37023 Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 Some ballast and a backdrop and those two are straight into the realistic models thread. lovely stuff, I know its Grangemouth but it does bring back memories of skulking about Millerhill as a lad. Same sort of loco's found on shed. Cheers Millerhillboy it seems every week now it steps a little closer! Once road 6 and 7 are in we will be putting grids and other details down then laying ballast. But it's all coming together now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Cheers Millerhillboy it seems every week now it steps a little closer! Once road 6 and 7 are in we will be putting grids and other details down then laying ballast. But it's all coming together now Yip the buildings are exquisite and the rest following suit. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Yes it is looking really good. Get some ballast oily gunk between the sleepers and it will really come together These are my attempts/experiments This is how polifiller over ballast and weathering powder turned out And this is how fine sand mixed with PVA turned out Cheers Steve 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37023 Posted December 14, 2018 Author Share Posted December 14, 2018 Yes it is looking really good. Get some ballast oily gunk between the sleepers and it will really come together These are my attempts/experiments This is how polifiller over ballast and weathering powder turned out IMG_20181129_113233.jpgIMG_20180719_105142.jpg And this is how fine sand mixed with PVA turned out IMG_20180731_182459 (2).jpgIMG_20180926_103846.jpg Cheers Steve They look brilliant steve. I have a few bags of different ballast, sand and grit so I'll use them to a similar end result to you. The polyfillers a great little tip! I hadn't thought about that but I'll give it a try! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 (edited) Looking forward to seeing it. My approach, and each to their own, is to get the texture/finish right first and then concentrate on the colour Stage one - mid way through mucking about with Polyfiller Hope this helps - all the best Steve Edited December 16, 2018 by SouthernBlue80s 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37023 Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 Any hints and tips are welcome Steve. I appreciate it. I'll certainly be giving the methods a try! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37023 Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 There isn't going to be much happening on the layout over Christmas. So one of the team had a fiddle with one of the pics to include sky. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37023 Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 While we are wading through the festive period one of our members has been hard at work on the computer to reproduce the Signal Box diagram that is in Fouldubs Box. This is done on CAD so we can make it any size we want. There will be a 7mm scale size in the box on the layout and one to go on the operators control panel to help aid running the layout. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37023 Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 It's been quiet over the festive period on GM but tonight whilst enjoying a couple of whiskeys we installed the 4 point motors that will join up to the 4 points already installed. Following that we got the next board tops into position to measure up for the depot exit and Fouldubs Junction. So far the whole layout is measuring no more than 11ft wide! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37023 Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 3 (one to arrive) Sherpa vans which will all go into BR yellow and one Lada Samara that is for general use on the road ways on GM. These should keep me busy for a little while! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37023 Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 Only a small update today. There will be a more interesting one tomorrow hopefully! The lada has had the dash I'm bits and rebuilt.... now do I nick the radio or not? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37023 Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 Not much in the way of progress again until Wednesday. But the Samara is now right hand drive and just needs reg plates and a driver! The first of the Sherpas has received it's yellow too. On top of this the maintenance team over at Low Moor have been pressed into action and have installed two refurbed power units (sound chips) into 37178 and 37191 and will now see 37191 transferred into the ED/GM Petrolium pool. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37023 Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 Another little pre Wednesday update! The first Leyland Sharpa is ready for varnish now and will be handed over to the team at GM I'm no time. I'm sure they will be delighted with their new van! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37023 Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 (edited) A bit of a big update this week! Finally you can see in the second picture the total length of the scenic section of the layout. There are the mainline boards to add down the side of the shed And Fouldubs is balanced for this picture but you can get a feel for the impressive size we are aiming for! The first picture shows the depot point control which will be totally hidden under a dummy hand point throw to conceal the hole in the board. Pictures 4 and 5 show the back of the depot building and show the brilliant work on the scrub land that has been started by one of our members. Picture 6 shows a few of the new vehicles that have been picked up over the last week including a Vauxhall Carlton, Its a Citroen Platform Pilote camper and Lada Samara. Edited January 10, 2019 by 37023 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37023 Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 Sorry for the lack of posts lately, since the festive period everything has been on the go slow! Tonight we managed to get a little more track down leaving just the track work that connects road 6, 7, and the fuel loading road to stick down so we arnt far off now having the whole depot are laid! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Did you make any further progress with this? It was certainly developing nicely. Brought back many happy memories. This was my local shed in the seventies. I lived in Grangemouth as a lad and visited 65F often. Funnily enough I came to this thread via your GQS 88 project. I am building GQS as it was in the 50's/60's. In early stages with about half the track laid Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-ECT Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Morning David (this is my other account for work) it has stood still over the last 12 months for pandemic based reasons sadly but is moving forward again now. All the boards are complete and track laying is 90% done. I'm back at the club rooms next Friday so I'll grab some updated pics and start the thread back up as it moves through its final staged ready for showing 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Looking forward to the pics 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-ECT Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 We spent the evening at the club last night freshening up the ballast and adding fine layers of ash to flatten it all off. Things are starting to progress again and in the next week or so I'll get some fresh pictures with all the buildings back in place 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-ECT Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 (edited) Last Friday a we got back to the club and decided to get Grangemouth pushed forwards. It has its first official show invite next March at the MIOG (Modern Image O Gauge Show) held at Crewe Heritage Centre on the last weekend of March. Seen on shed are 37402, 413 and 425 to help inspire us and they did the trick! Next time we are up we will keep on with the ground cover and then electronics when Andy gets back over. Edited September 12, 2022 by Chris-ECT 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jcarta Posted September 13, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 13, 2022 Seems to have come on quite a long way....... glad to see the updates coming through 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Yes,great to see this on the go again. Cheers David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whistlersrule Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 G'day there, I'm thinking of doing his depot in OO gauge, using the mpd kit that is now available, do you have a track plan of this depot by any chance? Ta muchly Simon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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