d winpenny Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Looking good do like that ews grid 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Some lovely weathering there mate, more pics soon please. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big T Posted June 14, 2018 Author Share Posted June 14, 2018 I like the grey 08 mate good weathering job on that. Thank you mate much appreciated Trev : 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big T Posted June 14, 2018 Author Share Posted June 14, 2018 (edited) Had a good night in the old garage last night. I had a good clean and tidy of my shelves and surrounding areas, unearthing a few hidden gems I'd forgotten that I had! Does anyone else have stuff they've forgotten about?! Is it an age thing?!! Firstly I painted a first coat of matt black to three internal walls of the signalbox. This was to try and reduce the light bleed I'm getting with the LED's. I think it needs another coat as the light is still showing through the resin, albeit a lot less intense. Thinking about it I want something nice and bright to show off the interior furniture and signalling fittings that will be fitted. For some reason I didn't take any photo of the painting on the signal box, but here is the result of the painting seen from outside with the roof back on: Second task was to dry fit the P-Way yard buildings with a couple of road vehicles etc to try and find the most agreeable layout without looking too cluttered and un-proto-typical. I intend to fit a wall at the edge of the baseboard that butts up against the backscene. I will try and create the illusion of depth of field by fitting the wall about 10-15mm off the backscene and putting a streetlight between the outer edge of the wall and the backscene as I've done on previous layouts. General views of the P-way yard - still lights to fit, plant and people to add. I will also be fitting out the Portacabins too with tables chairs and miniature wall charts. I also fitted a steam style yard lamp at the exit point of the yard where it connects to the main line. Im not sure if I will wire this up as I think it will look better representing a redundant fitting. Finally I spent my remaining time trying to construct an uncoupler using magnets as per Sam SDW7300's "Brian Kirby" method. I couldnt find the link that Sam had kindly posted showing Brians' method, and had to resort to memory. Ive since found Sams' link and it is apparent that I had glued the staple in the wrong position on the tension lock coupler. I tried several variations of staple position on coaches, wagons and my trusty 31, but failed to get them raising together. Now I know why, and I will amend this tonight. Thats a few more things ticked of the "to do" list. Thoroughly enjoyed my time to myself, listening to ICP (Insane Clown Posse) for a bit, then switching over to Jungletrain where my good friend DJ Problemchild was playing a 2 hour drum and bass set till midnight. I called it a day around 1AM and was up at 05.30 for work. deep joy. Thanks for looking! Trev Edited June 14, 2018 by big T 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big T Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 Last night I concentrated on constructing the perimeter wall of the Permanent way depot at the rear of the layout. I had some cardboard wall sections left over from my last layout and luckily had three that would fill the gap with 150mm's worth left over. Bonus! The only issue was that for the two and a half sections of wall, I only had one strip of coping stone, so I cut some Plasticard of the same thickness to match. I will score rebates to represent stone later, then paint. I also whipped up a metal gate with frame and bracing. I also had chance to prime, paint and weather the gate using enamel matt black spray and weathering powders. I mocked up the positions of the wall and gate for a few photos to see how they look. I think tonight I will install the streetlights and glue the walls into place (and fit the coping stone sections) Thanks for looking - feedback more than welcome Trev 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_crisp Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Always good to listen to a bit of Drum n Bass Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold CovDriver Posted June 15, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 15, 2018 Loving the medic landrover I could do with a few of those and a couple of Bedford 4tonne trucks as I'm thinking something MOD on the baseboard I've had from you. Great work as ever on the scenic work. Cheers Colin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big T Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 Always good to listen to a bit of Drum n Bass Absolutely! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big T Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 Loving the medic landrover I could do with a few of those and a couple of Bedford 4tonne trucks as I'm thinking something MOD on the baseboard I've had from you. Great work as ever on the scenic work. Cheers Colin Thanks Col. Yea Ive bought a few 101's im going to paint them Nato Green/black. Dont like the orange flashing light tho..... Did you manage to pick the other bits up? Trev Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big T Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 I managed a few hours on the layout yesterday and managed to finish the lighting. Phew! Ive added a couple of yard lights to the P-Way depot and have finally got round to wiring up the streetlights on the road bridge that forms the scenic break between the scenic sections and fiddle yard. I did a few other small but important tasks, such as glueing buildings and fittings down and completing the wall at the rear of the P-Way depot. I also got a couple of items out for a quick running session. It would be rude not to! Thank you for looking Trev 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big T Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share Posted June 19, 2018 A few more jobs off the list (and a few new ones also completed that werent on it in the first place!) ballasting the new