jmarsh1976

Bit more work on vehicles, this time a fiesta police car. Fitted lights which was so fiddly it’s untrue!

An afternoon of soldering and faffing about with led’s and resistors…painful. Mocked up on layout looks good but need to tidy a lot up on the bridge.

Job this week has been a substation to fill in a bit of a gap I have next to the back scene.

Added some lights, really pleased with the strip light above the door. The glazing is dusty as it’s a low relief building so depth is an issue. Think It’s done for now, I’ll add more detail later when into in-situ. Next task will be building the fueling point which I’ve changed about 3 times so far.

Think it’s pretty much done now. been a good test for concrete/brickwork colours. Pretty happy with it

Bit of progress on the office. It’s a bit haphazard but I’ve encountered plenty of industrial buildings that have been been designed or at least ended up looking a bit odd. Not sure whether to fix a pavement or hard standing around the perimeter of the building so that once painted it’s easier to blend into the surrounding scenery. I think it might be better to do that as I’ll paint the building on the bench and paint the surrounding scenery later. Anyway I think I just need to have a break from styrene, plastic weld, and a craft knife, so a bit of painting will be welcome.

A tiny bit more progress on the slowest build on the planet…. To be fair I tend swap between other interests, but I’m back on the railway at the moment. a few pics…

Thought I’d post an overall shot of progress. I know I’m going to have to tackle ballasting soon!

Bit more bridge work......

Thanks for the comments, much appreciated. started the abutments..... still unsure of bits about the arrangement but think I have I plan now.

Got back to it the last night and built a bridge.....

Bit more progress on fuel depot.... and some wiring!

thanks great! really appreciate the help thanks

now that is a good thread that I can follow for ideas. been using google images for ideas mainly, been really useful for someone who know very little about railways! Still, I’m getting there and fills the evenings in nicely!

thanks! It has survived well! Was shocked that when I cleaned the track and powered it up, it worked pretty much ok! I have a knightwing fuel point kit so will run the fuel pipes along the ground and then over a small pipe bridge. Give me something else to build at least! Location will be as below. Will build the base out of styrene.

Pipework added

So after a house move, growing family a d general life, I’ve started to get back into my small layout. First off is a fuel storage. It’s a bit close to the main shed which is not ideal and makes the roller shutter look odd. I’ll have a think about that, space is tight. Good to get the modelling bug back though!

tiny bit more progress

hi, its a small layout 1700X450 plus fiddle yard. its my first attempt so didn't want a vast expanse of timber to look at which would seem a bit daunting at first1

Thanks, not looking forward to glazing!

bit more of an update. unsure of how to make the roof detatchable so have to have a think about that!

Thanks! really pleased with the mimic panel. i when for handbuilt track in the end although i didn't build the majority of the points myself. i did manage to damage one though and had to buy a couple of gauges and rebuild it so next time i think i'd have a go myself. the cobalt motors have been interesting to install, especially the 3-way turnout which need the oposing paths deactivating one of the motors but eventually figured out how to do it. i could definately of made thing easier for my first build but room is tight so i want to make sure i have plenty to do on such a small board.

right, its been a while since an update. started again in the new year and aim to keep going a bit more this time, not easy with work and young kids. Ive got the majority of the track laid and recently been concentrating on scratch building my depot shed out of styrene. beginning to think it would of been a lot cheaper to by the bachman one, but really enjoying building it so i guess thats the main aim! taking me a while to get things done as this is my first model railway everything is trial and error but slowly getting there! spent quite while messing about with electrics but got my head around that now

panel finally finished. really impressed with the red/gree LED switches (red-off green-on)