Elliot Friend

So after a long pause from the hobby, I’m now starting to get back to it! During the 2nd lockdown I bought a 3D printer to prevent the death of boredom. Putting it to good use at designing my own control panel for Brislington sidings. Plenty of room for all the wiring and to incorporate the gaugemaster controller.

Thanks! Made from 1mm grey board. Painted it with cheap acyclic from the works. Base coat was a dark grey then weathered it with various weathering powders to get the desired look. Sealed it with a Matt varnish to stop the powders coming off.

Thanks! Not far off finishing it.

Started to add my own guttering to the low relief houses. I found the ratio kits a little too chunky in N gauge, so opted to make my own. Made from evergreen plastics.

Started on the retaining wall roads, just one of those jobs I wasn’t looking forward too. I find getting roads right is quite hard, especially in N gauge. Tried to match the backscene as best as possible. Still might add some more patch repairs. The pavements still need a weathering touch up and tweak, but meh I’m happy with the final finish.

Edges painted black to help frame the scene. Surprising what a bit of paint can do!

Started to add scenery details to the layout. Static grass was added to help blend the bushes in against the retaining walls as these looked a bit of an eye sore against the dark ground. Bushes were also added to the front to give and overgrown look to the layout. These were a mixture of woodland scenics & javis. Customised a few by adding different coloured scatter to them.

Thanks! If you’re referring to a fiddle yard, I’m using a cassette yard designed and manufactured by myself. This will allow me to remove stock without handling each one.

Point levers received a coat of paint which now stand out on the layout to show the smallest of details which can be achieved in N gauge! I also modded some peco buffer stops as they were a little on the chonky side. These were primed, painted with sleeper grime, weathered with powders and finally sealed with matt varnish. Love the overall look of them for an old worn out buffer stop.

Thanks! I enjoy the challenges it brings to the table! (most of the time)