point that I relaid after damaging the first ballasting the area around the old yard lamp addition of a new ballast pile with scatter material fit trees to ballasted area (cutting them down as they look too high) - I had a brainwave to re-use the off cuts to replicate stumps! I created a small diorama by the signalbox with a grounded signal and two trackworkers have a conflab I added a broken lamp to the signalbox path at a deliberately wonky angle. Ive also extended and painted the small fence around the signalbox Thanks for looking Trev 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big T Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 (edited) It was my daughters 18th birthday over the weekend so modelling time was limited to a few hours yesterday afternoon. I managed to paint and fit my dummy point levers and point motors. I also recieved my 3D printed items for the signalbox interior. I primed and painted these and have yet to fit the point levers to the frame. I couldnt resist a quick play too, getting the 08 pottering around the yard. This also helped check the clearances on the double slip in relation to the point levers I fitted earlier. Thanks for looking Trev Edited June 25, 2018 by big T 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big T Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 (edited) I was bored with working on the layout so decided to have a break and weather a couple of Bachmann SSA's Ive recently purchased. Twenty minutes later and hey presto! Cheers for looking! Trev Edited June 26, 2018 by big T 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psiborg Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Hi Trev, Some nice details on here, nicely weathered stock as well. Keep up the good work! Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big T Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 Hi Trev, Some nice details on here, nicely weathered stock as well. Keep up the good work! Simon Thank you Simon! Trev Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Horse Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 How the hell do you do that!!!!!!!! Excellent as always Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big T Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share Posted June 27, 2018 How the hell do you do that!!!!!!!! Excellent as always Hi Adrian! It didnt take long! just splurged it on really! Thank you very much mate I really appreciate your kind words Cheers Trev Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big T Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share Posted June 27, 2018 (edited) I did a bit more weathering tonight, and focused on a Loadhaul BDA that Id had lying around for a while. This is the reference photo Ive used: https://www.flickr.com/photos/martincoles/5209020583/in/photolist-8WiAkH-JTeTsZ-PoVNqM I drilled some holes into the bolsters and added some brass wire to represent the steel braces, and then painted the braces with a couple of coats of good strong rust brown. I ran a glassfibre brush down the solebars to remove some of the detail and fade the contrasting black/orange areas to represent weather fading. I then airbrushed the decking in about 6 different shades then added powders and ran a rough brush over it to bring out the wood planking. I then painted the wheelsets and set it all aside to dry. I will pay attention to the bogies, brake gear and underframe tonight. I then turned my attention to the lighter weathered Transrail SSA, adding an oily mig wash to certain parts of the underframe. I also tried out some colours from the Lifecolour pigment set I bought a while back. Mixed results TBH - a bit watery and no so noticeable. I have a bottle of MiG black "grease"pigment that i usually use on things such as class 08 springs and motion - I applied some of this to the body panels of the darker weathered SSA and this brought out a very dull stain effect which I have seen in real life. This really pops and adds a different dimension to the model. In the past I have used neat thinners to replicate this, but this obviously has its inherent dangers of removing the weathering effect. Ill be using the MiG stuff again. Cheers for looking! Trev Edited June 28, 2018 by big T 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve shorrock Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Hi Trev, Looking real good mate really like the scrap and the weathering on the SSA Best Wishes, Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big T Posted June 28, 2018 Author Share Posted June 28, 2018 Hi Trev, Looking real good mate really like the scrap and the weathering on the SSA Best Wishes, Steve Hi Steve, Thanks very much! Really appreciated Trev Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Harvey Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Great looking Layout T keep up the progress. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big T Posted June 28, 2018 Author Share Posted June 28, 2018 Great looking Layout T keep up the progress. Hi Pete! Hope you are well mate!! Thanks very much T Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_crisp Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Great stuff and the weathering is very effective. What have you used for the scrap? cheers Will Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big T Posted June 29, 2018 Author Share Posted June 29, 2018 Great stuff and the weathering is very effective. What have you used for the scrap? cheers Will Morning Will Thanks very much! Ive used swarf of various grades. Ive weathered one of the wagon loads and am going to post the pics in a minute - I'd be grateful if people could advise if weathered or unweathered is best.... Cheers Trev Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big T Posted June 29, 2018 Author Share Posted June 29, 2018 Horseriding with my daughter prevented me from doing any modelling last night, plus the temperature in the garage matched that of the suns surface! I managed some quick shots of a few wagons before calling it a day Cheers Trev 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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