RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted December 11, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2018 Glue the card down first with castellated sides to pass under the rails. I think Al wants to finish the layout this century! Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 11, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2018 Unfortunately IMHO the curving of the base card an that the ash does not go under the rails and around the chairs spoils your effect. Perhaps experiment on a separate short length of track separate from the layout. Glue the card down first with castellated sides to pass under the rails. Gordon A No I agree, that's not brilliant, but it was a very quick experiment and is just laid on. If I do go down the route of using card, it will be glued down as you say. Not sure I want to spend the rest of my days cutting gaps for the sleepers though... Cheers, Al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 How about going for a bed of commercial ash ballast which you can then vary the colour after it has hardened off. Using this method you can fill the gaps under the rails and other hard to reach places. Gordon A Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 11, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2018 How about going for a bed of commercial ash ballast which you can then vary the colour after it has hardened off. Using this method you can fill the gaps under the rails and other hard to reach places. Gordon A Yes, I was looking at that, and also silver sand, I think it's called - the very fine sand used for arts and crafts - which might be a good alternative. Al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted December 11, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2018 If you just used the rails with chairs on (i.e. no sleepers), you could lay the flat ground first, then put the rails on top. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 11, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2018 If you just used the rails with chairs on (i.e. no sleepers), you could lay the flat ground first, then put the rails on top. Well you would say that now I've glued it all down, wouldn't you! It's not a bad idea - at least for the plain track, although the turnouts would be a problem. But, I have a cunning plan... Al Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 11, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2018 (edited) I've decided what I would do with the back of the baseboard. So I have constructed some low hillside using PVA glue and newspaper: and having done that, I felt the urge for some flockage. Some of you will have seen my technique for static grass before, but for those of you who haven't here's a quick recap. I use this to stick the grass down with: It's Artists Acrylic paint, in Burnt Umber. It dries to a nice dusty brown colour, very reminiscent of soil, and therefore looks good when the static grass is applied sparingly. The paint is applied neat, in a thickish layer: The static grass I use for general ground cover is a mixture of these two: The latter being WWW Scenics 1mm . Mixed together, they create a nice muted green which I like. So then, wielding my trusty fly-swatter / tea-strainer: I apply the grass: And then the other side: Once all the loose is hoovered off, we are left with this: When it's dried thoroughly, a quick brush with the hand will make it stand up nicely. That's all for now, thanks for looking, Al. Edited December 11, 2018 by Alister_G 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 12, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2018 This evening, I've flockaged the grassy knolls. So there was nothing for it, but to add some wallage, and some stockage... That's getting quite a Derbyshire feel to it. It'll be even better when I build my own walls, instead of using Javis cast offs... Thanks for looking, Al. 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted December 12, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2018 Very nice Al. That's looking the part already. Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted December 13, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2018 Has Stanley Unwin taken over the thread? Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 13, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2018 Has Stanley Unwin taken over the thread? Mike. I couldn't even try to match that... Al. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Wallings looking goodly mate. Pity they will be going, but I do like the J94, lubly little Loco. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted December 13, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2018 O Alister_G,all deep joy and thorkus for great laugh'n tittery. O yes. and all things flockage. All the best Adrian. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 13, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2018 Wallings looking goodly mate. Pity they will be going, but I do like the J94, lubly little Loco. Cheers Andy. I will be replacing the wallage with my own version, but I'm hoping to match quite closely the look of the Javis ones. The issue I have with them is that they are quite short pieces, and they don't join up together very well for a long stretch. I suppose I could spend time modifying each piece, but I think it's probably just easier to build my own. Al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 13, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2018 O Alister_G,all deep joy and thorkus for great laugh'n tittery. O yes. and all things flockage. All the best Adrian. Hi Adrian, thanklybold for those worms of wisdy, deep joy to see proper uselage of Engly languid. Al. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted December 13, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2018 Hi Al, just past this location twice yesterday. Good to find you modelling again with another Peak scene. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 13, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2018 Hi Al, just past this location twice yesterday. Good to find you modelling again with another Peak scene. Hi Jonathan, thanks very much, nice to hear from you. Al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Bogie Posted December 13, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2018 I see the kitchen table is still being used for this masterpiece. . . so my serious question is, where do you eat? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 13, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2018 I see the kitchen table is still being used for this masterpiece. . . so my serious question is, where do you eat? On the front room table... Al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted December 13, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2018 My memory of the C&HPR was from the 1963 winter. My Dad & I went to Friden to get coal out of one of the wagons there as usual deliveries had stopped to due to blocked roads. I think it must have been part of a coal delivery for the brick kilns or the fires in the offices. My dad was contracted to deliver bricks and collect sand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 13, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2018 Friden was one of the bits of the C&HPR I looked at modelling, but I decided that to do it justice would require a much larger baseboard area than I could accommodate. The sidings and buildings there are a modellers dream, but it's BIG! Al Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted December 13, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2018 Friden was one of the bits of the C&HPR I looked at modelling, but I decided that to do it justice would require a much larger baseboard area than I could accommodate. The sidings and buildings there are a modellers dream, but it's BIG! Al and you could include the works' narrow gauge system as well. I once had a summer job driving one of the Ruston diesels before starting teaching. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 14, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2018 A little bit of kit building this evening. This is the Ratio grounded van. After sticking the 5 bits together - roof, sides and ends - the first thing I did was add some masking tape over the roof: and then I attacked it with a scalpel: Then I painted the roof in a base coat of Humbrol 32 Deep Sea Grey, and dry brushed some Humbrol RC413 Engineers Grey in streaks. Where the "tarpaulin" roof was torn, I painted the exposed roof with the Engineers Grey. Then the whole body was painted in Humbrol 70 Brick Red: Then I picked out a number of planks in Humbrol 237 Tan, and Humbrol 29 Dark Earth, and then gave it a number of washes of the Engineers Grey over the top: Under this light, the photo looks nothing like the real thing, so I took it to the layout to take some more representative photos. I don't yet know where this will be situated, so here's a few shots in different places: I need to build something for it to sit on - probably just some old sleepers - and add some clutter around it. Thanks for looking, Al. 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted December 15, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2018 A little bit of kit building this evening. This is the Ratio grounded van. After sticking the 5 bits together - roof, sides and ends - the first thing I did was add some masking tape over the roof: ladmanlow90.jpg ladmanlow91.jpg and then I attacked it with a scalpel: ladmanlow92.jpg Then I painted the roof in a base coat of Humbrol 32 Deep Sea Grey, and dry brushed some Humbrol RC413 Engineers Grey in streaks. ladmanlow93.jpg Where the "tarpaulin" roof was torn, I painted the exposed roof with the Engineers Grey. ladmanlow94.jpg Then the whole body was painted in Humbrol 70 Brick Red: ladmanlow95.jpg Then I picked out a number of planks in Humbrol 237 Tan, and Humbrol 29 Dark Earth, and then gave it a number of washes of the Engineers Grey over the top: ladmanlow96.jpg Under this light, the photo looks nothing like the real thing, so I took it to the layout to take some more representative photos. I don't yet know where this will be situated, so here's a few shots in different places: ladmanlow97.jpg ladmanlow98.jpg ladmanlow99.jpg I need to build something for it to sit on - probably just some old sleepers - and add some clutter around it. Thanks for looking, Al. Don't forget the solebars. My free one of these with RM was consigned to bin as unbuildable, presumably the original one is a different proposition as you prove! Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Just found this, having followed some of your previous threads. This looks really good, keep it coming. How is the Land Rover? Martyn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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