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Everyone has to start some where


johnteal

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Due to lots of home comitments modelling has taken a bit of a back seat at the RJR shed, but I decided I would start a RMweb Blog so I could be ready for any blasts of activity :D

 

Just a quick overview of whats in the shed at the minute !!! The 45mm stuff seems to be my favourite size of choice at the moment, the most recent creation being a loco to clear those 1:1 scale leaves of the outdoor line ! Seen here sat waiting on a cold night

 

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFNHUOIn4Uc

 

This is a plasticard scratchbuild on a Playmobil motor block (low cost is always best !!!)

 

But with an ever nearing deadline of the CRM exhibition in January I really must get on with some of the On30 modules Im down for taking !!!

 

The Turntable module is not far off

 

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But the orange growers module ............. is just bare boards and track at the minute !!!

 

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Best get into gear !!!

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I am impressed by the leaf clearing train. I am looking forward to more blogs on your garden railway. I have designs drawn up for what I want to do next Spring but whether I get to do it or not is debatable at the moment...

 

With your plasticard structures. Do you use a thick single sheet of plasticard cut to the correct shape or do you use the popular method of laminating 2 thinner sheets together to create a solid structure?

 

Thanks

 

Stephen

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Thanks for taking the time to comment.

 

For more videos of the garden I have a youtube channel RJR Branch Lines

 

As for the plasticard I usually start with 1.5mm (60thou) as a base, then as various details get added it thickens up.

 

For the buildings Im doing at the moment I am using a type of plastic board that signmakers use that hasa twin skin. It strong but not suitable for solvent weld adhesive, so I am having to use superglue.

 

John

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