RMweb Gold Revolution Mike B Posted January 22, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 22, 2018 P.S. Any thoughts on what colour I should paint all the brickwork on the viaduct and retaining wall? I just can't decide between red or engineering brick. I'd probably do a combination of both Chris in a random pattern. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris64B Posted January 22, 2018 Author Share Posted January 22, 2018 I'd probably do a combination of both Chris in a random pattern. Do you mean in courses? One red, one blue? I was trying to avoid having to do that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Mike B Posted January 22, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 22, 2018 Do you mean in courses? One red, one blue? I was trying to avoid having to do that! Nooooooooo! Paint the whole lot one colour then and patches of engineers bricks etc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Just caught up. Great work on the bridge and arches. The coaches look good too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanach Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 P.S. Any thoughts on what colour I should paint all the brickwork on the viaduct and retaining wall? I just can't decide between red or engineering brick. Personally Id go with what was right for the area I’m modelling or what the majority of your other buildings are made from . I was going to leave building a layout until I retired . Then I thought , what happens if I don’t make it that far! Ha ha . If you’re able to build ( and have the time ) to construct the things you have so far , then I’d say you could do at least a modest exhibition layout . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
katwigan Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Just caught up with the latest efforts mate, going from strength to strength . As a bit of an aside going back to around post 160. Last week (the 17th) was the 40th anniversary of Australia's worst train disaster at Granville, when the train derailed and took out the bridge supports resulting in the whole 170ton concrete slab coming down onto carriages 3 & 4 with the loss of 83 lives. http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/forty-years-on-granville-train-disaster-survivors-victims-families-remember-20170117-gtsxzv.html ( Haven't tried a 'Link' before, dunno if it's right or not ) Keep up the Good work. Kev Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris64B Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 Just caught up with the latest efforts mate, going from strength to strength . As a bit of an aside going back to around post 160. Last week (the 17th) was the 40th anniversary of Australia's worst train disaster at Granville, when the train derailed and took out the bridge supports resulting in the whole 170ton concrete slab coming down onto carriages 3 & 4 with the loss of 83 lives. http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/forty-years-on-granville-train-disaster-survivors-victims-families-remember-20170117-gtsxzv.html ( Haven't tried a 'Link' before, dunno if it's right or not ) Keep up the Good work. Kev Just caught up with the latest efforts mate, going from strength to strength . As a bit of an aside going back to ar2ound post 160. Last week (the 17th) was the 40th anniversary of Australia's worst train disaster at Granville, when the train derailed and took out the bridge supports resulting in the whole 170ton concrete slab coming down onto carriages 3 & 4 with the loss of 83 lives. http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/forty-years-on-granville-train-disaster-survivors-victims-families-remember-20170117-gtsxzv.html ( Haven't tried a 'Link' before, dunno if it's right or not ) Keep up the Good work. Kev Thanks Kev! Crumbs that was a nasty accident - sort of wish I hadn't read about it while sitting on the train home today!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris64B Posted March 9, 2018 Author Share Posted March 9, 2018 Hi all, Friday afternoon update for you… I’ve now pretty much finished the improvements to the HST coaches, mainly focused on painting and populating the interiors but also some external enhancements too. They’ve had: Fully painted and detailed seats and tables. Fitted seated passengers. Simple luggage area/vestibule walls constructed. Painted the insides of the coach to stop light bleed/transparency including yellow vestibule ends etc. Re-painted some bits of the coach exteriors such as the first class yellow stripe, door handles, steps etc. Removed the redundant jumper cables and buffer fixings, replacing them with a new buffer beam piece of plasticard and re-shaping the bottom of the corridor doors to suit (I’ve left the incorrect corridor doors and the big couplings for now as I might try and improve these another time). New transfers including no smoking and first class stickers, warning flashes, data panels, new Intercity branding and re-numbering. They still need weathering but here are some pics... First class: Standard class: Bit better than the original white plastic! And the buffet car painted and detailed with reference to this great photo: http://locomotive.wikia.com/wiki/File:Original_buffet_on_hst.jpg You can only just see the illuminated menu through the windows but I thought it was a nice touch! Next time I’ll share some updates on the improved layout lighting. Cheers, Chris 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freight Connection Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Really nice work on the buffet car Chris Just been catching up, great work on every page, love the depot area..... Thanks for the update Regards - Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggzuk Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Just stunning coach work! The buffet car is fantastic. What lighting have you used, the light look just right for the original Mk3s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welly Posted March 9, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 9, 2018 It's a really good job on these Hornby "Shorties"! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris64B Posted March 9, 2018 Author Share Posted March 9, 2018 Thanks gents! Just stunning coach work! The buffet car is fantastic. What lighting have you used, the light look just right for the original Mk3s. I got the coach lighting from Layouts4u - http://www.layouts4u.net/coachlighting.html - and went for the battery operated warm white LED with the latching reed switch. I was worried they were too bright when I first put them in but it was because most of the light was reflected back from the white interior, when the seats are painted it's about right. