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Module 4 - the station throat at Pontylanod and the Bevan Brothers Factory

Gwynraven

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This evening,whilst pottering in the shed, I spent a few moments mocking up the next board after the viaduct.  From the viaduct, the railway will be at the approach of the station of Pontylanod.  The 2ndRadius curves will be on view here leaving a big space (well comparatively, by my standards...) so what do I fill it with?

 

Well, this is South Wales so a factory/forge/foundry of course.... these buildings were are recycled from my old layout.They will have to be in a different order here because need the space to add..... an internal railway (well part of one).  The loco for this will be the fireless loco seen in a previous blog.

 

You can see the running line's location. There will be space for 3 sidings forming a shunting puzzle to keep me occupied whilst the 56xx's bring coal from the collieries of the Eastern Valleys.

 

I use alot of personal references on the layout. Bevan is along deceased and much loved cat named after the founder of the NHS.

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Gwynraven

I hope this photo demonstrates the link between board 2 (the Village) and Board 4 with the Viaduct, Board 3 as the literal bridge between the two scenes.

 

I hope I can find the rest of that wallpaper for the sky!

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Lovely scenes, and a nice tribute to Bevan the cat and the NHS!

 

The wallpaper is quite effective as a sky backdrop. Did you paint on the greyish smoke/cloud areas of it?

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17 hours ago, Mikkel said:

Lovely scenes, and a nice tribute to Bevan the cat and the NHS!

 

The wallpaper is quite effective as a sky backdrop. Did you paint on the greyish smoke/cloud areas of it?

Thank-you Mikkel.   Yes indeed, that wall paper is pretty good stuff. It is vinyl so will endure light rain as I open and close the shed door. I actually wanted light grey but this roll turned up in the bargain section of my local DIY Warehouse so I nabbed it.  Sadly, unembossed and unpatterned wallpaper is not "en vogue"at the moment.

 

As I like to model autumn  (figures with umbrellas and autumnal foliage), I toned down the light blue with a "Welsh shower" which is why i spray painted the top of the wallpaper,getting lighter towards the bottom.  There will be some backscene also which will be attached to the modules and not the wall paper. They have been mocked up but I have not committed to mounting them on card yet.  More on this by the end of January.

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The fireless loco gets an outing from the stock-box. Yhe 8pin dcc socket will make life easier. I feel that a repaint,detailing and etched plates are going to make this loco fit into the Bevan Brothers livery alot better.

 

 

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