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    BR Diesel and Electric Magazines

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    With the move of TRACTION into BRM, the expansion of MLI - Plus to cover more general railway topics and the launch of Travellers Fare, would you say the BR D&E is adequately served now?  

     

    MLI-Plus always looks fantastically well illustrated and a weighty publication, but is there that much to actually read in it? 

     

    I need to download a TF issue to see what's in that, the contents of the first one certainly looked interesting enough. 

     

    Just wondered what others thought about the current offerings?  

    21” diameter Micro 00

    in Boxfiles, Micro layouts & Dioramas

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    On 30/01/2023 at 21:16, RailwayLacky said:

    starting to build up the next level now so getting all my Bachman shops (bank is Hornby)  out which have been in storage for 7 years! They were planned for the previous layout but may stay on here. 

     

    the whol earea infront of the station will be entrance to station and car park.

     

     

     

     

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    The Lam and Flag, are Eddie and Richie in the there with the holiday money? 

    The return of little turnton! N gauge tail chaser

    in Boxfiles, Micro layouts & Dioramas

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    1 hour ago, Russ (mines a pint) said:

    wouldnt be too hard on yourself as its looking great-and obviously bringing you enjoyment
    following suggestions can be considered or ignored lol:
    -  too late for this build but landscape from polystyrene topped with papier mache is light and durable (& messy! - though possibly no less messy than plaster) 
    -  supermarket own brand cheapest hairspray over top of scatter material works. 
    - you could still use finer material ie fine sand or polyfilla to smooth out the road, pollyfilla sandpapered and painted a really pale grey makes a good road finish, just go over the top of what you have now? 

    to be honest the stonework and steep hillsides look typical of the peak district and the middleton top line , full of sharp curves and short tunnels?  

     

    -  too late for this build but landscape from polystyrene topped with papier mache is light and durable (& messy! - though possibly no less messy than plaster) 

    IIRC The landscape was done with paper dipped in plaster and topped with a layer of plaster of paris. 


    -  supermarket own brand cheapest hairspray over top of scatter material works. 

    One to remember. 


    - you could still use finer material ie fine sand or polyfilla to smooth out the road, pollyfilla sandpapered and painted a really pale grey makes a good road finish, just go over the top of what you have now? 

    Might give it a go. 

     

    thank you for the kind comments

    The return of little turnton! N gauge tail chaser

    in Boxfiles, Micro layouts & Dioramas

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    56 minutes ago, marc smith said:

    Looking good. I didn't see this layout first time around. Having built several micro shunting layouts, there were times at exhibitions, when I longed for something I could set up and just leave running. Looking forward to seeing this one progress :) 


    That's the aim, would be nice to see it at a local show perhaps, it has a second loop at the back so two train can be put on it and swapped after a while 

    The return of little turnton! N gauge tail chaser

    in Boxfiles, Micro layouts & Dioramas

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    Lessons learned, 

     

    • The home made stone walls looked ok, but should have been much thinner
    • The purchased stone walls look great and I should have used those, (but I didn't know about them when I first did my own walls)
    • Plaster of paris is fine but gets heavy if too much is used,  
    • Not sure why the glue doesn't seem to take the scatter too well and requires another layer as patches show through, 
    • The home made ballast of road sweepings! could have done with a finer siv to have removed some of the larger lumps but overall looks ok IMHO, 
    • Even with the smallest possible circular "layout", it's surprising just how much its costs! 

     

     

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