RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted October 12, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2020 Hi Al, good to see you back and flockaging again, All the best Adrian. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted October 12, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2020 1 hour ago, westerhamstation said: Hi Al, good to see you back and flockaging again, All the best Adrian. Thanks mate. Al. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Bogie Posted October 12, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 12, 2020 As long as you lay low on the curtainage you should be fine. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted October 12, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2020 4 hours ago, Bogie said: As long as you lay low on the curtainage you should be fine. I tried that, but got into trouble for creasing them... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spech Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Brilliant! I love this layout. You've really captured the essence of the C&HP, and in such a small space. It'll be years before I ever get to sit back and enjoy the fruit of my labors like this. It's just taken me three weeks to build the first turnout for my project and I have so much brickwork to create I wouldn't get much change out of Stockport viaduct! I'm now considering a 'shunting puzzle' of my own, just to afford some respite from the discipline of recreating a large and complicated prototype. On the other hand, are you just making this look easy? I'm very familiar with Ladmanlow. I've been driving around the Peak district for thirty five years (not constantly!) and in recent years I regularly pass that way on Sunday mornings on my old Royal Enfield, coming off the Cat'n'Fiddle, heading to Longnor for breakfast at the Cobbles. Funny how it always seems to smell of overheated brakes around there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted October 13, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 13, 2020 9 hours ago, spech said: Brilliant! I love this layout. You've really captured the essence of the C&HP, and in such a small space. It'll be years before I ever get to sit back and enjoy the fruit of my labors like this. It's just taken me three weeks to build the first turnout for my project and I have so much brickwork to create I wouldn't get much change out of Stockport viaduct! I'm now considering a 'shunting puzzle' of my own, just to afford some respite from the discipline of recreating a large and complicated prototype. On the other hand, are you just making this look easy? I'm very familiar with Ladmanlow. I've been driving around the Peak district for thirty five years (not constantly!) and in recent years I regularly pass that way on Sunday mornings on my old Royal Enfield, coming off the Cat'n'Fiddle, heading to Longnor for breakfast at the Cobbles. Funny how it always seems to smell of overheated brakes around there. Thank you very much for your comments. I have in the past done the "big layout recreating a prototype" thing, and whilst I enjoyed the experience and learned a lot, I ended up getting bored with it on several occasions. I've found much more enjoyment from Ladmanlow, as it has been easy to see progress, and achieve meaningful goals, and yet not be limiting in terms of modelling scope. I can think of few better roads for bikers than the Cat'n'Fiddle, yes OK the Isle of Man has its points, and there's bits of Scotland and Wales too, but it really is quite special. The scent of Ferodo is of course drifting across from Chapel-en-le-Frith, and nothing to do with tight corners and steep hills... Al. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Alister_G Posted October 14, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2020 (edited) I've been inspired by a number of layouts recently to attempt some overgrown trackwork. So I decided that the siding on the latest module would be rarely used and therefore overgrown. First thing was to mask off the rails and sleepers, as grass rarely grows on them. Then the first layer of 1mm static grass was applied to neat PVA: After the excess was hoovered up, hairspray was applied and some 2mm grass was added: Then the masking was removed, and some 4mm grass was added further from the junction: And finally some 10mm fibres were added: Here's what it looks like with all the layers: Gradually more overgrown, the further you get from the junction. I decided to leave the paint on the rail head as well, so that it looks like rusty track. I'll leave that to dry a bit, then see what some rolling stock looks like on it. Thanks for looking, Al. Edited October 14, 2020 by Alister_G clarity 21 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted October 14, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 14, 2020 Looking splendid Al. I add iron oxide weathering powders to the rail head with some 'rust' stippled on for contrast. Rob. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted October 14, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 14, 2020 Thanks Rob, i'll give that a try. Al. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 That looks brilliant Al, inspiration from you Guys that build small simple Layouts is awesome. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted October 14, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 14, 2020 Cheers Andy, still looking forward to yours. Al 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 1 minute ago, Alister_G said: Cheers Andy, still looking forward to yours. Al I hope you mean = YOU coming down to do mine, haha. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Alister_G Posted October 14, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2020 A couple of photos of stock on the overgrown track: Al. 19 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Very nice Al, love the overgrown look 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted October 15, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 15, 2020 Nice abandonage and derelictage! Mike. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted October 15, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 15, 2020 I admire your patience in masking off all those sleepers and the rails! The effect looks great. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted October 15, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 15, 2020 13 hours ago, Andrew P said: I hope you mean = YOU coming down to do mine, haha. I was hoping he'd come to me first to build one of his signature stone walls, only 4ft long requiring approximately 1000 stones 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 2 hours ago, chuffinghell said: I was hoping he'd come to me first to build one of his signature stone walls, only 4ft long requiring approximately 1000 stones Sorry Chris, I didn't realise there was a queue. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted October 15, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 15, 2020 1 minute ago, Andrew P said: Sorry Chris, I didn't realise there was a queue. I don't think Al knew either 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 7 minutes ago, chuffinghell said: I don't think Al knew either Well he sure as hell does now, BTW, I might need some Walls as well, and I don't mean Ice Cream, (although that would be nice on some chockie cake). And I Must let Kevin / @KNP know I need some Trees as well when he's finished messing about with his Harbour bits. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Alister_G Posted October 16, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2020 As Rob (@NHY581) suggested, I've applied some rusty weathering powders to the rail head. It adds a subtle something, I think. Al. 24 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium figworthy Posted October 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 16, 2020 58 minutes ago, Alister_G said: As Rob (@NHY581) suggested, I've applied some rusty weathering powders to the rail head. It adds a subtle something, I think. Al. Is that intended to be the end of the line ? If so, would a small sapling growing in the 4ft be a nice touch ? Adrian 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted October 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 16, 2020 Looks great Al, it’s actually spurred me on to get something done this weekend 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted October 17, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2020 9 hours ago, figworthy said: Is that intended to be the end of the line ? If so, would a small sapling growing in the 4ft be a nice touch ? Adrian That sounds a great idea Adrian, yeah, I'll look at that. Al. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted October 17, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2020 9 hours ago, chuffinghell said: Looks great Al, it’s actually spurred me on to get something done this weekend Cheers mate, that's good to hear. Al. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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