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blog-0958736001382546791.jpgNot made as much progress as I would have liked over the last week or so especially with the test coming up but managed to complete some jobs. In Burdens yard i've now fixed the fences both at the back of the yard towards the backscene buildings and right at the front paralell with the track, For this I've used one of the wire fencing packs from Ancortons. This was cut to size and then attached to the fence posts, not very easy and not sure how I would do this the next time but it looks ok in the picture. At the back I've used transparent plastic sanded to a cross cut as per Nigel Burkin in BRM. As I had a lot of fencing on the layout this has been very cost effective (free) and although now I want to go back and add some posts where its more obvious a lot of the fences are buried in the trees and hedgelines so the posts are not obvious. Found some cheaper cars on Ebay so now have enough to populate the main car parks. Too many Silver and blacks and some massive sunroofs for the UK but can deal with those over time. Ive added some of the new ratio lineside cabinets, had a look at these in the photos and more impressed than I can actually see from the normal viewing position. They maybe a little dark and will drybrush with a little light gray i think once I get into the painting phase.

 

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One problem I am finding as the photo's get to be closer up is the loss of focus in the depth of the shot, Have seen some comments on this elsewhere and I will need to think about how I improve the shots but as i'm only taking shots at the moment to track progress I think any serious photography will have to wait until until Mrs GRC can help me as she actually knows how. I know I could crop and I could also not reduce the file size but that will take me away from the modelling. What the photo's do show is where the scenic areas need more work. The ballast isn't finished and looks very gappy. The base board joints I can see need more work but the photo's are very cruel. From where I stand the pile of rubble in front of the disused buildings looks ok but close up is very out of scale so will have to go. Digital photography is great for this work in progress assessments it shows up all the issues and challenges but is not kind.

 

I've started the scenery on the yard areas in front of the aggregates building and in the main aggregate yard. I'd been collecting materials for some time to give different textures and the look and I'm quite pleased with the results. The difference has really bought the layout to life and Im very pleased. Has also given me some ideas on the back-scene which I was struggling with in a couple of areas so will be making two additional buildings, The guardroom and the garage as seen in the survey. These will be low relief and at around 60 degrees to the back so going to be an interesting build.

 

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View up the Aggregates yard between the sidings

 

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Finally this week I've done a bit of painting to some of the plant vehicles and started work on an additional rake of RMC Hoppers builf from N Gauge Society kits. Have a great video of this set in Crawley Yard in August so looking forward to the weathering on these and creating the look. I'll post the video and some of the still captures on FlickR over the next few days. Have a rake of 11 to build so going to take me some time to get them completed.

 

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Hello GRC,

 

I found that if you mask round the opening in the NGS hoppers and spray the inside with Halford's grey primer it will not only improve the look of the empty wagons but also make the interior completely opaque, so you lose that slightly "translucent" plasticky effect.

 

Of course, if you are planning on painting the models orange anyway then that's irrelevant!

 

cheers

 

Ben A.

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Thanks Ben, Certainly planned to paint the insides and fill so they are not running empty. Thanks for the Halfords grey primer idea,  not thought about using that and it would be a good way of preparing the insides. Mot made as much progress on these, the brass fittings are very fiddly and taking a lot longer than expected. 

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