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Ropley - Rumors, Demise, Exaggerated!

TomE

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Waiting for the trains at Ropley

Hi all.

 

Firstly I must apologise for the recent quietness on the blog front, I know I say that every entry but a house move and a busy period at work have left very little time for any modelling to take place recently. However hopefully now the move is complete and everything is more or less settled I can get back to progressing the layout along. A small amount of work has been done in the last week, namely a start on the low sleeper wall separating the wheel drop line & main yard. Small strips of plastic were cut to sleeper sizes and fixed to a long strip of plastic which was then fixed in place after being sprayed brown. Areas which have rotted and collapsed have been replicated as best as possible.

 

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Grunge, oil & decay

The grungy ballast in this area was created by using Treemendus Earth Powder rather than the Normandy Earth Powder used for the 'main line'. This is somewhat finer but is still applied in the usual way with Kleer being used to fix it in place. Whilst the Kleer is still damp, a mix of black and grey weathering powders was dusted on top with gives the compacted ballast look. I also mixed some black powder with a spot of Kleer to apply in areas where oil builds up and attracts dust and other grime. I'm quite pleased with how this has blended into the yard area which was produced using DAS and will probably use this method in the yard area in conjunction with DAS when the time comes to finish that area.

 

Some thought needs to be given to how best produced the weeds growing in this area, as I've found that static grass in small areas, especially in this scale, doesn't always give dense enough coverage.

 

As mentioned, hopefully progress will be a little quicker now we are heading towards modelling season, so the intervals between this and the next entry should be a lot less than 7 months!!

 

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Cheers all,

 

Tom.

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cornish trains jez

Superb work Tom! The yard looks very authentic with the methods you have used to replicate the different effects of weathering, and I'm looking forward to seeing the trains running around the yard!

 

Best regards,

 

Jeremy

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-missy-

Now if those photos arent inspiring then I dont know what would be!

 

Shame the gaps in the check rails and frogs looks so big...:oP

 

Thank you Tom.

 

M :)

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Superb work Tom! The yard looks very authentic with the methods you have used to replicate the different effects of weathering, and I'm looking forward to seeing the trains running around the yard!

 

Best regards,

 

Jeremy

 

Thanks Jeremy. Once the yard is a little more complete I'll grab some video. A serious track cleaning session will be needed first though, the weathering powder gets everywhere!

 

 

 

Now if those photos arent inspiring then I dont know what would be!

 

Shame the gaps in the check rails and frogs looks so big...:oP

 

Thank you Tom.

 

M :)

 

Thanks Julia. It's modelling like yours that provides the inspiration to try out new ideas and methods. I do also think sometimes I should have just bitten the bullet and gone full 2FS, then I look at all the valve gear in the yard at Ropley and think perhaps not.......... ;oP

 

Tom. 

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Southernboy

Excellent Tom, overall your work is quite inspirational, but your ballasting in particular is quite exquisite (for 'exquisite' read 'realistic' - it's just my artistic background coming into play :) ).

 

Seriously though - it's good to see you back in action after your enforced down-time.

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Atso

Tom, that looks simply superb, a fantastic piece of modelling! I almost expect to see Nellie in the distance approaching the station.

 

I can only hope that my own layout can replicate 10% of the standard you've produced here.

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Atso

Tom the layout is looking seriously good! I can only hope that my own layout will reach 10% of the standards you've achieved here!

 

I'm almost expecting to see Nellie in the distance approaching the station!

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D869

Nice work Tom. I always find ground surfaces a bit of a challenge myself - I can never quite work out what colours and textures are the right ones to use in a given situation but you seem to have it spot on. The slightly decaying sleeper wall is a nice touch too.

 

Regards, Andy

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