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I’ve painted the new pieces for the improved fiddle yard area and installed the tracks. There are two short tracks behind the sector plate and one on the shelf at the front. They aren’t powered, but assist in the marshalling of stock. There is also a cassette fed by the sector plate that is powered.
I’ve made a start on the landform round the pub group. The buildings are only temporarily installed at the moment and the rooves are removable so I can fit interiors. The land form is built up from card covered with an Artex/pva mix and Das. This is paired an earth colour when dry. Grassy areas are sprinkled with Treemendus earth powder and static grass applied using a layering technique. The stone walls of the lorry park are from Slaters embossed stone sheet.
In the corner of the yard is a wet area. The puddle is my usual method of a microscope cover slip. The moss on the wall is made by dabbing the wall with Humbrol clear it’s and blowing on fine green scatter from a piece of card. Woodland Scenics realistic water is used to create damp patches.- 22
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Getting things spruced up ready for Nailsea
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A bit more work bedding in the pub. The lorry is temporary, I’ve got a Bedford TK to build.
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As a result of test running at Lydbrook Dean and experience at a couple of shows I’ve decided to improve the stock handling area by adding some shelves with non-powered tracks on them around the sector plate to assist in the narshallingof stock in a restricted space
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On 23/24 March Lydbrook Dean will be at the Nailsea show. Aoparently there will be some Sheep chap there too, so hopefully we’ll see a few Rm Web members.
Currently into test running to make sure everything is in order. Apart from a dodgy switch on a point motor which will be addressed this weekend, everything seems OK so far.
I’ve taken some pics of the test running.
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7 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:
we need an E4 to complete a smaller loco roster and compliment the J15 and forthcoming tanks from Accurascale.
Seconded
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1 hour ago, Siberian Snooper said:
I had to do a double take on the pub signs, I thought it was the Eldridge Pope, Huntsmans Ales sign and I wondered what beer from Dorchester was doing in the forest. When I enlarged the picture the truth was revealed.
Oh ye of little faith to think I might use an out of area brewery. Just don’t zoom in too closely on the front of 3737 and spot the Laira shed plate 😊
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2 hours ago, NHY 581 said:
Indeed. In the next week or so, I must do some work to Sheep Dip as I had forgotten that the lighting rig had been sold with Bleat Wharf.......
Rob
Tricky things to keep on lighting rigs
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33 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:
Mirning Alex,
Shaping up nicely for SWAG !
Rob
Yes indeed. First though Nailsea.
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18 minutes ago, Welchester said:
Poor old dad - sorry, couldn't resist. Looks good though.
Oops, sorry missed that. Post now edited.
Alex.
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This is how the group looks all together. Waiting for the paint on the ground to dry (acrylic on das) before working up the ground cover.
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I really lke these walls. Did you scribe them yourself?
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More bedding in round the pub. The grass is starting to grow
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In the past, on the Yelverton station building I think, I used strips of 10thou styrene formed into an "L" and painted grey then drybrushed gunmetal. This allowed me to make the chimney removable through the flashing. Wouldn't work with card roof of this one of course.
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Some pictures showing how the buildings slot into the landscape and how the baseboard join is obscured.
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5 hours ago, lezz01 said:
How are you going to do the lead flashing? I have used the lead foil from wine bottles but that only really comes on the dearer bottles now days and my wife doesn't drink, my second wife drunk wine like it was going out of fashion so I always had some lead foil to hand. These days I use cigarette paper if I can't lay my hands on the foil and paint it with Humbrol metalcoat polished steel mixed with gunmetal 53.
Regards Lez.
I’ve got some foil from a wine bottle I I’ve saved.. I like using the foil because it can be pressed into shape.
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The pub roof now haas a covering of slates. In the past I used to mark out the roof and cut the slates from strips of writing paper, but my hand/eye coordination isn’t up to that now so I looked around for an easier method. The first picture shows what I do.
I stick a piece of graph paper to the roof, which gives me accurately spaced vertical and horizontal lines. The slates are laser cut from Scale Model Scenery, which give me accurately cut slate strips. These are glued to the roof with pva using the lines on the graph paper as guides. The second picture shows the finished roof.
Finally, a couple of pictures of the current state of play, with a 57xx working in the yard
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4 hours ago, LNERGE said:
Didn’t the line reopen in one direction just after closing?
How did that work? Did the trains simply run through to Cambridge via St Ives?
The photos I found were dated 1968 which I thought was a mistake, but a partial reopening could explain that -
I’ve seen them Stuart and I know the number of the one going north, but I’ve just found a photo of the southbound train at Wimblington and am trying to work out the number. Interestingly there is a blue/grey coach.in the train. I hadn’t realised that this livery had made it on to the loop line.
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The last southbound passenger train on the March-Camrige loop carried headcode 5L53 . The engine was a Brush type 2 (class 31) Does anyone know the loco number please?
Thanks
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2 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:
Lovely, Alex.
It seems laser cutting is becoming more main-stream now?
I think so Tim. I've got one, but I haven't used it yet. It's a post retirement project. A friend has done some great work in "n" gauge using laser cutting to create the backing for Scalescenes models.
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More on the pub. The initial coat of white has been toned down with washes and powders.
The main windows were laser cut for me by a friend. A few of the windows still need glazing.
i reworked the false roof as I didn’t like the appearance of the riff above the ends, and rebuilt it so that the false roof is between the ends. I think that will work better when the tiles are done.
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7 hours ago, RodneyS said:
Isn't that an 0-6-2T ? 😉
No. Just no.
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More pictures from Nailsea. A good day our for the panniers.
it team as interesting to hear the reactions of many of the visitors:
1. They recognised the Forest.
2. They knew the pub and often used to drink at it.
3. They liked the Vauxhall Cresta in the yard and many either had or wanted one