around in the garage. It was left over from when the house was re-rendered. I knew it would come in handy one day.
The final layer is good old fashioned paper mâché. I could have used mod-roc but I want to keep the weight down where possible. The final paper coat will be painted in emulsion before I add scenics and roadways.
I've painted the Five Ways bridge and after a couple of false starts think I've got it to a fairly close rendition of Mendip limestone. I still need to finish this off with some final weathering etc and it's only plonked on the baseboards at the moment.
I've also made a start on the first stone loading point on the up side which was immediately west of Five Ways bridge. I'll do the terra-forming in this corner when I can turn the baseboard round as it's too far to reach over (I've only got little arms!).
The siding on the down side (which was laid using flexi-track) has been sprayed in a mixture of beige and grey ahead of the track detailing and ballasting. I say ballasting as photos seem to indicate it was more weeds than ballast. I've one of the excellent LMS buffer stops to go at the end of it which I must get round to doing.
It's all coming together quite nicely and I'm reasonably happy with the way this is turning out.

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AdeMoore
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Hi Andrew this layout is going to be great the whole thing was my playground as a kid 1970 to 1978 I guess. We lived in Station Road. I knew every inch of it.

I have photos somewhere of the track lifting.

One thing the loading stage the west side of 5 cross bridge I don’t think butted up to the bridge. As we had a path down to track level, between the dock and the bridge. Can’t add a photo but Google Steet View confirms this.

Looking good though.

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Mikkel
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I knew it would come in handy one day.

 

Good to see that the no. 1 theory of railway modelling actually becomes reality sometimes :-) 

 

Looks like good progress Andrew. The texture and colouring of the bridge is excellent.

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