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Quickie Brewery Progress

Chris Nevard

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Today a bit of work turning flat earth into a proper baseboard ideal for show presentation. Bendy MDF is great stuff from B&Q and ideal for curvy backscenes.There is still some fascia work and panelling to add of course.

 

The trackplan has come together, it being fed from behind and between the two key brewery buildings. Off stage there will be a sector plate which will feed 3 hidden staging siding behind the backscene. Neither of the 2 exit points will be visible from the normal viewing angle. The sector plate will also complete the run around loop. When I design track plans, I don't resort to computer programmes, they simply don't interest as well as it taking me as long to master the software as to build a whole layout, and anyway, I spend enough time in front of a computer. I use a nice bendy baton to help draw nice sweeping transitional curves using something called a pencil (Google it) and paper (Google that as well) - weird but it works for me.

 

 

Trackwork despite initial thoughts of using Tillig ready to lay track, this has now changed to building by own using code 55 conductor rail on copper clad from that light railway industrial look - this way I get exactly what I want as with Catcott and Combwich which also feature home constructed track (not Peco as many people think). Generally speaking copper clad runs better, will be more reliable over time, and easily fixed in the event of failure.

 

 

I might turn the two Skaledale houses in shot into brewery offices and with some suitable repainting and weathering I should be able to blend them in with other structures. To their right I quite fancy scratchbuilding building a stone and wood warehouse which could be served by a wagon turntable - though quite whether there's any point in making a working one I'm unsure.

 

 

The slightly lower bit at the baseboard front will allow some kind of canal to be added, to add interest it probably won't be dead straight as here. But as usual, nothing is cast in stone so to speak, and none of the above may happen!

 

 

It's sometimes great to have a break from more long term projects with this one so far being a lot of fun. Oh yes, the gauge is OO 'bodgerscale' (I hate 'finescale', it means nothing and if it does, is usually disappointing) with a scenic 3ft 6 x 2ft area on a 4ft x 2ft3 baseboard constructed from ply, stripwood, some MDF, glue and a little blood!nevard_101209_brewry_IMG_8643_web.jpg

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Ralph R

That's going to be another great looking little layout there Chris. Looking forward to seeing the progress on that.

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woodwork looks good an robust there Chris, should transport well.

 

As usual your inspiration is way ahead of mine, wich I had your vision B)

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Steve Taylor

I'll certainly be watchiing with interest having not followed one of your builds from the start before. I like the infinity curve idea for the background - is there an ideal distance to place this from the main scenic items or will it rely on a slight softening of focus to sugest distance?

Cheers

Steve

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Brian Harrap

Nice one Chris, lots of cobbled trackwork I trust.

Regards, Brian.

Thats cobbled as in,...I mean not cobbled together....I'll stop digging my hole now shall I. B.

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Guest Dave.C

I have seen the horizontal measurements, but could you tell me how high it is please

 

 

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Chris Nevard

twa_dogs

An ideal backscene distance would be about 6ft, but we don't have that luxury sadly. So, the trick is to make the backscene really tidy (no tar brush marks, lumps of paint, thumb prints, cat hair, curry, popadoms etc), very muted and with no strong detail or colours so to not draw the viewer's attention to it. Chuck that half dried out acrylic lurid sherwood green so popular with backscene painters into the bin. Then minimise shadows onto the backscene by lighting with a strip/flu light - never kitchen spots.

 

Captain Kernow

Yes, this one is a quickie - I hope to have this one up and running before the first dafodils appear. The name is still being worked on. I might just call it Brewhouse.

 

Brian Harrap

Youp, you got it, though mine will probably be more cobbled than cobbled.

 

Arte

14 inches from base of the baseboard to top of backscene.

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Kempenfelt

Nice work Chris!

 

You could always name it after the name of the beer? Not enirely sure what the Oakhill Beer was called without Googling, but something like Mendip Magic or Mendip Gold may just work!!! Now how could you encorporate some of the other paraphinalia such as beer mats and bar towels? Perhaps you could put a bowl of peanuts ontop of the facia! :P :D B)

 

 

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Chris Nevard

I like Mendip Tickler - though maybe not ideal for a layout name - though it wouldn't be forgotten.

I'm amazed just how well finished the brewery buildings are right out of the box - it will be tricky to improve them apart from lightening the orange of the tiles a tad.

 

So are future toy train buffs 'modellers' or '3d jig saw assemblers'? Certainly the interest in new RTR releases sady outweighs the interest in building stuff these days which is a real shame. I digress.....

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