Al. Posted August 12, 2016 Author Share Posted August 12, 2016 More work done on the two West Bank defensive trenches. The first one sits on the south side of the bridge st the edge of a small orchard. It's primarily An infantry tench. The second one homes on the north side and is part of the support trench system. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al. Posted August 17, 2016 Author Share Posted August 17, 2016 The Scenery is progressing slowly. The orchard is part flocked, and I'm experimenting with a corn field. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 This is something quite different - an interesting, fantastic and expansive project with great modelling. I'm looking forward to seeing it at Warley. G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 This is something quite different - an interesting, fantastic and expansive project with great modelling. I'm looking forward to seeing it at Warley. G One of the reasons I'll be going back after a few years break. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al. Posted August 17, 2016 Author Share Posted August 17, 2016 One of the reasons I'll be going back after a few years break. No pressure then.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al. Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 Warley is 100 days away and I've got a massive amount of work to do to get Remagen anywhere near exhibition ready. The big priority right now is the get the basic scatter done on boards 3 & 4 so I can split the boards and attach them to the boards at the other ends. To this ends its been more flocking tonight. Bit more tomorrow to finish off. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al. Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 I picked up a Br-05 a few weeks back with the intention of adding armoured plates and camouflage paint to it. It's sat in its box up till now as I've been working on the Messerschmitt Train. But with that all but complete I had time to move onto the loco. The Armoured plates are attached. But still need a tiny bit of work to get them right, but I need to rest run the loco to ensure I've not fouled the valve gear. Unfortunately I dropped the loco while attaching the plates and broke the coupling to the tender and will need to get a new one from Arnold. I'll Jerry rig it this afternoon and see how it goes. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
380John Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 This is a wonderful project, thank you for sharing. Is it me but does that bottle of beer in the photos above happen to be 'Spitfire' excellent choice and wonderful irony!! All the best, John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aces High Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Still in love with this project. I'd be very interested in a step by step how to on the trenches as I'd like to have a small system with a pillbox on Winterfall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Is it me but does that bottle of beer in the photos above happen to be 'Spitfire' excellent choice and wonderful irony!! Looks like Tsingtao to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al. Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 Looks like Tsingtao to me. Yes, Tsingtao. For some reason there seems to be an unending supply in our house.... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al. Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 Still in love with this project. I'd be very interested in a step by step how to on the trenches as I'd like to have a small system with a pillbox on Winterfall. I've got a spare one that's half built. I started it earlier but got the dimensions wrong and made it too deep for n gauge. It's a little shallow for OO but could be made to work with a few sandbags. You're welcome to it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al. Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 A couple of pics with 20mm MP's as a scale comparison. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al. Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 So today's been a housekeeping day. The layouts been out of the workshop, the rooms been swept clean and the layout brought back in. With the West Bank board flocked, it's got reassembled on the end of the bridge and for the first time I'm satarting to get a feel of how the layout will look. And got to say it's pretty much as I had it in my minds eye. I've also taken the opportunity to plan out some of the trees. The big one at the moment is going to be the apple orchard next to the farm. The tree spacing here looks about right and it fits nicely over the trenches too. It's gonna be 70 trees to fill the area. And that's not gonna be cheap... 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al. Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 Scenery is progressing steadily on the West Bank board. It's almost fully flocked and ready to start adding the details. But there's still a lot to do. The sun feature of board 6 is the Apollinariskirche church which will sit over the top of the hidden sidings. It's a very impressive church that dominates the Remagen skyline. I've mocked up a very basic outline of the church and started to play ariund with final positioning. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al. Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 Over the course of the build I've had several requests for a walk though on how I made the various buildings and trenches. So here's part 1. The process is quite Simple. Just a case of making a building shaped box and then cladding it with textured plasticard. What I'm building here is a timber barn, that will sit on the opposite side of the road from the farm house, and is based on this photo. First step is to draw out the four sides and floor on to 3mm pvc card. This stuff is mainly used sign printers as a backing material. It's easy to cut and very stable. It's available as A3 or A4 sheets via the Internet, or theres a free source which I don't to tell you about. At this stage I mark out all door and window locations to ensure dimensions are right. Set two, cut it out. Unless you intend to have open doors or internal lighting, there's no need to cut out the windows and doors at this stage. Set three, glue it together. Superglue is ideal, but remember to peal the backing film off the card first or the thing will fall apart. To get here took about half an hour. The next stage is cladding, which will take a damn sight longer and I'll cover that later. The next couple of shots show the barn roughly in position. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al. Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 Part 2. From where we left off yesterday I've added detail to the inside of the shell as the side doors will be open and from certain angles the interia will be visible. It's off the shelf textured plasticard - flagstones for the floor, 2mm plank for the walls and dressed stone for the footings - cut to size and superglued into place. The outside cladding is built up of a double layer of platicard trimmed to size and with cutouts for the Windows and doors. The tear layer is plain plasticard while the front layer is more 2mm plank which I've roughed up with course sandpaper to give a better wood texture. The windows are from Kestrel. With the four side panels made up its a case of supergluing into place. I usually make the sides slightly over size to compensate for any build error. The excess is trimmed off once glued on. A bit more detail added - doors and door tracks. It's meant to have a wooden shingle roof, all I have right now it tile platicard, so that's gonna have to wait for a few days. In the interim, I'll give it a basic paint job and work on the surrounding scenery Hope this is useful. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al. Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 As well as the barn, I've also been playing about with getting the corn field looking right. This is how it looks right now. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al. Posted September 2, 2016 Author Share Posted September 2, 2016 Update on the barn. Paint job done. I've still got the roof to fit hopefully after I've picked up some plasticard over the weekend. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al. Posted September 4, 2016 Author Share Posted September 4, 2016 Back to hideously slow progress again this weekend. Slowly pushing forward with flocking of the West Bank. It's coming along nicely. It should be ready for trees by the end of the week. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aces High Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Looks amazing. Thank you for the offer of the slit trenches but I'm going to give it a whirl myself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al. Posted September 5, 2016 Author Share Posted September 5, 2016 Another 45 trees drying. They should be ready for planting tomorrow. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al. Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 I do enjoy making scenery. Here's a few resent shots of the West Bank board. And also a new pic of Lucy. I've not yet got round to getting Oliver painted yet.... 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aces High Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 That'll be another film I now have to go and watch thanks to this thread, keep 'em comin. Any room for Big X? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al. Posted September 12, 2016 Author Share Posted September 12, 2016 I hate how slowly the scenery is taking. I seem to spend hours on it with little change. It even worse with the wiring - which has been this weekends focus. It's not my strong point to start with, and it takes me ages to sketch up the circuit diagrams and work out the logic. I must have several dozen sketches screwed up in the bin. However, progress has been made and I'm pretty close to getting the control panels wired up once the last the final components arrive. The actual panel boxes are built. Just need a coat of paint and track diagram adding to complete. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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