Another week, another change around. After getting some inspiration at the York show, and a week away which gave me time to make a kit or two, I spent some time shunting and relocated some buildings. This is the far end compared to previous entries, the factory was moved back and the office brought to this end. I built the water tower whilst away and the crane base is a mash up using a block of mdf, metcalfe platform brick work and a plastic edging. I think there will be a wooden fence between i
Thanks for the comments and likes, much appreciated. I found another office in the pile of scraps, I used the weighbridge last year for a bit of fun with my nephew during the holidays. Remembered to touch in the edges, put in new windows.New sills after a touch of powder to indicate shadows. I made a 'kit' of door parts. Will give them a coat of spray and dry brush before fitting.
Better not mess up the cornerstones now...
Filled in many gaps in the hard standings, increased the bridge length and planned the yard. I'm going to us the remainder of the factory kit as a low relief background. As it's smaller than the warehouse it might give the impression of depth and perspective. Half a goods shed for the corner building and the office opposite it. At the moment it's all held in place by small magnets, I'm using them as clamps when building. Bought a load of neodymium discs from eBay for not a lot. The over bridge w
Toned down the leds on the buffers today with a bit of wash and spent a good half hour watching locos pass over points. Found a few spots of glue on the inside edges of the rails, quite amazing how a small spot of stuff you can hardly see has such an effect. 05 still has some trouble, but after a good clean it wasn't too bad. Overall time over 7.5ft scenery length at low speed is 5 mins for 05 and just under for class 16. Under the bench is now clear, bit more clearing to do on the work table a
Got fired up after visiting the Ebor model railway group show at the weekend. Well done to all involved.
Tonight I spent 10 minutes going on 2 hours repairing one of the leds on a buffer and putting terminal blocks on to some veroboard for extra leds if I want them. Just need to drill a hole through the back scene and screw in when needed. What a difference plugging in to switch on the fire barrel rather than twist two wires together. Cleared all the rubbish under the board so there's now r
Completed most of the hard standings, gaps to be filled and some edges to complete. Cleared up stray ballast and thought about adding a goods platform... Factory at the far end just short of entrance to the fiddle yard (such that it is). The control panel linked to a cobalt ads8. Switches are wired to operate pairs if necessary, 2 or 5 will operate both points Still not sure about the location of the buildings, warehouse windows and retaining walls interfere. Haven't really thought about th
It's been a long time since I posted, the layout has progressed, but is still some way from completion. The track was laid, not without issues and the learning curve has been steep at times. Peco solenoids are controlled from a control panel and NCE powercab. I finally understand how electrofrog points work, the back scene was painted a couple of weeks back and have been placing the hard standings for the buildings. The warehouse has been dropped at the moment and the factory became a practice p
Looking at the LEDs I'd collected and opted for some that looked right. Glued one on the back wall that will be out of sight and powered up on a suitable voltage. Will add in a suitable resistor later to allow all lights to run off the same voltage. Put in an electric arc circuit at the other end as a temporary measure and may fix in permanently.
Got distracted by some LEDs that could be used as a close replacement for locos without too much hassle, painted one black to block leaks and
Couple of hours in on this, same modifications as the warehouse so far, new window sills, space made for a potential office if I open the door later, scalescenes concrete platform texture used on roof gutters, new corner edging and windows lightly weathered with powders before a matt spray. Seems a good time to add led lighting, so that will be next.
This is a well thought out kit.
Should have this finished by Wednesday all being well in between other jobs around the house.
Thanks
It's been busy at work but I've tried to keep up the progress. The warehouse is close to completion after several setbacks including putting the main roof section on wrong way up, so all the tiles were upside down, the air was blue when I spotted that! Built the side loading dock and strengthened the inside.
Moved on to the baseboard, which was a 6ft X 18in plywood base on a pine frame built at the end of summer 2 years ago. I want to operate from the front so opted for a sliding fidd
Still on with this, wasn't happy with how it was going so combined the two and put on a new roof. Looking to use it to disguise entry to the fiddleyard down the left side.
Baseboards going into the garage tomorrow, may lay some track and begin wiring.
Weathering not complete and some details...
Looks like a little extra glue may be needed...
Work got in the way for a while there.
Began to convert the second half of the warehouse to provide a (possible) entry/exit point. Removed the pitched roof and reorganised the remaining walls, resized the floors and added a couple of loading bays. Roof took some working out, but I knew those Technical Drawing lessons on true length would come in useful one day.Still some capping and details to go to match the rest.
The circuit for lights and sound control has been designed, simulate
Sorry, no photos yet. Decided to kitbash the twin and spent a while considering what to do to make an entry/exit to the fiddle yard. Windows are in and removed a few for doors. Door frames are in and I'm working on a dock. Windows that were too low have been bricked up.
A major decision to split the front vertically to make a lower-relief facility didn't pay off so well, and I'm worried it simply looks like half the building is missing. I think a change of roof should solve this now though.
Yesterday morning I had a while to sit and get closer to finishing this. Mustn't get too excited, that makes 2 complete kits in 20 years, but I think that all the reading in between has paid off.
Dug out some rod and stared at it for a bit before deciding what to do. Forming the
supports was a bit touch and go at times.
Still got a few tidying up jobs to do with touching in and weathering, a couple of raw edges, some glue spots and a couple of windows to re-glaze. Learnt a lo
Used some scalescenes sheets for changing the roof details, Added some details based on the previous photos.
5 minutes with plastic strip.
Front section looked like it was bowing in so I cut a piece of plastic to fill top and bottom.
Cross ties added and a bit of weathering. Had to stop for poor light.
Drainpipes tomorrow, will experiment with making some signs, weathering then better start thinking about what to do with the rest of the kit.
Thanks for looking.
The window frames are very white out of the packet, so added a dusting of a grey/green weathering powder before spraying with matt varnish. Put in the first pair before reading the instructions and having to pull them out to add the recess.
Didn't like the corner stones in the kit so did a swap for something I thought was a bit more in scale.
Continued on a roll and repainted the door frames to match the window frames. Stone door lintels suffer the same alignment issues as the windows, so
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Hopefully by the time I'm finished there will be something to show for my efforts. Due to work and being a carer for an ill relation, my time is often short and for a long time, nothing I have started has been finished. I've had several loco's for some years (a pannier, 08 and now an 03), and a baseboard 6 feet x 18 inches. I've wandered around York show for many years seeing some great work and felt I couldn't match the work shown there. Several false starts have been made,
