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Ropley - The Front

TomE

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Giving thought to the final presentation of the Layout

 

Hi All.

 

Now that the backscene is in place, I have been giving some thought to the eventual presentation of the layout. The intention was always for Ropley to be exhibitable, should anyone want it, and so it will need to have a proper frontage. To that end, I thought it would be nice to incorporate the Ropley Station totem as part of this, the only question mark being what colour to paint the rest of it.

 

A quick doodle in Paint Shop has come up with the following options:

 

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Green?

 

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Black?

 

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Or Grey?

 

I'm leaning towards Black or Green, although I'm interested to hear what others think too!

 

Cheers,

 

Tom.

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Mikkel
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Nice design there. The layout seems to have a fair amount of green already (shed, grass, stock), so maybe the black or grey would set if off better? Bncpete has applied the dark grey to rather nice effect - although not quite with a fascia like you have here. I think I'd vote for the black in this case.

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bcnPete
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Nice work Tom

 

I do like to see layouts neatly presented. I would agree with Mikkel about there already being an ambundance of green on your layout. How about a grey undercoat to see how it feels and then you can always decide from there?

 

Did you try an option with the Ropley totem centred on the deeper base rather than the top - It looks like it would align rather nicely with the top of the watercress line text and bottom of the 2mm.org text? Just a thought...

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andyram

Hate to disagree. But I like the green! But I also wonder what it would like with the Ropley totem on the bottom.

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Will J

Grey would seem the safer bet... I reckon it would highlight the model the best, and with green you have more chance of it turning out 'the wrong green' again!

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Dukedog

I like the design of your Fascia Tom, It is certainly giving me food for thought when I get round to that stage with Morfa Bach.

 

As for colour, It's a close call, I would have gone automatically for Black, but, after some comments on my last blog entry I'm having a rethink.

 

Green is nice, especially being a Southern derived layout, but, mine being western region is going to be awkward, I'm not going to go for brown that's for sure.

Anyway I'll keep an eye on your blog to see what you finally decide.

 

Cheers!

Frank

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Kelly

Like the design, black stands out quite well to me, really 'grabs'. The grey is nice too, but a bit less intense, so may be a better option?

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TomE
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Many thanks all for the comments!

 

Whilst there is a fair amount of green on the layout, once the yard area is complete I think this might balance that out with a large area of dark grey and the backscene will be quite light, but I can see how it might overpower the layout if not careful.

 

Just putting a few suggestions to the test, here is is a version in a lighter grey 'undercoat':

 

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And one with the totem at the bottom. I quite like this, but i'm not sure if it leaves the top a little bare?

 

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And the same, but in grey again:

 

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Cheers,

 

Tom.

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bcnPete
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Option 3 wins hands down for me Tom :yes:

 

I think lowering the 'totem' gives clean lines to the top helping frame the layout...

 

You could try it with the darker grey too... ;)

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TomE
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Thanks Pete.

 

I'll try a darker grey tomorrow, see what that comes out like!

 

Tom.

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-missy-

Hello Tom.

 

It looks like there is an infinate combination of things for this! The question I have though is what is N2.0 Scale? It looks like you are trying to decimalise it or something? It just looks weird to me.

 

You could really make it swanky and put some of those QR Codes on the front instead of the web addresses too!

 

M. :)

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TomE
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The question I have though is what is N2.0 Scale? It looks like you are trying to decimalise it or something? It just looks weird to me.

 

Haha, I wondered when someone would mention that :) It was just to show that the layout isn't quite 2mm FS, but it's not quite N Gauge either. I guess it could be considered a 'finer N', or N Gauge V2.0 perhaps....

 

Interesting idea with the QR codes though. Hadn't thought of that! Some experimentation is required I think...

 

Tom.

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bcnPete
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I guess it could be considered a 'finer N', or N Gauge V2.0 perhaps....

 

I think Henk has undertaken a lot on this already Tom - assume you have seen this?

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TomE
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Hi Pete.

 

I think I had stumbled across that site a while back, but thanks for reminding me about it!

 

I think i'm going for green, with the totem at the bottom, and just to skip ahead a few months/years:

 

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Cheers!

 

Tom.

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Steven B
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What about cream as the base colour? If it was good enough for the Southern Railway...

 

 

Happy modelling.

 

Steven B.

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TomE
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Interesting Suggestion Steven, hadn't thought of that one!

 

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I don't think it quite grabs me like the green though.

 

Tom.

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