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Nice job on those coaches Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted March 12, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 12, 2018 I'm really impressed with what you have achieved here, this is going to be something else when it is finished! Love that viaduct... Andi 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris64B Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 I'm really impressed with what you have achieved here, this is going to be something else when it is finished! Love that viaduct... Andi 'If' it's ever finished!! Thanks Andi! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris64B Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 (edited) HI everyone, As usual when the nice weather hits, it's been harder to find time in the garage for railway modelling but I've managed to keep things moving in the right direction. I've been doing a bit more on the retaining wall that leads to the viaduct so more photos of that once painting commences and I've finally finished detailing the last HST coach with painted interior, lights and passengers. I've also finally wired up the yard lights and the remaining platform lights and installed three new street lamps in the car park, to replace the bulky old grain of wheat bulb lanterns, so the night time scene is starting to look a lot more atmospheric - here are some snaps... Cheers, Chris Edited November 6, 2023 by Chris64B Edited to repair broken images 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold fishytrains Posted May 14, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 14, 2018 Looking very atmospheric. Mike 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggzuk Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Love the atmosphere of the depot and the IC125 mk3s are awesome. The interior detail you have added it really shown to its best at night time with the platform lights. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris64B Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 (edited) Hi everyone, if indeed anyone's still there after I’ve been so lax at updating the thread recently! As mentioned in my previous update, my most recent efforts have been on the retaining walls and viaduct and I finally made a start painting them. There’s still more to do, but I’m pleased with the results so far, I went with red brick (Humbrol matt enamel 70) in the end and I’ve been enjoying the process of weathering them, first with a mortar wash (Humbrol matt enamel 121), trying not to be too even with this - it’s surprising how much it lightens the initial brick colour – and then dry brushing here and there with various shades of brown, grey, white and green in both enamel and acrylic to build up the tones and variation. See what you think… The other thing I’ve been playing around with is trying to improve the smooth running of stock over the points into the yard. I realised that some wagons were derailing as they were pushed across the points because the moulded Peco check rails allow too much movement away from the rail head, particularly with the ‘re-wheeled’ wagons that run finer Hornby or Bachmann wheelsets. So, a quick bit of plasticard strip later, stuck against the inside of the moulded check rail (see pics below), and I can now shunt whole trains of wagons backwards across the points, on a curve, without any derailing! I’m amazed how much difference it’s made. The older Lima locos still with pizza cutter wheels also have no problems running through which is a relief. It got me thinking about whether there was anything I could do to stop the wheels on some rolling stock dropping in to the gap in front of the frog and a bit of googling suggests there might be… http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/130072-point-drop-stop-for-peco-points/ So I might have a go with those (or something home made to do the same) next…. Cheers, Chris Edited November 6, 2023 by Chris64B Edited to repair broken images 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold fishytrains Posted July 16, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 16, 2018 I like the look of the brick work. It is interesting how different ideas are used for this by different people. Yours certainly works well. I also like the idea for the points, might have to try that myself in a couple of places! Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris64B Posted July 18, 2018 Author Share Posted July 18, 2018 Thanks Mike! Yes I found a few different methods for painting walls and in the end, it was easier to get a good result than I thought it might be. The main tip from me would be to wait until the initial brick colour is thoroughly dry (at least overnight) before doing the mortar wash otherwise you do risk wiping it off assuming you are doing both in enamel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris64B Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share Posted June 11, 2019 (edited) Arrgghh nearly a year has gone by since I last updated this thread! If anyone is still here I apologise! Modelling work has taken a back seat for a little while now as we moved house to something of a 'project' and I've been up to my ears in plaster dust, sawdust and paint for a good few months now - see below! The poor layout is back resting on it's side covered in dust sheet and might stay that way for a little while longer until we sort out somewhere in the new house to get it running again - my poor son is a bit down about it as Father Christmas brought him a 'Flying Scotsman' and he's yet to give it a test run, but we've bought a few coaches for it and some crew figures to pop in the cab. Hopefully I'm nearly ready to sort out a workshop room which will at least mean I can get a modelling bench set up and carry on with some of the scenery and rolling stock and I may also take the opportunity of having the layout on it's side to wire up some of the remaining point motors etc. Till next time! Chris Edited November 6, 2023 by Chris64B Edited to repair broken images 4 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRail Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Chris how is house going? any update on the layout and modelling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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