Crawley Yard - January Update

Entry posted by GRC January 20, 2014

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Had a productive Christmas on the modelling front and a busy start to the year with an early club Saturday running which provided the impetus to get some work done and get the module test passed. That was successful so I am now officially allowed to exhibit with the first date penciled in for the Bluebell railway show in June.

The main improvement is the ballasting on the main line, this vastly improves the look and moves the layout on from a work in progress to super detailing. I've added track workers in the space between the line and the yard which I think really start to show the scale. I Included the hedge line and fitted a panel to the front of the layout to protect the mainlines at shows and stop anything falling off. The hedge line is a mix of Woodland scenic bushes interspersed with some home made( Wire wool) bushes covered in green and pink scatter.

I've also added workers to the cement works and the aggregate yards. Don't have enough with helmets and High Vis clothing so may need some additional ones over time. The pictures don't show the full dressing (Cars, Excavators, Cement mixers) I think i mentioned that i was considering using Tacky Wax for these. Think thats not going to work and will leave a lot of residue and catch dust so will be gluing them in with super glue I think once the car parking areas are finished from a detailing perspective.

The Cement yard is now pretty much done. Little bit of work to the fencing and boundaries but its all stuck down, need to add some more rubbish and weeds around the building edges so thats one job off the list. Been working on repainting the burdens yard building and adding some signage and also filling the yard. Need a lot more "stuff" for the yard and the signs may need replacing on the building as the weathering on the roof may have toned them down too much.

Less is definitely the way to go with weathering modern stuff, getting the balance right between mint and weathered is hard and seems to vary vastly for a range of different reasons.

Posted a few pictures here and a few more on the FlickR site

http://www.flickr.com/photos/94738636@N05/12048797495/lightbox/