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14 hours ago, Rowsley17D said:

Is that the Wills stuff? If you want anymore PM me, I've some packs spare.

 

Thanks Jonathan

 

They are Wills stuff, at the moment I think I have enough packs but that may change depending on how much of it I end up making a mess of :rolleyes:

 

Chris 

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Done a little more this evening. A little weathering to the front and I’ve also attached the hinge bases. I’ve used glue n glaze for the hinges as it give me a lot of time for adjustment

 

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Unfortunately I can’t do anything else at the moment as glue n glaze takes a while to set

 

I’ve just placed the box on the front to see what it would look like

 

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I like the green but I may change the colour of the box to dark stone as I’ve managed to get a good(ish) match to the Gaugemaster lamp colour by mixing Vallejo Air Tan (71.079) and Mahogany (71.036) at a Ratio of 10:2 I’m still experimenting with the mix so I may need to try add a spot of red

 

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The lamp and box won’t be close enough to each other to be that noticeable though

 

If it works out I might paint the gutters/downpipes in the same colour

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In an effort to mix paint to match the Gaugemaster GWR stone colour I’ve come up with the following

 

Vallejo Model Air

 

20 drops Tan (71.079)

4 drops Mahogany (71.036)

1 drop White (71.001)

1 drop Red (71.269)

 

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Personally this is close enough for my needs, however, the ratio stated above is to match the Gaugemaster lighting I have in my hand, I have no idea how close this is to actual GWR dark stone nor do I have a clue if the Gaugemaster colour used is consistent throughout their GWR lighting range

 

 

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I’ve painted one of the notice boards and stuck on a ‘notice’ I’ve printed off

 

its only placed on (hence why it’s not on straight)

 

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I'm not sure if I like it or not though, thoughts anyone

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1 hour ago, AlfaZagato said:

I would't worry about the notice being straight.   Nobody's perfect.  Not you, and not the dude who posted the notice.

 

unfortunately the notice states that failure to hang this notice board square and level is subject to a six shilling fine :lol:

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In the end I decided I liked it so it’s now glued in place, hopefully I’ll get more done this weekend 

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I felt I’d weathered the box a little too heavy so I managed to remove some of the weathering powder with a damp cotton bud before sealing with Matt varnish

 

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On 30/08/2019 at 17:21, chuffinghell said:

 

Not with my photography skills, or lack there of :lol:

 

I will eventually invest in a camera instead of using the camera on my phone 

Annoyingly I bought a £200 digital camera specifically for recording my layout build and I have found that my daughters iPhone camera is far superior!

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1 hour ago, Martin S-C said:

Annoyingly I bought a £200 digital camera specifically for recording my layout build and I have found that my daughters iPhone camera is far superior!

 

Keep that to yourself, I’ve been blaming my poor photography skills on my iPhone :lol:

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On 31/08/2019 at 09:26, Stubby47 said:

 

Given that you've added working lights to the pump house, it makes sense to also add them to the shed. A similar outside lamp over the door would probably look right as well.

 

It’s still a bit too clean considering it’s location

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I had also considered putting one on the side but I think it would be too much

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I’ve made a few impulsive and premature purchases :blink:

 

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They’ll come in handy when the goods yard appears ;)

 

I’ll need to change the number plates on the mechanical horses though otherwise the police and DVLA will be on my back for cloning number plates

 

I’m considering converting one of the mechanical horses into a flat bed version for a bit of variety

 

Not sure about the Thorncroft dropside, I’ll just have to see how it looks in the goods yard.....when there is one :lol:

 

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I’ve attempted to look at the platform ramp on the removable section.

 

The reason for this is because my plan has always been for the removable section to be a diorama in its own right.....and something to practice  weathering, ballasting and scenery on

 

With this in mind I need to sort the platform so I can do the point rodding before doing the ballast etc

 

Anyway started off making a very rough template

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and making this up using peco platform edging and plasticard

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I've intentionally left a 0.5 rebate to take the embossed paving

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unfortunately I’ve not got the radius quite right

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So I’ll have to try again

 

The reason it is set back from the wall is because I intend to step it back towards the wall where the station building will sit and have fencing up to the station building

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