So I've not added to my blog recently but have been busy. The major scenic work is complete and I'm just adding little bits here and there. This means I can get on with weathering stock and locomotives. Meanwhile an idea is growing in my mind for my next layout. The wife says this one has to go first which is fair enough as I live in a small house, but this will be some time away, I'm thinking O gauge!!!! I've took a few photo's of how it stands at the moment.
I recently had 2 weeks summer holiday to take care of the little Imp's that run riot round my house, and as we weren't going abroad this year, I thought between the day trips and the endless DIY tasks I'd get a lot more scenery done to the layout and thus hopefully have all the ground scenery complete! Instead I did very little. However what I did do is detail and weather my Crosti 9F which I impulsively bought a few months ago, I found an article in a model railway magazine on detailing the Cro
About midweek I decided to do some weathering, so I sat down and decided to tackle my Crab! Firstly I wanted to renumber it, making it a Dumfries engine, I used Fox transfers 10" cab side numbers and smoke box door number and also replaced the shed plate with a 247 Developments shed plate. My layout isn't really based on anywhere so I've decided to renumber some of my locomotives to the local area of Carlisle and south Scotland, as my wife is from Dumfrieshire and I'm a Cumbrian ( I acquired her
Just a video and a few piccy's whilst out walking the dog. I got an excellent video of a Royal Scot in the siding by the footbridge but I was heard saying how awesome it was whilst using bad words to emphasise my Awe!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOR61WDgI4E
Recently I've been busy, having got the wiring for my layout lighting done as well as quite a lot of ballasting and also creating some model buildings. I've been ballasting the conventional way with small fine black cinders, letting it set then covering this ballast with dark grey grout whilst dry and in powder form then spraying with water, lots and lots of water. On the wiring front I'm ashamed to say that under my base board is a web of wires, which is fine as in my head it all makes sense,
I've not been modelling as much as I like to recently probably due to my highly busy 'Rock N Roll' Lifestyle. I recently bought Brass masters ladders and managed to solder them together without them having huge blobs of bad soldering on them. I only really needed one for the coaling stage, but as there is two in the pack I made an impulse purchase of the Ratio Coaling tower and kit bashed it a bit, it was a bit of an impulse buy, but I didn't think my coaling stage would have been sufficient for
I haven't done an update recently, but I have been busy. I decided to make a new coal hole from scratch, which was a lot more fun than building the engine shed. I have also started ballasting the track to the rear / back of the layout and carry out some scenic work at the bottom of the retaining walls.
Having an issue with the water in the top, decided to use clear Yacht varnish and PVA layers. I started with a thin layer of PVA then a layer of Yacht varnish which I think may have been
After doing the roof of the engine shed I thought I'd reward myself with something I really enjoy, so I started weathering my 'Mucky Duck.' I do enjoy modelling buildings its just after putting roof tiles on I thought a reward for myself was needed, so I pulled out the Ivatt 4 and made a start, this is what I did on Saturday, there is still some painting to be done but I was doing overtime for the boss today so got nothing important done, I thought I'd include a couple of pictures so far.
So I haven't done much recently, I've been putting off the roof work on the engine shed as its tedious. But I sat down and knuckled down and got on with it, there is a few small finishing touches till its fully finished.
So I decided to weather some Mineral wagons that I've had sat in my cupboard since Christmas. I should really be doing the roof to my engine shed but I've discovered that tiling the roof is like pulling my own teeth with rusty pliers, although it is actually progressing slowly. Needless to say after the second roof section tiled I pushed it to the side and fired up the air brush and got to grips with my paint brushes to do something more enjoyable.
I included a few shots of my afternoons lab
Most of my buildings are from the very very good (and easy to make and paint) Townstreet range. I was lucky enough to have them delivered to my door by Mr Lockley, who also showed me the best way to paint them. I am more than happy with them all. Unfortunately one of the family cats managed to knock my engine shed flying shattering it beyond repair. Being on a tight budget (Got a hungry family to feed & a wife who wants a holiday!) I'm having to scratch build my own Engine shed to temporaril
Just a few pics of my 1st real layout and its progression.
Also A few attempts at weathering, the Jinty was the first Locomotive I ever re-numbered and weathered, the Super D the second.
Also C and M models own Dapol trucks before and after!!
