GeoffinOz

No sure if this is right but I did make the ScaleScenes low relief hotel into a full hotel by putting three units together and then scratch building the third side and back and put a roof on a roof I also converted the Garage into a three bay taxi garage

Bit of Dirty work done, the crane painted and rusted. still have to add chain and hook with magnet to unload wagons Grounded coach grounded and dirtied, must rust up the sardine can and Mr Aldridge Wainwright Day's Wagon also must find a few workers

Finally got around to doing some work on the scrapyard Built the yard crane and installed some ground pipes with the grounded coach in place the pipes disappear under, must be water or waste, who knows now to paint the coach and then dirty them up

I like this idea, the simple ones are the best and you can go overboard in detailing. broken pit props lying around, horse droppings, rocks fallen of the wagons or down the hill side, bike against shed, loads of ideas. Good luck.

First pictures, I have collected the offcut of MDF, the scrap sardine tin lid (cut up and stuck to a piece of card as a load) bits of track and some kits. Track is placed in position to see how much room I have. Hope this works.

Well, here we go again, been waiting for this for over a year. I thought that if we are to use rubbish then I would make a rubbish diorama. As I usually model in N Gauge then all my OO stuff is rubbish, I used to help another man model his OO Railway, he has passed away and I have all this stuff left, so I consider it waste?? I have some track, a couple of wagons and a load of offcuts of foam board and Scalescenes files of OO gauge buildings, so off I go. I will model a scrap yard with a couple of wagons with scrap loads, (sardine tin lid cut up) and also all my other offcuts and leftovers of plastic model kits. I will post pictures when I get started on building the diorama.

Hi, you might try Scalescenes site for a few kits, they have interiors, I have used their texture sheets for my scratch builds and have kit bashed their kits as well, I have been using them for years. your attempt looks good. Brass master have window frames and shapeways have chimneys. To find interior colours, then the internet has almost everything you want. This is a mixture of Metcalf and Scalescenes to make a small bank.

Well, I am back to modeling after the visitors from the UK have left. Now to decide what to model, whether to do the sheep loading or something else. I have some concrete sleeper track so could do modern, or use old track and go vintage. Have some interesting charts on how to load Sacks or Bales onto railway wagons. Will have to buy more sheep if I do the loading dock, but they could go on my big layout later, or purchase some horse drawn carts for wool bales. so many ideas, might have to do 2 entries

Hi Captain. I like this idea. with regards to the trees, if you use the armatures without leaves and really dirty up the area, it would look damp and cold like the pictures in the 29th Oct post.

Great idea Marly, I was thinking along the same lines, but have decided to go Australian old times, (I think). There are some great welding light electrics around that you could incorporate to give yourself a bigger challenge, as if you don't set yourself a high bar already. Best of luck.

Well, I am going to be away for a month but will reserve this spot and commit myself to taking part, I think it will be on the lines of my Silo entry in first comp, or maybe a loading bay for sheep or cattle, or maybe a grain or oil loading point at the ports, maybe a wool bale loading, the ideas are endless. I will go back to my roots and model in N gauge. bought a cake today but the box was 9 x 9 x 4 so still no box to fit into. This was how they loaded double decker sheep wagons in Oz

I am really glad you finally finished this one Marly. It has taken a long time but is worth all the hard work, I can see why you didn't finish it in time for the original comp. maybe Phil will do a theme for the unfinished from other comps class. I love the back scene and the story. the tower on the right is fascinating, trying to work out it's purpose, maybe a signal tower for semaphore or homing pigeons or even a clacks (Disc World) Well done

To qualify for this blog (2 railway items) you need to put a narrow gauge track along the sea wall, or even a small tt gauge train as a seaside model or make the seawall from old sleepers and put a signal as a feature

Marly, when you use this stuff don't forget to seal all around the edge joins of your dam with hot glue, this is the best idea I have been given so far using water products. I tried once with just sticky tape and the medium I was using flowed out.

Well done Dickon, That was a great entry, I love the steam shovel and the way you scratch built it from odds and ends