Rhysb

Good evening all, Well the upper deck is in. The upper fascia and lighting is still to do but the lighting for the main deck on the peninsula is all done and I’m happy with it. Also the last of the backscene boards are in, they just need some sky blue paint! This pretty much means that the main deck on the peninsula is done work wise and is now just a case of scenery etc! Really pleased with the curved backscene: I have added depth to the backscene behind the viaduct to allow for a nicer transition between the scenes: Thanks Rhys

Good Morning, Another update from yesterday! The new deck is getting further down the room and started to add the base fascia (the decorative one gets attached to the base) and the curve is starting to take shape! I have built the top deck about 100mm back from the bottom deck so then the view is not spoiled if you are standing up: Same with the Lostwithlea side: Might get a chance to get a bit more done this weekend. Thanks Rhys

So did a bit more work this evening, with the addition of the new deck I need to add lighting below it for Lostwithlea. Will do a bit more testing to ensure enough light. This is cob 6000k LED strips: This photo gives you an idea of the light on the layout: Thanks Rhys

Happy Easter everyone! Did someone say another deck! Made a start on deck 3 on the peninsula today. More details to follow! Thanks Rhys.

Jerboa Cottages are finished! Well almost ;-) The final touches like the railings, rear porch etc will be added once it is in its final location so they can be embedded into the road/pavement. Doors, windows etc are from various Wills/Ratio kits that I have stored over the years: Only a load of boats, the other pub, harbour walls, other houses, etc etc to go :-) Thanks Rhys

Continuing Jerboa Cottages. The last couple of buildings I have made I have used textured paints but this time after seeing the technique on quite a few great expo layouts and using it for the bridge over Lostwithlea I decided to go with DAS clay and scribe all the stonework. First up a layer of DAS clay: For the larger stones I used a flat scribing tool to depress the clay as this gives a bit more depth that scribing: Next onto scribing the stone walls: Finally a lick of paint! A mixture of colours to make up the base coat then highlighted by slightly different colours. Finally a buff and sand colour wash to bring out the mortar: Roof, finishing touches etc to come... Thanks Rhys

So with no bookings so far this year I was going to put the layout on hold for a while. However a potential magazine shoot coming up in a few months I thought its time to crack on with the harbour and at least get that board up to the standard of the rest of the layout. I have a number of buildings already done so I have decided to build a few more. I have a general idea of what buildings I want where but at the same time I will make a few more for various idea's and then I can use them to plan out what looks best and then the remainder of the buildings can go on the big home layout. First project is a set of cottages that I have actually stayed in when I have visited Porthleven and had the dimensions. Here they are: Jerboa Cottages: First up is a A4 sheet of 2mm mounting board where I scale draw the various parts of the building onto: And cut out: After a test fit I built and glued the parts. To give the main structure strength I use corner pieces: The real Jerboa cottages has some steps out the front so these were added. Jerboa cottages is actually located on the side of the harbour that is in reality opposite to what I am modelling but I will move these onto the sloping road up to the mine or next to the pub so I added less steps: And finally a test of the roof: More to follow: Thanks Rhys

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Thanks, Marvin and Mario were graffiti paint pens. A mixture of Montana, Molotow and Posca. Graffiti artists will use these to draft their work on paper before going in with the aerosols on the real surface. I use them exactly how a graffiti artist would do them. So basically sketch the outline, fill then line and highlight. Hope that helps? Rhys

Incredible work James! 523 is epic! Rhys

Indeed it is your model and you are free to repaint/weather it to how you want it to look. Glad you are happy and hope you continue to enjoy the loco. I am 100% sure Cav and Alex would want you to take their model and detail/weather/repaint it to exactly what gives you the most enjoyment out of it. That's the great fun of modelling! Rhys

Its a brand new paint swatch, photo taken in a paint factory. I agree on all sides that there is many variables. As stated all Cavalex can do is match to a specification.

Good Morning, Please note I will not comment directly on your photograph as the paint used/application of paint/brand of paint cannot be verified by myself. Also I do not want to comment on other manufacturers colours or paint manufacturers colours. However below is a professionally painted model that has used precision paints executive grey held alongside and official British standards BS4800 colour swatch. The original BR colour specification in 1987 at the point of the launch of the sectorisation branding by roundel design was for the roof: BS 4800, 00 A 13 Greyfriar/Storm Grey: This photo is clear that the paint on the model is too dark compared to the official British Standard Swatch. Again I re-iterate my point from earlier in this thread. The Cavalex class 56 sector livery was matched from the 1987 brand guidelines document released officially by Roundel design and the official BR specification sheet. We can all point to photo's we see in service where it may look lighter, it may look darker, it may look spot on, its not been cleaned in ages, its just been cleaned or repainted etc etc but all Cavalex can do is match the colour with paint matching from one of the worlds largest paint companies against the original specifications. Also please note that while RAL, NCS and other universal paint systems are indeed that Universal the BS colour system was never that. Even the British Rail depot's were not matching the colours correctly in the 80's to their own specification. It was much later in the sectorisation period that BR decided to move painting of locomotives from their own depots into professional paint shops. (I have edited the photo to hide the manufacturer/type of model as this is repainted model and not their representation of the colour and I wish to talk only about Cavalex)

As per the video which is 15 JHA, 41 HAA, 11 BBA/BLA & 23 PTA's. The simple answer is it can easily pull realistic/prototypical full size rakes. I think the wagons would give in before the 56 would! Thanks Rhys

Good morning all, I have posted these in the Cavalex 56 thread but after receiving my loco's I have made a couple of videos. Some running shots of the loco's and secondly a traction test. Thanks Rhys